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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)	12,290.84
Auction Date	June 02, 2025 - June 02, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	18,485.00
Sale Number	#60225b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	27,000.00
Total Lots	66
Sold Lots	51.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	29,575.00
% of Lots Sold	77.27%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	41,450.00
Unsold Lots	15	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	29.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95629995	[Incunable] Jacques de Voragine ; Johann Gruninger	Sermones [Sermons] de sanctis Jacobi Voragine	1484	EUR 5,500.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 3,815.00
95653034	Dante Alighieri	Dante. Con Nuove et Utili Ispositioni	1571	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 972.28
95723753	D. Gothofredus / Iustinianus I Imperator	CORPUS IURIS CIVILIS	1626	EUR 275.00 - 650.00	EUR 654.00
95668005	Hugo Grotius	De iure belli ac pacis libri III	1670	EUR 275.00 - 400.00	EUR 491.59
95682318	Louis Le Roy	De la vicissitude ou Variete des choses en l'univers, et concurrence des armes ...	1583	EUR 475.00 - 850.00	EUR 457.80
95686576	Francis Bacon	Sylva Sylvarum or A Natural History	1651	EUR 650.00 - 750.00	EUR 414.20
95404170	Panaroli	Aerologia	1642	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 348.80
95470828	Dionysius Gothofredus	Corpus Iuris Civilis	1626	Not Available	EUR 313.92
95726622	Famiano Strada / Guilliam van Aelst	De Thien eerste boecken der Nederlandsche oorloge / Het tweede deel der Nederlandsche oorlogen	1649/1666	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 295.39
95649943	Denis il Cartusiano (Dionysius Cartusiensis)	D. Dionysii Cartusiani in Sancta Quatuor D.N. Iesu Christi Euangelia praelara admodum enarrationes	1569	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 262.69
95665798	[Ciceron] ; Denis Lambin ; Pierre de Saint-Andre	M. T. Ciceronis Operum tomus tertius, omneis eius Epistolas complectens...	1577	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 240.89
95588030	Jeremias Drexel	Aeternitatis Prodromus Mortis Nuntius	1630	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 202.74
95668724	Isocrate.	Isokratous Panegyrikos logos Isocratis Panegyrica Oratio	1659	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 196.20
95042872	Manuzio / Cicerone	Rhetoricorum ... Eiusdem ...	1533	EUR 600.00 - 750.00	EUR 185.30
95605588	Hugo Grotius / Simon van Groenewegen van der Made	Inleydinge Tot de Hollandtsche Regts-geleertheit, Beschreven by Hugo de Groot. Bevestigt Met	1644	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 165.68
95663012	Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 156.96
95649437	Basel, A. Petri, 1514, Das Plenarium oder Ewangely Buoch und Vergil Solis (ca. 1550)	12 hochwertig altkolorierte Holzschnitte der Postinkunabelzeit Urs Graf / Hans Schaufelein	1550/1514	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 155.87
95659294		Folio by Conrad Gesner (1516-65) - 7 Headed Hydra, Sea Monster - Woodcut leaf	1620	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 152.60
95663835	Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 148.24
95655443	Tucidide, tradotto da Francesco di Soldo Strozzi	Gli otto libri di Tucidide Atheniensis	1550	EUR 220.00 - 400.00	EUR 142.79
95698323	Plutarco	Opuscoli Morali di Plutarco cheronese filosofo & historico notabilissimo	1625	EUR 350.00 - 550.00	EUR 132.98
95606839	Giovanni Battista Pittoni	Vita d'Innocenzo Undecimo Pontefice Massimo	1695	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.80
95678419	Ovide	Publii Ovidii Nasonis operum	1647	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.80
95662816	Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 112.27
95605658		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Knights in Armour; Joust; Tournament	1517	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00

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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