• 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 V, 63E, 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
523 Gagnier Jean

Gagnier Jean, La vie de Mahomet; traduite et compilee de l'Alcoran... A Amsterdam: chez les Wetsteins & Smith, 1732.

Amsterdam 1732 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 202.00
524 Galiberto Giovanni Battista

Galiberto Giovanni Battista, Il cavallo da maneggio, ove si tratta della nobilissima virtu del cavalcare... In Vienna, & in Bolog.: presso Gio. Batt. Ferroni, 1659. (Al colophon:) In Bologna: presso Gio. Battista Ferroni, 1659.

Bologna 1659 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 227.00
525 Galluzzi Iacopo Riguccio

Galluzzi Iacopo Riguccio, Istoria del Granducato di Toscana sotto il governo della casa Medici [...]. Tomo primo (-quinto). Firenze: per Gaetano Cambiagi stampatore granducale, 1781.

Firenze 1781 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 252.00
526 Gandolfi Bartolommeo

Gandolfi Bartolommeo, Saggio teorico pratico sopra gli ulivi l'olio e i saponi... Roma: nella Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel, 1793.

Roma 1793 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 750.00
527 Gianni Francesco Maria

Gianni Francesco Maria, Governo della Toscana sotto il regno di Sua Maesta il re Leopoldo II. In Firenze: nella stamperia Bonducciana, 1791.

Firenze 1791 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
528 Ginanni Marco Antonio

Ginanni Marco Antonio, L'arte del blasone dichiarata per alfabeto... In Venezia: presso Guglielmo Zerletti, 1756.

Venezia 1756 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 275.00
529 Giovio Paolo

Giovio Paolo, La Vita di Sforza Valorosissimo Capitano... In Venetia: Appresso Giovanni de' Rossi, [prima del 1556].

Venezia 1556 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 189.00
530 Giovio Paolo

Giovio Paolo, Raggionamento [...] sopra i motti, et disegni d'arme, et d'amore, che communemente chiamano imprese... In Milano: appresso di Giovann'Antonio de gli Antonij, 1559. (Al colophon:) In Milano: imprimevano i fratelli da Meda, 1559.

Milano 1559 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 403.00
531 Giraldi Lilio Gregorio

Giraldi Lilio Gregorio, De deis Gentium varia & multiplex Historia... Basileae: Per Ioannem Oporinum. [Al colophon:] Basileae: Ex Officina Ioannis Oporini, 1548.

Basel 1548 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 378.00
532 Girault de Saint-Fargeau Eusebe, Eusebe

Girault de Saint-Fargeau Eusebe, Eusebe, Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France, contenant la statistique et la description complete des 86 departements... Tome premier [-sixieme]. Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1838-1840.

Paris 1838 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 134.00
533 Goldoni Carlo

Goldoni Carlo, Opere teatrali [...] con rami allusivi. Tomo Primo (-quadragesimoquarto). Memorie. Tomo primo (-terzo). Venezia: dalle stampe di Antonio Zatta e figli, 1788-1795.

Venezia 1788 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 693.00
534 Gonzalez Davila Gil

Gonzalez Davila Gil, Teatro eclesiastico de la primitiva iglesia de las Indias Occidentales... Tomo primero (-segundo). En Madrid: por Diego Diaz de la Carrera, 1649-1655.

Madrid 1649 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,260.00
535 Gori Pietro

Gori Pietro, I fiori... Milano: Fratelli Treves editori, 1892.

Milano 1892 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 504.00
536 Grandville J.J. [pseud. di Gerard Jean Ignace Isidore]

Grandville J.J. [pseud. di Gerard Jean Ignace Isidore], Les Fleurs Animees... Tomo I [-II]. Paris: Garnier freres, 1867.

Paris 1867 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 428.00
537 Grottanelli Lorenzo

Grottanelli Lorenzo, La Maremma toscana: studi storici ed economici. I [-II]. Siena: Ignazio Gati, 1873-1876.

Siena 1873 EUR 130.00 - 130.00 EUR 164.00
538 Guarinoni Girolamo

Guarinoni Girolamo, L'uccellatura... Bergamo: Pietro Lancellotti, 1760.

Bergamo 1760 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 378.00
539 Guevara Antonio (de)

Guevara Antonio (de), Libro di Marco Aurelio con l'horologio de' prencipi. Destinto in 4. volumi... In Venetia: appresso Marco Antonio Zaltieri, 1584.

Venezia 1584 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 277.00
540 Heron Alexandrinus

Heron Alexandrinus, Gli artificiosi et curiosi moti spiritali... In Bologna: per Carlo Zenero, 1647.

Bologna 1647 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 605.00
541 Homerus

Homerus, Homeri Odyssea.... Argentorati: excudebat Theodosius Rihelius, s.d. [1575 c.a.].

Strasbourg 1575 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 819.00
542 Horatius Flaccus Quintus

Horatius Flaccus Quintus, Q. Horatius Flaccus, ex fide atque auctoritate decem librorum manuscriptorum, opera Dionysii Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus... Venetiis: apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi f., 1566.

Venezia 1556 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 504.00
543 Hubner Johan

Hubner Johan, Les genealogies historiques des rois, empereurs... A Paris: chez Pierre Francois Giffart, rue S. Jacques, a Sainte Therese, 1736-1738.

Paris 1736 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 454.00
544 Hunter William Charles

Hunter William Charles, The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton. Before Treaty Days, 1825-1844. By an Old Resident. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1882.

London 1882 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 400.00
545 Iuvenalis Decimus Iunius

Iuvenalis Decimus Iunius, Satyrae... Ultrajecti: typis & sumtibus Rudolphi a Zyll, G.F., 1685.

Utrecht 1685 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
546 Janssonius Johannes

Janssonius Johannes, Cinquiesme partie du grand atlas contenant une parfaicte description du monde maritime... Amstelodami: Ioannem Ianssonium, 1657.

Amsterdam 1657 EUR 20,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
547 Joni Icilio Federico

Joni Icilio Federico, Riproduzione di una biccherna del XV secolo. Siena: 1460, (ma Siena 1890-1910).

Siena 1900 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 945.00
  • 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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