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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)	6,009.17
Auction Date	December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,580.00
Sale Number	#120325b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	12,270.00
Total Lots	52
Sold Lots	41.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	11,665.00
% of Lots Sold	78.85%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	17,420.00
Unsold Lots	11	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	34.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98675454	Michel Nostradamus	Les Propheties de M. Michel Nostradamus	1650	EUR 750.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 697.60
99345601	[Reliure armoriee de Jean-Baptiste Colbert] ; [Anonyme]	[Les principes de la Geographie methodiquement expliquez]	1690	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 479.60
99423789	Jehan de Vigo	La practique et la chirurgie De Jehan De Vigo	1542	EUR 275.00 - 450.00	EUR 360.79
99378433	JOINVILLE (Jean Sire de)	Histoire de S. Louys IX du nom Roy de France	1668	EUR 275.00 - 500.00	EUR 348.80
99396978	[Marin le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville] / [Pierre Daret (illustrations)]	La doctrine des moeurs, tiree de la philosophie des stoiques	1646	EUR 350.00 - 650.00	EUR 348.80
99080671	M. Pellisson	Traite de l'Eucharistie	1694	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 305.20
99444593	P.C.F. Menestrier	La methode du blason	1689	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 272.50
99429136	Nicolas de Locques	Les rudiments de la philosophie naturelle et resolutive	1665	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 250.70
99327945	Pierre Bayle	Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres	1686	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 219.09
99417213	Matthieu de Chalvet	Les Oeuvres de L. Annaeus Seneca mises en Francois + Les Controverses et suasoires	1609	EUR 400.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 218.00
99396906	Francois la Rochefoucauld	Memoires (.) sur les brigues a la mort de Louys XIII. Les guerres de Paris & de Guyenne (...)	1677	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
98800165	Antoine de Courtin	Traite Du Veritable Point-D'Honneur Ou La Science du Monde: Contentant Les Regles & les Maximes de	1698	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 158.05
99407346	Adrien Baillet	Histoire de Hollande, depuis la Treve de 1609 ou finit Grotius jusqu'a notre tems	1693	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 158.05
99433339	Seneque	Les epistres de Seneque traduites par Mre Francois Malherbe	1648	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 130.80
96432326	Baltasar Gracian	L'Homme de Cour	1691	EUR 170.00 - 210.00	EUR 120.99
99347573	Saint Augustin	Les Confessions	1686	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 119.90
99398409	Jean Baptiste de Rocoles	La Vie Du Sultan Gemes, Frere Unique de Bajazet II. du nom Empereur Des Turcs	1683	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 119.90
99400016	[Claude-Denis Du Four de La Crespeliere]	L'art d'aimer d'Ovide, avec Les remedes d'amour.	1666	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
99423744	Jacob Constant De Rebecque	Le Chirurgien Francois Charitable	1683	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 101.37
99334103	Le Muet	Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture de Vignolle	1631	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 100.28
99407176	Godeau, eveque de Vence	les tableaux de la penitence	1684	Not Available	EUR 93.74
99237976	Prieure de Galeazzo Gualdo	Histoire du traite de la paix conclue sur la frontiere d'Espagne et de France	1665	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 92.65
99315981	Sieur de la Cour	Regime de sante pour se procurer une longue vie et une vieillesse heureuse	1690	EUR 160.00 - 250.00	EUR 88.29
99069879	J.-B.S.-Jure	De la Connoissance et de l'Amovr du Fils de Dieu Nostre Seigneur Iesvs-Christ	1650	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 86.11
99319351	Flavius Joseph	Histoire des Juifs	1672/1735	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 71.94

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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