Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, 1193, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026

Page Size: 263 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	Chetham (James)	The Angler's Vade Mecum: or, A Compendious,		1681	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
227	Edmonds (Harfield H.)	and Norman N. Lee. Brook and River Trouting,	Bradford	1916	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,757.68
228	Walton (Izaak)	and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, [with] The Life of Isaac Walton by Thomas Zouch (1825),		1824	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,338.83
229	Halford (Frederic M.)	Dry Fly Entomology,		1897	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,987.04
230	Halford (Frederic M.)	Modern Development of the Dry Fly,		1910	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,338.83
231	West (Leonard)	The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation,	St. Helens	1912	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,514.09
232		British Sports and Sportsmen		[1908-35].	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,811.78
233	Lowther (Lancelot, 6th Earl of Lonsdale) and others, editors.	The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes,		1929-[40].	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 12,204.36
234	Munnings (Sir Alfred)	[The Autobiography],		1951-52	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
235	Rondelet (Guillaume)	Libri de piscibus marinis,	Lyon	1554-1555.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,932.94
236	Olina (Giovanni Pietro)	Uccelliera overo discorso della natura e proprieta di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che cantano,	Rome	1622.	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
237		Highgrove Florilegium (The), Watercolours depicting Plants grown in the Garden at Highgrove,		2008	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 6,974.10
238	Meredith (Louisa Anne Twamley)	Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania,		1860	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 614.68
239	Sowerby (James)	and James Edward Smith. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants,		1790 -1814.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,514.09
240	Sowerby (James)	Account Book for the years of 1805-6,		1805-6.	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,230.63
241	Gerard (John)	The Herball or Generall Historie of Plants,		1633	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,493.52
242	Swammerdam (Jan)	Ephemeri Vita. Of afbeeldingh van 's Menschen Leven, Vertoont in de Wonderbaarlijcke en nooyt gehoorde Historie van het vliegent ende een-dagh-levent Haft of Oever-aas,	Amsterdam	1675.	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 2,459.99
243	[Apianus (Petrus)]	Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis,	[Venice]	1533.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
244	Chanute (Octave Alexander)	Gliding Experiments, offprint from Journal of the Western Society of Engineers,	[Chicago	1897	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
245	Cauchy (Augustin-Louis)	Sur la Theorie de la Lumiere,	[?Budweis or Prague]	August 1836	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 966.47
246	Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste de Monet de)	Recherches sur les Causes des Principaux Faits Physiques,	Paris	[1794].	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
247	Darwin (Charles)	The Descent of Man,		1871	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,493.52
248	Darwin (Charles)	The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; The Descent of Man		1884; 1899	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 562.61
249	Hawking (Stephen).- Israelian (Garik) and Brian May, editors.	STARMUS: 50 Years of Man in Space,		2014; 2016	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,811.78
250	Herschel (Sir John F. W.)	Collection of 69 offprints,		[1813-50].	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 26,152.56

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.