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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 305 | D'Este Giuseppe; Antonacci Pietro | [Gastronomia]. |
Roma | 1829; 1860; 1857 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 306 | Dufour Philippe Sylvestre | [Gastronomia]. Dufour, Philippe Sylvestre. |
Lione | 1685 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 307 | Ghersi Italo | [Gastronomia]. |
Londra | 1909; 1896 circa; 1803; 1918 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 308 | Boselli Giovanni Antonio; Claro Giulio | [Giuridica]. |
Venezia; Parma; Cremona; Genova | 1555; 1599; 1559; 1674 | Not Available | EUR 550.00 |
| 309 | Averani Giuseppe; Domat Jean | [Giuridica]. |
Torino; Lione; Avignone | 1770; 1751; 1766 | Not Available | EUR 100.00 |
| 310 | Mattei Saverio | [Giuridica]. |
Lione; Rouen | 1547; 1670; 1643; 1785 | Not Available | EUR 350.00 |
| 311 | Mussi Pietro Domenico | [Giuridica]. Mussi, Pietro Domenico. |
Venezia | 1530; 1620 | Not Available | EUR 600.00 |
| 312 | Pellegrini Marco Antonio | [Giuridica]. Pellegrini, Marco Antonio. |
Venezia | 1590 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 313 | Ripa Cesare | [Iconologia]. |
Roma | 1603 | Not Available | EUR 700.00 |
| 314 | Guevara Antonio de; Della Casa Giovanni | [Il Cortegiano]. Guevara, Antonio de. |
Venezia | 1581; 1707 | Not Available | EUR 175.00 |
| 315 | Montesquieu; D'Alembert; Linguet; Hartley David; Lanthenas; Simon; Meslier | [Illuminismo]. |
Losanna; Parigi; Londra; Carmagnola; Rotterdam; Lione | 1784; 1754; 1783; 1794-95; 1749; 1793; 1785; 1766; 1792; 1702; 1812; 1755; 1797 circa; 1787; 1830; 1797 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 316 | Rousseau; Saint-Evremont; La Mothe Le Vayer; Freret; Condorcet; Marechal Sylvain; Helvetius; Montesquieu; De La Motte Fouque | [Illuminismo]. |
Parigi; Oxford; Londra; L'Aja | 1780; 1697; 1747; 1763; 1776; 1797; 1833; 1781; 1788; 1759; 1775; 1773; 1660; 1792; 1844; 1803; 1727-28 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 317 | Dupaty Charles Marguerite Jean Baptiste Mercier; Voltaire; Burlamaqui; Boulanger; Mirabeau; Rousseau; La Mettrie | [Illuminismo]. Dupaty, Charles Marguerite Jean Baptiste Mercier. |
Roma; Parigi; Bruxelles; Londra; Rouen; Cologne | 1788; 1768; 1753; 1742; 1745; 1750; 1756; 1764; 1748; 1775; 1751; 1796; 1755; 1678 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 318 | Bailly J.-S.; Bayle Pierre; Daubenton; Dutens; Barjeton Daniel; De Pazzi-Bonneville; La Cene Charles; Baudouin de Guemadeuc; Clemente XIV; Cerfvol | [Illuminismo]. |
Londra; Parigi; Berlino; Torino; Amsterdam; Lugano; Milano | 1777; 1792; 1787; 1785; 1795; 1780; 1762; 1750; 1769; 1771; 1772; 1684; 1782; 1789; 1776-77; 1778; 1797-98; 1768 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 319 | Ovidio | [Illustrati - Classici]. Ovidio. |
Amsterdam | 1732 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 |
| 320 | Nepos Cornelius; Ausonius Decimus Magnus; Gellius Aulus | [Illustrati - Classici]. |
Parigi | 1726; 1730; 1681 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 321 | Plutarco | [Illustrati - Classici]. Plutarco. |
Venezia | 1518 | Not Available | EUR 650.00 |
| 322 | Virgilius Maro Publius | [Illustrati - Classici]. Virgilio. |
Londra | 1654 | Not Available | EUR 900.00 |
| 323 | Cervantes; Michaud A. | [Illustrati - Dore]. |
1880-81; 1884 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 | |
| 324 | Pozzoli Girolamo | [Illustrati - Mitologia]. Pozzoli, Girolamo. |
Milano | 1809-1827 | Not Available | EUR 700.00 |
| 325 | Ariosto Ludovico | [Illustrati]. Ariosto, Ludovico. |
Parigi | circa 1775-83 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 326 | Ariosto Ludovico | [Illustrati]. Ariosto, Ludovico. |
Parigi | 1775-83 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 327 | [Illustrati]. |
Venezia | 1576 | Not Available | EUR 700.00 | |
| 328 | Boccaccio Giovanni | [Illustrati]. Boccaccio, Giovanni. |
Londra | 1757 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 329 | [Illustrati]. |
Venezia; Roma | 1614; 1610 | Not Available | EUR 325.00 |
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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.