Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 25th September 2025 | 1:00 pm | Lots:
![Printed on vellum.- [Book of Hours, use of Paris], [Paris], [Philippe Pigouchet, for Simon Vostre], [?late 1490s]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/19620eea-9c7e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef/a5d5b653-a37e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Printed on vellum.- [Book of Hours, use of Paris], [Paris], [Philippe Pigouchet, for Simon Vostre], [?late 1490s]")
LOT 1
Printed on vellum.- [Book of Hours, use of Paris], [Paris], [Philippe Pigouchet, for Simon...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £2,600
LOT 2
Hortulus Animae, Strassburg, Johann Knobloch, 1509.
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £2,200
LOT 3
Erasmus (Desiderius) Moriae Encomium. Erasmi Roterodami declamatio, second edition, Strasbourg,...
Estimate: £30,000 - £40,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 4
Numismatics.- Fulvio (Andrea) Illustrium imagines, Rome, Giacomo Mazzocchi, 1517, bound with...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £1,400
LOT 5
Sir William Pickering’s copy.- Appianus, Alexandrinus Des guerres des Rommains, Livres XI,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £800
LOT 6
Maraffi (Damiano) Le Figure del Vecchio Testamento con versi Toscani, Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1554
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £1,100
LOT 7
Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) De la vie des XII Cesars, Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1556
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £580
![Annotated.- [Melanchthon (Philipp) & Johann Bugenhagen.] Den rette Ordinants som paa Herre dagen i Ottense bleff offuerseet oc beseglet, Efverdt Wiltfang's](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/a0188398-c87d-f011-8eef-002248406423/a16e04ca-3683-f011-b4ca-00224807eb6c.webp "Annotated.- [Melanchthon (Philipp) & Johann Bugenhagen.] Den rette Ordinants som paa Herre dagen i Ottense bleff offuerseet oc beseglet, Efverdt Wiltfang's")
LOT 8
Annotated.- [Melanchthon (Philipp) & Johann Bugenhagen.] Den rette Ordinants som paa Herre dagen...
Estimate: £500 - £700
Hammer Price: £500
LOT 9
de Bisschop (Jan) Paradigmata Graphices Variorum Artificum; Signorum Veterm Icones, 2 suites...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £800
LOT 10
Law.- Altamitano (Joseph Cerbantes) Iuridico Informe por la Iusticia de el B. D. Rafael Ome,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £550
LOT 11
Binding.- Die Psalmen Davids, Basel, Bey Emanuel König, 1684.
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
LOT 12
Binding.- Bible, French. Le Nouveau Testament, 2 parts in 1, Mons, Gaspard Migeot, 1710
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 13
Horses.- Gueriniere (François Robichon de la) Ecole de Cavalerie, contenat la Connoissance,...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £2,200
LOT 14
Binding.- Bible, German.- Luther (Martin) Biblia Das ist: Die gantze Heil Schrift Alten und...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £1,500
LOT 15
La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 6 vol., first issue, engraved througout,...
Estimate: £750 - £1,000
Hammer Price: £750
![Chekhov (Anton) [The Man in the Case], rare first edition, in Russkaya Mysl, Number 7, July, 1898, Moscow, I.N. Kushnerev, 1898.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/95ff9d52-007d-f011-8eef-002248406423/566e04ca-3683-f011-b4ca-00224807eb6c.webp "Chekhov (Anton) [The Man in the Case], rare first edition, in Russkaya Mysl, Number 7, July, 1898, Moscow, I.N. Kushnerev, 1898.")
LOT 16
Chekhov (Anton) [The Man in the Case], rare first edition, in Russkaya Mysl, Number 7, July,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 17
Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) "Colette". L'Entrave, first edition, presentation copy, Paris,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £700
![Raymond of Peñafort (Saint) Summa de casibus poenitentialis [&] Summa de matrimonio, decorated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, [Northern France], [c](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/9b7dd68e-5f6d-f011-8eef-7c1e5279f61d/7457271f-567f-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Raymond of Peñafort (Saint) Summa de casibus poenitentialis [&] Summa de matrimonio, decorated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, [Northern France], [c")
LOT 19
Raymond of Peñafort (Saint) Summa de casibus poenitentialis [&] Summa de matrimonio, decorated...
