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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)	8,323.24
Auction Date	September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	12,485.00
Sale Number	#92725b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	16,905.00
Total Lots	66
Sold Lots	50.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	22,335.00
% of Lots Sold	75.76%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	34,825.00
Unsold Lots	16	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	23.90%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97790070		[Biblia latina] Biblia cum summarioru(m) apparatu pleno...	1524	EUR 1,600.00 - 2,800.00	EUR 1,526.00
97933079	C. Hofstede de Groot / Rembrandt	[BINDING / REMBRANDT BIBLE] Bijbel. Bevattende de verhalen des Ouden en Nieuwen Verbonds	1910	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 926.50
97980832		Christoph Froschauer - Biblia Sacrosancta Testamenti Veteris et Novi	1550	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 872.00
97963404		[PRENT-BIJBEL BRONSVELD] Bijbel. Bevattende al de boeken van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament	1880	EUR 600.00 - 750.00	EUR 354.25
97973519		D. M. Lutherus; Mr. Nicolaas Haas - BIBLIA, Dat is, De geheele H. Schrift; behelzende alle de	1748	EUR 275.00 - 325.00	EUR 294.30
97631443		Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture	1713	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 239.80
97717082		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Trojan Horse	1517	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 239.80
97629787		Biblia, dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture	1716	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 196.20
97699012		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Tuna fish - Folio with large woodcut	1620	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 191.84
97802073	Mr. D. Martin, naar Jan luiken of luyken	Histoire de la Bible, contenant le vieux et le nouveau Testament par feu Mr. D. Martin Ministre du	1724	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 185.30
90769155	Martin Luther	[Bible] Biblia, das ist Die ganze heilige Schrift, alten und neuen Testaments	1730	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 182.03
97572101		Graduale Romanum, Graduale Romane Ecclesie, Canto Gregoriano, Corale, Missae, Messa, Antifonario,	1865	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 182.03
97837063	Ludolphus de Saxiona	Boeck vanden Leven ons Heeren Jesu Christ [Feuillet d'incunable]	1488/1487	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 165.68
97716269		Hans Weiditz (1500-1536) - Medieval Life: Preparing Knights in Armour	1532	EUR 130.00 - 190.00	EUR 136.25
97698605		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Triggerfish - Folio with large woodcut	1620	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 131.89
97939025	N.N.	Biblia: Dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture	1737	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 127.53
97697974		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Sea Monsters, whales - Folio with 3 woodcuts	1620	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 123.17
97732576		Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Eagle, ornithology, woodcut folio	1669	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 122.08
97849507		Biblia Sacra Cum Universis Franc.Vatabli Regii Hebraicae Linguae Quondam Professoris Et Variorum	1745	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 119.90
97749770		Hans Holbein (d.1543); Folio with woodcuts: Turkish Wars, Armenia	1548	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 111.18
97737018		4 fogli con xilografie della Cosmografia di Munster del 1614	1614	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 110.09
97806640		Missale Forojuliense , illustrissimi et reverendissimi in christo partis, D.D.Emmanuel - francisci	1786	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
97721903		De Aquatilibus	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 105.73
95175557		Missale Romanun Benedicto XV	1940/1911	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 103.55
97786448		La Sainte Bible qui contient l'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament	1797	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 98.10

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.