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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)

Auction Reports

Auction Name Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 6,127.98
Auction Date February 10, 2025 - February 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Sale Number #21025b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 11,570.00
Total Lots 41
Sold Lots 41 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 11,570.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93447705 Diego Ortunez de Calahorra

L'Histoire du Chevalier du Soleil

1620/1626 EUR 0.00 - 900.00 EUR 763.00
93400323 Andre Du Chesne

Histoire genealogique des maisons de Luxembourg & de Limbourg & Preuves

1631 EUR 0.00 - 200.00 EUR 501.40
93145037 Rene Descartes

Les Meditations metaphysiques de Rene Descartes touchant la premiere philosophie

1661 EUR 0.00 - 700.00 EUR 341.17
92873025 Pierre de Sainte-Marie Magdelaine

Horlogiographie

1680 EUR 0.00 - 550.00 EUR 333.54
93420333 Hierosme Fabrice d'Aquapendente

Oeuvres Chirurgicales

1649 EUR 0.00 - 200.00 EUR 283.40
93373655 Duc de Guise. Philippe Goibaud-Dubois

Les memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise.

1668 EUR 0.00 - 400.00 EUR 271.41
92597203 Me Claude Fleury

Institution au droit ecclesiastique

1688 EUR 0.00 - 550.00 EUR 251.79
93173811 Le Sueur/ Francois Chauveau/ Charles Simonneau

La vie de Saint Bruno

1666 Not Available EUR 220.18
93315795 Messire Loys Guicciardin (Lodovico Guicciardini)

Description de tous les Pays-Bas

1625 EUR 0.00 - 275.00 EUR 219.09
92597197 Louis Maimbourg

Histoire des croisades pour la delivrance de la Terre Sainte

1682 EUR 0.00 - 750.00 EUR 218.00
89591889 Hippocrate / Lazare Meyssonnier

Les aphorismes d'Hippocrate

1668 EUR 0.00 - 200.00 EUR 207.10
93426188 Jean de La Quintinie

Instruction pour les Jardins Fruitiers et Potagers

1697 EUR 0.00 - 200.00 EUR 207.10
92597433 Charles Louis d'Albert

Les devoirs des Seigneurs dans leurs Terres suivant les ordonnances de France

1668 EUR 0.00 - 250.00 EUR 196.20
93344626 La Bruyere

Les Caracteres de Theophraste

1696 EUR 0.00 - 275.00 EUR 196.20
80035743 Martin Cornille

Genealogies des forestiers et contes de Flandres auec brieue histoire de leurs vies / Recueillies de

1612 EUR 0.00 - 300.00 EUR 179.85
93412121 Gabriel Daniel

Reponse aux Lettres Provinciales de L. de Montalte. Ou Entretiens de Cleandre et d'Eudoxe

1696 EUR 0.00 - 350.00 EUR 143.88
93289154 Plutarque

Les vies des hommes illustres, Grecs et Romains

1587 EUR 0.00 - 250.00 EUR 132.98
92872505 Francois Le Gendre

Traite de l'arithmetique

1644 EUR 0.00 - 220.00 EUR 110.09
93164570 Gomberville, Marin Le Roy

La Doctrine des Moeurs, qui represente en cent tableaux la difference des passions ; et enseigne

1685 EUR 0.00 - 200.00 EUR 109.00
93287118 R.P. De Cereziers

Les Confessions

1688 EUR 0.00 - 250.00 EUR 98.10
92872553 Gregorio Leti

Histoire des conclaves depuis Clement V jusqu'a present

1689 EUR 0.00 - 250.00 EUR 92.65
93289003 Jean Fernel

Les sept livres de la therapeutique universelle

1648 EUR 0.00 - 350.00 EUR 92.65
92597637 Charles Loyseau

OEuvres de Charles Loyseau

1636 EUR 0.00 - 350.00 EUR 87.20
93129464 Jean-Nicolas de Prival

Abrege de l'histoire de ce siecle de fer

1654 EUR 0.00 - 250.00 EUR 81.75
93286479 P. De Besse

Sermons

1606 EUR 0.00 - 220.00 EUR 81.75
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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