Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs, 61726, Roma
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 17, 2026 - June 18, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | Barotti Giovanni Andrea; D'Arnaud | [Donne]. Barotti, Giovanni Andrea. |
Bologna | 1745; 1795 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 281 | Muzio Girolamo | [Duello]. |
1554 | Not Available | EUR 175.00 | |
| 282 | Ippoliti Giuseppe; Frigerio Bartolomeo | [Economia - Gastronomia]. Ippoliti, Giuseppe. |
Firenze; Roma | 1774; 1629 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 283 | Broggia Carlo Antonio | [Economia - Tributi]. Broggia, Carlo Antonio. |
Napoli | 1743 | Not Available | EUR 400.00 |
| 284 | Tanara Vincenzo | [Economia domestica]. Tanara, Vincenzo. |
Bologna | 1644 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 |
| 285 | D'Arco Gianbattista Gherardo; Genovesi Antonio; Vasco Giambattista; Zanon Antonio; Boccardo Gerolamo; Faucher Leon; Necker Jacques | [Economia]. |
1802; 1803-04; 1804; 1866; 1842; 1791 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 | |
| 286 | Savary des Brulons Jacques; Tournemine; Buffier Claude | [Economia]. |
Ginevra; Parigi | 1742; 1752 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 287 | Lacombe de Prezel Honore | [Economia]. |
Nizza | 1762 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 288 | Coyer; Casti Giovanni Battista; Tucker Josiah; Senac; Duchatel; Franzini Marino Miguel | [Economia]. |
Viterbo; Amsterdam | 1766; 1769; 1818; 1782; 1687; 1835; 1761; 1836; 1827 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 289 | Giovio Paolo; Firenzuola Agnolo; Picolomini Alessandro | [Emblemata]. Giovio, Paolo. |
Venezia | 1556; 1622 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 290 | Giovio Paolo | [Emblemata]. |
Lione | 1574 | Not Available | EUR 350.00 |
| 291 | Picinelli Filippo | [Emblemata]. |
Milano | 1653 | Not Available | EUR 450.00 |
| 292 | Marescotti Ercole | [Emblemata]. Marescotti, Ercole. |
Bologna | 1613 | Not Available | EUR 200.00 |
| 293 | Bovio Carlo | [Emblemata]. |
1676 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 | |
| 294 | Erasmo da Rotterdam | [Erasmo]. |
Lione | 1556 | Not Available | EUR 200.00 |
| 295 | Schurig Martin | [Erotica - Sessuologia]. |
Francoforte | 1720; 1730; 1732 | Not Available | EUR 375.00 |
| 296 | Veraci Gaetano | [Erotica]. Veraci, Gaetano. |
Toscana | 1765 | Not Available | EUR 125.00 |
| 297 | Visconti Zaccaria | [Esorcismo]. |
Venezia | 1636 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 298 | Visconti Zaccaria | [Esorcismo]. Visconti, Zaccaria. |
Milano | 1618 | Not Available | EUR 2,000.00 |
| 299 | Wieland Christoph Martin; Brunacci Gio.; Farsetti Tommaso Giuseppe; Morelli Giovanni Battista | [Feste - Elogio]. |
Padova | 1771; 1759; 1552; 1756 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 300 | Medina Bartolomeo de | [Filosofia]. |
1659; 1654; 1813; 1754; 1802; 1584; 1808; 1693 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 | |
| 301 | Fracastoro Girolamo | Fracastoro, Girolamo. |
Verona | 1530 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 302 | Teste Charles Antoine | [Francia]. Teste, Charles Antoine. |
Parigi | 1833 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 303 | Cassiano Basso | [Gastronomia - Viticoltura]. Cassiano Basso. |
Basilea | 1540 | Not Available | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 304 | Borgnino Camillo | [Gastronomia - Zucchero]. |
1910 | Not Available | Not Sold |
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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.