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Catawiki B. V.: Science and Nature Books Auction

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Auction Name Science and Nature Books Auction Total Sales (EUR) 13,404.82
Auction Date December 07, 2025 - December 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 17,550.00
Sale Number #120725b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 21,050.00
Total Lots 38
Sold Lots 22.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 35,700.00
% of Lots Sold 57.89% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 42,650.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 31.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99358083 Frederick Lewis Norden

Travels in Egypt and Nubia

1757 EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,071.00
99523086 Adalbert Seitz

750 magnificent full colour chromolithographs from: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde/The

1905/1954 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,215.35
98521292 Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau

Traite des Arbres et Arbustes qui se cultivent en France en pleine terre

1755 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,035.50
93728177 Bruin, C., De [De Bruyn or Bruijn]

Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten

1714 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 EUR 988.63
99161557 Carl von Linne, Paulus Dietrich Giseke

Praelectiones in ordines naturales plantarum

1792 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 872.00
99174523 Unknown

19th Century Herbarium Album - Botany Ireland Dried Flowers Plants Manuscript

1890/1887 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 872.00
99173584 Richard F. Burton

Personal Narrative of A Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. In Two Volumes.

1857 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 763.00
99385291 Thomas Martyin

Aranei or A Natural History of Spiders

1793 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 713.95
99027813 Farinone

Tarocco piemontese

1865 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 654.00
99497405 Lovell Reeve

Elements of Conchology; an introduction to the natural history of shells and of the animals which

1860 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 545.00
98906757 Diderot et d'Alembert

Recueil de planches de l'Encyclopedie

1785 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 523.20
99527432 J. de Saunier; Gaspard de Saunier

La Parfaite Connoissance des Chevaux

1734 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 512.30
98561220

Johann Jacob Scheuchzer - Geestelyke Natuurkunde

1729 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 419.65
99330571 GOCKEL (Eberhard).

[Plague and Pathology]: Gallicinium medico-practicum. Sive consiliorum, observationum medicinalium

1700 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 414.20
99497741 Bairei, K.

Bairei hyakucho gafu. Bairei's Album of one hundred birds.

1882/1881 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 377.14
98906898 Diderot et d'Alembert

Recueil de planches de l'Encyclopedie, par ordre de matieres

1786 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 371.69
99557976 Rev. Thomas Maurice

Ruins of Babylon

1816 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 312.83
99607753 .

Die gantz neue eroffnete Pforte zu dem Chymischen Kleinod oder einige vornehmste chymische Arcana

1728 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 EUR 249.61
99569554 Dr E Rufz

Snakes: Enquete sur le serpent de la Martinique

1859 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 239.80
99476665 Harald Othmar Lenz

Snakes: Schlangen und Schlangenfeinde

1870 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 164.59
99040470 Georg Erhard Hamberger

Physiologica Medica

1751 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 49.05
99218986 Felix Helie

Experiences d'artillerie executees a Lorient

1847 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 40.33
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
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    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000