Catawiki B. V.: Science & Nature Books Auction, 52426b, LA Assen,

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
Page Size: 25 items in 1 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103241643 Etienne‑Francois Geoffroy and Francois‑Alexandre de Garsault

Description, vertus et usages de sept cents dix-neuf plantes ...

1767 EUR 2,100.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
103642888 Giovanni Battista Morgagni

De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis

1765 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 481.78
103662389 Hadrianus Relandus [Adriaan Reland]

Hadriani Relandi Dissertationum miscellanearum pars prima [-tertia et ultima]. 3 volumes complete

1708/1706 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 109.00
103677803 William Curtis

The Botanical Magazin or Flower-Garden Displayed 107 oldcoloured copper engravings Vol X,XI and XII

1798/1796 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 360.79
103704376 Ph. [Philippe] Pinel / Mich. Wagner (translation)

Philosophisch-medicinische Abhandlung uber Geistesverirrungen oder Manie. Mit Kupfertafeln, welche

1801 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 213.64
103710208 Alphonse Lami

Myologie superficielle du corps humain

1861 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 370.60
103737715 Anonimo

[Alchemy] Compendio de la Vida y Hechos de Joseph Balsamo, llamado El Conde Cagliostro. Quese ha

1793 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
103737852 Anton de Haen

De Magia / De miraculis. Dissertatio theologico-physica

1778/1777 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
103742303 M.Bouguer

Dissertation Sur La Figure De La Terre

1771 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 168.95
103743468 Aleister Crowley

The Equinox I–X Complete Set (10 vols.)

1909/1913 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 518.84
103771855 Cecina Rica y Fergel, Pablo

[Juego de damas] Medula eutropelica calculatoria, que ensena a jugar a las damas con espada y

1819 EUR 325.00 - 375.00 Not Sold
103775233 Charles Rabiqueau

Le spectacle du feu élémentaire, ou cours d'électricité expérimentale. Où l'on trouve

1785 EUR 500.00 - 650.00 EUR 392.40
103795002 C. Plini Secundi

Des wijd-vermaerden natuurkondigers vyf boecken

1703 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,073.65
103805071 van Lis

Meng- Schei- en Geneeskonstige Artseny-Winkel (Pharmacopoea Galeno-Chemico-Medica)

1764 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 370.60
103812717 Antoine-Joseph Dezallier D'Argenville

La Theorie et la pratique du jardinage [49 planches depliantes]

1747 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
103823026 Jean-Charles Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac

Superstitions Orientales, ou Tableau Des Erreurs et Des Superstitions Des Principaux Peuples De

1785 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
103829064 Cuvier / Brongniart

Atlas de la Description geologique des environs de Paris

1835 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 109.00
103830573 Francois Valentijn / Joannes van Braam

Oud en nieuw Oost-Indie: Beschryving van Ambonia

1724 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
103832740 Sidney Parkinson

Voyage autour du monde sur le vaisseau de Sa Majeste Britannique L’Endeavour

1797 EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 Not Sold
103853888

Dissertatio secunda de sede et caussa coloris Aethiopum et caeterorum hominum

1737 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
103857448 Mathurin-Jacques Brisson

Traite elementaire ou Principes de physique fondes sur les connaissances

1797 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 381.50
103857606 Aug. Joh. Georg Carl Batsch

Naturgeschichte der Bandwurmgattung uberhaupt und ihrer Arten insbesondere, nach neuern

1786 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
103878424 Carl Linnaeus

Flora Svecica

1745 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 359.70
103881431 Candolle A. P

Theorie elementaire de la botanique. First Edition

1813 EUR 425.00 - 475.00 Not Sold
103890594 Franklin, Benjamin

[Magic Squares] Oeuvres de M. Franklin, docteur ès loix, membre de l'Académie royale des sciences

1773 EUR 700.00 - 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000