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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) | 49,753.05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 28, 2026 - August 28, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 46,860.00 |
| Sale Number | #82826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 76,550.00 |
| Total Lots | 74 | ||
| Sold Lots | 32.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 104,260.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 170,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.10% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105925285 | Dante ALIGHIERI | Commedia- Magnificent incunable, 100 woodcuts, fully coloured copy |
1491 | EUR 7,200.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 13,625.00 |
| 106096702 | Cornelis Meijer | Nuovi ritrovamenti -Magnificent illustrated book on engineering and hydraulics- |
1689/1696 | EUR 3,300.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 3,488.00 |
| 105859089 | . | Walter Hermann Ryff - De secretis naturae / Albertus Magnus - De mineralibus & rebus metallicus |
1541 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 2,267.20 |
| 106053542 | Bernardo de Claraval (Bernardus Claraevallensis) | Opuscula Quaedam et Sermones D. Bernardi Claraevallensis |
1549/1550 | EUR 800.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 2,234.50 |
| 106070945 | MOFFETT(Thomas), WOTTON (Edward), GESSNER (Conrad), PENNY (Thomas) and MAYERNE (Sir Theodor) | Insectorum sive minimorum Animalium Theatrum |
1634 | EUR 3,100.00 - 4,600.00 | EUR 1,636.09 |
| 106037405 | Dom Barthelemy de Las Casas | Histoire des Indes Occidentales |
1642 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 106096289 | Jo. Baptista FONTEIUS | De Prisca Caesiorum gente- Extremely rare archeological book, illustrated. |
1582/1583 | EUR 1,700.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 105947527 | [RARE PRINT-BIBLE] Biblia, De Gantsche H. Schriftuure (EN] Voornaamste Historien, verbeeld in |
1704/1702 | EUR 1,600.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,580.50 | |
| 105661182 | [ALCHEMY] R. Bachon | De l’admirable pouvoir et puissance de l’art, & de nature, ou est traicte de la Pierre Philosophale |
1557 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,471.50 |
| 88009921 | Claudianus Mamertus + Hans Holbein the Younger | [EARLY PSYCHOLOGY] DE STATU ANIMAE LIBRI TRES |
1520 | EUR 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,323.26 |
| 105942312 | D. O. Dapper | Rare Holy Land book Naukeurige Beschryving van gansch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant |
1677 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,308.00 |
| 106070957 | Demosthenes | Demostenis Oratorum Graeciae Prinicipis Opera Quae Ad Nostram Aetem |
1549 | EUR 1,600.00 - 2,900.00 | EUR 1,308.00 |
| 106098083 | Johanna Boumans | Handgeschriebenes Antiphonar (liturgische Handschrift) |
1648/1647 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,253.50 |
| 106097165 | Olfert Dapper | Umstandliche und eigentliche Beschreibung von Asia: In sich haltend Die Landschaften Mesopotamien, |
1681 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 105894183 | Hugo de Groot | Nederlandtsche Jaerboeken en Historien |
1681 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 1,100.90 |
| 105458582 | Levinus Lemnius | [SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND SECRETS] The Secret Miracles of Nature: in four books. learnedly and |
1658 | EUR 2,100.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 1,091.09 |
| 105879167 | Stanislaus Hosius | Confession, das ist: Ein christliche Bekantnus des catholischen Glaubens |
1555 | EUR 900.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 1,057.30 |
| 106063152 | F. Buonanni | Ricreatione dell’occhio e della mente nell’osservation’ delle chiocciole |
1681 | EUR 900.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,046.40 |
| 105924906 | M. Merian / Pieter H. Schut | [VERY RARE PRINT-BIBLE] Toneel der voornaamste Historien des Testaments - 336 engravings |
1749 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 106048706 | P. Ovidii Nasonis | Metamorphoseos |
1545 | EUR 950.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 105923276 | N.N. / Matutinum, Nocturnen ea | [CONVOLUTE EARLY PRINT/ EMBLEM PLANTIJN] Officium Passionis lesu Christi, (...) [EN] Exercitium |
1621 | EUR 950.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 983.18 |
| 106030851 | Philipp Melanchton, Casparus Peucerus | Operum reverendi viri Philippi Melanthonis pars Tertia |
1563 | EUR 650.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 846.93 |
| 106076553 | Benedictus Arias Montanus | Naturae Historia, Prima in magnis operis Corpore Pars |
1601 | EUR 850.00 - 950.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 105863565 | Martin Luther & Tommaso Radini Tedeschi | Thome Rhadini: Todischi: Placentini| ord. pre. ad Jllustriss.et in uictiss. Principes et populos |
1520 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 663.81 |
| 106010980 | Daniel Heinsius and illustrated by David Vinckboons and Crispijn van de Passe | DUTCH EMBLEMS BOOK |
1650 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 660.54 |
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Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000. -
Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris.