Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1193, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 263 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
177 Gill (Eric)

Art & Love,

Bristol 1927 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,932.94
178 Orwell (George)

Animal Farm,

[1982]. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 966.47
179 Blondel (Jacques Francois)

De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance et de la Decoration des Edifices en general,

Paris 1737-38. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
180 Butler (A.S.G.)

The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens,

London & New York 1950 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,932.94
181 Doni (Anton Francesco)

Disegno del Doni, partito in piu ragionamenti,

Venice 1549. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
182 Designs (The)

of Inigo Jones, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings,

1770 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
183 Fontana (Carlo)

Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo,

Rome 1694 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,514.09
184 [Girardin (Stanislas Xavier, Comte de)]

Promenade ou Itineraire des Jardins d'Ermenonville,

Paris 1788 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 702.31
185 Marot (Jean)

Petit Oeuvre D'Architecture,

Paris 1764 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
186 Troili (Giulio)

Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla,

Bologna 1683. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
187 Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)

Innermost Asia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran,

Oxford 1928 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 21,792.96
188 [Shao Yuanping.] Gaubil (Antoine, translator)

Histoire de Gentchiscan et de toute la dinastie des Mongous,

Paris 1739 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
189 Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan)

Dell'Historia della China,

Venice 1590 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,141.73
190 Stanford (Edward)

Map of Hong-Kong and of the territory leased between Great Brtitain under the convention between Great Britain and China, lithographed map printed in colours,

1932 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,284.73
191 Morrison (Rev. Robert)

A Dictionary of the Chinese Language,

Macao 1815-22. GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 19,178.46
192 Morrison (Rev. Robert)

A Grammar of the Chinese Language,

Serampore 1815 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 6,150.61
193

Crisis in the Opium Traffic: being an Account of the Proceedings of the Chinese Government to suppress that Trade,

[Canton] 1839 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,811.78
194 Ricci (Matteo)

Entrata nella China de'Padri della Compagnia del Gesu,

Naples [1622]. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,811.78
195 Staunton (Sir George)

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China,

1797 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
196 Staunton (George Thomas, translator)

Ta Tsing Leu Lee; being the Fundamental Laws...of the Penal Code of China,

1810 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,811.78
197 Teichman (Eric) and H.Prideaux-Brune.

Text-Book of Documentary Chinese...for the use of Student Interpreters, H.B.M. Legation, Peking,

[1926]. GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,318.26
198 Wright (Rev. George Newenham)

China, in a Series of Views,

[c.1840] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,141.73
199 Bey (Max Herz)

La Mosquee du Sultan Hassan au Caire,

Cairo 1899 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 702.31
200 Hautecoeur (Louis)

and Gaston Wiet. Les Mosquees du Caire,

Paris 1932 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 702.31
201 Nolin (Jean-Baptiste)

L'Europe Dressee sur les nouvelles observations faites en toutes les parties de la Terre Rectifiee... Divisee en tous ses Royaumes et Etats...,

1740 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,217.67
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