Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 23880, London - King Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025

Page Size: 212 items in 9 pages

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	GBP 5,715.00
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	GBP 7,620.00
104	WOOD, William (1774-1857)	A Series of Twenty-Eight Panoramic Views of Calcutta	London	1833	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
105	DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)	On the Origin of Species.	London	1860	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 10,795.00
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	GBP 6,350.00
107	DOVES PRESS	The English Bible	Hammersmith	1903-1905	GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
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	GBP 12,700.00
109	EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)	'Zur Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung.' Offprint from	Leipzig	1906	GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
110	EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)	A group of 11 offprints	Leipzig	1906	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
111	EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)	Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie.	Leipzig	1916	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
112	BOHR, Niels Henrik David (1885-1962)	The Danish Nobel laureate's own collection of his offprints.			GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 22,860.00
113	WHITE, John Claude (1853-1919)	Tibet and Lhasa. Photographs by J. C. White	Calcutta	1908	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
114	TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973)	[Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Comprising	London	1954	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 13,970.00
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	GBP 15,240.00
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	GBP 48,260.00
117	PETRUS de ABANO (1250-?1315)	De physiognomia.	Padua	1474	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 15,240.00
118	MANFREDIS, Hieronymus de (d.1493)	Liber de homine	Bologna	1 July 1474	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 13,970.00
119	SIMON GENUENSIS (fl. 1288-1303)	Synonyma medicinae sive Clavis sanationis.	Padua	20 April 1474	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 12,065.00
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	GBP 63,500.00
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	GBP 25,400.00
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	GBP 6,096.00
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	GBP 15,240.00
124	BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (fl. 1230--1250)	De proprietatibus rerum.	Strasbourg	14 February 1485	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 16,510.00
125	FALCUTIUS, Nicolaus (d. c.1412)	Sermones medicinales septem.	Venice	24 December 1490 -- 8 October 1491	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 33,020.00
126	LEONICENUS, Nicolaus (1428-1524)	De morbo Gallico	Venice	June 1497	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 11,430.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, 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 2026

Forum, 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 2026

Forum, 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.
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.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, 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.