• 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
623 Skalic Pavao

Skalic Pavao, Primi tomi miscellaneorum, de rerum caussis [sic] & successibus atque secretiori methodo ibidem expressa... Coloniae Agrippinae: ex officina typographica Theodori Graminaei, 1570.

Koln 1570 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 227.00
624 Sleidan Johann

Sleidan Johann, De statu religionis et reipublicae, Carolo quinto, Caesare, Commentarii. Additus est Liber XXVI... [Ginevra]: Excudebat Conradus Badius, 1559.

Ginevra 1559 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
625 Stato Pontificio (Governo)

Stato Pontificio (Governo), Ragguaglio delle cose operate dal Ministero del Commercio, delle Belle Arti [...] dall'anno 1859 al 1864. Roma: Tipografia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1864.

Roma 1864 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,890.00
626 Stockhammer Sebastian

Stockhammer Sebastian, Emblemata succincta commentariola... Lugduni: apud Ioannem Tornaesium, & Gul Gazeium, 1556.

Lyon 1556 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 428.00
627 Tasso Torquato

Tasso Torquato, La Gerusalemme liberata [...] Con le figure di Giambatista Piazzetta alla sacra real maesta di Maria Teresa d'Austria... In Venezia: stampata da Giambatista Albrizzi q. Girol., 1745.

Venezia 1745 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,520.00
628 Tasso Torquato

Tasso Torquato, Ra Gerusalemme delivera [...] in Lengua Zeneize. In Zena [Genova]: in ra Stamperia de Bernardo Tarigo, [1750 circa].

Genova 1750 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 378.00
629 Tassoni Alessandro

Tassoni Alessandro, La secchia rapita. Poema eroicomico [...] colle dichiarazioni di Gaspare Salviani romano, si aggiungono la prefazione, e le annotazioni di Giannandrea Barotti [...] e la vita del poeta composta da Lodovico Antonio Muratori... In Modena

Modena 1744 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 353.00
630 Tegrimi Niccolo

Tegrimi Niccolo, Le Vite di Castruccio Castracani de gl'Antelminelli principe di Lucca. In Lucca: s.e. 1556. (Al colophon:) In Lucca: per Vincenzo Busdrago.

Lucca 1556 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 353.00
631 Terminio Marcantonio

Terminio Marcantonio, Apologia di tre seggi illustri di Napoli [...] In questa seconda impressione purgata da gli errori. In Venetia: per Domenico Fari, 1581 et in Napoli: per Lazaro Scoriggio, 1633.

Venezia, Napoli 1633 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 139.00
632 Teti Girolamo

Teti Girolamo, Aedes Barberinae ad Quirinalem... Romae: excudebat Mascardus, 1642.

Roma 1642 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 378.00
633 Tozer Henry Fanshawe

Tozer Henry Fanshawe, Turkish Armenia and Eastern Asia Minor. London: Longmans, Green And Co., 1881.

London 1881 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 554.00
634 Tricasso Patrizio

Tricasso Patrizio, Chyromantia [...] in vulgare tradutta... (Al colophon:) In Venetia: per Io. Francisco & Io. Antonio de Rusconi Fratelli, Adi 18 del mese de Febraio 1524.

Venezia 1524 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,134.00
635 Trinci Cosimo

Trinci Cosimo, L'agricoltore sperimentato [...] coll'aggiunta di alcuni trattati dell'uve... In Lucca: per Salvatore e Giandomenico Marescandoli, 1738.

Lucca 1738 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 202.00
636 Turner Samuel

Turner Samuel, Ambassade au Thibet et au Boutan... A Paris: chez F. Buisson, an IX (1800).

Paris 1800 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 454.00
637 Utiesenovic Og. M.

Utiesenovic Og. M., Die Hauskommunionen der Sudslawen... Wien: F. Manz & Compagnie, 1859.

Wien 1859 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
638 Valegio Francesco

Valegio Francesco, [Raccolta di le piu' illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo]. [Venezia: s.d.e., dopo il 1572].

Venezia 1572 EUR 7,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
639 Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus Gaius

Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus Gaius, Argonautica... Lugduni: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1548.

Lyon 1548 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
640 Valerius Maximus

Valerius Maximus, Dictorum factorumque memorabilium exempla... Carmagnolae: apud Marcum Antonium Bellonum, 1607.

Carmagnola 1607 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 189.00
641 Vallardi Giuseppe

Vallardi Giuseppe, Itinerario d'Italia... Milano: Presso gli editori Pietro e Giuseppe Vallardi, 1837.

Milano 1837 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 277.00
642 Vecellio Cesare

Vecellio Cesare, Habiti antichi overo Raccolta di figure delineate dal gran Titiano, e da Cesare Vecellio suo fratello, diligentemente intagliate, conforme alle nationi del mondo... In Venetia: per Combi, & LaNou, 1664.

Venezia 1664 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,260.00
643 Veen Otto van

Veen Otto van, Emblemata, imaginibus in aes incisis, notisque illustrata... Bruxellis: apud Franciscum Foppens, 1682.

Bruxelles 1682 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 Not Sold
644 Veneroso Giovanni Bernardo

Veneroso Giovanni Bernardo, Genio ligure risvegliato, discorso... In Genoua: sotto la direttione di Gio. Domenico Peri, 1650.

Genova 1650 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
645 Verri Pietro

Verri Pietro, Idee sull'indole del piacere. Milano: appresso Giuseppe Galeazzi, 1774.

Milano 1774 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 454.00
646 Vigevano Giuseppe

Vigevano Giuseppe, Nisayon Ktav Lashon HaKodesh ossia Saggio di caratteri ebraici ad uso della studiosa gioventu... Mantova, (Reggio [Emilia]: co tipi della societa), 1824.

Reggio Emilia, Mantova 1824 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,134.00
647 Vitruvius Marcus Pollio

Vitruvius Marcus Pollio, L'Architettura [...] colla traduzione italiana e comento del Marchese Berardo Galiani... In Napoli: Nella Stamperia Simoniana, 1758.

Napoli 1758 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,008.00
  • 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.