Bonhams: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 30730, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025
Page Size: 193 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AuSTEN (JANE)

Luncheon menu signed by Alcock and Brown, Savoy Hotel,

1919 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,088.00
2 BLUME (KARL LUDWIG)

Rumphia, sive commentationes botanicae imprimis de plantis Indiae Orientalis, vol. 2-4 (of 4), FIRST EDITION,

1836 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,536.00
3 PHILIDOR (FRANCOIS DANICAN)

Chess Analysed,

1750 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
4 PERRY (GEORGE)

Conchology, FIRST EDITION,

1811 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,432.00
5

Three nineteenth century manuscript receipt books

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 768.00
6 FAIRFAX (ARABELLA)

The Family's Best Friend: Or the Whole Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, Fifth Edition,

1753 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,432.00
8 [GERARD (JOHN)

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, FIRST EDITION,

John Norton 1597 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 2,560.00
9

Manuscript speech, titled "Draft of the King Emperor's Announcement:- Delhi and Bengal.",

1911 GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 190,900.00
10

Moyo hinagata Naniwa no ume Kimono Patterns: Plums of Naniwa, 3 vol.,

Osaka 1886 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,664.00
11 MULLER (ANDREAS, editor)

Oratio Orationum,

Berlin 1680 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 640.00
12

Two manuscript volumes, the first containing physician's notes on patients, the other student lectures,

Essex 1792 onwards GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,664.00
13

The New Testament,

Shanghai 1898 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,792.00
14 RUMPF (GEORG EBERHARD)

Herbarium Amboinense, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE,

Amsterdam 1741-1750 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
15

The Case of the Planters of Tobacco in Virginia,

1733 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 384.00
16 WOOD (ROBERT)

The Ruins of Balbec, FIRST EDITION,

1757 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,328.00
17

Carte Particuliere de l'Amerique Septentrionale...,

Amsterdam c.1733 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,216.00
18 MERCATOR (MICHAEL)

America sive India Nova, ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis imitationem in compenium redacta,

Amsterdam 1628 or later GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,536.00
19 MUNSTER (SEBASTIAN)

Die neuwen Inseln so hinder Hispanien gegen Oriente bey dem land Indie liegen,

Basel c.1550 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,560.00
20 OGILBY (JOHN)

America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World, FIRST EDITION,

1671 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
21 ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)

Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio,

Antwerp 1579 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,432.00
22 KEULEN (GERARD VAN)

Nieuwe Wassende Graade Zee Kaart,

Amsterdam c. 1710 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
23 COVENS (JOHANNES) AND CORNELIUS MORTIER.

Mappa Aestivarum insularum alias Barmudas,

Amsterdam 1638 or later GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 512.00
24 COVENS (JOHANNES) AND CORNELIUS MORTIER.

Teatre de la Guerre en Amerique Telle Qu'elle est a Present Possedee par les Espagnols, Anglois, Francois, et Hollandois Nouvellement Mis au Jour...,

Amsterdam c.1725 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,536.00
25 KEULEN (GERARD VAN)

Nouvelle Carte Marine de Toute les Cotes de l'Amerique Montrant Toutes les Isles Bayes et Rivieres...par Jan Sikkena,

Amsterdam 1728 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 768.00
26 HOMANN (JOHANN BAPTIST)

Accurater Prospect...

London 1705 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 281.60
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