Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700, 42726, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 27, 2026 - April 27, 2026
| 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 |
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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.