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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) | 31,904.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 27, 2026 - March 27, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 33,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #32726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 59,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 70 | ||
| Sold Lots | 28.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 113,075.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 40.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 177,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 17.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102100527 | Fontana | Templum Vaticanum |
1694 | EUR 3,900.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 3,924.00 |
| 102100647 | Mattioli | Opera Omnia |
1598 | EUR 3,100.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 2,725.00 |
| 102137830 | [Biblia hebraica] - Hebrew Pentateuch / in private bindings for the sephardic family Pardo Aghib |
1726 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,071.00 | |
| 102083703 | Caspar Schott | Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica (Athanasius Kircher, Otto Guericke) |
1657 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,962.00 |
| 101898363 | Bernardus Claraevallensis (Bernard de Clairvaux) | Opuscula divi Bernardi abbatis Clarevallensis |
1501 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,900.00 | EUR 1,694.95 |
| 101894615 | Catholic Church | Corpus Iuris Canonici |
1582 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,656.80 |
| 101987642 | Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) / Sebastian Brant (preface) / [Hans Weiditz] (illustrations) | Hulff, Trost und Rath in allem anligen der Menschen: Francisci Petrarche, des hochweisen |
1559 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,653.53 |
| 102158917 | Petrarca | Il Petrarcha di Vellutello |
1538 | EUR 1,700.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 101336957 | Wilhelmus Goeree - Voorbereidselen tot de Bybelsche Wysheid |
1690 | EUR 750.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,553.25 | |
| 102108854 | Magini | [ERSTAUSGABE, ASTRONOMIE] Supplementum Ephemeridium |
1614 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,900.00 | EUR 1,362.50 |
| 102204570 | C. vander Linde(n) / Romeyn de Hooghe | [HAND-COLORED PRINTS] Leven en Daaden Johannes Sobietzki. [EN] Poolsche en Hungarische Koningen |
1685 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 102118730 | Descartes | [ERSTAUSGABE, Medizin] Tractatus de Homine, et de Formatione Foetus. |
1677 | EUR 950.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 1,144.50 |
| 102128191 | Astrologie, Naturgeschichte, Astronomie | Das Gross Planeten Buch |
1556 | EUR 400.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,091.09 |
| 102037453 | AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS & BERNARDUS CLARAVELLENSIS | Epistole pulcherrime [CATALOGUED ALSO UNDER: Epistolae pulcherrimae; Incipiunt epistole pulcherrime; |
1490 | EUR 2,200.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 877.45 |
| 101937652 | Plantin | Epistolae et Evangelia |
1608 | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 102046224 | Petrus Lombardus / [Urs Graf] (title page illustration) | Petri Lombardi Parrhysiensis ecclesie quondam antistitis viri diuinaru reru eruditissimi: |
1513 | EUR 350.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 102015276 | W. Wintperger | Ain Tractat der Bade[n]fart... vo[n] etliche[n] Hewtl gena[n]t zu Krembs in Latein beschriben vnd |
1512 | EUR 900.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 856.74 |
| 102037459 | SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO | Breue & utile tractato della Humilita |
1505 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 102084236 | Alberto Lavezvola / Lodovico Ariosto | Osservationi del Sig. Alberto Lavezvola sopra il Furioso di M. Lodovico Ariosto, Illustrato / |
1584 | EUR 650.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 102082572 | Die Propheten & Apocrypha & Das Neue Testament |
1665 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 566.80 | |
| 101928965 | Louis Turquet de Mayerne | Histoire generale d'Espagne comprise en XXVII livres |
1587 | EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 101935162 | Girolamo (Jerome) Dandini | Voyage du Mont Liban |
1675 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 101926506 | BROWNE, Sir Thomas | Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. |
1646 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 101950356 | Natalis (Michel) | Histoire de la Vie et Passion de Nostre Sauveur Jesus-Christ, avec les figures et quelques |
1663 | EUR 900.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 101891544 | Andrelinus, Publius Faustus | Elegie Fausti |
1505 | EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 337.90 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950