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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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