Olympia Auctions: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, 112625, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		THREE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTIONS,	CHINA	18TH/19TH CENTURY	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 600.00
2		TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTIONS,	CHINA	CIRCA 18TH/19TH CENTURY	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
3	MUHAMMAD ABRISHAMI,	PERSIAN VERSES INCLUDING A GHAZAL OF ANVARI, SIGNED MUHAMMAD ABRISHAMI,	SAFAVID PERSIA	16TH CENTURY	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
4	SALMAN SAVAJI, ATTRIBUTED TO MIR 'ALI,	VARIATION ON VERSES BY SALMAN SAVAJI, ATTRIBUTED TO MIR 'ALI,	SAFAVID PERSIA	16TH CENTURY	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 562.50
5	'ABD AL-RAZZAQ,	PERSIAN VERSES, PROBABLY COPIED BY 'ABD AL-RAZZAQ,	SAFAVID PERSIA	17TH CENTURY	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 525.00
6	'ABD AL-JABBAR	PERSIAN VERSES FROM A GHAZAL OF 'AMIR KHUSRAU, SIGNED 'ABD AL-JABBAR, DATED 1738-9 AD		1738-9	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 875.00
7	MIRZA 'ABBAS NURI,	PERSIAN VERSES, SIYAH MASHQ, BY MIRZA 'ABBAS NURI,	PERSIA	DATED AH1227/1812-13	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 7,500.00
8	ASADULLAH SHIRAZI,	VERSES FROM 'ATTAR'S ASRAR-NAMA AND SADI'S BUSTAN, BY ASADULLAH SHIRAZI,		DATED AH1264/1847-8 AD	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 750.00
9		A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ,	TABRIZ, PERSIA	DATED 1861-2 AD	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 525.00
10	ALI NAQI,	A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, BY ALI NAQI,	PERSIA	DATED AH1284/1867-8 AD	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 500.00
11	MIR HUSAYN,	A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, BY MIR HUSAYN,	PERSIA	DATED 1862-3 AD	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,875.00
12	ABD AL-RAHIM AFSHAR,	A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, BY 'ABD AL-RAHIM AFSHAR,	PERSIA	DATED AH1295/1878 AD	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,375.00
13		AN OTTOMAN HILYA,	TURKEY	18TH/19TH CENTURY	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,500.00
14		AN OTTOMAN QUR'AN, COPIED BY MEHMED HAKKI YUZBASI-ZADE,	TURKEY	DATED 1869/70	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
15		A QAJAR PAINTING OF ENTANGLED LOVERS,	PERSIA	19TH CENTURY	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 812.50
16		THE HOUGHTON SHAHNAMEH,	HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS	1981	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,000.00
17		THE ARYAMEHR QUR'AN,	IRAN	PUBLISHED 1965	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 750.00
18	MIRZA MUHAMMAD SADIQ NAMI	A QAJAR MINIATURE COPY OF MIRZA MUHAMMAD SADIQ NAMI'S 'LAYLI U MAJNUN',	PERSIA	19TH CENTURY	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
19	COPIED BY ZAYN AL-DIN B. MUHAMMAD SALIH AL-ISFAHANI QAHDARIJANI,	A QAJAR QUR'AN, COPIED BY ZAYN AL-DIN B. MUHAMMAD SALIH AL-ISFAHANI QAHDARIJANI,	PERSIA	DATED 1810	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,250.00
40		A FOLIO PROBABLY FROM A SAT SAI SERIES,	MEWAR, INDIA	EARLY 18TH CENTURY	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
41	PAHARI, PERHAPS KASHMIR ARTIST,	THREE FOLIOS FROM A DISPERSED RAMAYANA MANUSCRIPT, PAHARI, PERHAPS KASHMIR ARTIST,	18TH CENTURY		GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
42		A JAIN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO.	GUJARAT	LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 325.00
43		A PAGE FROM A DISPERSED RAGAMALA SERIES	MARWAR, RAJASTHAN	FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 625.00
44		A LADY ON SEATED ON A TERRACE,	KISHANGARH	19TH CENTURY	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
45		A MOONLIT TRYST,	BUNDI	SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,000.00

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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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.