Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper, 976, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 06, 2025 - March 06, 2025

Page Size: 294 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Ludwig (Christian)	Language.-Dictionaries.-A Dictionary English, German and French...	Leipzig	1706	Not Available	Not Sold
77	Berry (Thomas)	Language.-English as a foreign language.-Vraie methode pour apprende facilement a parler...	Paris	1775	Not Available	Not Sold
78	Sewel (William)	Language.-W. Sewel's compendious guide to the Low-Dutch language...	Amsterdam	1788	Not Available	Not Sold
79	Boyer (Abel)	Language.-French.-The Complete French master, for Ladies and Gentlemen...	Brussels	1795	Not Available	Not Sold
80	Schneider (Christian Frederik )	Language.-Danish.-Danish grammar	Copenhagen	[1799]	Not Available	GBP 201.60
81	Vergani (Angelo)	Language. Italian.-A New and complete Italian grammar...	London & Paris	1818	Not Available	GBP 31.50
82	[Jacques (Bernard)]	Recueil des Traitez de Paix, de Treve, de Neutralite, de Suspension d'Armes, de Confederation, d'Alliance, de Commerce, de Garantie et d'autres Actes Publics...	Amsterdam and The Hague	1700	Not Available	GBP 189.00
83	Damascenus (Johannes)	Opera omnia...	Paris	1712	Not Available	GBP 226.80
84		Origen. Opera omnia...	Paris	1733-1759	Not Available	GBP 277.20
85	Paulinus Nolanus (Saint)	Paulinus Nolanus (Saint). Opera...	Verona	1736	Not Available	GBP 277.20
86	John E.B.	Mayor's copy...	Venice	1755-1756	Not Available	GBP 378.00
87	Clemens, Alexandrinus	Opera...	Venice	1757	Not Available	GBP 378.00
88	Hieronymus (Eusebius, Saint)	Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Stridonensis presbyteri Operum	Venice	1766-1771	Not Available	GBP 189.00
89	Athanasius (Patriarch of Alexandria & Saint)	Edited by Maurists.-Opera omnia...	Padua	1777	Not Available	GBP 378.00
90	Dunnhaupt (Johann Christian)	Beitrage Zur Deutschen Niedersachsischen Geschichte Und Deren Alterthumern, in gothic type...	Helmstadt	1778	Not Available	GBP 126.00
91		German typographical curiosity.-Den Willen fur die That		1814	Not Available	GBP 94.50
92		Prussia.-Jahrbuch der Koniglich Preussischen Kunstsammlugen...	Berlin	1881-90	Not Available	GBP 31.50
93	Rolland (Amedee) and J. Duboys	Scatalogical.-Toucher de la Merde c'est Signe d' Argent! Vaudeville en Trois Actes...	[Brussels]	1883	Not Available	GBP 31.50
94		Les Cents Nouvelles Nouvelles...			Not Available	GBP 302.40
95		Insel Almanach auf das Jahr...	Leipzig	1900-30	Not Available	GBP 56.70
96	Gregory I (Pope, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, c. 540-604)	Fragment from Expositio Veteris ac Novi Testamenti...	[?Germany]	[1400]	Not Available	GBP 252.00
97	Villiers (George, first Duke of Buckingham, royal favourite, 1592-1628)	Royal Favourite.-Indenture grant between John Tyler of Bisley Gloucestershire Chapman and William Bubb of Stroud ...		1626	Not Available	GBP 100.80
98	Cardinet (Jean, Lord of the Bois des Armes, Provost of Orleans)	France.-Letters relating to the sharing of property, manuscript in French		1630	Not Available	Not Sold
99		Dorset.-Indenture agreement between Richard Bingham of Quarleston...		1648	Not Available	GBP 75.60
100	Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first duke of, army officer and Prime Minister, 1769-1852)	Warrant signed "Arthur Wellesley"...	[Portugal]	1808	Not Available	GBP 252.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000