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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) 13,920.39
Auction Date September 22, 2025 - September 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,870.00
Sale Number #92225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 28,310.00
Total Lots 56
Sold Lots 47.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 21,070.00
% of Lots Sold 83.93% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 38,510.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97569137 Von der Ketten

Apelles Symbolicus-One of the rarest Emblems books ever printed- Finely illustrated

1699 EUR 800.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,008.25
97692132 Curtius Rufus

Quintus Cu(r)tius

1520 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 886.17
97788347 Sandrart

Academia Nobilissimae Artis Pictoriae

1683 EUR 900.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 872.00
97688732 Pietro Santi Bartoli / Giovanni Pietro Bellori / Michel-Ange de La Chausse

Picturae Antiquae Cryptarum Romanarum (Paintings of Ancient Roman Crypts), first edition

1738 EUR 800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 806.60
97781110 Federico Grisone

Ordini di Cavalcare (The Rules of Riding)

1558 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,700.00 EUR 790.25
97711390 Sacrobosco

Sphaera

1580 EUR 800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 763.00
97713420 Stephano De Werbocz

Corpus Juris Hungarici Seu Decretum Generale Partiumque Eidem Annexarum In Tres Tomos

1696 EUR 350.00 - 600.00 EUR 763.00
97764385 Calepino

Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium

1576 EUR 550.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 681.25
97691188 Justin / Trogue Pompee

Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri XXXXIIII

1551 EUR 220.00 - 450.00 EUR 677.98
96309640 Constantijn Huygens

Koren-bloemen

1672 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 545.00
97836092 C. Sallustius Crispus

C. Sallustii Crispi

1658 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 436.00
97725609 Aringhi

Roma subterranea

1671 EUR 400.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 348.80
97793492 Filips van Marnix, Heer van Sint-Aldegonde

[SATIRE] De Byencorf der H. Roomsche Kercke

1650 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 327.00
97432943 Erasmus Roterodamus (Erasmo da Rotterdam) e Paolo Manuzio

1575 -- Erasmo da Rotterdam, Adagia, edizione Giunti 1575 -- In-folio

1575 EUR 300.00 - 700.00 EUR 316.10
97731303 Gerardi Noodt

De Foenore et Usuris

1698 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 310.65
97560781 Jan Amos Comenius

Ianua Linguarum Reserata Aurea

1642 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 308.47
97817432 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Werken met emblematische gravures

1671 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 261.60
97672646 Gregoire IX

Decretales

1550 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 245.25
97720699 Matthieu Fabri.

Opus concionum tripartitum Matthiae Fabri. Editio tertia, correctior & auction...

1643 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
97825844 Johannis Sleidani

Johannis Sleidani De Qvatuor Summis Imperiis Libri Tres

1692 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 223.45
97798091 .

De Bello Belgico Decas Prima Famiani Stradae Rom. Societ Iesv

1636 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 219.09
97815021 Joost van den Vondel

Bespiegelingen van Godt + heerlykheit der kercke + Altaergeheimenissen + Brieven der heilige

1645 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 219.09
97803028 P. De Comines

Sammelband mit 3 Werken, P.De Comines,De Carolo Octavo Galliae Rege & Bello Neapolitano,Commentarii

1562/1561 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 194.02
97803657 Tilmanni Bredenbachii

Sacrarum Collationvm Libri VIII

1609 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 176.58
97819673 Jean Baptiste Thomasini

Rerum Gallicarum Epitome Quadrilingue / Abrege De L`Histoire De France En Quatre Langues

1693 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 167.86
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • 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.
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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.