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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated

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Auction Name French Literature and Illustrated Total Sales (EUR) 16,534.21
Auction Date September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 21,300.00
Sale Number #92825d High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 25,650.00
Total Lots 51
Sold Lots 21.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 67,300.00
% of Lots Sold 41.18% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 81,250.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 20.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97842638 Erik Satie; Charles Martin

Sports & Divertissements

1914 EUR 3,200.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 2,616.00
97917954 Frans Masereel / Eschyle

Promethee enchaine [1/9 de tete avec double suite sur Japon et Montval]

1946 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 EUR 1,419.18
97555228 Robert Ganzo / Jacques Villon

Oeuvre Poetique [1/10 exemplaires de tete sur Japon avec dessin original et suites]

1957 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,185.92
97606805 Edouard Chimot / Maurice Magre

La Montee aux enfers. Poesies. [12 eaux-fortes originales, Reliure signee Marie Eudes]

1920 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,046.40
97694184 Etienne Dinet, Mohamed Racim & Ben Ibrahim Sliman

Khadra. Danseuse Ouled Nail [Reliure signee Yves Daguet]

1926 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,046.40
97511066 Henri de Regnier / Charles Jouas

La Cite des Eaux. [Reliure peinte signee Jean Stroobants]

1912 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 890.53
97632326 Edouart Chimot [signe]

Les Belles que voila [sur Japon, avec dessin original et suite. Reliure signee Baudry]

1958 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 872.00
97854071 Albert Robida

La Vie electrique. Le Vingtieme Siecle

1882 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 850.20
97653061 Stephane Mallarme / Pierre Auguste-Renoir / Charles Maurin

Pages. [E.O. avec une eau-forte et une gravure sur bois originales]

1891 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 765.18
97658204 Steinlen

Chats et autres betes

1933 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 763.00
97555238 La Fontaine / Brigitte Coudrain

Fables [reliure signee Eduardo Gimenez Burgos]

1977 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 654.00
97683418 Adelbert de Chamisso

L'Homme qui a perdu son ombre. 15 eaux-fortes de Bernard Naudin. [Reliure signee G. Crette]

1913 EUR 650.00 - 750.00 EUR 599.50
97702534 [epreuves non corrigees] J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'Azkaban

1999 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 599.50
97631073 Signe; Louis Jou / Dufy, Bonnard, Gus Bofa, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Georges Rouault, e.a.

Byblis. Miroir des arts du Livre et de l'estampe. [1/100 avec L.A.S; Reliure signee ]

1930/1931 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 EUR 572.25
97931286 Aragon / Vercors / Eluard / Hainaut

Editions de minuit clandestines

1942 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 EUR 545.00
97843274 Pierre Loti / Meheut, Brissaud, Marty, Sylvain Sauvage, Calbet, Domergue, Fouqueray etc

Oeuvres completes illustrees

1936 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 492.68
97843276 Henri de Regnier / George Barbier

L'Escapade [1/50 sur Japon avec suite; reliure signee J. Van West]

1931 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 482.87
97848048 Georges SIMENON

19 originales collection Fayard photographique [Rare ensemble]

1932/1931 EUR 700.00 - 850.00 EUR 370.60
97815465 Angelo Mariani / Paul Arene, Lunel, Lebegue, Robida, e.a.

Contes a Mariani [1/50 sur Japon]

1912 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 EUR 359.70
97976870 Signe; Gilbert Lascault & Monique Tello

Un volcan lointain [num. sur arches 1/16]

2014 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 256.15
97977552 Signe; Gilbert Lascault & Ramsa

Sables d' Egypte [ex. hors-commerce, livre entierement lithographie]

1990 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 147.15
  • 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.