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Pandolfini: Books, Manuscripts and Autographs

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Auction Name Books, Manuscripts and Autographs Total Sales (EUR) 150,100.00
Auction Date May 30, 2019 - May 30, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 84,360.00
Sale Number #53019 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 118,040.00
Total Lots 236
Sold Lots 165 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 131,250.00
% of Lots Sold 69.92% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 188,580.00
Unsold Lots 71 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
181 APIANUS, Petrus.

Cosmographicus liber.

1524 mense janu. EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,500.00
251 Choiseul Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Florent Auguste.Voyage pittoresque de la Grece.

Tome premier [- second 2.e partie].

1782-1822. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
241 TORRICELLI, Evangelista.

De sphaera et solidis sphaeralibus libri duo in quibus Archimedis doctrina de sphaera & cylindro denuo componitur.

1644 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,375.00
225 HYDE, Thomas.

Mandragorias, seu Historia Shahiludii, viz. ejusdem origo, antiquitas, ususque per totum Orientem celeberrimus. ... De ludis Orientalium libri primi pars prima, quae est Latina. Accedunt de eodem Rabbi Abraham Abben-Ezrae elegans poëma rythmicum: R. Bonse

 1694 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,000.00
216 BAZZICALUVA, Ercole - CASCINA, Pietro.

Alfea reverente rappresentata nella seconda venuta della serenissima Vittoria della Rovere gran duchessa di Toscana in essa città l’anno 1639.

1639 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,250.00
168 ACCOLTI, Bernardo.

Opera nova del preclarissimo messer Bernardo Accolti aretino scriptore apostolico & abreviatore zoe soneti, capitoli, strammoti & una comedia con dui capitoli, uno in laude dela madonna laltro de la fede.

1519 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,000.00
210 VARCHI, Benedetto.

Due lezzioni ... nella prima delle quali si dichiara un sonetto di m. Michelagnolo Buonarroti. Nella seconda si disputa quale sia piu nobile arte la scultura, o la pittura.

1549 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,000.00
154 D’ANNUNZIO, Gabriele (1863-1938).

Tre lettere autografe inviate all’architetto Gian Carlo Moroni (1893-1952), all’epoca direttore dei lavori al Vittoriale.

1931 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,750.00
177 LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus.

Lucanus cum commento.

1492 die ultimo mensis martii. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,500.00
243 WRIGHT, John Michael.

Ragguaglio della solenne comparsa, fatta in Roma gli otto di gennaio 1687 dall’illustrissimo conte di Castelmaine ambasciadore straordinario ... di Giacomo Secondo rè d’Inghilterra ... alla Santa Sede Apostolica, in andare publicamente all’udienza della s

 1687 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,250.00
277 ZAMPIERI, Camillo.

Produzioni naturali che si ritrovano nel Museo Ginanni in Ravenna metodicamente disposte, e con annotazioni illustrate.

1762 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,250.00
169 ALIGHIERI, Dante.

Comento di christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la comedia di Danthe alighieri poeta fiorentino.

1484 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,125.00
191 CARO, Annibale.

Rime del commendatore Annibal Caro. Col privilegio di n.s. pp. Pio V. et dell’illustrissima Signoria di Venetia.

1569 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,125.00
230 MARINELLI, Lucrezia.

Amore innamorato, et impazzato poema.

1618 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,125.00
349

TAMMARO DE MARINIS. Lotto di libri nc: FUMAGALLI, Giuseppe. Achille Ratti.

1925 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,125.00
163 [MARTINEZ, Juan Silíceo]

De microcosmi signatura doctor ioannes martinus hispanus salamanticensis.

1630 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,000.00
206 Serafino Aquilano.

Del Seraphino Aquilano poeta elegantissimo l’opere d’amore con ogni diligentia corrette & alla sua integrita ridotte nuovamente.

1530 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,875.00
303 ALIGHERI, Dante – DALÌ, Salvador.

La Divina Commedia. Illustrazioni di Dalì.

1963 – 1964 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,875.00
155 Filippo II di Spagna (1527-1598).

Lettera di una pagina con firma autografa “Jo el Rey”, in latino, datata 14 agosto 1555, .

1555 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,750.00
226 LANCIONE, Sempronio.

Trattato sferico, nel quale con dimostrative ragioni si discorre del flusso e riflusso del mare.

1629 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,625.00
175 Ovidius Naso, Publius.

Quae hoc volumine continentur. Annotationes in omnia Ovidij opera.

quæ insunt hoc libro secundum ordinem alphabeti. Ovidij Metamorphoseon libri XV. Venetijs EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,375.00
196 HELIODORUS - AMYOT, Jacques.

L’Histoire Æthiopique de Heliodorus, contenant dix livres, traitant des l oyales et pudiques amours de Theagenes, thenalieu & Chariclea Æthiopienne. Nouvellement traduite de Graec en Françoys.

1547 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,375.00
176 SENECA, Lucius Annaeus.

Scenecae [sic] Tragoediae.

mense Octobri 1517. EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,250.00
201 PLATIR.

Historia del invitto cavaliero Platir, figliuolo de l’imperatore Primaleone. Dove si veggono i suoi chiari, e generosi gesti, e gli alti suoi amori con la bella Florinda, figliuola del buon Re di Lacedemonia. (In Venezia, per Michele Tramezzino, 1558). [C

 1560 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
304 BARTOLINI, Luigi.

Il guanciale.

1924 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,250.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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