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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)	3,214.41
Auction Date	May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	5,175.00
Sale Number	#52525c	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,150.00
Total Lots	22
Sold Lots	17.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	6,870.00
% of Lots Sold	77.27%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	10,950.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	29.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95375819	Griffi	Statuta Veneta	1709	EUR 550.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 490.50
95395181	[Henri Estienne]	Oratorum veterum orationes : Aeschinis, Lysiae, Andocidis, Isaei, Dinarchi, Antiphontis, Lycurgi,	1575	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 414.20
95237039	Leurechon	Recreations Mathematiques	1680	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 332.45
95510184	Blaise Francois, comte de Pagan (1604-1665)	Les fortifications du comte de Pagan; nouvelle edition. Augmenttee d'une idee Generale ...	1689	EUR 500.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 239.80
95563217	Hieronymus Wolf	Demosthenis et Aeschinis, Principum Graeciae Oratorum Opera	1572	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 211.46
94726179	Scriverius, Petrus	Respublica Romana	1629	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.56
95547904	Tommaso Graemmatico	Thome Grammatici Neapolitani	1551	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 197.29
94725926	Joh. Ang. Werdenhagen	Introductio Universalis in omnes Respublicas, sive Politica Generalis	1632	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 165.68
94726078	Bertels, J. ; Guicciardini, L.; Gramaye, I.B.	Respublica Lutzenburgensis, Hannoniae, et Namurcensis	1635	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 165.68
94725512	Ubbo Emmius	Graecorum Respublicae [pars prima] pars secunda	1632	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 152.60
95515234	Publius Vergilius Maro	P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Omnia	1618/1646	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 141.70
95514747	Henry Lord ; Pierre Briot	Histoire de la religion des ancien persans [parsis], qui sont a presente dans les Indes Orientales	1667	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 110.09
95461478	J. Drusius	De sectis iudaicis commentarii + Cohelet	1619	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 109.00
95507494	Riverius	Praxis medica	1653	Not Available	EUR 81.75
95480755	Joanne Cabassutio	Juris Canonici Theoria et Praxis	1681	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
95572266	Titelmann, Francois	Compendium philosophiae naturalis seu De consideratione rerum naturalium, earumque ad suum Creatorem	1574	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 76.30
95571812	BELLARMINI (Roberto).	Institutiones linguae hebraicae / postremo recognitae, ac locupletatae....	1617	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 49.05

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.
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