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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Gonzalez de Mendoza Juan (1545-1618) | [Asiatica - Cina]. |
Venezia | 1588 | Not Available | EUR 375.00 |
| 155 | [Asiatica - Giappone]. |
Tokyo | 1885 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 156 | Ikkei Shosai | [Asiatica]. |
circa 1870 | Not Available | EUR 100.00 | |
| 157 | Zhengyan Hu | [Asiatica]. Zhengyan, Hu. |
Beijing | 1952 | Not Available | EUR 700.00 |
| 158 | Bonne Rigobert | Bonne, Rigobert. |
Ginevra | circa 1780 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 159 | Buy de Mornas Claude | Buy de Mornas, Claude. |
Parigi | 1761-62 | Not Available | EUR 1,200.00 |
| 160 | Cacciatore Leonardo | Cacciatore, Leonardo. |
Firenze | 1831-33 | Not Available | EUR 225.00 |
| 161 | Delisle Guillaume (1675-1726) | Delisle, Guillaume. |
Venezia | 1740 | Not Available | EUR 1,100.00 |
| 162 | Werner Carl Friedrich | [Egitto]. |
circa 1875 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 163 | Testa Domenico; Lacroix de Marles Jules; Szedlo Giovanni; Panceri P.; Gasco F.; Garruccio Giovanni | [Egitto]. Testa, Domenico. |
Roma; Bologna; Napoli | 1802; 1868; 1876; 1876; 1852 | Not Available | EUR 175.00 |
| 164 | Homann Johann Baptist; Robert de Vaugondy | [Francia e Italia]. |
Norimberga; Parigi | XVIII secolo; 1750 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 165 | Cassini Cesar Francois (1714-1784) | [Francia]. |
Vienna | circa 1805 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 166 | Cluver Philipp | [Geografia]. Cluver, Philipp. |
Leida | 1624; 1619 | Not Available | EUR 1,700.00 |
| 167 | [Geografia]. |
Venezia | 1796; 1825; 1558; 1692 | Not Available | EUR 750.00 | |
| 168 | [Geografia]. |
1786; 1754; 1712; 1740 | Not Available | EUR 450.00 | ||
| 169 | Eustace John Chetwode; Campe Joachim Heinrich; Sterne | [Geografia]. |
1813; 1820; 1785; 1778 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 | |
| 170 | La Harpe Jean Francois | [Geografia]. |
Venezia | 1781; 1782-85; 1790 | Not Available | EUR 550.00 |
| 171 | Cellarius Christoph | [Geografia]. |
1794; 1843; 1801; 1830 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 | |
| 172 | Cochin | [Geografia]. |
Milano | 1828; 1758 | Not Available | EUR 225.00 |
| 174 | Roccheggiani Lorenzo; Pinelli Bartolomeo | [Grand Tour - Antichita]. |
Roma; Milano | 1850 circa; XIX | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 175 | Breval John; Costello Dudley; Pelle M.C. | [Grand Tour]. Breval, John. |
Londra | 1738; 1861 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 |
| 176 | Chateaubriand; Lamartine; Raoul-Rochette | [Grand Tour]. |
Torino; Roma | 1834-38; 1821 | Not Available | EUR 475.00 |
| 177 | Chateaubriand F. R. | [Grand Tour]. |
Parigi | 1834-37 | Not Available | EUR 400.00 |
| 178 | Hakewill James; Turner J. M. W. | [Grand Tour]. |
Londra | 1820 | Not Available | EUR 325.00 |
| 179 | Scoto Francesco | [Grand Tour]. Scoto, Francesco. |
Padova | 1659 | Not Available | EUR 750.00 |
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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.