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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) | 38,261.18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 53,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #73126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 75,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 59 | ||
| Sold Lots | 30.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 101,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.85% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 226,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 16.89% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105186682 | CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria | . Epitome cosmografica, o compendiosa introduttione all’astronomia, geografia, & idrografia… |
1693 | EUR 8,800.00 - 9,800.00 | EUR 4,252.09 |
| 105153043 | (Hoc in aureo opere optimo) Secunda pars huius [Commentary on the Bible by Nicholas of Lyra] |
1528/1529 | EUR 3,900.00 - 4,800.00 | EUR 3,815.00 | |
| 105448623 | Jacob Rueff | De Conceptu Et Generatione Hominis |
1580 | EUR 4,600.00 - 7,700.00 | EUR 3,542.50 |
| 105159720 | Martin Zeiller | M. MERIAN, Topographiae Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und |
1655/1661 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,900.00 | EUR 3,293.98 |
| 105442068 | Philip Melanchthon | Initia Doctrinae Physicae |
1550 | EUR 2,900.00 - 6,500.00 | EUR 1,853.00 |
| 105184228 | Adam Olearius (1599–1671) | Historische und Beschreibung der Muscowitischen und Persischen Reise |
1656 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,800.00 | EUR 1,656.80 |
| 105206958 | Martin Luther | Von dem Bapstum zu Rome. Wider den hoch berumpte Romaniste zu Leiptzck |
1520 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,494.39 |
| 105223804 | Petrus APIAN, Gemma FRISIUS | [rare ASTRONOMIE] Cosmographia Petri Apiani |
1551 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,427.90 |
| 105159690 | Renatus Flavius Vegetius | De re militari libri quatuor. Post omnes omnium editiones. Accessit.. Stewechi in Vegetium |
1585 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 105250381 | Valerius Maximus & Kaspar Hedio | Valerius Maximus von Geschichten der Romer und aussers volcks, Perser, Medier, Griechen, Aphern, |
1541/1546 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 105467535 | Caspar Schott | Thaumaturgus Physicus Sive Magiae Universalis |
1674 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,382.12 |
| 105465985 | Polydore Vergil | Eight Books on the Inventors of Things, FORBIDDEN VATICAN BOOK |
1560 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,200.09 |
| 105206194 | Sebastian Brenner | Das Gross Planeten Buch : Darinn das Erst Theil sagt von natur, eigenthumb vnd wurckung der sieben |
1563 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 105188161 | Martial, d'Auvergne | LIII Arrests d'Amours |
1587 | EUR 850.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 926.50 |
| 105448686 | PANTALEON, Heinrich | NO RESERVE Prosopographiae Heroum Atque Illustrium Virorum Totius Germaniae |
1565 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 926.50 |
| 104780522 | Jean Martin | Architectvra ov art de bien bastir |
1618 | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 105252684 | Flavius Josephus & D. Erasmum von Roterodam | Zwentzig bucher von den alten geschichten nach den alten Exemplaren fleissig corrigiert vnd |
1539 | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 105159677 | Johannes Stoffler | Cosmographicae aliqvot descriptiones. De sphaera cosmographica |
1537 | EUR 800.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 784.80 |
| 104365065 | SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio | De efficaci medicina Lib. III. |
1646 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 764.09 |
| 105395487 | Martin Luther | Etliche Spruch Gottlicher Schrifft die vns vermanen zu furderung des heyligen Evangelij vn dz disen |
1547 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 752.10 |
| 105110486 | Jean De Serres | Inventaire general de l’Histoire de France, illustre par la conference de l’Eglise & de l’Empire |
1636 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 104597243 | Rene Descartes | Les Principes de la Philosophie |
1698 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 104597267 | Aristote | Optanon Aristotelis stagiritae peripateticorvm principis organvm |
1605 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 105396339 | Philipp Melanchton | Vom Ampt der weltlichen Fursten das in aus befeh des wort Gottes geburen woll alle missbreuch in iren |
1539 | EUR 650.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 105110179 | Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus | Historiae Ecclesiasticae qvam tripartitam vocant |
1566 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 444.72 |
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Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Fine restoration binding in the style of the Queen’s binders.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Magnus Hundt, the elder. First edition of one of the earliest printed books with anatomical illustrations.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. First edition.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. First edition, presentation copy.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Geneva-Tomson-Junius. London: Robert Barker, [colophon 1612]/1611. -
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. -
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.