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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)	6,737.29
Auction Date	June 18, 2025 - June 18, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,755.00
Sale Number	#61825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	12,035.00
Total Lots	42
Sold Lots	35.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	10,540.00
% of Lots Sold	83.33%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	14,985.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	44.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95872759	Exceptionnelles armes d'Anne d'Autriche	L'office de la semaine Sainte	1662	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,199.00
95968200	Philon le Juif (Philon d'Alexandrie) ; Federic Morel	Les OEuvres de Philon Juif (.) Contenant l'exposition litterale & morale des livres sacrez de	1619	EUR 425.00 - 800.00	EUR 604.95
95459810	Melzo / Varroy	Reigles militaires du chevalier Frere Luys Melzo, de l'ordre de Malte, sur [...] la cavalerie	1615	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 599.50
95898057	Hardouin de Perefixe	Histoire du Roy Henry le Grand	1661	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 511.21
95954685	Claude-Francois Menestrier	Des ballets anciens et modernes selon les regles du theatre [Danse]	1682	EUR 325.00 - 600.00	EUR 501.40
95916395	Adrien de Monluc, prince de Chabanais, comte de Cramail	Les jeux de l'inconnu	1637	EUR 325.00 - 600.00	EUR 262.69
95930367	Marci Annaei Lucano	[Necromancie] La Pharsale de Lucain, ou les Guerres civiles de Cesar et de Pompee ...	1670	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 243.07
95959180	Marc Antoine Gerard sieur de Saint-Amant	Les OEuvres de (.) Reveues, corrigees, & augmentees en cette derniere edition	1668	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 240.89
95960405	Nicolas Coeffeteau	Tableau de passions humaines, de leurs causes et de leurs effets	1623	EUR 275.00 - 500.00	EUR 218.00
95953637	Guez de Balzac	Les Entretiens de feu Monsieur de Balzac	1657	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 173.31
95850346	Sieur Varillas	Histoire de Charles IX	1683	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 168.95
95935251	Francois de La Mothe Le Vayer	Petits traitez en forme de lettres a diverses personnes curieuses	1648	EUR 200.00 - 375.00	EUR 168.95
93653317	Antoine de Courtin	Traite de la Paresse ou l'Art de bien employer le Temps en toute sorte de condition	1677	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 159.14
95913368	Baltasar Gracian, traduit et commente par Amelot de La Houssaye	L'homme de cour	1693	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 147.15
95913913	[Louis XIII] ; Claude Rousseau, Seigneur de Bazoches	Edicts et ordonnances, arrests et reglements des eaux et forets	1633	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 143.88
95985727	Ciceron/ Terence/ Demosthene par Francois de belle-Forest.	Les Sentences Illustres de Ciceron aussi les sentences de Terence et Demosthene par Francois de	1589	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
95877677	La Bruyere	2 txt: Les Caracteres de theophastre traduits du Grec, avec les Caracteres ou les Moeurs de ce	1699/1701	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
95919320	Michel de Marillac	Les CL. Pseaumes de David, et les X. Cantiques inseres en l'office de l'Eglise	1625	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
95960194	Monsieur Maimbourg	Histoire du Calvinisme	1682	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 109.00
95962049	Claude Colombet	Abrege de la jurisprudence romaine, divise en sept parties, a l'imitation des Pandectes de	1663	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 103.55
95827552	[Charles Sorel]	Nouveau recueil de lettres, harangues et discours differens	1630	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 89.38
93606320	Jacques de Coras	OEuvres poetiques (.) Josue. Samson. David. Jonas	1665	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 78.48
95881302	Jean Francois Senault	Discours de la paix	1661	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 73.03
95919840	Mr. De Schvveinitz	Meditations Sur La Mort Au Fujet De Differens Textes De L`Ecriture, Tires Des Evangiles...	1699	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 70.85
95935727	Abbe de Commanville	Tables Geographiques et Chronologiques de tous le Archeveschez et Eveschez de l'Univers	1700	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 66.49

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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