Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1045, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025

Page Size: 298 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Terentius Afer (Publius)	[Comoediae] In singulas scenas argumenta, fere ex Aelii Donati commentariis transcripta. Versuum genera per Erasmum Roterodamum	Paris	1551	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 215.90
177	Livius (Titus)	Historiarum ab urbe condita	Venice	1555	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 355.60
178	Livius (Titus)	Historiarum ab urbe condita	Venice	1566	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 228.60
179	Krantz (Albert)	Regnorum Aquilonarium, Daniae, Suecia, Noruagiae		1583	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 114.30
180	Sanders (Nicholas)	Les trois livres contenants l'origine et progrez du scisme d'Angleterre	[?Louvain]	1587.	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 254.00
181	Camerarius (Philipp)	Operae horarum subcicsivarum, sive meditationes historicae...centuria prima [- tertia]	Frankfurt	1602-06-10	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 95.25
182	Libanius.	Progymnasmata kai meletai [graece] Praeludia Oratoria LXXII. Declamationes XLV...	Paris	1606-1627	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 190.50
183	Bry (Gilles)	Histoire des Pays et Comte du Perche et Duche d'Alencon...	Paris	1620	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 228.60
184	Scaliger (Joseph)	Opus de emendatione temporum	Geneva	1629	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
185	Marca (Pierre de)	Histoire de Bearn	Paris	1640	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 304.80
186	Egyptian medicine.- Alpinus (Prosper)	De Medicina Aegyptiorum, libri quatuor, et Iacobi Bontii In Indiis Archiatri, de Medicina Indorum	Paris	1646	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 279.40
187	Valois (Adrien de)	Rerum Francicarum	Paris	1646-58	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 228.60
188		MazarinadesA good group of 21 Mazarinades	Paris	1649	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 165.10
189	Grotius (Hugo)	Historia Gotthorum, Vandalorum & Langobardorum	Amsterdam	1655	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 152.40
190		Bible, Dutch. Biblia, dat is, de Gantsche Heylige Schrifture	Leiden	1663	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,079.50
191	Milton (John).- Cromwell (Oliver)	Literae pseudo-senatu?s Anglicani, Cromwellii, reliquorumque perduellium nomine ac jussu conscriptae a Joanne Miltono	[Brussels]	1676	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 107.95
192	Annotated.- Locke (John)	Armigeri Libri IV De Intellectu Humano	Leipzig	1709	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
193	La Motte (Antoine Houdard de)	Fables Nouvelles	Paris	1719	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 406.40
194	Espagnac (J.B.J.S.d'A., Baron)	Essai sur les Grandes Operations de la Guerre	The Hague	1755	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 127.00
195	Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de)	Oeuvres...Augmentee de la Vie de l'Auteur & des Remarques Historiques & Critiques, Par M. de Voltaire	Amsterdam & Leipzig	1765	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 139.70
196	Rabelais (Francois)	Oeuvres...suivies de remarques publiees en anglois par M. le Motteux et traduites en francois par C[esar]. D[e]. M[issy].	Paris	[1798]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 457.20
197	Hugo (Victor).- Claretie (Jules)	La Maison de Victor Hugo Place Royale	Paris	1904	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
198	France (Anatole)	La Lecon Bien Apprise	Paris	1922	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
199	Michaux (Henri)	Liberte d'action	Paris	1945.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
200		LogicSyntagma Logicum Proemium de Oriigine, Natura et partibus Philosophiae	no place	[late 17 century].	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 355.60

Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
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.