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Catawiki B. V.: Science and Nature Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Science and Nature Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 7,390.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 12,625.00 |
| Sale Number | #21526d | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 15,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 40 | ||
| Sold Lots | 12.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 59,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 30.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 71,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 10.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101000725 | Henry Charles Carey, Isaac Lea / Fielding Lucas Jr. | A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas |
1827 | EUR 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | EUR 2,943.00 |
| 101230843 | Leo Hirsch | Reisen in Sud-Arabien, Mahra-Land und Hadramut |
1897 | EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00 | EUR 927.59 |
| 100883085 | Messieurs Bouguer & de La Condamine | La Figure de la Terre, Determinee par les Observations de Messieurs Bouguer & de La Condamine |
1749 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 612.58 |
| 101186162 | A. A. V. V. | Scelta di Opuscoli Interessanti [Opera Omnia in 36 Volumi] |
1777/1775 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 534.10 |
| 101227877 | [Medicina] Aretaeus Cappadocis | Aretaei Cappadocis Opera: De Causis et Signis, De Curatione Morborum [Folio 41 cm][Herman Boerhaave] |
1735 | EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 512.30 |
| 100815047 | Louis Brion de La Tour | Almanach astronomique, ou Abrege elementaire de la sphere |
1774 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 414.20 |
| 100799831 | Agusti, Miquel | Libro de los secretos de agricultura, casa de campo y pastoril. Traducido de lengua catalana en |
1810 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 392.40 |
| 100847766 | Van der Voort | Les Agremens de la Campagne |
1750 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 100932282 | Benjamin Silliman | The American journal of Science and Arts |
1829/1820 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 273.59 |
| 100992958 | James Wardrop | The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Eye |
1834 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 190.75 |
| 100933844 | Dionysius Lardner | Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts |
1835/1831 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 141.70 |
| 101267158 | Abrahamo Groninvio | Aeliani De Natura Animalium Libri XVII Libri XVII |
1744 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | EUR 120.99 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.