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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) 29,119.35
Auction Date October 13, 2025 - October 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 38,485.00
Sale Number #101325 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Total Lots 106
Sold Lots 86.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 49,450.00
% of Lots Sold 81.13% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98009031 Lateranense

Concilio Lateranense

1520 EUR 1,100.00 - 0.00 EUR 2,401.27
98131265 G.B.Della Porta

Alchemie und Okkulta,G.B.Della Porta,Della Fisionomia Dell`Huomo Libri Sei.,Mit

1644 EUR 1,700.00 - 0.00 EUR 2,072.09
98214025 Fuchs

De Historia Stirpium

1546 EUR 1,700.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,526.00
98154282 Johannes Sulpicius

Carmen Iuuenile de moribus mense

1518 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 986.45
98233422 De Bry

Der Orientalischen Indien

1603 EUR 1,400.00 - 0.00 EUR 926.50
98086165 Giuditta / Judith

Bibbia, Biblia, Vulgata, Incunabolo, Incunable, Miniatura, Amanuensi, iniziale istoriata figurata

1480 EUR 550.00 - 0.00 EUR 872.00
97213626 [Post Incunable] - Mancinelli

Omnia Opera

1505 EUR 1,200.00 - 0.00 EUR 773.90
98276769 S. Bargagli

(HERALDRY & ILLUSTRATED) Dell'Imprese di Scipion Bargagli

1594 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 764.09
98221904 Giovanni Battista Dalla Porta

I. B. Portae Neapolitani Physiognomoniae Coelestis Libri Sex + La Cintia

1645/1628 EUR 275.00 - 0.00 EUR 664.90
97776382 Pindaro

Pindari Poetae Vetustissimi

1535 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 654.00
97213740 Paulo Giovio

Virorum Bellica

1551 EUR 1,200.00 - 0.00 EUR 610.40
98070165 AA. VV.

Esprit de la Coutume et Arrets du Parlement de Normandie

1691 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 EUR 599.50
98152303 Jean Duns Scot [Scotisme]

[Post-Incunable ; OEuvres : De modis significadi, De Constructione, Tractatus formalitati...]

1520 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 EUR 599.50
98282722 Carolo Eendero

Traite du Compas de Proportions

1695 EUR 2,500.00 - 0.00 EUR 545.00
97213565 [Post Incunable] - Diogene

Vite de Philosophi

1521 EUR 700.00 - 0.00 EUR 534.10
97213838 Porzio

Homo Bonus Vel Malus

1551 EUR 1,200.00 - 0.00 EUR 523.20
98260441 Alfonso de Castro

De iusta haereticorum punitione libri tres

1547 EUR 600.00 - 0.00 EUR 502.49
97656843 Funck

Apocalypsis

1596 EUR 850.00 - 0.00 EUR 490.50
98278467 Ruscelli

Tre discorsi di Girolamo Ruscelli

1553 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 EUR 480.69
98112793 Homere

Homeri Ilias

1609 EUR 375.00 - 0.00 EUR 479.60
98230361 Giovanni da Vigo

Teoria y Practica en Cirugia del insigne y famoso doctor Ivan de Vigo

1627 EUR 275.00 - 0.00 EUR 446.90
98244033 Theophylact of Ohrid Translated by Johannes Oecolampadius

In Quatuor Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Euangelia (On the Four Gospels of Our Lord Jesus Christ)

1549 EUR 650.00 - 0.00 EUR 436.00
98265944 Isaac Commelin

Beschrijvinge van de tweede voyagie, gedaan met 12. schepen naar d'Oost-Indien

1646 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 EUR 436.00
98125017 Valerio Flacco

Argonautica

1548 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 EUR 414.20
98176479 Constantijn Huygens

Koren-Bloemen

1672 EUR 150.00 - 0.00 EUR 409.84
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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.