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Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Literature and Illustrated Books Auction	Total Sales (EUR)	12,150.23
Auction Date	February 06, 2026 - February 06, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	17,425.00
Sale Number	#20626	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	21,150.00
Total Lots	31
Sold Lots	20.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	35,025.00
% of Lots Sold	64.52%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	42,550.00
Unsold Lots	11	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	28.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100670375	Ben Shahn	Haggadah for Passover. Limited, Numbered, Signed Edition	1966	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	EUR 1,362.50
100726329	Giovanni Gherardo de Rossi / [Jose Teixeira Barreto] / [Giacomo Mercoli]	Scherzi Poetici e Pittorici (Bodoni)	1795	EUR 2,300.00 - 2,800.00	EUR 1,308.00
100876478	SIgned & Inscribed, Agatha Christie	Postern of Fate -- First UK Edition, First Printing	1973	EUR 750.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,308.00
100580555	J. R. R. Tolkien	The Lord of the Rings (3 Vol., Early Printings)	1961/1967	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	EUR 1,090.00
100570139	N. Kazantzakis	Bios kai politeia tou Aleksi Zormpa	1946	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	EUR 981.00
100534727	Dante Alighieri	Divina Commedia Codice Trivulziano 1080- Deluxe limited edition	2000	EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 872.00
100870192	Franz Kafka (FIRST COMPLETE EDITION)	Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Works)	1937/1935	EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 842.57
100810692	Robert Walser / [Karl Walser] (illustrations)	Aufsatze	1913	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00	EUR 763.00
100708325	Theodor Herzl	Altneuland	1902	EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00	EUR 681.25
100706747	Signed, Gabriel Garcia Marquez	One Hundred Years of Solitude [Signed & Dedicated BOMC]	1970	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 488.32
100730564	Sir R. F. Burton	Arabic Nights: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night	1894	EUR 550.00 - 700.00	EUR 348.80
100738762	Alessandro Manzoni	I promessi sposi	1902	EUR 650.00 - 750.00	EUR 337.90
100353079	J.R.R. Tolkien	Lord of the Rings Second edition	1966	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 328.09
100680953	Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)	Pushkin Tales. The Tale of the Golden Cockerel	1907	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 327.00
100859478	Cervantes	Historia de los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda escrita por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.	1768	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 272.50
100509795	Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie Omnibus 1931	1931	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 261.60
100487667	Charles Bukowski; Robert Crumb	The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship	1998	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 196.20
95722112	[JD Salinger], e.a.	The New Yorker [with Salinger's Hapworth 16, 1924]	1965	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 174.40
100751289	Otto Julius Bierbaum / Alfred Kubin (illustrations)	Samalio Pardulus	1911	EUR 650.00 - 800.00	EUR 163.50
100794439	R. S. Thomas	The Stones Of The Field	1946	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 43.60

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.