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

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000