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Catawiki B. V.: Science and Nature Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Science and Nature Books Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 17,347.35 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 23,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #41226c | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 27,450.00 |
| Total Lots | 27 | ||
| Sold Lots | 16.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 41,775.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 59.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 48,750.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 35.58% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102728492 | Edward Donovan | The Natural History of British Insects |
1792 | USD 5,000.00 - 5,500.00 | USD 5,123.00 |
| 101798419 | Accademia delle Scienze dell' Istituto di Bologna | De Bononiensi Scientiarum et Artium Instituto Atque Academia Commentarii |
1746/1748 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,635.00 |
| 102617370 | Lorenz Oken | Natural History (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande) |
1833/1843 | USD 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,580.50 |
| 102657380 | Newton | Arithmetica Universalis sive de Compositione et Resolutione Arithmetica Liber |
1732 | USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,308.00 |
| 102237243 | Carsten Niebuhr | Beschreibung von Arabien: Aus eigenen Beobachtungen und im Lande selbst gesammleten Nachrichten |
1772 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,122.70 |
| 102462492 | Roger Joseph Boscovich | Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis |
1763 | USD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,090.00 |
| 102682088 | J. Delaporte | Le voyageur Francois, ou la connoissance de l'ancien et du nouveau monde. |
1795/1777 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,090.00 |
| 102124295 | Castore Durante | Herbario Nuovo |
1718 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 926.50 |
| 102686434 | Heinrich Ritter Wawra von Fernsee | Itinera principum S. Coburgi. Die botanische Ausbeute von den Reisen ihrer Hoheiten der Prinzen von |
1883 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 828.40 |
| 102768536 | Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville / Francois Boucher | Histoire naturelle de la lithologie et de la conchyliologie (Natural history of lithology and |
1742 | USD 2,300.00 - 2,800.00 | USD 664.90 |
| 102266520 | Marcus Elieser Bloch | Histoire naturelle des Poissons |
1801 | USD 750.00 - 900.00 | USD 654.00 |
| 102598326 | Ludwig Salvator, Erzherzog von Osterreich | Versuch einer Geschichte von Parga. |
1908 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 479.60 |
| 102597838 | Vialla de Sommieres, L. C.: | Voyage Historique Et Politique Au Montenegro |
1820 | USD 850.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 457.80 |
| 102444401 | F. Cantraine | Malacologie mediterraneenne et littorale |
1840 | USD 500.00 - 550.00 | USD 218.00 |
| 102330110 | Royal Navy | Le Livre des Signaux |
1857 | Not Available | USD 93.74 |
| 101971781 | Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu | L'Art de Faire Les Cristaux Colores Imitans Les Pierres Precieuses |
1778 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 75.21 |
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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 -
