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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)	15,325.40
Auction Date	June 30, 2025 - June 30, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	19,040.00
Sale Number	#63025b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	28,290.00
Total Lots	92
Sold Lots	62.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	31,165.00
% of Lots Sold	67.39%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	52,090.00
Unsold Lots	30	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	29.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
96256136	Pistofilo Bonaventura.	Oplomachia. Scherma, Moschetto, Archibugio	1621	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,635.00
96231691	Manuzio	Eleganze ... della Lingua Toscana e Latina	1585	EUR 400.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,010.43
96150125	Catherine	Epistolas y oraciones de la Virgen Catherina de Sena	1512	EUR 900.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 1,008.25
96130034	Contarino	Il vago, e dilettevole giardino.	1597	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 926.50
96252861	Lorenzo Magalotti [Academie de l'experimentation, Florence]	Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento	1667	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 872.00
95742772	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	Den Verstandigen Vroomen Ridder, Don Quichot de la Mancha	1669	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 763.00
95967912	Lodovico Guicciardini	La Description Des Touts Les Pays-Bas	1625	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 477.42
96182909	Albert of Aachen/Reiner Reineck	Chronicon Hierosolymitanum, id est, de bello sacro Historia, exposita libris 12 [with gauffered	1584	EUR 700.00 - 850.00	EUR 425.10
96193685	P. Sylvestre Dufour	Novi tractatus de potu Caphe, de Chinensium The, et de Chocolata	1699	EUR 450.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 425.10
96262054	Joanne Georgio Graevio	Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum. Tomus III-IV	1696	EUR 220.00 - 500.00	EUR 414.20
96237691	Hugo de Groot	Hugo de Groots Nederlandtsche Jaerboeken en Historien ........ Hugo de Groots Beleegeringh der Stadt	1681	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 405.48
96226411	Paulo de Castro	Pauli Castrensis in primam et secundam digesti novi partem Patavinae praelectiones (...)	1548	EUR 275.00 - 400.00	EUR 392.40
96009420	Walter Charleton (1619-1707)	Onomasticon zoicon	1668	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 365.15
96109782	M. Giovanni di Vico Genovese	La Pratica Universale in Cirugia	1576	EUR 450.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 359.70
96147194	Giovio	Le Vite di Leon Decimo et d'Adriano Sesto sommi Pontefici.	1557	EUR 650.00 - 800.00	EUR 359.70
96209270	Racconto Popolare	Erastus	1585	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 359.70
96216680	Polydorii	De Rerum Inventoribus	1560	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 322.64
96219676	Antonio Bulifon	1690 -- Antonio Bulifon -- Cronicamerone on the history of Naples [richly illustrated]	1690	EUR 220.00 - 600.00	EUR 261.60
96217928	Guglielmo Natolino (revised by Giuliano di Cesare da Eregnio)	Il Regno di Napoli, diviso in dodici Provincie...	1624	EUR 170.00 - 400.00	EUR 251.79
96237030	Arend van Slichtenhorst	XIV. boeken van de Geldersse geschiedenissen	1654	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 225.63
94126058	Feliciani De Oliva e Souza	Tractatus De Foro Ecclesiae in tres Partes	1678	EUR 220.00 - 750.00	EUR 218.00
96240228	P.C. Hooft	P.C. Hooft's Nederlandsche Historien	1656	EUR 220.00 - 350.00	EUR 218.00
96208026	Fumo Bartolomeo.	Summa Aurea Armilla	1587	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 196.20
96230180	Jacobus Merlo Horstius	Sancti Patris Bernardi Claravallensis Tomus Quartus + Quintus + Sextus	1687	EUR 200.00 - 350.00	EUR 196.20
96229128	Guido Panciroli	Notitia utraque, dignitatum, cum Orientis, tum Occidentis	1608	EUR 220.00 - 400.00	EUR 185.30

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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.