Marc van de Wiele Auctions: October 2025 Auction, 100925, Brugge

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 11, 2025
Page Size: 1390 items in 56 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1107 [SPAIN - PORTUGAL]

Tabula Secunda Europe

EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,056.00
1108 [SPAIN - PORTUGAL]

Un aurrescu en Begona (Bilbao)

EUR 140.00 - 220.00 EUR 290.40
1109 [VUES d'OPTIQUE - CADIX]

Vue du Port de Cadix vers l'Occident / Vue du Port de Cadix vers l'Orient

EUR 140.00 - 220.00 EUR 184.80
1110 [VUES d'OPTIQUE - ESPAGNE]

1. Vue du Jardin de St Il de Phons. 2. Vue Perspective du derriere de la Bouvre de Seville. 3. La maison de plaisance du Roy a Buen Retiro. 4. La Prison Royale de Madrid. 5. La premiere cour et l'Eglise de l'Escural pres de Madrid. 6. Hotel des Ambassadeu

EUR 140.00 - 220.00 EUR 211.20
1111 [VUES d'OPTIQUE - MADRID]

Collection of 6 vues d'optiques de Madrid

EUR 140.00 - 220.00 EUR 211.20
1112 [VUES d'OPTIQUE - MADRID]

Collection of 6 vues d'optiques of Madrid

EUR 140.00 - 220.00 EUR 211.20
1113 [VUES d'OPTIQUE - PORTUGAL]

Vista y Prospettiva del Palacio del Rey de Portugal, en Lisbona

EUR 90.00 - 160.00 EUR 132.00
1114 [VUES d'OPTIQUE - SPAIN]

Vue Perspective du derriere de la Bouvre de Seville

EUR 220.00 - 360.00 EUR 290.40
1115 [TWO OSTRACA, WITH STONE MASON'S ACCOUNTS]

Accounts of masonry and stone, perhaps for a temple, mentioning priests and a person named Amonartis, in Demotic, on waste stone (alabaster) flakes

[Egypt (probably Luxor) Roman period (most probably 1st or 2nd century)] EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,584.00
1116 [BIBLE: EXODUS]

Large leaf from an 'Atlantic Bible', in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum

[Italy first half of 12th century] EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
1117 [BOETIUS DE DACIA, MODI SIGNIFICANDI: BY A MEDIEVAL DANISH AUTHOR]

Four single leaves, all recovered from reuse in a later binding, in Latin, from a manuscript on vellum

[Italy late 13th or early 14th century] EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 12,540.00
1118 [CALENDAR FROM A DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS]

Calendar from a Book of Hours, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum

[The Netherlands second quarter of the 15th c.] EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,036.00
1119 [CHARTER ISSUED BY THE LORD OF GUIGNY]

Document issued by Anthoine 'de Hardenthun (d'Anvin), lord of Guigny (Pas-de-Calais, modern France), concerning the sale of woodland to Jehan Bonnant, in French, single-sheet manuscript document on vellum

[France (Pas-de-Calais) dated 14 February 1457] EUR 240.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
1120 [CHARTER OF WERNER DER TOBENDE concerning land bought from a convent in FREIBURG, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG]

Large single document in German, on vellum

[Germany (Eschbach, a district of Freiburg in Baden-Wurttemberg) dated December 1340] EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 528.00
1121 [GREGORY THE GREAT, MORALIA IN IOB]

Cutting from a large leaf with Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob, in Latin, manuscript on vellum

[probably France late 10th c. or opening decades of the 11th c.] EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,508.00
1122 [ISIDORE OF SEVILLE, SENTENTIAE]

Remains of four bifolia from a manuscript of Isidore of Seville, Sententiae, in Latin, on paper

[Italy 15th century] EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
1123 [LAW: GRATIAN'S DECRETUM]

Two near-complete leaves from a manuscript of Gratian's Decretum, in Latin, on vellum

[France second half of 12th century (pre-1180)] EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,716.00
1124 [LAW: GRATIAN'S DECRETUM]

Two leaves from a manuscript of Gratian's Decretum, in Latin, on vellum

[Italy second half of 13th century] EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 528.00
1125 [LAW: JUSTINIAN'S DIGEST]

Seven tall rectangular cuttings from a manuscript of Justinian, Digest, in Latin, on vellum

[Italy early 14th century] EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 726.00
1126 [LEAF FROM AN EARLY SACRAMENTARY]

Single leaf from a manuscript Sacramentary, in Latin, on vellum

[Germany 11th century (probably 1st half, perhaps c. 1000] EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,112.00
1127 [LEAVES FROM A TINY BOOK OF HOURS]

Three leaves, in Latin, from an illuminated manuscript on vellum

[France c. 1470] EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1128 [LEGAL TREATISES: ONE ON IMPRISIONMENT]

Two leaves with legal treatises, including De carceribus, in Latin, manuscript on paper

[Italy first half of the 15th century] EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 528.00
1129 [OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION OF JOANNES TOR MOLLEN OF MUNSTER]

Leaf with lengthy ownership inscription of Joannes tor Mollen, canon of the old St. Paul's Cathedral, Munster, recording his gift of the book this once attached to, to the Church of St. Laurentius in nearby Warendorf on 15 March 1547, in Latin, manuscript

[Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia, Munster) dated 1547] EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 396.00
1130 [PROCESSIONAL FRAGMENTS WITH A HUMAN FACE]

Cuttings from two leaves from a Processional, in Latin, manuscript on paper

[Low Countries or perhaps France c. 1500] EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 396.00
1131 [SMALL ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS, mostly concerning the BAKER'S GUILD IN EGGENFELDEN]

2 wills, one including a large gift to the baker's guild, and a formal record of the requirements of the junior bakers entering the baker's guild in the town, all in German, each on a single-sheet of vellum

[south-east Germany (Eggenfelden) 1456-1466] EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,320.00
  • 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.