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
76	John Mason, A.M	Self-knowledge: a treatise, shewing the nature and benefit of that important science, and the way to attain it	London	1753	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 177.80
77		The Complaint	London	1743	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
78		The essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral of Sir. Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban		1863	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
79	[Jonathan Swift]	Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind, to which is added, An Account of a Battle between the Antient and Modern Books in St James's Library by [Jonathan Swift]	London	1747	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
80	John Milton	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton	London	1738	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 889.00
81		A very impressive scrapbook illustrating Britain's Royal family history		1910-05-01	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
82	SN [Samuel Newman]	A Concordance to the Holy Scriptures ; together with the books of the Apocrypha by SN [Samuel Newman]	Cambridge and London	1698	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
83	[Thomas Bray]	Papal usurpation and persecution, as it has been exercis'd in ancient and modern times with respect both to princes & people		1698	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 190.50
84		Journal of a Quaker George Fox	London	1765	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
85	William Jardine	The Naturalist Library		1835	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,413.00
86	Richard Glover	Leonidas: A Poem by Richard Glover	London	1798	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
87	C.J. Dennis	Roundabout	Sydney	1935	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
88		Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq.	London	1777	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 254.00
89	E J Trait	1. I'm Telling You! by E J Trait 1950		1950	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
90		Bell's New Pantheon	London	1790	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
91	William Hayley Esq.	The Triumphs of Temper: a Poem in Six Cantos	London	1781	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
92	Matthew Prior	Poems on Several Occasions by Matthew Prior	Dublin	1728	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
93	Par M. Le Sage, Alain-Rene Lesage	Histoire de Gil Blas de saint by Par M. Le Sage, Alain-Rene Lesage	London	1777	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
94	Zimmerman	Solitude	London	1799	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
95		The Spectator		1753	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
96		Les lettres et epitres amoureuses d'Heloise et d'Abeilard, traduites librement en vers et en prose	Paris	1780	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97	James Hervey	Meditations and Contemplations	London	1779	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
98	George Ernest Morrison	An Australian in China: Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison	Sydney	1902	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
99	John Lydgate	A Lytell Treatyse of the Horse, the Sheep, and the Ghoos	Cambridge	1906	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
100	Anthony Bradley	The Art of Justin O'Brien by Anthony Bradley			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 254.00

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.