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Catawiki B. V.

Auction Info

Auction Name
Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)
Auction Date
12/06/2025 - 12/06/2025
Sale Number
#120625c
Total Lots
50
Sold Lots
44.0
Lots Sold
88.00%
Unsold Lots
6
Total Sales (EUR)
4,357.82
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
8,455.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
10,560.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
10,075.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
13,460.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
32.38%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99518029

Matthaus Merian (b1593) Hand coloured folio, Marine Life: Nautilus, Octopus, Conch, Shells

1657 EUR 150.00 - 230.00 EUR 272.50
99522616 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 239.80
99526437 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 223.45
99522840 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 218.00
99517064

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Bats, Nightjars

1657 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 209.28
99520550 Conrad Gesner

Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum

1555 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 198.38
99534007 Paris, Simon Vostre, 1506-07

1 leaf from a Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with initials gold hightened, partly burnished gold

1506/1507 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 185.30
99477858

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Amphibians, Toads, Frogs

1657 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 175.49
99522976 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 164.59
99526895 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 163.50
99553347 Sebastian Munster

Cosmographia

1590 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
99478124

Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured folio: Waterbirds, storks, flamingo, ardea, heron

1657 EUR 150.00 - 180.00 EUR 132.98
99523609 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 119.90
99528631 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 119.90
99523246 Ulisse Aldrovandi

De Piscibus Libri V

1638 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 113.36
99553199 Hartmann Schedel/ Wohlgemut/ Pleydenwurff/Durer

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 100.28
99534023 Paris, Thielman Kerver, 1505

Printed Book of Hours on paper with full woodcut engraved borders (10 pictures)

1505 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 98.10
99583707 Sebastian Munster

Cosmographia

1590 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 92.65
99534351 Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510

Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with 14 painted coloured initials gold hightened and 7 metalcuts

1510 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 90.47
99519024

Cristoforo Coriolano (b.1540) Sole, Flatfish, folio with hand coloured woodcut

1638 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 88.29

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  • 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.