Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) , 121325b, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 13, 2025 - December 13, 2025

Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
99651702		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Sharks, Dogfish, Loach	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99651897		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Tortoise Turtles Armadillo	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99652917		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio Birds: Bunting Partridge Ptarmigans	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99653113		Conrad Gesner 1516-1565: Bezola Trout (Extinct), fish - folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99653358		Conrad Gesner 1516-1565: Spotted Smoothhound Shark - folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	Unknown
99653599		Conrad Gesner 1516-1565: Crab - folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99667893		Matthaus Merian (b1593) - hand col. folio: Wolf, Fox, Hyena	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99668059		Matthaus Merian (b1593) - hand col. folio: Sea Monster, Seal, Walrus	1657	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99669194	Conrad Gesner	Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum	1555	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99669225	Conrad Gesner	Vogelbuch	1598	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99669309	Conrad Gesner	Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum	1555	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99669403	Conrad Gesner	Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum	1555	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99669491	Conrad Gesner	Thierbuch	1598	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99673437	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
99673755	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
99673882	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
99679820		Bijbel nieuwe testament	1875	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
99691006		2 folios, Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], 3 woodcuts, Ducks, birds	1557	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99691336		Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] folio, woodcut, Goose, birds	1557	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99691644		Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] folio, 2 woodcuts, Finches, birds	1557	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99691985		2 folios, Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], 2 woodcuts, Partridge, Turtle Dove, birds	1557	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	Unknown
99692545		Heinrich Vogtherr (the Elder) (1490-1556): Folio. Battle Scene 1394 Hungary / Turks	1548	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99692934		Hans Holbein (d.1543) - Folio with 5 woodcuts - Covers years 907-912	1548	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
99707445		Graduale Romanum, Graduale Romane Ecclesie, Canto Gregoriano, Corale, Missae, Messa, Antifonario ...	1750	EUR 350.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
99709086	Lyon, Fradin, 1508	Guillermus Parisiensis. Postilla sive expositio epistolarum, 12 leaves, 27 woodcuts	1508	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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