• Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
  • 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. 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.

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
517 Fumagalli Angelo

Fumagalli Angelo, Le vicende di Milano durante la guerra con Federigo I imperadore illustrate colle pergamene di que' tempi e con note aggiuntavi la topografia antica della stessa citta... In Milano: nell'Imperial Monistero di s. Ambrogio Maggiore per Ant

Milano 1778 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 428.00
518 Gabiani Vincenzo

Gabiani Vincenzo, I Gelosi. Comedia. In Vinegia: appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1560.

Venezia 1560 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 125.00
519 Galenus Claudius

Galenus Claudius, ...Opera ex septima Iuntarum editione... Venetiis: apud Iuntas, 1597 (1596).

Venezia 1597 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,772.00
520 Galilei Galileo

Galilei Galileo, Trattato della sfera [...] con alcune prattiche intorno a quella, e modo di fare la Figura Celeste... Roma, per Nicolo Angelo Tinassi a spese di Domenico Grialdi libraro, 1656.

Roma 1656 EUR 650.00 - 650.00 EUR 1,134.00
521 Galilei Galileo

Galilei Galileo, Galileo a Madame Cristina di Lorena (1615). Padova: tipografia Salmin, 1896 (Al colophon:) 1897.

Padova 1897 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,008.00
522 Galilei Galileo,

Galilei Galileo,, Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti... De maculis solaribus tres epistolae. In Roma: appresso Giacomo Mascardi, 1613.

Roma 1613 EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
523 Garzoni Tommaso

Garzoni Tommaso, La piazza universale di tutte le professioni del mondo, nuovamente ristampata... In Seravalle di Venetia: ad instantia di Roberto Meglietti, 1605 (Al colophon:) In Serraualle di Vinetia: appresso Marco Claseri, 1604.

Serravalle (Vittorio Veneto) 1604 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 450.00
524 Garzoni Tommaso

Garzoni Tommaso, Il serraglio de gli stupori del mondo [...] Cioe di mostri, prodigii, prestigii, sorti, oracoli, sibille, sogni, curiosita astrologica, miracoli in genere, e maraviglie in spetie, narrate da' piu celebri scrittori... In Venetia: Ambrosio,

Venezia 1613 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 625.00
525 Ginanni Marco Antonio

Ginanni Marco Antonio, L'arte del Blasone dichiarata per alfabeto... In Venezia: presso Guglielmo Zerletti, 1756.

Venezia 1756 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 378.00
526 Giorgi Federico

Giorgi Federico, Libro [...] del modo di conoscere i buoni Falconi, Astori, e Sparavieri... In Milano, Ghisolfi ad Instantia di Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1645.

Milano 1645 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,260.00
527 Giraldi Giuliano

Giraldi Giuliano, Esequie d'Arrigo quarto cristianissimo re di Francia, e di Navarra celebrate in Firenze dal Serenissimo Don Cosimo II granduca di Toscana... In Firenze: nella Stamperia di Bartolommeo Sermartelli e fratelli, 1610.

Firenze 1610 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
528 Goguet Antoine Yves

Goguet Antoine Yves, Della origine delle leggi, delle arti, e delle scienze, e de' loro progressi presso gli antichi popoli. In questa nuova edizione napoletana di un copioso indice delle cose piu notabili accresciuta [...] Tomo primo [-terzo]. In Napoli:

Napoli 1760 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
529 Grassi Orazio

Grassi Orazio, De tribus cometis anni 1618... Romae: ex typographia Iacobi Mascardi, 1619.

Roma 1619 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
530 Grassi Orazio

Grassi Orazio, Ratio ponderum librae et simbellae: in qua quid e' Lotharii Sarsii libra astronomica, quidque e' Galilei Galilei simbellatore, de cometis statuendum sit... Neapoli: excudebat Matthaeus Nuccius, 1627.

Napoli 1627 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
531 Gregorius Nazanzienus (santo)

Gregorius Nazanzienus (santo), Due orationi [...] in una de le quali, si tratta quel che sia vescovado, et quali debbiano essere i vescovi. Nel' altra, de l'amor verso i poveri... In Venetia: appresso Aldo Manutio, 1569.

Venezia 1569 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 227.00
532 Grotius Hugo

Grotius Hugo, De veritate religionis christianae... Parisiis: sumptibus Seb. Cramoisy, 1640.

Paris 1640 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 353.00
533 Hauy Rene-Just

Hauy Rene-Just, Traite des caracteres physiques des pierres precieuses, pour servir a leur determination lorsqu'elles ont ete taillees. Paris, Mme Ve Courcier, 1817.

Paris 1817 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 945.00
534 Heister Lorenz

Heister Lorenz, Compendium anatomicum [...]. Editio quinta veneta... Venetiis: apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1742.

Venezia 1742 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 302.00
535 Imperato Ferrante

Imperato Ferrante, Historia naturale [...] Nella quale ordinatamente si tratta della diversa condition di minere, pietre pretiose, & altre curiosita. Con varie historie di piante, & animali... Venetia: Combi, & la Nou, 1672.

Venezia 1672 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,032.00
536 Ingrassia Giovanni Filippo

Ingrassia Giovanni Filippo, Informatione del pestifero, et contagioso morbo: il quale affligge et have afflitto questa citta di Palermo... (Al colophon:) In Palermo: appresso Giouan Mattheo Mayda, 1576, il di ultimo di Agosto.

Palermo 1576 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 302.00
537 Interiano Paolo

Interiano Paolo, Inventione del corso della longitudine [...] Col Ristretto della Sphera del medesimo. In Lucca: per il Busdrago, 1551.

Lucca 1551 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,276.00
538 Interiano Paolo

Interiano Paolo, Ristretto delle Historie Genovesi. In Lucca: per lo Busdrago, 1551.

Lucca 1551 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 504.00
539 Ioannes Philoponus

Ioannes Philoponus, In posteriora resolutoria Aristotelis commentarium... (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in aedibus haeredum Aldi Manutii Romani, & Andreae Asulani soceri, mense decembri 1534.

Venezia 1534 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,528.00
540 Iosephus Flavius

Iosephus Flavius, De antiquitatibus ac De bello Iudaico. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: excussit formis. Gregorius de gregoriis, 1510 die xxix mensis octobris.

Venezia 1510 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,071.00
541 Jacobacci Vincenzo

Jacobacci Vincenzo, A Napoleone il Grande pel suo arrivo in Milano nel novembre del 1807. Sonetto. [Parma]: Co' tipi bodoniani, [1807].

Parma 1807 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 101.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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