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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated

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Auction Name French Literature and Illustrated Total Sales (EUR) 16,104.75
Auction Date October 19, 2025 - October 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 23,125.00
Sale Number #101925c High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Total Lots 39
Sold Lots 17.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 45,250.00
% of Lots Sold 43.59% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 22 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
98187653 Dante Alighieri / Salvador Dali

La Divine Comedie

1959/1963 EUR 2,700.00 - 0.00 EUR 3,707.09
98430102 Foujita / Rene Heron De Villefosse

La Riviere Enchantee [sans reserve]

1951 EUR 10,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 3,226.40
98001784 Charles Gillot / Eugene Grasset

Histoire des quatre fils Aymon, [Reliure mosaiquee de Rene Kieffer, Art Nouveau. Ex. sur Japon]

1883 EUR 2,500.00 - 0.00 EUR 2,071.00
98368192 Joseph Kessel

L'Armee des ombres. Chronique de la Resistance [1/220 sur papier Corsican]

1944 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,331.98
98423147 Federico GARCIA LORCA / Jean-Michel MATHIEUX-MARIE

Canephore de cauchemar [RELIURE SIGNEE GOMEZ]

1988 EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00 EUR 1,090.00
98264598 Signe; Arman & Tita Reut

Resister Colere [44 lithographies originales d'Arman, ex. ndeg51/100]

2001 EUR 400.00 - 0.00 EUR 872.00
98262235 Verlaine / Daragnes

Les amies. Sonnets. Agrementes de vignettes en camaieu... [reliure art deco de A. Szekely]

1919 EUR 900.00 - 0.00 EUR 697.60
98380489 Prix Goncourt

RARE Collection de 53 vol. en reliures mosaiquees des annees 50

1952/1906 EUR 800.00 - 0.00 EUR 561.35
98274937 Jules Roy

Les Ames interdites [Reliure signee Miguet, 1/50 sur verge]

1972 EUR 500.00 - 0.00 EUR 437.09
98262212 Bernardin de Saint-Pierre / Laville, de Villiers, Collignon, Lacoste, Lavoignat, Calmelet

Paul et Virginie - La Chaumiere indienne [reliure au chiffre Louis-Philippe ; Edition Miniature

1839 EUR 550.00 - 0.00 EUR 436.00
98424003 Joseph PEYRE / Hans ERNI

Sang et Lumieres [1/90 ex. Auvergne avec 4 planches refusees & 2 doubles planches]

1962 EUR 350.00 - 0.00 EUR 327.00
98317827 Charles de Coster

Legendes flamandes [EO avec eaux-fortes de Rops, Dillens, ...]

1858 EUR 425.00 - 0.00 EUR 305.20
98332594 Alphonse DAUDET / Henry LEMARIE

Tartarin de Tarascon - Contes du lundi - Lettres de mon moulin

1978/1981 EUR 300.00 - 0.00 EUR 267.05
98274569 Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Le Petit Prince

1943 EUR 450.00 - 0.00 EUR 250.70
98426617 Franz Kafka / Antonio Santos

Odradek. [Avec un dessin au pastel en couleur supplementaire de Santos]

1993 EUR 500.00 - 0.00 EUR 207.10
98433036 Emile Verhaeren / Henri Cassiers

La Guirlande des dunes [1/160 ex. Japon imperial avec suite]

1927 EUR 325.00 - 0.00 EUR 174.40
98316908 Georges Rodenbach

Bruges-la-morte [EO front. de Fernand Khnopff]

1892 EUR 425.00 - 0.00 EUR 142.79
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.