Auction Reports

Aste Bolaffi

Auction Info

Auction Name
Rare Books and Autographs
Auction Date
12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
Sale Number
#734
Total Lots
179
Sold Lots
143.0
Lots Sold
79.89%
Unsold Lots
36
Total Sales (EUR)
560,125.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
258,740.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
310,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
354,302.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
425,175.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
131.74%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 Galilei, Galileo.

Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano.

1632 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 62,500.00
9 Colonna, Francesco.

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet.

1499 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 60,000.00
110

Mishnah.

1548-49. EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 40,000.00
28 Ortelius, Abraham.

Theatrum orbis terrarum.

1570 EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 37,500.00
29 Herbert, William , e Henry Gregory.

A New Directory for the East Indies.

1767 EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 35,000.00
8 Terenzio.

Comoediae.

1496 EUR 6,250.00 - 7,500.00 EUR 17,500.00
76 Tolstoy, Lev Nikolaevich.

Anna Karenina.

1878 EUR 8,750.00 - 10,500.00 EUR 16,250.00
66 Bonelli, Giorgio.

Hortus Romanus juxta systema Tournefortianum paulo strictius distributus a Georgio Bonelli.

1772-84. EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
5 Dante.

La Commedia.

1487 EUR 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
31 Zatta, Antonio.

Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu celebri e piu recenti geografi.

1775-85. EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 15,000.00
2

Hore intemerate virginis marie secundum usum Romanum cum pluribus orationibus tam in gallico quam in latino.

1505 EUR 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 13,750.00
36 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

Cristo guarisce gli infermi, o i 100 fiorini.

1649 circa. EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
179 Zatta, Antonio.

Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu celebri e piu recenti geografi.

1775-1785. EUR 8,750.00 - 10,500.00 EUR 11,250.00
15 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria.

Lombardia, Piemonte, Savoja, Provenza, Milanese, Mantovano, Monferrata, Parmegiano, Modonese; Stato Ecclesiastico Roma, Umbria, Marche, Urbino; Regno di Napoli, Sicilia e Malta.

circa 1706]. EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 10,625.00
30 Nolli, Giovanni Battista.

Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l'anno 1748.

1748]. EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 8,750.00
4

Biblia latina.

1478 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 8,125.00
12 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria.

Curia Romana, La Romagna, Ravenna ricercata, Ducato di Ferrara, Comacchio, Il Bolognese, Il Ducato della Mirandola.

circa 1706]. EUR 3,125.00 - 3,750.00 EUR 7,500.00
22

Mahazor kol ha-shanah ke-minhag ... Ashkhenazim.

1756 EUR 3,125.00 - 3,750.00 EUR 7,500.00
106

Machazor.

1557 EUR 625.00 - 750.00 EUR 7,500.00
44 Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de.

Voyage pittoresque ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.

1781-86. EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,875.00

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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: