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Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 17,067.22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 01, 2026 - June 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 15,025.00 |
| Sale Number | #60126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 25,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 71 | ||
| Sold Lots | 36.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 31,625.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 49,040.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 35 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 34.80% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104089640 | Julius Caesar / Giovanni Giocondo da Verona | De Bello Gallico (The Gallic War) |
1529 | EUR 2,100.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 3,052.00 |
| 103796318 | Giovanni Battista Della Porta (1538-1615) | MAGIAE NATURALIS LIBRI XX. |
1597 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 103948118 | Sebastian Munster (Old Testament) / Erasmus of Rotterdam (New Testament) - Biblia Sacra |
1539 | EUR 550.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,093.27 | |
| 103932716 | Platone; Marsilio Ficino; Simon Grynaeus | Divini Platonis Opera Omnia Marsilio Ficino Interprete Magnificent contemporary richly gilt binding |
1557 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 104016845 | philippe Nueftro | ORLANDO FURIOSO |
1550 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 941.76 |
| 104041463 | Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovidio) | Heroidum Epistolarum |
1513 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 103924336 | Giustiniano I / Justinian I. | Institutiones Iuris Civilis |
1560 | EUR 550.00 - 900.00 | EUR 543.91 |
| 104077475 | Jean Scheffer and Pirro Ligorio | Vehicles of the Ancients or De Re Vehiculari Veterum |
1671 | EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 534.10 |
| 103932686 | Moyes Charas | Nouvelles Experiences sur la Vipere . Rare Second Edition Reviewed & Augmented |
1694 | EUR 700.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 523.20 |
| 103934545 | Sextus Empiricus; Gentian Hervet; Henri Estienne; Desiderius Erasmus | Sexti Empirici Adversus mathematicos - Absolute editio princeps |
1569 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 471.97 |
| 103995437 | Eck | Homiliarum Super Evangelia |
1534 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 468.70 |
| 104043203 | W. von Oranje-Nassau | Exemplum interceptarum literarum Auraici, ad Alenconium, cum quibusdam commentarijs ad easde(m), |
1581 | EUR 220.00 - 650.00 | EUR 459.98 |
| 104072685 | Gerolamo Regis | Historia della Madonna Santissima d'Oropa |
1684 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 392.40 |
| 104073910 | Gilbert Saulnier du Verdier | Abrege de l'Histoire des Turcs. |
1676 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 103987911 | Della Valle | Consiliorum Sive Mavis Responsorum |
1570/1571 | EUR 375.00 - 600.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 103228605 | [Dordrecht] Matthys Balen, Jz. | Beschryvinge der Stad Dordrecht |
1677 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 334.63 |
| 103695210 | Zacuti Lusitani | Opera Medica (De Medicorum Principum Historia; Praxis Historiarum) - Zacuti Lusitani (2 voll.) |
1667 | EUR 220.00 - 500.00 | EUR 328.09 |
| 104000333 | Davidis Hoeschelii | Maximus Confessor. Mystagogia. Ex codicibus manuscriptis ... nunc primum edita, cum interpretatione |
1599 | EUR 210.00 - 250.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 104076158 | Paulus Merula | Maniere van procederen in dese provincien, Hollandt, Zeelandt ende West-Vrieslandt |
1631 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 104085446 | Erasme | Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptorib |
1555 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 316.10 |
| 103911204 | T. Livio; Iacopo Nardi | Deche di T. Livio Padovano |
1586 | EUR 325.00 - 375.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 103992552 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | Opera omnia |
1617 | EUR 275.00 - 450.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 104007198 | Demosthenes | Demosthenis Orationes |
1570 | EUR 275.00 - 450.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 104043211 | S. Borchart | Hierozoicon Sive Bipertitum Opus De Animalibus S. Scripturae |
1692 | EUR 450.00 - 900.00 | EUR 271.41 |
| 103949822 | Alessandro Vellutello | Il Petrarca con l'espozione di Alessandro Vellutello |
1538 | EUR 150.00 - 650.00 | EUR 218.00 |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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