Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium September Auction, Day 2, 91725, Constantia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Page Size: 102 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
471

A SAMMELBAND ON THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION AND A LUTHERAN BIBLE; two in the lot

1752 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
472

ECCLESIASTES OR THE PREACHER (LIMITED EDITION)

Great Britain 1934 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
473 Ludivico di Vathema

DE UYTNEMENDE EN SEER WONDERLIJCKE ZEE-EN-LANDT-REYSE VAN DE HEER LUDOVVYCK DI BARTHEMA, GEDAEN INDE MORGENLANDEN, SYRIEN, VRUCHTBAER EN WOEST ARABIEN, PERSSEN, INDIEN, EGYPTEN, ETHIOPIEN, EN ANDERE (Dutch translation)

Utrecht 1655 ZAR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
474 Robert Moffat

MISSIONARY LABOURS AND SCENES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

London 1842 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 984.00
475 John Williams

A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

London 1838 ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 Not Sold
476 J Backhouse

A NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE MAURITUS AND SOUTH AFRICA

London 1844 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 1,845.00
477 J. J. Freeman

A TOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA

London 1851 ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 ZAR 738.00
478 Andrew Steedman

WANDERINGS AND ADVENTURES IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (2 VOLS.)

London 1835 ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
479 William J. Burchell

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (2 VOLS, FACSIMILE REPRINT)

London 1953 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 1,476.00
480 C. Pama

BOWLER'S CAPE TOWN: LIFE AT THE CAPE IN EARLY VICTORIAN TIMES, 1834-1868 (LIMITED EDITION SIGNED)

Cape Town 1977 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 861.00
481 Rene Juta and Painted by W. Westhofen

THE CAPE PENINSULA (FIRST EDITION)

Cape Town 1910 ZAR 400.00 - 700.00 ZAR 393.60
482 G.W. Steevens

FROM CAPE TOWN TO LADYSMITH

Edinburgh and London 1900 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
483 SJ du Toit

RHODESIA PAST AND PRESENT

London 1897 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
484 Richard Lander

RECORDS OF CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON'S LAST EXPEDITION TO AFRICA (2 VOLS.)

London 1830 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
485 Charles Darwin

DE AFSTAMMING VAN DEN MENSCH, EN DE SEKSUEELE TEELTKEUS DELFT IJKEMA & VAN GIJN 1871-1872 (FIRST DUTCH TRANSLATION OF THE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION ON RELATION TO SEX)

Delft 1871 + 1872 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
486 Richard Allestree, 1675

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE

London 1675 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
487 G. H. Tanser

THE SEQUENCE OF TIME, THE STORY OF SALISBURY, RHODESIA 1900 -- 1914 (LIMITED DELUXE EDITION SIGNED)

Rhodesia 1974 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 ZAR 1,476.00
488 L. C. Rookmaaker

THE ZOOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1650-1790

Rotterdam 1989 ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
489 R.H.N Smithers and J.D Skinner

THE MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUBREGION (SIGNED SUBSCRIBERS EDITION)

Pretoria 1990 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 ZAR 861.00
490 Austin Roberts

MAMMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town 1951 ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
491 Clarke Scholtz and Erik Holm

INSECTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Durban 1986 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 ZAR 492.00
492 Phil Hockey & Clare Douie

WADERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Cape Town 1995 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
493

HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF THE WORLD (17 VOLS.)

Barcelona 1992 - 2013 ZAR 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
494 Thomas Baines & R. F. Kennedy

THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA PAINTED BY THOMAS BAINES (LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION)

Johannesburg 1975 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,476.00
495 Stanley Cramp & C. M Perrins

THE HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: BIRDS OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC (9 VOLS.)

New York 1983 -1994 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 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.