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Catawiki B. V.: Science & Nature Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Science & Nature Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 4,933.34 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 26, 2026 - April 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #42626a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 11,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 25 | ||
| Sold Lots | 10.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 28,975.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 40.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 34,350.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 15 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 14.36% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102774290 | Jean Breton de la Martiniere | Le Japon ou mœurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cet empire [Suivi] Le Japon ou Voyage de Paul |
1818/1822 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 102977947 | Francesco Redi | Opere di Francesco Redi gentiluomo aretino |
1712 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 103072316 | Henricus Niderndorff [Heinrich Niederndorf] | Generalis Geographia Cosmica, Mathematica, Naturalis, Politica, Cum Speciali |
1739 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,250.00 | EUR 534.10 |
| 102332746 | Societa di naturalisti sotto la direzione di F.-E. Guerin | Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phenomenes de la nature |
1835/1857 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 523.20 |
| 103038260 | Mrs Lasenby Liberty | Japan. A pictorial record by Mrs. Lasenby Liberty |
1910 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 501.40 |
| 103113645 | J.J. Rousseau | Recueil de plantes coloriees, pour servir a l'intelligence des lettres elementaires sur la botanique |
1789 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 441.45 |
| 102819704 | Carl Linnaeus | Fauna Svecica |
1761 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 385.86 |
| 102821500 | Salvatore Marroni | Album. Costumi di Roma e suoi contorni |
1840 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 102934242 | M. F*** D.D.F.D.B. | Traite des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle |
1747 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 223.45 |
| 103077783 | Johann Gottlieb Walpurger | Cosmotheologische Betrachtungen derer wichtigsten Wunder und Wahrheiten im Reiche der Natur und |
1754/1748 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 209.28 |
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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 -
