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
142	A large chromolithograph of Maharajah Duleep Singh, after the portrait in the Royal Collection by Franz Xavier Winterhalter	London	1854	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
143	A carte de visite of Maharajah Duleep Singh	London	circa 1864	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
144	Four prints relating to Duleep Singh: A chromolithograph portrait of the Maharajah	London	circa 1859	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
145	Three prints relating to Maharajah Duleep Singh: Submission of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, to Sir Henry Hardinge, Feby 19, 1846	London	circa 1846	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
146	E. Dalhousie Login, Lady Login's Recollections: Court Life and Camp Life, 1820-1904	London	1916	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
147	Maharajah Duleep Singh: Christie's, Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk: the Property of the Earl of Iveagh, 21st-24th May 1984, in 8 volumes, in original slipcase			GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
151	A group of three books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha, and a letter signed by Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala	Printed variously in London, Lahore, Jind and Patiala	approximately 1923-41	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
153	Two large prints depicting the Maharaja of Patiala's estate at Chail near Simla		dated 1944	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
155	Brinda Devi, Maharani of Kapurthala, Maharani: the Story of an Indian Princess, signed by the author	New York	1954	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
156	An illuminated official letter addressed to Queen Victoria, perhaps from the Dogra rulers, praising the British Government and thanking her for her gifts	North India, probably Jammu or Kashmir	second half of the 19th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
157	A City Gateway, Lahore, depicting the Lohari Gate		1917	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
158	Einzug in Lahore, Entry into Lahore, depicting the British forces approaching the city after the victory over Sikh forces at the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846	Berlin	1853	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
159	Lahore: its history, architectural remains and antiquities with an account of its modern institutions, inhabitants, their trade, customs &c., by Syad Muhammad Latif Khan Bahadur, with 105 illustrations	Lahore	1892	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
160	Two prints: the first, from Recollections of India, by Charles Stewart Hardinge, depicting the Aftermath of the Battle of Ferozeshah	London	1847	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
162	The Storming of Mooltan, January 2nd, 1849, by J. Harris after Henry Martens, from a series depicting incidents in the Anglo-Sikh Wars	London	1851	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
166	Two folios from an illustrated Persian treatise in Urdu on ragas, depicting fakirs seated in landscapes	North India, probably Lahore	circa 1830-40	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
167	A group of seven photographs depicting Lahore and Amritsar	One by Samuel Bourne	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
168	Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej	Oxford	1918	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
169	Major Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, A Year on the Punjab Frontier in 1848-49, two volumes	London	1851	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
170	Rev. J. C. Lowrie, Travels in North India, containing Notices of the Hindus; Journals of a Voyage on the Ganges and a tour to Lahor[e]; Notes on the Himalaya Mountains and the Hill Tribes, including a sketch of Missionary Undertakings	Philadelphia	1842	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
171	Geography of the Patiala State, by Sirdar Purtap Singh Sahib, text in Urdu	Lucknow	1881	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
172	The Princess Bamba Collection: Antiquities of Sikh Period	Pakistan	1961	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
173	Lieutenant Colonel Henry Steinbach, The Punjaub; Being a Brief Account of the Country of the Sikhs	London	1846	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
174	Med Egron Lundgren i Indien 1858-1859 [With Egron Lundgren in India, 1858-1859]	Stockholm	1931	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
175	Four Indian Army Regimental photographs depicting Sikhs	North India	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.