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Auction Date: February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Page Size: 273 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Rev. I. N. Allen	Diary of a March through Sinde and Affghanistan...during the Campaign of 1842		1843	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 952.50
2	James Atkinson	Afghanistan.- The Expedition into Affghanistan...in a Personal Narrative during the Campaign of 1839 & 1840, up to the Surrender of Dost Mahomed Khan		1842	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 609.60
3	James Atkinson	Afghanistan.- Sketches in Afghaunistan		1842	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,286.00
4	Brig.-Gen. Henry Francis Brooke	Afghanistan.- Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke, late Brigadier-General commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880	Dublin	1881	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,206.50
5	Col. William H. Dennie	Afghanistan.- Personal Narrative of the Campaigns in Affghanistan, Sinde, Beloochistan...compiled and arranged by William E. Steele	Dublin	1843	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 635.00
6	Lt. Joseph Greenwood	Afghanistan.- Narrative of the late Victorious Campaign in Affghanistan, under General Pollock...		1844	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 508.00
7	Major William Hough	Afghanistan.- A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition into Affghanistan in the years 1838-1839		1841	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 381.00
8	Richard Hartley Kennedy	Afghanistan.- Narrative of the Campaign of the Army of the Indus, in Sind and Kaubool, in 1838-9		1840	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 762.00
9	Capt. James Outram	Afghanistan.- Rough Notes of the Campaign in Sinde and Affghanistan, in 1838--9		1840	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 762.00
10		Asiatic Annual Register (The); or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia, for the Year 1799 [-1810-11]		1800-12	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,826.00
11	George Franklin Atkinson	Campaign in India 1857-58		1859	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,397.00
12	William Bolts	Considerations on India Affairs		1772	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 177.80
13	Thomas Duer Broughton	[Letters written in a Mahratta Camp during the year 1809]		1813	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 762.00
14	Rev. Claudius Buchanan	Colonial Ecclesiastical Establishment: being a Brief View of the State of the Colonies of Great Britain, and of her Asiatic Empire, in respect to Religious Instruction		1813	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 279.40
15	Lt.-Col. Sir Alexander Burnes	Central Asia & Great Game.- Travels into Bokhara...		1839	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 825.50
16	Lt. Arthur Conolly	Central Asia & Great Game.- Journey to the North of India, overland from England, through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun		1834	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 584.20
17	Robert Knox	Ceylon.- T'Eyland Ceylon...	Utrecht	1692	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00
18	Major Dirom	A Narrative of the Campaign in India, which terminated with the war with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792		1794	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 533.40
19	John Dunlop	Mooltan, during and after the Siege		1849	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,905.00
20		East India Company.- [House of Commons.] Report from the Committee of Secrecy appointed to enquire into the State of the East India Company, 1772		1772-73	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 304.80
21		East India Company.- [House of Commons & House of Lords.] Report from the Select Committee on Indian Territories		1852-53	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
22	Maj. Herbert B. Edwardes	A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49		1851	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 457.20
23	James (1749) Forbes	Oriental Memoirs		1813	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,048.00
24	James (1780) Atkinson	Illustrations to Oriental Memoirs		1835	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 508.00
25	George (1817) Forster	A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea		1798	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00

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 April

Sotheby’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.