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
1	William Allen	Picturesque views on the river Niger, sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33.	London	1840	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 945.00
2	Johann Anderson	Nachrichten von Island, Gronland und der Strasse Davis, zum wahren Nutzen der Wissenschaften und der Handlung.	Frankfurt und Leipzig	1747	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
3	George Anson	A Voyage round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. ... Compiled by Richard Walter... 12th Edition.	London	1767	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 327.60
4	Francois) (Blondel	Beschryving van de beroemde, en van ouds vermaarde Vrye Keiserlyke Ryks- en Krooning-Stad Aken,	Leiden	1727	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
5	Gabriel Bodenehr	Geographische Vorstellung der so genandten kleinen Tartarey wie auch einiger LandCarten, Plans und Prospect wo derzeit sich das Kriegs Theatrum eroffnet ...	Augsburg	o.J.(um1739)	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,386.00
6	(Selina) Bracebridge	Notes descriptive of a panoramic sketch of Athens, taken may, 1839. Sold in aid of the funds of the London Benevolent Repository.	London	1839	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 819.00
7	Mason, W. H.	[Panorama View of Brighton] - Koloriertes Aquatinta-Panorama nach H. Wilds mit Ansicht der Kuste von Brighton,	London	1833	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 945.00
8	Antonio Bulifon	Raguaglio istorico. Dell'incendio del Monte Vesuvio succeduto nel mese d'Aprile MDCLXXXXIV.	Neapel	1696	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
9	Antonio Carvalho da Costa	Corografia Portugueza, e descripcam topografica do famoso reyno de Portugal. 3 Bde.	Lissabon	1706-12	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 378.00
10	Josiah) (Conder	The modern traveller. A popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical, of the various countries of the globe. 33 Bde.	London	1824-1839	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,008.00
11	James Cook	Neueste Reisebeschreibungen, oder Jakob Cook's dritte und letzte Reise welche ...	Nurnberg u. Leipzig	1786	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 415.80
12	Daniell, Thomas and William	Picturesque voyage to India by the way of China.	London	1810	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,536.00
13	Olfert Dapper	Naukeurige beschryving der eilanden, in de archipel der Middelantsche Zee,	Amsterdam	1688	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,764.00
14	Johann Hermann) (Dielhelm	Denkwurdiger und nutzlicher Antiquarius des Elb-Stroms,	Frankfurt a. M.	1741	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 491.40
15	Johann Hermann) (Dielhelm	Denkwurdiger und nutzlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius,	Frankfurt a. M.	1739	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 302.40
16	Edward Dodwell	Views in Greece.	London	1821	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 8,190.00
17	Karl (Illustr.) Grunwedel	Illustrirter Spaziergang durch Munchen. La promenade illustree dans Munich.	Munchen	1864	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
18	William Hamilton	Beobachtungen uber den Vesuv, den Aetna und andere Vulkane; in einer Reihe von Briefen ... Aus dem Englischen.	Berlin	1773	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
19	Hammer (-Purgstall), Joseph von:	Umblick auf einer Reise von Constantinopel nach Brussa und dem Olympos, und von da zuruck uber Nicaa und Nicomedien.	Bupapest	1818	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 327.60
20	Robert Havell	Panoramic view of Corfu.	London	1836	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,764.00
21		Italien. - Souvenirs d' Italie (Einbandtitel). - Album mit insgesamt 80 montierten, ungeordnet zusammengestellten Ansichten italienischer Stadte, Landschaften, Platze, ...		Ca.1835-50	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
22	Friedrich Albert Klebe	(Reise auf dem Rhein durch die teutschen und franzosischen Rheinlander nach Aachen und Spaa. 2. verm. u. verb. Aufl.)	Frankfurt am Main	1806	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 226.80
23	J(ohn) Knox	A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.	London	1767	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 491.40
24	Henri Koster	Voyages dans la partie septentrionale du Bresil depuis 1809 jusqu'en 1815. Traduits de l'Anglais par M. A. Jay. 2 Bde.	Paris	1818	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
25	Jean de La Caille	Description de la ville et des Fauxbourgs de Paris en vingt planches, ...	Paris	1714	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,512.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.