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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) 19,335.51
Auction Date September 15, 2025 - September 15, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 18,930.00
Sale Number #91525 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 33,760.00
Total Lots 67
Sold Lots 53.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 31,750.00
% of Lots Sold 79.10% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 54,410.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 35.54%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97575474 Simone Okolski

Orbis Polonus

1641 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,360.00
97564518 Silvester Petrasancta

De Symbolis heroicis Libri IX

1634 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,534.72
97651789 Fuchs

Institutionum medicinae

1565 EUR 900.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,024.60
97633875 Gessner

Historia plantarum

1541 EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 817.50
97607378 Poliziano/Giustiniano

Institutionum Imperialium

1535 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 654.00
97598488 Bartholomaei Cassanaei

Catalogus gloriae mundi... Royal status

1576 EUR 200.00 - 500.00 EUR 606.04
97683203 Joannes Aysma

Spiegel der Sibyllen, van vierderley vertooningen

1685 EUR 1,400.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 606.04
97649611 Malpighi Marcello

Malpighi Opera Omnia

1687 EUR 600.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 599.50
97614675 Lipsio

De amphitheatro//Saturnalium sermonum

1590/1589 EUR 800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 579.88
97682204 Pope Leo I (391-461)

Leonis Magni (Leo I The Great)

1614 EUR 500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 491.59
97671609 Guillaume Durand/ Charlotte Guillard

D.Durandi A Sancto Portiano Super Sententias Theologicas Petri Lombardi Commentariorum Libri Quator.

1539 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 480.69
97621029 Ambrosius van Milaan

Ambrosii Mediolanensis Episcopi Operum, tomus 3-4

1586 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 466.52
97660472 Lambertum Hortensium Montforsium

Historie ofte Wijder Verklaringhe Van de Utrechtsche Gheschiedenissen

1625 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 419.65
97650032 Cleomedes,

[Ancient Greek astronomical text] Meteora graece et latine

1605 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 381.50
97398947 Sansovino

Governo de i Regni

1561 EUR 500.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 348.80
97644932 Tite-Live (Titus Livius, 59 av. J.-C. -- 17 ap. J.-C.)

Historiae Romanae principis, libri omnes...

1578 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 348.80
97395606 Auli Gellii

Noctes Atticae

1560 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 345.53
97624215 Girolamo Graziani

Il conquisto di Granata dedicato al sereniss.o principe Francesco d'Este duca di Modana..

1650 EUR 350.00 - 600.00 EUR 337.90
97667407 [Andreas Brunner]

Emblematica; Fasti Mariani : cum Illustrium Divorum Imaginibus & Elogiis prope DC. in singulos Anni

1630 EUR 200.00 - 350.00 EUR 334.63
97611021 Fabretti

De aquis et aquaeductibus

1680 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 327.00
97493199 Ioannes Scapula

Lexicon Graeco-Latinum

1652 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 305.20
97526679 Marin Le Roy de Gomberville

La doctrine des moeurs tiree de la philosophie des stoiques

1646 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 295.39
97646165 Ersasmus Van Rotterdam

Colloquia Familiaria Dat Is Gemeensame Tsamensprekinge Van Ersasmus Van Rotterdam Uyt Her Latiin

1654 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 288.85
97552969 Pieter Christaenszoon Bor

Gelegentheyt van 's Hertogen-Bosch, Vierde Hooft-Stadt van Brabandt

1630 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 261.60
97645501 Philippi Cominaei

Philippi Cominaei Eqvitis De Rebvs Gestis Lvdovici Vndecimi Galliarum Regis & Caroli Burgundie Ducis

1545/1548 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 240.89
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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.
  • 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.