Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1158, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 394 items in 16 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201

India.- Life of Vishnu

North Indian early 19th century. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 756.00
202 Malayalam type.- Fabricius (Johann Philip) and Christian Breithaupt.

A Malabar and English

Vepery Madras 1809 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,071.00
203 India, Tanjore (now Thanjavur).- Thuljaji Bhonsle, also known as Tullasu Rasa)

Memorial of the King

late 18th century GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 378.00
204 Straits School (19th century)

Four botanical studies

circa 1805 (4) GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 6,048.00
205

India.- Two pairs of embroidered textile panels depicting a mosque

North India 19th century. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,512.00
206 Tosa School (probably 18th century)

Ten scenes or episodes

Edo Period, probably 18th century; GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
207 Lafreri School (Italian, 16th century)

Four maps of North Africa

mid-to-late 16th century (4) GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,512.00
208 Grey (William)

Sketches of Newfoundland and Labrador

1858 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
209 Whitworth & Yates, publishers.- Trumbull (John, after)

Genl. Washington

Birmingham 'pub. 15th July 1784'. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 756.00
210 Forlani (Paolo)

Nova Discrittione dela Dalmatia et Crovatia

Venice 1565 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,142.00
211 Bertelli (Ferrando)

Vogliono alcuni che l'Isola di Corfu...

Venice 1564 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 882.00
212 Mount (William) and Thomas Page, publishers.

The Sea-Coasts of France from Calais to

c.1715. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
213 Sauvan (Jean Baptiste Balthazar)

Picturesque Tour of the Seine

1821 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,890.00
214 Saint-Non (Jean Claude Richard, l'Abbe de)

Voyage Pittoresque ou Description des Royaumes

Paris 1781-86. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 5,670.00
215 Evans (Arthur)

The Palace of Minos... at Knossos

Vepery Madras 1921-36. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,764.00
216 English School (19th century)

Album of 75 original watercolours and drawings of Madeira,

circa 1870-1871 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,520.00
217 Lear (Edward)

Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania

1851 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 882.00
218 Phillips (John) and A. Rider.

Mexico Illustrated

1848 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
219 Chardin (Sir John)

The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies

1686 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
220 Chardin (Sir John)

Voyages...en Perse

Amsterdam 1711 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 945.00
221 Gastaldi (Giacomo)

Il Vero Disegno

Venice 1570 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,386.00
222

Middle East.- Islamic Law.- [Treatise on Muslim Jurisprudence]

North Africa 1688 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
223

Middle East.- Islamic manuscript.- Firaki (Abdurrahrnan celebi el-Kiltahyevi) Kitab-i Kirk Sual

Ottoman Turkey 1754 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
224 Narinsky (Shlomo)

The Holy Land 1910-1921

Jerusalem 1921 & 1980. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
225 Salt (Henry)

Four plates from 'Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena

1809 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 302.40
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