• 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
334 Belli Silvio

Belli Silvio, Quattro libri geometrici [...]. Utili, & necessarij alla vera, & facile intelligentia dell'Arithmetica, della Geometria... In Venetia: presso Ruberto Megietti, 1595.

Venezia 1595 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 428.00
335 Bianchini Francesco

Bianchini Francesco, Hesperi et Phosphori nova phaenomena sive observationes circa planetam Veneris unde colligitur. Romae: apud Joannem Mariam Salvioni, 1728.

Roma 1728 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,890.00
336 Boscovich Ruggiero Giuseppe

Boscovich Ruggiero Giuseppe, Elementorum universae matheseos... Tomus 1 [-3]. Romae: [...] apud Faustum Amidei [...] Et in typographia Generosi Salomoni, 1754.

Roma 1754 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,260.00
337 Casati Paolo

Casati Paolo, Terra machinis mota, eiusque gravitas, et dimensio, dissertationes duae... Romae: Typis Haeredum Corbelletti, 1655.

Roma 1655 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
338 Cassini Giovanni Domenico

Cassini Giovanni Domenico, De cometa anni 1652 & 1653... Mutinae: apud Bartolomeum Sulianum, 1653.

Modena 1653 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 13,860.00
339 Cataldi Pietro Antonio

Cataldi Pietro Antonio, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio dove si esamina un nuovo modo di quadrarlo per numeri... In Bologna: per Bartolomeo Cochi, 1612.

Bologna 1612 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
340 Cavalieri Bonaventura

Cavalieri Bonaventura, Geometria indivisibilibus continuorum nova quadam ratione promota... Bononiae: typis Clementis Ferronij, 1635.

Bologna 1635 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 57,960.00
341 Coronelli Vincenzo Maria

Coronelli Vincenzo Maria, Epitome cosmografica, o compendiosa introduttione all'Astronomia, Geografia, & Idrografia... Colonia [ma Venezia]: ad istanza di Andrea Poletti in Venezia, 1693.

Venezia 1693 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,276.00
342 Diophantus Alexandrinus,

Diophantus Alexandrinus,, Arithmeticorum libri sex et De numeris multangulis liber unus... Tolosae: excudebat Bernardus Bosc, e regione Collegij Societatis Iesu, 1670.

Toulouse 1670 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
343 Euclides, Viviani Vincenzo

Euclides, Viviani Vincenzo, Quinto libro degli elementi d'Euclide, ovvero scienza universale delle proporzioni spiegata colla dottrina del Galileo... In Firenze: alla Condotta, 1674.

Firenze 1674 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
344 Ferrari Ludovico, Tartaglia Niccolo, Giordani Enrico

Ferrari Ludovico, Tartaglia Niccolo, Giordani Enrico, Ludovicus Ferraris Nicolao Tartaleae. [Milano o Roma: 1876 o 1878].

Milano 1876 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 252.00
345 Fontana Francesco

Fontana Francesco, Novae coelestium, terrestriumque rerum observationes... Neapoli: apud Gaffarum, mense februarii 1646.

Napoli 1646 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
346 Galilei Galileo

Galilei Galileo, Sidereus nuncius magna, longeque admiralia spectacula pandens... Venetijs: apud Thomam Baglionum, 1610.

Venezia 1610 EUR 100,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 126,000.00
347 Galli Marco

Galli Marco, Miscellaneo matematico opera. Nella quale si contiene il modo geometrico di misuratione... In Parma: Per Ippolito e Francesco Maria Rosati, 1694.

Parma 1694 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 328.00
348 Glareanus Henricus

Glareanus Henricus, De geographia liber unus ab ipso authore iam tertio recognitus. (Al colophon:) Venetijs: apud Petrum, et Io. Mariam fratres, et Cornelium nepotem de Nicolinis de Sabio: ad instantiam Melchioris Sessae, 1549.

Venezia 1549 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 756.00
349 Gonnella Tito

Gonnella Tito, Descrizione di due macchine aritmetiche per l'addizione: immaginate e costrutte da Tito Gonnella... Firenze: nella tipografia Calasanziana, marzo 1859.

Firenze 1859 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,125.00
350 Gregory David

Gregory David, Astronomiae physicae & geometricae elementa. Oxoniae: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1702.

Oxford 1702 EUR 660.00 - 660.00 Not Sold
351 Magalotti Lorenzo

Magalotti Lorenzo, Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento... In Firenze: nella nuova stamperia di Gio. Filippo Cecchi, 1691.

Firenze 1691 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 300.00
352 Monconys Balthasar (de)

Monconys Balthasar (de), Iournal des voyages [...] Ou les scauants trouveront un nombre infini de nouveautez, en machines de mathematiques, expereriences physiques [...] Outre la description de diuers animaux & plantes rares, plusieurs secrets... Premiere

Lyon 1665 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 630.00
353 Orsini Latino

Orsini Latino, Trattato del radio latino instrumento giustissimo & facile piu d'ogni altro per prendere qual si voglia misura, & positione di luogo, tanto in cielo come in terra... In Roma: appresso Marc'Antonio Moretti & Iacomo Brianzi, 1586.

Roma 1586 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 882.00
354 Piccolomini Alessandro

Piccolomini Alessandro, La prima parte dele theoriche o' vero speculationi dei pianeti... In Vinegia: appresso Giordano Ziletti all'insegna della Stella, 1558. (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: appresso Giouanni Varisco & compagni, 1558.

Venezia 1558 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 819.00
355 Pontano Giovanni Gioviano

Pontano Giovanni Gioviano, Centum Ptolomaei sententiae... (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense septemb., 1519.

Venezia 1519 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
356 Reisch Gregor

Reisch Gregor, Margarita philosophica cum additionibus novis: ab auctore suo studiosissima revisione tertio super additis. Basileae: Jo. Schottus..., 1508.

Basel 1508 EUR 3,400.00 - 3,400.00 Not Sold
357 Rizzetti Luigi

Rizzetti Luigi, Riforma de' carri di quattro ruote... In Trevigi: a spese dell'autore, 1785.

Treviso 1785 EUR 460.00 - 460.00 Not Sold
358 Tartaglia Niccolo

Tartaglia Niccolo, La prima parte del general trattato di numeri, et misure... In Vinegia: per Curtio Troiano de i Navo, 1556.

Venezia 1556 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,638.00
  • 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.