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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)	3,499.99
Auction Date	October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,670.00
Sale Number	#102525	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,580.00
Total Lots	37
Sold Lots	37.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	6,670.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	8,580.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	40.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98469681		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving - Unicorns, Onager	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 403.30
98470079		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with birds: Poultry, Chickens, Roosters,	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 218.00
98511624	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 199.47
98474587		7 Folios on Ptolemy and Geometry from Munster's Cosmographia	1628	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 168.95
98486126		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving, birds: Wood grouse, Capercaillie, Hazel	1657	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 155.87
98511784	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 141.70
98470275		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with birds: Thrushes & Blackbirds	1657	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 131.89
98486041		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving: Caterpillars, Lavae, Cocoons	1657	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 113.36
98511954	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 109.00
98507660	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 106.82
98471772	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 103.55
98512546	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 99.19
98515023	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 98.10
98512875	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 93.74
98516838	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 92.65
98508079	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 88.29
98471808	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 87.20
98536474		3 fogli con 9 xilografie della Cosmografia di Munster del 1560 con mostro marino	1560	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 87.20
98471667	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 78.48
98484930		Leonhard Fuchs - Large folio with large woodcut of Staphisagria [Delphinium staphisagria]	1543	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 67.58
98507515	Conrad Gesner	Vogelbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 66.49
98469461		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Human & Animal Sacrifices, Funeral Pyres	1517	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
98477076		3 Folios of battle scenes from Munster's Cosmographia	1628	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 64.31
98487646		Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Sparrow, ornithology - Woodcut folio	1582	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 63.22
98469914		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fischbuch: Jellyfish, Sea Nettle - Folio with 5 woodcuts	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 61.04

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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.