• Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.

Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Day 3 - Session IV: Books from XVI to XX Century (First part) Session V: Books from XVI to XX Century (Second part), A54c, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 10, 2024 - October 10, 2024
Page Size: 249 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
392

Quaderno intatto, in legatura in velluto e filo d'argento. XVIII secolo.

1700 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 554.00
393

Legatura in marocchino rosso con armi di Leone XII. XVIII-XIX secolo.

1700 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 428.00
394

Piatti in cartone laccato con decorazioni arabescate. Media eta cagiara (tardo XIX secolo).

Persian Empire 1800 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
395

Gesta proxime per Portugalenses in India, Ethiopia, et aliis orinetalibus [sic] terris. (Impressum Rome per Ioannem Besicken, 1506 die vij mensis Nouembris).

Roma 1506 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 163,800.00
396

Lotto di testi religiosi del Cinquecento XVI secolo.

1500 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 693.00
397

Officium hebdomade sancte, secundum Romanam Curiam. (Al colophon:) Venetijs: arte et impensis Luceantonij de Giunta, 1513 die XIX Martij.

Venezia 1513 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,512.00
398

M. Grunii Corococtae porcelli testamentum. [Impressum Venetiis in aedibus Ioannis Tacuini de Tridino, 1519. die .VI. Martii].

Venezia 1519 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 428.00
399

Strambotti piacevoli et amorosi in laude di Leontia. (Al colophon:) Impressa in Fiorenza per Bartolomeo de Zanetti da Bresia a petitione di Batholomeo di Matheo Castello adi.xxi. di Genaio. 1521.

Firenze 1521 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 605.00
400

De Balneis omnia quae extant apud Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas, tam medicos quam quoscunque ceterarum artium probatos scriptiores... Venetiis: apud Iuntas, 1553 (Al colophon:) Venetijs: apud haeredes Lucaeantonij Iuntae, 1553.

Venezia 1553 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,638.00
401

Lotto di opere seicentesche di diritto XVII secolo.

1600 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 353.00
402

Lotto di opere settecentesche di diritto XVIII secolo.

1700 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
403

Lotto di 14 opere otto-novecentesche di gastronomia. XIX-XX secolo.

1800 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 403.00
404

Tavole di Ragguaglio fra le nuove lire I. R. Austriache e le Lire Italiane e Milanesi... Milano, Stamperia Rivolta, 1823.

Milano 1823 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
405

Corridas de Toros. Dibujado del natural por J. Alaminos en vista de las fotografias de J. Laurent. Madrid: J. Laurent, s.d. [i.e. 1870-80 ca.].

Madrid 1870 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 202.00
406 Al-Istakhri

Al-Istakhri, Liber climatum... Gothae: in libraria Beckeriana, 1839.

Gotha 1839 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 22,680.00
407 Alamanni Luigi

Alamanni Luigi, La coltivatione [...] Al Christianissimo Re Francesco Primo. in Parigi: Stampato da Ruberto Stephano, Regio Stampatore, 1546.

Paris 1546 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 580.00
408 Alfano Giuseppe Maria

Alfano Giuseppe Maria, Istorica descrizione del Regno di Napoli diviso in dodici provincie [...] Abbellita con tredici carte geografiche di tutto il Regno in generale... Napoli: presso Vincenzo Manfredi, 1795.

Napoli 1795 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 1,386.00
409 Alibert Jean Louis

Alibert Jean Louis, Clinica del parigino spedale di S. Luigi, ossia trattato compiuto delle malattie della pelle [...] traduzione italiana di M. G. Levi. Venezia: co' tipi dell'editore Giuseppe Antonelli, 1835.

Venezia 1835 EUR 70.00 - 70.00 EUR 353.00
410 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, Dante col sito, et forma dell'inferno tratta dalla istessa descrittione del poeta. (Al colophon:) Impresso in Vinegia nelle case d'Aldo et d'Andrea di Asola suo suocero, nell'anno 1515 del mese di agosto.

Venezia 1515 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,032.00
411 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, Dante con nuove, et utili ispositioni. Aggiuntavi di piu una tavola di tutti i vocaboli... In Lione: appresso Guglielmo Rouillio, 1571.

Lyon 1571 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 819.00
412 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, Dante con l'espositioni di Christoforo Landino et d'Alessandro Vellutello. Sopra la sua Comedia dell'Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso. In Venetia: appresso Gio. Battista, & Gio. Bernardo Sessa, fratelli, 1596 (Al colophon:) In Vene

Venezia 1576 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,796.00
413 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, La Divina Commedia. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1878.

Milano 1878 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,638.00
414 Alos y Serradora Joan (de)

Alos y Serradora Joan (de), De corde hominis disquisitio physiologico-anatomica... Barcinone: ex typog. Antonij Ferrer, & Balthasaris Ferrer bibliopolarum per Iacobum Gascon, 1694.

Barcelona 1694 EUR 460.00 - 460.00 EUR 1,890.00
415 Alunno Francesco

Alunno Francesco, La Fabrica del mondo [...] Nella quale si contengono tutte le voci di Dante, del Petrarca, del Boccaccio... In Vinegia, 1548 (Stampata in Venetia: per Nicolo de Bascarini bresciano, 1546).

Venezia 1548 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 403.00
416 Amoretti Carlo

Amoretti Carlo, Coltivazione delle api pel Regno d'Italia. Milano, per Giovanni Silvestri, 1811.

Milano 1811 EUR 40.00 - 40.00 EUR 125.00
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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