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
51		Sydney Harbour Trust, Port of Sydney, New South Wales 1913	New South Wales	1913	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50
52	William Bemrose	Manual Of Wood Carving With Practical Instructions For Learners Of The Art	London	[c1890]	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
53	Jameson	Sacred and Legendary Art		1891	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
54	Daniel Heinsius, editor	Titi Livii historiarum libri	Lugduni Batavorum	1634	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
55		Extracts from the letters and journal of Daniel Wheeler, while engaged in a religious visit to the inhabitants of some of the islands of the Pacific ocean, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand, accompanied by his son, Charles Wheeler	Philadelphia	1840	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
56		The New Bath guide or, memoirs of the B-N-R-D family	London	1779	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
57		A New dictionary of Heraldry	London	1747	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
58		A Help to a National Reformation		1706	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 381.00
59		Maxims and Moral Reflections by The Duke De La Rochefoucault	London	1791	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
60		Life of Buonaparte, to which the atrocities of the first consul are faithfully recorded, and warning to Britons against threatened invasion	London	1803	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 349.25
61		Almanac of Paris 1764	Paris	1764	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
62	Joseph Addison	Remarks on Several Parts of Italy in the years 1701, 1702, 1703	London	1736	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
63	[A.-J. Dezallier d'Argenville]	Voyage Pittoresque de Paris, ou, Description de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette Grande Ville, en Peinture, Sculpture & Architecture	Paris	1770	AUD 340.00 - 500.00	AUD 203.20
64		The Court Kalendar for the year 1744	London	1744	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
65	Mark Akinside	The Pleasures of imagination: A poem in three books	London	1744	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 254.00
66	[George Ellis], editor	Specimens of the Early English Poets		1790	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
67		Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming : in four books	London	1675	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
68		Delightful Stories for Good Children		1804	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 508.00
69		Quinti Horatii Flacci Poemata cum commentariis Johannis Min-Ellii	Rotterdam	1700	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
70	Stephani Guazzi	De Civili Conversatione Dissertationes Politicae by Stephani Guazzi	Lugduni Batavorum	1650	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
71		The Sydney Mail Wednesday October 21, 1936		Wednesday October 21, 1936	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
72		Essays on Physiognomy for the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind	London	1806	AUD 260.00 - 340.00	AUD 127.00
73		An Essay upon Prints: containing remarks upon the principles of Picturesque Beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters	London	1768	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 254.00
74	Henry Wotton	Reliquiae Wottonianae: or, a collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages and other incomparable pieces of language and art by Henry Wotton	London	1654	AUD 280.00 - 360.00	AUD 177.80
75	Wellins Calcott	Thoughts moral and divine	Birmingham	1758	AUD 360.00 - 460.00	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.