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

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)	Total Sales (EUR)	2,495.01
Auction Date	August 30, 2025 - August 30, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	5,415.00
Sale Number	#83025	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	7,610.00
Total Lots	29
Sold Lots	29	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	5,415.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	7,610.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	32.79%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97350916	Salvator Rosa	Invenit - [Figurine]	1657	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 425.10
97357788	Hartmann Schedel	Leaf from Nuremberg Chronicle Framed	1493	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.49
97317250		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with birds: Woodpeckers [Picus]	1657	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	EUR 120.99
97350147		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Seals, Walrus - Folio with 2 woodcuts	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 120.99
97164193	Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510	Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with big metal engraving (Abraham) and engraved borders	1510	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 105.73
97185631		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Star Fish, Sea Star - Folio with large woodcuts	1620	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	EUR 102.46
97199634		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - The Departure from Chaonia	1517	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 99.19
97317126		Folio, large woodcut, Botany: Mint [Mentha]	1565	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	EUR 99.19
97164154	Paris, Antoine Verard, 1510	Printed Book of Hours on Vellum with painted coloured initials gold hightened and metal engravings	1510	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 92.65
97390855		Handgekleurde houtsnede uit 'Postilla super epistolas et Evangelica' , 4 pagina's	1495	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 87.20
97185973		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with Seashells, Conch, Patella	1657	EUR 130.00 - 190.00	EUR 81.75
97186018		Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) - hand coloured engraving with Freshwater fish: Trout et al.	1657	EUR 130.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
97371401		Heinrich Vogtherr (b1490): Folio with woodcuts: German history: 1496-1507; Comet, Torture	1548	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
97317367		Hans Weiditz (1500-1536) - Medieval Life: Galleon, Knights in Armour	1532	EUR 130.00 - 190.00	EUR 71.94
97185721		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Wrasse - Folio with large woodcut	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 70.85
97186108		Mattioli, P.A. - 2 folios, 6 woodcuts, Botany: Verbascum, Mullein, Water Hemlock	1554	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 70.85
97316984		Hans Holbein (d.1543); Folio with woodcuts: Nativity Scene	1548	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 70.85
97350443		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Sea Devil, Sea Monster - Folio with woodcut	1620	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 70.85
97316240		Paul van Somers [Francis Willoughby] - Mantis Ray, Reef Fish - Folio	1686	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
97185471		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Perch - Folio with large woodcut	1620	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 61.04
97199736		Hans Schauffelein - In Dutch. "De Hooftmannen der Romeynen Publius Comelius..." Battle Scene	1541	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 59.95
97232031		Conrad Gesner [Konrad Gessner] 1516-1565: Fishbuch: Flying Fish, Mugil - Folio with 4 woodcuts	1620	EUR 150.00 - 230.00	EUR 54.50
97390884		Tekst met fraaie houtsnede uit " Passionael efte dat levent der hylligen to dude: uthem Latino " -	1511	EUR 200.00 - 240.00	EUR 49.05
97390909		Fraai gegraveerd titelblad uit 'De Civitate Dei' , Froben, Basel	1522	EUR 200.00 - 240.00	EUR 49.05
97186439		Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil - Aeneid - Aeneas meets Evander	1517	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 42.51

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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
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.