Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more, A175, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 22, 2026 - February 22, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	Thomas Sheridan	Sheridan's Dictionary of the English language, both with regard to Sound and Meaning Vol 1 and 2	London	1797	AUD 450.00 - 550.00	AUD 285.75
302		The Face of the World, an International Scrapbook of People and Places		1957	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
303	Edward FitzGerald	The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam		1904	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
304	David King	1) Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Death of Stalin		2016	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
305		Hopper by Caroline Hancock, Didier Ottinger, and Tomas Llorens	Madrid/Paris	2012	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
306	Lennon	Three books			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
307	Sasha Grishin	Australian Art: A History by Sasha Grishin	Melbourne, Australia	2013	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
308	Ignasi De Sola-Morales	Seven books on art and history			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
309	Robert Brandau, editor	Five books on Photography			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
310		A bundle of good Australian Literature			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
311	Zeny Edwards	1) William Hardy Wilson - Artist Architect Orientalist Visionary		2001	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
312		Five Australian Art		1945	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
313		17 books about Australian Architecture			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
314	Pauline Rohatgi, Pheroza Godrej, and Rahul Mehrotra, editors	Bombay To Mumbai - Changing Perspectives		2007	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
315		1) Views of 18th Century China. Costumes. History		1988	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
316	Giles Waterfield	Five books about Art and Photography		1800-1914	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
317		1) Gold and Civilisation		2000	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
318		About 26 Australiana Books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
319		15 Biography Books			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
320		Small lot of History of Churches		1825-2000	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
321		Nineteen books on Churches in Australia			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
322		Seventeen Books on Melbourne and Victoria			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
323		A large bronze replica of Camille Claudel's "Abandonment" (1905)		-1905	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 539.75
324		Education and schooling in Australia			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
325		20 books on themes in Victoria			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40

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.