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Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs

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Auction Name Rare Books and Autographs Total Sales (EUR) 539,000.00
Auction Date June 14, 2018 - June 14, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Sale Number #718 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Total Lots 694
Sold Lots 518 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 74.64% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 176 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
550 Galilei, Galileo

Dialogo [...] sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano.Firenze, Giovanni Battista Landini, 1632.

Not Available EUR 40,000.00
324 Smith, Adam. 

Ricerche sulla natura, e le cagioni della ricchezza delle nazioni.

 1790-91 Not Available EUR 31,250.00
511 Polo, Marco

Il milione.

1942 Not Available EUR 15,000.00
606 Bordone, Benedetto

Isolario […] Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l’isole del mondo.

1547 Not Available EUR 13,125.00
584 Veranzio, Fausto

Machinae novae.

1615?]. Not Available EUR 12,500.00
601

Atlante composto da 41 carte geografiche di Tobias Conrad Lotter dall'Atlas Novuspubblicato ad Augusta nel 1775 circa,

 1775 circa Not Available EUR 8,750.00
572 Ramelli, Agostino

Le diverse et artificiose macchine.

1588 Not Available EUR 7,500.00
492 [Dalì]

Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis.

1967-69. Not Available EUR 6,875.00
526 Biancani, Giuseppe

Sphaera mundi seu Cosmographia.

1620 Not Available EUR 6,875.00
573 Redi, Francesco

Osservazioni intorno alle vipere.

1664 Not Available EUR 5,250.00
651

Lotto composto da 65 tavole in acquatinta colorate in formato 2° oblungo (385 x 495 mm)

Not Available EUR 5,250.00
263 De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo. 

Epithalamia exoticis lingvis reddita.

 1775 Not Available EUR 5,000.00
477 Del Bene, Bartolomeo. 

Civitas veri sive morum. 

 1609 Not Available EUR 5,000.00
75 Bellini, Vincenzo

Interessante e lungo manoscritto musicale autografo dell’aria per canto e pianoforte intitolata Malinconia Ninfa gentile il cui testo fu composto da Ippolito Pindemonte

 Not Available EUR 4,375.00
496 Depero, Fortunato

96 tavole a colori per i dopolavoro aziendali in Italia.

1938 Not Available EUR 4,375.00
585 Vesalius, Andreas

Anatomia [...] in qua tota humani corporis fabrica.

1617 Not Available EUR 4,250.00
689 Moro, Marco.

 Venezia monumentale pittoresca.

 [1866]. Not Available EUR 4,250.00
103 Rossini, Gioachino

Due belle lettere autografe firmate, una da Bologna senza data e l’altra da ‘Roma li 20 luglio 1822’, in totale 2 pagine in 8°, con qualche piccola macchia.

Not Available EUR 4,000.00
135

Lotto composto da 16 volumi dell'opera Il costume antico e moderno di Giulio Ferrario nell'edizione milanese a spese dell'editore, stampata dal 1817-34

 1817-34 Not Available EUR 4,000.00
340 Vegezio, Publio Flavio. 

Scriptores rei militaris. 

 1494 Not Available EUR 4,000.00
460 Tasso, Torquato.

 La Gerusalemme liberata. 

 1745 Not Available EUR 4,000.00
42 Alfieri, Vittorio

Bella lettera autografa firmata indirizzata alla madre dello scrittore, ‘Madame la Comtesse Alfieri de Magliano, née Tournon’, 2 pagine in 4°, ‘Parigi 22 Ottobre 1790’

 Not Available EUR 3,750.00
148 Ligorio, Pirro

Antiquae urbis imago accuratissime ex vetusteis monumenteis formata.

1773 Not Available EUR 3,750.00
520 Agricola, Georg

Opera di Giorgio Agricola de l'arte de metalli partita in XII.

Not Available EUR 3,750.00
551 Galilei, Galileo

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo matematico.

Not Available EUR 3,750.00
  • 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
  • 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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    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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