• 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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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.

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
309 Virdung Johann

Virdung Johann, De cognoscendis, et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium positione Libri IIII... Venetiis: Ex Officina Damiani Zenarii, 1584.

Venezia 1584 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
310 Bolzanio Urbano

Bolzanio Urbano, [Institutiones Graecae grammatices]. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi Manutii Romani, 1497 mense Ianuario.

Venezia 1497 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,788.00
311 Cicero Marcus Tullius

Cicero Marcus Tullius, [Tusculanae disputationes]. Tusculanarum quaestionum liber primus [-quintus]. (Al colophon: ) Impressarum uenetiis per philippum quondam petri, 1480. die. xvi. setembris.

Venezia 1480 EUR 4,800.00 - 4,800.00 EUR 7,560.00
312 Filelfo Francesco

Filelfo Francesco, Epistolarum liber primus [- decimussextus]. (Al colophon:) Impressi Venetiis: studio & diligentia magistri Ioannis rubei, 1488, die 28 Ianuarii.

Venezia 1488 EUR 460.00 - 460.00 EUR 1,638.00
313 Foresti Giacomo Filippo

Foresti Giacomo Filippo, De plurimis claris sceletisque mulieribus... (Al colophon:) Ferrarie impressum: opera & impensa magistri Laurentij de rubeis de valentia, tertio Kalendas maias 1497.

Ferrara 1497 EUR 3,800.00 - 3,800.00 Not Sold
314 Nicolaus de Lyra

Nicolaus de Lyra, [Biblia latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering]. [(Al colophon:) Venetijs: [Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt]

Venezia 1481 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 3,276.00
315 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, [Trionfi e Canzoniere]. (Ad illustrissimmum Mutinae ducem diuum Borsium Estensem Bernardi Ilicini medicinae...). [(Al colophon:) Impressi in Venetia: per Piero Veroneso, 1490 adi. xxii. de aprilo].

Venezia 1490 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,764.00
316 Sermoneta Giovanni

Sermoneta Giovanni, Questiones subtilissime [...] super librum afforismorum eiusdem super librum Tegni. (Al colophon:) Uenetijs: vero impressa mandato et expensis nobilis uiri Domini Octauiani Scoti ciuis Modoetiensis per Bonetum Locatellum Bergomensem, 1

Venezia 1498 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
317 Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius

Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius, Vitae XII Caesarum... (Al colophon:) Venetiis: per Bertholomeum de zanis de Portesio, 1500. die 28. Iulii.

Venezia 1500 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,142.00
318 Beroaldo Filippo

Beroaldo Filippo, [Declamatio philosophi medici et oratoris.] Philippi Beroaldi Opusculum eruditum Quo continetur Declamatio Philosophi Medici & Oratoris De excellentia disceptantium. [Parigi]: Venditur in vico sancti iacobi in Intersignium diui martini.

Paris 1501 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
319 Cleofilo Francesco Ottavio

Cleofilo Francesco Ottavio, Opera numquam alias impressa. Anthropotheomachia. Historia de bello Fanensi. (Al colophon:) Fani: imprimebat Hieronymus Soncinus, 1516 die XXIX mensis Ianuarij.

Fano 1516 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 756.00
320 Duns Scotus Ioannes

Duns Scotus Ioannes, Questiones quolibetales... (Al colophon:) Lugduni: impresse... per Iacobum Myt, 1520 kalendis aprilis [1 IV].

Lyon 1520 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 630.00
321 Hieronymus (santo)

Hieronymus (santo), Diui Hieronymi in vitaspatrum percelebre opus oculos mortalibus celumque aperiens... Venundantur Lugduni: ab Iacobo huguetan In vico mercuriali. (Al colophon:) Jmpressis Per honestum virum Jacobum sachon. Anno nostre salutis. M.cccccxi

Lyon 1512 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,024.00
322 Iamblichus

Iamblichus, Index eorum, quae hoc in libro habentur [...] de mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum. (Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense Nouembri 1516).

Venezia 1516 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,638.00
323 Maillard Olivier

Maillard Olivier, Sermones de sanctis Reverendi patris fratris Oliuerii Maillardi [...] De novo revisi. (Al colophon:) Impressorum sumptibus [...] Francisci Regnault [...] universitatis parisiensis. Anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo ix die vero xvi Mart

Paris 1509 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 882.00
324 Manuzio Aldo

Manuzio Aldo, Institutionum grammaticarum libri quatuor. In primo libro habentur praecipua haec. De grammaticae partibus... Venetiis: apud Aldum, Aprili mense 1508.

Venezia 1508 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 630.00
325 Martialis Marcus Valerius

Martialis Marcus Valerius, Epigrammata libri XIIII... (Al colophon:) Impressum Venetiis: per Georgium de Rusconibus Mediolanensem, 1514. Die VI. Decembris.

Venezia 1514 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
326 Persius Flaccus Aulus

Persius Flaccus Aulus, Opus emendatum. Interpretantibus Ioanne Baptista Plautio. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in casis Bernardini de Vianis de Lexona Vercellensis, 1520 die. XV. Decembris.

Venezia 1520 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,386.00
327 Tebaldeo Antonio

Tebaldeo Antonio, Sonetti capituli et egloge... (Al colophon:) Impressum Mediolani: per Ioannem de Castelliono, 1506 die X mensis Septembris.

Milano 1506 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 454.00
328 Vitruvius Marcus Pollio

Vitruvius Marcus Pollio, Vitruvius iterum et Frontinus a Jocundo revisi repurgatique quantum ex collatione licuit. (Al colophon:) Florentiae: sumptibus Philippi de Giunta Florentini, 1513 mense Octobri.

Firenze 1513 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,016.00
329 Agricola Georg

Agricola Georg, Libri quinque De mensuris & ponderibus... Basileae: Ex Officina Frobeniana, 1533.

Basel 1533 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,008.00
330 Alembert Jean Le Rond (d')

Alembert Jean Le Rond (d'), Traite de dynamique... A Paris: Chez Fuchs, 1796.

Paris 1796 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 202.00
331 Apianus Petrus

Apianus Petrus, Cosmographia... Vaeneunt Antuerpiae: in pingui gallina Arnoldo Berckmanno, 1540. (Al colophon:) Excusum Antuerpiae: opera Aegidij Copenij, 1540.

Antwerpen 1540 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,520.00
332 Archimedes

Archimedes, De insidentibus aquae. Venetiis: apud Curtium Troianum, 1565.

Venezia 1565 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,394.00
333 Beccaria Giambattista

Beccaria Giambattista, Dell'elettricismo artificiale e naturale libri due... In Torino: Nella Stamperia di Filippo Antonio Campana, 1753.

Torino 1753 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 475.00
  • 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
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  • 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.