Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700, 42726, LA Assen,

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 27, 2026 - April 27, 2026
Page Size: 214 items in 9 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103039642 S. Mazzolini

Avrea Rosa

1569 Not Available EUR 98.10
103039732 Mambrino Costo

Del compendio dell'istoria del regno di Napoli... II e III parte

1613 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 174.40
103040447 Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

Lettere del signor di Balzac

1658 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 49.05
103043278 Plinius de Jonge

Epistolae et Panegyricus

1659 Not Available EUR 49.05
103045640 Joost van den Vondel (5 werken in 1 band)

Altaer-geheimenissen / De heerlyckheit der kercke / Brieven der heilige maeghden / Bespiegelingen

1696/1645 Not Available EUR 141.70
103045661 Bernardino Corio

L'Historia di Milano volgarmente scritta

1646 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
103055339 Ansaldo Ceba

La Reina Esther

1615 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 87.20
103055657 Jacob Cats

Alle de wercken

1655 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 261.60
103058873 Pieter Bor Christiaensz

Oorspronck, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandschen Oorlogen. Deel I, II, III en IV

1679 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 EUR 1,046.40
103059165 Emanuele Tesauro

Il Cannocchiale Aristotelico

1655 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
103059771 Justin

L'histoire universelle de trogue pompee reduite en abrege par Justin

1690 Not Available EUR 4.36
103060601 Anonimo.

Pandectarum Iuris Civilis. Diritto Penale

1550 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 218.00
103060714 Bracciolini Francesco.

L’Amoroso Sdegno

1598 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
103060861 De Guevara Antonio.

Vita, Costumi e Lettere di M. Aurelio

1548 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
103062866 Jacob Martini / Jacob Werenberg

Jacobi Martini Partitiones en quaestiones metaphysicae. In quibus omnium fere terminorum

1611 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 75.21
103063331 Jacobus Arminius / Johannes Wtenbogaert / Gerardus Joannes Vossius / Conradus Vorstius / Simon

Praestantium ac eruditorum virorum epistolae ecclesiasticae et theologicae, quarum longe major pars

1684 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
103066014 Pierre Gringoire

Brefve instruction pour tous estats

1602 EUR 500.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
103067070 Petrus Danetius

Radices seu Dictionarium linguae Latinae

1677 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 95.92
103067759 Sir Francis Bacon

The Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral; The Wisdom of the Ancients

1696 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 197.29
103070318 Servatius Gallaeus

Dissertationes de Sibyllis earumque Oraculis

1688 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 163.50
103071882 Bartolomeo Zucchi

Scelta di lettere di diversi eccellentiss. scrittori , parte prima

1595 Not Available EUR 117.72
103071897 Pietro De Crescenzi

Corona della nobilta d'Italia... Italian noble families Parte I

1639 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 131.89
103072267 Jacob Cats

Emblemata-Buch, Alle De Wercken Soo Oude Als Nieuwe Van Den Herr Jacob Cats Ridder, Oudt

1700 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
103072275 Hieremiae Drexelii

R.P.Hieremiae Drexelii E Societate Iesv Opervm, 4 Bande

1658 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
103072280 Justinus

Trogi Pompei externae Historiae in compendium ab Iustino redactae. Externorum imperatorum vitae

1522 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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.