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Chorley's: The March Auctions

Auction Reports

Auction Name	The March Auctions	Total Sales (GBP)	84,162.00
Auction Date	March 03, 2026 - March 04, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	36,820.00
Sale Number	#30326	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	56,640.00
Total Lots	210
Sold Lots	185.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	45,220.00
% of Lots Sold	88.10%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	69,300.00
Unsold Lots	25	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	121.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
500	Thomas Paine (1737-1809)	Thomas Paine (1737-1809) autograph letter signed ("Thomas Paine") to Colonel John Fellows (1735 -- 1808)		GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	GBP 23,400.00
455	Eliot (T. S.)	[Z] Eliot (T. S.) Poems 1909-1925	1925	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 7,540.00
617		Chinese Export School (19th Century)	[circa 1830-40]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 7,150.00
414	Atkyns (Sir Robert)	[Z] The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire	1712	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 3,640.00
387	[Ovid Metamorphoses]	[Z] [Aldine Editions, Aldus Manutius] to include Ovidii Metamorphoseon Libri XV...	Feburario 1516	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,080.00
382		[Z] [Of French Royal Interest] [Virgil] Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera	1641	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,560.00
502		[Crime Broadsides, Sentences of the Prisoners including Transportation]	1807-1819	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,300.00
562	Watanbe Seitei (1851-1918)	Egrets in a Pond		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,300.00
402		[Z] [Aratus of Soli] Aratou Soleos Phainomena kai diosemeia. Theonos scholia [graece]...	1672	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,040.00
360		[Z] [Edward Jenner Interest] The trial of Mrs. Mary Reed, for petit treason, in poisoning her husband William Reed, gent. of Berkeley, in the county of Glocester...	[1796]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 975.00
378	Shotei (Seitei) Watanabe (1851-1918)	[Z] Three volumes of woodcuts of birds and animals	[late 19th Century, circa 1880s]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 975.00
399	[Aldus Manutius]	[Z] [Caesar (Gaius Julius) [The Commentaries] Hoc Volumine Continentur Haec	1518 [but index dated 1519]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 910.00
456	Evans (Jeremy), Carter (Jonathan) and Wright (Ben), Thomas Tompion	[Z] 300 Years: A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Tompion	2013	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 910.00
467	Gerard (John)	[Z] The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie, Very Much enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson	1633	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 910.00
376	Wilde (Oscar) and Beardsley (Aubrey, illustrator)	[Z] Salome A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde, With Sixteen Drawings By Aubrey Beardsley	1907	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 845.00
505		[Criminal Broadside, Hanging and Execution] A true and particular account of John Williams and Dinah Riddiford, Who were executed at Gloucester, on Saturday, the 7th of September, 1816...	[1816]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 845.00
506		[Bristol Riots 1831, Criminal Broadside, Capital Punishment, Hanging]	[1832]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 780.00
512		[Criminal Broadside, Capital Punishment Hanging] A particular Account of the Trial, Life, Behaviour, and Execution of John and Elizabeth Smith, who suffered at Ipswich, on Monday, March 23, 1812...	[1812]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 780.00
346		[Z] [Geneva or Breeches Bible in English] partial Book of Common Prayer lacking title, woodcut devide to colophon for Christoper Barker and with contemporary inscription for '[Wi]llyam Langfelde the Elder'...		GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 650.00
508		[Criminal Broadside, Capital Punishment, Hanging, Financial Fraud] Particulars of the execution of S. Newman & S. Flower Who were executed in Fisherton Anger, Wilts. on Tuesday, August 13, 1816		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 650.00
520		A collection of WWII Allied and German maps (1930s-1940s) to include several relating to a planned invasion of France and a German invasion of England...	1939	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 650.00
365	[Aesop]	[Z] Aesopi Phrygis Fabellae Graece et Latine	1549	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 624.00
393	Dugdale (William)	[Z] Monastici Anglicani [Monasticon Anglicanum]	1661	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 624.00
416	Fielding (T.H. & J. Walton)	[Z] A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire...	1821	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 624.00
457	Garnier (Richard) and Carter (Jonathan)	[Z] The Golden Age of English Horology: Masterpieces from the Tom Scott Collection	2015	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 624.00

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.