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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | Monti V.; Marechal Sylvain; Cesarotti Melchiorre | [Napoleonica]. |
Venezia; Parigi | 1805; 1807 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 408 | Olivieri Agostino | [Numismatica]. |
Genova | 1860 | Not Available | EUR 50.00 |
| 410 | Patin Charles | [Numismatica]. |
Padova | 1691 | Not Available | EUR 175.00 |
| 411 | Patin Charles; Suares Joseph Marie | [Numismatica]. |
Amsterdam | 1683 | Not Available | EUR 125.00 |
| 412 | Galeani Napione Gianfranco | [Numismatica]. Galeani Napione, Gianfranco. |
Torino | 1828 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 413 | [Numismatica]. |
Baden | 1705 | Not Available | EUR 200.00 | |
| 414 | Pedrusi Paolo; Piovene Pietro | [Numismatica]. Pedrusi, Paolo |
Parma | 1694-1727 | Not Available | EUR 600.00 |
| 415 | Collin de Plancy Jacques | [Occultismo]. Collin de Plancy, Jacques. |
Parigi | 1825-26 | Not Available | EUR 1,400.00 |
| 416 | Agrippa Cornelio | [Occultismo]. |
Colonia | 1532 | Not Available | EUR 375.00 |
| 417 | Dalla Porta Enrico; Boulanger Nicolas-Antoine | [Oriente]. Dalla Porta, Enrico. |
Milano | 1758; 1763 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 418 | Orsino Pier Francesco; Tasso; Zito Mario; Pugliese de Rivera Niccola; Salviati Lionardo; Albani Giovanni Girolamo | Orsino, Pier Francesco. |
Roma | 1730; 1656; 1685; 1679; 1571; 1558 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 419 | Turchi Adeodato | [Parma - Editti]. |
1801; 1780; 1788; 1761; 1801 | Not Available | EUR 200.00 | |
| 420 | Volpini Giuseppe; Cassina Ubaldo | [Parma]. |
1721; 1564; 1613; 1809; 1856; 1831; 1778; 1779; 1791; 1681; 1832-34; 1772 | Not Available | EUR 325.00 | |
| 421 | Theiner Agostino; Mazio Giacomo | [Pellico]. |
Roma | 1834 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 422 | Ortalli Gaspare; Cotenna Vincenzo; Ghilini Girolamo | [Pernozze]. |
Parma; Genova; Venezia | 1820; 1801; 1785; 1648 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 423 | Durandi Jacopo; Vassalli Eandi Anton Maria; Isler Ignazio; Lanzoni Carlo; Cuvier; Costa de Beauregard | [Piemonte]. |
Torino | 1766; 1769; 1848; 1789; 1786-1789; 1827; 1807; 1787; 1819; 1816; 1706; 1838 | Not Available | EUR 350.00 |
| 424 | Boccalini Traiano; Tacito Cornelio; Sangallo Giulio Antonio; Paruta Paolo | [Politica]. Boccalini, Traiano. |
Castellana; Ginevra; Ferrara | 1678; 1834; 1822; 1772; 1811; 1642; 1690; 1629 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 425 | Sidney Algernon; Portocarero; Colbert Jean-Baptiste; Quilici B.; Ballanche | [Politica]. |
1792-93; 1709; 1694; 1804; 1663; 1671; 1755; 1786; 1818 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 426 | Menochio Giovanni Stefano; Landi Giovanni Battista; Bossuet Jacques Benigne; Sansovino Francesco; Rocca Bernardin | [Politica]. |
1626; 1720; 1730; 1588; 1566 | Not Available | EUR 375.00 | |
| 427 | Ossat Arnaud d'; Canini Girolamo; Courtilz de Sandras Gatien | [Politica]. Ossat, Arnaud d'. |
Venezia; Colonia | 1629; 1759; 1688 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 428 | Comines Filippo di; Conti Lorenzo | [Politica]. |
Milano | 1623; 1640 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 429 | Chokier Kohannes; Mattheacci Giuseppe | [Politica]. |
1611; 1598; 1613 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 | |
| 430 | Alberto Magno | [Postincunabolo]. Alberto Magno. |
Haguenau | 1505 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 431 | Bovio Giovanni Battista; Bonifacius VIII; Cave William; Bianchi-Giovini Aurelio; La Peyrere Isaac; Savonarola Hieronymi; Rossi Giovanni Vittorio | [Religione]. |
Amsterdam; Coloniae Ubiorum | 1731-34; 1613; 1705; 1728; 1801; 1756; 1844; 1740; 1604; 1749; 1686; 1685; 1700; 1655; 1662; 1666; 1712; 1649; 1728 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 |
| 432 | Linguet Simon Nicolas Henri; Proyart | [Rivoluzione francese]. Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri . |
Londra; Berna | 1783; 1800 | Not Available | EUR 125.00 |
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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.