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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) 4,357.82
Auction Date December 06, 2025 - December 06, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 8,455.00
Sale Number #120625c High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 10,560.00
Total Lots 50
Sold Lots 44.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 10,075.00
% of Lots Sold 88.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 13,460.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 32.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99518029

Matthaus Merian (b1593) Hand coloured folio, Marine Life: Nautilus, Octopus, Conch, Shells

1657 EUR 150.00 - 230.00 EUR 272.50
99522616 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 239.80
99526437 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 223.45
99522840 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 218.00
99517064

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Bats, Nightjars

1657 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 209.28
99520550 Conrad Gesner

Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum

1555 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 198.38
99534007 Paris, Simon Vostre, 1506-07

1 leaf from a Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with initials gold hightened, partly burnished gold

1506/1507 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 185.30
99477858

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Amphibians, Toads, Frogs

1657 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 175.49
99522976 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 164.59
99526895 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 163.50
99553347 Sebastian Munster

Cosmographia

1590 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
99478124

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Waterbirds, storks, flamingo, ardea, heron

1657 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 132.98
99523609 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 119.90
99528631 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 119.90
99523246 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 113.36
99553199 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 100.28
99534023 Paris, Thielman Kerver, 1505

Printed Book of Hours on paper with full woodcut engraved borders (10 pictures)

1505 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 98.10
99583707 Sebastian Munster

Cosmographia

1590 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 92.65
99534351 Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510

Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with 14 painted coloured initials gold hightened and 7 metalcuts

1510 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 90.47
99519024

Cristoforo Coriolano (b.1540) Sole, Flatfish, folio with hand coloured woodcut

1638 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 88.29
99373615

'Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple'

1503 EUR 150.00 - 230.00 EUR 87.20
99479126

Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Galgula, Goose, ornithology - 2 Woodcuts, folio

1669 EUR 140.00 - 210.00 EUR 83.93
99584418 Sebastian Munster

Cosmographia

1590 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 81.75
99518733

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Sea Monster, Dolphins

1657 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 78.48
99522265 Conrad Gesner

Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum

1555 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 78.48
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