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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | BOCK, Hieronymus (1489?-1554) | Kreuterbuch |
Strasbourg | 1 April 1546 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 153 | BOORDE, Andrew (?1490-1549) | [The breuiary of helthe |
London | 15 July 1547 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 154 | GEMINUS, Thomas (1510-1562) | Compendiosa totius anatomic delincatio |
London | 1553 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 155 | AVICENNA (980-1037) | Liber canonis |
Venice | 1555-1557 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 156 | COLOMBO, Matteo Realdo (1494-1559) | De re anatomica libri XV. |
Venice | 1559 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 157 | GESNER, Conrad (1516-1565) | A new booke of destillatyon of waters |
London | 1565) | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 158 | GESNER, Conrad (1516-1565) | De omni rerum fossilium genere |
Zurich | 1565 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 159 | GESNER, Conrad (1516-1565) | The newe Iewell of Health |
London | 1576 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown |
| 160 | [HERBAL] | The greate Herball |
London | 1561 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 161 | BANISTER, John (1540-1610) | The historie of man |
London | 1578 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 162 | BRIGHT, Timothie (1550-1615) | Hygieina |
London | 1582-1583 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 163 | BRIGHT, Timothie (1550-1615) | A treatise of melancholy. |
London | 1586 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown |
| 164 | BARTISCH, Georg (1537-1606) | Ophthalmodouleiain Greek das ist |
Dresden | 1583 | GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | Unknown |
| 165 | GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613) | Traite des maladies de l'oeil. |
Paris | 1585 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 166 | GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613) | A worthy treatise of the eyes. Translated by Anthony Hunton (d.1624). |
London | circa 1587 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 167 | GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613) | Child-birth or |
London | 1612 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 168 | READ, John (fl. 1587-1588, editor) -- ARCEO, Francisco (1494-1575) | A most excellent and compendious method of curing woundes in the head |
London | 1588 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 169 | MONARDES, Nicolas (c.1512-1588) | Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found Worlde. Translated by John Frampton. |
London | 1596 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 170 | LOWE, Peter (c.1550-1610) | The whole course of chirurgerie |
London | 1597 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 171 | TAGLIACOZZI, Gaspare (1545-1599) | De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem. |
Venice | 1597 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown |
| 172 | CASSERIO, Giulio Cesare (c. 1552-1616) | Pentaestheseion |
Venice | 1609 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 173 | SPACKMAN, Thomas (fl. early 17th century) | A declaration of such greivous accidents as commonly follow the biting of mad Dogges |
London | 1613 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 174 | WOODALL, John (?1556-1643) | The surgions mate |
London | 1617 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown |
| 175 | ASELLI, Gaspare (1581-1625) | De lactibus sive lacteis venis. |
Milan | 1627 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Unknown |
| 176 | HARVEY, William (1578-1657) | Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus. |
Frankfurt | 1628 | GBP 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 | 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.")
