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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)

Auction Reports

Auction Name Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 18,315.27
Auction Date August 18, 2025 - August 18, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 22,365.00
Sale Number #81825 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 33,755.00
Total Lots 83
Sold Lots 65 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 29,395.00
% of Lots Sold 78.31% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 52,255.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 35.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97166456 Jean Bolland / Cornelis Galle / Philip Fruytiers / Abraham van Diepenbeeck / Alexander Voet

Af-beeldinghe van d'eerste eevwe der societeyt Iesu (Image of the first century Society of Jesus)

1640 EUR 1,000.00 - 3,200.00 EUR 1,712.39
97155590 John Foxe

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

1570 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 EUR 1,308.00
97087638 Franz Helm

Armentarium Principale oder Kriegsmunition und Artillerey-Buch

1625 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,600.00 EUR 1,133.60
96828216 Esope / Maxime Planude

Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae graece et latine

1524 EUR 450.00 - 800.00 EUR 817.50
97043964 Lodovico Guicciardini

Description de Touts les Pays-Bas [36 gravures]

1641 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 763.00
97053967 Wilhelmus Goeree

Joodse Oudheden, ofte Voor-bereidselen Tot de Bybelsche Wysheid, en Gebruik der Heilige [...]

1690 EUR 500.00 - 900.00 EUR 730.30
97095820 Francesco Guicciardini

L'historia d'Italia

1561 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 708.50
97114182 Iamblichus

De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum

1577 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 708.50
97163110 Apulee

Apuleus madaurensis platonicus,serie castigatus.

1624 EUR 200.00 - 375.00 EUR 535.19
97096406 Bartolomeo Taegio

La Villa (very rare renaissance document on garden architecture)

1559 EUR 500.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 468.70
97146359 Stephanus Luzvic, P Binet

Emblemata; Cor Deo devotum, Jesu pacifici Salomonis thronus regius

1627 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 466.52
97163114 Francesco Peccetti

Cheirurgia Francisci Peccettii Coelestini Cortonensis Physici, et Cheirurgi, in Qua Omnia ...

1616 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 463.25
96862836

De Staten Generaal der Verenigde Nederlanden 1637 (Statenvertaling)

1649 Not Available EUR 462.16
97048005 Giovanni Palazzi

Aquila inter Lilia sub qua Francorum Caesarum a Carolo Magno usque ad Conradum imperatorem

1671 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 461.07
97046401 Claudius Ptolemaeus Tolomeo

Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini olim a Bilibaldo Pirckheimherio

1562 EUR 400.00 - 750.00 EUR 457.80
97150173 Hubert Goltzius

Thesaurus rei antiquariae Huberrimus. Ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum inscriptionibus pari

1618 EUR 400.00 - 750.00 EUR 381.50
97154408 Carolus Regius [d.i. Carlo Reggio]

Orator Christianus

1613 EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 360.79
97030104 Jan Luyken, Jean de Thevenot

Gedenkwaardige en zeer nauwkeurige Reizen van de Heer de Thevenot met 23 gravures van Jan Luyken

1682 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 337.90
97130082 Saint Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus)

D. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi Confessionvm Libri Tredecim

1606 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 327.00
97154435 Publio Ovidio Nasone

Publi Ovidii Nasonis poetae Sulmonensis Heroides Epistolae cum Omnibus Commentariis His Nos ad

1550 EUR 275.00 - 550.00 EUR 294.30
97067052 Henricvm Engelgrave

Lvx Evangelica Sub Velum Sacrorvm Emblematvm Recondita Selecta Historia (Emblemata)

1654 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 284.49
97095281 Lorenzo Crasso

Istoria de poeti greci e di que' che 'n Greca lingua han poetato

1678 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 283.40
97163112 Christophe de Vega / Hippocrate / Galien

Christophori a Vega medici et philosophi celeberrimi et in Complutensi Academia ... opera omnia

1626 EUR 375.00 - 650.00 EUR 279.04
97019431 De Marinis

Genua

1666 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 EUR 272.50
97047373 C. Cornelii Taciti, C. Velleii Paterculi

Scripta Quae Exstant

1608 EUR 350.00 - 700.00 EUR 261.60
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000