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Bubb Kuyper: Books and Manuscripts - Part 4

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Auction Name Books and Manuscripts - Part 4 Total Sales (EUR) 257,885.77
Auction Date November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 128,880.00
Sale Number #83d High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 183,480.00
Total Lots 785
Sold Lots 535.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 259,050.00
% of Lots Sold 68.15% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 366,900.00
Unsold Lots 250 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2872 Blaeu, W. and J.

[Atlases]. Grooten Atlas, Oft Werelt Beschrijving (...)

1664 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 19,845.00
2870 Valentyn, F.

[Asia]. Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien

1724-1726 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,230.00
2951 Rugendas, M.

[Brazil]. Voyage Pittoresque dans le Bresil

1835 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,584.00
2928 Rhynenburgh, C.

[Bindings. Dos-a-dos binding]. Vreugden-berg: Bestaande in Ziel-Suchten, Bruylofts-Gesangen, en Stichtelijke Vermakelijkheden

1711 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 9,922.50
2754

[Genealogy and heraldry]. Large collection of +-300 genealogies of Flemish, Brabant, Hainaut and Northern French families

16th-17th cent. EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,615.00
2615 Es, N.J.A.P.H. van. De Valkerij

[Hunting and falconry]. (IN: De Hippische Sport en het Korps Rijdende Artillerie 1793-1908)

n.d. (1908) EUR 2,400.00 - 2,600.00 EUR 6,284.25
2719 Wilhelm, G.T.

Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

1795-1821 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 5,953.50
2740

[Autograph album). "Livre d'Or de Jacques Dirksz. Journaliste, Componiste, Silhouettiste. 1925 Livre d'introducion"

1925 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,961.25
2761

[Medieval manuscripts]. (Book of Isaiah). Manuscript in Latin on vellum

+-1500 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,961.25
2602 Curtis, J.

[Entomology]. British Entomology; being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the most rare and beautiful species and in many instances of the plants upon whi

1862 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,299.75
2830 Pontanus, J.I.

[Amsterdam and surroundings]. Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia

1611 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,969.00
2898

[Biblia neerlandica]. Biblia, Dat is De gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments

1686 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,969.00
2752 Muller, P.J. (18th cent.)

[Genealogy and heraldry]. (Armorial/ genealogical manuscript)

18th cent. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,638.25
2956

[Buccaneers]. 't Begin, Midden en Eynde der Zee-Rooveryen, van den Alder-fameusten Zee-Roover, Claes G. Compaen, van Oostzanen in Kennemerlandt

1675 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 3,307.50
2575 Huygens, Chr

[Astronomy]. De Wereld-Beschouwer, of Gissingen over de Hemelsche Aardklooten, en derzelver cieraad. Dutch transl. P. Rabus

1699 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,249.10
2564 Bidloo, G.

[Anatomy]. Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams

1728 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,116.80
2281 Frank, A.

[World War II]. Het achterhuis

-1947 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,984.50
2590 Nees von Esenbeck, T.F.L. and Sinning, W.

[Botany]. Sammlung schonbluhender Gewachse fur Blumen- u. Garten-Freunde

1831 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,984.50
2603 Donovan, E.

[Entomology]. The Natural History of British Insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c.

1793-1813 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,984.50
2817 Commelin, C.

[Amsterdam and surroundings]. Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant

1693 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,984.50
2282 Frank, A.

[World War II]. Het achterhuis

-1947 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,852.20
2738 Toorop, Jan Th. (1858-1928)

[Art]. AUTOGRAPH PICTURE POSTCARD SIGNED to "Mevrouw de Haas/ letterkundige/ correspondent v/d N. Rotterdamsche Courant (...)"

12 Aug. 1911 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,852.20
2779 Kikkert, P.J. (1775-1855)

[Netherlands]. "Verhandelingen en redevoeringen"

+-1836 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,852.20
2971 Cats, J.

Cats, J. (Works)

1618-1656 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,852.20
2918

[Bindings]

Late 18th cent. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,719.90
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