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Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana | Total Sales (USD) | 7,377,049.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,028,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #23758 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 4,631,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 171 | ||
| Sold Lots | 159.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,556,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.98% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 5,477,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 12 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 134.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Johannes Kepler, 1596 | Mysterium cosmographicum |
1596 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 889,000.00 |
| 26 | Isaac Newton, 1687 | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
1687 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 762,000.00 |
| 15 | Johannes Kepler, 1609 | Astronomia nova |
1609 | USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | USD 635,000.00 |
| 6 | Nicolaus Copernicus, 1542 | De lateribus et angulis triangulorum tum planorum rectilineorum tum sphaericorum |
1542 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 381,000.00 |
| 118 | Adam Smith, 1776 | The Wealth of Nations |
1776 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 144 | Jonathan Palmer Webster, 1849-1850 | A correspondence from the California Gold Rush |
29 January 1849 to 29 March 1850. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 19 | Johannes Kepler, 1619 | Harmonices mundi, Norman copy |
1619 | USD 120,000.00 - 160,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 |
| 22 | Galileo Galilei, 1632 | Dialogo, the Honeyman copy |
1632 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 165,100.00 |
| 80 | Hartmann Schedel, 12 July 1493 | Liber chronicarum |
for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 165,100.00 |
| 86 | Robert Recorde, 1556 | The Castle of Knowledge |
1556 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 152,400.00 |
| 88 | Peter Martyr, 1577 | The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies |
1577 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 |
| 1 | II Chronicles 3:8-6:3, describing the building of the First Temple, c. 1455 |
c.1455.] | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 | |
| 12 | Tycho Brahe, 1602 | Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata |
1602 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 |
| 73 | Charles Dickens, 1844 | Presentation copy of Martin Chuzzlewit |
1844 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 |
| 110 | Robert Hooke, 1665 | Micrographia |
1665 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 88,900.00 |
| 115 | NEWTON, ISAAC, 1729 | The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy |
1729 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 82,550.00 |
| 74 | David Roberts and George Croly, 1842--1849 | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia [With:] Egypt & Nubia |
1842-1849. | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 23 | Johannes Hevelius, 1647 | Selenographia |
1647 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 69,850.00 |
| 94 | Montaigne, 1603 | The Essayes |
1603 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 69,850.00 |
| 98 | Nicholas Trigault and Matteo Ricci, 1615 | De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu |
1615 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 60,960.00 |
| 48 | Johannes Bayer, 1603 | Uranometria |
1603 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 114 | Isaac Newton, 1704 | Opticks |
1704 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 54 | Johann Bode, 1801 | Uranographia |
1801 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 79 | Albumasar, 1489 | Introductorium in astronomiam |
7 February 1489. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 87 | Sebastian Brant, 1570 | The Ship of Fools |
1570 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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. -
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
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. -
![<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/004c032b-da4d-428e-811b-e5a8e80376a2.jpg "<b>Chiswick, Mar. 12:</b> Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.")
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026Chiswick, 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. -
