Forum Auctions: Online: Children's & Illustrated Books & Original Artwork, 1077, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 18, 2026 - March 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | [Strickland (Agnes)] | Rosetta's Birth-Day |
1822 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 27 | Elliott (Mary, nee Belson) | Early Seeds to produce Spring Flowers |
c. 1825-30 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 228.60 | |
| 28 | [Brunel (Marc Isambard)] | Sketches and Memoranda of the Works for the Tunnel under the Thames |
1827 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 29 | House that Jack Built (The) |
c. 1830. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 12.70 | ||
| 30 | Sherwood (Mary) | Caroline Mordaunt; or the Governess |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 31 | Taylor (Ann and Jane) | Original Poems for Infant Minds |
1835 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 12.70 | |
| 32 | Natural history | Little Book of Insects (A) |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 33 | Songs for the Nursery |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 254.00 | ||
| 34 | Green (John William) | Green's Second Book |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 35 | [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". | Through the Looking-Glass |
1872 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 36 | [Educational cabinet] |
mid 19th century. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | ||
| 37 | Embroidered binding | A pair of embroidered chemises to house chap books |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 38 | Entertaining Fables for the Instruction of Children. Embellished with Cuts. |
c.1790s | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | ||
| 39 | Fenwick (Eliza) | Six Stories for the Nursery...By a Mother] |
1819 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,778.00 | |
| 40 | Gaping |
n.d. 1823. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 41 | [Gilbert (Ann Taylor) & Jane Taylor] | Rural Scenes or A Peep into the Country for Children |
1838 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Lane (C.) | Lanes' Telescopic View of the Great Exhibition |
1851 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 43 | Flora's Gala |
1808 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 | ||
| 44 | [Roscoe (William)] | The Butterfly's Ball |
1808 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 45 | Dame Truelove's Tales |
1811, 1829 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 508.00 | ||
| 46 | Paths (The) of Learning Strewed with Flowers or English Grammar Illustrated |
1820 watermarked 1821 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 47 | Wonders! Descriptive of Some of the Most Remarkable of Nature and Art |
1821 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 508.00 | ||
| 48 | Taylor (Rev. Isaac) | Scenes in America |
1821 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 49 | History (The) of a Apple Pie. Written by Z |
1825 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 152.40 | ||
| 50 | Marmaduke Multiply's Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematicians: or |
watermark 1827 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.