Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 23880, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 10, 2025 - December 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond of Penafort (d. 1275) | Summa de casibus conscientiae |
France | late 13th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 15,240.00 |
| 2 | Jacobus de Voragine (c.1230-1298) | Golden Legend |
France | early 14th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 3 | Central Italian Master | Bible with Prologues attributed to St Jerome and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names |
Italy, probably Umbria, perhaps Assisi | first quarter 14th century | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 4 | Peter of Spain (d. 1277) | Tractatus |
Germany | 14th century | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 5 | Ranulf Higden (d. 1364) | Polychronicon |
England, ?Chester, or Wales | late 14th century | GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | GBP 241,300.00 |
| 6 | Richard of St-Victor (d. 1173) | De XII patriarchis |
Italy, San Michele a Murano, Venice | early 15th century | GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 |
| 7 | Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. c. 1200) | Poetria nova |
Italy | 1417 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 20,320.00 |
| 8 | Statius (45-96 AD) | Achilleid |
Italy | 15th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 20,320.00 |
| 9 | Cicero (106-43 BC) | De legibus |
Italy, Perugia | circa 1440--50 (before 1455) | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 10 | Cicero (106-43 BC) | De officiis |
Italy, possibly Florence | mid-15th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 12,065.00 |
| 11 | Cicero (106-43 BC) | Cicero |
Italy | 15th century | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 12 | Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD) | Heroides |
Italy | 15th century | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 30,480.00 |
| 13 | A Carthusian liturgical manuscript | Diurnale |
Germany, ?Cologne | 15th century | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 9,525.00 |
| 14 | Isidore of Seville, Julian of Toledo, et al. | Compilation of patristic texts |
Germany | second half 15th century | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,096.00 |
| 15 | Anonymous Dominican author | Speculum humanae salvationis |
England | mid-15th century] | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 50,800.00 |
| 16 | A potentially unique monastic compilation | Alphabetical concordance of the Bible |
Germany, Cologne | mid 15th century | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 17 | Augustine, Ps-Augustine, Jerome, Chrysostom, et al. | Miscellaneous works |
Austria, Melk | early 15th century | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 25,400.00 |
| 18 | Jacobus de Voragine (c.1225-1298) | Golden Legend |
Germany | 15th century | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 |
| 19 | Flavius Josephus (c. 37 - 100) | De vetustate Iudeorum |
Italy, Florence | circa 1450 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 40,640.00 |
| 20 | Plato, Ps-Plato, Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444) | Epistolae |
northern Italy | mid-15th century | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 69,850.00 |
| 21 | Guido de Monte Rocherii (fl. 14th century) and Johannes Marienwerder (1343-1417) | Manipulus curatorum |
Germany | 1454 | GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 |
| 22 | Gaspar of Verona (d. 1474) | Regulae de constructione |
Italy, Veneto, possibly Verona | 1463 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 22,860.00 |
| 23 | Ps. Cicero | De rhetorica |
Italy, Lombardy, possibly Bergamo | 21 November 1465 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 |
| 24 | Lucan (39-65 AD) | Belli civilis libri decem (alias Pharsalia) |
Italy, ?Mantua | 1469 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 31,750.00 |
| 25 | Bohemian students' humanistic miscellany | Humanistic commonplace book |
Italy, Bologna and Pavia | final third 15th century and 1479 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 38,100.00 |
