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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)	Total Sales (EUR)	10,118.47
Auction Date	October 23, 2024 - October 23, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,315.00
Sale Number	#102324b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,025.00
Total Lots	52
Sold Lots	38.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	16,650.00
% of Lots Sold	73.08%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	20,565.00
Unsold Lots	14	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	49.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
89338211	Hubert Goltzius	Les Images presque de tous les empereurs depuis C. Iulius Caesar iusques a Charles.V. et Ferdinandus	1557/1559	EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00	EUR 1,635.00
89275559	Jean-Baptiste Tavernier	Les Six voyages en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes	1676	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 954.84
89146399	Claude Sanguin	Heures en vers francois	1660	EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00	EUR 926.50
89324495	Ovid / Renouard	Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide	1619	Not Available	EUR 842.57
89268589	Anselme Boece	Le Parfaict Joaillier ou Histoire des Pierreries	1644	EUR 450.00 - 650.00	EUR 708.50
89283005	[Blaise Pascal]	Les Provinciales ou les Lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte [Reliure en maroquin vert]	1657	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 523.20
89287987	Jean-Baptiste Tavernier	Suite des voyages de Tavernier. Recueil de relations : 1 Japon. 2. Indonesie 3. Tonkin	1680	EUR 225.00 - 275.00	EUR 502.49
89343133	Jean-Baptiste Tavernier	Recueil de plusieurs Relations et Traitez :1 Japon. 2. Indonesie 3. Tonkin. 4. Interieur du Serrail	1692	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 456.71
89283787	Eugene Roger	La Terre saincte ou description topographique. Traitte de quatorze Nations	1664	EUR 225.00 - 275.00	EUR 397.85
89360565	Plutarch	Les oeuvres morales et meslees	1576	Not Available	EUR 349.89
89228157	Thomas Gage	Nouvelle relation, contenant les voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne	1699/1694	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 327.00
89065055	Cesare	Les commentaires, en latin et en francois	1689	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 163.50
89122017	Mezeray	Abrege chronologique ou extraict de l'histoire de France	1676/1668	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
89280981	Montaigne	Essais de Michel de Montaigne	1636	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
89360709	Richelieu	Journal de Cardinal	1652	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 153.69
89265187	de Lelevel	La vraye et la fausse metaphysique ou l'on refute les sentimens de M. Regis et de ses adversaires	1694	Not Available	EUR 140.61
89144233	Bernard Lamy ...	Entretiens sur les sciences	1683	EUR 300.00 - 375.00	EUR 132.98
89283809	Ovide	Les metamorphoses de d'Ovide avec des explications a la fin de chacune fable, enrichies de figures	1680	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 130.80
89085801	Gedeon Pontier	Le cabinet ou la bibliotheque des grands, contenant des remarques & recherches sur tous les Estats	1682	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 120.99
89129939	Saint Augustin	Les Confessions de S. Augustin	1688	Not Available	EUR 119.90
89211989	Concile de Trente	Le Saint Concile de Trente oecumenique et general, celebre sous Paul III, Jules III et Pie IV	1686	Not Available	EUR 113.36
89200019	Jean Messager	Les emblemes d'amour diuin et humain ensemble	1640	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 110.09
89094827	M. De Meuve	Dictionnaire pharmaceutique ou apparat de medecine, pharmacie et chymie	1695	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 97.01
89085759	Jean Racine	OEuvres de Racine	1697	Not Available	EUR 92.65
89053553	Simon Michel Treuve	Le directeur spirituel pour ceux qui n'en ont point	1695	Not Available	EUR 87.20

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.