• 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
567 Michelini Famiano

Michelini Famiano, Trattato della direzione de' Fiumi... In Bologna: Per Gulio Borzaghi, 1700.

Bologna 1700 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 151.00
568 Milizia Francesco

Milizia Francesco, Principi di architettura civile. Tomo primo (-terzo). Finale: nella stamperia di Jacopo de Rossi, 1781.

Finale Ligure 1781 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,071.00
569 Montaigne Michel Eyquem (de)

Montaigne Michel Eyquem (de), Les Essais [...]. Nouvelle edition exactement purgee des defauts des precedentes... A Paris: chez la veuve Mathurin du Puis, 1652.

Paris 1652 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 1,071.00
570 Montanari Pietro

Montanari Pietro, La Verona illustrata ridotta in compendio principalmente per uso de' forestieri con varie aggiunte. Premessa in ristretto la vita del marchese Scipione Maffei. Parte prima [-seconda]. In Verona: nella stamperia Moroni, 1771.

Verona 1771 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 454.00
571 More Thomas

More Thomas, Utopia: written in Latin [...] translated into English. London: printed for Richard Chiswell, 1685.

London 1685 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,197.00
572 Mormile Giuseppe

Mormile Giuseppe, Descrittione della citta di Napoli [...] e dell'antichita della citta di Pozzuolo. Con la narratione di tutti i luoghi notabili, e degni di memoria di Cuma, di Baia, di Miseno, e degli altri luoghi conuicini... Napoli: Nella Stampa di Gi

Napoli 1670 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
573 Muratori Lodovico Antonio

Muratori Lodovico Antonio, Lotto di 7 opere del Lodovico Antonio Muratori. XVIII secolo.

1700 EUR 90.00 - 90.00 EUR 504.00
574 Napoleone I

Napoleone I, Codice di Napoleone il Grande pel Regno d'Italia. Edizione originale e la sola ufficiale. Milano: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1806.

Milano 1806 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 693.00
575 Negri Francesco

Negri Francesco, Viaggio settentrionale... In Padova: nella Stamperia del Seminario, 1700.

Padova 1700 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
576 Newton Isaac

Newton Isaac, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica [...] Editio ultima... Amstelodami: sumptibus Societatis, 1723.

Amsterdam 1723 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 10,080.00
577 Newton Isaac

Newton Isaac, Optice: sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus et coloribus lucis, libri tres... Lausanne & Genevae: sumpt. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & sociorum, 1740.

Lausanne 1740 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,260.00
578 Nifo Agostino

Nifo Agostino, De amore liber. Lugduni Batavorum: apud Davidem Lopes de Haro, 1641.

Leiden 1641 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 212.00
579 Nobili Flaminio

Nobili Flaminio, Trattato dell'amore humano... In Lucca: stampato appresso Vincenzo Busdraghi, 1567.

Lucca 1567 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 756.00
580 Nostradamus

Nostradamus, Les propheties [...] Dont il y en trois cents qui n'ont jamais ete imprimees... A Lyon: s.n., 1698.

Lyon 1698 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 403.00
581 Odierna Giovanni Battista

Odierna Giovanni Battista, De admirandis phasibus in sole, et luna visis, ponderationes opticae, physicae, et astronomicae. Panormi: typis Nicolai Bua, 1656.

1656 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 15,120.00
582 Olina Pietro Giovanni

Olina Pietro Giovanni, Uccelliera overo discorso della natura e proprieta di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, allevargli e mantenergli... In Roma: appresso Andrea Fei, 1622.

Roma 1622 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,071.00
583 Osculati Gaetano

Osculati Gaetano, Esplorazione delle regioni equatoriali lungo il Napo e il fiume delle Amazzoni. Frammento di un viaggio fatto nelle due Americhe negli anni 1846-47-48... Milano: Tip. Bernardoni, 1850.

Milano 1850 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 302.00
584 Ovidius Naso Publius

Ovidius Naso Publius, Quae hoc volumine continentur. Annotationes in omnia Ouidij opera. [...] Metamorphoseon libri XV. 1534. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in aedibus haeredum Aldi, et Andreae soceri, 1533.

Venezia 1534 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 605.00
585 Palazzi Giovanni

Palazzi Giovanni, Aquila Saxonica... Venetiis, Apud Io. Iacobum Herz, 1673 (Al colophon:) Venetiis, 1674.

Venezia 1673 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 466.00
586 Pareto Vilfredo

Pareto Vilfredo, Cours d'economie politique professe a l'Universite de Lausanne. Tome premier (-second). Lausanne: F. Rouge, 1896-1897.

Lausanne 1896 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 6,930.00
587 Peri Giovanni Domenico

Peri Giovanni Domenico, Il negotiante [...] diviso in due parti con nova aggiunta. Parte prima [-seconda]. In Venetia: nella stamperia di Gio: Giacomo Hertz, 1649.

Venezia 1649 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
588 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, Li sonetti canzone triumphi [...] con li soi commenti... (Al colophon:) In Venegia impressi per opera de meser Bernardino Stagnino, 1513 del mese di maggio.

Venezia 1513 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,890.00
589 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, Le volgari opere [...] con la esposizione di Alessandro Vellutello da Lucca. 1525 (Al colophon:) Stampate in Vinegia per Giouanniantonio & fratelli da Sabbio del mese d'Agosto 1525.

Venezia 1525 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,512.00
590 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello... In Venetia: appresso Gabriel Gioli (sic) di Ferrarii, 1544.

Venezia 1544 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 554.00
591 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, Le Rime [...] brevemente sposte per Lodovico Castelvetro... In Basilea: ad istanza di Pietro de Sedabonis, 1582.

Basel 1582 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 454.00
  • 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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