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Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700

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Auction Name Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 Total Sales (EUR) 13,167.20
Auction Date October 19, 2026 - October 19, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 19,820.00
Sale Number #101926 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 27,420.00
Total Lots 94
Sold Lots 63.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 32,580.00
% of Lots Sold 67.02% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 47,395.00
Unsold Lots 31 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 27.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
107516270 Gaius Julius Phaedrus AFTER Aesop illustrations by Christiaan Hagen

Aesop & Phaeder Fables [1st edition complete, 104 illustrations, animals, nature, philosophy,

1667 EUR 2,300.00 - 2,800.00 EUR 918.87
107533174 Ovid

P. Ovidii Nasonis Vita per Aldum

1515 EUR 750.00 - 950.00 EUR 708.50
107425103 Christoph Weigel

Sculptura historiarum et temporum memoratrix oder Nutz- und Lust-bringende Gedchtnu-Kunst. Der

1698 EUR 650.00 - 850.00 EUR 610.40
107434526 Grotius Hugo -Paulus Merula

DE MARI LIBERO -DE MARIBUS

1633 EUR 350.00 - 600.00 EUR 599.50
107520915 Don Goncalo de Cespedes y Meneses

Historia de Don Felipe IIII Rey de las Espanas

1634 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 558.08
107516561 .

Proprium Sanctorum Romanorum Pontificum et Aliorum...

1690 EUR 400.00 - 650.00 EUR 490.50
107491837 Sebastian Khraisser

Compendium Electoralis Juris Bavarici Das ist: Ein Kurze Verfassung der Land-Recht

1691 EUR 450.00 - 900.00 EUR 446.90
107370722 Flavius Josephus / Desiderius Erasmus

Flavii Iosephi Antiqvitatvm Ivdaicarvm libri XX. ad uetera exemplaria diligenter recogniti. De bello

1540 EUR 550.00 - 850.00 EUR 425.10
107517233 Gregorio Leti

Vita di Sisto V. Pontefice Romano. Nuovamente ristampta...

1686 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 386.95
107371008 Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel

Astronomia Physica – con scritti di Pierre Petit

1660 EUR 450.00 - 850.00 EUR 381.50
107427140 Anonimo.

Concilii Tridentini Canones et Decreta

1571 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 370.60
107362122 [FIRST EDITION] Robert Pierce

Bath Memoirs: or, Observations in Three and Forty Years Practice, at the Bath

1697 EUR 350.00 - 900.00 EUR 365.15
107359140 ESOPE

POST INCUNABLE. Aesopi Phrygis fabulae .CCXIIII. e Graeco in Latinum elegantissima oratione

1519 EUR 170.00 - 450.00 EUR 348.80
107523781 Janus Ulitius [Jan van Vliet]

Venatio Novantiqua - Sammelband Jagd in rotem Maroquineinband - rara

1645 EUR 650.00 - 750.00 EUR 327.00
107474597 Sebastian Franck

Sprichworter, schone, weise Klugredenn

1565 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 294.30
107439195 Niccola Machiavellis

Princeps [Le Prince]

1699 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 284.49
107317448 Helius Eobanus Hessus

Psalterium Davidis carmine redditum [...] - Holzschnittinitialen

1555 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 EUR 272.50
107428006 M. Antonini

Antonini Liberalis Transformationum Congeries. Phlegontis Tralliani De Mirabilibus & longaeuis

1568 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 272.50
107442057 Johan en Pieter de la Court

Consideratien van Staat, Ofte Politike Weeg-Schaal

1662 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 267.05
107399197 Homere

Omeri Poemata duo, Ilias et Odyssea, sive Vlyssea

1589 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
107531463 Andreae Alciati

AVREVS ANDREAE ALCIATI PRAESVMPTIONVM TRACTATVS

1542 EUR 450.00 - 600.00 EUR 239.80
107472300 Claude du Molinet

Historia Summorum Pontificum (…) per Eorum Numismata

1679 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 223.45
107395881 M. Symons

Opera Omnia Theologica, of alle de Godtgeleerde Wercken van Menno Symons, t'samen by een vervat, en

1681 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 218.00
107528466 [Arnaud de Villeneuve / Arnau de Vilanova], Jean Curion, Jacques Crell, Georges Pictorius

De conservanda bona valetudine Opusculum Scholae Salernitanae, ad Regem Angliae : cum Arnoldi

1580 EUR 500.00 - 850.00 EUR 207.10
107448832 Constantin Huygens

Koren-bloemen. Nederlandsche Gedichten

1672 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 185.30
  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300