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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) 15,157.54
Auction Date May 26, 2025 - May 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 18,870.00
Sale Number #52625b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 25,560.00
Total Lots 72
Sold Lots 60.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 22,505.00
% of Lots Sold 83.33% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 31,830.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 47.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
95476940 Theodore De Bry

Indiae Orientalis pars septima [Part 7 De Bry's Petitis Voyages]

1606 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 1,744.00
95479488 C. Longino

Trinum Magicum (Magis & Witchcraft)

1611 EUR 450.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,209.90
95448925 Gallonio

Martyrum Cruciatibus

1594 EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,139.05
95308638 Friderici Grisonis (Federico Grisone)

Kunstlicher Bericht vnd allerzierlichste Beschreybung (...)

1573 EUR 900.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 981.00
95561718 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Nederlandsche Historien

1703 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 599.50
95476857 De Bry - Pieter de Marees

Guinea and the Gold Coast [De Bry's Indiae Orientalis Pars VI]

1604 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 545.00
95561376 Anon.

Resolutien van de Heeren Staten van Holland en Westvriesland

1648 EUR 270.00 - 300.00 EUR 470.88
95560324 (Niccolo) Tedeschi

Secunda pars commentariorum in secundum decretalium librum cum suppletionibus

1527 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 468.70
95503907 Chancilleria de Granada

Pleitos de la Real Chancilleria De Granada

1617 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 457.80
95577399 Demosthenes, Aeschines, edited by Hieronymus Wolf

Demosthenis et Aeschinis Opera -- Geneva (Aurelia Allobrogum), 1607 -- Greek & Latin edition --

1607 EUR 400.00 - 900.00 EUR 446.90
95139635 Benedetto VARCHI (1503-1565)

L'HERCOLANO DIALOGO..., nel quale si ragiona generalmente delle lingue...

1580 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 403.30
95506141 (Antonio de) Solis

Histoire de la conquete du Mexique ou de la Nouvelle Espagne

1691 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 365.15
95424020 Homere

Odyssea

1609 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 323.73
95545336 Giulio Claro

Iulii Clari Patrit. Alexandr. I. C. longe clarissimi, et Sereniss. Philippi Hispaniarum Regis

1591 EUR 275.00 - 500.00 EUR 272.50
95566995 Giustiniano Imperatore

Institutiones Iuris Civilis

1581 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 272.50
95460660 Beverwyck, J. van

Wercken der genees-konste

1672 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 269.23
95524210 Leonard Meager

The New Art of Gardening with the Gardener's Almanack

1699 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 262.69
95487435 De Bry

Regnum Congo hoc est Vera descriptio regni Africani

1598 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 261.60
95472888 Marcus Tullius Cicero

M. T. Cicero Orationum Volumen Secundum [contemporary humanist binding]

1543 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 239.80
95547064 Sophocle / Guillaume Canter

Sophoclis Tragoediae VII. Ex adverso respondet latina interpretatio in qua verbum verbo reddidit

1597 EUR 275.00 - 500.00 EUR 239.80
95510386 [Elizabethan statutes]

Anno XXVII Reginae Elizabethe

1585 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 218.00
95555922 Esopo

Vita di Esopo Frigio, Prudente et Faceto Favolatore

1585 EUR 220.00 - 300.00 EUR 218.00
95572109 Johann Possell

Calligraphia oratoria linguae graecae, ad proprietatem, elegantiam & copiam graeci sermonis parandam

1584 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 207.10
95556682 Simon onder de Linde

Den Roomschen Uylen-Spiegel

1671 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 192.93
95143259 Sancti Bernardi Abbatis Primi Clarevallensis

Opera Omnia

1672 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 185.30
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
  • 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…