Forum Auctions: Online sale: Travel Books, Maps & Atlases, 977, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025

Page Size: 295 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
153	Homann (Johann Baptist)	Iudaea seu Palaestina ob Sacratissima Redemtoris Vestigia Hodie Dicta Terra Sancta Prout Olim in Duodecim Tribus Divisa..., engraved map with early hand-colouring	c.1740s	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 453.60
154	Irwin (Eyles)	A Series of Adventures in the course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea	1780	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
155	Jaillot (Alexis-Hubert)	Estats de l'Empire du Grand Seigneur des Turcs en Europe	[1692]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 151.20
156	[Joly (Alexis Victor)]	Vues de la Grece Moderne, 10 lithographs	1824	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
157	Knolles (Richard)	The Turkish History, from the Original of that Nation	1687	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 378.00
158	La Boullaye-Le Gouz (Francois de)	Les Voyages et Observations	1653	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
159	Laurent (Peter Edmund)	Recollections of a Classical Tour through various parts of Greece, Turkey, and Italy	1821	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 176.40
160	Le Chevalier (Jean Baptiste)	Recueil des Cartes, Plans vues et medailles	1802	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 302.40
161	Le Roy (Julien David)	Les Ruines des plus beaux Monuments de la Grece	1758	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,386.00
162	Marsigli (Count Luigi Ferdinando)	L'Etat Militaire de l'Empire Ottoman, ses Progres et sa Decadence	1732	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,890.00
163	Mayer (Luigi)	Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire	1805	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
164	[Mayer (Luigi)]	A Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's celebrated Collection of Views in Turkey in Europe and Asia; Syria	1811	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 693.00
165	Mayr (Heinrich von)	Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresque de l'Orient	1830-40	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
166	Monconys (Baltazar de)	Journal des Voyages de Monsieur de Monconys	1665-66	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
167	Morier (James)	A Journey through Persia	1812	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 529.20
168		Levant.- [Musee Cosmopolite]	[c.1850].	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,260.00
169	Narinsky (Shlomo)	The Holy Land 1910-1921, letterpress title	1921 & 1980	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
170	Nicolay (Nicolas de)	Les Navigations Peregrenations et Voyages, faicts en la Turquie	1576	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,260.00
171	Olivier (Guillaume Antoine)	Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia	1801	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
172	Ortelius (Abraham)	Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio, engraved map with vibrant hand-colouring	c.1571	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 693.00
173		Levant.- Palestine Exploration Fund: Quarterly Statement	1887-1931	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 151.20
174	Pardoe (Julia)	The Beauties of the Bosphorus	[c.1855].	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 277.20
175	Pardoe (Julia)	The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks	1838	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
176	Pardoe (Julia)	The Beauties of the Bosphorus	1838	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 352.80
177	Pardoe (Julia)	The Beauties of the Bosphorus, engraved portrait frontispiece	1838	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 504.00

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
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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

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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