Venator and Hanstein: Old Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts, 181, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025
Page Size: 563 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Christus vertreibt die Handler aus dem Tempel

1635 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,150.00
352 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Die wandernden Musikanten

c.1635 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 9,450.00
353 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Der Bauer mit hohem Hut, auf einen Stock gelehnt

1639 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 13,860.00
354 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Die Rast auf der Flucht nach Agypten (Nachtstuck)

c.1644 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
355 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Juden in einer Synagoge

1648 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 8,190.00
356 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Die Kreuzabnahme bei Fackelschein

1654 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
357 JAN SAENREDAM

Der Bauer und seine Frau auf dem Markt

1615 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 504.00
358 SALOMON SAVERIJ

Allegorie der Ehe.

1658 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
359 HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT

Der kleine Wasserfall

EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
360 JONAS UMBACH

Ruhende Nymphen unter einem Baldachin

EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
361 JOHANNES VAN VLIET

Der Zahnarzt

EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
362 BERNADO BELLOTTO

Dresden vom rechten Elbufer oberhalb der Augustusbrucke

1747 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,158.00
364 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Vedute di Roma, Titelblatt

1748 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
365 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Basilica di Sta. Maria Maggiore con le due Fabbriche laterali di detta Basilica

1749 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,008.00
366 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va alla Chiesa d'Arcaceli

1775 (i EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 882.00
367 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Dogana di Terra a Piazza di Pietra

1753 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
368 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Basilica di S. Lorenzo fuor delle Mura

1750 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
369 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli

EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
370 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Altra Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli

EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
371 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Altra Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli

1761 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 630.00
372 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli

1763 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
373 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta del Tempio, detto della Tosse

1763 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
374 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta interna del Tempio della Tosse

1764 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
375 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta del Tempio ottangolare di Minerva Medica

1764 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
376 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli

1766 [1765] EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 630.00
  • 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.
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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.