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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840) and Claude-Antoine THORY (1759-1827) | Les Roses peintes par P.J. Redoute... decrites par C.A. Thorrysic. |
Paris | 1824-1826 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 103 | DE LA BECHE, Henry (1796-1855) | The Light of Science dispelling the Darkness which covered the World'. |
1832 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 104 | WOOD, William (1774-1857) | A Series of Twenty-Eight Panoramic Views of Calcutta |
London | 1833 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 105 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) | On the Origin of Species. |
London | 1860 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 106 | BROWNE, General Sir Samuel James VC GCB KCSI (1824-1901, compiler) | Papers on Frontier Politics. Russia and Kabul. 1877. 1878' |
Simla and Lahore | 1877-1885 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 107 | DOVES PRESS | The English Bible |
Hammersmith | 1903-1905 | GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | Unknown |
| 108 | PLANCK, Max (1858-1947) | 'Das Prinzip der Relativitat und die Grundgleichungen der Mechanik'. Offprint from |
Braunschweig | 1906 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Unknown |
| 109 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | 'Zur Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung.' Offprint from |
Leipzig | 1906 | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Unknown |
| 110 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | A group of 11 offprints |
Leipzig | 1906 | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Unknown |
| 111 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955) | Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie. |
Leipzig | 1916 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 112 | BOHR, Niels Henrik David (1885-1962) | The Danish Nobel laureate's own collection of his offprints. |
GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 113 | WHITE, John Claude (1853-1919) | Tibet and Lhasa. Photographs by J. C. White |
Calcutta | 1908 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 114 | TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973) | [Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Comprising |
London | 1954 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 115 | MESUE, Johannes, the younger (ps.? MASAWAIH-al-MARDINI, fl. 10th century?) | Opera medicinalia. - Petrus de ABANO. Additiones ad practicam. |
Padua | 9 June 1471 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 116 | MESUE, Johannes de, the younger (ps.? MASAWAIH-al-MARDINI, fl. 10th century?) | Antidotarium; Quid pro quo; Synonyma |
Pavia | 1478-79 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown |
| 117 | PETRUS de ABANO (1250-?1315) | De physiognomia. |
Padua | 1474 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 118 | MANFREDIS, Hieronymus de (d.1493) | Liber de homine |
Bologna | 1 July 1474 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 119 | SIMON GENUENSIS (fl. 1288-1303) | Synonyma medicinae sive Clavis sanationis. |
Padua | 20 April 1474 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 120 | CELSUS, A. Cornelius (c.25 B.C.-c. A.D. 50) | De medicina. Edited by Bartholomaeus Fontius (1445-1513). |
Florence | 1478 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 121 | MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326) | Anatomia. Edited by Petrus Andreas Morsianus. |
Bologna | 20 January 1482 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 122 | MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326) | Anatomia. Edited by Martinus Polichius de Mellerstadt. |
Leipzig | circa 1493 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 123 | MUNDINUS (Mondino de Luzzi, c. 1270-1326) | De omnibus humani corporis interioribus menbris Anathomiaedited by Joannes Adelphus. |
Strassburg | 1513 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 124 | BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (fl. 1230--1250) | De proprietatibus rerum. |
Strasbourg | 14 February 1485 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 125 | FALCUTIUS, Nicolaus (d. c.1412) | Sermones medicinales septem. |
Venice | 24 December 1490 -- 8 October 1491 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 126 | LEONICENUS, Nicolaus (1428-1524) | De morbo Gallico |
Venice | June 1497 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
