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
101	William Jardine	The Naturalist's Library. 40 Bande.	Edinburgh	1833-43.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,386.00
102	(Johnson, Jos.; Ed.)	The natural history of birds; containing a variety of facts selected from several writers, and intended for the amusement and instruction of children. Part III - V in 1 Bd.	London	1791	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
103	Erzherzog (v. Osterreich) Joseph	Atlas der Heilpflanzen des Praelaten Kneipp. Bildlich dargestellt durch Margarethe Furstin von Thurn und Taxis.	(Regensburg	1903	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
104	Erzherzog (v. Osterreich) Joseph	Atlas der Heilpflanzen des Praelaten Kneipp. Bildlich dargestellt durch Margarethe Furstin von Thurn und Taxis.	(Regensburg	1903	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
105	C(hristian) F(riedrich) A(ugust) Kolb	Wilde Thiere aller Zonen. Ihre Gewohnheiten und Lebensweise, ihr Nutzen und Schaden.	Esslingen	1865	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
106	J(ohann) H(einrich) Lambert	Beytrage zum Gebrauche der Mathematik und deren Anwendung. (Tl. 1 von 4).	Berlin	1765	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
107	Peter Lauremberg	Amphilycus seu de natura crepusculorum tractatio.	Hamburg	1615	EUR 450.00 - 450.00	EUR 378.00
108	Carl von Linne	Philosophia Botanica, in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica. Editio tertia aucta et emendata cura C. L. Willdenow.	Berlin	1790	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
109	E(dward) J(oseph) Lowe	Ferns British and exotic. (2nd. ed.). 8 Bde.	London	1872	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
110	Mann, Johann Gottlieb	2 Werke uber Arznei- und Giftpflanzen in 1 Bd. 39 x 26 cm. HLdr. m. Papierruckschild.			EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
111	Louis Ferdinand Marsigli (Marsili)	Danubius Pannonico-mysicus. De Fontibus Danubii. Bd. VI (von 6).	Den Haag u. Amst.	1726	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 453.60
112	Benjamin Maund	The Botanic Garden, consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; ...	London	1825 (-51)	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
113	T(heodoro) und Covelli, N(iccola) Monticelli	Der Vesuv in seiner Wirksamkeit wahrend der Jahre 1821, 1822 und 1825, nach physikalischen, mineralogischen und chemischen Beobachtungen und Versuchen dargestellt. ...	Elberfeld	1824	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 352.80
114	F(rancis) O(rpen) Morris	A history of British Birds. 8 Bde.	London	1888	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
115	F(rancis) O(rpen) Morris	A History of British Butterflies.	London	1853	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
116	(Lorenz) Oken	Abbildungen zu Oken's allgemeiner Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande. (Tafelband).	Stuttgart	1843-45	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 882.00
117	Giuseppe del Papa	Della natura dell'umido, e del secco. Florenz		1681	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
118	Gaius Plinius Secundus	Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Quos recensuit & notis illustravit G. Brotier. 6 Bde.	Paris,	1779	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
119	Planck, Max	Eine veranderte Formulierung der Quantenhypothese.	Berlin	1914	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
120	Planck, Max	Eine veranderte Formulierung der Quantenhypothese.	Berlin	1914	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
121	Planck, Max	Eine veranderte Formulierung der Quantenhypothese.	Berlin	1914	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
122	Wolf Ehrenfried von Reitzenstein	Der vollkommene Pferde-Kenner, welcher nicht nur alle Schonheiten, Fehler und verschiedene Landes-Arten der Pferde zu erkennen giebt. 2 Teile in 1 Band.	Uffenheim	1764	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,071.00
123	Celestino Rolli	De corporum motu rectilineo, et curvilineo in mediis non resistentibus libri duo. Venedig		1750	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
124	Rutherford, Ernest:	Untersuchungen uber die Radiumemanation. I. Volumen der Emanation. II. Die Umwandlungsgeschwindigkeit. 2 Hefte.	Wien	1908-11	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
125		Sammelband mit 5 Werken verschiedener Autoren zu Impfungen und Pockenepidemien.	Berlin, Kopenhagen u. a.	1824-31.	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 226.80

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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.

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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.
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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.