Venator and Hanstein: History of Discovery and Research, 183, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026

Page Size: 505 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		The Baur Collection Geneva	Genf	1968-94	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,512.00
27		The Baur Collection Geneva	Genf	1977-84	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 945.00
28	Behrmann, Walter	Der Sepik (Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss) und sein Stromgebiet	Berlin	1917	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
29	Bell, Charles	Tibet past & present / The people of Tibet / The religion of Tibet	Oxford	1924-31	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
30	Bergman, Folke	Archaeological researches in Sinkiang, especially the Lop-Nor region. Descriptive lists of textils by Vivi Sylwan	Stockholm	1939	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
31	Binyon, Laurence	The George Eumorfopolous Collection of the Chinese Frescoes	London	1927	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 277.20
32	Bock, Carl	Unter den Kannibalen auf Borneo	Jena	1887	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 302.40
33	Boerschmann, Ernst	Die Baukunst und religiose Kultur der Chinesen	Berlin	1911-14	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 2,016.00
34	Boerschmann, Ernst	Chinesische Architektur	Berlin	1925	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,008.00
35	Borget, Auguste	La Chine et les Chinois	Paris	1842	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 5,292.00
36	Boulitchoff, J. de (Ivan Dmitriyevich Bulychov)	Voyage dans la Siberie Orientale	(St. Petersburg?)	(um 1855)	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 2,772.00
37	Boy-Ed, Karl	Peking und Umgebung	Tientsin	1906	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
38		Brasilien-Bibliothek der Robert Bosch GmbH	Stuttgart	1986-91	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
39	Brehme, Hugo (Hrsg.)	Das malerische Mexiko	Berlin und Mexiko	1923	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
40	Breitenstein, Heinrich	21 Jahre in Indien. Aus dem Tagebuche eines Militararztes	Leipzig	1899-1902	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
41	Brenner, Joachim von	Besuch bei den Kannibalen Sumatras	Wurzburg	1894	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 252.00
42	Breton de la Martiniere, J.-B.-J.	China: Its costume, arts, manufactures, & C.	London	1824	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 352.80
43	Brinkley, Francis	Japan. Described and illustrated by the Japanese written by eminent japanese Authorities and Scholars	Boston	1897-1898	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
44	Brockhaus, Albert	Netsuke. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst	Leipzig	1909	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
45	Brooks, Henry	Natal; a history and description of the colony: Including its natural features, production, industrial condition and prospects	London	1876	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
46	Browne, Belmore	The Conquest of Mount McKinley	New York and London	1913	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
47	Bruce of Kinnaird, James	Reisen nach Abyssinien die Quellen des Nils zu entdecken	Erlangen	1792	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 415.80
48	Bryant, William Cullen	Picturesque America; or, the land we live in	New York	(1872-74)	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
49	Buttikofer, Johann	Reisebilder aus Liberia. Resultate geographischer, naturwissenschaftlicher und ethnographischer Untersuchungen wahrend der Jahre 1879-1882 und 1886-1887	Leiden	1890	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
50	Burrard, (Sidney) G(erald)	Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet	London	1925	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.