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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) 2,184.36
Auction Date June 21, 2025 - June 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,140.00
Sale Number #62125 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,250.00
Total Lots 45
Sold Lots 45.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 7,140.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 9,250.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 23.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
95970779 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 177.67
96053089 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 158.05
96079522 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 154.78
96079319 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 132.98
95912041

Leonhard Fuchs / Albrecht Meyer / Heinrich Fullmaurer - Large folio with large woodcut of Sanicle

1543 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 119.90
96077933 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 101.37
96078545 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 92.65
95894035

Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fish: Sea Serpent, Monster - Folio with woodcut

1620 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 81.75
96035123

Folio by Conrad Gesner (1516-65) - Sea Monsters, Fish [Monster Whales] - Leaf with 6 woodcuts

1620 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 81.75
95926113 Basel, A. Petri, 1514 und Vergil Solis (ca. 1550)

4 hochwertig altkolorierte Holzschnitte der Postinkunabelzeit Urs Graf / Hans Schaufelein + 8 andere

1514/1550 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 76.30
96022137

Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Temple of Apollo at Cumae

1517 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 76.30
95957127 Strassburg, J. Schott, 1522. J. Geiler von Kaisersberg u. Postill, Teutsch Ewangeli und Epistel.

3 gr. Holzschnitte der Postinkunabelzeit von Wechtlin u des Meisters "IS" mit der Schaufel

1516/1522 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 66.49
95894202

Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Aeneas Sails to Pallanteum, Galleon, Pallas

1517 EUR 160.00 - 190.00 EUR 65.40
96050666

Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Jack or Horse Mackerel - Folio with woodcuts

1620 EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 65.40
95913659

Heinrich Vogtherr (the Elder) (1490-1556): Folio with woodcut: Medieval Battle Scene, Marching

1548 EUR 140.00 - 170.00 EUR 55.59
95910951

Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fish: Sea Serpent attacking Galleon - Folio with woodcut

1620 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 53.41
96081278

'Vision of St Bridget'

1500 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 49.05
96081693

'Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple'

1503 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 43.60
96002351 Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510

Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with painted coloured initials gold hightened 9 metal engravings

1510 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 42.51
96023037

Hans Weiditz (1500-1536) - Woodcut leaf; Medieval Life: Marching to battle; Knights in amour

1560 EUR 130.00 - 190.00 EUR 38.15
96030108

Fox skeleton Vulpis Sceleton - Aldrovandi

1663 EUR 160.00 - 190.00 EUR 38.15
95957141 Lyon, de Tournes, 1554/1564

8 Bibel - Holzschnitte von Bernhard Salomon

1564/1554 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 34.88
96036180

Lacertus Indicus Cordylo similis - Aldrovandi

1663 EUR 160.00 - 190.00 EUR 32.70
95894449

Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fish: Pike - Folio with woodcut

1620 EUR 140.00 - 170.00 EUR 28.34
96035974

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Crane [Kranich], ornithology

1582 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 28.34
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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…