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
127	Ian Fleming	Complete James Bond novels.	London	1955-67	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,825.00
128	A group of 3 volumes inscribed by Ian Fleming, comprising:	(1) Humbert Wolfe. Humoresque	London	1926	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,825.00
129	John Pearson	A collection of 10 works, comprising:			GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,269.00
130	Ludwig van Beethoven	Fine characteristic autograph letter signed ("Beethoven"), to his friend Nikolaus von Zmeskall, dated by the recipient '28 8br.		1810	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 38,100.00
131	Hector Berlioz	Three autograph letters signed ("H. Berlioz"), APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED			GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,650.00
132	Hector Berlioz	Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz"), to the librettist Eugene Scribe ("Mon cher Collaborateur"), ABOUT THE UNFINISHED OPERA LA NONNE SANGLANTE, 23 June [1841]		1841	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
133	Sir Harrison Birtwistle	Autograph manuscript of Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker, for soprano and violoncello		2000	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 11,430.00
134	Johannes Brahms	Autograph manuscript signed of the songs 'Sehnsucht', op.14 no.8, and 'Trost in Tranen', op.48 no.5, for voice and piano, FORMERLY IN THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF LOUIS KOCH		1858	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 44,449.00
135	William Byrd---[William Cecil, Lord Burghley]	The copie of a letter sent out of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza [...] declaring the state of England [...]	London	1588	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
136	Fryderyk Chopin	Autograph letter signed ("F. Chopin"), to his publisher Maurice Schlesinger in Paris		1844?	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 20,319.00
137	Composers	Collection of autograph musical quotations		1884-1905	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,255.00
138	Composers	Collection of autograph letters, including by Spohr, Spontini, Pacini and Leoncavallo		1818-1916	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,048.00
139	Composers	Collection of signed photographs, including of Rossini, Puccini and Grieg		1867-1898	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,825.00
140	Ruggero Leoncavallo	Collection of autograph letters and photographs signed by Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari and Riccardo Zandonai		1882-1936	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
141	Franz Liszt	Remarkable collection of 28 autograph letters and notes, signed ("F. Liszt"; "FL"), in French, to the composer's close friend and confidante Baroness Olga von Meyendorff		1863-1886	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 53,340.00
142	Pietro Mascagni	Fine large photograph signed and inscribed on the mount		1923-04-14	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 380.00
143	Jules Massenet	Autograph manuscript full score, signed, of the incidental music to Georges Rivollet's play Jerusalem, UNPUBLISHED		1911	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 27,939.00
144	Jules Massenet	Collection of ten autograph manuscript scores of songs and operatic numbers		1865-1912	GBP 9,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
145	Jules Massenet	Collection of nine autograph manuscripts of complete instrumental compositions, mostly signed		1880-1894	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
146	Giacomo Meyerbeer and Pietro Mascagni	Three autograph manuscripts		C19th-C20th	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,301.00
147	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the finale of the Piano Quartet in E flat, K.493, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF PAUL HIRSCH		1786	GBP 150,000.00 - 200,000.00	GBP 177,799.00
148	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Paul Hirsch (collector, bibliophile and Mozartian, 1881-1951)	The Frankfurt and Cambridge autograph guest books and chamber-music notebooks of Paul Hirsch		1897-1967	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 24,129.00
149	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Paul Hirsch	Paul Hirsch's annotated copy of the four-volume catalogue of his library, and other printed and manuscript items			GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,301.00
150	Gioachino Rossini	Remarkable, long autograph letter to Gaetano Donizetti ("Preghiatissimo amico"), signed ("Gioachino Rossini")		24 November 1841	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,412.00
151	Gioachino Rossini	Six autograph letters signed ("Rossini"; "G. Rossini"), comprising five to his agent Gaetano Fabi and one to Mauro Corticelli		1849-1863	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,777.00

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.