Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, 24546, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 08, 2026 - July 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Illustrator B | The Firle Place Psalter-Hours |
Syon Abbey | c.1450 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 152,400.00 |
| 27 | Hours of the Eternal Wisdom |
IJssel Region | c.1460s | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,604.00 | |
| 28 | Master of the Rouen Echevinage | Book of Hours |
Rouen | c.1470s | GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | GBP 107,950.00 |
| 29 | Book of Hours |
Ghent;Bruges | c.1480s | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 12,700.00 | |
| 30 | Jean Poyet | The de Gourgues Hours |
Tours | c.1490-1500 | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 88,900.00 |
| 31 | Book of Hours |
Ghent; Bruges | c.1500 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 19,050.00 | |
| 32 | Magical and Amuletic scroll |
Germany | c.1760-1780 | GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 53,340.00 | |
| 33 | Knevet Ralph (1600-1671) | A Gallery to the Temple |
Antwerp | 1640s | GBP 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 |
| 34 | Cromwell Oliver (1599-1658) | Document signed as Lord Protector |
1657 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 | |
| 35 | Newton Isaac (1643-1727) | Indenture for the lease of a property in Belton-in-Rutland |
1666 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 30,480.00 | |
| 36 | Newton Isaac (1642-1727) | Drafts on the history of the Church |
after 1705 | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 22,860.00 | |
| 37 | Goethe Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) | Autograph letter signed |
1785 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 24,130.00 | |
| 38 | Kant Immanuel (1724-1804) | Autograph letter signed |
1800 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 | |
| 39 | Nelson Horatio (1758-1805) | Autograph letter signed |
1802 | GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 | |
| 40 | Nelson Horatio (1758-1805) | Autograph letter signed |
1804 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 | |
| 41 | Nelson Horatio 1758-1805 | Autograph letter signed to Admiral Alan Gardner |
1805 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 | |
| 42 | Nelson Horatio 1758-1805 | Autograph letter signed to George Rose |
London | 1805 | GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 43 | Nelson Horatio 1758-1805 | Autograph letter signed to Captain Henry Blackwood |
1805 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 11,430.00 | |
| 44 | Wordsworth William 1770-1850 | Three autograph letters signed |
Keswick | 1809; 1830; 1831 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 45 | Wellesley Arthur 1769-1852 | Series of 31 letters to Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart and others |
Edinburgh | 1810-1813; 1821; 1871 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 8,890.00 |
| 46 | Lovelace Ada 1815-1852; Byron Anne Isabella Noel 1792-1860 | Autograph letter signed to Emily Milner |
1832; 1837; 1843 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,985.00 | |
| 47 | Darwin Charles 1809-1882 | Autograph letter signed to John Jenner Weir |
1869 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 22,860.00 | |
| 48 | Marx Karl 1818-1883 | Autograph letter signed to Dr James M. Williamson |
1883 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 27,940.00 | |
| 49 | Freud Sigmund 1856-1939 | Autograph letter signed to an unidentified colleague |
Vienna | 1910 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 50 | Freud Sigmund 1856-1939 | Ueberschriften for Das Unbehagen in der Kultur |
Vienna | 1930 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 27,940.00 |
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