Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 31,999.13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 10, 2026 - April 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 34,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #41026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 56,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 36 | ||
| Sold Lots | 21.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 61,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 58.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 95,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 15 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 33.54% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102578966 | Isaac Newton (1643-1727) | Optice: Sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus & coloribus lucis libri tres. |
1706 | EUR 4,400.00 - 4,900.00 | EUR 4,360.00 |
| 102507868 | Bodin, Jean / Fischart, Johann | De magorum Daemonomania. Vom Aussgelassnen Wutigen Teuffelsheer |
1586 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,155.55 |
| 102542260 | Valverde | Anotomia del corpo humano |
1606 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,398.00 |
| 102271665 | Curio | Conservandae sanitatis |
1559 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,071.00 |
| 102402849 | Johann Herolt | Sermones discipuli de sanctis cum promptuario exemplorum et miraculis beate virgini |
1497 | EUR 1,700.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,071.00 |
| 102609539 | Athanasius Kircher / Kaspar Schott | Natural Magic (Magiae Naturalis) SCIENCE, ALCHEMY, ASTROLOGY, MAGIC, ESOTERICISM, MATHS |
1666/1661 | EUR 1,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 1,745.09 |
| 102266168 | Cardano | In Cl. Ptolemaei De astrorum iudiciis |
1578 | EUR 2,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 1,526.00 |
| 102399734 | BIBLIA SACRA - 1592 - 1593 - Tremellius - Junius Latin Bible - A Protestant Reformed Translation in |
1592/1593 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,526.00 | |
| 102271669 | Sadeler | Vestigi delle antichita di Roma |
1660 | EUR 2,200.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 102579108 | Sebastian Munster | Der Horologien, oder Sonnen uhren, kunstliche Beschreibung../ Ein nieuw Kunstbuch die Sonnen oder |
1579 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 102376980 | Antonio de Gaztaneta | Norte de la navegacion hallado por el cuadrante de reduccion... |
1692 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,308.00 |
| 102169453 | Inca Garcilaso de la Vega | Historia General del Peru |
1617 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,200.09 |
| 102574843 | Gerolamo Cardani | H. Cardani Medici Mediolanensis Metoposcopia |
1658 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 102267294 | Lancelotto Politi | Tractatus substitutionum oni Lanceloti Poloti Senensis novissime correctus e emendatus |
1529 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 1,079.10 |
| 102253161 | Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) | Scrutinium Physico-Medicum Contagiosae Luis [Early work on plague] |
1659 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 102578975 | Girolamo Mercuriale | De arte gymnastica libri sex. |
1573 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 102572680 | Lodovico Dolce | Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid (L'Achille et l'Enea) |
1572 | EUR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 970.10 |
| 102252155 | Francois Perrier | [ERSTAUSGABE, 112 Tafeln] Segmenta Nobilium Signorum et Statuarum |
1638 | EUR 850.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 102511600 | Justinien | Quinquaginta Digestorum |
1540 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 784.80 |
| 102259217 | Cunaeus | [JUDAIKA] De Republyk der Hebreen |
1683/1701 | EUR 750.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 102396176 | Guillaume Du Choul | Discours de la religion des anciens Romains |
1567 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 392.40 |
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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 -
