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
52	John Flamsteed, 1795	Atlas celeste	Paris	1795	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,524.00
53	John Bevis, circa 1749	Celestial Atlas	London	1747-1749-1786.]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 24,130.00
54	Johann Bode, 1801	Uranographia	Berlin	1801	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 53,340.00
55	Ptolemy, 1548	La Geographia	Venice	[1547--]1548.	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 17,780.00
56	Giorgio Vasari, 1568	Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori	Florence	1568	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 13,970.00
57	Abraham Ortelius, 1573	Theatrum orbis terrarum	Antwerp	[c.1573-75].	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	Not Sold
58	VIRGINIA -- John White; Theodor de Bry	Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inventa	[Frankfurt am Main,	1590 or later].	USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 17,780.00
59	Alonso de Ercilla, 1578	Primera y segunda parte de la Araucana	Madrid	1578	USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 30,480.00
60	Alonso de Ercilla, 1592	Primera, segunda, y tercera partes de la Araucana	Barcelona	1592	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
61	Alonso de Ercilla, 1597	La Araucana	Antwerp	1597	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,540.00
62	Alonso de Ercilla, 17th--19th centuries	Collection of La araucana Editions			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
63	Giovanni Botero, 1603	Relaciones Universales del Mundo	Valladolid	[1599]-1603.	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 19,050.00
64	Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1609	Primera parte de los Commentarios Reales	Lisbon	1609	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 10,795.00
65	Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1617	Historia general del Peru	Cordoba	1617	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 8,255.00
66	Cristobal Suarez de Figueroa, 1613	Hechos de don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza	Madrid	1613	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 21,590.00
67	John Smith, 1617	Viertzehende Schiffart, oder, Grundliche und warhaffte Beschreibung dess Neuwen Engellandts [A Description of New England]	Frankfurt am Main	1617	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 10,795.00
68	Rene Descartes, 1637	Discours de la methode	Leiden	1637	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 35,560.00
69	Alonso de Ovalle, 1646	Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile	Rome	1646	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 19,050.00
70	Sir Isaac Newton, 1726	Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica	London	1726	USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 40,640.00
71	Fielding Lucas, 1827	Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book	Baltimore	[1827].	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
72	McKenney & Hall 1837	History of the Indian Tribes of North America	Philadelphia	1837, 1842-44	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 35,560.00
73	Charles Dickens, 1844	Presentation copy of Martin Chuzzlewit	London	1844	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 101,600.00
74	David Roberts and George Croly, 1842--1849	The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia [With:] Egypt & Nubia	London	1842-1849.	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 76,200.00
75	Claudio Gay, 1854	Atlas de la historia fisica y politica de Chile	Paris	1854	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,080.00
76	Mark Twain, 1885	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	New York	1885	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold

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.