Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 23880, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | BRUNO, Giordano (1548-1600) | De umbris idearum. -- Ars memoriae. |
Paris | 1582 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 35,560.00 |
| 78 | [LODEWIJCKSZ, Willem (fl. 16th century)] | Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem. |
Amsterdam | 1598 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598) | Theatro del Mondo. |
Antwerp | 1612 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 60,960.00 |
| 80 | BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Johannes BLAEU (1596-1673) | Theatrum orbis terrarum |
Amsterdam | 1635 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 60,960.00 |
| 81 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673) | Novum ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Foederate-- Regiae. |
Amsterdam | 1652 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 27,940.00 |
| 82 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673) | Theatrum Civitatum et Admirandorum Italiae. |
Amsterdam | 1663 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673) | Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis |
Amsterdam | 1682 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 11,430.00 |
| 84 | AN AZIMUTH COMPASS. FRENCH |
CIRCA 1790 | GBP 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 | ||
| 85 | ALBIN, Eleazar (fl.1713-1559) | A natural history of birds. Illustrated with... copper plates |
London | 1731-1736-1740 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,795.00 |
| 86 | EDWARDS, George (1694-1773) | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals. |
London | 1743 but circa 1752-1803 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 8,890.00 |
| 87 | MEYER, Henry Leonard (1797-1864) | Illustrations of British Birds. |
London | 1835-1841 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 88 | AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) | The Birds of America |
New York, Philadelphia | 1839-1840-1844 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 50,800.00 |
| 89 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | A Monograph of the Odontophorinae |
London | 1844-1850 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 8,255.00 |
| 90 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | The Birds of Great Britain. |
1862-1873 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 88,900.00 | |
| 91 | BRODRICK, William (1814-1888) | Falconers' Favourites. |
London | 1865 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 92 | SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913) and Osbert SALVIN (1835-1898) | Exotic ornithology |
London | 1866-1869 | GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 93 | ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) | A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants. |
New York | 1870-1872 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 57,150.00 |
| 94 | DRESSER, Henry Eeles (1838-1915) | A History of the Birds of Europe |
London | 1871-1896 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 95 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909) | The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands |
London | 1875-1888 | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 127,000.00 |
| 96 | MEYER, Adolf Bernhard (1840-1911) | Unser Auer - |
Vienna | 1887 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 97 | NEWTON, Alfred (1829-1907) | Raptores drawn and coloured by Professor Alfred Newtonthus titled on upper cover. |
1854-1859 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 9,525.00 | |
| 98 | SEEBOHM, Henry (1832-1895) | A Monograph of the Turdidae or Family of Thrushes ... edited and completed ... by R. Bowdler Sharpe. |
London | 1898-1902 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 |
| 99 | THORBURN, Archibald (1860-1935) | Birds of prey. |
London | 1919 | GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,985.00 |
| 100 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Sense and Sensibility. |
London | 1813 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 8,890.00 |
| 101 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Mansfield Park. |
London | 1814 | GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 10,795.00 |
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000. -
![<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/004c032b-da4d-428e-811b-e5a8e80376a2.jpg "<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.")
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800. -
