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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) 17,530.47
Auction Date February 02, 2026 - February 02, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 31,795.00
Sale Number #20226 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 58,995.00
Total Lots 86
Sold Lots 64.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 51,400.00
% of Lots Sold 74.42% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 101,520.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 17.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100755996 Marcus Gheeraerts

Suite importante de cuivres sur Pierre Heyns Esbatement moral, des animaux

1579/1578 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 2,071.00
100922049 Johannes Werner

Canones

1546 EUR 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 1,310.18
100883492 Antoine Du Pinet / Pietro Andrea Mattioli / Dioscorides

Historia Plantarum (History of Plants)

1561 EUR 1,300.00 - 9,800.00 EUR 1,035.50
100785924 Marcus Aurelius / Antoninus Liberalis / Phlegon of Tralles / Wilhelm Xylander / Apollonius Dyscolus

Metamorphoses, Olympics, Mythology, Greek & Roman Literature

1568 EUR 900.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 870.91
100821244 Gioacchino da Fiore or Joachim of Fiore

Vaticinia seu Praedicationes illustrium virorum (Prophecies of Illustrious Men)

1605 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 773.90
100898775 Titus Livius

Historiarum ab urbe condita libri qui exstant XXXV, Venedig, Manutius

1572 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 611.49
100882364 Maarten de Vos and Adriaen Collaert

Solitudo sive Vitae Foeminarum Anachoritarum (Solitude or the Lives of Female Anchorites)

1606 EUR 600.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 588.60
100827177 Gerardum De Roo

Annales, oder Historische Chronick / Der Durchleuchtigsten Fursten Vnd Herren/ Ertz-Hertzogen Zu

1621 EUR 650.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 546.09
100850504 Aristenete

Epistolai erotikai (EO)

1566 EUR 550.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 545.00
100883890 Jan van der Veen and illustrations by Salomon Savery

Zinne-beelden oft Adams appel (Emblems Book)

1662 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 545.00
100910371 Eustachio Rudio

De Humani Corporis Affectibus

1590 EUR 950.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 424.01
100899226 Iohan Sleydaen

Des hooch-beroemde historie schrijvers III. boecken van de vier monarchien - met 39 portretten en

1630/1628 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 376.05
100897176 .

Simonis De Praetis Patricii Pisa Vrensis Ivrisconsvltiss De Interpretatione ultimarum voluntatum

1582 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 328.09
100849285 Pline

Historiae Mundi

1562 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 327.00
100752679 Johannes Bunyan

Eens Christens Reyse na de Eeuwigheyd; BOUND WITH: Eens Godlosens Reyse van Mr. Quaat

1685 EUR 325.00 - 375.00 EUR 305.20
100811949 Anonimo.

Medicina Salernitana

1628 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 305.20
100821242 E. van Meteren

Historie der Neder-landscher ende haerder na-buren oorlogen ende geschiedenissen

1614 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 285.58
100853506 Andreas Tiraqueau

Andreae Tiraquelli Regii in Curia Parisiensi Ex Commentariis

1615/1616 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 272.50
100779419 Johannes Benedictus

Pindari Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia

1620 EUR 170.00 - 250.00 EUR 261.60
100849883 Plutarque

Vitae comparatae

1566 EUR 350.00 - 550.00 EUR 245.25
100776029 Jakob Bohme

Alle theosophischen Wercken (Okkultismus, Philosophie)

1682 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 239.80
100779156 Olaus Magnus

Gentium Septentrionalium Historiae Breviarium

1669 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 239.80
100830928 Curtius

De Clavis Dominicis Liber

1622 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 239.80
100847188 Johann Hubner, Hieronymus Freyers

TWO BOOKS: Hieronymi Freyers Erster Abriss Der Geographie nach Der neuen Zeit. & Kurze Fragen aus Der

1733/1696 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 239.80
100812274 Tixier Jean.

Curioso Zibaldone di Ioannis Ravisii Textoris

1541 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 212.55
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000