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Catawiki B. V.: Science & Nature Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Science & Nature Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 4,910.45 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 7,950.00 |
| Sale Number | #52426b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 25 | ||
| Sold Lots | 13.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 20,200.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 52.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 23,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 12 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 20.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103795002 | C. Plini Secundi | Des wijd-vermaerden natuurkondigers vyf boecken |
1703 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,073.65 |
| 103743468 | Aleister Crowley | The Equinox I–X Complete Set (10 vols.) |
1909/1913 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 518.84 |
| 103642888 | Giovanni Battista Morgagni | De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis |
1765 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 481.78 |
| 103775233 | Charles Rabiqueau | Le spectacle du feu élémentaire, ou cours d'électricité expérimentale. Où l'on trouve |
1785 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 392.40 |
| 103857448 | Mathurin-Jacques Brisson | Traite elementaire ou Principes de physique fondes sur les connaissances |
1797 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 103710208 | Alphonse Lami | Myologie superficielle du corps humain |
1861 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 103805071 | van Lis | Meng- Schei- en Geneeskonstige Artseny-Winkel (Pharmacopoea Galeno-Chemico-Medica) |
1764 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 103677803 | William Curtis | The Botanical Magazin or Flower-Garden Displayed 107 oldcoloured copper engravings Vol X,XI and XII |
1798/1796 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 360.79 |
| 103878424 | Carl Linnaeus | Flora Svecica |
1745 | EUR 600.00 - 700.00 | EUR 359.70 |
| 103704376 | Ph. [Philippe] Pinel / Mich. Wagner (translation) | Philosophisch-medicinische Abhandlung uber Geistesverirrungen oder Manie. Mit Kupfertafeln, welche |
1801 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 213.64 |
| 103742303 | M.Bouguer | Dissertation Sur La Figure De La Terre |
1771 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 168.95 |
| 103662389 | Hadrianus Relandus [Adriaan Reland] | Hadriani Relandi Dissertationum miscellanearum pars prima [-tertia et ultima]. 3 volumes complete |
1708/1706 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 103829064 | Cuvier / Brongniart | Atlas de la Description geologique des environs de Paris |
1835 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 109.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000