Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art, 30703, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025

Page Size: 71 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
112	An illuminated lithograph Qur'an, printed to mark the accession of Sultan Mehmed V (reg. 1909-18)	Ottoman Turkey	1327/ 1909	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 768.00
145	An autograph letter from Lord Cornwallis, Governor-General of India, addressed to an unknown noble recepient ('My Dear Lord'), discussing how the British had underrated Tipu Sultan as a commander	Calcutta	1790	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 16,640.00
146	An autograph letter from Lord Cornwallis to Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm comprising instructions given in the field during the Third Anglo-Mysore War	South India	1791	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 16,640.00
147	A group of three letters written by Captain John Hamilton Brown, an officer serving under Cornwallis during the Third Anglo-Mysore War	South India, variously Madras, Camp Vinkillyguray, and Camp Banjalore		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
165	The Relief of Lucknow & Triumphant Meeting of Havelock, Outram and Sir Colin Campbell, proof copy	London	1862	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
204	An illustration from a Bhagavata Purana series: Krishna and Balarama approaching a palace, where they are later seen in discourse with pandits	Mewar	circa 1720-30	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
213	A leaf from an illustrated manuscript of the Urdu romance Aja'ib al-Qasas, depicting a demon king before a prince in durbar	Provincial Mughal, Lucknow	late 18th/early 19th Century	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
227	An illustrated and illuminated manuscript of the Razmnama or Razm-nameh, The Book of Wars, the Persian prose translation of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, with eighteen paintings	Kashmir	first half of the 19th Century	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 14,080.00
229	A manuscript in scroll form, with thirteen paintings depicting figures from Hindu mythology	North India or Rajasthan	19th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
238	India Ancient and Modern: A Series of Illustrations of the Countries and People of India and Adjacent Territories, by William Simpson & Sir John William Kaye, first edition in original wrappers, with 50 chromolithographic plates	London	1867	GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	GBP 51,200.00
239	A preliminary etching of Thomas Daniell's Durbar at Poonah, 6 August 1790, illustrating the conclusion of a treaty between the Marathas and the East India Company	London	circa 1805	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 8,960.00
246	Three illustrations from a Janamsakhi series, depicting episodes in the life of Guru Nanak	Punjab	early 19th Century	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 21,760.00
252	A hand-coloured woodblock print depicting Guru Gobind Singh initiating the first five members of the Khalsa in 1699	Punjab, Amritsar	1875	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,816.00
253	A block printed cotton panel depicting the Ten Sikh Gurus with Bala and Mardana	North India	20th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
254	Guru Arjan receives two Sikhs while an attendant fans him with a peacock-feathered fly-whisk under a canopy	Punjab, Patiala	circa 1860-70	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,400.00
255	Max Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, in two volumes, lacking vols. 3 and 4	Oxford	1909	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 2,560.00
256	Maharajah Ranjit Singh seated in a European-style chair on a terrace, holding a flower and prayer beads	Punjab	circa 1830-40	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
257	Maharajah Ranjit Singh	Delhi	circa 1830-40	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 7,040.00
258	Maharajah Ranjit Singh seated on a terrace	Punjab	mid-19th Century	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,840.00
259	Maharajah Ranjit Singh, after Emily Eden, from Portraits of the Princes and People of India	London	1844	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,200.00
261	A Reminiscence of Ferozepore, a caricature of Maharajah Ranjit Singh	Calcutta	1838	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
262	'Umdat al-Tawarikh, four lithograph volumes of the life and times of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and a survey of the history of the Sikh empire, in Persian and some English, by Suhan La'l Suri (d. 1852), the court chronicler and the vakil of the Sikh court	Lahore	1886	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,840.00
276	A portrait of an akali, Jai Singh Nihang, by Mortimer Menpes (British, 1860-1938)		circa 1903	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
277	An Akali-Nihang armed with a matchlock on horseback	Punjab, probably Lahore	circa 1830-40	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 4,864.00
278	An album of sixty paintings depicting Sikh rulers, monuments, and tradespeople	Punjab, Lahore	circa 1840-60	GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 17,920.00

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR