Sworders: The Georgian Group | Charity Auction, A1262, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 25, 2026 - January 25, 2026

Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2		An early 18th-century print	early 18th-century	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	Unknown
4		Five engravings of London churches		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
6	John Sell Cotman (1782-1842)	six soft ground etchings		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
8	James Walton and T Fielding (19th century)	Views of the Lake District:		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
10	David Roberts RA (1796-1864)	Five lithographic prints of eastern subjects	1855/56	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
13		A folio of thirty-three architectural engravings,	18th century	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
14	Thomas Malton the Younger (1748-1804)	'Melbourne House, White-Hall'	Jan 18th 1797	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
16		Two 18th-century engravings,	18th-century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
17		'A New Improved Map of Northumberland from the best surveys and intelligences',	1796,	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
19		Four engravings of London churches		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
21	Palladio	Elevation of Palazzo Thiene, Vincenza, by Palladio	c.1850	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
22	Rory Fraser	A3-sized print of one of thirty illustrations to appear in Rory Fraser's book 'Follies: An Architectural Journe		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
25		Five engravings of London churches,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
27		Five engravings of churches		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
31	John Opie RA (1761-1807) after James Heath	'Samuel Johnson LL.D'	March 14, 1786	GBP 80.00 - 150.00	Unknown
35	D Havell after William Westall	Winchester College Entrance, with the Warden's House	1816	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
39	After William Hogarth	The Four Times of Day - Morning, Noon, Evening, Night	1797	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
41		Two 18th-century engravings The Cathedral Church of St. Davids'; 'The Cathedral Church of Bangor	18th-century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
43	After John Bowles	'The North West Prospect of St Paul's Cathedral' -	c.1740/1760	GBP 80.00 - 150.00	Unknown
44	Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Hans Holbein	Anne of Cleves, Queen of K Henry VIII'		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
45		Six engravings of country seats		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
46	Hendrik Hulsbergh (Dutch, d.1729) after Colen Campbell	'Duncomb Park in Yorkshire, the Seat of Thomas Duncomb Esq. Designed by William Wakefield Esq 1713		GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
49		A folio of fifty prints,	18/19th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
50	After James Gibbs	Eight engravings of St Mary le Strand:		GBP 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
52		Seven engravings of country seats	18th century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.