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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | Rossi Giovanni Domenico | [Guerra di Morea]. |
Venezia | 1686 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 |
| 181 | [Guida - Italia]. |
Milano | 1834 circa; 1639; 1822; 1711 | Not Available | EUR 375.00 | |
| 182 | Schott Franz; Giovannini Girolamo; Panciroli Ottavio | [Guida - Italia]. Schott, Franz |
Vicenza | 1600-01; 1600 | Not Available | EUR 800.00 |
| 183 | Amoretti Carlo | [Guida - Laghi]. Amoretti, Carlo. |
Milano | 1801 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 184 | Dezallier d'Argenville Antoine Joseph; Meister Jacques-Henri | [Guida - Parigi]. |
1749; 1797 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 185 | Roisecco Gregorio | [Guida - Roma]. |
Roma | 1745 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 186 | Scoto Francesco | [Guida - Roma]. Scoto, Francesco. |
Roma | 1761 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 187 | Civelli Giuseppe; Valmagini | [Italia]. Civelli, Giuseppe. |
Milano | 1845 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 |
| 188 | Richard Jerome; Russell George; Burnet G. | [Italia]. |
Parigi | 1766; 1770; 1775; 1819; 1871; 1689 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 189 | Rogissart | [Italia]. |
Leiden | 1706 | Not Available | EUR 175.00 |
| 190 | Gourdault Jules; Eustace John Chetwode; Nibby Antonio | [Italia]. |
1877; 1857; 1838 | Not Available | EUR 350.00 | |
| 191 | Richard Jerome; Montaigne Michel de; Dupaty | [Italia]. Richard, Jerome. |
Parigi | 1766; 1775; 1774; 1809 | Not Available | EUR 325.00 |
| 192 | Surell Alexandre | [Montagna]. Surell, Alexandre. |
Parigi | 1841 | Not Available | EUR 100.00 |
| 193 | [Navigazione]. |
Vienna | 1873; 1774; 1760 | Not Available | EUR 350.00 | |
| 194 | Nagerel Jean; Beaucaire de Peguillon | [Normandia]. Nagerel, Jean. |
Rouen; Lione | 1558; 1625 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 195 | Vuillemin Alexandre Aime | [Planisfero]. |
1849 | Not Available | EUR 100.00 | |
| 196 | [Storia d'Italia]. |
Torino | 1911 | Not Available | EUR 425.00 | |
| 197 | Morone Mariano | [Terra Santa]. |
Piacenza | 1669 | Not Available | EUR 200.00 |
| 198 | Moro M.; Pividor G.; Tramontini A. | [Venezia]. |
Venezia | [1844] | Not Available | EUR 400.00 |
| 199 | Sansovino Francesco | [Venezia]. Sansovino, Francesco. |
Venezia | 1663 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 200 | Bardetti Stanislao; Durandi Jacopo; Kastofer Karl | [Viaggi]. |
1769; 1772; 1870; 1765; 1828; 1838 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 | |
| 201 | Mascardi Agostino; Salviati Leonardo; Buommattei Benedetto | [Accademie]. |
Roma; Venezia | 1630; 1584; 1735; 1751 | Not Available | EUR 325.00 |
| 202 | Cicero | [Aldina - Esemplare postillato]. Cicerone. |
Venezia | 1546 | Not Available | EUR 650.00 |
| 203 | Medina Bartolome de; Bonciari Marco Antonio; Alberoni Giulio | [Aldina - Inquisizione]. |
Roma; Bassano | 1567; 1583; 1604; 1721 | Not Available | EUR 550.00 |
| 204 | Lactantius | [Aldina]. Lattanzio. |
Venezia | 1515 | Not Available | EUR 650.00 |
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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.