• Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950

Finarte: NAPOLI 2500: History of a city and its territory, 92925, Rome

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 29, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Giulio DalCesare

Giulio Cesare Capaccio - Neapolitan Historiae, 1607

Naples 1607 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
27 Lorenzo Crasso

Lorenzo Crasso - In praise of literary men, 1666

Venice 1666 EUR 50.00 - 150.00 EUR 160.80
28 Marco De Masellis

Marco De Masellis - Iconology of the Mother of God Virgin Mary divided into two books, 1654

Naples 1654 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 187.60
29 Raffaele Maria Filamondo

Raffaele Maria Filamondo - The warlike genius of Naples: historical memories of some famous Neapolitan captains who fought for the faith, for the king, for the fatherland in the current century, 1694

Naples 1694 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
30 Giovanni Battista Dalla Porta

Giovanni Battista Dalla Porta - On the physiognomy of man, 1623

1623 EUR 180.00 - 400.00 EUR 603.00
31 Scipione & Alessandro Rovito

Scipione & Alessandro Rovito - Pragmaticae edicta regiaeque sanctiones Neapolitan Kingdoms, 1623

Neapoli 1623 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 402.00
32 Pirro Antonio Ferraro

Pirro Antonio Ferraro - Restrained horse, 1620

Venice 1620 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 536.00
33 Giulio DalCesare

Giulio Cesare Isolani - Apology [...] to the Letter printed under the name of Fra Euangelista de Benedetto, 1672

Bologna 1672 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 93.80
34 Pietro Lasena

Pietro Lasena - Of the Ancient Neapolitan Gymnasium, 1641

[Rome 1641 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.20
35 Giovan Francesco Lazzarelli

Giovan Francesco Lazzarelli - The legitimate Cicceide, 1692

Paris [Venice] 1692 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 134.00
36 Giordano De Nicastro

Giordano De Nicastro - Historical Memories of the City of Benevento, 1680

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 871.00
37 Giovanni Paolo Coraggio - Antonino Castaldo

Giovanni Paolo Coraggio - Antonino Castaldo - A brief treatise and discourse on the good things that happened to the Kingdom of Naples and its Barons during the journey of M.co Gio Paolo Coraggio... History of Not. Antonino Castaldo, 1647

EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 469.00
38 Antonino Castaldo

Antonino Castaldo - On Progress and Successes in the City and Kingdom of Naples by Notary Antonino Castaldo, 1650

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
39 Antonio Genoino

Antonio Genoino - Noble patent, 1694

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 737.00
40 Giuliano Passaro

Giuliano Passaro - Annals of Naples and Sicily, 1650

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
41

Tragic and amorous events that occurred in Naples or elsewhere to the Neapolitans...History of Heresies of Sister Giulia di Manco [Marco], and her followers., 1670

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,010.00
42 Giuseppe (1450) Donzelli

Giuseppe Donzelli - Partenope liberated or the story of the heroic resolution made by the people of Naples to free themselves and the entire Kingdom from the unbearable yoke of the Spanish, 1647

Naples 1647 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 536.00
43

Of Arms or insignia of nobles, 1680

Naples 1680 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 268.00
44 Carlo (1613) Rosa

Carlo De Rosa - Consuetudines Neapolitanae cum glossa napodani, 1677

Naples 1677 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
45 Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo

Cesare D'Engenio Caracciolo - Sacred Naples, 1624

Naples 1624 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 603.00
46 Scipione Mazzella

Scipione Mazzella - Description of the Kingdom of Naples, 1601

Naples 1601 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 670.00
47 Michele del Giudice

Michele del Giudice - Palermo magnificent in the triumph of the year 1436, renewing the celebrations of the Invention of its Glorious Citizen, Saint Rosalia., 1686

Palermo 1686 EUR 180.00 - 300.00 EUR 469.00
48 Nicolo Giannettasio

Nicolo Giannettasio - Nicolai Parhenii Halieutica, 1690

Naples 1689 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 134.00
49 Giulio DalCesare

Giulio Cesare Capaccio - Puteolana History, 1604

Naples 1604 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 321.60
50 Antonio Bulifon

Antonio Bulifon - Cronicamerone or Annals and historical journals of notable events that occurred in the city and Kingdom of Naples, 1690

Naples 1690 [In Naples EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 268.00
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.