Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1188, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 206 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
52	Plutarch	The Philosophie, commonlie called, the Morals		1603	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,778.00
53	Huarte (Juan)	Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of mens Wits		1616	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 444.50
54	Hobbes (Thomas)	Cavendish (William, Earl of Devonshire) - Horae Subsecivae. Observations and Discourses		1620	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,096.00
55	Baddeley (Richard)	The Boy of Bilson: or, a True Discovery of the late Notorious Impostures of certaine Romish Priests in their pretended Exorcisme, or expulsion of the Divell out of a young Boy, named William Perry...		1622	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 825.50
56		Anglo-Saxon.- Bible.- Aelfric. A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament			GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 6,350.00
57	Heywood (Thomas)	Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women		1624	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 3,048.00
58	[Burton (Robert)]	"Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy	Oxford	1632	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 762.00
59	Ussher (James, Bishop of Armagh)	Binding.- Polycarpi et Ignatii epistolae	Oxford	1648	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 698.50
60	[Wicquefort (Abraham de)]	A Relation in form of journal, of the Voiage and Residence which ... Charls the II King of Great Britain, &c.	Hague	1660	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 762.00
61		Bible, English.- The New Testament...	Oxford	1682	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 825.50
62	Rabelais (Francois)	The Works			GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,651.00
63		Bindings.- Book of Common Prayer (The)	Oxford	1716	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,778.00
64	Sturt (John, engraver)	Book of Common Prayer (The)...		1717	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,143.00
65	Moore (John)	Northampton printing.- Water out of the rock: Or, Life and Comfort to Sinners thro' the Crucifixion of Christ	[?Northampton]	[1721]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 508.00
66	Pope (Alexander)	An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend [I-IV]		[1733-34]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,778.00
67	Rousseau (Jean Jacques)	A Discourse upon the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind		1761	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,794.00
68		Bible, Scottish Gaelic. Tiomnadh Nuadh ar Tighearna agus ar Slanuigh-fhir Iosa Criosd		1767	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,397.00
69		Cookery.- Wilson, of Hertfordshire (Mrs. Mary) The Ladies Complete Cookery; or, Family Pocket Companion		[c.1770]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
70	Bentham (Jeremy)	Economics.- A Fragment on Government		1776	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 4,826.00
71	Eden (Sir Frederic Morton)	Economics.- The State of the Poor: Or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England		1797	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
72	Norman (Mrs. Elizabeth)	Woman novelist.- The Child of woe. A novel	Dublin	1789	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,032.00
73	Wilson (James) and Thomas McKean	Early printing of the Constitution of the United States		1792	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,651.00
74	Coleridge (Samuel Taylor)	The Watchman	Bristol	1796	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
75	Austen (Jane)	Sense and Sensibility		1813	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 7,620.00
76	Austen (Jane)	Pride and Prejudice		1817	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 8,890.00

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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.