Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700, 52026a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
Page Size: 120 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103286906 Cicerone

Opera quae supersunt

1724 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 85.02
103287375 Berthoud

Horlogerie

1763 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 501.40
103287814 Erasmo da Rotterdam

Colloquia

1650 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 153.69
103288305 Hugone

Pia Desideria

1636 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 154.78
103288813 Gaetano Maria da Bergamo

Pratiche di Umilta

1650 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 38.15
103294864 Petronio

Satyricon

1709 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 218.00
103296144 Burman

Poetae Latini

1731 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 147.15
103296992 Peck

Desiderata Curiosa

1732/1735 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 173.31
103298789 Enguerrand de Monstrelet

Chroniques

1572 EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 403.30
103303158 Schiller

Skizzen nach des Dichter’s Schilderungen

1840 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 59.95
103317583 Gli Otto di Balia

Contro i Ribelli

1575 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 70.85
103317657 Gli Otto di Balia

Bando Contro a Banditi

1539 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 179.85
103317727 Gli Otto di Balia

Bando per il quale si Prohibisce a Banditi

1590 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 81.75
103318339 Gli Otto di Balia

Prohibitione del Giuoco di Ventura col Girello

1591 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 80.66
103318446 Gli Otto di Balia

Bando Sopra la Prohibitione del Comprare Cose Rubate

1575 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 49.05
103318524 Gli Otto di Balia

Bando e Proibizione sopra il Gioco della Bassetta

1684 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 37.06
103318850 AA.VV

Vangelo

1978 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 43.60
103321432 Guicciardini

Beschryvinghe van alle de Nederlanden

1612/1979 Not Available EUR 70.85
103321753 Saint Augustin & Arnould d'Andilly

Les Confessions de S. Augustin

1676 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 102.46
103321772 Plutarque

Les œuvres morales de Plutarque

1588 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 119.90
103321862 M. Dube

Le Chirurgien des pauvres, qui enseigne le moyen de guerir les Maladies externes par remedes faciles

1694 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 58.86
103322282 Verne

Aventures de Maitre Antifer

1850 Not Available EUR 79.57
103323075 Lemery

Farmacopea Universale

1735 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 98.10
103323523 AA.VV.

Conteurs Galants

1932 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 59.95
103327639 Autori vari

The Whole Body of Arts

1785 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 196.20
  • 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