Arenberg Auctions: October Auction, 101725, BRUSSEL

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025

Page Size: 443 items in 18 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
488	VISSCHER, Claes Jansz	Caerte van't Scheldt ende Sandvliet, vertoone[n]de de verdroncken overwaterde landen, nieuw aengewasse[n] gorsingen [...] tusschen Bergen op Zoom en Antwerpen.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 208.00
489		3 miniature maps of Belgium, of which 2 by Ortelius.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.00
490		11 views and plans of Belgium, all but 3 from Braun & Hogenberg's town atlases.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 598.00
491	CHANLAIRE, Pierre-Gilles; CAPITAINE, Louis	Carte chorographique de la Belgique en soixante neuf feuilles dressee d'apres celle de Ferraris [...].	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 286.00
492	Antoine Dewasme	27 lithographs on Belgium.	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 234.00
493		8 English maps and plans of Belgium.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 156.00
494		C. 250 lithographs, mostly on Belgium.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,105.00
495		2 miniature maps of Belgium, of which 1 hand-coloured.	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 117.00
496	Abraham Ortelius	Belgii veteris typus [...].	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 130.00
497	ROBERT de VAUGONDY, Didier	3 partial maps of Belgium.	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 117.00
498	SANDERUS, Antonius	12 views of monasteries in Belgium, 1 of the Brussels Cathedral and 1 of Tervuren Castle.	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 234.00
499	Joannes Janssonius	Peregrinatio Abrahae. Itinera et mansiones deserti.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,040.00
500	Joannes Janssonius	Situs Terrae Promissionis S.S. Bibliorum intelligentiam exacte aperiens per Chr. Adrichom.	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 117.00
501	Joannes Janssonius	Tabula itineraria Patriarcharum Abrahami, Isaac et Jacobi.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 104.00
502	Joan Blaeu	2 hand-coloured maps of England from the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 156.00
503	Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr	Theoria planetarum primariorum, in qua ipsorum motus in Copernicano systemate tam ex Kepleri et recentiorum astronomorum [...].	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.00
504		2 maps of Denmark.	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 182.00
505		2 sixteenth-c. maps: Europe and Flanders.	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 104.00
506	VISSCHER, Nicolaes	Europa delineata et recens edita.	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 260.00
507		C. 20 maps and prints of Europe and Africa.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 780.00
508		C. 35 maps from Central and Northern Europe.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,170.00
509		6 maps and 1 plan of Europe.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 65.00
510	Abraham Ortelius	5 maps of France and Hainaut, of which 2 hand-coloured.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 117.00
511	Johannes Janssonius	2 hand-coloured maps of Normandy.	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 156.00
512	DE WIT, Frederick	Parys.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 338.00

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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.