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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)	4,858.13
Auction Date	November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,640.00
Sale Number	#112225b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	13,230.00
Total Lots	52
Sold Lots	52.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	10,640.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	13,230.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	36.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
99225189	Ulisse Aldrovandi	Orbis stellatus	1638	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 239.80
99204034		Academie de l`Espee Tabula XXXI	1890	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 218.00
99247655	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 211.46
99161496		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio, Jellyfish, Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish	1657	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 202.74
98998841		Academie de l`Espee	1890	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 190.75
99246644	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer.	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 185.30
99248603	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 182.03
99158570		4 fogli con 10 xilografie della Cosmografia di Munster del 1560 acquarellate	1560	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 179.85
99247741	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer.	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 177.67
99229930	Ulisse Aldrovandi	Cyprinus monstrosus	1638	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 175.49
99246509	Conrad Gesner	Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum	1555	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 175.49
99231372	Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer	The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)	1493	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 142.79
99222353	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 136.25
99140858		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Battle Scene	1517	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
99230123	Ulisse Aldrovandi	Reuersus Indicus Anguilliformis	1638	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 119.90
99140335		Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) Fish: Rays, Stingrays - Folio with 4 woodcuts	1563	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 104.64
99222564	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 103.55
99223343	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 102.46
99124952		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Sea Serpent, Monster, Eels	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 99.19
99208974	Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510	Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with big metal engraving (Annunciation) and engraved borders	1510	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 93.74
99229654	Ulisse Aldrovandi	Dracunculi alia species	1638	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 93.74
99125413		Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck - Folio, 2 large woodcuts, Botany, herbs: Oregano	1565	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	EUR 82.84
99124636		Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) Flatfish, Sole, Flounder, Brill, Fish - Folio with hand coloured woodcut	1557	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
99127249		4 folios with 35 woodcuts by Heinrich Vogtherr & Hans Asper: German history (412-555, 887-894)	1548	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
99127590		Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) Fish: Herring, Pholis - Folio with 3 woodcuts	1563	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30

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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.