Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1193, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duns Scotus (Johannes) | Quaestiones in primum librum Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, |
[Venice] | 1472. | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 27,895.14 |
| 2 | Capua (Johannes de) | Directorium humanae vitae, |
Strasbourg | [c.1489]. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 3 | Columbus (Christopher) | Epistola...de Insulis Indie supra Gangem nuper inventis, |
anonymous facsimile reprint of the Rome | 1493 edition, [?19th century]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,284.73 |
| 4 | Plato. | [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], |
Venice | 1513. | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,948.20 |
| 5 | Lucian of Samosata. | Opuscula Erasmo Roterodamo interprete, |
Venice | May 1516. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 17,434.62 |
| 6 | Apuleius (Lucius), Madaurensis. | Metamorphoseos, sive Lusus asini libri XI [and other works], |
[Venice] | 1521]. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,493.52 |
| 7 | Boccaccio (Giovanni) | Laberinto d'amore...Con una epistola a Messer Pino de Rossi confortatoria, |
Florence | 1525. | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Navagero (Andrea) | Orationes duae, Carmina que Nonnulla, |
Venice | 1530. | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 12,204.36 |
| 9 | Cardanus (Hieronymus) | In Cl. Ptolemaei de astrorum iudiciis ... lib. IIII commentaria, |
Basel | 1578. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Terentius Afer (Publius) | Las seys comedias de Terentio conforme a la edicion del Faerno, |
Alcala de Henares | 1583. | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | Scarabelli (Orazio) | [A Suite of Engravings relating to the Wedding of the Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici to Princess Christine de Lorraine] |
Siena | [not before 1592]. | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 9,588.60 |
| 12 | Cardano (Girolamo) | De Propria vita liber, |
Paris | 1643 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Spinoza (Baruch) | Tractatus theologico-politicus, |
Hamburg [i.e. Amsterdam] | 1670 [i.e. after 1677]. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,493.52 |
| 14 | Vergilius (Polydorus) | De inventoribus rerum libri VIII et de prodigiis libri III., |
Amsterdam | 1671. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 878.84 |
| 15 | Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de) | Candide, ou l'Optimisme, |
no place | 1759 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 702.31 |
| 16 | Devon.- Archive of 13 charters, |
1333-1730 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 17 | Monastic Book of Hours and prayerbook, |
[France (probably north-east, most likely region of Champagne or Marne), | fifteenth century] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 9,588.60 | |
| 18 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome, |
[Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges) | c.1460] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 13,948.20 | |
| 19 | Two leaves from an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours, |
N/A | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | Malta.- Knights of Malta. Statuti et Ordinationi Capitolari della Religione de' Cavalieri Gerosalemitami, |
[Italy] | [c. 1578]. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 13,948.20 | |
| 21 | Charles II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1630-85) | Patents Granted for Creations of Honour from Dukes to Baronets since the Restauration of King Charles the Second by the Docquet Books in the Signet Office... Pardons... Privy Seals for payment of Monys at the Exchequer and other places, |
1660-68. | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 10,460.52 | |
| 22 | Molesworth Family, of Brackenstown near Swords, Dublin, Edlington, Yorkshire & elsewhere. | Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, |
London, Edlington, Dublin, Brackenstown and elsewhere | 1690-1783 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 33,125.40 |
| 23 | Molesworth (John) | Correspondence to and from Molesworth as British Ambassador to Savoy, |
Rome, Turin, Milan, Geneva & many no place | n.d. & 1710 & 1721-25 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,717.94 |
| 24 | [Swift (Jonathan, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1667-1745)] | To Mrs Biddy Floyd, |
[18th century]. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,323.12 | |
| 25 | Griffith (Thomas, Irish actor and theatre manager 1680-1744) ?Allen (J.) | A Prologe Spoke by Mr Griffith and Mr Ellington, |
n.d. [not later than 1744]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 878.84 |
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Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue. -
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 -
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th centuryJeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.Jeschke Jádi
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Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.Jeschke Jádi
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Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839. -
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000. -
Sotheby’s
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 AprilApr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.