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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)	25,753.43
Auction Date	November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	31,300.00
Sale Number	#112125b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	55,200.00
Total Lots	32
Sold Lots	22.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	45,850.00
% of Lots Sold	68.75%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	77,100.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	33.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98939130	Andres Laguna	Dioscorides de Andres Laguna	1651	EUR 3,300.00 - 4,500.00	EUR 3,270.00
99042475	Serlio	Il Primo (-Secondo) libro d' Architettura (First edition)	1545	EUR 4,400.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 3,270.00
99088515	Francesco Barozzi / Johannes de Sacrobosco	Cosmographia and De Sphaera Mundi	1598	EUR 1,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 3,161.00
98949733	Matthiole	Commentaires	1572	EUR 3,100.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 2,561.50
99015733	Rutilio BENINCASA	ALMANACCO PERPETUO- A milestone in astrology and occultism	1653	EUR 2,100.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,908.59
98878143	Loys Bude	Les Pseaumes de David	1551	EUR 2,800.00 - 3,900.00	EUR 1,798.50
98770788	Mora	Fare Batterie, Fortificare una Citta	1567	EUR 1,400.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,308.00
98944742		St. Jerome (Hieronymus) - Biblia Sacra Veteris et Novi Testamenti	1578	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,100.90
99093756	Severinus BOETHIUS- Nice postincunable	OPERA	1511	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,090.00
98889399	Cicogna	Trattato Militare	1567	EUR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 981.00
98795851	Bernardus Trevisanus	Opuscula chemica. Das ist, von dem gebenedeiten Stein der Weisen	1605	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 874.18
99028045	BOCCACCIO, Giovanni	DECAMERON - small illustrated edition, rare	1558	EUR 850.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 818.59
99050887	Platina	Bap. Platinae Cremonensis	1530	EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 735.75
98831644	Johann Lodew. Gottfried	Historische Kronyck, 2 Bande I-II, mit zahlreichen Kupferstichen von M. Merian	1698	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 610.40
98892096	Bernardino de : Mariale Busti	mariale busti, C. Mariale eximii viri Bernardini de Busti	1525	EUR 450.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 436.00
99068387	Nice Aldine edition - PONTANUS	OPERA	1533	EUR 275.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 352.07
98977208	M. T. Ciceronis	M.T.Ciceronis Epistolae AD Complvres Scriptae Qvas Vvlgo Familiares Appellarvnt Edit AB De Sententia	1592/1590	EUR 750.00 - 900.00	EUR 343.35
98907326	Famianus Strada & P. Dv-Rier	Histoire de la guerre de Flandre	1676	EUR 750.00 - 900.00	EUR 294.30
98277313	de Ville	Travaux de Mars	1672	EUR 700.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 288.85
98996877	Sutcliffe	De Vera Christi Ecclesia Adversus Rob. Bellarminum	1602	EUR 375.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 261.60
98854066	Lexicon Pentaglotton --- Schindler's Semitic Lexicon	Latin, Hebrew, Syriac, Chaldaic, Arabic	1653	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 219.09
99024365	Antoine Arnauld	Le renversement de la morale de jesus-christ par les erreurs des calvinistes, touchant la	1672/1673	EUR 750.00 - 900.00	EUR 69.76

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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.