Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700, 50426, LA Assen,

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 04, 2026 - May 04, 2026
Page Size: 96 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103193806 Lodovico Ariosto / Girolamo Ruscelli

Orlando furioso di m. Lodouico Ariosto : tutto ricorretto, et di nuoue figure adornato. Alquale di

1556 USD 850.00 - 950.00 USD 654.00
103197169 N.N. / Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti

[BINDING / PLANTIJN TYPOGRAPHY] Missale Romanum Ex decreto Sarosancti Concilii Tridentini

1645 USD 550.00 - 650.00 USD 528.65
103198470 Gabrielis Palaeoti

De Nothis Spuriisque Filiis

1572 USD 170.00 - 200.00 USD 163.50
103198889 Iulius Clarius Alexandrinus

Iulii Clari Alexandrini Tractatus

1567 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
103202682 W. von Oranje-Nassau

Exemplum interceptarum literarum Auraici, ad Alenconium, cum quibusdam commentarijs ad easde(m),

1581 USD 275.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
103203174 Philippe de Commines

Cronique & histoire composee par Philippe de Commines… contenant les choses advenues durant le regne

1556 USD 650.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
103204056 Giovanni Pietro Surdo

DECISIONES SACRI MANTVANI SENATVS

1605 USD 500.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
103211158 Hieremias Drexelius / Philipp Sadeler

Aeternitatis Prodromus, Mortis Nuntius

1630 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 103.55
103214342 Martin Zeiller & engravures by Matthaus Merian

ZEILLER, Martin – Hispaniae et Lusitaniae Itinerarium – 1656 Amsterdam (Valckenier) – 12 Copperplate

1656 USD 350.00 - 400.00 USD 164.59
103217475 Guilielmus Estius (also known as Willem Hessels van Est)

In Omnes Divi Pauli Apostoli Epistolas Commentariorum

1614/1616 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 92.65
103220340 Iustinianus I Imperator

Codex Iustinianus [Corpus Iuris Civilis]

1695 USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 152.60
103225692 Catholic Church

Antiphonarium Romanum sheet Corporis Christi Gregorian Chant Italian Venice book XVI century

1523 USD 180.00 - 220.00 USD 65.40
103233322 Catholic Church

Antiphonarium Romanum sheet Corporis Christi Gregorian Chant Italian Venice book XVI century

1523 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 43.60
103234951 Velleius Paterculus

C. Velleius Paterculus cum Selectis Variorum Notis.

1653 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 78.48
103235618 Jean Bodin

I. Bodini Methodus ad Facilem Historiarum Cognitionem.

1650 USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 119.90
103236145 Henri Estienne

Apophthegmata Graeca Regum & Ducum, Philosophorum item, Aliorumque Quorundam: ex Plutarcho & Diogene

1568 USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 348.80
103238884 Petrus Scriverus

Het oude Goutsche chronycxken van Hollandt, Zeelandt, Vrieslandt en Utrecht

1663 USD 220.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
103239770 Catholic Church

Antiphonarium Romanum sheet Gregorian Chant Italian Venice book XVI century

1523 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 65.40
103239919 Cesare Caporali

Le piacevoli rime di m.cesare caporali

1585 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 88.29
103240111 Catholic Church

Antiphonarium Romanum sheet Gregorian Chant Italian Venice book XVI century

1523 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 43.60
103242144 Gabriel Daniel

Voiage du monde de Descartes [et] Suite du voyage du Monde

1696/1691 USD 160.00 - 350.00 USD 163.50
103242236 Lodovico Guicciardini

Description de touts les Pais-Bas (...)

1625 USD 650.00 - 800.00 USD 395.67
103247014 Bartholomaeus Brixiensis. / Gratian Decretum

Incunable 17 book leaves with lombards painted in red and blue

1484 Not Available USD 67.58
103247167 Luca di Linda

Le Descrittioni Universali et Particolari del Mondo & delle Repubbliche

1660 USD 220.00 - 400.00 USD 218.00
103247373 Ludovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso

1600 USD 600.00 - 700.00 USD 659.45
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000