• 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.
  • 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

Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session III, 63C, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 132 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
259

Il cuoco economico moderno per tutti i giorni dell'anno (...) coll'aggiunta del perito agricoltore per ogni mese. Milano: nella Stamperia di Pietro Agnelli in s. Margarita, (circa 1814).

Milano 1814 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 529.00
260

Il confetturiere di buon gusto, il perfetto liquorista ed il perito cuoco in cucina ossia maniera di confettare... Milano: Presso Pietro Agnelli, [circa 1830].

Milano 1830 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 403.00
261

Il nuovo cuoco piemontese ridotto all'ultimo gusto e perfezione... Milano: presso Giacomo Agnelli, 1845.

Milano 1845 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 300.00
262 Agnoletti Vincenzo

Agnoletti Vincenzo, La nuova cucina economica... Milano: nella stamperia di Pietro Agnelli, 1819.

Milano 1819 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 403.00
263 Agnoletti Vincenzo

Agnoletti Vincenzo, Manuale del credenziere, confetturiere e liquorista di raffinato gusto moderno. Tomo 1 (-3). Roma: presso Angelo Ajani, 1830.

Roma 1830 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 378.00
264 Artusi Pellegrino

Artusi Pellegrino, La scienza in cucina e l'arte del mangiar bene... In Firenze: pei tipi di Salvatore Landi, 1891.

Firenze 1891 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,016.00
265 Corrado Vincenzo

Corrado Vincenzo, Il credenziere di buon gusto... Milano: per Giovanni Silvestri, [1857].

Milano 1857 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 189.00
266 Ettorre Giuliano

Ettorre Giuliano, Notizie istorico fisiche su'l caffe. Roma: per Luigi Perego Salvioni... , 1791.

Roma 1791 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,134.00
267 La Varenne Francois Pierre de

La Varenne Francois Pierre de, Il cuoco francese, ove viene insegnata la maniera di condire ogni sorta di vivande, e di fare ogni sorta di pasticcierie e confetti, conforme le quattro stagioni dell'anno... Bassano: a spese Remondini di Venezia, 1787.

Bassano 1787 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 176.00
268 Lando Ortensio

Lando Ortensio, Catalogo delli inventori delle cose che si mangiano, et delle bevande che hoggidi si usano... [Venezia: 1550].

Venezia 1550 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 630.00
269 Landriani Giuseppe Antonio

Landriani Giuseppe Antonio, La pratica del distillatore, e confettiere Italiano... In Pavia: s.n., s.d.

Pavia 1800 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 176.00
270 Leonardi Giuseppe

Leonardi Giuseppe, Poema supra di lu vinu si sia utili o dannusu a li viventi... In Catania: ntra li stampi di l'Accademia pressu Franciscu Pasturi, 1789.

Catania 1789 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 2,520.00
271 Paoletti Ferdinando

Paoletti Ferdinando, L'Arte di fare il vino perfetto e durevole da poter servire all'esterno commercio. Firenze: Nella Stamperia Stecchi, 1774.

Firenze 1774 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,260.00
272 Pisanelli Baldassarre

Pisanelli Baldassarre, Trattato della natura de cibi et del bere... In Roma: appresso Bartholomeo Bonfadino & Tito Diani, 1583.

Roma 1583 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,890.00
273 Stefani Bartolomeo

Stefani Bartolomeo, L'arte di ben cucinare [...] Dove anco s'insegna a far pasticci, sapori, salse, gelatine, torte... In Bologna: per il Longhi, 1687.

Bologna 1687 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,008.00
274

Ricettario fiorentino di nuovo illustrato. 1623. (Al colophon:) In Firenze: appresso Pietro Cecconcelli. Alle Stelle Medicee, 1623.

Firenze 1623 EUR 380.00 - 380.00 EUR 819.00
275 Acquapendente Girolamo Fabrizi (da)

Acquapendente Girolamo Fabrizi (da), L'Opere cirugiche [...] divise in due parti... In Padova: per Matteo Cadorino, 1671.

Padova 1671 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 693.00
276 Acquapendente Girolamo Fabrizi (da)

Acquapendente Girolamo Fabrizi (da), Le Opere chirurgiche [...] divise in due parti... In Padova: Per Giacomo Cadorino, 1684.

Padova 1684 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 554.00
277 Aetius Amidenus

Aetius Amidenus, Contractae ex veteribus medicinae sermones XVI. Venetiis: ex officina Farrea, 1543.

Venezia 1543 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 277.00
278 Alpino Prospero

Alpino Prospero, De praesagienda vita et morte aegrotantium. Venetiis: apud Remondini, 1774.

Venezia 1774 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 EUR 189.00
279 Bartholin Thomas

Bartholin Thomas, Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartolini Parentis Institutionibus... Tertium ad sanguinis Circulationem Reformata... Hagae Comitis: Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1655.

Den Haag 1655 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 378.00
280 Cocchi Antonio

Cocchi Antonio, Consulti medici del celebre Antonio Cocchi. Volume I [-II]. In Bergamo: Da Vincenzo Antoine, 1791.

Bergamo 1791 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 164.00
281 Da Monte Giovanni Battista

Da Monte Giovanni Battista, Consultationum medicinalium ad varia morborum genera... Venetiis: in officina Erasmiana, apud Vincentium Valgrisium, 1558.

Venezia 1558 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 252.00
282 Dolce Lodovico

Dolce Lodovico, Dialogo [...] nel quale si ragiona del modo di accrescere e conservar la memoria... (Al colophon:) In Venetia: appresso Gio. Battista, et Marchio Sessa fratelli, 1562.

Venezia 1562 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,134.00
283 Donnoli Francesco Alfonso

Donnoli Francesco Alfonso, De iis, qui semel in die cibum capiunt... Venetiis: apud Benedictum Milochum, 1674.

Venezia 1674 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 756.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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