• 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 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
416 Alciati Andrea

Alciati Andrea, Emblemata... Patavij: apud Pet. Paulum Tozzium, 1618.

Padova 1618 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 403.00
417 Aldrovandi Ulisse

Aldrovandi Ulisse, De quadrupedibus digitatis viviparis libri tres et de quadrupedibus digitatis oviparis libri duo... Bonon: Apud Nicolaum Tebaldinum, 1645.

Bologna 1645 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,142.00
418 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, [Comedia del divino poeta Danthe Alighieri, con la dotta & leggiadra spositione di Christophoro Landino...]. (Al colophon:) In Vineggia: per M. Bernardino Stagnino, 1536.

Venezia 1536 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,386.00
419 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, La Divina commedia [...] con tavole in rame. Tomo I (-IV). Firenze: nella tipografia All'insegna dell'ancora, 1817-1819.

Firenze 1817 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 875.00
420 Alpino Prospero

Alpino Prospero, De plantis Aegyptiis... Patavii: Apud Paulum Frambottum, 1638.

Padova 1638 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 575.00
421 Alpino Prospero

Alpino Prospero, De plantis Aegypti liber. Cum observationibus & notis Ioannis Veslingii... Patavii: typis Pauli Frambotti bibliopolae, 1640.

Padova 1640 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 693.00
422 Amphiareo Vespasiano

Amphiareo Vespasiano, [Opera di frate Vespasiano Amphiareo da Ferrara dell'ordine minore conuentuale, nella quale si insegna a scriuere varie sorti di lettere, et massime vna lettera bastarda da lui nouamente con sua industria ritrouata [...] Poi insegna

Venezia 1554 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
423 Amuley

Amuley, Feraddin et Rozeide, conte moral, politique et militaire. Premiere [-troisieme]. A Gaznah: chez Fidele, l'an 1167 de l'Hegire & de l'Ere Chretienne 1765.

Paris 1765 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
424 Arena Filippo

Arena Filippo, La natura, e coltura de' fiori fisicamente esposta in due trattati [...]. Tomo primo (-terzo). In Palermo: appresso Angelo Felicella, 1767-1768.

Palermo 1767 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,560.00
425 Aristoteles

Aristoteles, [Operum tomus primus logicam universam...]. [1538 o 1539]. (Al colophon:) Venetijs: apud Octauianum Scotum.

Venezia 1538 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 529.00
426 Arnaldo de Vilanova

Arnaldo de Vilanova, Herbolario volgare nel quale de virtu delle herbe: & molti altri simplici se dechiarano... [(Al colophon:) Stampato nella inclita citta di Venezia per Alessandro de bindoni, 1522. adi. 30. del mese di Agosto].

Venezia 1522 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 554.00
427 Artaria Ferdinando

Artaria Ferdinando, Guida da Milano a Ginevra pel Sempione... Milano: presso F. Artaria, 1822.

Milano 1822 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,394.00
428 Arte della mercanzia Siena

Arte della mercanzia Siena, Statuti dell'Universita de' mercanti, e della corte de gl'offiziali della mercanzia della citta di Siena... In Siena: appresso Bonetti, 1619.

Siena 1619 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
429 Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator

Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator, Die Liparischen Inseln und Ustica. Prag: Druck und Verlag von Mercy Heinrich, 1893-1898.

Praha 1800 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
430 Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator

Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator, Die Stadt Palma... Leipzig: Brodhaus, 1882.

Leipzig 1882 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 479.00
431 Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator

Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator, Bougie die Perle Nord Afrikas. Prag: Druck und Verlag von Heinr. Mercy Sohn., 1899.

Praha 1899 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 126.00
432 Azpilcueta Martin (de)

Azpilcueta Martin (de), Manuale de' confessori [...] Con cinque commentarii, cioe, de' cambi, dell'usure, della difesa del prossimo... In Vinegia: appresso gl'heredi di Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1578.

Venezia 1578 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 277.00
433 Bacon Francis

Bacon Francis, De Verulamio Sermones fideles. Ethici. Politici... Amstelodami: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662.

Amsterdam 1662 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 227.00
434 Bacon Nathaniel

Bacon Nathaniel, An historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England... London: printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate, 1647.

London 1647 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 239.00
435 Bacon Roger, Bungay Thomas

Bacon Roger, Bungay Thomas, The Most Famous History of the Learned Fryer Bacon... London: Printed for Tho[mas] Norris, [1700].

London 1700 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 605.00
436 Baldinucci Filippo

Baldinucci Filippo, Cominciamento, e progresso dell'arte dell'intagliare in rame, colle vite di molti de' piu eccellenti maestri della stessa professione... In Firenze: nella stamperia di Piero Matini, 1686.

Firenze 1686 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
437 Barbaro Daniele

Barbaro Daniele, Della eloquenza, dialogo... In Venetia: appresso Vincenzo Valgrisio, 1557.

Venezia 1557 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 252.00
438 Bardi Girolamo

Bardi Girolamo, Vittoria navale ottenuta dalla Republica Venetiana contra Othone, figliuolo di Federigo Primo imperadore... In Venetia: appresso Francesco Ziletti, 1584.

Venezia 1584 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 554.00
439 Bargagli Girolamo

Bargagli Girolamo, Dialogo de i giuochi senesi... In Venetia: Presso Daniel Zanetti, 1598.

Venezia 1598 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 139.00
440 Bargagli Scipione

Bargagli Scipione, Descrizzione dell'entrata dell'illustriss., e reverendiss. monsig. Ascanio Piccolomini, alla possession del suo arcivescovado in Siena, il di xxj di novembre 1589. In Siena: appresso Luca Bonetti, 1590.

Siena 1590 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,512.00
  • 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.