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Bertolami Fine Art : Rare, Antique and Collectible Books

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Auction Name	Rare, Antique and Collectible Books	Total Sales (EUR)	98,748.85
Auction Date	December 17, 2024 - December 17, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	69,760.00
Sale Number	#321	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	101,570.00
Total Lots	276
Sold Lots	211	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	125,080.00
% of Lots Sold	76.45%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	176,220.00
Unsold Lots	65	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	56.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
108	Kepler, Johannes	EPITOME ASTRONOMIAE COPERNICANAE. USED FORM QUAESTIONUM & RESPONSIONUM CONSCRIPTA INQ. VII LIBROS DIGESTA, QUORUM TRES PRIORES SUNT DE DOCTRINA SPHAERICA ... AUTHORE JOANNE KEPPLERO.	1618	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,096.00
107	Coronelli, Vincenzo	COSMOGRAPHICAL EPITOME, OR COMPENDIOUS INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY, GEOGRAPHY, & HYDROGRAPHY, FOR THE USE, DILUCATION, AND MANUFACTURE OF SPHERES, GLOBES, PLANISPHERES, ASTROLABS, AND GEOGRAPHICAL TABLES, AND PARTICULARLY OF THE PRINTED MATERIALS, AND EXPLA	1693	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 3,556.00
10		Statutes of the Principalities of Bozzolo Sabbioneta ... Manuscript of ancient law and economics,	1588	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,048.00
65	Venuti, Ridolfino	ACCURATE AND SUCCINTH TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF MODERN ROME. POSTHUMOUS WORK OF THE ABBOT RIDOLFINO VENUTI OF CORTONA, ... REDUCED TO A BETTER FORM, ENLARGED, AND ARRANGED WITH MANY COPPER FIGURES.	1766	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,794.00
241	Marx, Karl	CAPITAL. A CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. [ECONOMIST'S LIBRARY COLLECTION OF THE MOST VALUABLE MODERN ITALIAN AND FOREIGN WORKS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY, VOL. 9, P. 2.	1886	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,413.00
136	Dali, Salvador & Boccaccio, Giovanni	DECAMERON	1972	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,032.00
37	Genga, Bernardino	Surgical anatomy, that is, anatomical history of the bones and muscles of the human body...	1672	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,905.00
102	Mattioli, Pietro Andrea	The discourses of m. Pietro Andrea Matthioli ... in the six books of Pedacius Discorides Anazarbeus on medicinal matters...	1568	EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 1,905.00
122	Mydorge, Claude & Giordano, Vitale	Conical Elements or the First Book of Catoptrics.	1685	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,905.00
146		Petrarch with the exposition of Alessandro Vellutello...	1552	Not Available	EUR 1,905.00
84	Basilius Valentinus (Basil Valentine)	FR. BASILII VALENTINI, ORDIN, BENEDICT. CHYMISCHE SCHRIFTEN, AUS EINIGEN ALTEN MSTEN AUFS FLEISSIGSTE VERBESSERT, MIT VIELEN TRACTATEN, AUCH ETLICHEN FIGUREN VERMEHRET, UND NEBST EINEM VOLLSTANDIGEN REGISTER IN DREY THEILE VERFASSET SAMT EINER NEUEN VORR	1740	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,651.00
133	Boscovich, Ruggero G.	De lentibus et telescopiis dioptricis.	1755	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,651.00
109	Galilei, Galileo	Dialogue... where in four-day congresses the two greatest systems of the world, Ptolemaic and Copernican, are discussed. Second impression enhanced by a Letter from the same...	ca.1710	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,524.00
71	Lauro, Giacomo	Antiquae Urbis splendor hoc est praecipua eiusdem templa, amphitheatra, theatra, circi, naumachiae, arcus triumphales, mausolea aliaque sumptuosiora aedificia pozzoe item triumphalis et colossaearum imaginum descriptio.	1641	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,397.00
207	Eymerich, Nicolas	Directorium inquisitorum F. Nicolai Eymerici Ordinis Praed. Cum commentariis Francisci Pegnae.	1587	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,397.00
222	Alighieri, Dante	Comedy of Dante Alighieri divine poet	1529	EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,397.00
120	Cossali, Pietro	ON THE MYSTERIOUS ALEMBERT EQUATION (1+hv-1)m=(1-hv-1)m LETTER WRITTEN ON JULY 9, 1783. FROM FATHER PIETRO COSSALI TO THE SAME MR. D'ALEMBERT.	1783	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,270.00
193	Kircher, Athanasius	ATHANASII KIRCHERI E SOCIETATE IESU HISTORIA EUSTACHIO-MARIANA QUA ADMIRANDA D. EUSTACHIJ, SOCIORUMQUE VITA EX VARIJS AUTHORIBUS COLLECTA; LOCUS IN QUO EIDEM IN MONTE VULTURELLO CHRISTUS INTER CORNUA CERUI APPARUIT, NOUITER DETECTUS; ...	1665	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,270.00
179	Casas, Bartolome de las	HISTORY, OR VERY BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WEST INDIES; ACCORDING TO ITS TRUE SPANISH ORIGINAL PRINTED IN SEVILLE, WITH THE ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY FRANCESCO BERSABITA.	1626	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,206.50
117	Della Porta, Giovan Battista	Elementorum curvilineorum libri tres.	1610	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,143.00
195	Menghi, Girolamo	Compendium of the art of exorcism, ...	1580	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,143.00
264	Brusoni, Lucius Domitius	FACETIARUM EXEMPLORUMQUE, BOOKS VII.	1518	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,143.00
12		[ MANUSCRIPTS / HORSE RIDING ] " Manuscript Discourse on Horses, Their Evils and Way of Learning to Ride "	late 17th and early 18th century	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,079.50
170	Pezel, Christoph D.	CHRISTOPHORI PEZELII PRAECEPTA GENETHLIACA SIUE DE PROGNOSTICANDIS HOMINUM NATIUITATIBUS COMMENTARIUS ERUDITISSIMUS, IN QUO NON SOLUM ASTROLOGIAE PRAECEPTA & CERTA ISTIUS FUNDAMENTA DEMONSTRANTUR, VERUM ETIAM VARII CASUS, HISTORIAE, EUENTUS & EXEMPLA LEP	1607	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,079.50
115	Giordano, Vitale	De componendis gravium momentis dissertatio.	1687	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,016.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD