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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)	3,188.25
Auction Date	October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	5,955.00
Sale Number	#102925b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	7,575.00
Total Lots	31
Sold Lots	25.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	7,875.00
% of Lots Sold	80.65%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	14,025.00
Unsold Lots	6	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	22.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98335606	Menage	Dictionaire Etymologique de la Langue Francoise	1694	EUR 750.00 - 900.00	EUR 479.60
98586893	[Michel de Marolles]	Les Satires de Juvenal et de Perse. Avec des Remarques, en Latin & en Francois	1658	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 294.30
98495899	Flavius Joseph; Arnald d'Andilly (Ubersetzer)	Histoire des Juifs	1681	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 261.60
98603963	Augustin-Charles d'Aviler	Cours d'architecture qui comprend les ordres de vignole	1694	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 223.45
98418716	M. Le Clerc	Traite de Geometrie. Sur le Terrain.	1694	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 190.75
98536819	Segoing Charles	Armorial universel [HERALDIQUE]	1679	EUR 170.00 - 350.00	EUR 174.40
98418632	Abraham de Wicquefort	Memoires touchant les ambassadeurs, et les ministres publics	1677	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 163.50
98559048	Hippolyte d'Este	Negociations ou lettres d'affaires ecclesiastiques et politiques ecrites a Pie IV et au cardinal	1658	EUR 220.00 - 250.00	EUR 163.50
98594720	Pere Claude Francois Menestrier	La Nouvelle methode raisonnee du blason	1698	EUR 225.00 - 275.00	EUR 163.50
98418880	M. De Blegny	Secrets concernant la beaute et la sante	1688	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 149.33
98418778	Pierre Corneille	Le Theatre de P. Corneille	1660/1664	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 111.18
98508513	Jacques Rohault	Traite de physique [ cosmographie ,estres terrestres , du corps anime ]	1682	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 102.46
98599136	Pierre Soave Polan; Jean Diodati (trad.)	Histoire du Concile de Trente (in-folio edition)	1665	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 99.19
98481021	Dom Francois Delfau, Dom Robert Guerard, Dom Gerberon, Jean-Barbier d'Aucour	L'abbe commendataire - ensemble complet	1673/1674	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 94.83
98508304	M. Dancourt	La Nopce interrompue. les curieux de Compiegne. le retour des officiers. le mary retrouve	1698	EUR 170.00 - 250.00	EUR 75.21
98459074	M. Varillas	Histoire des Revolutions arrivees dans l'Europe en matiere de Religion	1687	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 71.94
98584510	Anonyme	Memoire pour servir a l'histoire du temps	1676	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 61.04
98521655	J.-B. Saint-Jure	De la Connoissance et de l'Amovr du Fils de Dieu Nostre Seigneur Iesvs-Christ	1650	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 59.95
98544869	.	La Vie Penitente Des Anciens Anachoretes De La Thebaide Rappellee Dans Ces Derniers Siecles Par La	1672	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 59.95
98418697	Fernando de Galardi	Reflexions sur les memoires pour les ambassadeurs, et reponse au ministre prisonnier	1677	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 53.41
98531922	Godeau, eveque de Grasse	paraphrase sur les epitres de saint Paul	1651	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 33.79
98575178	Academie francaise	Recueil de plusieurs pieces d'eloquence et de poesie presentees a l'Academie Francoise pour le prix	1675	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 29.43
98399112	Ovide; Traduction par M. D. M. A. D. V.	Les quatre livres des Epistres d'Ovide	1661	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 28.34
98557691	P. Fortin	Testament Ov Conseils Fidelles D`Vn Bon Pere A Ses Enfans	1662	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 22.89
98557123	Charles Jamotte	Le Montaigu De S.Thiebaud Ermite Pretre Et Religieux De L`Ordre De Camaldule Represente Par Charles	1669	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 20.71

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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