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
538		2 views: City hall of Amsterdam and part of the Innere Stadt (Vienna).	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 117.00
539		26 optical views.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 715.00
540	Sebastian Munster	Der herzlichen und weitberuhmpten Statt Stettin in Pomern warhaffte abcontrafactur.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 104.00
541		3 maps of the Iberian Peninsula.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 390.00
542	DE WIT, Frederick	Accuratissima totius regni Hispaniae tabula.	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 156.00
543	Sebastian Munster	La noble ville de Geneve avec la situation.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 156.00
544	Johann Baptista Homann	Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum [...].	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,560.00
545		C. 25 maps.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 715.00
546	KARROW, Robert	Mapmakers of the sixteenth century and their maps. Bio-bibliographies of the cartographers of Abraham Ortelius, 1570 [...].	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 130.00
547	Cornelis Koeman	Atlantes Neerlandici. Volumes I-V. Bibliography of terrestrial, maritime and celestial atlases and pilot books, published in the Netherlands up to 1880.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 156.00
548	TOOLEY, Ronald Vere	Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers. Revised edition.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 130.00
549		7 works, mostly coffee table books.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 78.00
550		7 works on both Northern en Southern Europe.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 52.00
551		6 works on the Low Countries in 7 vol.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 130.00
552		4 works on the Netherlands in Dutch.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 78.00
553		3 works on the Netherlands.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 143.00
554	SHIRLEY, Rodney	2 works.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 260.00
555		3 works in 5 vol. on ancient cartography.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 52.00
556		9 general works on cartography.	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 156.00
557	JUSSERET, Joseph	Atlas historique de la Belgique ancienne et moderne, depuis Jules-Cesar jusqu'a nos jours [...].	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 130.00
558	VANDERMAELEN, Philippe	Atlas de la Belgique en 10 feuilles.	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 455.00
559	VANDERMAELEN, Philippe	Atlas de l'Europe, 100 feuilles, echelle de 1/600.000, projection modifiee de Flamsteed, d'apres les meilleurs materiaux. Dessine par Henry Perkin geographe, grave sur pierre sous la direction de P. Doms [...].	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,040.00
560	FISQUET, Honore	Grand atlas departemental de la France, de l'Algerie et des colonies.	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 156.00
561	Albert Willem	12 Biblical maps from "Heilige Geografie of Aardrykskundige beschryving van alle de landen, enz. in de H.S. voorkomende [...]".	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 455.00
562	BOUGE, Jean-Baptiste de	Nouvelle carte chorographique des Pays-Bas Autrichiens dediee a son Altesse Monseigneur le duc d'Aremberg [...].	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 312.00

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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.