Sothebys: Arts of the Islamic World & India, L25223, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025

Page Size: 58 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	An exceptionally rare and important Qur'an manuscript with eight tafasir with the combined title al-Itqan fi 'Ilm al-Qur'an ('Perfection in Qur'anic Science') from the library of Akbar (r. 1556-1605),	India, Mughal	late 16th century	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 863,600.00
102	A large painting depicting Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, signed by Mehmed Sadiq,	Turkey, Ottoman	19th century	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 60,960.00
103	An Ottoman illuminated prayer book including Dala'il al-Khayrat and al-Hizb al-A'zam of 'Ali al-Qari, copied by al-Hajj Muhammad, known as Imamzadeh,	Edirne, Turkey,	1208-09 AH/1793-95 AD	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 21,590.00
104	An illuminated collection of surahs and prayers, copied by Mehmed Hilmi Efendi,	Turkey, Ottoman	19th century	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
105	An extremely rare illustrated manuscript of the Ka'banameh (A history of the Ka'ba) by Abdulrahman Gubari (d.1566), signed by Ahmad [...] al-Khatib, Kaposvar,	Hungary, dated Dhu'l-Hijjah 1080 AH/April-May 1670 AD		GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00	GBP 444,500.00
108	A manuscript on fortune-telling including Ikhtiyarat al-ayyam (A treatise on hemerology, from the sayings of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the Prophet Daniel), commissioned for Catholic Maronite Khawaja Yusuf ibn Khawaja Antoine Andrea, copied by Gabriel son of Mic	probably Northern Lebanon	1778 AD	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
109	Ibn Battuta (d.1377), Tuhfat an-Nuzzar fi ghara'ib al-amsar wa 'aja'ib asfar, a volume from The Travels,	North Africa	17th century	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 40,640.00
110	Two talismanic manuscripts, Sub-Saharan Africa,	probably Mali, Timbuktu, and Northern Nigeria	19th/early 20th century	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
113	An early Kufic Qur'an leaf,	North Africa or Near East	circa 700-750 AD	GBP 120,000.00 - 200,000.00	GBP 177,800.00
114	A Qur'an bifolium in Kufic script on vellum from the Mushaf Al-Hadinah, The 'Nurse's Qur'an', copied by 'Ali Al-Warraq,	Qairawan, North Africa, 410 AH/1020 AD		GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 127,000.00
115	A Qur'an leaf with illumination attributed to Sandal,	Egypt, Mamluk	circa 1300-10	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,080.00
118	Ibn al-Shatir (d.1375), Nihayat al-su'al fi tashih al-usul, on astronomy,	Egypt or Syria, Mamluk	14th century	GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	GBP 254,000.00
119	Al-Tughra'i (d.1121 AD), Kitab mafatih al-rahma wa asrar al-hikma ('The keys of mercy and secrets of wisdom', on chemistry and alchemy), volume two,	North Africa, Morocco	19th century	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
120	Abu Muhammad Makki ibn Abi Talib al-Qaysi al-Qayrawani al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi, al-kashf 'an wujuh al-qira'at al-sab' wa 'ilaliha wa hijajiha ('Unveiling the Aspects of the Seven Recitations'),	Near East	circa 1100 AD	GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
121	Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Khadr al-Jawaliqi (d.1144 AD), Kitab takmilat islah ma taghlat fihi al-'amma, on Arabic grammar,	Near East	circa 1300 AD	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 50,800.00
122	A large section of a turquoise-glazed funerary stele,	Persia, Kashan	13th century	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
123	An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh (The Freer Shahnameh): Iskandar testing the Indian physician,	Persia or Baghdad, Ilkhanid	circa 1300-40	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
124	An illustrated leaf from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh: Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eye with an arrow	, Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid	circa 1425-26	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 19,050.00
125	An illustrated leaf from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh: death of the Samanid Emir Nuh (II) ibn Mansur,	Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid	circa 1425-26	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
128	A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta,	Herat or Samarqand	circa 1400	GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	GBP 241,300.00
129	Nasih ibn Zafar al-Jurbadqani, Tarjamah Yamini 'Utbi (on the history of Ghaznavid rulers Sebuktigin and Mahmud of Ghazni), signed by Muhammad ibn Kamray ibn Muhammad ibn Abu'l-Mukhtar,	Persia,	711 AH/ 1311 AD	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 27,940.00
132	A large illuminated Qur'an,	Central Asia	19th century	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 35,560.00
137	The Pandnameh (Book of Advice) of Luqman, copied by Mahmud ibn Ishaq,	Central Asia, Bukhara, Safavid,	941 AH/1534-35 AD	GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	GBP 27,940.00
138	An illuminated leaf from a Gulistan of Sa'di, the borders attributed to Sultan Muhammad,	Persia, Tabriz, Safavid	circa 1525-40	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 25,400.00
139	An illuminated leaf from a Gulistan of Sa'di, the borders attributed to Sultan Muhammad,	Persia, Tabriz, Safavid	circa 1525-40	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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