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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)	70,658.16
Auction Date	February 24, 2026 - February 24, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	92,990.00
Sale Number	#22426	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	168,520.00
Total Lots	118
Sold Lots	80.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	159,210.00
% of Lots Sold	67.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	282,070.00
Unsold Lots	38	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100816770	Antonino da Firenze	[Early Incunable] Confessionale ... Trattato dell'Excommunicatione	1472	EUR 8,500.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 5,615.68
100810160	Finely Illuminated Book of Hours - Incunable	Painted on parchment	1498	EUR 5,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 4,414.50
101437503	Flavio Giuseppe	[Early Incunable] Antiquitate Judaica	1481	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,414.50
100759328	Ovidio	[Incunable] - Metamorphoseos	1480	EUR 4,400.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 4,360.00
100757254	Danthe	Comedia	1536	EUR 3,800.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 4,033.00
100809542	Grisone / Fayser / Fugger	Kunstlicher Bericht / Hippiatria / Gestuterey, das ist von der Zucht und Haltung der Pferde	1576/1584	EUR 6,600.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 3,488.00
100757742	Ruxner	Thurniers inn Teutscher Nation	1532	EUR 2,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 2,452.50
100813923	Salvadori	La Flora	1628	EUR 2,500.00 - 7,000.00	EUR 2,180.00
101085980	Arnaldo de Vilanova	[Post Incunable] Herbolario Volgare	1522	EUR 1,700.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 2,180.00
100807645	Seneca	[Incunable] Tragoediae	1498	EUR 1,600.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,016.50
101240334	Bigne	Sacrae Bibliothecae Sanctorum Patrum	1589	EUR 3,300.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 1,962.00
100702592	Gregorio Magno	[Incunable] Moralia	1496	EUR 2,200.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 1,744.00
100816154	Valturio	[Post Incunable] De Re Militari	1532	EUR 2,100.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 1,744.00
100821479	Vitruvio	De Architectura	1586	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,417.00
100694573	Galeno	Second Livre de Galien	1558	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,308.00
100696753	Cicerone	[Post Incunable] Verrinae	1515	EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,203.36
100808826	Niccolo Mutoni	Luminare Maggiore ... Tesoro di Speziale	1559	EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,199.00
100697363	Le Clerc	Architecture	1724	EUR 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,108.53
100692889	Oribasio / Manuzio	Synopseos ad Eustathium	1554	EUR 1,400.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,068.20
100759522	Palmieri	Battaglie	1760	EUR 600.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,046.40
100758002	Garnier de Saint-Victor	[Post Incunable] Enucleame(n)ta Biblie	1518	EUR 1,300.00 - 2,300.00	EUR 1,035.50
100693302	Cornelisz Hooft	Neederlandsche Histoorien	1642	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 991.90
100697264	Valerio Flacco	Argonauticon	1503	EUR 1,400.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 982.09
100695019	Horozco y Covarrubias	Emblemas Morales	1604	EUR 1,300.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 964.65
100695138	AA. VV.	Cose Maravigliose ... di Roma	1600	EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 948.30

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.