Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1197, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Italy, Malta & elsewhere..- Charters, Bulls, Letters, Petitions, Indulgences, Doctorates etc., from Kings, Popes, Saints, Cardinals, Bishops etc.... |
N/A | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 16,380.00 | ||
| 28 | West Africa.- Three Quranic boards |
[early twentieth century] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 254.00 | ||
| 29 | England.- Two leaves from a manuscript of the works of Arator |
probably England | [thirteenth century] | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 30 | France.- Leaf from an early Choirbook |
France | [thirteenth century] | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 31 | England.- Leaf from a bilingual Psalter |
England | [late fourteenth or early fifteenth century] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 7,812.00 | |
| 32 | England.- Opening leaf from a copy of the Memoriale Presbiterorum Parochialium, an English penitential manual |
England | [fifteenth century (most probably first half)] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,143.00 | |
| 33 | Ten leaves from illuminated Books of Hours |
[Fifteenth century] | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 34 | Low Countries.- Five leaves from a collection of the letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
Low Countries (probably the Netherlands) | [fifteenth century] | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 35 | Naples.- Two leaves from the well-known Psalter with Passion Sequences copied by Pietro Ursuleo of Capuo |
southern Italy (Naples) | [c. 1460] | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 36 | Leaf from a lavishly illuminated Psalter, in Latin |
[northern England] | [c. 1260-70] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | |
| 37 | Flanders.- Leaf from a Dominican Lectionary, decorated manuscript on vellum, text in Latin |
[first half of the fourteenth century] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 254.00 | ||
| 38 | France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys |
France | [c. 1430] | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 39 | Edward IV (King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1442-83) | - Kent, St. Laurence, Thanet.- Charter, grantors William Manston, William Harlewyne, John Horne, Simon Lambyn... |
20th April 1431 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 5,715.00 | |
| 40 | Heraldry & Genealogy.- Essex.- Families in Essex 1634 [Arms and pedigrees of Essex families from the Visitation of Essex, 1634] |
1634 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | ||
| 41 | Naunton (Sir Robert, politician, 1563-1635) | A codicell to be annexed to my last will... [Confirmation of a grant of two Suffolk Manor to his brother William Naunton] |
5th May 1634 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 42 | Medical & Cookery.- [Collection of Recipes] |
[17th century] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 5,715.00 | ||
| 43 | Religious- [Scriptarum] Dominica ida Advent, habita ad S Lambertu, manuscript in Latin |
1674 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 44 | Hampton Court Palace.- An a count of the Royal Staircase at Hampton Court [& Account of 24 rooms in Hampton Court] |
[18th century] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 45 | Religious.- [Register of ecclesiastical offices in England and Wales] |
[18th century] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 46 | Chess.- Manuscript compilation of 18th century chess gambits, text in Italian, French and English bound dos-a-dos |
[?Italy and England] | [c. 1780] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | Sutton (Samuel, Captain, officer in the Royal Navy, 1760-1832) | Royal Navy.- Group of documents relating to Captain Samuel Sutton's service in the Royal Navy |
25 January 1815 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 48 | [Clerke (Sir William Henry, eighth baronet, Church of England clergyman, rector of Bury, Lancashire, living sequestered for the benefit of his creditors and later curate of Souldern and Rousham for Rev Robert Jones, friend of William Wordsworth, 1751-1818 | Curate for a friend of William Wordsworth.- [Account Bookof Clerke's tenure as curate at Souldern, Oxfordshire, on behalf of Rev Robert Jones] |
1804-10 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 49 | Napoleon I (Emperor of France, 1769-1821) | Cut signature |
n.d. | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 50 | Thomas (Henry) | Napoleon I & Elba.- Island of Elba - Written at Elba in July 1814 |
1814 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 51 | Howlett (Samuel Burt, surveyor and inventor of scientific instruments, 1794-1874) | Victorian Scientist.- Penny (C., artist) 2 watercolour portraits of the inventor Samuel Burt Howlett and his wife Martha |
1819 & 1826 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
