Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026

Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		II Chronicles 3:8-6:3, describing the building of the First Temple, c. 1455	[Mainz	c.1455.]	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 101,600.00
2	Johannes Zainer, 1478	Pflaum's Kalendarium 1477-1552	Ulm	1478	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,320.00
3	Erhard Ratdolt, 1483	The Alphonsine Tables	[Venice:]	4 July 1483.	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 24,130.00
4	Peter Apian and Johann Stoffler, 1532, 1514, and 1528	Quadrans Apiani astronomicus, with two other works	Ingoldstadt	6 July 1532	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 25,400.00
5	Bound with Peurbach's Tabulae eclypsium and Regiomontanus's Tabula primi mobilis, 1514	Ptolemy's Almagest, 1515	Venice	1515	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 44,450.00
6	Nicolaus Copernicus, 1542	De lateribus et angulis triangulorum tum planorum rectilineorum tum sphaericorum	Wittenberg	1542	USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00	USD 381,000.00
7	Leonard Digges, 1556	A Prognostication euerlasting	London	1556	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 21,590.00
8	Cyprian Karasek Lvovicky, 1564	De coniunctionibus magnis insignioribus superiorum planetarum, Solis defectionibus, & Cometis	Lauingen	1564	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,270.00
9	Thomas Digges, 1596	A Perfit Description of the Celestiall Orbes	[London	1596.]	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 20,320.00
10	Christopher Clavius, 1596	In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius	Venice	1596	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,016.00
11	Johannes Kepler, 1596	Mysterium cosmographicum	Tubingen	1596	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 889,000.00
12	Tycho Brahe, 1602	Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata	Uraniborg and Prague	1602	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 101,600.00
13	Johannes Kepler, 1604	Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur	Frankfurt	1604	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
14	Johannes Kepler, 1606	De stella nova in pede serpentarii	Prague and Frankfurt	1606	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 40,640.00
15	Johannes Kepler, 1609	Astronomia nova	[Heidelberg	1609	USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00	USD 635,000.00
16	Galileo Galilei, 1610	Sidereus nuncius, and 3 other works	Venice	[March] 1610.	USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00	Not Sold
17	Galileo Galilei, 1613	Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti	Rome	1613	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 30,480.00
18	Simon Marius, 1614	Mundus Iovialis	Nuremberg	1614	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
19	Johannes Kepler, 1619	Harmonices mundi, Norman copy	Linz	1619	USD 120,000.00 - 160,000.00	USD 190,500.00
20	Galileo Galilei, 1623	Il Saggiatore	Rome	1623	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 24,130.00
21	Johannes Kepler, 1672	Tabulae Rudolphinae	Ulm	1627	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,320.00
22	Galileo Galilei, 1632	Dialogo, the Honeyman copy	Florence	1632	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 165,100.00
23	Johannes Hevelius, 1647	Selenographia	Danzig	1647	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 69,850.00
24	Johannes Hevelius, 1662	Mercurius in sole visus Gedani anno Christiano 1661	Danzig	1662	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 20,320.00
25	Galileo Galilei, 1663	Systema cosmicum	London	1663	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,890.00

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.