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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature & Illustrated
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | French Literature & Illustrated | Total Sales (EUR) | 11,409.03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 01, 2026 - May 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #50126b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 13,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 25 | ||
| Sold Lots | 11.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 68,850.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 44.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 81,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 14 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 13.98% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102962516 | Pierre Boulle [1/50 du tirage de tete sur Alfa] | La Planete des Singes [edition de luxe] |
1963 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,943.00 |
| 103156122 | Jules Verne [tres rare cartonnage Dos au phare, au portrait colle] | Les Indes Noires / Le Chancellor / Martin Paz |
1894 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 103026954 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | Le Petit Prince [1ere edition francaise numerotee — tres bel etat de conservation] |
1945 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 102913321 | Victor Hugo | Oeuvres Completes — exceptionnel 1/50 de tete sur Grand Japon 25 volumes Edition Nationale |
1885/1895 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 103117037 | Signe ; Mathurin Meheut / Pierre Gueguen | [aquarelle originale et envoi de Meheut] Bretagne au bout du monde |
1930 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 1,068.20 |
| 103137415 | Christine de Pizan | Imago Editore - Epitre d’Othea (anno 1460): edizione facsimile |
2023 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,037.68 |
| 103018262 | Signe ; Paul Eluard / Pablo Picasso | Le Visage de la paix par Picasso et Eluard |
1951 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 103085845 | Pierre Joseph Antoine Lebout de La Mesangere | Le Journal des Dames [avec 131 planches coloriees a la main] |
1820 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 103019820 | Francois-Louis F.-L. Schmied / Dr. Lucien Graux | L'agneau du Moghreb |
1941 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 103097625 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / Charles-Antoine Coypel (illustrations) / Bernard Picart le Romain | Les principales avantures de l’admirable Don Quichotte, representees en figures par Coypel, Picart |
1746 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 408.75 |
| 102933884 | Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly / Lobel-Riche | Les Diaboliques. Librairie de la collection des dix, A. Romagnol. |
1910 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 174.40 |
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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 -
