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
77	Venice, 1478	Mela's Cosmographia	Venice	1478	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 22,860.00
78		Sphaera mundi and Theorica planetarum. First illustrated edition, 1478	Venice	1478	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 25,400.00
79	Albumasar, 1489	Introductorium in astronomiam	Augsburg	7 February 1489.	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 53,340.00
80	Hartmann Schedel, 12 July 1493	Liber chronicarum	Nuremberg	for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 165,100.00
81	MALHEIRO, PEDRO ALFONSO, 1507	Gesta Proxime Per Portugalenses in India, Ethiopia, & Aliis Orie[n]talibus Terris.	Cologne	February 1507.	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 30,480.00
82	William Caxton, translator, c.1527	The myrrour: and Dyscrypcyon of the Worlde with many mervaylles	London	c.1527.]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 30,480.00
83	Ptolemy, 1528	The Almagest	Venice	1528	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 15,240.00
84	Sebastian Munster, 1536	Organum Uranicum	Basel	1536	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	Not Sold
85	Ptolemy -- Sebastian Munster, 1552	Geographia	Basel	1552	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,240.00
86	Robert Recorde, 1556	The Castle of Knowledge	London	1556	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 152,400.00
87	Sebastian Brant, 1570	The Ship of Fools	London	1570	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 53,340.00
88	Peter Martyr, 1577	The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies	London	1577	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 127,000.00
89	Fernao Lopes de Castanheda, 1582	Historie of the Discouerie and Conquest of the East Indias	London	1582	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	USD 38,100.00
90	Petrus Apianus and Gemma Frisius, 1584	Cosmographia, sive Descritpio universi Orbis	Antwerp	1584	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,556.00
91	English edition of Pigafetta and Lopez, 1597	A Report of the Kingdome of Congo, a region of Africa	London	1597	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 6,350.00
92	Richard Hakluyt, 1599-1600	The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation	London	Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 19,050.00
93		Ortelius pocket atlas. Accademia dei Lincei copy	Antwerp	1502 [i.e. 1602].	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 25,400.00
94	Montaigne, 1603	The Essayes	London	1603	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 69,850.00
95	Jose de Acosta, 1604	The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies	London	1604	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 10,795.00
96	St. Augustine, 1610	Of the Citie of God	[London]	1610	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 13,970.00
97	Homer; George Chapman, [c.1616]	The Whole Works of Homer	London	[c.1616].	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 13,970.00
98	Nicholas Trigault and Matteo Ricci, 1615	De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu	Augsburg	1615	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 60,960.00
99	Jan Huygen Linschoten, 1619	Histoire de la navigation -- Le grand routier de mer -- Description de l'Amerique	Amsterdam	1619	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
100	Orazio Grassi, 1619	Libra astronomica	Perugia	1619	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 6,985.00
101	Galileo, 1619	Discorso delle comete di Mario Guiducci	Florence	1619	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 13,970.00

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.