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
377 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Rovine delle Terme Antoniniane

1765 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
378 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Avanzi d'un portico coperto... (Villa Sette Bassi)

1766 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
379 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta delle Cascatelle a Tivoli

1769 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
380 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo

1773 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
381 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta del Palazzo Farnese

1773 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
382 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Avanzi di una Sala appartenente al Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli

1774 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
383 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Piazza e Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano

1775 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
384 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta della Piazza, e Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano

1775 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 630.00
385 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta dell' Isola Tiberna

1775 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,260.00
386 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una della Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro

1776 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
387 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Dieta, o sia Luogo che da ingresso a diversi grandiosi Cubicoli, e ad altre magnifiche Stanze, esistente nella Villa Adriana

1777 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
388 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta di un Sepolcro fuori di Porta del Popolo sull' antica Via Cassia

1756 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
389 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Taf. X u. XI (v. XII) aus "Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano"

1762 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
390 JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER

Jaeger und Falkoniers mit ihren Verrichtungen

EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
391 JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER

Das in seiner grossen Mannigfaltigkeit und in seinen schonen Farben nach Original-Zeichnungen geschilderte Thier-Reich. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.

(Augsburg EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 8,820.00
392 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Vari Capricci

1785 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
393 JOHANN HEINRICH BLEULER d. J.

Die Wasserfalle bey Meiringen im Oberhasletal Canton Bern

1816 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
394 SAMUEL COUSINS, EDWIN LANDSEER

Return from Hawking

1838 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
395 FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES

Los Caprichos

1799/1886 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
396 MAX KLINGER

Intermezzi. Opus IV.

1881 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 756.00
397 MAX KLINGER

Mittag

1883 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 327.60
398 MAX KLINGER

Vom Tode. Erster Teil. Opus XI.

1889 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
399 MELCHIOR LECHTER

Sammlung Buchtitel & -illustrationen

1898-1906 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
400 CAMILLE PISSARRO

Marche a la volaille a Gisors (Geflugelmarkt in Gisors)

EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
401 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

Femme nue assise

EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • 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.