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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | Forzate Claudio | [Aldina]. |
Venezia | 1554; 1583 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 206 | Cicero | [Aldina]. |
Venezia | 1515; 1556 | Not Available | EUR 450.00 |
| 207 | Sannazaro; Petrarca Francesco | [Aldina]. |
Venezia | 1534; 1539; 1550 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 208 | Seneca; Suetonius Tranquillus C. | [Aldina]. Seneca. |
Venezia | 1517 | Not Available | EUR 500.00 |
| 209 | Scaliger Joseph Juste | [Alfabeti esotici]. Scaliger, Joseph Juste. |
L'Aja | 1623 | Not Available | EUR 300.00 |
| 210 | de Ribadeneyra Pedro | [Anti-Machiavellismo]. de Ribadeneyra, Pedro. |
Anversa | 1597 | Not Available | EUR 400.00 |
| 211 | Sansovino Francesco | [Araldica - Malta]. Sansovino, Francesco. |
Venezia | 1566 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 212 | Della Chiesa Francesco Agostino | [Araldica - Savoia]. |
1655-57 | Not Available | EUR 175.00 | |
| 213 | Cosimo I de' Medici | [Araldica - Toscana]. |
Pisa; Firenze | 1746; 1571 | Not Available | EUR 350.00 |
| 214 | Pignoria Lorenzo; Cagna Giacopo | [Araldica]. Pignoria, Lorenzo. |
Padova | 1625; 1589 | Not Available | EUR 475.00 |
| 215 | de' Crescenzi Gio. Pietro; Sansovino Francesco | [Araldica]. |
1639-42; 1670 | Not Available | EUR 375.00 | |
| 216 | Beccaria Cesare; Facchinei Ferdinando; Verri Pietro | Beccaria, Cesare. |
Livorno; Parigi; Piacenza; Vienna; Bassano; Venezia | 1774; 1766; 1801; 1798; 1789; 1765 | Not Available | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 217 | Martello Pierjacopo; Cromazione Agatopisto; Lalli Giovanbattista; Parini Giuseppe; Trombelli Giovan-Grisostomo | [Bibliofilia e letteratura]. |
Roma; Foligno | 1709; 1788; 1635; 1791; 1692; 1728; 1756; 1596 | Not Available | EUR 600.00 |
| 218 | Haym Nicola Francesco; Peignot Gabriel; Cattenburgh A. v.; Muratori Lodovico Antonio | [Bibliofilia]. |
Venezia; Milano; Genova | 1741; 1787; 1804; 1830; 1728; 1730; 1824-58 | Not Available | EUR 325.00 |
| 219 | Brunet Jacques Charles; Tooley R.V.; Demeure de Beaumont A.; De Vesme Alexandre; Bargiel; Zagrodzki; Rowell; Wye; Marcade Valentine | [Bibliografia]. |
1921; 1878; 1979; 1897; 1906; 1986; 2002; 1971; 1975 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 | |
| 220 | Argelati Filippo; Riccardi Pietro; Lancetti Vincenzo; Sabia Maria; Sorrento Luigi; Prandi Dino; Morazzoni Guido; Balsamo Luigi | [Bibliografia]. |
Bologna | 1982-85; 1988; 1975; 2003; 1996; 1942; 1952; 1943; 1959 | Not Available | EUR 200.00 |
| 221 | Marsand Antonio; Malaspina di Sannazaro Luigi | [Bibliografia]. |
1835; 1824 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 222 | Renouard Antoine Augustin | [Bibliografia]. |
Venezia | 1825; 1741 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 223 | Saraceni Filippo | [Biografia]. |
Jesi | 1783; 1737; 1736 | Not Available | EUR 150.00 |
| 224 | Mazzuchelli Giammaria; Aretino Pietro | [Biografia]. |
1748; 1766; c. 1805; 1741 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 225 | Boccaccio Giovanni | Boccaccio, Giovanni. |
Firenze | 1521; 1606 | Not Available | EUR 400.00 |
| 226 | Bonnot de Condillac Etienne | [Bodoni - Condillac]. |
Parma | 1782 | Not Available | EUR 250.00 |
| 227 | Affo Ireneo | [Bodoni]. |
Lione | 1784; 1768 | Not Available | EUR 125.00 |
| 228 | Boiardo Matteo Maria; Agostini Nicolo de gli; Domenichi Lodovico | Boiardo, Matteo Maria. |
Venezia | 1611 | Not Available | EUR 800.00 |
| 229 | Bonaparte Lucien; Diderot Denis | Bonaparte, Lucien. |
Roma; Parigi | 1814 | Not Available | EUR 100.00 |
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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.