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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature & Illustrated
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | French Literature & Illustrated | Total Sales (EUR) | 3,866.23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 06, 2026 - March 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 5,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #30626b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 6,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 24 | ||
| Sold Lots | 9.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 20,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 37.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 23,650.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 15 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 16.35% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101269023 | J'Accuse ...! Lettre au President de la Republique par Emile Zola --- L'Aurore |
1898 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,362.50 | |
| 101486286 | [Restif de la Bretone] / Binet | Les Contemporaines ou Avantures des plus jolies Femmes de l'age present [108 gravures] |
1781 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 523.20 |
| 101447705 | Combet-Descombes, Pierre | [rarissime] Images pour un Baudelaire. Vingt monotypes reproduits en phototypie. |
1917 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 497.04 |
| 101459736 | Jules Verne | Face au drapeau - Clovis dardentor [rare cartonnage a 1 elephant pour ce titre] |
1910 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 416.38 |
| 101537430 | Leconte de Lisle / Raphael Freida | Poemes Barbares |
1914 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 101749143 | La Vie Parisienne [36 numeros] | Leonnec, Brunelleschi, Vallee, Prejelan, Martin, Fabiano, Kirchner, Herouard |
1913 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 101692476 | Jules Verne | Les Indes Noires / Le Chancellor [rare edition aux deux elephants de Type 2 Havane] |
1883 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 168.95 |
| 101762902 | Jules Verne | Keraban-le-Tetu [Rare E.O Havane] |
1883 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 167.86 |
| 101692146 | Jules Verne | Hector Servadac [cartonnage aux 2 elephants couleur prune] |
1876 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 163.50 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
