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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
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Il Ponte: Antique Books and Artist's Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antique Books and Artist's Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 492,093.00 |
| Auction Date | January 31, 2023 - January 31, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 231,550.00 |
| Sale Number | #599 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 355,860.00 |
| Total Lots | 309 | ||
| Sold Lots | 276 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 337,750.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.32% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 522,460.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 94.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258 | PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) | Carceri d'invenzione. |
anni '70 XVIII secolo]. | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 42,840.00 |
| 233 | ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598) | Theatrum orbis terrarum.. Nomenclator ptolemaicus. |
1579 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 22,680.00 |
| 210 | BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) and Martinus MARTINI (1614-1661) | Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Novus Atlas. Pars sexta. Novus Altas Sinensis. |
1655 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 13,860.00 |
| 211 | [BLAEU] - JANSSONIUS, Johannes (1588-1664) | Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: carte marittime]. |
1650 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 13,860.00 |
| 234 | SAINT-NON, Jean Claude Richard, l'abbé de (1727-1791) | Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile. |
1781-86. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 10,710.00 |
| 155 | [RICORDI - DUDOVICH, MAZZA, BELTRAME e altri] - | Gli avvisi delle officine Ricordi. |
[ca.1914]. | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 10,080.00 |
| 226 | GASTALDI, Giacomo (1500-1566) | [Mappa dell'Italia] - Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la provincia de la italia. |
1561 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 10,080.00 |
| 227 | GASTALDI, Giacomo (1500-1566) | [Mappa dell'Asia] - La Descrittione della Prima parte dell'Asia. |
1561 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 10,080.00 |
| 212 | BOS, Jacob (?-1577) | Ugo PINARD - [Mappa di Roma] - Urbis romae descriptio. |
1555 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,450.00 |
| 168 | CALDANI, Leopoldo Marco Antonio (1725-1813) Floriano CALDANI (1772-1836) | Icones anatomicae: 3 tomi di testo rilegati in 5 volumi e 3 tomi di tavole rilegate in 4 volumi. |
1801-14. | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 178 | DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) Jean D’ALEMBERT (1717-1783) | Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. |
1758-1776. | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 281 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) | Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis. |
1967 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 216 | CARTARO, Mario (1540 – 1620) | [Mappa della Sicilia] - Sicilia. |
1585 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 8,190.00 |
| 272 | [BIBBIA] - DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) | Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis. |
1967 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,190.00 |
| 8 | [ARALDICA] - LITTA, Pompeo (1781-1852) | Famiglie Celebri Italiane. |
EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 | |
| 240 | ZILETTI, Giordano (attivo 1549-1583) | [Mappa della regione di Napoli e parte settentrionale della Sicilia] - Regno di Napoli. |
1557 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 263 | SANDRART, Joachim von (1606-1688) | Teutsche Academie der Bau-Bildhauer- und Maler-Kunst. |
1768-78. | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 |
| 10 | ARETINO, Pietro (1492-1556) | Talanta comedia. |
1542 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 166 | BUFFON, Georges-Louis-Marie Le Clerc (1707-88) Etienne Comte de LACEPEDE (1756-1825) | Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du roi. |
1749-1804. | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,048.00 |
| 101 | PORCACCHI, Tommaso (1530-1576) | L'isole piu famose del mondo. |
1590 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,670.00 |
| 237 | TOLOMEO, Claudio (100-170) | Geographia. |
1562 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,670.00 |
| 298 | MIRO', Joan (1893-1983) | Constellations. Introduction et vingt-deux proses parallèles par Andrè Breton. |
1959 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 5,670.00 |
| 299 | MIRO', Joan (1893-1983) Eugene IONESCO (1909-1994) | Quelques fleurs pour des amis. |
1964 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,670.00 |
| 283 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). - | Romeo e Giulietta. |
1975 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
| 306 | SHAKESPEARE William (1564-1616) Salvador DALI (1904-1989) | Romeo e Giulietta. |
1975 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
