Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, 24546, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 08, 2026 - July 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Valk Gerard (1652-1726); Schenk Petrus (1661-1711) | Nova totius Geographica telluris projectio |
Amsterdam | circa 1706 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Unknown |
| 78 | Beaurain Jean de (1696-1771) | Atlas contenant la carte de la Mapmonde, de l'Europe, de celles des Isles Britaniques des Couronnes du Nord Moscovie, Pologne, Allemagne, et des Pays-Bas |
Paris | 1743 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Unknown |
| 79 | Delisle Joseph Nicolas (1688-1768) | Russischer Atlas |
St. Petersburg | 1745 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 80 | Delisle Joseph-Nicolas (1688-1768) | Atlas Rossiiskoy sostoyashchey iz devyatnatsati spetsialnykh kart predstavlyayushchikh vserossiiskyyu imperiyu s pogranichnymi zemlyami |
St Petersburg | 1745; circa 1787 | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Unknown |
| 81 | Jefferys Thomas (c.1719-1771) | The American Atlas |
London | 1778-1779 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Unknown |
| 82 | Cassini Giovanni Maria (1745-1824) | Nuovo atlante geografico universal |
Rome | 1792-1797-1801 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 83 | Mahmud Raif Efendi (1760?-1807) | Cedid Atlas Tercumesi |
Constantinople | 1803-1804 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 84 | Ptolemaeus Claudius (c.100–c.178); Angelus Jacobus; Germanus Nicolaus (c.1420-c.1490) | Cosmographia |
Ulm | 1486 | GBP 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | Unknown |
| 85 | Ortelius Abraham (1527-1598) | Theatrum orbis terrarum |
Antwerp | 1570 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Unknown |
| 86 | Mercator Gerard (1512-1594); Hondius Henricus (1596⁄97-1651) | Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura |
Amsterdam | 1630 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 87 | Blaeu Joan (1596-1673); Blaeu Willem (1571-1638) | Theatrum Orbis terrarum, sive Atlas Novus |
Amsterdam | 1644-1655 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Unknown |
| 88 | Janssonius Johannes (1588-1664) | Het vijfde Deel Des Grooten Atlas, Vervatende De Water-Weereld |
Amsterdam | 1657 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 89 | Blaeu Joan (1596-1673); Blaeu Willem (1571-1638) | Le Grand Atlas, ou Cosmographie Blaviane |
Amsterdam | 1667 | GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | Unknown |
| 90 | Pitt Moses (bap. 1639-1697) | The English Atlas |
Oxford | 1680-1683 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Unknown |
| 91 | Robijn Jacobus (1649-c.1710) | L’Atlas de la Mer, ou Monde Aquatique |
Amsterdam | 1681 | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Unknown |
| 92 | Wit Frederick de (1629/30-1706) | Composite Atlas |
Amsterdam | circa 1690 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown |
| 93 | Visscher Nicolaes II (1649-1702); Visscher Elizabeth (fl.1702-1726) | Atlas minor sive geographia compendiosa qua orbis terrarum per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditura |
Amsterdam | c. 1696-1706 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 94 | Jaillot Hubert; de Hooghe Romeyn | Le Neptune Francois, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines |
Amsterdam | c.1703 | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Unknown |
| 95 | Allard Carel (1648-1709); Allard Abraham (1676-1725) | Atlas Minor sive totius terrarum orbis geographica delineatio; complectens novissimas tabulas |
Amsterdam | ?1705 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Unknown |
| 96 | Michelot Henri; Bremond Laurent | Untitled collection of 16 charts of the Mediterranean |
Marseille | 1715-1723 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown |
| 97 | Renard Louis (fl. c.1702-1707); Ottens Reinier (1698-1750); Ottens Josua (1704-1765) | Atlas van Zeevaert en Koophandel door de Geheele Weereldt |
Amsterdam | 1745 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 98 | Senex John (1678-1740); Price Charles (fl.1697-c.1733) | Modern Geography |
London | c.1748 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown |
| 99 | Bellin Jacques Nicholas (1703-1772) | Hydrographie Francoise |
Paris | 1737-1772 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown |
| 100 | Apocalypse |
Western Germany | c. 1465 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 101 | Hugo de Sancto Victore (1096-1141) | Didascalicon de studio legendi et alia opuscula |
Strasbourg | not after 1474 | GBP 22,000.00 - 26,000.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000