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January - 2025

The Rare Book Hub Monthly: 2024 in Review

…   Another Theory to Explain the Voynich Manuscript https://www.rarebookhub.com …

October - 2024

Another Theory to Explain the Meaning of the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

… standing mystery that is the Voynich Manuscript. It has been identified … 1912 by Polish bookseller Wilfred Voynich. It was later purchased by … com/for-600-years-the-voynich-manuscript-has-remained-a- … can scroll through the entire Voynich Manuscript as it is …

January - 2024

2023 Rare Book Hub Monthly in Review

… look at the still mysterious Voynich Manuscript. A separate article gave …

February - 2023

A New Theory Concerning the History of the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

… another theory concerning the mysterious Voynich Manuscript? This is the … possession of Polish bookseller Wilfrid Voynich in 1912. It was … by carbon dating. While Voynich or someone before him could … have tried to decipher the Voynich Manuscript. Some of the …

October - 2021

Confirmed. The Vinland Map is a Fake

… out just what is the Voynich Manuscript, which is also in …

August - 2020

The Voynich Manuscript Code Finally Broken...Again

… the code to the mysterious Voynich Manuscript has been broken. … For those unfamiliar with the Voynich Manuscript, it is this … produce a translation. The Voynich Manuscript is named for Wilfred … purchased it in 1912. Voynich did not sell the manuscript …

July - 2019

The Voynich Manuscript Code Has Finally Been Cracked...Or Not

… University of Bristol. The Voynich Manuscript, whose indecipherable code … those unfamiliar with the Voynich Manuscript, its name comes … from Wilfrid Voynich, an early twentieth century … s most mysterious text', the Voynich manuscript," it read. " …

January - 2019

A Greek Monastery Battles Princeton University for Some Very Old Manuscripts

… Garrett by bookseller Wilfrid Voynich (he of Voynich manuscript fame). In the …

October - 2018

Two Professors Believe They Have Cracked the Code of the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript

… cracked the code to the Voynich Manuscript (or Codex). If … for the past century. The Voynich Manuscript is a 240-page … college by Polish bookseller Wilfred Voynich (hence its name) in … they have identified where the Voynich manuscript was created (Mexico), …

July - 2018

Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers

… the World, 1894 W. M. Voynich. First to Ninth List of …

September - 2017

Three New Theories Attempt to Unravel the 500-year-old Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

… Polish bookseller Wilfred Voynich. It is from Voynich that it received … its common name, the "Voynich Manuscript." Since 1969, it … . By the time the Voynich Manuscript was created, the … on the illustrations within the Voynich manuscript. While the most …

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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.

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