Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs, 61726, Roma

Auction Details

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
128	D'Annunzio Gabriele	D'Annunzio, Gabriele.		1909	Not Available	EUR 1,200.00
129	D'Annunzio Gabriele	D'Annunzio, Gabriele.		1909	Not Available	EUR 1,200.00
130	Murat Gioacchino	Murat, Gioacchino.	Napoli	1809	Not Available	EUR 550.00
131	Mazzini Giuseppe	Mazzini, Giuseppe.		1863; 1850	Not Available	EUR 550.00
133	Francesco	Francesco, al secolo Jorge Mario Bergoglio.	Roma	N/A	Not Available	EUR 1,500.00
134		[Judaica].	Venezia	1704-05	Not Available	Not Sold
135	Trani Joseph ben Moses	[Judaica].	Venezia	1645	Not Available	EUR 500.00
136		[Judaica].	Vienna	1816; 1824; 1835	Not Available	EUR 250.00
137	Rodriguez Mendez Samuel; Tsarfati de Gerone Moshe; Gumish Da Silva David	[Judaica].	Amsterdam	1726	Not Available	EUR 200.00
138		[Judaica].	Amsterdam	N/A	Not Available	EUR 350.00
139		[Judaica].	Venezia	secolo XVIII	Not Available	Not Sold
140		[Judaica].	Venezia	secolo XVIII	Not Available	Not Sold
141	Abramo di Cologna	[Judaica].	Parigi	1807	Not Available	EUR 425.00
142	Meyuhas Avraham ben Shmuel	[Judaica].	Livorno	1788	Not Available	Not Sold
143		[Judaica].	Mantova	1720	Not Available	EUR 175.00
144	Ephraim Bar Yaakov	[Judaica].	Venezia; Homburg	1730; 1727	Not Available	Not Sold
145		[Judaica].	Venezia	1753	Not Available	EUR 350.00
146		[Judaica].	Amsterdam	1662; 1757; 1701	Not Available	EUR 700.00
147	Zacud Modena David	[Judaica].	Mantova	1815; 1802; 1828	Not Available	Not Sold
148		[Judaica].	Parigi	1809	Not Available	Not Sold
149	Favalli Girolamo	[Judaica - Lombardia]. Favalli, Girolamo.	Cremona	1563	Not Available	EUR 300.00
150	Estienne Robert	[Judaica - Plantin].	Anversa; Venezia	1565; 1622; 1541	Not Available	EUR 375.00
151	Alberti Leandro	Alberti, Leandro.	Venezia	1567-68	Not Available	EUR 1,200.00
152	Alberti Leandro	Alberti, Leandro.	Venezia	1551	Not Available	EUR 425.00
153	Descourtilz Michel-Etienne; Rochefort Charles de	[Antille - Botanica]. Descourtilz, Michel-Etienne.	Parigi; Lione	1821-29; 1667	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 Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED.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.