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

Auction Details

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
51	Wangen. - Emminger, Eberhardt:	Panorama vom Bahnhofe in Wangen im Allgau. Nach der Natur gezeichnet.		Ca.1850	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
52	(Lorenz von) Westenrieder	Beschreibung des Wurm- oder Starenbergersees, und der umherliegenden Schlosser etc. samt einer Landkarte.	Munchen	1784	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
53	Wratislaw von Mitrowiz, Wenceslas	Merkwurdige Gesandschaftsreise von Wien nach Konstantinopel. So gut als aus dem Englischen ubersezt.	Leipzig	1786	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,071.00
54	Stanislaus Reinhard Acxtelmeier	Ebenbild der Natur, in dem Entwurff dero Gewachsen, Unzieffern, und einigen Thieren von vermischter Arth.	Augsburg	1699	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
55	Ulisse Aldrovandi	De quadrupedibus solidipedibus volumen integrum ... Marcus Antonius Bernia in lucem restituit.	Bologna	1639	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 630.00
56	Ulisse Aldrovandi	Ornithologiae. Hoc est, de avibus historiae libri XII. Tomus I / tomus alter / tomus tertium, ac postremus. 3 Bde.	Bologna	1645-52	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,158.00
57	Doroteo Alimari	Longitudinis aut terra aut mari investigandae methodus. Adjectis insuper demonstrationibus, & instrumentorum iconismis. (Ed. Sebastiano Ricci).	London	1715	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 567.00
58	Friedrich Jakob Behrend	Ikonographische Darstellung der nicht-syphilitischen Hautkrankheiten. Mit darauf bezuglichem systematischen Texte.	Leipzig	1839	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
59	Johann Friedrich Blumenbach	Uber den Bildungstrieb.	Gottingen	1789	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 403.20
60	(Pierre Joseph) Bonnaterre	Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature, dedie a la serenissime republique de Venise. Cetologie, ophiologie, erpetologie.	Padua	1795	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
61	Mathurin Jacques Brisson	Ornithologia sive synopsis methodica sistens avium divisionem in ordines, sectiones, genera, species, ipsarumque varietatis. -	Paris	1760	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
62	Benjamin van Broeckhuysen	Oeconomia corporis animalis sive cogitationes succinctae, de mente, corpore, & utriusque conjunctione, juxta methodum philophiae Cartesianae deductae.	Amsterdam	1683	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
63	George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon	Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Nouvelle edition. 38 Bde. in 21.	Amsterdam u. Dordrecht	1766-99	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
64	(Georges Louis Leclerc) Buffon	Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Nouvelle edition. 13 Bde.	Paris	1769-1770.	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
65	Christian Adam Adoplph u. a.) (Buhle	Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausfuhrlicher Beschreibung derselben. Saeugethiere. 2. Aufl.	Halberstadt und Pesth		EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
66	Arthur G(ardiner) Butler	British birds with their nests and eggs. 6 Bde.	London	1896-98	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 315.00
67	Pedro de Castro y Anaya	Causas efficientes y accidentales del fluxo y refluxo del mar y de sus notables diferencias con la diuersidad de corrientes ... del orbe aqzatil explicanse ...	Madrid	1694	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 352.80
68	Jonathan Couch	A History of the Fishes of the British Islands. (3. Aufl.). 4 Bande.	London	1863-1865	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
69	John Curtis	British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in great Britain and Ireland.	London	1824-40	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,520.00
70	J. W. Dalmann	Uber die Palaeaden oder die sogenannten Trilobiten. Aus dem Schwedischen ubersetzt von Friedrich Engelhart.	Nurnberg	1828	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
71	E(dward) Donovan	The natural history of British Quadrupeds ... accompied with scientific and general descriptions, of all the species that are known to inhabit the British Isles ...	London	1820	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 491.40
72	Doppler, Christian	Uber eine wesentliche Verbesserung der katoptrischen Mikroskope.	Prag	1845	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
73	Doppler, Christian	Versuch einer analytischen Behandlung beliebig begrenzter und zusammengesetzter Linien, Flachen und Korper;...	Prag	1839	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
74	Einstein, Albert	Eine Ableitung des Theorems von Jacobi.	Berlin	1917	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
75	Albert Einstein	Eine neue formale Deutung der MAXWELLschen Feldgleichungen der Elektrodynamik.	Berlin	1916	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	Not Sold

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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.