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Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 -
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th centuryJeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839. -
Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
April 16, 2026Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200. -
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) , 13026, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 30, 2026 - January 30, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98418469 | Wilhelmus Goeree | Voorbereidselen tot de Bybelsche Wysheid, en gebruik der Heilige en Kerkelijke Historien (...) |
1690 | EUR 850.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 99991488 | F.M.B. ab Helmont | Alphabeti vero Naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio |
1657 | EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 1,362.50 | |
| 100318442 | Lipsius | Analecta / Poliorceticon Sive de Machinis |
1602/1605 | EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 926.50 | |
| 100389116 | [BINDING / COULORED MAPS] Biblia. dat is de gantsche Heylige Schrifture |
1712 | EUR 2,100.00 - 3,900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 100389347 | Johan Nieuhof / John Ogilby | [VOC / CNINA PRENT-BOOK) Het gezantschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie |
1693 | EUR 4,600.00 - 7,700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100390677 | [SPECIAL MAPS] Biblia, De gantsche H. Schrifture - 5 grote kaarten, inclusief 'Werelt Caert' |
1660 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 100394905 | Angelocrator | De ponderibus |
1628 | EUR 2,800.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 1,471.50 | |
| 100425725 | Ambroise Pare | [MONSTERS AND OCCULTISM] Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise Pare |
1607 | EUR 2,200.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 2,180.00 | |
| 100433213 | Jamblichus | Arithmeticam (bound with)//: De vita Pythagorica |
1668 | EUR 1,100.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 872.00 | |
| 100438441 | L.A. Giunta | Processionariu ordinis fratrum predicatorum rursus recognitum |
1517 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100440829 | Johannes von Cuba | Das Buch von allen Kreutern, Wurtzlen und andern Dingen, wie mans bruchen soll zu Gesundtheit der |
1530 | EUR 3,100.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 3,052.00 | |
| 100448905 | Don Antonio de Fuertes Y Biota | Vida de Moysen |
1657 | EUR 1,600.00 - 3,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100449512 | Guilelmus Parisiensis | Postilla super epistolas et evangelia de tempore [INKUNABEL MIT HOLZSCHNITTEN] |
1492 | EUR 6,100.00 - 8,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100459425 | Jacques Sacon / Hans Springinklee - Biblia cu(m) concordantijs veteris et noui testamenti et |
1521 | EUR 5,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 4,883.20 | ||
| 100463115 | J.ohannes Zahn | Oculus artificialis teledioptricus sive Telescopium |
1685 | EUR 2,800.00 - 6,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100530429 | Alberti Crantzii | Saxonia Et Metropolis Alberti Crantzii Historici Doctiss. Sacrae Theologiae & Juris Canonici |
1574 | EUR 700.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100530991 | Busbequius | Ambassades et Voyages en Turquie et Amasie de Mr Busbequius |
1646 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 447.99 | |
| 100542938 | [Espagne] Tomas de Llano | Noviliario de casas, y linages de Espana. [Genealogie] |
1653 | EUR 650.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100548481 | Robert Boyle | Opera |
1680/1696 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100571685 | Gerard Brandt | Leven en bedryf van Michiel de Ruiter |
1687 | EUR 700.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 654.00 | |
| 100572502 | Vegetius | De re militari |
1592 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 709.59 | |
| 100582728 | Eliseo Masini | Sacro Arsenale, pratica dell'Officio della Santa Inquisizione ampliata |
1640/1639 | EUR 2,200.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100590134 | Cicerone | Le Epistole Famigliari Di Cicerone |
1573 | EUR 450.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100604233 | ALDROVANDI (Ulisse) | De Piscibus Libri V et de Cetis lib. unus. |
1644 | EUR 900.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,745.09 | |
| 100608384 | Biblia Latina | Textus Biblie |
1533 | EUR 3,300.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 3,706.00 |
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Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’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. -
S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882
April 16, 2026SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Unknown. Sea Flags printed on silk. Rare. c.1840.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Fredrik Kolstø. Aftenstemning ved Kysten. c.1890-t.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Knut Yran. OL-plakaten Oslo 1952.