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
835 D'Annunzio Gabriele

D'Annunzio, Gabriele.

1920 Not Available EUR 400.00
836 D'Annunzio Gabriele

D'Annunzio, Gabriele.

1910; 1909 Not Available EUR 800.00
837 D'Annunzio Gabriele

D'Annunzio, Gabriele.

N/A Not Available EUR 350.00
838 De Amicis Edmondo

De Amicis, Edmondo.

Torino 1886 Not Available EUR 150.00
839 Eco Umberto

Eco, Umberto.

N/A Not Available EUR 100.00
840 Fogazzaro Antonio

Fogazzaro, Antonio.

1876 Not Available Not Sold
841 Crali Tullio; Prampolini Enrico; Dottori Gerardo; Bracci Tullio Alpinolo

[Futurismo].

Milano 1940; 1949 Not Available EUR 450.00
842 Gentile Giovanni

Gentile, Giovanni.

1925-1941; 1929; 1931 Not Available EUR 750.00
843 Vidal Gore

Gore Vidal.

1964; 1968 Not Available Not Sold
844 Guareschi Giovannino

Guareschi, Giovannino.

1950-1969 Not Available EUR 350.00
845 Guareschi Giovannino

Guareschi, Giovannino.

1950-1969 Not Available Not Sold
846 Guareschi Giovannino

Guareschi, Giovannino.

1950-1959 Not Available EUR 375.00
847 Guareschi Giovannino

Guareschi, Giovannino.

1940-1949 Not Available Not Sold
848 Hoepli Ulrico

Hoepli, Ulrico.

Torino 1879; 1891 Not Available Not Sold
849 Ionesco Eugene

Ionesco, Eugene.

1950; 1960 Not Available EUR 100.00
850 Manzoni Alessandro

Manzoni, Alessandro.

N/A Not Available EUR 300.00
851 Moravia Alberto

Moravia, Alberto.

83 Not Available Not Sold
852 Moretti Marino

Moretti, Marino.

30.6.'56 Not Available EUR 100.00
853 Palazzeschi Aldo

Palazzeschi, Aldo.

28.1.74 Not Available Not Sold
854 Sepulveda Luis

Sepulveda, Luis.

9.11.2010 Not Available Not Sold
855 Balbo Italo

Balbo, Italo.

N/A Not Available EUR 250.00
856 Battisti Cesare

Battisti, Cesare.

2.X.15 Not Available Not Sold
857 de Lesseps Ferdinand

de Lesseps, Ferdinand.

Rome 1849 Not Available EUR 475.00
858 Di Bella Luigi

Di Bella, Luigi.

N/A Not Available Not Sold
859 Dulbecco Renato

Dulbecco, Renato.

1977 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 Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED.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.