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Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 47,394.29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 27, 2026 - April 27, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 57,390.00 |
| Sale Number | #42726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 98,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 214 | ||
| Sold Lots | 172.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 86,320.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.37% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 152,445.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 42 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 31.09% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103122218 | Pedro Apiano / Gemma Frisio | Libro dela Cosmographia (edicion castellana) |
1548 | EUR 6,600.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 4,469.00 |
| 100739860 | Avicenna; Ioannes Costae; Ioannes Paulus Mongius | [Canon Medicinae] Avicennae Arabum Medicorum Principis |
1608 | EUR 3,900.00 - 9,900.00 | EUR 2,125.50 |
| 103165358 | Hero or Heron of Alexandria | Spiritalium Liber, THE FIRST STEAM ENGINE |
1583 | EUR 1,600.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 1,573.96 |
| 103096077 | Translated by Lodovico Dolce, engraved by Giovanni Antonio Rusconi | OVID Metamorphoses |
1557 | EUR 850.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 1,309.09 |
| 103100609 | Le Pautre | Les Oeuvres d’ Architecture |
1699 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,308.00 |
| 103167082 | [POST-INCUNABLE] Stephanus Bertrandi | Consilia et Resolutiones / Index Consiliorum |
1532 | EUR 1,100.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,253.50 |
| 102991107 | Bonifacius VIII | Sextus Decretalium Liber |
1524 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,095.45 |
| 103151405 | Antoine Du Pinet | Historia Plantarum. - First Rare Edition |
1561 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,800.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 103058873 | Pieter Bor Christiaensz | Oorspronck, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandschen Oorlogen. Deel I, II, III en IV |
1679 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 1,046.40 |
| 103100803 | Ariosto | Orlando Furioso |
1573 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 102550197 | Azevedo | Sant'Antonio di Padova |
1790 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 926.50 |
| 103100453 | Alpini | De Medicina Aegyptiorum |
1645 | EUR 1,400.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 817.50 |
| 102979042 | Jacob Bohme | Des Gottseeligen Hoch-Erleuchteten Jacob Bohmens Teutonici Philosophi Alle Theosophische Wercken. |
1682 | EUR 150.00 - 400.00 | EUR 773.90 |
| 102524230 | Daniel | Milice Francoise |
1728 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 101842038 | Manfredini | Regole Armoniche |
1775 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 681.25 |
| 103146696 | J. Jansen | Nassouser Heldens Pronk-Toonneel |
1663 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 102634128 | Cartari | Imagini de gli Dei de gli Antichi |
1626 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 615.85 |
| 102598833 | Strabon ; Isaacus Casaubon | STRABONIS RERVM GEOGRAPHICARVM LIBRI XVII |
1620 | EUR 150.00 - 550.00 | EUR 607.13 |
| 102550252 | AA.VV. | Biblia |
1690 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 556.99 |
| 102988944 | Gregorius IX | Decretales |
1528 | EUR 450.00 - 800.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 102735838 | Selden | Titles of Honor |
1672 | EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 528.65 |
| 103140091 | Torcuato, Tasso | La Gerusalemme liberata |
1628 | EUR 300.00 - 550.00 | EUR 512.30 |
| 102522952 | Autori vari | Saincte Bible |
1598 | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 505.76 |
| 102550254 | AA.VV. | Calendario Lunese |
1834/1836 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 480.69 |
| 103016582 | Gio. Battista Fontana | Esione drama per musica |
1699 | Not Available | EUR 462.16 |
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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 -
