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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)	5,722.50
Auction Date	October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,595.00
Sale Number	#100825b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	9,290.00
Total Lots	31
Sold Lots	30.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	6,745.00
% of Lots Sold	96.77%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	9,490.00
Unsold Lots	1	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	60.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97859180	Adam Freitag	L'architecture militaire	1639	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 616.94
98032554	L'Apulee	Les metamorphoses ou l'asne d'or	1623	EUR 350.00 - 600.00	EUR 487.23
98130990	Marie de l'Incarnation	Lettres de la Venerable Mere Marie de l'Incarnation (Americana)	1681	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 478.51
97805707	Alexis Piemontois	SECRETS DE RECEPTES SOUVERAINES	1588	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 436.00
97964027	Michel De Montaigne	Les Essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne	1669	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 403.30
97963368	Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy	Job traduit en francais avec une explication tiree des Saints Peres & des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques	1688	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 349.89
98016779	Marcello Malpighi	Discours anatomique sur les Visceres	1687	EUR 350.00 - 600.00	EUR 327.00
97963301	Monsieur Hermant	Histoire des Religions ou Ordres Militaires de l'Eglise, et des Ordres de Chevalerie	1698	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 305.20
98025882	De la Colombiere	La Science Heroique	1644	EUR 350.00 - 500.00	EUR 283.40
97964533	Armand du Plessis / Cardinal de Richelieu	Testament Politique d'Armand du Plessis Cardinal Duc de Richelieu	1688	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 239.80
97964032	Sr. Bullet	Traite de l'Usage du Pantometre, instrument geometrique	1675	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 199.47
98000394	Sieur De La Chaume	Traite de Medecine	1680	EUR 170.00 - 650.00	EUR 163.50
98069010	[Religion]	L'office de la Semaine saincte, selon le Messel & Breviaire romain	1659	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.80
98063391	Guillaume Marcel.	Histoire de l'origine et des progres de la monarchie francaise suivant de l'ordre des temps	1686	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
98131052	DU VERDIER; Pierre MESSIE	Les diverses lecons... suivans celles de Pierre Messie	1584	EUR 150.00 - 400.00	EUR 119.90
98016612	Denis de Sainte Marthe	La Vie de Cassiodore	1694	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 110.09
98011513	Estienne Papon	Recueil d'arrests notables des cours souveraines de France	1608	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 109.00
98036489	Jean de La Bruyere	Les caracteres de Theophraste avec les Caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle	1692	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
98026347	Marin Cureau de la Chambre	L'art de connoistre les hommes	1660	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 104.64
98069346	Francisco de Quevedo	Les Visions de Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, Chevalier de l'Ordre S. Jacques	1678	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 99.19
98034896	Rapin, (Rene)	Reflexions sur l'usage de l'eloquence de ce temps seconde edition	1672	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 92.65
98048079	Germain de La Faille (1616-1711)	le porte-feuille de monsieur L.D.F	1694	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 66.49
98036234	Louys Barles	Les Nouvelles Decouvertes sur les organes des hommes, servans a la generation	1675	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 61.04
97964099	Monsieur De Varillas	Histoire de Henry Trois	1695	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 55.59
97963115	Francois Paris	Explication des Commandemens de Dieu	1694	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 54.50

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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.
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.