Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs, 61726, Roma

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 17, 2026 - June 18, 2026

Page Size: 879 items in 36 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Dante Alighieri	Dante.	Venezia	1493	Not Available	EUR 6,000.00
2		gran parte postillato	Parma	1494	Not Available	EUR 1,900.00
3	Claudiano Claudio	Claudio Claudiano.	Venezia	1495	Not Available	EUR 1,500.00
4	Carcano Michele	Carcano, Michele.	Venezia	1496	Not Available	EUR 2,400.00
5	Boccaccio Giovanni	Boccaccio, Giovanni.	Venezia	1497	Not Available	Not Sold
6		Heures a lusaige de Rome	Parigi	circa 1501	Not Available	EUR 4,600.00
7		Hore dive virginis Marie secundum verum usum Romanum	Parigi	1516	Not Available	EUR 3,000.00
8	Foresti Giacomo Filippo	Foresti, Giacomo Filippo.	Venezia	1513	Not Available	EUR 5,500.00
9	Falda Giovan Battista; Venturini Giovanni Francesco	Falda, Giovan Battista.	Roma	1691	Not Available	EUR 2,200.00
10	Falda Giovanni Battista	Falda, Giovanni Battista.	Roma	1756	Not Available	EUR 8,000.00
11	Robert Hubert	Robert, Hubert.	Parigi	circa 1765	Not Available	EUR 2,200.00
12	Rossini Luigi	Rossini, Luigi.	Roma	1823	Not Available	EUR 8,500.00
13	Rossini Luigi	Rossini, Luigi.	Roma	1826	Not Available	EUR 8,000.00
14	Corio Bernardino	Corio, Bernardino.	Milano	1503	Not Available	EUR 1,500.00
15	Campo Antonio	Campo, Antonio.	Cremona; Milano	1585; 1645	Not Available	EUR 1,500.00
16	Capsoni Siro Severino	Capsoni, Siro Severino.	Pavia	1782-88	Not Available	Not Sold
17	Ghislandi Antonio	Ghislandi, Antonio.	Torino	1507	Not Available	Not Sold
18	Augenio Orazio	Augenio, Orazio.	Torino	1579	Not Available	EUR 800.00
19	Juvarra Filippo	Juvarra, Filippo		ND	Not Available	EUR 16,000.00
20	Maggio Pietro	Maggio, Pietro.	Palermo	1680	Not Available	EUR 600.00
21		Macchina di fuochi artificiali	Piacenza	1745	Not Available	EUR 750.00
22	Rocchi Antonio	Rocchi, Antonio.	Padova	1758	Not Available	EUR 350.00
23	Dumont Jean	Dumont, Jean.	L'Aia	1720	Not Available	EUR 1,600.00
24	Dheulland Guillaume	Dheulland, Guillaume.	Parigi	1748	Not Available	EUR 1,800.00
25	Panckoucke Charles-Joseph	Encyclopedie Methodique — Arts et Metiers Mecaniques; Manufactures	Padova	1784-1800	Not Available	Not Sold

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’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, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, 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.