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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antique Books and Livres d'Artistes | Total Sales (EUR) | 841,453.20 |
| Auction Date | February 25, 2025 - February 26, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 312,520.00 |
| Sale Number | #695 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 471,360.00 |
| Total Lots | 362 | ||
| Sold Lots | 340 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 328,520.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 93.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 495,660.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 169.76% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) | [Opera omnia]. |
1599-1668. | EUR 22,000.00 - 28,000.00 | EUR 47,880.00 |
| 100 | LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) | Fables Choisies. |
1668 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 47,880.00 |
| 63 | TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) | L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Presentazione di Marinetti (dell'Academia d'Italia). Chiarimento di V. Orazi. Illustrazioni di Bruno Munari. |
EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 32,760.00 | |
| 31 | PETRARCA, Francesco (1304-1374) | Il Petrarca con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello e con piu utili cose in diversi luoghi di quella novissimamente da lui aggiunte et ristampate. |
1541 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 25,200.00 |
| 23 | BANDELLO, Matteo (1485-1561) | La prima [-terza] parte de le novelle. |
1554 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 23,940.00 |
| 40 | FABRIZI, Principio (1546-1618) | Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi..sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII. |
1588 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 20,160.00 |
| 19 | CARLEVARIIS, Luca (1663-1730) | Le fabriche e vedute di Venezia. |
ca. 1703]. | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 15,120.00 |
| 35 | DUHAMEL du MONCEAU, Henri-Louis (1700-1782) | Traite des arbres fruitiers. |
1768 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 13,860.00 |
| 5 | MACHIAVELLI, Nicolo (1469-1527) | Libro della arte della guerra. |
1529 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 12,600.00 |
| 25 | BUCHOZ, Pierre Joseph (1731-1807) | Collection Precieuse et Enluminee des Fleurs de la Chine et de l' Europe. |
[1776]. | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 12,600.00 |
| 18 | VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') | Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. |
1742-51. | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 11,340.00 |
| 48 | FONTANA, Lucio (1899-1968) Giuseppe UNGARETTI (1888-1970) | Apocalissi e sedici traduzioni. |
1965 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 11,340.00 |
| 33 | MARTEL, Pierre (1706-1767) William WINDHAM (1717-1761) | An account of the Glaciers or Ice Alps in Savoy. |
1744 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 10,710.00 |
| 68 | [JUDAICA - LEGATURA EBRAICA IN ARGENTO] - | Torah [e altri testi sacri]. |
anno 5461 (1700-1701)?. | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 69 | [JUDAICA - LEGATURA EBRAICA IN ARGENTO] - | Libro in Ebraico con legatura in argento - [Libro intitolato Orazioni di Giorni Fistivi]. |
[ca. 1774]. | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 88 | ZUCCAGNI-ORLANDINI, Attilio (1784-1872) | Atlante geografico degli stati italiani delineato sopra le migliori e piu moderne mappe per servire di corredo alla Corografia fisica storica e statistica dell'Italia. |
EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 | |
| 342 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) | Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis. |
1967 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,820.00 |
| 89 | VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) | Oeuvres completes de Voltaire. |
1784-1789 (e 1801). | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
| 99 | [SCHWARZ] - Franco RUSSOLI (1923-1977). | Antologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea. |
EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 7,560.00 | |
| 37 | [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - En ce livre sont contenues les prieres et orations durant le tres saint sacrifice de la messe] - |
Second half of the 19th century. | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 | |
| 15 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) | Romeo e Giulietta. |
1975 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 20 | UGHI, Ludovico (attivo c. 1700-1740) | [Iconografica rappresentazione della inclita citta di Venezia consacrata al reggio serenissimo domino veneto]. |
[1729?]. | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 65 | ALBERTO MAGNO (ca. 1200-1280) | De animalibus libri vigintisex. |
1495 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 75 | BOLIFONI, Antonio (1649-1707) e Luigi - | Carte de regni di Napoli e di Sicilia. |
1734 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
| 77 | PAPPUS ALEXANDRINUS (attivo 300-350) | Mathematicae collectiones. A Federico Commandino Vrbinatae in latinum conuersae, & commentarijs illustratae. |
1589 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
