Bonhams: Indian and Islamic Art Online, 31318, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025

Page Size: 62 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	A bifolium from a small Qur'an written in eastern kufic	Persia	late 9th-early 10th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,176.00
2	Two illuminated leaves from different parts of a manuscript of Nizami's Makhzan al-Asrar	Bokhara	16th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
3	Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin, on poetry	Ottoman Turkey	dated AH 995/AD 1586-87	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,536.00
4	Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, with two images of the Ka'ba at Mecca and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Mulla Turrebaz	North India	18th Century	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
5	Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, with two stylised diagrams of the minbar in the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, and the tombs of the Prophet and of Abu Bakr and Umar	Ottoman Turkey	dated AH 1281/AD 1864	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 640.00
8	An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad al-Isfahani	Persia	dated Tuesday 26th Jumadi II 1203/24th March 1789	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,048.00
9	Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab	Qajar Persia	dated AH 1250/AD 1834-35	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,536.00
10	A group of book covers and binding sections	Persia	16th-19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 358.40
11	A calligraphic album page in shikasteh	Persia	19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 358.40
12	A concertina album of text written in shikasteh, copied by Isma'il Banan Kermani	Persia	1893-1942	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 409.60
13	A Persian translation of Mirza Habib Isfahani's Khat va Khattatan, on Ottoman and Persian calligraphers, painters, illuminators and bookbinders	Persia	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
16	L. Binyon, J. V. S. Wilkinson, B. Gray, Persian Miniature Painting, including a critical and descriptive catalogue of the miniatures exhibited at Burlington House, January-March 1931	London	1933	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 307.20
66	Two printed maps of Persia and Afghanistan	Edinburgh and London	1891 and 1912	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 358.40
122	Two colour prints after Sobha Singh, depicting Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh	Amritsar	late 20th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 537.60
123	Sri Guru-Granth Sahib [English Version], translated by Dr Gopal Singh, Member of the Indian Parliament, volumes 1 and 2 only	Delhi	1960	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 640.00
124	Jupji: the Sikh Prayer, translated with an introduction by Khushwant Singh	London	no date [but post-1947]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 768.00
125	Bhagat Lakshman Singh, A Short Sketch of the Life and work of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth and Last Guru of the Sikhs	Lahore	1909	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
128	Five pairs of stereoscopic views of the Golden Temple and the city of Amritsar	USA	variously dated 1903, 1907 and 1908	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 537.60
131	The birthplace of Guru Ram Das in Lahore	North India	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 896.00
132	A group of three photographs of Sikh religious buildings and their surroundings, depicting Gurdwara Khadur Sahib, the Gurdwara at Tarn Taran, and a procession of Akalis at the Golden Temple	Amritsar	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 896.00
133	Four photographs of gurdwaras in the Lahore region	North India	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
134	A photograph of the Gurdwara Boali Sahib	North India	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
135	Two photographs of paintings of Sikh subjects, one depicting Guru Gobind Singh, the second depicting Maharajah Ranjit Singh in durbar	Punjab, Amritsar	early 20th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 512.00
140	An illustrated plate, depicting two views of the throne of Maharajah Ranjit Singh	London	circa 1880s	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 115.20
141	Maharajah Duleep Singh, the frontispiece from Charles Stewart Hardinge's Recollections of India	London	1847	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 768.00

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.
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.