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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
326	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Bauer im Mantel / Der Bauer mit den Handen auf dem Rucken	c.1647	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
327	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Leiermann	1647	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
328	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Raucher / Der Bauer mit gekrummten Rucken c.	c.1647	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
329	Adriaen van Ostade	Die drei grotesken Figuren	c.1648	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
330	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Bauer, der seine Zeche bezahlt	c.1652	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,260.00
331	Adriaen van Ostade	Das Fest unter der Laube	c.1652	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
332	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Violinspieler und der kleine Leiermann	c.1652	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,158.00
333	Adriaen van Ostade	Die beiden Gevatterinnen	c.1652	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
334	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Angler auf der Brucke	c.1652	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
335	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Messerkampf	1653	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
336	Adriaen van Ostade	Das Tischgebet	1653	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 16,380.00
337	Adriaen van Ostade	Die Tricktrackspieler c.1653		EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
338	Adriaen van Ostade	Die Sanger am Fenster	c.1653	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
339	Adriaen van Ostade	Die wandernden Musikanten	c.1653	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
340	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Scherenschleifer	c.1653	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
341	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Raucher am Fenster	c.1653	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
342	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Bauer in der Haustur	c.1653	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
343	Adriaen van Ostade	Der lachende Bauer	c.1653	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 415.80
344	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Schuhflicker	1671	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
345	Adriaen van Ostade	Mann und Frau in Unterhaltung	c.1671	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
346	Adriaen van Ostade	Die Schule	c.1679	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
347	Adriaen van Ostade	Der Raucher und der Trinker	c.1679	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.00
348	Adriaen van Ostade	Die verlangte Puppe	1679	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
349	CRISPIJN DE PASSE D.A.	Jupiter und Kallisto / Kallisto nackt		EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
350	Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn	Christus vertreibt die Handler aus dem Tempel	1635	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold

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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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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.
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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.