Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old and Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 31,904.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 27, 2026 - March 27, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 33,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #32726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 59,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 70 | ||
| Sold Lots | 28.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 113,075.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 40.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 177,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 17.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102100527 | Fontana | Templum Vaticanum |
1694 | EUR 3,900.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 3,924.00 |
| 102100647 | Mattioli | Opera Omnia |
1598 | EUR 3,100.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 2,725.00 |
| 102137830 | [Biblia hebraica] - Hebrew Pentateuch / in private bindings for the sephardic family Pardo Aghib |
1726 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,071.00 | |
| 102083703 | Caspar Schott | Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica (Athanasius Kircher, Otto Guericke) |
1657 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,962.00 |
| 101898363 | Bernardus Claraevallensis (Bernard de Clairvaux) | Opuscula divi Bernardi abbatis Clarevallensis |
1501 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,900.00 | EUR 1,694.95 |
| 101894615 | Catholic Church | Corpus Iuris Canonici |
1582 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,656.80 |
| 101987642 | Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) / Sebastian Brant (preface) / [Hans Weiditz] (illustrations) | Hulff, Trost und Rath in allem anligen der Menschen: Francisci Petrarche, des hochweisen |
1559 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,653.53 |
| 102158917 | Petrarca | Il Petrarcha di Vellutello |
1538 | EUR 1,700.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 101336957 | Wilhelmus Goeree - Voorbereidselen tot de Bybelsche Wysheid |
1690 | EUR 750.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,553.25 | |
| 102108854 | Magini | [ERSTAUSGABE, ASTRONOMIE] Supplementum Ephemeridium |
1614 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,900.00 | EUR 1,362.50 |
| 102204570 | C. vander Linde(n) / Romeyn de Hooghe | [HAND-COLORED PRINTS] Leven en Daaden Johannes Sobietzki. [EN] Poolsche en Hungarische Koningen |
1685 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 102118730 | Descartes | [ERSTAUSGABE, Medizin] Tractatus de Homine, et de Formatione Foetus. |
1677 | EUR 950.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 1,144.50 |
| 102128191 | Astrologie, Naturgeschichte, Astronomie | Das Gross Planeten Buch |
1556 | EUR 400.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,091.09 |
| 102037453 | AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS & BERNARDUS CLARAVELLENSIS | Epistole pulcherrime [CATALOGUED ALSO UNDER: Epistolae pulcherrimae; Incipiunt epistole pulcherrime; |
1490 | EUR 2,200.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 877.45 |
| 101937652 | Plantin | Epistolae et Evangelia |
1608 | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 102046224 | Petrus Lombardus / [Urs Graf] (title page illustration) | Petri Lombardi Parrhysiensis ecclesie quondam antistitis viri diuinaru reru eruditissimi: |
1513 | EUR 350.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 102015276 | W. Wintperger | Ain Tractat der Bade[n]fart... vo[n] etliche[n] Hewtl gena[n]t zu Krembs in Latein beschriben vnd |
1512 | EUR 900.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 856.74 |
| 102037459 | SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO | Breue & utile tractato della Humilita |
1505 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 102084236 | Alberto Lavezvola / Lodovico Ariosto | Osservationi del Sig. Alberto Lavezvola sopra il Furioso di M. Lodovico Ariosto, Illustrato / |
1584 | EUR 650.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 102082572 | Die Propheten & Apocrypha & Das Neue Testament |
1665 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 566.80 | |
| 101928965 | Louis Turquet de Mayerne | Histoire generale d'Espagne comprise en XXVII livres |
1587 | EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 101935162 | Girolamo (Jerome) Dandini | Voyage du Mont Liban |
1675 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 101926506 | BROWNE, Sir Thomas | Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. |
1646 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 101950356 | Natalis (Michel) | Histoire de la Vie et Passion de Nostre Sauveur Jesus-Christ, avec les figures et quelques |
1663 | EUR 900.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 101891544 | Andrelinus, Publius Faustus | Elegie Fausti |
1505 | EUR 550.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 337.90 |
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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 -
