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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/12

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Auction Name	Old and Rare Books (pre-1600) - bidstart 8/12	Total Sales (EUR)	3,799.74
Auction Date	August 23, 2022 - August 23, 2022	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	2,630.00
Sale Number	#82322	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	3,150.00
Total Lots	20
Sold Lots	16.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	5,280.00
% of Lots Sold	80.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	6,150.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	61.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
61114815	Maximus Valerius	Valerii Maximi Dictorum et factorum memorabilium Libri novem	1502	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	EUR 926.50
61013107	Amatus Lusitanus	Curationum Medicinalium Centuria prima	1552	Not Available	EUR 436.00
61013411	Cesare Vecellio	Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo	1598	Not Available	EUR 414.20
61123049	AA. VV.	Historiae Augustae scriptores latini minores	1588	EUR 330.00 - 400.00	EUR 370.60
60257723	Antonio de Padilla y Meneses	Sammelband of 3 early legal tracts	1580/1563	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 354.25
61078003	Giovanni Andrea Dell’ Anguillara	Le Metamorfosi di Ovidio	1575	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 327.00
60952095	Dionigi di Alicarnasso	Antiquitatum sive Originum Romanarum Libri Decem (Dieci libri sulle antichità o origini dei Romani)	1563	EUR 220.00 - 250.00	EUR 221.27
61184133	Aulo Gellio	Auli Gellii luculentissimi scriptoris Noctes Atticae	1546	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 197.29
61018065	Platone	Gnomologia	1555	EUR 330.00 - 400.00	EUR 186.39
61148045	Leonhard Fuchs / Albrecht Meyer / Heinrich Füllmaurer	Large folio with woodcut; Herb: Garden Mint [Mentha]	1543	Not Available	EUR 103.55
61119345	Lot of 2 fine Leonhard Fuchs (1501-1566) leaves with	4 fine woodcuts on 2 leaves - Hand coloured - Veronica, Echium, Chickpea	1551	Not Available	EUR 59.95
61120481	Grüninger Workshop (after); Virgil, Aeneid	Feast, Food & Drink: Aeneas takes shelter on Libyan Coast - hand colored	1515	Not Available	EUR 59.95
61148557	Conrad Gesner	Fish: Chub, Mullet - Folio with 3 woodcuts to recto and verso.	1557	Not Available	EUR 50.14
60951223	Sebastian Munster	Munster Antique Print of Italian Nobles, Minstrels	1550	Not Available	EUR 43.60
61119211	Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck	Folio with 2 woodcuts - Botany Blitum Amaranth	1565	Not Available	EUR 27.25
61148465	Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil Aeneid:	Knights in Combat - Tournament	1502	Not Available	EUR 21.80

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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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. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.