L'Autographe Auctions: Antique Books and Autographs, 7, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025

Page Size: 478 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		Leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) --- Nine Pieces		1493	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 234.00
27	THEOPHRASTUS (IV-III sec BC)	Theophrastus in Renaissance Paris	Paris	1529	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
28		Francisco de Toledo on Aristotle's Logic (Venice, 1579)	Venetiis	1579	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 442.00
29		Order of St. Stephen: Illustrated Statutes in Red Morocco (Vienna, 1764)	Vienna	1764	GBP 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
30		Founding a Salesian Convent at Offagna (c. 1772)		c. 1772	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
31		Ethnographic Album of East Africa: 35 Photographs (c. 1910--1920)		c. 1910--1920	GBP 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
32		A Lawsuit over Jewels and a Jew: A Lost Trial of Ferrara, 1694		1694	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
33		ACHILLINI Alessandro (1463 - 1512) -- The Philosopher of Bologna: Achillinus' Rare First Edition of the Expositio primi physicorum (1512)	Bologna	1512	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 650.00
34		Heraldic Splendor for a Prince --- The Armorial of Charles de Croy, Prince of Chimay			GBP 2,800.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,980.00
35		Only the Beginning: Title-Page of the First Latin Bible Printed in England (1580)		1580	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
36		Early Physics in Print: Title-Page from 1516 Edition of Saxony and Buridan's Commentaries			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
37		Sacred Splendor: Ornate Title of the 1597 Metz Missal			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
38		St. Jerome in Lyon: Rare 1532 Title-Page of the Vulgate Bible			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 13.00
39		The Theory of Fire: A Poetic Alchemical Treatise from Florence (1774)		1774	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 312.00
40	COWARD Noel (Teddington, 1899 - Firefly Estate, 1973)	Noel Coward's Play Parade --- First Edition with Signed Portrait, 1972	Garden City, New York	1934	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
41		Giulio Cesare Croce's Lament of the Arts and Cities of Italy			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 156.00
42		Alexandre Dumas in Arabia: The Voyage of Abd-el-Hamid Bey (1856)	Bruxelles et Leipzig	1856	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 208.00
43		Jones's Persian Grammar: A Cornerstone of Oriental Philology (1823)		1823	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 156.00
44		On Food and Wine: Pisanelli's Early Gastronomy (Venice, 1584)	Venice	1584	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
45		Pushkin on Stage: Turgenev & Viardot's French Translations (1862)	Paris	1862	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
46		Wright's Arabic Grammar: The Foundational English Treatise (1862)		1862	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47	CENERI Angelo Maria (XVIIIth century)	Measuring the World with the Pretorian Tablet"	Bologna	1728	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 260.00
48		RARE FIRST EDITION OF DE L'HOSPITAL'S POSTHUMOUS WORK ON CONIC SECTIONS	Paris	1707	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
49		RARE BOTANICAL WORK EARLY 18th CENTURY			GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 650.00
50		SCARCE EARLY ARITHMETIC MANUAL --- IN ORIGINAL BINDING WITH MANUSCRIPT WASTE			GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 2,860.00

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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