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Cheffins Fine Art

Auction House Name Cheffins Fine Art
Site URL https://fineart.cheffins.co.uk/
About Us Clifton House,12 Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EA Cheffins is proud to support Cambridgeshire Community Foundation.
Who do I contact if I have questions? fine.art@cheffins.co.uk 01223 213343
City Cambridge
Country United Kingdom
Zipcode CB1 7EA
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AUCTION LIST

October 08, 2026 - October 08, 2026, The Library Sale, #100826
October 22, 2026 - October 22, 2026, The Art & Design Sale, #221026

  • Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
    October 24-25, 2026
    Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
    October 24-25, 2026
  • Sotheby’s
    Reason and Revolution:
    Extraordinary Works from a Distinguished Private Collection
    Part I
    Live Sale 20 October
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium colestium, Nuremberg, 1543, first edition.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Newton, Isaac, Sir. Autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, probably May 1694.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Euclid. Praeclarissimus Liber Elementorum in Artem Geometrie, Venice, Ratdolt, 25 May 1482, first edition of the first substantial mathematical work to appear in print, Durazzo copy.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Galilei, Galileo. Sidereus nuncius …, Venice, 1610, first edition of the foundation of modern astronomy.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Kepler, Johannes. Astronomia nova aitiologitos …, Prague or Heidelberg, 1609, first edition, contemporary vellum, the Chasles copy.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus ..., Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1661, brilliantly handcolored.