Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) Online bidstart 8/2

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) Online bidstart 8/2	Total Sales (EUR)	11,491.87
Auction Date	August 09, 2019 - August 09, 2019	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	8,680.00
Sale Number	#80919	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,940.00
Total Lots	81
Sold Lots	72	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	12,065.00
% of Lots Sold	88.89%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	14,995.00
Unsold Lots	9	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	76.64%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
28526085		Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper or vellum		EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 2,725.00
28370995	Nicolas Louis de La Caille	Lectiones elementares astronomiae, geometricae, et physicae	1773	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,250.00	EUR 675.80
28423753	Voltaire	Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton	1738	EUR 450.00 - 500.00	EUR 546.09
28361933	Pieter Meijer (uitgever)	Tafereel van Natuur en Konst	1769	EUR 550.00 - 650.00	EUR 545.00
28381479	JOHN KEILL / THOMAS SIMPSON / DAVID. GREGORY	Trigonometriæ planæ & sphæricæ elementa. Item de natura et arithmetica logarithmorum tractatus brevi	1751	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 501.40
28551605		M. de la Lande - Astronomie par M. De La Lande - 1771		Not Available	EUR 392.40
28377103	[Abbé Larudan]	Les francs-maçons écrasés. Suite du livre intitulé L'ordre des francs-maçons trahi	1747	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 337.90
28517205	Trévoux	Dictionnaire Universel François et Latin, Vulgairement Appelé Dictionnaire de Trevoux	1771	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 327.00
28475755	Benjamin Hederich	Gründliches Antiquitäten Lexicon	1743	EUR 275.00 - 375.00	EUR 273.59
28427783	François, Baron de Tott	Mémoires du Baron de Tott, sur les Turcs et les Tartares	1784	EUR 280.00 - 320.00	EUR 272.50
28384507	W.A. Bachiene	Nieuwe tegenwoordige staat en geographie der Nederlanden	1791	Not Available	EUR 197.29
28545119		Histoire de la médecine ou l'on voit les progrès de cet art,		Not Available	EUR 190.75
28497701	Francisci Modii, Simon van Leeuwen, Johann Martin Bernigeroth	Corpus juris civilis Romani, in quo Institutiones, Digesta ad Codicum Florentinum emendata...	1740	Not Available	EUR 185.30
28509115	Joseph FRATREL	Rarissime: La cire alliée avec l’huile ou la peinture à huile-cire trouvée par le baron Taubenheim	1770	EUR 280.00 - 320.00	EUR 185.30
28503109	Daniel Defoe	Reflexions serieuses et importantes de Robinson Crusoe	1721	Not Available	EUR 175.49
28437323	J. Hawkesworth	Relation des voyages entrepris par orde de sa Majeste Britannique	1774	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 174.40
28439007	Islamitisch manuscript	Ottomaans manuscript met talloze figuren, cijfers en tabellen	1800	Not Available	EUR 174.40
28476569	R.P. Gaspare Druzbicki/ Kasper Dru?bicki	Tractatus de effectibus, fructu, & applicatione sanctissimimissæ sacrificii	1713	Not Available	EUR 174.40
28428989	Albrecht von Haller	Deux mémoires sur le mouvement du sang & sur les effets de la saignée (expériences sur des animaux)	1756	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
28451009	Jean-Louis Petit	Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent	1783	Not Available	EUR 152.60
28536929		Paris, Didot, Nyon et Fils, Damonneville et Savoye Two duodecimo volumes (10 x 17 cm). 454/423 pages. Second edition (the first being of 1697). Full calfskin period binding. In very good condition, lightly rubbed corners, very solid books,		EUR 175.00 - 275.00	EUR 147.15
28534633	Jean Banières -	Examen et Refutation des Elements de la Philosophie de Neuton de M. de Voltaire - 1739		Not Available	EUR 142.79
28460387	M. de Montesquieu	De l'Esprit des Lois	1772	Not Available	EUR 130.80
28525061		Two books in one volume, full calfskin binding, worn corners..		Not Available	EUR 123.17
28470317	Denis Dodart	Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences	1731	Not Available	EUR 114.45

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
17th July 2025

Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 15: Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover. $15,000 to $20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Lunar Surface Flown Mission Emblem Presented to Tom Stafford by John Young. $8,000 to $12,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Albert Einstein. Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s
Geek Week
2-17 July | New York

Sotheby’s, July 17: Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation. Philadelphia, 1949. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s, July 17: Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977. $5,000 to $8,000.

Sotheby’s, July 15: Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission. $5,000 to $8,000.
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