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Auction Name	Online: Western Medieval Manuscripts: the Property of a Gentleman	Total Sales (GBP)	30,911.80
Auction Date	December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	22,900.00
Sale Number	#1087	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	33,600.00
Total Lots	60
Sold Lots	30.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	55,000.00
% of Lots Sold	50.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	80,100.00
Unsold Lots	30	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	38.59%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
56	Breviary, of Franciscan Use, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern Italy, second	second half of the fifteenth century	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,810.00
57	Monastic prayerbook, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy (perhaps Brescia), fifteenth	fifteenth century	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,048.00
23	The last leaf of the Psalms, from the so-called 'Bible of Mirmelus Arnandi', in Latin,	c. 1300	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,794.00
28	Single leaf from the glittering Bute-Soissons Hours, in Latin, opulently illuminated manuscript on	c. 1370-1400	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,905.00
14	Leaf from a finely illuminated Book of Hours, with border decoration ascribed to an associate of the	c. 1450	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,270.00
8	Leaf from an English illuminated Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum, [England (probably East	mid-fourteenth century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,206.50
25	Leaf from a manuscript of the 'Saint-Jacques Bible Concordance', in Latin, on vellum, [France,	early fourteenth century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,206.50
4	Two near-complete leaves from a compilation of texts on the Sacrament, including Ivo of Chartres,	third quarter of the twelfth century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,079.50
29	Text leaf from the 'Chester Beatty Book of Hours', in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum,	dated 1408	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,079.50
40	Leaf from the Psalter with Passion Sequences copied by Pietro Ursuleo of Capuo, in Latin, opulently	c. 1460	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 952.50
10	Leaf from the so-called 'Norwich Breviary', Use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on	c. 1400	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
16	Two leaves from Peter Lombard, Magna Glossatura in Epistolas Pauli (the letters of St. Paul,	c. 1210-20	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
22	Leaf from Rufinus of Aquilea's continuation of his Latin translation of Eusebius of Caesarea,	c. 1300	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
30	Leaf from a Book of Hours, decorated with medieval dragons, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on	first half of the fifteenth century	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 825.50
50	Leaf from an early manuscript of Gratian's Decretum, C.xxxviii-xliv, on heresy, and the Church's	second half of the twelfth century (before c. 1180)	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 825.50
59	Two modern studies of medieval Insular or English illumination, in Latin and West Saxon (Old	nineteenth or twentieth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 825.50
24	Text leaf from the 'Chester Beatty Bible', his manuscript MS.W.173, in Latin, manuscript on	c. 1300	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
60	Three modern facsimiles of initials, miniatures and corresponding sections of text by William Thomas	nineteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
11	Leaf from a large English Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [England, fifteenth	fifteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 698.50
13	Large cutting from a leaf from an English Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum,	early years of the fifteenth century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 698.50
32	Large initial 'B' from a Choirbook, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France	c. 1500	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 698.50
9	Bifolium from a tiny English portable Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [England,	late fourteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 635.00
39	Leaf from an Antiphoner with a large initial 'D', in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum,	early fifteenth century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 609.60
44	Large initial 'A' on a cutting from the celebrated Murano Gradual, illuminated manuscript on	c. 1440	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 533.40
38	Leaf from a Gradual with a large initial 'S', in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Italy,	fourteenth century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 482.60

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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