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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) | 19,254.85 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 15, 2026 - June 15, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 24,805.00 |
| Sale Number | #61526 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 37,770.00 |
| Total Lots | 108 | ||
| Sold Lots | 81.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 38,010.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 62,810.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 27 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 30.66% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104432211 | Justus Lipsius | De Cruce Libri Tres (Three Books on the Cross), Crucifixions, Torture, Punishments |
1602 | EUR 2,400.00 - 2,900.00 | EUR 2,072.09 |
| 104382603 | Pietro Andrea Mattioli | De plantis Epitome utilissima Petri Andreae Matthioli |
1586 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 773.90 |
| 104413798 | Louis XIV and Pope Urban VIII | Semaine Sainte, red morocco binding by "Atelier des Caumartin" |
1670 | EUR 800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 104423572 | [Post Inkunabel] Bernardus Compostellanus | Lectura aurea in primo libro decretalium |
1516 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 752.10 |
| 104284501 | Serlio Sebastiano. | Regole Generali di Architettura. Folio. |
1559 | EUR 170.00 - 300.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 104356382 | G. Reisch | Margarita philosophica [Inkunabel/Postinkunabel] |
1504 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 104400659 | Joost van den Vondel | Emblematica; Warande der dieren + Gulden winckel + Helden des Godes + Salomon + Boetgezant + De |
1620 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 104385491 | Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei - Amato Lusitano | In Dioscoridis Anazarbei De Medica Materia |
1553 | EUR 550.00 - 750.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 104271192 | Flavio Giuseppe | Flavii Iosephi Operum |
1557 | EUR 475.00 - 650.00 | EUR 534.10 |
| 104311826 | Ponte | [Okkultismus] Meditationes de praecipuis fidei nostrae mysteriis. |
1611/1612 | EUR 275.00 - 600.00 | EUR 457.80 |
| 104227461 | Aristote | Aristotelis Ad Nicomachum |
1552 | EUR 275.00 - 400.00 | EUR 424.01 |
| 104329667 | Aeschylus, Willem Canter | Aeschyli Tragoediae VII. (First Canter Edition) |
1580 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 416.38 |
| 104390412 | Ovid, Naso Publius / Krauss, Johann Ulrich | Verwandlungen des Ovidii in zweihundert und sechs- und zwanzig Kupffern |
1694 | EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 405.48 |
| 103592630 | [Law] Hugo de Groot | Verantwoordingh van de Wettelijcke Regieringh van Holland Ende West-Vriesland |
1623 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 104429918 | Paulus Castrensis (Paolo di Castro) | In Primam Infortiati partem Commentaria |
1576 | EUR 180.00 - 300.00 | EUR 357.52 |
| 103152397 | Hugo de Groot [Hugo Grotius] | [HUGO DE GROOT] Hugonis Grotii Annales et Historiae de rebus belgicis |
1658 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 104284891 | Ioannis Leonis Africani | Africae Descriptio Lib. IX |
1632 | EUR 275.00 - 450.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 104414888 | Justus Jonas / Michael Coelius | Zwo trostliche Predigt, uber der Leich D. Doct. Martini Luther zu Eisleben den XIX. vnd XX. |
1546 | EUR 275.00 - 650.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 103661675 | Regneri De Graaf | De Mulierum Organis Generationi inservientibus tractatus novus ; demonstrans Tam Homines |
1672 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | EUR 245.25 |
| 102778235 | Niccola Machiavellis | Princeps [Le Prince] |
1699 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 241.98 |
| 102485572 | Petrus Scriverius | Beschrijvinghe van Out Batavien met de Antiquiteyten van dien |
1614 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 104284597 | Guicciardini F., Lottini F., Sansovini F. | Considerationi in Materia di Cose di Stato |
1608 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 104348591 | C. Plinii Secundi | C. Plinii Secundi |
1687 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 104432022 | Titus Maccius Plautus | Comici Festivissimi Comoediae XX. post omnes omnium aeditiones accuratissime recognitae. |
1538 | EUR 450.00 - 600.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 102486916 | Flavius Josephus | Hooghberoemde Joodsche historien ende boecken. Noch Egesippus vande Ellendighe verstoringe |
1600 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 223.45 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.