Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700, 42926a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 29, 2026 - April 29, 2026

Page Size: 36 items in 2 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
102392934	L’abbe Pageau	Memoires des Intrigues de la Cour de Rome depuis l'Annee 1669 jusqu'en 1676	1677	Not Available	EUR 110.09
102575761	Monsieur Baron	L'art Heraldique contenant la maniere d'apprendre facilement le blason	1682	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 349.89
102776085	George Wheler	Voyage de Dalmatie, de Grece, et du Levant	1689	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 436.00
102778154	Famianus Strada & P. Dv-Rier	Histoire de la guerre de Flandre	1664	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 109.00
102933892	Henri de Lorraine & Duc de Guise	Les Memoires d'Henri de Lorraine duc de Guise	1681	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 134.07
102933896	Louis Le Laboureur	Charlemagne, poeme heroique	1664	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 51.23
102934230	M. Guynaud	La concordance des propheties de Nostradamus avec l'histoire, depuis Henry II, jusqu'a Louis le	1693	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	EUR 420.74
102934252	Dom Pierre de Sainte Marie Magdeleine	Traitte d'horlogiographie, contenant plusieurs manieres de construire, sur toutes surfaces	1657	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 223.45
102934281	S. Augustin & Arnauld d'Andilly	Les Confessions de S. Augustin	1683	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 81.75
102962585	David (Roi d’Israel)	Psautier de David illustre – edition parisienne Josset – frontispice grave	1685	Not Available	EUR 49.05
102982125	Heauville , Louis le Bourgeois	Catechisme en vers, dedie a Monseigneur le Dauphin par monsieur d'Heauville...	1678	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 26.16
102985687	Francois de Callieres	Du Bel esprit	1695	Not Available	EUR 43.60
102987653	Giovanni Veneroni	Le Maitre italien	1685	Not Available	EUR 43.60
102989726	Dominique Bouhours	Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugene	1671	Not Available	EUR 40.33
102989982	Dominique Bouhours	Doutes sur la langue francoise	1675	Not Available	EUR 34.88
102990074	Cesar-Pierre Richelet	Dictionnaire de rimes dans un nouvel ordre	1692	Not Available	EUR 28.34
102990232	Nicolas Mercier	Le manuel des grammairiens	1673	Not Available	EUR 39.24
102992184	Nathanael Duez	Dittionario italiano & francese / Dictionnaire italien & francois	1674/1681	Not Available	EUR 59.95
102992776	Juvenal / Perse	Traduction nouvelle des satyres de Perse et de Juvenal	1689	Not Available	EUR 38.15
102997593	Philippe Des Portes (Abbe de Thiron)	Les Oeuvres De Philippes Des Portes Abbe De Thiron	1611	EUR 240.00 - 270.00	Not Sold
103000785	Jean Bocace	Le Decameron	1662	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
103005243	Cesar Vichard de Saint-Real	Cesarion ou Entretiens divers	1689	Not Available	EUR 34.88
103008196	Francois-Antoine Pomey	L'Univers en abrege	1679	Not Available	EUR 38.15
103015464	Sophocle	L'Œdipe et L'Electre de Sophocle. Tragedies Grecques	1692	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 49.05
103018711	P. Ivlien Haynevfve	Le Grand Chemin Qui Perd Le Monde	1670	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 23.98

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.