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Venator and Hanstein: Old Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts

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Auction Name	Old Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	548,402.40
Auction Date	September 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	423,390.00
Sale Number	#181	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	423,390.00
Total Lots	563
Sold Lots	308.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	770,640.00
% of Lots Sold	54.71%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	770,640.00
Unsold Lots	255	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	71.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
306	ALBRECHT DURER	Die apokalyptischen Reiter (1511)		EUR 50,000.00 - 50,000.00	EUR 41,580.00
287	ALBRECHT DURER	Das Meerwunder (Raub der Amymone)	c.1498	EUR 25,000.00 - 25,000.00	EUR 32,760.00
292	ALBRECHT DURER	Die Geburt Christi	c.1510	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 30,240.00
457		Lateinisch-franzosisches Stundenbuch fur den Gebrauch von Rouen. Handschrift auf Pergament.	letztes Viertel des 15 Jahrhunderts.	EUR 30,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 25,200.00
422	Henricus Institoris	Malleus maleficarum.	1496	EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 21,420.00
325	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Bauer im Mantel	c.1647	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 16,380.00
336	Adriaen van Ostade	Das Tischgebet	1653	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 16,380.00
288	ALBRECHT DURER	Der Dudelsackpfeifer	1514	EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 13,860.00
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
424		Stundenbuch fur den Gebrauch von Rom. Pergamentdruck mit illuminierten Metallschnitten.	1520	EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,340.00
271	HANS SEBALD BEHAM	Adam und Eva, stehend mit einem Skelett	1543	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 10,080.00
298	ALBRECHT DURER	Die Schaustellung Christi	c.1509	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 10,080.00
352	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Die wandernden Musikanten	c.1635	EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00	EUR 9,450.00
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.		EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 8,820.00
16	Edward Dodwell	Views in Greece.	1821	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 8,190.00
355	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Juden in einer Synagoge	1648	EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00	EUR 8,190.00
402	Georg Agricola	Vom Bergkwerck xij. Bucher darin(n) alle Empter, Instrument, Gezeuge, unnd alles zu(o) disem Handel gehorig, mitt schonen figuren vorbildet, und klarlich beschriben seindt ...	1557	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,560.00
48	Corbinian Thomas	Firmamentum firmianum, seu manuductio ad globum artificialem coelestem.	1731	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 6,930.00
270	HANS SEBALD BEHAM	Adam und Eva, stehend	1529	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,300.00
278	HANS SEBALD BEHAM	Der Tod und das stehende nackte Weib	1547	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 6,300.00
471	CELAN, PAUL (1920 Czernowitz - 1970 Paris)	CELAN, PAUL (1920 Czernowitz - 1970 Paris)		EUR 7,000.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 6,300.00
291	ALBRECHT DURER	Die Verkundigung	c.1510	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,292.00
406	(Beda Venerabilis)	Repertorium auctoritatum Aristotelis et aliorum philosophorum.	um 1491.	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,292.00
12	Daniell, Thomas and William	Picturesque voyage to India by the way of China.	1810	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,536.00
56	Ulisse Aldrovandi	Ornithologiae. Hoc est, de avibus historiae libri XII. Tomus I / tomus alter / tomus tertium, ac postremus. 3 Bde.	1645-52	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 4,158.00

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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.
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.