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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | Blouet (Guillaume Abel) and others. | Expedition scientifique de Moree, |
Paris | 1831-38. | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 11,332.44 |
| 203 | Nolli (Giovanni Battista) | Nuova Pianta di Roma, |
Rome | 1748 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 14,818.86 |
| 204 | Piranesi (Francesco) | Prospettiva della nuova Piazza di Padova, |
1786 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,514.09 | |
| 205 | Coste (Pascal) | Monuments Modernes de la Perse, |
Paris | 1867 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 15,690.78 |
| 206 | Moritz (Bernhard) | Bilder aus Palaestina, Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai, |
Berlin | 1916 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 207 | Prisse d'Avesnes (Achille Constant T. Emile) | L'Art Arabe, |
Paris | 1877 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,623.56 |
| 208 | Roberts (David) | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, |
1842-49. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 26,152.56 | |
| 209 | Raymond (Alexandre M.) | L'Art Islamique en Orient, |
Constantinople | 1924 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,108.20 |
| 210 | Gold and Diamond Fields Transvaal (The), |
n.p. | [c.1905]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,932.94 | |
| 211 | Minute Books of Langlaagte Estate and Gold Mining Company Ltd., |
1908-17. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 527.05 | ||
| 212 | Hawes (William) & Charles Fellows. | A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc made during the summer if 1827, lithograph frontispiece, |
1828 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,459.99 | |
| 213 | Bradford (Rev. William) | Sketches of the Country, Character and Costume, |
1809. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 878.84 | |
| 214 | Murphy (James Cavanah) | The Arabian Antiquities of Spain, |
1815 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 9,588.60 | |
| 215 | [Costumes of the Various Countries], |
1800 [but later]-1818 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,368.92 | ||
| 216 | Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) | A History of the University of Cambridge, |
1815 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,811.78 | |
| 217 | Singleton (Thomas) | [Photograph Album] comprising: Views of Guernsey [&] Views of Jersey [&] Views of Sark, |
Guernsey | [c.1869-70]. | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,108.20 |
| 218 | Carew (Richard) | The Survey of Cornwall, |
1602 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 878.84 | |
| 219 | Davies (Sir John) | A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely Subdued...untill the Beginning of his Maiesties happie Raigne, |
1612. | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,757.68 | |
| 220 | Booth (Charles) | Life and Labour of the People in London |
1902-03. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 6,625.08 | |
| 221 | Daniell (William) | Six Views in London, |
1805 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 221A | Nash (Joseph) | The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, |
1839-1849. | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 222 | Nicholson (William) | Oxford, |
1905 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,514.09 | |
| 223 | Aldam (W.H.) | A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," |
1876 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,405.89 | |
| 224 | Baigent (William) | A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing, |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 1937 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,757.68 |
| 225 | Blacker (William) | Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, |
1843 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,623.56 |
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