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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Online 3/15

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Auction Name	Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Online 3/15	Total Sales (EUR)	42,792.31
Auction Date	March 24, 2024 - March 24, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	43,080.00
Sale Number	#32424f	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	70,400.00
Total Lots	50
Sold Lots	38.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	59,710.00
% of Lots Sold	76.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	103,200.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	41.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
81323581	Tommaso d'Aquino	Summe Theologie	1496	EUR 3,600.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,232.00
79869243	Dante Alighieri	Dante Con L'espositioni Di Christoforo Landino Et D'Alessandro Vellutello	1578	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,165.98
79698601	Antonio Trombetta	Opus Doctrinae Scoticae Patavii	1493	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 3,379.00
81153823	Tommaso d'Aquino	Epistolas	1498	EUR 3,200.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,374.64
81547487	Eusebio	De Evangelica Praeparatione	1497	EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,234.50
81153955	Pietro degli Ubaldi	Tractatus de Duobus Fratribus	1500	EUR 2,600.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 2,071.00
81125115	Leandro Alberti	De Viris Illustribus	1517	EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 1,907.50
81569519	Vecellio	Habiti Antichi et Moderni	1664	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,733.10
81158147	Martin Lutero	Colloquia oder Tischreden	1593	EUR 1,600.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,526.00
80212953	Carlo V Imperatore	Abschiedt dess Reichstags	1541	EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,417.00
81302529	Erasmus Roterodamus	Apophtegmatum	1535	EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,395.20
79926587	Della Porta	Coelestis Physiognomoniae	1603	EUR 1,400.00 - 2,300.00	EUR 1,308.00
81157179	Gislandi	Opus Aureum	1508	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,308.00
80051657	Jean Quintin	Opus Historiarum - Melitae Insulae Descriptio	1541	EUR 830.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 873.09
81125729	Erasmus / Brandt	Historie der Reformatie	1674	EUR 770.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 763.00
81308611	Tommaso D'Aquino	Cathena Aurea	1542	EUR 720.00 - 1,300.00	EUR 763.00
81422389	Onorato	Cavalleria antica e moderna	1761	EUR 720.00 - 1,300.00	EUR 756.46
81549661	Juvenalis	Satyrographi Opus	1539	EUR 720.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 708.50
81307375	Barelete	Sermones	1505	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 654.00
81124701	Galloni	Martyrum Cruciatibus	1668	EUR 770.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 610.40
80594245	Giovio / Domenichi	Dodici Visconti Visconti che signoreggiarono Milano	1645	EUR 830.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 600.59
80028481	Holbein / Hollar	The Dance of Death	1816	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 576.61
81125443	Bargagli	Cento Imprese de gl'illustri Huomini d'Arme Sanesi	1591	EUR 770.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 512.30
80179635	Vaernewyck	De Histoire Van Belgis	1619	EUR 400.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 490.50
80052273	Ponticelli	Trattato sopra'l Male della Peste	1635	EUR 610.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 489.41

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.
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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.