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Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art

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Auction Name	Islamic and Indian Art	Total Sales (GBP)	207,630.00
Auction Date	November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	82,800.00
Sale Number	#31075	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	117,900.00
Total Lots	49
Sold Lots	31.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	144,800.00
% of Lots Sold	63.27%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	207,400.00
Unsold Lots	18	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	100.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
16	opied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil	A fine, large calligraphic composition, copied by al-Hajj Ahmad al-Kamil (1868-1941), in a carved wood frame signed by the maker, Kalkandelenli Halid	AH 1344/AD 1926	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 57,550.00
167	General Sir Eyre Coote	A collection of letters relating to General Sir Eyre Coote (1726-83), the East India Company Commander-in-Chief, and the political situation in Mysore	1780 and later	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 19,200.00
17	, attributed to 'Abdullah Bokhari	A couple in an erotic embrace, attributed to 'Abdullah Bokhari	mid-18th Century	GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	GBP 17,920.00
20	copied by Amir 'Abd al-Hamid Bahreyni	A manuscript in scroll form on astronomy, calendars and the astrolabe, copied by Amir 'Abd al-Hamid Bahreyni	Ramadan 1215/January-February 1801	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 16,640.00
258		Lahore: its history, architectural remains and antiquities with an account of its modern institutions, inhabitants, their trade, customs &c., by Syad Muhammad Latif Khan Bahadur, with 105 illustrations	1892	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 12,800.00
127	Collection Henri Moser-Charlottenfels,	Collection Henri Moser-Charlottenfels, Oriental Arms and Armour	1912	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 7,040.00
229	Lowes Dickinson after Emily Eden,	Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India	1844	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 7,040.00
168	Tippoo Sultaun	Official Documents relative to the Negotiations carried on by Tippoo Sultaun with the French Nation, and other Foreign States, for Purposes Hostile to the British Nation	1799	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,400.00
214	Max Arthur Macauliffe,	The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, 6 volumes bound in three	1909	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 6,400.00
180	Major Alexander Dirom	Major Alexander Dirom (1757-1830), A Narrative of the Campaign in India which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan in 1792	1793	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,120.00
183		A letter written by a British medical officer in the Madras army of General Harris, including eyewitness descriptions of the siege and eventual breach of Seringapatam and the combat and resulting spoils of war	10th June 1799	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,120.00
181	by Francesco dal Pedro (1740-1806) after Singleton and Mather Browne	Five coloured engravings depicting the final events of the capture of Seringapatam and the defeat of Tipu Sultan,	circa 1799	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,864.00
235	Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-59),	Voyages dans L'Inde, in two volumes	1850-51	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,840.00
226	after A. Soltykoff,	De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des Siks, Roi de Panjab avec sa suite/Lahore Avril 1842, from Voyages dans L'Inde	1850	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
300		An unusual lithograph copy of Abul Fazl's Ai'n-e-Akbari, The Administration of Akbar, published by Sayyid Ahmad Khan, with 42 illustrated pages	AH 1272/AD 1855-56	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,328.00
277	Gerald Spencer Pryse (British 1882-1956)	Two prints depicting Sikh troops on the Western Front during the First World War: troops in bivouac at night, and Indians and motor buses near Poperinge	circa 1914	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,200.00
18		An illuminated Qur'an	late 18th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
222	Charles William Bartlett (British, 1860-1940)	The Entrance to Golden Temple. Amritsar	circa 1919	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
282		An illustrated leaf from a manuscript in praise of the Shia Imams, depicting the Tenth Imam, 'Ali al-Naqi al-Hadi, with angels above heralding his coming	late 16th/early 17th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
3		A small illuminated Qur'an	19th Century	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 2,304.00
12		A small Safavid illuminated Qur'an	17th-18th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,304.00
2		An illuminated collection of prayers, including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two illustrations of Mecca and Medina	18th-19th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,048.00
5		A large calligraphic panel with two lines in the style of the 'Baysunghur' Qur'an	19th/20th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,792.00
262	the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala	My Travels in Europe and America, 1893, by His Highness the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala	1895	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,792.00
267	Captain Clarence Comyn Taylor (1830--1879)	A photograph of the main participants in the Umballah Durbar, held in March 1869, including the Viceroy of India, the 6th Earl of Mayo, several Sikh rulers, and Sher Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan,	27th March 1869	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,792.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.