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
51		THE BIRTH OF MODERN OPTICS: KEPLER'S FOUNDATIONAL WORK ON REFRACTION AND TELESCOPIC VISION			GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
52		Napier's Logarithms: First French Edition (Lyon, 1620)	Lyon	1620	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
53		Sacco on Vaccination: Hand-Coloured Plates (Milan, 1809)	Milan	1809	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
54		EARLY 16th-CENTURY LOGIC TREATISE BY A LEADING MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR			GBP 400.00 - 700.00	GBP 416.00
55	MELA Pomponius (15 - 43 CE) --	De Situ Orbis --- The First Latin Geography	Venice	1498	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
56		Neapolitan Arithmetic: Rare 'Abaco' Pamphlet			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
57		A venetian noble woman takes vows - Poetry for Cecilia Gritti, 1784	Venice	1784	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
58		Chivalric Wisdom: The Alphabet of the Perfect Knight (c. 1700)		c. 1700	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
59		The Rise of Rome: An Unpublished Manuscript on Roman and Church History			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 338.00
60		A Gilt Baroque Doctorate: Illuminated Law Diploma on Vellum (Rome, 1616)	Rome	1616	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 910.00
61		Vauban's Art of Fortification: Illustrated Italian Manuscript (c. 1750)		c. 1750	GBP 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
62		Venetian Banking and Hebrew Credit: Documents from the Banco del Giro (1704)		1704	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
63		Jewish Charity in Modena: A Broadside of Compassion (1848)		1848	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
64		Torah Fragments: Hebrew Manuscript Scrolls on Parchment (16th--18th c.)		16th--18th c.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
65		An Arabic Legal Report: Dispute over a Sale (1839)		1839	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
66		Napoleonic Italy: Blank Royal Navigation Permit on Parchment			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
67		Letters and Maxims: An Italian Anthology of Wit and Wisdom (18th c.)		18th c.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
68		The Rebellion of Animals Against Men: A Spanish Fable Manuscript (18th c.)		18th c.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
69		Plutarch's Ethics: A Renaissance Manuscript of the Moralia (16th c.)		16th c.	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 520.00
70		The Arabic Alphabet in Print: A Nineteenth-Century Typographic Sheet			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
71		Anatomia Humani Corporis: A Complete Latin Treatise (18th--19th c.)		18th--19th c.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 312.00
72		Experimental Physics in the Age of Newton: Illustrated Italian Manuscript (18th c.)		18th c.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 364.00
73		The Firemaster's Secrets: Pyrotechnic Formulas of Antonio Maiani (c. 1850)		c. 1850	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
74		A Dire Horoscope for the Elector of Saxony (1562)		1562	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
75		Sixteenth-Century Equations: A Mathematician's Working Sheet			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	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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