• 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
151

Perpetual Treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded between the King Our Lord and the Republic of Holland by their respective Plenipotentiary Ministers at The Hague on 27 November 1753, 1754

Naples 1754 EUR 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
152 Giacomo Orazio Martorelli

Giacomo Orazio Martorelli - De regia theca calamaria, 1756

Naples 1756 EUR 120.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
153 Ludovico Muratori

Ludovico Muratori - Of the illustrious bronze tablet belonging to the alimentary boys and girls of Trajan Augustus, 1749

Florence 1749 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
154 Johann Ludwig Schulze

Johann Ludwig Schulze - Introduction to the science of ancient coins, 1790

Naples 1790 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
155 Cesare Antonio Vergara

Cesare Antonio Vergara - Coins of the Kingdom of Naples from Roggiero the First King, up to the Most Authentic Reigning Charles VI, 1715

Rome 1715 EUR 180.00 - 300.00 EUR 321.60
156 Baldassarre Parascandolo

Baldassarre Parascandolo - Letter I on the ancient city of Aequa, 1782

[Naples] 1782 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 442.20
157 Camillo Pellegrino

Camillo Pellegrino - Historia principum Langobardorum quae continet antiqua aliquot opuscula de rebus Langobardorum Beneventanae olim provinciale, 1749

Naples 1749-1754. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 536.00
158 Alessio Aurelio Pelliccia

Alessio Aurelio Pelliccia - Collection of various chronicles, diaries, and other pamphlets, both Italian and Latin, pertaining to the history of the Kingdom of Naples, 1780

Naples 1780-82. EUR 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
159 Rocco Pirri

Rocco Pirri - Sicilia sacra disquisitionibus, et notitiis illustrata, ubi libris quatuor, 1733

Palermo 1733 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 536.00
160

Homage of true loyalty and respect paid to their sacred royal majesties Ferdinand IV of Bourbon and Maria Carolina of Austria and Lorraine, 1795

Naples 1795 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
161

Speeches made to the Majesties of the Reigning Kings in the name of the most faithful People of Naples at the time of their departure for the Monarchy of Spain , 1759

sl sd. EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 67.00
162

Giuliano Passero, a Neapolitan citizen, or rather the first publication in print, of the Stories in the form of Newspapers, which until now had been handwritten under the name of this author, 1785

Naples 1785 EUR 80.00 - 200.00 EUR 107.20
163

True and distinct account of what was done by the Fiscal Procurador of the Intendancy of the Royal Company to empty the Royal Powder Magazine of the Tower, 1755

Naples 1755 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
164 Gianstefano Remondini

Gianstefano Remondini - From the ecclesiastical history of Nola to the sanctity of our Lord, 1747

Naples 1747-1757. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,340.00
165

Acta SS. Januarii Episcopi, 1757

Antwerp 1757 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 134.00
166 Antonio Sanfelice

Antonio Sanfelice - Campania notos illustrata cura et studio Antonii Sanfelicii junioris, 1726

Naples 1726 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 388.60
167 Giacomo Sannazaro

Giacomo Sannazaro - Of the Virgin's Birth, 1732

Verona 1732 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
168 Filippo Cavolini

Filippo Cavolini - Memoirs to serve the history of marine polyps, 1785

Naples 1785 EUR 200.00 - 500.00 EUR 737.00
169 Giuseppe Senatore

Giuseppe Senatore - Historical journal of what happened in the two kingdoms of Naples and Sicily in the years 1734 and 1735, 1742

Naples 1742 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 254.60
170 Lodovico Sergardi

Lodovico Sergardi - Q. Sectani Satyrae numero auctae, mendis purgatae, & singulae locupletiores, 1700

Amsterdam 1700 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
171 Filippo Anastasio

Filippo Anastasio - Lucubrationes in Surrentinorum Ecclesiasticas Civilesque Antiquitates , 1731

Rome 1731-32. EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 375.20
172 Tommaso Anfora

Tommaso Anfora - Critical-historical dissertation on the age of St. Antoninus Abbot, principal protector of the city of Sorrento, 1789

Naples 1789 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 147.40
173 Vincenzo Donnorso

Vincenzo Donnorso - Historical Memories of the Most Faithful and Ancient City of Sorrento, 1740

Naples 1740 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 509.20
174 Nicola Ignarra

Nicola Ignarra - De Palaestra Neapolitana commentarius in inscriptionem athleticam, 1770

Naples 1770 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 134.00
175 Ludovico Muratori

Ludovico Muratori - Collection of the lives and families of the illustrious men of the Kingdom of Naples for the political government, 1755

Milan 1755 EUR 260.00 - 280.00 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.