Finarte: Books and Manuscripts, 52526, Rome
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Africano Leone | De totius Africae descriptione |
Zurich | 1559 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 990.00 |
| 78 | Maino Giasone del | De Actionibus |
Lyon | 1523 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 924.00 |
| 79 | Cipolla Bartolomeo (ca. 1420–1475) | Various tractatus |
Venice | 1571 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 290.40 |
| 80 | da Oriano Lanfranco | Lanfranci Practice |
Lyon | 1534 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 396.00 |
| 81 | Guarini Giovanni Battista | The second Verato, or Reply of the Attizzato |
Florence | 1593 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 158.40 |
| 82 | Guicciardini Francesco | The History of Italy |
Venice; Parma | 1568; 1567 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 369.60 |
| 83 | Guidicciolo Levanzio | Antidote to jealousy |
Brescia | 1565 | EUR 180.00 - 300.00 | EUR 237.60 |
| 84 | Florilegium diversorum Epigrammatum in septem libros |
Florence | 1519 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,452.00 | |
| 85 | Della Casa Giovanni | Ioannis Casae Latina monimenta |
Florence | 1567 | EUR 200.00 - 220.00 | EUR 264.00 |
| 86 | Della Casa Giovanni | Rime et prose; Il Galateo; Trattato degli Uffici Comuni |
Florence | 1598 | EUR 120.00 - 200.00 | EUR 250.80 |
| 87 | Marziale Marco Valerio | Epigrammaton books XIIII |
Lyon | 1562 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 198.00 |
| 88 | Aetius of Amida | Aetii Amideni medicos clarissimi Libri sexdecim |
Venice | 1534 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,056.00 |
| 89 | Mercuriale Girolamo | De arte gymnastica; Variarum Lectionum in Medicinae Scriptoribus |
Venice | 1587; 1588 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,452.00 |
| 90 | Zapata Giovanni Battista; De Chesne Joseph | 2 Books, including: The wonderful secrets of medicine and surgery |
Venice; Lyon | 1586; 1600 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 501.60 |
| 91 | Homer | Homeri omnium poetarum Principis Ilias |
Lyon | 1538 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 501.60 |
| 92 | Flacco Orazio | Q. Horatij Flacci poemata |
Milan | 1518 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 93 | Petrarca Francesco | Petrarch with the observations of Francesco Alunno da Ferrara |
Venice | 1550 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 343.20 |
| 94 | Plinio Cecilio Secondo Gaio | Naturae historiarum libri xxxvij |
Venice | 1519-1520 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 924.00 |
| 95 | Plutarco | Opera, quae extant, omnia. Ethica sive moralia complectentia |
Frankfurt | 1580 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 224.40 |
| 95b | Duns Scotus Johannes | Commentaria Doctoris Subtilis Ioannis Scoti in .12. there. Metaphisicae Aristotelis |
Venice | 1503 | EUR 800.00 - 1.00 | Not Sold |
| 96 | Pulci Luca | Ciriffo Calvaneo |
Florence | 1572 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 250.80 |
| 97 | Quintiliano Marco Fabio | Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim |
Lyon | 1558 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | 3 Books, including: Divi Innocentii Pontificis Maximi |
Venice; Antwerp; Genoa | 1588; 1572; 1687 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 99 | Sabba da Castiglione | Memories or teachings |
Venice | 1573 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 132.00 |
| 100 | Sallustio Crispo Gaio | De L. Sergij Catilinae conspiracy |
Lyon | 1545 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
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