Il Ponte: Books, 768, Milan (Italy)
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 21, 2026 - April 21, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Morgano Owenson Sydney | Italy |
Londra | 1821 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | EUR 55.20 |
| 302 | Elizabeth Tuckett; Elizabeth Tuckett; Horace Rilliet | Zigzagging amongst Dolomites; How We Spent the Summer, or a Voyage en Zigzag; Tournee en Calabre |
Londra | 1871; 1864; 1832 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 524.40 |
| 303 | Topffer; Jules Janin | 4 Books, including: Souvenirs de Florence |
Limoges; Parigi | ND; 1870; ND; 1834 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 82.80 |
| 304 | James Forbes; Cooke; Carlo Bossoli; Josiah Gilbert; Charles Williams; Abbate | 6 Books, including: Travels through the Alps of Savoy |
Edinburgh; Londra; Milano | 1843; 1833; 1860; 1869; 1854; 1884 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 1,104.00 |
| 305 | R. J. F. Vaysse de Villiers; Giuseppe Vallardi | Description Routiere et Geographique de L'Empire Francais Divise en Quatre Regions; Itineario d'Italia |
Parigi; Milano | 1813-1823; ND | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 483.00 |
| 306 | Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire | Oeuvres completes de Voltaire |
Kehl | 1784-1789 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 455.40 |
| 307 | Edward Wright | Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &c. |
Londra | 1730 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 151.80 |
| 308 | 5 Books, including: Philosophia christiana |
Napoli; Milano | 1862; 1838 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | EUR 262.20 | |
| 309 | Four cartons of travel books |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 1,035.00 | ||
| 310 | Ferrario | 7 cartoni of books |
1829 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | EUR 690.00 | |
| 311 | Three cartoni of books |
N/A | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | EUR 151.80 | ||
| 312 | Cavalieri; Giuseppe Guidi | A cartone of numerous books |
Mantova; Firenze | 1831; 1855 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | EUR 151.80 |
| 313 | Ortensio Lando; Santa Teresa | Selva di bellissimi dubbi con dotte solutioni a ciascun dubbio accomodate; Le bellissime e sententiose lettere di Falari prencipe d'Agrigento in Sicilia; Libri regum IIII; Raccolta d'alcuni brevi ma utilissimi et devotissimi trattati spirituali |
Piacenza; Venezia; Anversa | 1597; 1545; 1569; ND | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 455.40 |
| 314 | John Boyle, Earl of Corke and Orrery; Samuel Sharp | The Laws concerning travelling; Letters from Italy, in the Years 1754 and 1755; letters from Italy |
Londra | 1718; 1773; 1767 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 552.00 |
| 315 | Demoustier | Four cartoni of volumes |
Parigi | 1801 | EUR 20.00 - 30.00 | EUR 248.40 |
| 316 | Martin Zeiller | Topographiae Galliae sive Descriptionis..Pars VI |
Francoforte | 1657 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 110.40 |
| 317 | Luigi Zucoli | Nuovissima guida dei viaggiatori in Italia, coll'aggiunta dei viaggi nella Dalmazia, nell'Istria e nella Grecia |
Milano | 1840 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 248.40 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.