Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700, 42626c, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 26, 2026 - April 26, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96627913 | Francesco Marzioli | Precetti militari consacrati all'immortal nome dell'altezza serenissima di Ferdinando Maria |
1673 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102315318 | Girolamo Cardano | Commentaria in Hippocratis Aphorismos |
1564 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102682083 | Diego De Saavedra Fajardo | [Emblemata] Obras De Don Diego De Saavedra Faxardo Cavallero Del Orden De S. Iago |
1677/1678 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102739627 | Athanasius Kircher | China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque |
1667 | EUR 3,200.00 - 3,600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102740485 | Johann Philipp Abelin , Matthaus Merian | Merian, Theatrum Europaeum, oder aussfuhrliche und warhafftige Beschreibung aller und jeder |
1662 | EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102762458 | [Altkoloriertes Krauterbuch] Petrus Andreas Matthiolus | Kreutterbuch des hochgelehrten und weitberuhmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli |
1590 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102762461 | Johannes Stoffler | Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii |
1601/1594 | EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102778559 | Eusebio di Cesarea | 1554 FROBEN FOLIO: Ecclesiasticae Historiae Autores. A Hand-Illuminated Masterpiece with Holbein |
1554 | EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102782233 | After Pietro da Cortona; engraved by Carlo Cesio | Galeria nel Palazzo Panfilio / Barberinae Aulae Fornix |
1665 | EUR 3,100.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102796802 | Zwinger, Theodor. | Theatrum botanicum, das ist: Neu vollkommenes Kräuter-Buch |
1696 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102848997 | Della Porta | De occultis literarum notis |
1606 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102849042 | Fleury | Abrege des principes du blason |
1690 | EUR 1,700.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102849151 | Lilius | De gloria et gaudiis (bound with)//: |
1501 | EUR 3,100.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102849218 | Kircher | Lingua Aegyptiaca |
1643 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102849250 | Agop | Puritas Haygica seu Grammatica Armenica (bound with):// |
1674/1675 | EUR 3,100.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102856999 | Plinius | Historiae Naturalis |
1507 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102925902 | Imagines Farnesiani Cubiculi |
1692/1677 | EUR 1,200.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 102936406 | Jacopo Strada / Bernard Salomon / Andreas Gessner | Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum (Summary of the Treasures of Antiquities) |
1557 | EUR 1,400.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102936417 | Cosimo Bartoli after Euclid, Vitruvius and Ptolemy | Method of measuring distances, first edition |
1564 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102936529 | Decretum (cum apparatu Bartholomaei Brixiensis) | Prachtiger Inkunabeldruck zum kanonischen Recht aus Venedig mit schoner Illumination von Hand |
1479/1480 | EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102943001 | Martin Luther | Colloquia oder Christliche nutzliche Tischreden Doctoris Martini Lutheri so er in vielen Jaren gegen |
1581 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102943672 | . | Biblia Latina, Biblia sacra ad vetustissima exemplaria castigata,Reich illustriert mit Holzschnitten |
1569 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102944371 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus | Historia Augusta actionum diurnalium: additis quinque libris noviter inventis. |
1519 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102947148 | Jacob Bohme | Alle Theosophische Wercken,Sammelband,Von der Menschwerdung Jesu Christi, Wie das Ewige Wort sey |
1682 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102949201 | Jacob Bohme | Alle Theosophische Wercken,Sammelband,Morgenrote im Aufgang/ Das ist: Die Wurtzel oder Mutter Der |
1682 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.