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Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs

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Auction Name	Rare Books and Autographs	Total Sales (EUR)	562,483.20
Auction Date	December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	0.00
Sale Number	#732	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	0.00
Total Lots	807
Sold Lots	522	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	64.68%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	0.00
Unsold Lots	285	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
22	Galilei, Galileo.	Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano.	1632	Not Available	EUR 58,880.00
54	Zatta, Antonio.	Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu celebri e piu recenti geografi.	[1775-]1785.	Not Available	EUR 16,640.00
230		Copia del Cavallo frenato di Pirro Antonio Ferraro, manoscritto su carta con numerosissime tavole a colori,		Not Available	EUR 16,640.00
83		Rarissima raccolta di 25 carte geografiche sciolte in acquerellatura coeva dell'Impero Russo		Not Available	EUR 12,160.00
5	Dante.	La Commedia.	29.11.1493.	Not Available	EUR 10,880.00
21	Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de.	Voyage pittoresque ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.	1781-86.	Not Available	EUR 8,320.00
35		Index librorum, qui in Aldina officina ab ipso primum Aldo ab anno MCDXCII ... ad annum MDLXIII.	dopo il 1563	Not Available	EUR 7,040.00
20	Bertelli, Pietro.	Theatrum urbium Italicarum.	1599	Not Available	EUR 6,400.00
96	Pirandello, Luigi.	Bell'insieme di nove lettere autografe firmate, in diversi formati, dello scrittore e drammaturgo siciliano, tutte risalenti all'anno 1914	1914	Not Available	EUR 6,400.00
30		Album in folio recante l'ex libris di Wynne Pendarves che contiene 35 tavole della Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura di M. Iacomo Barozzio da Vignola, verosimilmente dall'edizione del 1582,		Not Available	EUR 5,888.00
17	Zeiller, Martin.	Topographia Italiae, das ist Wahaffte und Curiose Beschreibung von gants Italien.	1688	Not Available	EUR 5,632.00
82	Ortelius, Abraham.	Il theatro del mondo.	1598	Not Available	EUR 5,632.00
105		New South Wales Pocket Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1814.	[1813].	Not Available	EUR 5,632.00
92	[Chagall].	105 acqueforti di Chagall dalla "Bible" con colophon entro cornice e firma dell'artista		Not Available	EUR 5,376.00
4	Orazio Flacco, Quinto.	Opera cum quibusdam annotationibus.	12.03.1498.	Not Available	EUR 5,120.00
6	Dante.	La Commedia.	11.10.1497.	Not Available	EUR 5,120.00
13		The Holie Bible. Faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin.	1609-1610.	Not Available	EUR 5,120.00
24	Galilei, Galileo.	Dialogo.	1710	Not Available	EUR 5,120.00
253	Boezio, Severino.	De philosophico consolatu sive de consolatione philosophie: cum figuris ornatissimis noviter expolitus.	1501	Not Available	EUR 5,120.00
631	Mattioli, Pietro Andrea.	Kreutterbuch ... jetzt wiederum mit vielen und newen Figuren, auch nutzlichen Artzeneyen.	1611	Not Available	EUR 5,120.00
80	Tolomeo, Claudio.	La geografia gia tradotta di greco in italiano da Ruscelli.	1573-74.	Not Available	EUR 4,864.00
160	Salmon, Thomas.	Lo Stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo naturale, politico, e morale, con nuove osservazioni e correzioni degli antichi e moderni viaggiatori.	1731-57.	Not Available	EUR 4,864.00
7	Dante.	Opere del divino poeta Danthe con suoi comenti: recorrecti et con ogne diligentia novamente in littera cursiva impresse.	1520	Not Available	EUR 4,352.00
15	Fuchs, Leonhart.	Commentaires tres excellens de l'hystoire des plantes.	1549	Not Available	EUR 3,840.00
18		L'Italie illustree en CXXXV figures en tailles douces in folio; Dessines et graves (sic) par les plus fameux graveurs des Pays-Bas avec les explications en Francois & en Latin.	1757	Not Available	EUR 3,840.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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