Estimate: £30,000 - £40,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Book of Hours, Use of Paris. illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 illuminated borders, 17th century morocco binding for Philippe de Bethune, [Paris],](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/7edaa760-137c-f011-8eef-0022484195f0/84dcba4c-517f-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Book of Hours, Use of Paris. illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 illuminated borders, 17th century morocco binding for Philippe de Bethune, [Paris],")
LOT 20
Book of Hours, Use of Paris. illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 illuminated borders,...
Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000
Hammer Price: £20,000
LOT 21
Fall of Rouen in the Hundred Years War.- Beaufort (Edmund, first Duke of Somerset) & Gilbert...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £4,500
LOT 22
Brandt (Sebastian, German humanist and satirist, 1457/1458 -1521) Ad magnificum et nobilem,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £500
LOT 23
Parr (Catherine, Queen of England and Ireland, sixth consort of Henry VIII,, 1512-48) Prayers or...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: £14,000
LOT 24
Heraldry.- The first Booke... of the manuscript whence I transcribed these names with their...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Medical.- Recettes Medicales, manuscript in French with some Dutch insertions, [c. early 17th century].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/7b7daf2d-6577-f011-8eef-000d3a7eb022/e17ad26a-517f-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Medical.- Recettes Medicales, manuscript in French with some Dutch insertions, [c. early 17th century].")
LOT 25
Medical.- Recettes Medicales, manuscript in French with some Dutch insertions, [c. early 17th...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 26
Heraldry.- Dunthorne (James transcriber) An Essay to Heraldry, manuscript, numerous pen and ink...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £650
![Scotland, Nairn.- Rose family of Kilravock.- [Estate rental and account book of the Rose family lands in Nairn], manuscript, original vellum, 1757-60.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/b4b67619-7a73-f011-8eef-6045bdc1a239/09a7f0c0-8f7e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Scotland, Nairn.- Rose family of Kilravock.- [Estate rental and account book of the Rose family lands in Nairn], manuscript, original vellum, 1757-60.")
LOT 27
Scotland, Nairn.- Rose family of Kilravock.- [Estate rental and account book of the Rose family...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £800
![Burns (Robert).- Portrait of a young man believed to be Robert Burns, [1780s]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/4787cf1b-8082-f011-b4ca-7ced8d3b06a7/5f4c1aaa-c984-f011-b4cb-7c1e5265c436.webp "Burns (Robert).- Portrait of a young man believed to be Robert Burns, [1780s]")
LOT 28
Burns (Robert).- Portrait of a young man believed to be Robert Burns, [1780s]
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £900
![Royal Navy.- Admiralty Papers.- [Henry and Robert Dundas, Viscounts Melville, First Lords of the Admiralty].- Collection of papers, manuscripts on paper, 1804-](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/f065db4b-2621-f011-9af7-6045bdf1f705/923234eb-8f7e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Royal Navy.- Admiralty Papers.- [Henry and Robert Dundas, Viscounts Melville, First Lords of the Admiralty].- Collection of papers, manuscripts on paper, 1804-")
LOT 29
Royal Navy.- Admiralty Papers.- [Henry and Robert Dundas, Viscounts Melville, First Lords of the...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 30
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord), William Wilberforce, Spencer Perceval and others.- Extensive...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 31
Bookbinding.- Receipts for Book Binding: Containing Valuable Recipes for Sprinkling, Marbling &...
Estimate: £750 - £1,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
LOT 32
Moule (Thomas).- Absalom (Mr ?Philip) Pedigrees of the Plantagenets, Thomas Moule's copy with...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
![Moule (Thomas) [Heraldry notebook], autograph manuscript, a few manuscripts and illustrations pasted down or loosely inserted, later half morocco, gilt, 1841.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/13e54ac1-8a76-f011-8eef-7c1e52040367/18e37f57-907e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Moule (Thomas) [Heraldry notebook], autograph manuscript, a few manuscripts and illustrations pasted down or loosely inserted, later half morocco, gilt, 1841.")
