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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) 8,481.29
Auction Date September 08, 2025 - September 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,385.00
Sale Number #90825 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 14,860.00
Total Lots 61
Sold Lots 46.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 13,720.00
% of Lots Sold 75.41% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 21,385.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 39.66%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97423832 Girolamo Ruscelli

De' Secreti del R. D. Alessio Piemontese. Medicina, Alchimia, Spezieria, Farmacologia;

1659 EUR 170.00 - 300.00 EUR 696.51
97519055 Galeno Claudio.

Recettario di Galeno. Alchimia

1645 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 554.81
97535174 N.N.

Schriftelicke Conferentie, in 's Gravenhage inden Iare 1611 [EN] Een gouden tafereel

1612 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 359.70
97455686 Petri Gassendi

Animadversiones

1675 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 349.89
97377522 Tiberius Decianus of Udine

Responsorum D. Tiberii Deciani Vtinensis

1589 Not Available EUR 348.80
97521917 Allain Manesson Mallet

Den arbeid van Mars : of Nieuwe vestingbouw soo wel geregelde als ongeregelde

1672 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 329.18
97463840 Tadeo Bartolini

La celeste mensa

1615 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 305.20
97484439 Martin Hanke

De Byzantinarum rerum scriptoribus graecis liber

1677 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 289.94
97525743

Toneel der voornaamste historien des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments - Schutbijbel

1733 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 267.05
94809211 Scioppius ; Scaliger

Priapeia, sive diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus [Priapees]

1664 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
97500487 M. Terentius Varro; Festus; Pomponius; Sextus Pompeius; Nonius Marcellus; Fulgentius; Isidorus

Auctores Latinae Linguae in Unum Redacti Corpus

1587 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.63
97479525 Vincentii Guinisii Lucensis

Poesis Heroica, Elegiaca, Lyrica, Epigrammatica

1637 EUR 450.00 - 700.00 EUR 222.36
97524084 [Sperone Speroni] ; Giovanni Alberti

Speroni Sperone, Orationi

1596 EUR 375.00 - 650.00 EUR 222.36
95101243 Famiano Strada

De Bello Belgico Decas Prima

1636 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 218.00
97446440 Gian Alesio Abbatutis (G. B. Basile)

Le Muse Napoletane Egloche

1647 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 EUR 218.00
97526929 Johannes Calvijn

Institutie of onderwijsinghe in de christelicke religie

1650 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 EUR 218.00
97393829 Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

Institutionum Oratoriarum / Oratoris Eloquentissimi

1604 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 207.10
97502922 Jacob Cats

Iacobi Catzii J.C. monita amoris virginei sive officium puellarum in castis amoribus, emblemate

1622 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 200.56
97477574 Juan Maldonado

Joannis Maldonati Andalusii Societ Jesu Theologi commentarii in Prophetas IIII Jeremiam, Baruch...

1611 EUR 220.00 - 300.00 EUR 196.20
97499083 Guillermus (Johannes Herolt?)

Postilla super epistolas et evangelia

1486 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 196.20
97435238 Pietro Giovanni Capriata

Dell'historia di Pietro Giovanni Capriata. Libri dodici ne' quali si contengono tutti i movimenti

1639 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
97420112 Don Diego Enriquez de Villegas escribano del rey Felipe IV

Aula militar I y politicas ideas

1649 EUR 400.00 - 750.00 EUR 163.50
97446435 M. Agostino Gallo

Le Vinti Giornate dell'Agricoltura et de' Piaceri della Villa

1622 EUR 220.00 - 700.00 EUR 154.78
97414657 Arnoldi Corvini

Iurisprudentiae Romanae Summarium; seu Codicis Iustiniane_x001E_i Methodica Enarratio

1617 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
97542004 C.Cornelius Tacitus

C.Cornelius Tacitus Accurante Matthia Berneggero, Strassburg,1664,SELTEN

1664 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 147.15
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.