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Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs

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Auction Name Rare Books and Autographs Total Sales (EUR) 268,000.00
Auction Date June 23, 2020 - June 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Sale Number #722 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Total Lots 401
Sold Lots 306 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 76.31% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 95 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
307 Borromini, Francesco Opus architectonicum [...] ex eiusdem exemplaribus petitum; Oratorium nempe, aedesque romanae RR. PP. Congregationis Oratorii S. Philippi Nerii

In 2° (555 x 410

Not Available EUR 11,875.00
376 Blaeu, Jan Nuevo Atlas del Reyno de Inglaterra.

Blaeu, Jan , e Willem

Not Available EUR 10,000.00
378 Camocio, Giovanni Francesco [Isole famose porti, fortezze, e terre maritime sottoposte alla Ser.ma Sig.ria di Venetia].

Camocio, Giovanni Francesco. [Isole famose

Not Available EUR 8,750.00
401 [Zatta]. Raccolta di 201 tavo

[Zatta]. Raccolta di 201

Not Available EUR 8,750.00
163 Ariosto, Ludovico Orlando furioso.

[Legatura]. Ariosto, Ludovico. Orlando furioso.

Not Available EUR 8,125.00
325 Cardano, Girolamo De rerum varietate libri xvii.

Cardano, Girolamo. De rerum varietate

Not Available EUR 6,875.00
396 Rossi, Giacomo Giovanni Mercurio geografico overo guida geografica in tutte le parti del mondo.

Rossi, Giacomo Giovanni. Mercurio geografico

Not Available EUR 5,500.00
274 Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis.

[Dalì]. Biblia Sacra vulgatae

Not Available EUR 5,000.00
371 Thevenot, Melchisedech Veterum mathematicorum Athenaei, Bitonis, Apollodori, Heronis, Philonis, et aliorum opera.

Thevenot, Melchisedech. Veterum mathematicorum Athenaei,

Not Available EUR 4,250.00
249 Basoli, Antonio Alfabeto pittorico. Ossia Raccolta di pensieri pittorici composti di oggetti cominciante dale singole lettere alfabetiche.

Basoli, Antonio. Alfabeto pittorico. Ossia

Not Available EUR 4,000.00
263 L’imperiale e reale Galleria Pitti illustrata per cura di Luigi Bardi regio calcografo. Dedicata a S. A. I. e R. Leopoldo Secondo Granduca di Toscana.

[Collezioni d’arte]. L’imperiale e

Not Available EUR 4,000.00
262 Giustiniani, Vincenzo Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani.

[Collezioni d’arte]. Giustiniani, Vincenzo. Galleria

Not Available EUR 3,750.00
260 Earlom, Richard Liber Veritatis; or a collection of prints after original design of Claude Le Lorrain in the Collection of his grace the Duke of Devonshire.

[Collezioni d’arte]. Earlom, Richard. Liber

Not Available EUR 3,500.00
254 Visscher, Claes Jans Theatrum biblicum hoc est Historiae sacrae veteris et novi testamenti tabulis aeneis expressae.

[Bibbia illustrata]. Visscher, Claes Jans.

Not Available EUR 3,250.00
74 San Pio da Pietrelcina

San Pio da Pietrelcina. Bella

Not Available EUR 3,125.00
311 Strange, Robert A collection of historical prints, engraved from pictures by the most celebrated painters of the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, Venetian and other schools.

Strange, Robert. A collection of

Not Available EUR 2,750.00
314 Van Dongen, Kees Hassan Badreddine el Bass Raoui. Conte des 1001 Nuits.

Van Dongen, Kees. Hassan Badreddine

Not Available EUR 2,750.00
312 Sturm, Johann Christoph Prodromus Architecturae Goldmannianae, Oder Getreue und gründliche Anweisung [...] zu der Civil-Bau-Kunst.

Sturm, Johann Christoph. Prodromus Architecturae

Not Available EUR 2,500.00
259 Crozat, Pierre Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux desseins, qui sont en France dans le cabinet du Roy, dans celuy de Monseigneur le duc d’Orleans, & dans d’autres cabinets.

[Collezioni d’arte]. Crozat, Pierre. Recueil

Not Available EUR 2,375.00
392 Koikylides, Kleopas [The geographical Madaba, mosaic map on Syria, Palestine and Egypt].

[Madaba]. Koikylides, Kleopas. [The geographical

Not Available EUR 2,375.00
126 Raccamadori, Domenico Rosa limensis, seu symbola, quibus virtutes, gesta, et miracula rosae de S.ta Maria.

[Emblemata]. Raccamadori, Domenico. Rosa limensis,

Not Available EUR 2,250.00
275 Dante La divina commedia.

[Dalì]. Dante. La divina commedia.

Not Available EUR 2,250.00
358 Naumann, Johann Friedrich Iconographie d'oiseaux d'Europe et de leurs oeufs.

[Ornitologia]. Naumann, Johann Friedrich. Iconographie

Not Available EUR 2,250.00
148 La Fontaine, Jean de Fables choisies […] Dédiées aux Enfans de France.

[Illustrati]. La Fontaine, Jean de.

Not Available EUR 2,125.00
267 Mongez, Antoine Tableaux, statues, bas-reliefs et camees de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti.

[Collezioni d’arte]. Mongez, Antoine ,

Not Available EUR 2,125.00
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
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    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
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