Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books, 90625b, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 06, 2025 - September 06, 2025

Page Size: 102 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97425948	Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	Not Available	EUR 79.57
97425978	Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 98.10
97431734	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 325.00	EUR 54.50
97432014	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 275.00 - 325.00	EUR 43.60
97432087	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 275.00 - 325.00	EUR 32.70
97432197	Conrad Gesner	Vogelbuch	1598	EUR 275.00 - 325.00	EUR 32.70
97432281	Conrad Gesner	Vogelbuch	1598	EUR 275.00 - 325.00	EUR 185.30
97432360	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 43.60
97433237		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - The Sacrifice to Hecate, Underworld	1517	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 94.83
97433438	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
97433529		Hans Schauffelein - In Dutch. Livy: Roman History. Battle Scene.	1541	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 38.15
97433677		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Preparing for battle: War in Latium	1517	EUR 170.00 - 210.00	EUR 300.84
97433817		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Sea Turtle - Folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 194.02
97433914	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 34.88
97433962		Hans Schauffelein - In Dutch. Livy: Roman History. Scipio.	1541	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 38.15
97433999	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 40.33
97434058	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 56.68
97434247		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Trout, Salmon - Folio with 3 woodcuts	1620	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	EUR 38.15
97434368		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Squilla Mantis - Folio with 2 woodcuts	1620	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 27.25
97434538		Mattioli, P.A. - 2 folios, 6 woodcuts, Botany: Parsnip, Delphinium, Seseli	1554	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 61.04
97434799		Heinrich Vogtherr (the Elder) & Hans Holbein - 4 woodcuts on 1 leaf - Battle scene 15th C Turkish	1548	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 76.30
97434986		Heinrich Vogtherr (the Elder); Folio with woodcuts, Battle of Muehldorf	1548	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 43.60
97435143		Heinrich Vogtherr (the Elder); Folio with woodcuts, The Battle of Saint-Aubin	1548	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 27.25
97445909		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with birds: Exotic Sparrows, Buntings,	1657	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	EUR 31.61
97446125		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Hermit Crabs - Folio with woodcuts	1620	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 43.60

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.
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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.