LOT 33
Moule (Thomas) [Heraldry notebook], autograph manuscript, a few manuscripts and illustrations...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £1,000
LOT 34
HMS Victory & HMS Malacca.- Farquhar (William) Log of the proceedings of HMS "Victory"......
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 35
Dorset.- Autograph Letters upon Dorset, Letters to John Symonds Udal, including: William Barnes,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: £1,000
LOT 37
Nightingale (Florence).- Bible, English.- The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments,...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £6,000
![Convict Poet.- [Creech (Leslie, Dorset poet, convicted of burglary)]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/1643c8c5-af67-f011-8eed-000d3a7efd1a/41d2fdcc-8f7e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Convict Poet.- [Creech (Leslie, Dorset poet, convicted of burglary)]")
LOT 38
Convict Poet.- [Creech (Leslie, Dorset poet, convicted of burglary)] "John Carter." Collection...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 39
Edward VIII (King) Autograph Letter signed to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward with original...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Hammer Price: Unsold
LOT 40
Autograph Album.- Melzer (Rudy, restaurant & hotel employee at the Meurice, Paris; The Savoy,...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
![Menus.- 19 printed menus collected by Rudy Melzer, including: Savoy Hotel/Savoy Grill etc. (11); Hotel de l'Europe & Villa Victoria (2), 1932-[53]; and 10](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/ec4cca80-4974-f011-8eef-000d3a7eb022/13e37f57-907e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Menus.- 19 printed menus collected by Rudy Melzer, including: Savoy Hotel/Savoy Grill etc. (11); Hotel de l'Europe & Villa Victoria (2), 1932-[53]; and 10")
LOT 41
Menus.- 19 printed menus collected by Rudy Melzer, including: Savoy Hotel/Savoy Grill etc. (11);...
Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer Price: £400
![Bible, English.- [The newe Testament of oure Savyour Jesu Christ], translated by Myles Coverdale, Antwerp, M. Crom, 1539.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/43ded263-f37c-f011-8eef-002248406423/cc5fb576-907e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Bible, English.- [The newe Testament of oure Savyour Jesu Christ], translated by Myles Coverdale, Antwerp, M. Crom, 1539.")
LOT 42
Bible, English.- [The newe Testament of oure Savyour Jesu Christ], translated by Myles...
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Hammer Price: £24,000
LOT 43
Bible, English.- The Byble, Becke's revision of 'Matthew's Bible', Jhon Daye, 1549.
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
LOT 44
Bible, English.- The holy Byble, Bishop's version, third folio edition, R. Jugge, 1574.
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
LOT 45
Americana.- Mather (Increase) The Mystery of Israel's Salvation, Explained and Applyed: or, A...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
![Bible, English.- Tyndale (William) [New Testament], facsimile edition, one of 250 copies, David Paradine, 1976.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/1d83aef3-ab7d-f011-8eef-002248406423/ef5fb576-907e-f011-bec1-0022484180ef.webp "Bible, English.- Tyndale (William) [New Testament], facsimile edition, one of 250 copies, David Paradine, 1976.")
LOT 46
Bible, English.- Tyndale (William) [New Testament], facsimile edition, one of 250 copies, David...
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer Price: £600
LOT 47
Bible, English.- The first tome or volume of the Paraphrases of Erasmus upon the newe testament,...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer Price: £1,800
![Foxe (John) [The First [Second] Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History], 2 vol., third edition, Iohn Daye, 1576.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/medium/707b5672-9382-f011-b4ca-7ced8d3b06a7/8fafbc98-5183-f011-b4ca-000d3a0bc616.webp "Foxe (John) [The First [Second] Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History], 2 vol., third edition, Iohn Daye, 1576.")
LOT 48
Foxe (John) [The First [Second] Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History], 2 vol., third edition,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Hammer Price: £1,400
LOT 49
Law.- Lambard (William) Eirenarcha: or of the office of the Justices of Peace...,...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
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