Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 30,997.42 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 08, 2026 - June 08, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 37,905.00 |
| Sale Number | #60826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 57,625.00 |
| Total Lots | 104 | ||
| Sold Lots | 72.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 53,775.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 84,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 36.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104224769 | Horae BMV | Hore intemerate |
1514 | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,761.44 |
| 104161353 | Horae BMV | Officium Beatae Mariae |
1500 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,636.09 |
| 104238874 | Otto van Veen / Marin le Roy de Gomberville | La doctrine des moeurs (Emblems Book) |
1646 | EUR 1,400.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 1,309.09 |
| 104172400 | Jacques de Milan | Stimulus divini amoris devotissimus a s[an]cto Joha[n]ne Bonave[n]ture edit[us] cordiu[m] o[mn]i[u]m |
1500 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 104162868 | Lotichius | Rerum Germanicarum |
1646 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 104118377 | Plinius | Historiae Mundi Libri XXXVII [Folio 41 cm] [5kg] [Monsters] [Natural History] |
1587 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 991.90 |
| 104241575 | Johannes Stoffler | Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii |
1601/1594 | EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 103910645 | [13KG] Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum | Breviarium, Missale, & Diurnale Fratrum Minorum Capucinorum [7 PLATES & CLASPS] |
1693 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 935.22 |
| 104169713 | Charles Scribani | Antverpiensium (History of Antwerp, Flanders, Brabant, Low Countries) FIRST EDITION, Two Books in |
1610 | EUR 1,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 927.59 |
| 104222769 | Pelagoius Alvarus | De planctu ecclesie desideratissimi libri dui et indice copiosissimo et marginarijs additionibis |
1517 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 849.11 |
| 104230622 | G. A. Magini | Novae Coelestivm Orbvm Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici |
1608 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 828.40 |
| 104117204 | Macrobii Ambrosii Avrelii Theodosi | Viri consularis & Illustris In somnium Scipionis Lib. II. Saturnaliorum Lib. VII. Ex variis, ac |
1560 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 806.60 |
| 104237658 | Jacob Spon and George Wheler illustrations by Jan Luyken | First Dutch Edition (Voyage through Italy, Dalmatia, Croatia, Greece and Turkey) |
1689 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 104118848 | Aesop | [Fabeln, 237 Stiche] Fabulae variorum auctorum |
1660 | EUR 750.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 104167211 | Lodovico Ariosto / Girolamo Ruscelli | Orlando furioso di m. Lodouico Ariosto : tutto ricorretto, et di nuoue figure adornato. Alquale di |
1556 | EUR 850.00 - 950.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 104178468 | Scribonius Largus | Scriboni Largi, medici vetustis (Scribonii Largi) |
1529 | EUR 350.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 104191945 | San Tommaso d’Aquino | Summa contra Gentiles, Quatuor Libris Comprehensa (….) |
1567 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 104181966 | J. Cujas (Cuiacius) | Opera, quae de iure fecit et edi volvit. Nunc denuo ac tertio post accuratam diligentemque |
1623 | EUR 350.00 - 550.00 | EUR 555.90 |
| 104196068 | Virgilio | Virgilio- Universum Poema (Eneide, Bucoliche, Georgiche) |
1558 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 104204344 | Abraham Blommaert, Boetius a Bolswert. | T bosch der eremyten ende eremytinnen |
1619 | EUR 450.00 - 600.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 104207734 | Joannes Riolani | Encheiridium Anatomicum et Pathologicum |
1649 | EUR 550.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 104180745 | Durante Castore. | Herbario Novo. Folio. |
1667 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 534.10 |
| 104227661 | Plutarch | Plutarchi Chaeronei Graecorum Romanorumque illustrium vitae |
1538 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 534.10 |
| 104099715 | Marco Aurelio Severino | Therapeuta Neapolitanus (Unito a) De paedanchone maligna |
1653 | EUR 220.00 - 650.00 | EUR 512.30 |
| 104118559 | Lodovico Ariosto | Orlando Furioso and Cinque Canti |
1572 | EUR 450.00 - 600.00 | EUR 479.60 |
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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