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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)	5,215.65
Auction Date	July 02, 2025 - July 02, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,800.00
Sale Number	#70225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,730.00
Total Lots	33
Sold Lots	23.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	9,250.00
% of Lots Sold	69.70%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	12,880.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	40.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
96196313	Christophe Tassin	Les Plans et profils de toutes les principales Villes et lieux considerables de France	1636	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,300.00	EUR 1,962.00
96186590	Flavius Josephe ; Robert Arnaud d'Andilly	Histoire des Juifs, Ecrite (...) sous le titre de Antiquitez judaiques [Judaica]	1681	EUR 450.00 - 800.00	EUR 926.50
96190187	Charles Estienne, Jean Liebault, Jean Clarmorgan, Gervais de La Court,	L'Agriculture et maison rustique. Chasse du loup. La fabrique de la jauge	1654	EUR 325.00 - 500.00	EUR 305.20
96186995	Henri Basnage	Histoire des ouvrages des scavans [Janvier 1688-Janvier 1689]	1689/1709	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 240.89
96231839	Francois Eudes de Mezeray	Histoire de France avant Clovis. L'origine des Francois, & leur establissement dans les Gaules	1668	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 234.35
96265460	Jacques Benigne Bossuet	Histoire des variations des eglises protestantes : Par messire Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, evesque de	1688	EUR 180.00 - 210.00	EUR 176.58
96111522	Ciceron	La Rhetorique de Ciceron ou Les Trois Livres du Dialogue de l'Orateur	1673	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 166.77
96194489	Jules Cesar, traduit par N. Perrot, Sieur d'Ablancourt	Les Commentaires de Cesar	1686	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 164.59
95845852	M. Grotius	Le Droit de la Guerre et de la Paix	1688	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 153.69
96205840	Collectif	L'Etat de la France	1672	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 135.16
96272647	A. Thevet	Histoire des plus illustres et scavans hommes de leurs siecles	1671	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 130.80
96115276	Saint Augustin / Arnauld d'Andilly	Les Confessions de S. Augustin	1649	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
96259768	Chevreau Urbain	Histoire du monde par Monsieur Chevreau	1686	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 105.73
96163437	Jean-Pierre Camus	Premieres homelies festives	1624	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
95705157	St. De Mezeray	Abrege Chronologique de l'Histoire de France - Charles VIII, Louis XII, Francois Ier et Henry II	1696	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 59.95
96197501	Collectif	Theatre de l eloquence francoise	1656	EUR 210.00 - 260.00	EUR 44.69
96145047	Henri Basnage	Histoire des ouvrages des scavans [Janvier 1688-Janvier 1689]	1688	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 43.60
96163338	Pierre Coton	Le theologien dans les conversations avec les sages et les grands du monde	1689	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 38.15
96182893		Journal des Scavans	1665	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 38.15
96197316	Inconnu	Rome delivree ou la retraite de gaivs martivs coriolanvs avec son apologie	1696	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 38.15
96172365	F. de Bertrand Sieur de Montels	Les Loix Agraires de Ivstinien l'Empereur	1613	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 27.25
96153628	Monsieur de Balzac	Lettres Choisies du Sr. de Balzac	1656	EUR 220.00 - 260.00	EUR 21.80
96241778	Monsieur de Silhon	Divers Memoires Concernant Les Dernieres Guerres d'Italie	1669	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 16.35

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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.