Catawiki B. V.: Science and Nature Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Science and Nature Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 29,253.42 |
| Auction Date | November 09, 2025 - November 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 49,725.00 |
| Sale Number | #110925e | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 59,650.00 |
| Total Lots | 51 | ||
| Sold Lots | 22.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 87,525.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.14% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 105,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.79% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98584865 | Diderot et D'Alembert | Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers [2579 planches] |
1751/1772 | EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 15,805.00 |
| 98560285 | [Pierre-Jean-Francois Turpin & Anne-Ernestine Panckoucke ] ; Chaumeton | Flore medicale decrite par MM. Chaumeton, peinte par Mme E. Panckoucke et par M. J. Turpin |
1819/1814 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 98635605 | Pierre Fauchard | Le Chirurgien Dentiste, ou Traite des Dents |
1746 | EUR 4,700.00 - 5,200.00 | EUR 1,224.07 |
| 98544004 | Caspar Stoll | Cicadas and Tree Bugs: Natuurlyke en naar 't leeven naauwkeurig gekleurde afbeeldingen... |
1780/1788 | EUR 2,300.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,091.09 |
| 97702658 | Etienne Geoffroy de Saint Hilaire | Principes de philosophie zoologique [with autograph] |
1834/1827 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 98418890 | M. De Keralio | Histoire naturelle des Glacieres de Suisse |
1770 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 1,047.49 |
| 98786647 | W. T. Greene | Parrots in Captivity |
1884 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 98576540 | Fermin Arana de Varflora | Compedio historico descriptivo de la mui noble, y mui leal ciudad de Sevilla, metropoli inclyta de |
1766 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 98484164 | Castel, Louis | Le vrai systeme de Physique generale de Isaac Newton expose et analyse en parallele avec celui de |
1743 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 680.16 |
| 98627475 | Pierre-Jacques Benoit / J.B. Madou et P. Lauters | Voyage a Surinam. Description de possessions Neerlandaises dans la Guyanne |
1858 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 647.46 |
| 98515415 | Rameau | Generation Harmonique - Nouvelles Reflexions |
1752/1737 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 588.60 |
| 98791562 | Bonnaterre / Benard | Ichtyologie - 101 planches 413 poissons. Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la |
1788 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 566.80 |
| 98467520 | Abbe Bonnaterre | Tableau encyclopedique (.) regnes de la nature : Ophiologie [81 Planches d'Ornithologie. ] |
1790 | EUR 650.00 - 750.00 | EUR 505.76 |
| 98660153 | Charles Bell | Essays on the Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression |
1824 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | EUR 425.10 |
| 98484182 | Sigaud De La Fond | Description et Usage d'un Cabinet de Physique Experimentale |
1775 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 414.20 |
| 97016628 | Ellis | Voyage en Chine |
1818 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 98427420 | Francisci Blanchini | De Tribus Generibus Instrumentorum Musicae Veterum Organicae, Musica, Strumenti Musicali |
1742 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 98291601 | De Solis | Istoria della Conquista del Messico |
1715 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 316.10 |
| 98680653 | Bernard Nieuwentyt | L'existence de Dieu, demontree par la structure du corps de l'homme, des elemens, des astres, & |
1727 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 262.69 |
| 98469328 | M. Peltier | Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Nouvelles Experiences sur la Caloricite des courants electrique. |
1834 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 98748332 | Nathaniel Crouch [Richard Burton] | The General History of Earthquakes being An account of the most Remarkable |
1734 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 98528250 | Abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet | Lecons de physique experimentale [bien complet des 116 planches] |
1759/1765 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 218.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
