Christies: Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 23879, London - King Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | KEULEN, Johannes van (1654-1715), Claes Janszoon VOOGHT (1638-1696) and Jan van LOON (C1611/14-1686) | De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel |
Amsterdam | 1684-1688. | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | GBP 113,400.00 |
| 102 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | Julius Caesar. A Tragedy As it is Now Acted at the Theatre Royal |
London | 1684 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 10,710.00 |
| 103 | SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616) | A collection of poems, in two volumes; being all the miscellanies of Mr. William Shakespeare, which were publish'd by himself in the year 1609 |
London | 1709-10 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 8,820.00 |
| 104 | NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Edited by Edmond Halley (1656-1743) |
London | 1687 | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 352,800.00 |
| 105 | [PERRAULT, Claude (1613-1688), and Jean PICARD (1620--1682)] | Memoir's for a Natural History of Animals. Containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild |
London | 1688 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 106 | HUYGENS, Christian (1629-1695) | Cosmotheros, sive de terris coelestibus |
The Hague | 1698 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 107 | [SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745)] | Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver |
London | 1726 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 108 | DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean le Rond d'ALEMBERT (1717-1783), editors. | Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des science, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres. I-VII] |
Paris | 1751-1757; | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 27,720.00 |
| 109 | GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) | Schriften |
Berlin | 1775-1779. | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 110 | HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) | Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies |
Naples | 1776-1779. | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 60,480.00 |
| 111 | Description de l'Egypte | Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armee francaise |
Paris | 1809-1812, 1817 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 112 | Henze, Adolf (1814-1883) | A LARGE LIBRARY GLOBE, CIRCA 1889 |
CIRCA 1889 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 | |
| 113 | DANIELL, William (1767-1837) and Richard AYTON (1786-1823) | A Voyage round Great Britain undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's End, Cornwall |
London | 1814-1825. | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Emma: A Novel |
London | 1816 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 115 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)] | Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion |
London | 1818 | GBP 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 11,970.00 |
| 116 | BARNES, William (1801-1886) | Orra: A Lapland Tale... The Wood-Cuts engraved by the Author. |
Dorchester | 1822 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | BLAKE, William (1757-1827) | Illustrations of The Book of Job |
London | 1825 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 118 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Nicholas Aylward VIGORS (1787-1840) | A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains |
London | 1831- 1832. | GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | GBP 15,120.00 |
| 119 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons |
London | 1835-1838. | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 120 | GOULD, John (1804-1881) | A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans |
London | 1833-1834-1835. | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 27,720.00 |
| 121 | GRANDVILLE, J.J. (pseud. of Jean Ignace Isidore GERARD 1803-1847) | Scenes de la vie privee et publique des animaux vignettes par Grandville. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines publiees sous la direction de M. P.-J. Stahl, avec la collaboration de messieurs de Balzac-L. Baude |
Paris | 1842 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | FOSSATI, Gaspard (1809-1883) | Aya Sofia Constantinople, as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdvl Medjid |
London | August 14th 1852. | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,048.00 |
| 123 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection |
London | 1859 | GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) | On the Origin of Species |
London | 1860 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 125 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) | On the Origin of Species |
New York | 1860 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
