Koller Auctions: Books, A214, Zurich

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025

Page Size: 185 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4126	Mattioli, Pietro.	Opera quae extant omnia.	Frankfurt a. M.	1598	CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	CHF 1,280.00
4127	Einstein, Albert.	Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie.	Leipzig	1916	CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	CHF 2,048.00
4128		Baumann's Color Chart.	Aue	nach 1926.	CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
4129	Ramelli, Agostino.	Le diverse et artificiose machine...	Paris	1588	CHF 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	CHF 8,960.00
4130	Newton, Isaac.	Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.	London	1687	CHF 250,000.00 - 350,000.00	CHF 320,000.00
4131	Schinz, Heinrich Rudolf.	Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Saugethiere/ der Vogel / der Reptilien und Fische.	Zurich und Schaffhausen	1824-1836.	CHF 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
4132	[Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne].	Sammelband mit 40 (davon 38 kolor.) lithogr.	[Paris	Ca.1820-1840.	CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	CHF 1,152.00
4133	Aldrovandi, Ulisse.	Sammelband mit 4 Werken.	Frankfurt a. M.	1623-1647.	CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
4134	Jonston, John.	Historia naturalis.	Frankfurt a. M.	1650-1653-1655.	CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
4135	Perrault, [Claude].	Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des animaux.	Paris	1733-1734.	CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
4136	Donovan, Edward.	The Natural History of British Birds.	London	1794-1820.	CHF 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
4137	Basilius von Caesarea.	Omnia, quae ad nos extant, opera.	Basel	1566	CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
4138	Beze, Theodor de.	Poemata.	Paris	1548	CHF 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	CHF 1,280.00
4139	Biblia germanica -	[Die gantze Bibel, das ist alle bucher allts unnd Neuws Testaments, den ursprunglichen spraachen nach, auffs aller treuwlichest verteutschet].	Zurich	1536	CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	CHF 4,096.00
4140	Biblia germanica -	Die gantze Bibel, das ist alle bucher allts unnd neuws Testaments, den ursprunglichen spraachen nach, auffs aller treuwlichest verteutschet.	Zurich	1539-1540.	CHF 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	CHF 2,560.00
4141	Bibliander, Theodor.	Temporum a condito mundo usque ad ultimam ipsius aetatem supputatio, partitio que exactior.	Basel	1518	CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
4142	Caesar, Gaius Iulius.	Historien vom Gallier un(d) der Romer Burgerische krieg.	Mainz	1530	CHF 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	CHF 1,664.00
4143	Cyrillus Alexandrinus.	Opera, in tres partitas tomos: in quibus habes non pauca antehac Latinis non exhibita.	Basel	1528	CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
4144	Erasmus von Rotterdam, Desiderius.	Das Theur und Kunstlich Buchlin Morie Encomion, das ist: Ein Lob der Thorhait...	[Ulm	1534	CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	CHF 3,840.00
4145	Hortus Sanitatis -	Hortus sanitatis, quatuor libris haec quae snbsequuntur [!] complectens.	Strassburg	1536	CHF 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	CHF 7,680.00
4146	Hrabanus Maurus.	De institutione clericorum.	Pforzheim	1505	CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
4147	[Ortolf von Bayern].	Ein arczney buch von allen gepraszten der menschen wye man den helffen sol zu irer gesuntheyt und stercke.	[Augsburg	1488	CHF 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	CHF 7,296.00
4148	Hieronymus.	[Das hochwirdig leben der ausserwoelten freunde gotes der heiligen altuaeter].	Augsburg	1497	CHF 25,000.00 - 40,000.00	Not Sold
4149	Retza, Franciscus de.	Defensorium inviolatae virginitatis Mariae.	[Basel	um1487/88.	CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	CHF 3,840.00
4150	Maximilian I. - Pfinzing, Melchior.	Die geuerlicheiten eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren und hochberumbten helds und Ritters Tewrdannckhs.	Augsburg	1519	CHF 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	CHF 8,320.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.