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Auction Info

Auction Name
Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)
Auction Date
01/01/2026 - 01/01/2026
Sale Number
#10126
Total Lots
62
Sold Lots
55.0
Lots Sold
88.71%
Unsold Lots
7
Total Sales (EUR)
15,609.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
16,050.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
23,120.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
18,230.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
29,070.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
53.70%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100079669 Peter Paul Rubens / Otto van Veen / Franciscus Haraeus

Princes of Brabant and the Low Countries

 1623 EUR 750.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,180.00
100078492 [Historiae Naturalis] - Johnston

Beschrijving van de natuur der gekerfde of kronkel-dieren, slangen en draken

 1660 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,452.97
99992940 Marco Tulio Ciceron

Oficios de Marco Tulio Ciceron [Miniature]

 1629 EUR 170.00 - 350.00 EUR 926.50
99667604 TILLANDZ, Elias.

First Anatomical Book Printed in Finland: Osteologia, seu dissertatio medica, de ossibus humanis

 1692 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 872.00
100029633 Thomas Bartholin

Anatomia Reformata (Anatomy Reformed)

 1655 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 EUR 819.68
99973888 Casparus Commelin

[VOC / PRENTBOOK] Beschryvinge van Amsterdam

 1693 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 817.50
100058639 Justinianus I / Denys Godefroy / Antoine Vitre

Corpus iuris civilis, quo ius universum Iustinianeum comprehenditur. Pandectis, ad Florentinum

 1628/1627 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 654.00
99983943 Petrus Mosellanus / Pline le jeune

3 textes ; Paedologia Petri Mosellani,... Dialogi / Plini secundi novocomensis de viris

 1529/1535 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 555.90
99997257 Francesco Redi

Esperienze intorno alla generazione degli insetti

 1688 EUR 450.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 436.00
100034961 Mantica

Tractatus de Coniecturis Ultimarum Voluntatum

 1588 EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 376.05
100011622 [Bohme, J.]. J.A. von Werdenhagen

Psychologia vera I.B.T. XL Quaestionibus explicata(..)

 1632 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 370.60
99976227 Sabba da Castiglione

Ricordi overo Ammaestramenti

 1559 EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 354.25
100015545 Ambrogio Calepio (Calepini)

Dictionarium hac postrema omnium, Lugdunum

 1559 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 284.49
100063513 Collectif

Disputatio Cheirurgica de Ulceribus... [14 dissertations de medecine]

 1647/1688 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 279.04
100112445 Johannes Calvijn

Opera omnia: ... Praelectiones in librum prophetiarum Danielis, Joannis Budaei...in duodecim

 1667 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 261.60
100116386 Aimoinus Monachus.

Aimoini Monachi, qui antea Annalium nomine editus est, Historiae Francorum libri V.

 1567 EUR 350.00 - 700.00 EUR 239.80
100103960 Francesco Panigarola

Codex 1563 Psaumes de David

 1563 EUR 400.00 - 900.00 EUR 219.09
100097279 Antonio Abbondanti da Imola

Il Breviario delle guerre de Paesi Bassi

 1641 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 218.00
100036054 Pieter Valckenier / Romeyn de Hooghe

t Verwerd Europa, ofte politijke en historische beschryvinge der waare fundamenten en oorsaken van

 1675 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 212.55
99934246 Catholic Church, Pius V

Catechismo, cioe Istruttione secondo Il Decreto Del Concilio di Trento, a' Parochi

 1569 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 192.93
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  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.