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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) 16,373.98
Auction Date February 27, 2026 - February 27, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 20,370.00
Sale Number #22726 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 41,900.00
Total Lots 37
Sold Lots 13.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 77,445.00
% of Lots Sold 35.14% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 129,650.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 12.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101376486 Virgilio

Opera Virgiliana

1529 EUR 3,100.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 3,052.00
101461664 Thomas d'Aquin (Thome de Aquino) Tommaso : d'Aquino santo (santo)

[La Chaine d'Or de saint Thomas d'Aquin] Opus aureum sancti Thome de Aquino super quatuor euangelia

1521 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,180.00
101463499

Catholische Bibell Das Ist Alle Bucher der H.Schrifft/ beide Alts vnd Newen

1600 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,900.00 EUR 2,180.00
101277351 Schlichtenhorst

Geldersse Geschiedenissen

1654 EUR 3,300.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 1,907.50
101478100 Andrea Alciato or Alciati illustrations by Virgil Solis

Emblemata (Emblems Book)

1621 EUR 1,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 1,524.91
101404992 Titus Livius

Titus Livius und Lucius Florus

1568 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,417.00
101439555 Leeuwenhoek, Anton van

Continuatio arcanorum naturae detectorum

1697 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 1,090.00
101380864 Girolamo Mercuriale

Praelectiones Pisanae / Consultazione et responsa medicinalia

1617/1597 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 654.00
101458281 Michel de Montaigne

Alle de werken. - Bestaande in zijn Proeven: in de welken hy verstandiglijk redeneert

1692/1672 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 610.40
101374282 Tachard Guy ( 1651 - 1712 ) dessins de P. Sevin

Voyage de Siam des Peres Jesuites envoyes par le Roy aux indes et a la Chine

1687/1689 EUR 450.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 555.90
101264322 Plutarque

Les OEuvres meslees de Plutarque, translatees de grec en francais

1574 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 492.68
101452116 Philipp Zorer (1577-1653)

Rechtmassiges Bedencken und ohnvorgreiffliche Vorschlage uber etliche bey jetzigem bewussten

1652/1651 EUR 220.00 - 900.00 EUR 360.79
101400863 Casparus Huldricus (Tigurinus)

Theses Logicae cum Disputatione de Prooemio Logicae

1651 EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 348.80
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.