• 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
598 Piccolomini Alessandro

Piccolomini Alessandro, De la sfera del mondo. Libri quattro in lingua toscana [...] De le stelle fisse. Libro uno con le sue figure, e con le sue tavole... In Venetia: al Segno del Pozzo, 1540.

Venezia 1540 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,512.00
599 Piccolomini Alessandro

Piccolomini Alessandro, Della grandezza della terra et dell'acqua... In Venetia: appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1558.

Venezia 1558 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 630.00
600 Pigafetta Antonio

Pigafetta Antonio, Il viaggio fatti da gli Spagniuoli a torno a' l mondo. [S.l., s.n.]: 1536.

Venezia 1536 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
601 Plautus Titus Maccius

Plautus Titus Maccius, Plauti Comoediae... (Al colophon:) Florentiae: per haeredes Philippi Iuntae Florentini, 1522 mense Martij.

Firenze 1522 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 277.00
602 Plinius Secundus Gaius

Plinius Secundus Gaius, Historia naturale [...] nuovamente tradotta di latino in volgare toscano per Antonio Brucioli. In Venetia: Per Alessandro Brucioli & i frategli, 1548.

Venezia 1548 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 454.00
603 Plutarchus

Plutarchus, La prima parte delle vite [...] di greco in latino et di latino in volgare tradotte et nuovamente con le sue historie ristampate. 1529. (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Francesco di Alessandro Bindoni et Mapheo Pasini, 1529.

Venezia 1529 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 504.00
604 Pontini Giovanni

Pontini Giovanni, La cacciagione de' volatili, osia L'arte di pigliare uccelli in ogni maniera... In Vicenza: appresso Giandomenico Occhi librajo in Piazza, 1758.

Vicenza 1758 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,890.00
605 Porcacchi Tommaso

Porcacchi Tommaso, L'isole piu famose del mondo [...] intagliate da Girolamo Porro... In Venetia: appresso gli heredi di Simon Galignani, 1604.

Venezia 1604 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,780.00
606 Purcell Henry

Purcell Henry, Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of All The Choicest Songs... London: printed by William Pearson, 1721.

London 1721 EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 378.00
607 Richa Giuseppe

Richa Giuseppe, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine divise ne' suoi quartieri [...]. Tomo Primo (-decimo postumo ed ultimo). In Firenze: nella stamperia di Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1754-1762.

Firenze 1754 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 688.00
608 Ridolfi Carlo

Ridolfi Carlo, Le maraviglie dell'arte, overo le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti, e dello Stato... In Venetia: Presso Gio. Battista Sgava, 1648.

Venezia 1648 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 630.00
609 Ringhieri Innocenzio

Ringhieri Innocenzio, Cento giuochi liberali, et d'ingegno... ritrovati, et in dieci Libri descritti. In Bologna: Per Anselmo Giaccarelli, 1551.

Bologna 1551 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 580.00
610 Ripa Cesare

Ripa Cesare, Iconologia... In Roma: appresso Lepido Facii, 1603.

Roma 1603 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 554.00
611 Ripa Cesare

Ripa Cesare, Nova iconologia [...] ampliata ultimamente dallo stesso auttore di trecento imagini... In Padova per Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1618.

Padova 1618 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,071.00
612 Rocchi Girolamo

Rocchi Girolamo, Funerale della signora Sitti Maani Gioerida Della Valle... In Roma: appresso l'erede di Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1627.

Roma 1627 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 202.00
613 Rosaspina Francesco

Rosaspina Francesco, Le piu insigni pitture parmensi indicate agli amatori delle belle arti. Parma: dalla tipografia bodoniana, 1809 [i.e. 1816].

Parma 1809 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 819.00
614 Rossini Luigi

Rossini Luigi, Le antichita romane ossia raccolta delle piu Interessanti vedute di Roma antica... Roma: presso il negozio Scudellari via Condotti [...]: dai tipi di Mercurj e Robaglia, 1829.

Roma 1829 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
615 Ruskin John

Ruskin John, The eagle's nest. Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art... London: George Allen, 1897.

London 1897 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 250.00
616 Sabellico Marco Antonio

Sabellico Marco Antonio, Degl'istorici delle cose Veneziane.. Tomo primo (-secondo). In Venezia: Appresso Antonio Savioli, 1747.

Venezia 1747 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 151.00
617 Saint-Martin Jean

Saint-Martin Jean, L'art de faire des armes reduit a ses vrais principes... A Vienne: De l'Imprimerie de Janne Schramble, 1804.

Wien 1804 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 428.00
618 Sarpi Paolo

Sarpi Paolo, Histoire du Concile de Trente [...] Seconde edition... A Geneve: imprime pour Pierre Chouet, 1635.

Geneve 1635 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
619 Sarpi Paolo

Sarpi Paolo, Historia dell'Origine, forma, leggi ad uso dell'Ufficio dell'Inquisizione nella Citta, e Dominio di Venetia. In Venetia: Appresso Roberto Meietti, 1687.

Venezia 1687 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 227.00
620 Scamozzi Vincenzo

Scamozzi Vincenzo, Dell'idea della Architettura Universale [...] Parte Prima... In Venezia: Per Girolamo Albrizzi, 1714.

Venezia 1714 EUR 440.00 - 440.00 EUR 554.00
621 Segato Girolamo, Valeriani Domenico

Segato Girolamo, Valeriani Domenico, Atlante del Basso e Alto Egitto [...] illustrato sui disegni di Denon... Firenze: nello stabilimento posto nei fondacci di Santo Spirito, 1835-37.

Firenze 1835 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,394.00
622 Seriman Zaccaria

Seriman Zaccaria, Viaggi di Enrico Wanton alle terre incognite australi, ed ai regni delle scimie, e de' cinocefali nuovamente tradotti da un manoscritto inglese. Tomo I [-IV]. Berna [ma Villa di Melma]: s.e. [ma Remondini], 1764.

Bern 1764 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 882.00
  • 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.