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
51	Byron, (George Anson)	Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands in the years 1824-1825	London	1826	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
52	Campbell, John	Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the London missionary society; being a narrative of a second journey in the interior of that country	London	1822	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 327.60
53	Candler, Edmund	The unveiling of Lhasa	London	1905	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
54		Chadenat. - Bibliotheque de feu M. Ch. Chadenat	Paris	1980	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
55	Chalmers, J. u. W. W. Gill	Neuguinea. Reisen und Missionsthatigkeit wahrend der Jahre 1877 bis 1885	Leipzig	1886	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
56	Charignon, Antoine Joseph Henri	Les Chemins de fer Chinois. Un Programme pour leur Developpement	Peking	1914	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 491.40
57		China. - Chine. Sammlung von 12 montierten farbigen Illustrationen auf Reispapier		N/A	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 756.00
58		Chinesische Farbdrucke. - Marees=Gesellschaft	Munchen	1920	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
59	Clark, Robert Sterling und Arthur de Carle Sowerby	Through Shen-Kan. The account of the Clark Expedition in North China, 1908--9	London	1912	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
60	Cohn-Wiener, Ernst	Turan. Islamische Baukunst in Mittelasien	Berlin	1930	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 378.00
61	Collins, David	An account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: With remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that country. [...] An account of a voyage performed by Ca	London	1804	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 819.00
62	Conder, Josiah	The floral art of Japan: being a second and revised edition of The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement	Tokio	1899	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
63	Conder, Josiah	The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement	Tokio	1891	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 302.40
64	Conrady, August	Die chinesischen Handschriften= und sonstigen Kleinfunde Sven Hedins in Lou=Lan	Stockholm	1920	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
65	Constant, Samuel Victor	Calls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers	Peking	(um 1936)	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 415.80
66	Constant, Samuel Victor	Calls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers	Peking	-1936	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 415.80
67	Consten, Hermann	Weideplatze der Mongolen im Reiche der Chalcha	Berlin	1919-20	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
68	Contag, Victoria und Wang Chi-ch'uan	Maler und Sammler-Stempel aus der Ming- und Ch'ing-Zeit	O. O.	1940	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 302.40
70	Cook, James	A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world	London	1777	EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,276.00
71	Beaglehole, John Cawte (Hrsg.)	Cook. - The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery	Cambridge / London	1955-74 / 1988	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 302.40
72	Beddie, M. K.	Cook. - Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F. R. S. Circumnavigator	Sydney	1970	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
73	Cordier, Henri	Bibliotheca Sinica. Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs a L'Empire Chinois	Paris	1904-24	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 378.00
74	Corner, Miss (Julia)	The history of India: pictorial and descriptive	London	1846	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
75	Cornwallis Harris, William	The wild sports of southern Africa; being the narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the chief Moselekatse to the tropic of Capricorn	London	1852	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
76	Cronau, Rudolf	Von Wunderland zu Wunderland. Landschafts- und Lebensbilder aus den Staaten und Territorien der Union, angebunden: Von Wunderland zu Wunderland	Leipzig	1885 & 1887	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.