Sothebys: Books, Manuscripts and Music, L25401, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025

Page Size: 162 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	John Gower	De Confessione Amantis	London	1532	GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	GBP 13,969.00
27	John Gower	De Confessione Amantis	London	12 March 1554	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,984.00
28	John Heywood	The Spider and the Flie. A Parable of the Spider and the Flie, made by John Heywood	London	1556	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
29	Ranulph Higden	[Polychronicon	London	13 April 1495	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
30		Plants and gardening. Two volumes of works on plants and gardening, comprising:		1574, 1595	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,301.00
31	Hans Holbein the Younger	The Images of the Old Testament, Lately Expressed, Set Forthe in Ynglishe and Frenche, with a playn and brief exposition.	Lyons	1549	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
32	Raphael Holinshed	The first and second-[Third] volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1. The description and historie of England, 2. The description and historie of Ireland, 3. The description and historie of Scotland: ...	London	1586-7.	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
33		Instructional texts for princes and aristocrats, comprising:			GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,349.00
34	Anthonie Jacobsz	Pascaarte van alle de Zee-custen van Europa. Nieulijcx beschreven door Anthony Jacobszen.	Amsterdam	1655	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
35	William Langham	The Garden of Health, Conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of Simples and Plantes,	London	1579 i.e. 1597	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,555.00
36	William Langland	The Vision of Pierce Plowman, newlye imprynted after the authors olde copy	London	February 1561	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 8,889.00
37		Law and Legal History. A collection of four works in three volumes, comprising:			GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,445.00
38	Legal history	A group of printed English Statutes, 22 volumes in all, comprising:			GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
39	Sir Thomas Littleton	Lyttilton Tenures truely translated into Englysh. An. M.D.XXXVIII	London	1538	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 16,509.00
40	Nicolaus de Lyra, Thomas a Kempis, Gerard de Zutphania and Bertholdus	A volume of devotional works in a contemporary binding, comprising:	Cologne	1496	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,349.00
41	Niccolo Machiavelli (Thomas Bedingfeld, translator)	The Florentine History	London	1595	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
42	Moliere	OEuvres de J.-B. P. Moliere, Tome premier	Paris	1664	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
43	Thomas More	Two works in one volume i) The co[n]futacyon of Tyndales answere	London	1532	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 8,889.00
44	Thomas More	The debellacyon of Salem and Bizance ii) The second parte of the co[n]futacion of Tyndals answere	London	1533	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
45	Thomas More	The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England, wrytten by him in the englysh tonge.		1557	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
46	Abraham Munting	Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen, waar in de veelerley Aart en byzondere Eigenschappen der Boomen, Heesters, Kruyden, Bloemen...	Leiden and Utrecht	1696	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 6,349.00
47	John Palsgrave	L'esclarcissement de la langue francoyse	London	18 July 1530	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
48	Petrarch [Thomas Twyne, translator]	Phisicke against Fortune, aswell prosperous, as adverse, conteyned in two Bookes... now first Englished by Thomas Twyne	London	1579	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,286.00
49	Claudius Ptolemaeus	Die Cosmographia des Claudius Ptolemaeus.	Zurich & New York	1983	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,334.00
50	Claudius Ptolemaeus	Geographicae enarrationis libri octo Bilibaldo Pirckeym hero interprete, annotationes Joannis de Regiomonte in errores commissos a Jacobo Angelo in translatione sua.	Strassburg	3 April 1525	GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold

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.