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

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)	Total Sales (EUR)	3,320.14
Auction Date	November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,075.00
Sale Number	#111225b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,150.00
Total Lots	38
Sold Lots	26.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	9,490.00
% of Lots Sold	68.42%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	13,050.00
Unsold Lots	12	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98923245	Jean de La Bruyere	Les Caracteres - premiere editions avec le clef	1697	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 523.20
98736764	Plutarque	Les hommes illustres Grecs et Romains comparees l'une avec l'autre par Plutarque de Chaeronee	1572	EUR 550.00 - 900.00	EUR 295.39
98910698	Anonyme [attribue a Dufour Philippe Sylvestre]	De l'usage du caphe, du the et du chocolate	1671	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 275.77
98742563	Ludovici Septalii	Mediolanenfis, Medici Clariffimi, Animadversionum & Cautionarum Medicae Libri Novem	1650	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 251.79
98923232	Pierre Charron	De la Sagesse - plein maroquin	1656	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 239.80
98310693	Arnaud et Nicole	La Perpetuite de la Foi dans l'Eglise Catholique Touchant l'Eucharistie Deffendue	1670/1713	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
98834497	Laurens Cathelan; Francois Verny	La Pharmacopee de Bauderon	1663	EUR 170.00 - 400.00	EUR 163.50
98827338	Descartes	Les Principes de la Philosophie	1698	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 158.05
98826990	La Bruyere	Les Caracteres de Theophraste	1696	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
98827433	Henri IV	Creation de vingt-quatre Offices de Controleurs Provinciaux de l'extraordinaire des guerres.	1595	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
98920945	Andre Dacier	La vie de Pythagore / Les Commentaires d'Hierocles sur les vers Dorez de Pythagore	1706	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 101.37
98907585		Alexandre Ross / Thomas La Grue - Les Religions Du Monde, Ou Demonstration de toutes les Religions	1666	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 97.01
98741920	Philippe Goibaud du Bois	Les Memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise	1668	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 87.20
98935042	Louis de Montalte	Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres Ecrites par Louis de Montalte	1669	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 87.20
98805272	Paul Dube	Le medecin et le chirurgien des pauvres.	1693	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
98759487	Jacques Esprit	La Faussete des vertus humaines	1678	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 74.12
98838070	Louis XIV et Phelypeaux	Lettre du Roy ecrite a son Parlement de Dijon, avec l'ordre de Sa Majeste pour la publication de la	1660	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 70.85
98160338	Joly	Les Oeuvres de Saint Cyprien Eveque de Carthage et Martyr	1672	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
98827054	Pascal	Les Provinciales	1690	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
98754550	Jean Barclay	Euphormionis Lusinini sive Ioannis Barclaii Satyricon partes quinque	1655	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 54.50
98902425	Properce , Sextus PROPERTIUS	Les oeuvres de Properce [ latin - francais ]	1655	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 54.50
98894517	M. Aignan	Le Prestre Medecin, ou Discours Physique sur l'etablissement de la Medecine	1696	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 46.87
98784833	Antoine Varillas	Histoire de Francois I	1684	EUR 180.00 - 210.00	EUR 45.78
98779063	Perse / Juvenal / Martignac [traducteur]	Les satyres de Juvenal et de Perse	1682	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 43.60
98902346	Par le Sieur De Beuil, Prieur de S. Val.	L'imitation de Iesus-Christ	1662	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 32.70

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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.