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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) 16,430.66
Auction Date November 24, 2025 - November 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 25,920.00
Sale Number #112425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 35,210.00
Total Lots 108
Sold Lots 78.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 50,555.00
% of Lots Sold 72.22% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 74,585.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 22.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99242885 Bartholomaeus Schonborn

[ASTRONOMY] Computus Astronomicus

1579 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 1,798.50
99247759 Ulisse Aldrovandi

[Zoology] De quadrupedibus solidipedibus volumen integrum

1648/1639 EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,526.00
99184531 Andrea Alciato

Emblemi di Andrea Alciato huomo chiarissimo

1626 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 550.45
99139850 .

[Minaturbuch] Itinerarivm Benjaminis Latine Redditum Opera Const. L`Emperevr

1633 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 470.88
98952730

Biblia, Vulgata, IEsra - ncunable, Miniatura, Amanuensi, iniziale istoriata figurata

1482 EUR 550.00 - 750.00 EUR 469.79
99124596 Famiano Strada / Guillaume van Aelst

De thien eerste boecken der Nederlandtsche oorloghe. In 't Latijn beschreven door den Eerweerd. P.

1646 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 465.43
99234483 [Groot-mogende Heeren Staten, uitg.]

Hollandts placcaatboek

1645 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 436.00
99264505 Gerard Brandt

[VOC] Het leven en bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter (...) - grote kaarten van zeeslagen

1686 EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 397.85
99172633 A.Albertinus

Emblemata Hieropolitica.Versibus Et Prosa Illustrabat J.Melitanus

1647 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 393.49
99202187 D. Mario Reitani Spatafora

Il Rogiero in Sicilia

1698 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 381.50
99145361 W.G.V. Focquenbroch

Alle de wercken van W.G.V. Focquenbroch

1682 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 376.05
99197976 Landolfo di Sassonia [Ludolf von Sachsen] / Francesco Sansovino (transscription)

Vita di Giesu Christo nostro redentore, scritta da Landolfo di Sassonia, dell' ordine Certosino. Et

1570 EUR 170.00 - 350.00 EUR 376.05
98906904 Thomas d'Aquin

Sancti Thomae Aquinatis

1656 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 370.60
99176831 Aristotelis [ Aristotele ]

De moribus ad Nicomachum libri decem

1558 EUR 450.00 - 700.00 EUR 370.60
99258222 Polo Giovio

PAVLI IOVII NOVOCOMENSIS OPERA OMNIA

1578 EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 348.80
99162383 Aristotle

[Greek] Aristotelis Politicorum Libri Octo

1549 EUR 200.00 - 450.00 EUR 327.00
99202691 Padre Fray Antonio Delgado Torreneyra

Avisos y documentos de prelados

1599 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 327.00
99237548 Francesco Guicciardini

La Historia d'Italia

1610 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 327.00
99209470 Gotschalci Holen

Sermones dominicales super epistolas

1520 EUR 750.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 308.47
99106282 [Alde Manuce] Catulle ; Tibulle ; Properce

[Opera]. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius [Post-incunable]

1502 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 305.20
99079117 Jules Cesar

C. Ivlii Caesaris quae extant Ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri

1635 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 261.60
99175306 John Keill

An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth. Together with some remarks on Mr. Whiston's New

1698 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 247.43
98906851 Saint Augustin

D. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi

1586 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 207.10
99187206 Christophorvs Cellarivs & Q. Cvrtivs Rvfvs

Q Cvrtii Rvfi De Rebvs Alexandri Magni Historia Svperstes

1696 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 202.74
99106497 [Jean Baptiste Callard de la Ducquerie]

Lexicon Medicum Etymologicum. In quo praeter tria Etymologiarum millia Medicinae, Chirurgiae,

1693 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 196.20
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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.