• 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 IV, 63D, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025
Page Size: 132 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
391

Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla tana, in Persia, in India, et in Costantinopoli... In Vinegia: [eredi di Aldo Manuzio], 1543. (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: nelle case de figliuoli di Aldo, 1543.

Venezia 1543 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,512.00
392

Sacrarum cerimoniarum, siue Rituum ecclesiasticorum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae libri tres. Post omnes omnium editiones summa denuo vigilantia recogniti... Romae: typis Valerii Dorici, 1560. (Al colophon:) Romae: tipis Valerii Dorici, 1559.

Roma 1560 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 529.00
393

Officium B. Mariae Virginis. Venetiis: apud Sessam, 1579.

Venezia 1579 EUR 320.00 - 320.00 EUR 630.00
394

Constitutiones sacri capituli metropolitanae Senen. Ecclesiae. Senis: apud Lucam Bonettum, 1579.

Siena 1579 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 239.00
395

Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne... In Venetia: appresso Cesare Vecellio, 1592.

Venezia 1592 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 164.00
396

Russia, seu Moscovia... Lugd. Batavorum: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1630.

Leiden 1630 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 214.00
397

Parte in materia di Ordeni di Banca Alloggi di Militie, spese soldadesche, & distribuitioni de Fieni. Ristampate. In Padova: per Pietro Maria Framb. Stamp. della Mag. Citta, 1674.

Padova 1674 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 302.00
398

Raguaglio historico di quanto e' seguito doppo la Pace di Nimega nelle guerre intraprese dal Re Christianissimo Luigi XIV con li principi collegati insino alla conclusione della Pace Generale publicata nel Congresso di Rysvuich l'Anno 1697... Venetia: Gia

Venezia 1699 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 441.00
399

Lettres moscovites... A Paris: chez Huart l'aine, 1736.

Paris 1736 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 277.00
400

Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis... Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1742.

Venezia 1742 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 504.00
401

Uffizio della settimana Santa... In Roma: Appresso Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1742.

Roma 1742 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 529.00
402

Rituale romanum... Venetiis: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1744.

Venezia 1744 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 605.00
403

Capitulare... S.l.: Stampato per li Figliuoli del qu. Z. Antonio Pinelli Stampatori Ducali, 1749.

Venezia 1749 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 328.00
404

Storia di Don Bernardino de Cardenas vescovo del Paraguai. In Lugano [i.e. Venezia]: nella Stamperia Privilegiata della Suprema Superiorita Elvetica... [i.e. Giuseppe Bettinelli], 1760.

Venezia 1760 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
405

Relazione de' funerali solenni [...] al fu suo amatissimo egregio consorte il ser.mo signor principe Leopoldo langravio d'Hassia Darmstadt... Piacenza: presso Andrea Bellici Salvoni, 1764.

Piacenza 1764 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 819.00
406

Constitutio criminalis Theresiana... Wien: gedruckt bey Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern..., 1769.

Wien 1769 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 756.00
407

Le porte-feuille necessaire a tous les seigneurs qui font le tour d'Italie... | Il portafoglio necessario a tutti quelli che fanno il giro d'Italia... A Londres: chez A. Dury, 1774 | London: Printed for A. Dury, 1774.

London 1774 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
408

Il viaggiatore moderno ossia la vera guida per chi viaggia... In Venezia: Presso Francesco Locatelli, 1780.

Venezia 1780 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 239.00
409

Oroscopo o sia istruzione per stendere la celeste Figura in qualunque dato anno, giorno, ora... In Asisi: Da Ottavio Sgariglia, 1782.

Assisi 1782 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 400.00
410

Description historique et geographique de la ville de Messine... A Paris: Chez Desnos, 1783.

Paris 1783 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,008.00
411

Scatola a forma di libro. XIX secolo.

1800 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 151.00
412

Miscellanea di manoscritti, tra i quali 'Le feste romane'.

Italia 1812 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
413

Itinerario interno e delle isole della citta di Venezia... Venezia: Tipografia Antonelli, 1832.

Venezia 1832 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 554.00
414 Alberti Leon Battista

Alberti Leon Battista, Opuscoli morali [...] Tradotti, & parte corretti da m. Cosimo Bartoli. In Venetia: appresso Francesco Franceschi, 1568.

Venezia 1568 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,197.00
415 Alciati Andrea

Alciati Andrea, Emblemata... Lugduni: Apud Gugliel. Rouillium, 1588.

Lyon 1588 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 529.00
  • 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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