• 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
76 Sabino Barberio

Sabino Barberio - Critical-historical dissertation on Tripaldo then Atripalda and its famous sanctuary, 1753

Naples 1789 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 174.20
77 Domenico Barone

Domenico Barone - Comedies, 1754

Naples 1754 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 107.20
78

Rules and Instructions of the Royal Holy House of the Most Holy Annunciation of Naples, 1739

Naples 1739 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 201.00
79 Cesare Beccaria

Cesare Beccaria - Of Crimes and Punishments, a new edition in four volumes, abridged, 1797

Bassano 1797 EUR 60.00 - 150.00 EUR 321.60
80 Paolo Maria Paciaudi

Paolo Maria Paciaudi - De Beneventano Cereris Augustae Mensor, 1753

Rome 1753 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
81 Sebastiano Biancardi

Sebastiano Biancardi - The lives of the Kings of Naples; collected briefly with all accuracy, and arranged in chronological order., 1737

Venice 1737 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
82

Bibliothecae Angeli ad Nidum ab Inclyta Brancatorium Famila Constructae, et ab aliis deinceps auctae Catalogus, 1750

Naples 1750 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 254.60
83 Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron of MGB newly corrected and diligently printed, 1729

[Florence 1527 but [Venice EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
84 Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso - Aminta Woodland Fable, 1789

Crisopoli [ie Parma] 1789 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
85 Stefano Borgia

Stefano Borgia - Brief history of the temporal dominion of the Apostolic See in the Two Sicilies, 1788

Rome 1788 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
86 Anton Friedrich Busching

Anton Friedrich Busching - Historical and political geography of the Kingdoms of the Two Sicilies

Venice 1795 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 268.00
87 Onorato Caetani

Onorato Caetani - Historical Eulogy of Charles III King of Spain, 1789

Naples 1789 EUR 80.00 - 200.00 EUR 214.40
88 Scipione Capece

Scipione Capece - The poem De Principiis Rerum, 1754

Venice 1754 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 107.20
89 Alessio Aurelio Pelliccia

Alessio Aurelio Pelliccia - Historical and philosophical research on the ancient state of the branch of the Apennines, which ends opposite the island of Capri, and of some other places in our crater, 1782

Naples 1782 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 201.00
90 Francesco Granata

Francesco Granata - Civil history of the most faithful city of Capua, divided into three books, 1752

Naples 1752-1756. EUR 220.00 - 240.00 EUR 348.40
91 Francesco Granata

Francesco Granata - Sacred history of the Metropolitan Church of Capua, 1766

Naples 1766 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
92 Niccolo Carletti

Niccolo Carletti - History of the Abbruciata Region in Campagna Felice, 1787

Naples 1787 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 321.60
93 Niccolo Carletti

Niccolo Carletti - Universal topography of the city of Naples, 1776

Naples 1776 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 402.00
94 Tommaso Pio Milante

Tommaso Pio Milante - De Stabiis, Stabiana ecclesia, et episcopis eius, 1750

Naples 1750 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 469.00
95 Consul Joseph Smith

Consul Joseph Smith - Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu Catalogus Librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus, 1755

Venice 1755 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 522.60
96 Lorenzo Cervellino

Lorenzo Cervellino - Management or Guide of the Universities of the entire Kingdom of Naples, 1796

Naples 1764 EUR 220.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
97 Nicola Fortunato

Nicola Fortunato - Reflections on the ancient and modern trade of the Kingdom of Naples, its maritime finances, and their ancient police, mercantile navigation, and warfare, 1760

Naples 1760 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
98 Eustachio D'Afflitto

Eustachio D'Afflitto - Memoirs of the Writers of the Kingdom of Naples, 1782

Naples 1782-94. EUR 220.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
99 Francesco De Franchi

Francesco De Franchi - Avellino illustrated by saints and sanctuaries, a work by Father Francesco de' Franchi ... where a variety of events are touched upon in several provinces of the kingdom and other regions., 1709

Naples 1709 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
100 Francesco De Franchi

Francesco De Franchi - Treatise on Mineral Waters. Second edition, revised and greatly expanded by the author., 1783

Naples 1783 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
  • 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.