Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€

Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€

Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€

Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€

Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€

Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000

Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757

Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy
Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Bonhams: Asian Art, 30027, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 05, 2024 - November 05, 2024

Page Size: 37 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
212	THE CONQUEST OF EASTERN TURKESTAN IN SIXTEEN PICTURES PHOTOLITHOGRAPHED BY H. SALZWEDEL 1890.	1891	GBP 1,300.00 - 2,600.00	GBP 4,096.00
213	IGNATIUS SICHELBART (1708-1780) AND LOUIS DE POIROT (1753-1814)		GBP 1,300.00 - 1,900.00	GBP 3,200.00
214	DISCOURSE ON THE NEWLY-BUILT ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE OBSERVATORY (xinzhilingtaiyixiang zhi)	1674	GBP 1,300.00 - 2,600.00	Not Sold
215	THE IMPERIAL CITY OF PEKING, CHINA VOL. II; THE DECORATION OF THE PALACE BUILDINGS IN PEKING	1906	GBP 2,600.00 - 3,900.00	GBP 2,816.00
216	AN EMBASSY FROM THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY OF THE UNITED PROVINCES TO THE GRAND TARTAR CHAM EMPEROUR OF CHINA	1669	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,600.00	GBP 512.00
217	SEVEN WOODBLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES ON MILITARY AFFAIRS		GBP 1,300.00 - 2,600.00	GBP 1,920.00
218	MAPS FOR CHARITY GRANARIES CLOSE TO THE CAPITAL (jifu cangyi tu)	1753	GBP 3,900.00 - 6,500.00	GBP 3,840.00
219	INVESTIGATION INTO THE SEASONS FOR THE USE OF AGRICULTURE (XINZHI LINGTAI YIXIANG ZHI)	1733	GBP 1,300.00 - 2,600.00	GBP 1,280.00
220	ILLUSTRATIONS OF SUBJECTS IN THE THREE DIVISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE (sancaituhui)	1609	GBP 2,600.00 - 3,900.00	Not Sold
221	THE IMPERIAL GRACE OF SOUTHERN TOURS (Nanxun shengdian)	1771	GBP 1,300.00 - 1,900.00	GBP 1,280.00
222	DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT UNDER THE QING DYNASTY (qinding da qing hui dian tu)	1818	GBP 1,900.00 - 2,600.00	Not Sold
223	FIVE WOOD BLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES ON CONFUCIANISM	1938	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
224	AN IMPERIAL EDICT	1852	GBP 1,300.00 - 1,900.00	GBP 5,120.00
225	A SECTION OF AN IMPERIAL EDICT		GBP 650.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 537.60
226	AN IMPERIAL RUBBING ALBUM OF THIRTEEN LINES FROM 'ODE TO THE GODDESS OF THE LUO RIVER' (yulinshisanxing)	circa 1770s	GBP 1,300.00 - 1,900.00	GBP 4,480.00
227	AN IMPERIAL RUBBING DESCRIBING THE HISTORY OF WAR DURING THE OVERTHROW OF THE MING DYNASTY	circa 1780s	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,600.00	GBP 1,408.00
228	A BOXED IMPERIAL ALBUM OF SIXTEEN RUBBINGS AND WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED ILLUSTRATIONS OF COTTON, YUZHI MIANHUA TU	circa 1770s	GBP 5,200.00 - 7,800.00	GBP 51,835.00
229	SHANG GUANZHOU (1665-1752)	1748	GBP 2,600.00 - 3,900.00	GBP 2,560.00
230	AN ALBUM OF PITH PAINTINGS, FOUR PITH PAINTINGS AND AN ALBUM LEAF		GBP 650.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 768.00
237	THREE WOODBLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES ON CONFUCIUS LITERATURE		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
238	FIVE WOODBLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES ON MEDICINE AND RELATED SUBJECTS	mid-Qing	GBP 1,300.00 - 2,600.00	GBP 1,280.00
239	COMPREHENSIVE GAZETTEER (yitongzhi)	Circa 1573-1620	GBP 650.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
240	SEVENTEEN WOODBLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES ON FARMING		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,300.00	GBP 640.00
241	TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
242	TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTED VOLUMES ON LANGUAGE-LEARNING AND EIGHT VOLUMES OF MANUSCRIPTS		GBP 650.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 640.00

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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000