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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)

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Auction Name Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 35,891.52
Auction Date March 03, 2025 - March 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 29,360.00
Sale Number #30325b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 49,320.00
Total Lots 125
Sold Lots 98 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 43,000.00
% of Lots Sold 78.40% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 70,270.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 51.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93786559 Gratianus

Decretum

1515 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,815.00
93763313 Libavius

Commentationum Metallicarum Libri Quatuor De Natura Metallorum, Mercurio Philosophorum, Azotho, Et

1597 EUR 1,200.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,597.00
93786432 Poliziano

Opera

1553 EUR 1,400.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,379.00
93748590 Agrippa

WITCHCRAFT & MAGIC

1500 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,218.77
93802748 F. Grisone / Jost Amman (Illustr. in Volume II)

Hippokomike .Kunstlicher Bericht / Angebunden: Ritterliche Reutter Kunst

1584/1599 EUR 2,100.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 2,071.00
93812720 Vannuccio Biringuccio

Li dieci libri della pirotechnia

1550 EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 872.00
93777652 Girolamo

La vita el transito & gli miracoli del beatissimo Sancto Hieronymo

1519 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 785.89
93767649 Longinus

Secretorum Magicorum

1611 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 708.50
93767067 M. Nostradamus

Les Propheties

1600 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 655.09
93804319 Guilliam van Parijs

De figueren van alle Goude ende Silvere pennin...

1580 EUR 650.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 654.00
93797626 Regius, Henricus

Philosophia Naturalis

1654 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 630.02
93825040 Terentius

Habes hic amice lector P. Terentii comoedias

1538 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 630.02
93827406 Bomanus, Matthesilanus, Petrafortia

Singularia plurimorum doctorum

1535 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 608.22
93868357 Guglielmo Grataroli, Mizauld

Harmonia coelestium corporum et humanorum, dialogis undecim astronomice, De conservanda valetudine

1599 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 501.40
93865138 Johann Ludwig Gottfried

Historische Chronyck, Vervattende de Gedenkwaardighste Geschiedenissen - met 102 gravures

1660 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 458.89
93840895 Arias Montanus

Naturae Historia

1601 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 431.64
93792175 Giambattista della Porta

Physiognomoniae Coelestis

1645 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 405.48
93823026 Garzoni

L'Hospidale de' Pazzi Incurabili

1589 EUR 400.00 - 700.00 EUR 381.50
93883863 Olaus Magnus or Olof Mansson

Gentium Septentrionalium Historiae Breviarum or Brief History of the Northern Nations

1669 EUR 450.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 370.60
93711308 Francesco Gucciardini

La historia d'Italia

1562 Not Available EUR 348.80
93848943 Simon van Leeuwen

Batavia Illustrata, ofte Hollandsche Chronyck

1685 EUR 325.00 - 500.00 EUR 343.35
93819185 Alessandro Tartagni

Alexandri Tartagni Imolensis iuriscons. celeberrimi In primam & secundam Infortiati commentaria :

1450/1575 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 340.08
93856281 Jean Bodin

Universae Naturae Theatrum

1596 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 327.00
93868813 Martinus Schodel / Matthias Bernegger

Respublica et Status Regni Hungariae or Republic and State of the Kingdom of Hungary

1634 EUR 275.00 - 750.00 EUR 327.00
93774918 Jeroen Jeroense = Hieronymus Sweerts (1629-1696).

Koddige en Ernstige Opschriften op Luyffens, Wagens,. Glazen, Uithangborden, en andere Taferelen.

1690 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 294.30
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
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