• 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
  • 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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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
573 Meares John

Meares John, Viaggi dalla China alla costa Nord-Ovest d'America [...] Tomo primo (-quarto). Torino: Dalla Stamperia Soffietti, 1797-1798.

Torino 1797 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 202.00
574 Meli Giovanni

Meli Giovanni, Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza nella Scizia. Poema originale in dialetto siciliano... Tomo primo [-secondo]. Vienna: presso Felice Stockholzer, 1818.

Wien 1818 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 277.00
575 Meschinello Giovanni Antonio

Meschinello Giovanni Antonio, La chiesa ducale di S. Marco colle notizie del suo innalzamento; spiegazione delli mosaici e delle iscrizioni... Tomo primo (-terzo). In Venezia: presso Bartolomeo Baronchelli, 1753-1754.

Venezia 1753 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 277.00
576 Mexia Pedro

Mexia Pedro, I tre libri della selva di varia lettione... (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Michele Tramezino, 1557.

Venezia 1557 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 189.00
577 Misuracchi Giulio Cesare (i.e. Natta Giacomo)

Misuracchi Giulio Cesare (i.e. Natta Giacomo), Ragionamento della venuta del Messia, contra la durezza, & ostinatione hebraica... In Modona, et in Milano: Per Carl'Antonio Malatesta, 1627.

Modena, Milano 1627 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
578 Mitelli Giuseppe Maria

Mitelli Giuseppe Maria, Proverbj figurati consecratj al serenissimo principe Francesco Maria di Toscana... [1678].

Bologna 1678 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
579 Monte Simoncelli Baldovino

Monte Simoncelli Baldovino, Il Simoncello, o vero Della caccia... In Firenze: appresso Zanobi Pignoni, 1616.

Firenze 1616 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 756.00
580 Mordant de Launay Jean Claude Mien

Mordant de Launay Jean Claude Mien, Herbier general de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les proprietes et la culture des vegetaux utiles et agreable [...] Tome premier [-huitieme]. Paris: Audot, 1816-1827.

Paris 1816 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 2,772.00
581 Moro Antonio Lazzaro

Moro Antonio Lazzaro, De' crostacei e degli altri marini corpi... Venezia: Appresso Stefano Monti, 1740.

Venezia 1740 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,071.00
582 Mussard Pierre

Mussard Pierre, Historia deorum fatidicorum, vatum, sibyllarum, phoebadum... Coloniae Allobrogum: sumptibus Petri Chouet, 1675.

Colonia 1675 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 302.00
583 Muzio Girolamo

Muzio Girolamo, Lettere [...] Divise in quattro libri, de' quali il quarto vien nuovamente publicato... In Firenze: Nella Stamperia di Bartolommeo Sermartelli, 1590.

Firenze 1590 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 353.00
584 Ordre de Saint Michel

Ordre de Saint Michel, Statuts de l'Ordre de St. Michel. [Paris]: De l'Imprimerie royale, 1725.

Paris 1725 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
585 Ortes Giammaria

Ortes Giammaria, Calcolo sopra la verita della storia... Venezia: dalla Tipografia Fracasso, 1815.

Venezia 1815 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,764.00
586 Pallas Peter Simon

Pallas Peter Simon, Voyages en Siberie... Tomo I [-II]. Berna: Chez la Societe Typographique, 1791.

Bern 1791 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 302.00
587 Pallavicino Ferrante

Pallavicino Ferrante, Successi del mondo dell'anno 1636... In Venetia: Presso Cristoforo Tomasini, 1638.

Venezia 1638 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
588 Palmieri Matteo

Palmieri Matteo, Libro della Vita Civile. (Al colophon:) In Firenze: per gli Heredi di Philippo Giunta, 1529.

Firenze 1529 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,764.00
589 Paoletti Ermolao

Paoletti Ermolao, Il fiore di Venezia ossia i quadri, i monumenti, le vedute, ed i costumi veneziani... Volume I (-IV). Venezia: Tommaso Fontana Edit., 1837.

Venezia 1837 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,638.00
590 Passeri Bernardino

Passeri Bernardino, Speculum, & exemplar Christicolarum... Romae: 1587. (Al colophon:) Romae: ex typographia Bartholomaei Bonfadini, 1587.

Roma 1587 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 945.00
591 Pellegrini Raimondo

Pellegrini Raimondo, Antosofia o scienza de' fiori: trattata anatomicamente, fisiologicamente e patologicamente [...] con figure diligentemente colorite... Firenze: Tipografia del Vulcano, 1846.

Firenze 1846 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 475.00
592 Pellico Silvio

Pellico Silvio, Le mie prigioni. Milano: Francesco Pagnoni, 1872.

Milano 1872 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
593 Perez de Valencia Jaime

Perez de Valencia Jaime, Orthodoxa ac perdivina explanatio in Psalmos Davidicos : in Cantica Canticorum Salomonis... Venetiis: Excudebat Bartholomaeus Rubinus, 1574.

Venezia 1574 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
594 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, Le rime del Petrarca brevemente esposte per Lodovico Castelvetro [...] Tomo primo [-secondo]. In Venezia: presso Antonio Zatta, 1756.

Venezia 1756 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 479.00
595 Petronius Arbiter

Petronius Arbiter, Latin et francois, traduction entiere [...] Tome premier (-second). [Paris?]: s.e. 1709.

Paris 1709 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
596 Piazzetta Giovanni Battista

Piazzetta Giovanni Battista, Beatae Mariae virginis officium... Venetiis: Apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, 1740.

Venezia 1740 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 819.00
597 Piccioli Antonio

Piccioli Antonio, L'antotrofia, ossia la coltivazione de' fiori... Firenze: per V. Batelli e figli, 1834.

Firenze 1834 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 819.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.