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Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 34,666.36 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 05, 2026 - June 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 36,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #60526 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 52,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 42 | ||
| Sold Lots | 22.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 70,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 52.38% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 99,850.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 20 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 34.72% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104021359 | Olaus Magnus or Olof Mansson | History Of The Northern Countries, FIRST FRENCH EDITION |
1560/1561 | EUR 4,100.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,275.45 |
| 104012271 | P. Gasparis Schotti | Occulta, Physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa. Editio |
1662 | EUR 3,200.00 - 3,800.00 | EUR 3,161.00 |
| 104029003 | Della Porta | De occultis literarum notis |
1606 | EUR 2,200.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,052.00 |
| 103900629 | Euclide | Euclidis Elementorum |
1572 | EUR 3,900.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 2,943.00 |
| 104100784 | Ioannes Eusebius Nierembergius [Juan Eusebio Nieremberg] / [Christoffel Jegher] (illustrations) | Ioannis Eusebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu, Historiae naturae, maxime peregrinae, |
1635 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,181.09 |
| 103486847 | Petrarca | Il Petrarcha di Vellutello |
1538 | EUR 1,600.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,071.00 |
| 103811802 | Johann Philipp Abelin , Matthaus Merian | Merian, Theatrum Europaeum, oder aussfuhrliche und warhafftige Beschreibung aller und jeder |
1662 | EUR 2,100.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,071.00 |
| 103797956 | R. Dodoens (Dodonaeus) | Cruydeboeck in den welcken die gheheele historie dat es Tgheslacht, tfatsoen, naem, natuere, dracht |
1552/1554 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,744.00 |
| 103830864 | Johan Nieuhof - John Ogilby / Jacob van Meurs | [VOC / CNINA PRENT-BOOK) Het gezantschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie |
1670 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,744.00 |
| 103971409 | Egenolffs Erben | Astronomia Teutsch. Himmels Lauff/ Wirckung unnd naturliche Influenz |
1556 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,636.09 |
| 103943894 | Carisio | Artis Grammaticae |
1551 | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 104041293 | Martin Luther | Das XV. Capitel der Ersten Epistel S. Pauli an die Corinther. Von der Aufferstehung der todten |
1534 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 103796334 | Jean CALVIN (1509-1564) | Institutio Christianae Religionis |
1576 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,318.90 |
| 103738299 | Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas | La Sepmaine ou Creation du Monde (Michel Gadoulleau) - rel. par Cape |
1580 | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,239.33 |
| 104061501 | Cicero | Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera Omnia |
1566 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 103866417 | Baif | De re navali & De auro et argento |
1549 | EUR 1,100.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 926.50 |
| 103876836 | Antonio Carafa - Vetus Testamentum secundum LXX Latine Redditum |
1588 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 872.00 | |
| 103888323 | Philipp Melanchthon | Loci Communes Theologici |
1546 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 103737339 | Ovidius Naso | Fastorum Libri - De Tristibus - De Ponto |
1564/1576 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 490.50 |
| 103882224 | Joachim Camerarius | Basel, Sententiae Iesu Siracidae / Libellus Scholasti |
1555 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 446.90 |
| 103661479 | Hippocrate & Louis de Fontenettes | Hippocrate depaise ou la version paraphrasee de ses aphorismes. En vers francois |
1654 | EUR 750.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 103993800 | Sconosciuto | Statuti Del Nobil Colleggio Delli Spetiali Dell' Alma Citta di Roma |
1607 | EUR 550.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 316.10 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.