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  • Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
    Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair
    17 and 18 Oct
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.

Auction Reports

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Auction Info

Auction Name
Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)
Auction Date
09/08/2025 - 09/08/2025
Sale Number
#90825
Total Lots
61
Sold Lots
46
Lots Sold
75.41%
Unsold Lots
15
Total Sales (EUR)
8,481.29
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
9,385.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
14,860.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
13,720.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
21,385.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
39.66%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97423832 Girolamo Ruscelli

De' Secreti del R. D. Alessio Piemontese. Medicina, Alchimia, Spezieria, Farmacologia;

1659 EUR 170.00 - 300.00 EUR 696.51
97519055 Galeno Claudio.

Recettario di Galeno. Alchimia

1645 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 554.81
97535174 N.N.

Schriftelicke Conferentie, in 's Gravenhage inden Iare 1611 [EN] Een gouden tafereel

1612 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 359.70
97455686 Petri Gassendi

Animadversiones

1675 EUR 250.00 - 500.00 EUR 349.89
97377522 Tiberius Decianus of Udine

Responsorum D. Tiberii Deciani Vtinensis

1589 Not Available EUR 348.80
97521917 Allain Manesson Mallet

Den arbeid van Mars : of Nieuwe vestingbouw soo wel geregelde als ongeregelde

1672 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 329.18
97463840 Tadeo Bartolini

La celeste mensa

1615 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 305.20
97484439 Martin Hanke

De Byzantinarum rerum scriptoribus graecis liber

1677 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 289.94
97525743

Toneel der voornaamste historien des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments - Schutbijbel

1733 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 267.05
94809211 Scioppius ; Scaliger

Priapeia, sive diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus [Priapees]

1664 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
97500487 M. Terentius Varro; Festus; Pomponius; Sextus Pompeius; Nonius Marcellus; Fulgentius; Isidorus

Auctores Latinae Linguae in Unum Redacti Corpus

1587 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 225.63
97524084 [Sperone Speroni] ; Giovanni Alberti

Speroni Sperone, Orationi

1596 EUR 375.00 - 650.00 EUR 222.36
97479525 Vincentii Guinisii Lucensis

Poesis Heroica, Elegiaca, Lyrica, Epigrammatica

1637 EUR 450.00 - 700.00 EUR 222.36
95101243 Famiano Strada

De Bello Belgico Decas Prima

1636 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 218.00
97446440 Gian Alesio Abbatutis (G. B. Basile)

Le Muse Napoletane Egloche

1647 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 EUR 218.00
97526929 Johannes Calvijn

Institutie of onderwijsinghe in de christelicke religie

1650 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 EUR 218.00
97393829 Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

Institutionum Oratoriarum / Oratoris Eloquentissimi

1604 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 207.10
97502922 Jacob Cats

Iacobi Catzii J.C. monita amoris virginei sive officium puellarum in castis amoribus, emblemate

1622 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 200.56
97477574 Juan Maldonado

Joannis Maldonati Andalusii Societ Jesu Theologi commentarii in Prophetas IIII Jeremiam, Baruch...

1611 EUR 220.00 - 300.00 EUR 196.20
97499083 Guillermus (Johannes Herolt?)

Postilla super epistolas et evangelia

1486 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 196.20

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  • Sotheby’s
    By a Lady
    1-15 October 2025
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000
    Gonnelli: Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000
    Gonnelli: Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800
    Gonnelli: Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli: Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000
    Gonnelli: Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000
    Gonnelli: Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. Forus Feasa ar Éirinn. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom… €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant. Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). At Swim-Two-Birds. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. €1,000 to €1,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000.