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
177	Gill (Eric)	Art & Love,	Bristol	1927	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,932.94
178	Orwell (George)	Animal Farm,		[1982].	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 966.47
179	Blondel (Jacques Francois)	De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance et de la Decoration des Edifices en general,	Paris	1737-38.	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
180	Butler (A.S.G.)	The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens,	London & New York	1950	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,932.94
181	Doni (Anton Francesco)	Disegno del Doni, partito in piu ragionamenti,	Venice	1549.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
182	Designs (The)	of Inigo Jones, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings,		1770	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
183	Fontana (Carlo)	Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo,	Rome	1694	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,514.09
184	[Girardin (Stanislas Xavier, Comte de)]	Promenade ou Itineraire des Jardins d'Ermenonville,	Paris	1788	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 702.31
185	Marot (Jean)	Petit Oeuvre D'Architecture,	Paris	1764	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
186	Troili (Giulio)	Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla,	Bologna	1683.	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
187	Stein (Sir Marc Aurel)	Innermost Asia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran,	Oxford	1928	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 21,792.96
188	[Shao Yuanping.] Gaubil (Antoine, translator)	Histoire de Gentchiscan et de toute la dinastie des Mongous,	Paris	1739	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
189	Gonzalez de Mendoza (Juan)	Dell'Historia della China,	Venice	1590	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,141.73
190	Stanford (Edward)	Map of Hong-Kong and of the territory leased between Great Brtitain under the convention between Great Britain and China, lithographed map printed in colours,		1932	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,284.73
191	Morrison (Rev. Robert)	A Dictionary of the Chinese Language,	Macao	1815-22.	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 19,178.46
192	Morrison (Rev. Robert)	A Grammar of the Chinese Language,	Serampore	1815	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 6,150.61
193		Crisis in the Opium Traffic: being an Account of the Proceedings of the Chinese Government to suppress that Trade,	[Canton]	1839	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,811.78
194	Ricci (Matteo)	Entrata nella China de'Padri della Compagnia del Gesu,	Naples	[1622].	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,811.78
195	Staunton (Sir George)	An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China,		1797	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
196	Staunton (George Thomas, translator)	Ta Tsing Leu Lee; being the Fundamental Laws...of the Penal Code of China,		1810	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,811.78
197	Teichman (Eric) and H.Prideaux-Brune.	Text-Book of Documentary Chinese...for the use of Student Interpreters, H.B.M. Legation, Peking,		[1926].	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,318.26
198	Wright (Rev. George Newenham)	China, in a Series of Views,		[c.1840]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,141.73
199	Bey (Max Herz)	La Mosquee du Sultan Hassan au Caire,	Cairo	1899	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 702.31
200	Hautecoeur (Louis)	and Gaston Wiet. Les Mosquees du Caire,	Paris	1932	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 702.31
201	Nolin (Jean-Baptiste)	L'Europe Dressee sur les nouvelles observations faites en toutes les parties de la Terre Rectifiee... Divisee en tous ses Royaumes et Etats...,		1740	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,217.67

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.