Forum Auctions: Online: India, 1074, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Rajah Sourindro Mohun Tagore | The Ten Principal Avataras of the Hindus |
Calcutta | 1880 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 252 | Gerald George Wynne Trevredyn Tait | Jute boats on the Brahmaputra |
[circa 1930-1939] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 253 | Richard Carnac Temple | Panjab Notes & Queries. A Monthly Periodical |
[Allahabad] | October 1883 - September 1886 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 254 | Edward Terry | A Voyage to East-India |
1777 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 255 | R.Hughes Thomas | Historical, Geographical, and Statistical Memoirs on the Province of Kattywar; and on the Districts of Babriawar and Okhamundul..., Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government |
Bombay | 1856 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 256 | Edward Thornton | The History of the British Empire in India |
1841-45 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 257 | Edward Thornton | A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company, and of the Native States on the Continent of India |
1854 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 258 | Lt.-Col. James Tod | Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India |
1829-32 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 13,335.00 | |
| 259 | Lt.-Col. James Tod | Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India |
Calcutta | 1894 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 260 | Vachaspati Misra | Vivada Chintamani: A Succinct Commentary on the Hindoo Law prevalent in Mithila |
Calcutta | 1863 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 261 | Carl Vandyk | Portrait of Sir Khengarji III Bawa, the Maharao of Kutch |
[circa 1931-1932] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 262 | Vic Veevers | Darjeeling. "At a Lama Dance" |
1934 | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 263 | H. Warren | Jainism not Atheism and the Six Dravyas of Jaina Philosophy |
Bijnor | 1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 |
| 264 | Lieut. George Francis White | Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains |
[?1845] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 265 | George Whitehead | In the Nicobar Islands |
1924 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 266 | Charles Wilkins | A Grammar of the Sanskrita Language |
1808 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 267 | J.V.S. Wilkinson | The Lights of Canopus |
[1930] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 268 | Thomas (1800) Williamson | Williamson (Capt. Thomas) Oriental Field Sports |
1808 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 269 | Harold Sandys Williamson | An Empire Tea Plantation |
[circa 1930] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 270 | Horace Hayman Wilson | A Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms...of British India |
1855 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 271 | William Yates | A Grammar of the Sunscrit Language |
Calcutta | 1820 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 272 | Johann Zoffany | Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match |
[after 1794, probably late 19th century] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 273 | W. Zwalf | A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum |
1996 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 609.60 |
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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.