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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) 3,232.94
Auction Date November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 8,530.00
Sale Number #111925b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 10,760.00
Total Lots 44
Sold Lots 35.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 10,560.00
% of Lots Sold 79.55% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 14,510.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 22.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98756894 Theodore Godefroy

Histoire du chevalier Bayard [reliure signee Simier, relieur du Roi]

1650 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 381.50
99053375 Francois Eudes de Mezeray (1610 -- 1683)

Abrege

1682 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 239.80
98973183 C. Pline

L'Histoire du Monde de C. Pline

1622 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 219.09
98996330 Tacitus

Les Oevvres De Tacite De La Tradvction De N. PerrotSieur D`Ablancovrt [3 Bande]

1664 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 207.10
98962049 Denys Godefroy, Hugues de Lionne

Memoires et instructions pour servir dans les negociations et affaires concernant les droits du Roy

1665 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 174.40
99030987 Antoine Arnauld

La morale pratique des Jesuites

1669 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
98992105 Baltasar Gracian

L`Homme De Cour De Baltasar Gracian

1687 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 142.79
98742071 Charles Patin

Quatre Relations Historiques

1673 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 113.36
98945441 Francois Menestrier

L'Art du blason

1661 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 103.55
99028296 Charles Patin

Histoire des medailles ou introduction a la connoissance (connaissance) de cette science

1695 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 101.37
98992549 Cesar

Les Commentaires De Cesar

1652 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 100.28
99031417 Machiavelli

Roderic, ou le demon marie

1695 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 93.74
98906835 Moliere

Les OEuvres de Monsieur de Moliere

1697 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 81.75
98962042 Pierre LE ROY, Jean PASSERAT

Satyre Menippee de la Vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne ; Et de la tenue des Estats de Paris

1664 EUR 170.00 - 250.00 EUR 81.75
99049982 Brantome

Memoires de Brantome Contenant Les Vies des Hommes illustres & grands Capitaines etrangers de son

1665 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 78.48
98961747 Alphonse Rodriguez

Les Exercices de la vertu et de la perfection chretienne (in-quarto)

1674/1673 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 76.30
99104793 Francois la Rochefoucauld

Memoires (.) sur les brigues a la mort de Louys XIII. Les guerres de Paris & de Guyenne (...)

1677 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 76.30
98907104 Marin Cureau de La Chambre

L'Art de connoistre les hommes, qui contient la defense de l'extension & des parties libre de l'ame

1666 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 71.94
99002906 .

La Satyre De Petrone,Ouvrage Complet Contenant Les Galanteries & Les Debauches De L`Empereur

1694 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 EUR 69.76
98918049 Boetius A Bolswert

Le pelerinage de deux soeurs, Colombelle et Volontairette

1636 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 65.40
98952310 Pierre-Jean-Francois Percin de Montgaillard

Instruction sur le sacrifice de la messe, sur la realite du corps et sang de Jesus-Christ

1686 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 62.13
98741887 Nicolas Perrot

Les apophtegmes des anciens tirez de Plutarque, de Diogene Laerce. Et les Stratagemes de Frontin

1664 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 59.95
98744034 Louis Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy

Vie des Prophetes avec des reflexions tirees des Saints Peres

1685 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 58.86
99068138 Partial: M. D***

Code De La Police Ou Analyse Des Reglements De Police

1767 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 54.50
99006732 L.A.Seneca

Le Troisiesme Volvme Des Oevures De Senecque:Contenant Les Sept Liures Des Questions Naturelles &

1604 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 44.69
  • 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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