Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs, 61726, Roma

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
230 Buonarroti Michelangelo; Salvini Anton Maria; Segni Bernardo

Buonarroti, Michelangelo.

Firenze 1726; 1723 Not Available Not Sold
231 Senault Louis

[Calligrafia].

Parigi 1680 circa Not Available EUR 350.00
232 Midolle Jean

[Calligrafia]. Midolle, Jean.

Strasburgo 1834-35 Not Available Not Sold
233 Mouchy Antoine de;Begat Jean

[Calvinisti].

1560;1564;1561 Not Available EUR 325.00
234 Filandro Cretense;Rossetti Domenico;Pelleri Giuseppe;Chiari Pietro;Bacchi Giuseppe

[Caratteri bodoniani].

Parma 1792;1800 circa;1827;1762;1776;1807;1847 Not Available EUR 275.00
235 Ancini Luigi;Manilio Marco;Corbellini Napoleone;Bellini Filippo;Niccolosi Giovanni Battista;Tacchini Ferdinando;Mazza Angelo

[Carte colorate].

Reggio;Parma 1818;1700s;1842;1844;1830;1847;1843;1829 Not Available EUR 800.00
236 Ferraro Pirro Antonio

[Cavalli]. Ferraro, Pirro Antonio.

Venezia 1620 Not Available EUR 425.00
237 Trutta Giovanni Battista

[Cavalli]. Trutta, Giovanni Battista.

Napoli 1785 Not Available EUR 250.00
238 Bembo Pietro

[Cinquecentine].

Firenze 1590;1547;1564;1549;1550;1570 Not Available EUR 800.00
239 Cipelli Francesco Bernardino

[Cinquecentine]. Cipelli, Francesco Bernardino.

Milano 1521 Not Available EUR 300.00
240 Giovanni Cassiano

[Cinquecentine]. Giovanni Cassiano.

Lione 1516 Not Available EUR 600.00
241 Petrarca Francesco;Tomitano Bernardin;Equicola Mario;Varchi Benedetto;Della Casa Giovanni

[Cinquecentine].

1526;1546;1564;1531;1599;1555;1586;1592 Not Available EUR 850.00
242 Platina

[Cinquecentine]. Il Platina.

Venezia 1543 Not Available EUR 375.00
243 Valla Lorenzo;Toscanella Oratio;Calepini Ambrogio;Manuzio Paolo;Manuzio Aldo il Giovane

[Cinquecentine].

Venezia;Brescia;Lovanio;Parigi 1586;1547;1574;1551;1570;1579;1554 Not Available EUR 1,000.00
244 Bonaventura;Tommaso d'Aquino;Ranpengolis Antonio

[Cinquecentine].

Venezia;Mantova 1504;1524;1500;1716 Not Available EUR 1,300.00
245 Panigarola Francesco;Jean de Gagny

[Cinquecentine].

Parigi 1586;1547 Not Available EUR 150.00
246 Speroni Sperone

[Cinquecentine]. Speroni, Sperone.

Venezia 1546 Not Available Not Sold
247 Demostene; Eschine

[Classici - Aldina]. Demostene.

Venezia 1557 Not Available EUR 250.00
248 Paolini Fabio

[Classici - Eneide].

Venezia 1589 Not Available EUR 150.00
249 Tacito Cornelio; Amelot de la Houssaye A.N.

[Classici - Tacito].

Venezia 1589; 1644; 1684 Not Available EUR 325.00
250 Brandimarte Antonio

[Classici]. Brandimarte, Antonio.

Roma; Venezia 1815; 1765 Not Available EUR 350.00
251 Cesare Caio Giulio

[Classici]. Cesare.

Venezia 1539; 1517 Not Available EUR 700.00
252 Livio Tito

[Classici]. Livio, Tito.

Venezia 1532 Not Available EUR 275.00
253 Hagenbuch Johann Kaspar; Mirandola Ottaviano; Senofonte; Cicerone M.T.; Blackwell Thomas; Gazzera Costanzo

[Classici].

Zurigo; Amsterdam; Firenze 1744; 1512; 1711; 1821; 1824 Not Available EUR 300.00
254 Virgilio; Frontino; van Schuurman Anna Maria; Anacreonte; Mably Gabriel Bonnot de; Teodoreto di Cirro

[Classici].

Parigi; Leiden; Perugia; Ginevra; Venezia 1760; 1699; 1751; 1648; 1791; 1749; 1548 Not Available EUR 700.00
  • 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.