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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)	Total Sales (EUR)	4,149.63
Auction Date	November 05, 2025 - November 05, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,460.00
Sale Number	#110525b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,790.00
Total Lots	36
Sold Lots	31.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	9,440.00
% of Lots Sold	86.11%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	12,940.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	32.07%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98418719	Nicolas De Herberay	Le septiesme livre d'Amadis de Gaule	1573	EUR 600.00 - 750.00	EUR 436.00
98418899	Cesar	Les commentaires de Cesar	1658	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 347.71
98030351	Ovide	Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide	1621	EUR 220.00 - 270.00	EUR 305.20
98584745	Plutarque	Vies des hommes illustres	1604	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 245.25
98584859	Michel De Montaigne	Les Essais de Michel De Montaigne	1659	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 239.80
98418701	Moliere	L'Escole des maris, Les Fascheux, L'Escole des Femmes, la Critique & la Princesse d'Elide	1697	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 189.66
98580297	Heliodore / Michel Lasne	Les amours de Theagene et Chariclee. Histoire ethiopique d'Heliodore	1626	EUR 550.00 - 700.00	EUR 185.30
98418527	Rene Francois	Essay des merveilles de nature et des plus nobles artifices. Piece tres necessaire, a tous ceux qui	1622	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 179.85
97963000	Charles Pinselet	Le Martire des deux freres	1589	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 164.59
98676731	Varie	Rare ensemble d'ordonnances concernant la justice, la discipline et la police des gens de guerre ...	1609/1587	EUR 170.00 - 450.00	EUR 163.50
98419075	Moliere	Le Mariage force, L'Amour malgre lui, Le Medecin malgre lui, Le Misanthrope & Le Sicilien	1682	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 153.69
98676574	Cardinal Duc De Richelieu	Testament Politique Du Cardinal Duc De Richelieu (2 Teile)	1691	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 152.60
98585886	Michel Ettmuller	Nouvelle chirurgie medicale et raisonne	1680	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 144.97
98741210	Antoine Godeau	Histoire de l'eglise	1680	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 134.07
98668915	Claude de La Belliere	La Physionomie Raisonnee ou Secrets Curieux pour connaitre les inclinations de chacun par les	1664	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 124.26
98646137	Le sens propre et litteral des pseaumes de David, expose brievement dans une interpretation suivie	[ reliure maroquin ]: Le sens propre et litteral des pseaumes de David, expose brievement dans une	1733	EUR 500.00 - 650.00	EUR 109.00
98418963	Charles Patin	Relations historiques et cvrieuses de voyages	1676	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 102.46
98583721	Le Chevalier de Mere	Lettres de Monsieur le Chevalier de Mere	1682	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 92.65
98531031	[Gatien Courtilz de Sandras]	Les Conquestes amoureuses du grand Alcandre dans les Pays-Bas, avec les intrigues de la cour	1690	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 88.29
98624710	Petro Barbay	Commentarius in Aristotelis Logicam	1684	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 86.11
98616151	.	Histoire des Conclaves	1694	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 69.76
98583679	R. P. F. G.	Maximes spirituelles pour la conduite des ames	1670	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
98583760	Seneque et Pierre du Ryer	Les OEuvres de Seneque	1665	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
98649237	Louis de Lesclache	Quatrieme partie de La Philosophie Morale.	1665	EUR 210.00 - 250.00	EUR 64.31
98418878	Jean-Francois Sarasin	Les Oevvres de Monsieur Sarasin	1663	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 55.59

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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