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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)	62,401.41
Auction Date	October 19, 2025 - October 19, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	79,000.00
Sale Number	#101925d	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	0.00
Total Lots	153
Sold Lots	89.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	194,170.00
% of Lots Sold	58.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	0.00
Unsold Lots	64	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
98176248	Agrippa von Nettesheim	De occulta philosophia lib. III.	1550	EUR 2,200.00 - 0.00	EUR 5,995.00
98238199	Henricus De Odendorf	Repetitio Capituli Omnis utriusque sexus de penitentijs et remissionibus, Incunabolo, incunable,	1490	EUR 5,500.00 - 0.00	EUR 4,033.00
98205865	Giovanni Bianchini, Peurbach	Astronomy- Luminarium atque Planetarum Motuum Tabulae octoginta quinque	1553	EUR 5,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 3,507.62
98308183	Dubravius	Historiae regni Boiemiae	1552	EUR 3,300.00 - 0.00	EUR 3,488.00
98423751	VITRUVIUS- Fully illustrated	DE ARCHITECTURA	1543	EUR 2,500.00 - 0.00	EUR 3,106.50
98380006	Bonaventura Santo (incunable)	Tractatus	1489	EUR 3,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 2,834.00
98288134	Dodoens	Stirpium historiae	1616	EUR 3,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 2,180.00
98210422	Francesco Redi	Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali	1671	EUR 1,900.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,853.00
98357587	Ramon Llull	Testamentum Raymundi Lulli Doctissimi Et Celeberrimi Philosophi.	1573	EUR 2,200.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,689.50
98298786		Biblia Das ist: Die gantze H. Schrifft Altes und Neues Testaments / Teutsch/ Herrn Doctor Martin	1693	EUR 1,700.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,624.10
98424311	Erasmus von Rotterdam	Desiderius. Adagiorum Opus	1528	EUR 1,800.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,580.50
98373183	Galeno	(ALCHEMY & MEDICINE) Humoribus Liber	1558	EUR 4,300.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,471.50
98204128	Martin Del Rio	Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex	1679	EUR 1,300.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,418.09
98418345		[PRINT-BIBLE] Biblia, De gantsche H. Schrifture. Print-Verbeeldingen der Historien Ouden en Nieuwen	1757	EUR 750.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,308.00
98296265	Giustiniano I	Corpus Iuris Civilis	1554/1551	EUR 1,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,144.50
98181908	C. Giulio Cesare	Les Commentaires de Cesar, des Guerres de la Gaule	1582	EUR 4,400.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,091.09
98279151	Antoine de Ville (1596--1656)	Les Fortifications du Chevalier Antoine de Ville Tholosain, avec l'attaque et la defense des places	1628	EUR 1,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,090.00
98425357	Heinrich Bullinger	Commentarii in omnes Pauli Apostoli epistolas	1582	EUR 1,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 1,079.10
97356857		Novi Testamenti Vulgata	1541	EUR 900.00 - 0.00	EUR 981.00
98407266	Francisco Perrier	Icones et segmenta illustrum marmore tabularum quae Romae adhuc extant a Francisco Perrier delineata	1645	EUR 1,100.00 - 0.00	EUR 981.00
98353786	Francis Bacon	Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Naturall History. In Ten Centuries. Whereunto is newly added the History	1651	EUR 900.00 - 0.00	EUR 926.50
98374726	Ovide	Rondeaux sur les Metamorphoses d'Ovide dedies a Monseigneur le Dauphin	1600	EUR 4,500.00 - 0.00	EUR 873.09
97215271	Ferraro	Cavallo Frenato	1620	EUR 1,000.00 - 0.00	EUR 872.00
97215095	Caracciolo	La gloria del Cavallo	1586	EUR 900.00 - 0.00	EUR 763.00
98437951	Silvio Belli	Four Geometric Books, first edition	1595	EUR 800.00 - 0.00	EUR 761.91

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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.