Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 60426, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 04, 2026 - June 04, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | Noordt Jan van; Ortelius | Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos |
circa 1630s; 1591 | Not Available | GBP 107.95 | |
| 182 | Leyden Lucas van | Saints Paul and Peter seated in a landscape |
1527 | Not Available | GBP 139.70 | |
| 183 | Eimmart Christoph II Georg | 10 Books, including: Collection of 10 old master prints |
17th to early 20th century | Not Available | GBP 482.60 | |
| 184 | Durer Albrecht | Saint Christopher |
1511 | Not Available | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 185 | Durer Albrecht | The Draughtsman of the Lute |
1525 | Not Available | GBP 609.60 | |
| 186 | Durer Albrecht; Beham Sebald | Knight, Death and the Devil |
after 1513 | Not Available | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 187 | Perrier Francois | 24 Books, including: Collection of 24 old master prints |
16th to 18th century | Not Available | GBP 228.60 | |
| 188 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | Veduta del Ponte Salario; Vedute del Ponte Molle sul Tevere due miglia lontan da Roma |
c.1754-1762 | Not Available | GBP 889.00 | |
| 189 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli |
1761 | Not Available | GBP 952.50 | |
| 190 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | Obelisco Egizio |
1759 | Not Available | GBP 457.20 | |
| 193 | Brockhurst Gerald | Portrait of James McBey |
1931 | Not Available | GBP 203.20 | |
| 194 | McBey James | Shipping in the Giudecca Canal |
c.1930 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 195 | Palmer Samuel; Palmer A.H. | Moeris and Galatea |
c.1883-1884 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 196 | Palmer Samuel | Opening the Fold; or, Early Morning |
1880 | Not Available | GBP 457.20 | |
| 198 | Steed Cicely | Original artwork for the dust-jacket of Enid Blyton's 'Ninth Holiday Book' |
c.1954 | Not Available | GBP 482.60 | |
| 199 | Cotton John; Tyas Robert | Beautiful Birds: Their Natural History |
1854-56 | Not Available | GBP 381.00 | |
| 200 | Morris F.O. | A History of British Birds |
1895 | Not Available | GBP 279.40 | |
| 201 | Reaumur Rene Antoine Ferchault de | Art de Faire Eclorre et d'Elever en toute Saison des Oiseaux Domestiques de toutes especes |
Paris | 1749 | Not Available | GBP 127.00 |
| 202 | Eachard John | Mr Hobbs's State of Nature, considered, in a Dialogue between Philautus and Timothy |
1672 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 203 | Evelyn John | Kalendarium hortense; or, The gard'ner's almanac |
1691 | Not Available | GBP 482.60 | |
| 204 | Phenomena of Nature |
1846 | Not Available | GBP 69.85 | ||
| 205 | Oarsman's and Angler's Map of the River Thames from its Source to London Bridge |
1881 | Not Available | GBP 254.00 | ||
| 206 | Aldam W.H. | A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making" |
1876 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 207 | Best Thomas | A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling |
1798 | Not Available | GBP 304.80 | |
| 208 | Taverner Eric | Trout Fishing from All Angles |
1929 | Not Available | GBP 190.50 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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