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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps, Prints & Documents Early Cookery Books: A Private Collection

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Auction Name	Printed Books, Maps, Prints & Documents Early Cookery Books: A Private Collection	Total Sales (GBP)	313,927.04
Auction Date	March 04, 2026 - March 05, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	145,970.00
Sale Number	#30426	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	219,190.00
Total Lots	623
Sold Lots	517.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	175,680.00
% of Lots Sold	82.99%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	263,160.00
Unsold Lots	106	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	119.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
205		Mounsieur Marnette. The Perfect Cook: being the most exact directions for the making all kinds of Pastes...	1656	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 13,272.00
6	Brindesi (Jean)	Souvenirs de Constantinople	[1855-60]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,814.40
216	Eales (Mary)	Mrs Mary Eales's Receipts. Confectioner to her late Majesty Queen Anne	1718	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,550.40
27	Musil (Alois)	Kusejr Amra (Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften)	1907	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 4,044.80
206	Digby (Kenelm)	The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. opened: whereby is discovered several ways for making of Metheglin, Sider, Cherry-Wine, &c.	1669	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,539.20
211	Shirley (John)	The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities: or, The Ingenious Gentlewoman and Servant-Maids Delightful Companion	1691	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,286.40
467	Ptolomey (Claudius)	Italy & the Balkans. Quinta Europe Tabula	[1482 or later]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,286.40
175	Likhachev (N. P., Likhachiev N. P.)	Materials for the History of Russian Icon Painting (Matierialy dlia istorii russkogho ikonopisaniia)	1906	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 3,033.60
410	Heath (Charles)	The Excursion Down the Wye from Ross to Monmouth;...	1799	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 3,033.60
7	Camden (William)	Britannia sive Florentissimorum Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio...	1607	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,780.80
24	Michelot (Henri & Laurent Bremond)	Untitled Sea-Atlas of the Mediterranean	circa 1728	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,654.40
352	Gardiner (William)	Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, by Monsieur Fontenelle	1715	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,528.00
176	Likhachev (N. P.)	The Historical Meaning of Italo-Greek Icon-Painting	1911	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,401.60
181	Rosenberg (Leonce, editor)	Bulletin de 'l'Effort Moderne'	1927	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
361		Antiquarian. A large collection of miscellaneous 18th & 19th Century literature, approximately 145 volumes, including The Englishman's Fortnight in Paris; or, the art of ruinng himself there in a few days, by An Observer, translated from the French	1777	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,401.60
422	Speed (John)	Americas. America with those known parts in that unknown world - both people and manner of buildings Discribed and Inlarged by I.S. Ano. 1626	[1676]	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,401.60
308	James (Henry)	The Bostonians, a Novel	1886	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,275.20
360	Paul Nash	Miscellaneous. A large collection of miscellaneous literature to include art and Egypt reference, including Fertile Image	1951	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 2,275.20
389	L'Estrange (Roger)	Fables, of Aesop and other eminent Mythologists: with morals and reflections	1694	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,275.20
26	Montanus (Arnoldus)	Atlas Japannensis: Being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Emperor of Japan	1670	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,148.80
184	Sarre (Friedrich & F. R. Martin)	Die Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Muhammedanischer Kunst in Munchen 1910	1912	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,148.80
76	Hope (William)	The Compleat Fencing-Master: in which is fully Described the whole Guards, Parades and Lessons, belonging to the Small-Sword; as, also the best Rules for Playing against either Artists or others, with Blunts or Shapes	1692	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,022.40
63	Docciolini (Marco)	Trattato in Materia di Scherma ... Nel quale si contiene il modo e regola d'adoperar la spada cosi sola, come accompagnata	1601	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,896.00
151	Chambers (William)	Plans, Elevations, Sections and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surry	1763	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,896.00
358	Millais (J. G.)	The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland	1904	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,896.00

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.