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

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Auction Name Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 7,238.69
Auction Date October 31, 2025 - October 31, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 13,670.00
Sale Number #103125b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 18,100.00
Total Lots 38
Sold Lots 20.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 36,535.00
% of Lots Sold 52.63% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 51,100.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 14.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98692641 Geoffrey Chaucer

The Works of Our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer.

 1687 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,300.00 EUR 1,309.09
98692480 Marcus Tullius Cicero

M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, Ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem, multorum locorum

 1544 EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 709.59
98627318 Alexandre Noel

Apologie des dominicains missionnaires de la Chine, ou Reponse au livre du Pere Le Tellier

 1699 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 623.48
98691903 Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ciceronianum Lexicon Graecolatinum - & - In M.T. Ciceronis Quaplurimos Locoscastigationes

 1557 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 612.58
98722574 De Belleville

Theatre d'Histoire

 1613 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 545.00
98735147 Cesare Lambertini

Tractatus de Iure Patronatus Clarissimorum Omnium

 1584 EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 436.00
98635551 Paulo del Rosso

De gli huomini valorosi et illustri di Gaio Cecilio, cognominato poi Plinio secondo il piu giovane,

 1546 EUR 160.00 - 500.00 EUR 335.72
98635558 Arnobio di Sicca

Arnobii disputationum adversus gentes libri septem

 1582 EUR 325.00 - 700.00 EUR 305.20
98702017 Johann Michael Wansleben

The Present state of Egypt, or a New relation of a late voyage into that kingdom

 1678 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 305.20
98695995 Charles Segoing

Mercure Armorial, enseignant les Principes & elemens du Blazon des Armoires

 1649 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 295.39
98635143 Auli Gelli

Noctes Atticae

 1559 EUR 325.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 275.77
98669859 Leandro Alberti

Descrittione Di Tutta Italia.

 1561 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 273.59
98618907 Domenico D'Aquino

Giouoco d'Armi de' Sovrani e stati d'Europa

 1678 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 251.79
98735189 Claude Fauchet

Origines des dignites et magistrats de France. Origines des chevaliers, armoiries et heraux.

 1600 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 244.16
98685312 Iacqves Coret

Le Triomphe Des Vertvs Evangeliqves Represente Dans Les Actions Heroiqves De S. Aye Comptesse De

 1674 EUR 700.00 - 850.00 EUR 196.20
98654733

Henrici Hammondi; Joannes Clericus - Novum Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, ex versione

 1698 EUR 160.00 - 250.00 EUR 124.26
98641923 Marin Cureau de la Chambre

L'art de connoistre les hommes

 1660 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 113.36
98741947 William Dugdale / Roger Dodsworth / John Stevens / James Wright

Monasticon anglicanum: or, The history of the ancient abbies, and other monasteries, hospitals,

 1693 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 113.36
98335651 Decolonia / Juvencyo

De Arte Rhetorica

 1734 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 107.91
98741217 Jacques de Saulx

Memoires de Messire Jacques de Saulx, Comte de Tavannes

 1691 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 61.04
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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