Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700), 102525, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025

Page Size: 37 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98469461		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Human & Animal Sacrifices, Funeral Pyres	1517	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
98469681		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving - Unicorns, Onager	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 403.30
98469914		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fischbuch: Jellyfish, Sea Nettle - Folio with 5 woodcuts	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 61.04
98470079		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with birds: Poultry, Chickens, Roosters,	1657	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 218.00
98470275		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with birds: Thrushes & Blackbirds	1657	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 131.89
98470418		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Picarel, fish - folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 55.59
98470682		Hans Weiditz (1500-1536) - Medieval Life: Memento Mori, Deathbed, Devil, Monsters - 1532 (1560)	1532	EUR 130.00 - 190.00	EUR 50.14
98470817		Hans Weiditz (1500-1536) - Medieval Life: School, Teaching, Learning - 1532 (1560)	1532	EUR 130.00 - 200.00	EUR 18.53
98471667	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 78.48
98471772	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 103.55
98471808	Sebastian Munster	Cosmographia	1590	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 87.20
98474129		Two rare Bible leaves Tobias Stimmer (1539--1584) - With 4 Mannerist woodcuts to recto and verso	1576	Not Available	EUR 32.70
98474587		7 Folios on Ptolemy and Geometry from Munster's Cosmographia	1628	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 168.95
98477076		3 Folios of battle scenes from Munster's Cosmographia	1628	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 64.31
98484930		Leonhard Fuchs - Large folio with large woodcut of Staphisagria [Delphinium staphisagria]	1543	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 67.58
98485237		Hans Holbein (d.1543); Hans Asper; Folio with 8 woodcuts: Flavius Aetius murdered	1548	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 37.06
98485422		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Whale, Whaling, Harpoon - folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	EUR 61.04
98485652		Heinrich Vogtherr (the Elder) (1490-1556): Folio with woodcut: Battle at Porta Collina, Rome	1548	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 57.77
98486041		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving: Caterpillars, Lavae, Cocoons	1657	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 113.36
98486126		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving, birds: Wood grouse, Capercaillie, Hazel	1657	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 155.87
98487520		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Carp & Sea Bream, fish - folio with 2 woodcuts	1620	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 59.95
98487646		Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner - Sparrow, ornithology - Woodcut folio	1582	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 63.22
98507515	Conrad Gesner	Vogelbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 66.49
98507660	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 106.82
98508079	Conrad Gesner	Fischbuch	1598	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 88.29

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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