Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) , 122725, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 27, 2025 - December 27, 2025
Page Size: 60 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100005856 Conrad Geaner

Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum

 1555 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 59.95
100005891 Sebastian Munster

Cosmographia

 1590 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 112.27
100005923 William Hole (1607 fl-1624 died)

Frontispiece to 'The whole works of Homer Prince of Poets'

 1616 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 8.72
100011951

Hartmann Schedel - The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - Folio 181

 1493 Not Available EUR 27.25
100012298

2 Large folios - Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck - Botany: Cardamom, Nardus Indica

 1565 Not Available EUR 74.12
100012975

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving - Exotic fish, Swordfish

 1657 Not Available EUR 61.04
100013181

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) handcol. Folio - Birds: Sparrows, Passerines

 1657 Not Available EUR 61.04
100013557

Paul van Somers [Francis Willoughby] - Smooth Toadfish, Crayracion - Folio

 1686 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 106.82
100013759

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] Duck, waterbird, folio

 1669 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 21.80
100014659

Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Weever Fish - Folio with woodcut

 1620 Not Available EUR 21.80
100014807

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] - Eagle Vultures, ornithology, folio with 2 woodcuts

 1669 Not Available EUR 27.25
100015051

Cristoforo Coriolano (1540-?) - Great White Sharks, folio hand coloured woodcut leaf

 1638 Not Available EUR 70.85
100015695

Hartmann Schedel - The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - Folio 182

 1493 Not Available EUR 154.78
100033596 Orsi di Belcastro / Capecelatro

I Terremoti delle due Calavrie, ... engraved titlepage

 1640 Not Available EUR 17.44
100036223

Hartmann Schedel - The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - Folio 236

 1493 Not Available EUR 16.35
100095570

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio, Elephant with Rider, Mammal

 1657 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 71.94
100096222

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio, Triggerfish, Torpedo Fish, Rays

 1657 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 81.75
100096793

Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck - Folio, 2 large woodcuts, Botany, herbs: Couch Grass (Gramen)

 1565 Not Available EUR 63.22
100097126

Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) Fish: Sea Bream, Porgies - Folio with 3 woodcuts

 1563 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 59.95
100097298

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] - 2 woodcuts, Woodcock, birds

 1557 Not Available EUR 49.05
100097621

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] folio, woodcut, Goose, birds

 1557 Not Available EUR 21.80
100097691

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565] - Crayfish, Sea Crab - hand coloured woodcuts

 1669 Not Available EUR 21.80
100097942

Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) Pastinaca Stingray fish - Folio with hand coloured woodcut

 1600 Not Available EUR 57.77
100104970 Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510

Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with big metal engraving and engraved borders

 1510 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 147.15
100105551 Strassburg, J. Schott, 1522. J. Geiler von Kaisersberg. Postill und Vergil Solis (ca. 1550)

3 Holzschnitte von Hans Wechtlin und 8 altkolorierte Holzschnitte von Vergil Solis

 1560/1522 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 33.79
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.