Finarte: Easy Collecting: Books, 355, Rome
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Thomas Roscoe | Viaggi - Thomas Roscoe - The tourist in Switzerland and Italy, 1830 |
London | 1830 | EUR 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | Rodolphe Topffer | Viaggi - Rodolphe Topffer - Premiers Voyages en ZigZag, 1878 |
Paris; Colle | 1878; 1846 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 63.50 |
| 228 | Francesco Saverio Villarosa | Francesco Saverio Villarosa - Mythological - Historical - Poetic Dictionary, 1841 |
Naples | 1841 | EUR 40.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.80 |
| 229 | Alexandre Vuillemin | Alexandre Vuillemin - Carte Physique et Routiere de l'Italie, 1850 |
Paris | 1850 | EUR 60.00 - 150.00 | EUR 76.20 |
| 230 | Gaston Vuillier | Gaston Vuillier - The dance, 1899 |
Milan | 1899 | EUR 10.00 - 50.00 | EUR 12.70 |
| 231 | Hogarth William | Hogarth William - The Complete Works, 1860 |
London | ND (1860) | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Dante Alighieri | Dante Alighieri - Divine Comedy Facsimile of the Prince of Foligno Edition 1472, 1911 |
Turin | 1911 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 152.40 |
| 233 | Dante Alighieri | Dante Alighieri (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - The Divine Comedy, 1905 |
Rome-Milan; Florence | 1905; 1899; 1913; 1917; 1920 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 127.00 |
| 234 | Dante Alighieri | Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy, newly illustrated by Italian artists, edited by Vittorio Alinari and revised by Giuseppe Vandelli. Second revised edition., 1922 |
Florence | 1922 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 317.50 |
| 235 | Dante Alighieri | Dante Alighieri (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - Dante's Works, a critical text of the Italian Dante Society, 1921 |
Florence; Rome; Milan | 1921; 1929; 1935; 1934; 1938 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | Arti decorative - Modern Ceilings and Friezes. New Compositions by Italian Artists, 1910 |
Turin; Venice | c. 1910; 1859 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 114.30 | |
| 237 | Achille Bertarelli | Bibliologia - Achille Bertarelli - The Italian popular image, 1929 |
Paris; London - Paris | 1929; 1914 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
| 238 | Giovanni Boccaccio | Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron, 1925 |
Florence | 1925 | EUR 70.00 - 140.00 | EUR 101.60 |
| 239 | Dino Campana | Dino Campana - The longest day, 1973 |
Milan | 1973 | EUR 30.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 240 | Giuseppe Capogrossi | Giuseppe Capogrossi (Roma 1900 - 1972) - Capogrossi by Michel Seuphor, 1954 |
Venice | 1954; 1965 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 177.80 |
| 241 | Cartografia - Mar Nero - Black Sea Map Russia and Turkiye, 1900 |
Milan | ND | EUR 60.00 - 150.00 | EUR 114.30 | |
| 242 | Cartografia - Map - City Guide to Rome, 1907 |
Rome | ND; 1907 | EUR 80.00 - 150.00 | EUR 101.60 | |
| 243 | Giacomo Casanova | Giacomo Casanova - Story of my escape from the Prisons of the Republic of Venice called "li Piombi", 1911 |
Milan | 1911 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 101.60 |
| 244 | Giacomo Casanova | Giacomo Casanova - Memoires de J. Casanova de Singalt, 1924 |
Paris | 1924–1935 | EUR 80.00 - 150.00 | EUR 203.20 |
| 245 | Robert Davis H. | Robert Davis H. - Man makes his own mask, 1932 |
New York | 1932 | EUR 30.00 - 80.00 | EUR 76.20 |
| 246 | Jean de la Fontaine | Jean de la Fontaine - Les Contes et nouvelles en vers, 1930 |
Paris | 1930 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 247 | Of intelligible beauty, 1900 |
Mayenne; Santiago de Chile; Milan | 1962; 1956; 1954; 1960 | EUR 60.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 248 | Domenico Batacchi | Erotismo - Domenico Batacchi - Fat news, 1948 |
Turin | 1948 | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | Auguste Escoffier | Auguste Escoffier - Culinary guide aide-memoire de cuisine pratique, 1921 |
Paris | 1921 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 250 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | Futurismo - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Alessandria d’Egitto 1876 - Bellagio 1944) - Poetry, 1908 |
Milan | 1905-1909 | EUR 80.00 - 150.00 | EUR 1,143.00 |
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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.