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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)	4,155.08
Auction Date	June 04, 2025 - June 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,010.00
Sale Number	#60425	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,300.00
Total Lots	34
Sold Lots	27.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	10,585.00
% of Lots Sold	79.41%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	14,950.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	27.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95683388	Francois de La Mothe Le Vayer	De la Vertu des payens [paiens]	1642	EUR 200.00 - 375.00	EUR 392.40
95711425	Cesar Ripa ; Jean Baudouin / Jacques de Bie	Iconologie, ou Nouvelle explication de plusieurs images, emblemes, & autres figures hyerogliphiques	1677	EUR 275.00 - 500.00	EUR 338.99
95683667	[Francois de La Mothe Le Vayer]	Jugement sur les anciens et principaux historiens grecs et latins dont il nous reste quelques	1646	EUR 170.00 - 300.00	EUR 305.20
95706535	Georges de Scudery	Ligdamon et Lidias ou la ressemblance [reliure aux armes de l'Academie francaise]	1631	EUR 350.00 - 600.00	EUR 305.20
95672487	Charles de Combault d'Auteuil	Blanche infante de Castille	1644	EUR 325.00 - 600.00	EUR 263.78
95425177	Marguerite de Valois	Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite	1666	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 247.43
95672485	Jean de Pelisseri / Sebastien Leclerc	Histoire de l'origine de la royaute, et du premier	1684	EUR 325.00 - 375.00	EUR 239.80
95424093	Sebastien Leclerc	Pratique de la Geometrie, sur le Papier et sur le Terrain	1669	EUR 600.00 - 750.00	EUR 220.18
95595528	Jean de Renou	Les OEuvres Pharmaceutiques du sieur Jean de Renou	1637	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
95645566	Matthias Martinius (Martini)	Lexicon philologicum, praecipue etymologicum et sacrum, in quo latinae et a latinis auctoribus	1655	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 148.24
95547344	Antoine Arnauld	Nouveaux elemens de geometrie	1683	EUR 600.00 - 750.00	EUR 144.97
95425014	Barreme	La Geometrie servant a l'Arpentage	1673	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.34
95310887	Etienne Pasquier	Les jeux poetiques d'Estienne Pasquier / La Puce de Mme Desboches / La main ou oeuvres	1610	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 131.89
95658378	Ronsard	Les quatre premiers livres de La Franciade	1630	EUR 170.00 - 300.00	EUR 130.80
95587873	Philippe Goibaud du Bois	Les Memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise	1681	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 110.09
95702804	Guillaume (ou Georges) de Brebeuf	Entretiens Solitaires ou prieres et meditations pieuses en vers francois	1670	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 110.09
95425031	Pierre Dupuy	Histoire des Plus Illustres Favoris Anciens et Modernes	1661	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 105.73
95425034	Ignace Gaston Pardies	Elemens de geometrie	1673	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 87.20
95699584	Antonino Cloche	Regula S.Augustini et constitutiones ff ordinis praedicatorum	1690	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 85.02
95691875	Lambert de Thorigny	Decrets de notre Pape Innocent XI [Reliure aux armes de Lambert de Thorigny]	1679	Not Available	EUR 79.57
95569786	Charles Saint-Germain	Le Medecin royal ou le parfait medecin charitable	1668	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 70.85
95637264	Mathurin Regnier	Satyres et autres oeuvres du Sieur Regnier	1661	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 66.49
95706496	Etienne Binet	Essay des Merveilles de Nature, et des plus nobles Artifices	1629	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 63.22
95627711	Da Henry Desbordes ad Amsterdam	Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres	1688	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 59.95
95692758	Berault	La coutume reformee du pays et duche de Normandie	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 59.95

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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