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

Auction Details

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
103072286 H.Strubi

Arithmetica, ein neu kunstlich Rechenbuoch mit der Zipher, darinn die Anfange und Grund der

1599 EUR 400.00 - 850.00 Not Sold
103072294 Emanuel von Meteren

Eigentlich und volkomene Historische beschreibung des Niderlendischen Kriegs

1614 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 436.00
103072300 Gregorii Magni

Dialogis Gregorii Magni,Ein fast lustig vnd nutzlich Buch dess H. Bapsts vnd trefflichen

1602 EUR 300.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
103072304 .

Trivmphvs B.Mariae Virginis,Matris Dei AC Domini Nostri Iesv Christi In Qvoeivs Lavdes Vita,Gloriosa

1610 EUR 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
103072310 .

Corpus Juris Canonici Emendatum Et Notis Illustratum. Gregorii XIII. Pontif. Max. Jussu Editum

1696 EUR 170.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
103084058 Virgil

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera; Nunc Emendatiora.

1636 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 119.90
103087570 [Elzeviriana] Joh. Fred. Gonovii ad T. Livii Patavini

Libros Superstites Notae

1645 EUR 220.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
103088498 Thomas Sanchez

Operis Moralis in Praecepta Decalogi

1661/1660 Not Available EUR 56.68
103094477 [4 Naturmedizinische Werke] Levinus Lemnius

Similitvdinum ac Parabolarvm quae in Bibliis ex herbis atque arboribus desumuntur

1591/1590 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
103096077 Translated by Lodovico Dolce, engraved by Giovanni Antonio Rusconi

OVID Metamorphoses

1557 EUR 850.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 1,309.09
103096103 Otto van Veen / Marin le Roy de Gomberville

La doctrine des moeurs (Emblems Book)

1646 EUR 1,100.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
103096131 Jean Scheffer and Pirro Ligorio

Vehicles of the Ancients or De Re Vehiculari Veterum

1671 EUR 550.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
103096153 Philippe Desportes

Les Premieres Oeuvres

1580 EUR 750.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
103098172 Solon Franciscanus

Solon Franciscanus sive sapiente Franciscanae pars prima

1649 Not Available EUR 163.50
103100453 Alpini

De Medicina Aegyptiorum

1645 EUR 1,400.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 817.50
103100609 Le Pautre

Les Oeuvres d’ Architecture

1699 EUR 1,400.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,308.00
103100803 Ariosto

Orlando Furioso

1573 EUR 1,200.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,035.50
103108391 Hugo Grotius

Historia Gotthorum, Vandalorum, & Langobardorum

1655 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 75.21
103108660 Erasmus

Colloquia Nunc Emendatiora

1636 EUR 190.00 - 210.00 EUR 136.25
103109110 Ottilia Reinerin [Anonymous]

Pfaffen-Munchen Nonnennoth / Das ist / Senff zur Martins Ganss in Rahmen aller Gott- und

1654 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 130.80
103110397 Caspar Barlaeus

Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi gestarum, sub praefectura illustrissimi comitis I.

1660 EUR 3,100.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
103112789 S. Thomae Aquinatis

Summa Totius Theologiae. S. Thomae Aquinatis, Doctoris Angelici, Ordinis praedicatorum, tertiae

1663 Not Available EUR 25.07
103114144 Daniel Heinsius

Poematum

1610 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 95.92
103115508 Pietro Bembo

Petri Bembi Patritii Veneti, Scriptoris Omnium Politissimi Disertissimiq́[ue], Quaecunque Usquam

1556 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 131.89
103115988 Cureau de La Chambre

L'Art de Connoistre les Hommes

1662 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 180.94
  • 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.