Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs, 734, Turin

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025
Page Size: 179 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Vanvitelli, Luigi.

Dichiarazione dei Disegni del reale Palazzo di Caserta.

Napoli 1756 EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,750.00
52 Galilei, Galileo.

Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano.

Firenze 1632 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 62,500.00
53 Giordani, Vitale.

De componendis gravium momentis dissertatio.

Roma 1687 EUR 625.00 - 750.00 EUR 625.00
54 Gallucci, Giovanni Paolo.

Della fabrica, & uso di un novo stromento fatto in quattro maniere per fare gli horologi solari ad ogni latitudine.

Venezia 1590 EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
55 Fine, Oronce.

De speculo ustorio, ignem ad propositam distantiam generante, liber unicus.

Parigi 1551 EUR 625.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
56 Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso.

Euclides restitutus, sive prisca geometriae elementa, brevius, & facilius contexta.

Pisa 1658 EUR 875.00 - 1,050.00 Not Sold
57 Manfredi, Gabriele .

De constructione aequationum differentialium primi gradus.

Bologna 1707 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
58 Agnesi, Maria Gaetana.

Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu italiana.

Milano 1748 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,250.00
59 Careme, Antonin.

L'art de la cuisine francaise au dix-neuvieme siecle. Traite elementaire et pratique.

Parigi 1854 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
60 Pujati, Giuseppe Antonio.

Riflessioni sul vitto pitagorico.

Feltre 1751 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 625.00
61 Ferrari, Giuseppe.

Gli elogi del porco capitoli berneschi di Tigrinto Bistonio p.a., e accademico ducale de' Dissonanti.

Modena 1761 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,125.00
62

Il sapore del cioccolato e del caffe, con la prima edizione delle Memorie storiche sopra l'uso della cioccolata in tempo di digiuno, esposte in una lettera di Daniele Concina, stampata da Occhi a Venezia nel 1748,

1748 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 375.00
63

Esemplare con le tavole ben impresse e fresche della celebre opera Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts liberaux et les arts mechaniques,

Parigi di Briasson 1762-72 EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 5,250.00
64 Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer.

Iconografia dell'avifauna italica, ovvero, Tavole illustranti le specie di uccelli che trovansi in Italia : con brevi descrizioni e note.

[Prato e poi Firenze 1879-94]. EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
65 Castelli, Pietro.

Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, quae continentur Romae in horto Farnesiano.

Roma 1625 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
66 Bonelli, Giorgio.

Hortus Romanus juxta systema Tournefortianum paulo strictius distributus a Georgio Bonelli.

Roma 1772-84. EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 16,250.00
67 Zanoni, Giacomo.

Istoria botanica.

Bologna 1675 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
68

Lotto che contiene la prima edizione della Flora Pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii di Carlo Allioni del 1785

1785 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 875.00
69

Legatura inglese di fine secolo XVIII in marocchino rosso a grana lunga intarsiata con fregio alla greca, unghiatura a dentelles, labbri e tagli dorati

EUR 625.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,500.00
70

Strepitosa legatura del secolo XVIII, contiene il Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti nell'edizione torinese del 1766.

1766 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,125.00
71

Particolarmente bella legatura del secolo XVIII, che contiene Horae diurnae,

Venezia 1795 EUR 312.00 - 375.00 EUR 500.00
72

Legatura del secolo XVIII, che contiene la prima edizione dell'opera matematica Essais d'analyse par m. le marquis de Condorcet di Condorcet del 1768.

1768 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,875.00
73

La Cristiade poema heroico del signor Marcantomio Laparelli del 1618 dedicato "alla serenissima gran duchessa di Toscana madre Madama Cristiana di Lorena"

1618 EUR 625.00 - 750.00 EUR 625.00
74 Verri, Pietro.

Il Caffe ossia brevi e vari discorsi gia distribuiti in fogli periodici.

Brescia 1765 EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,375.00
75

Nutrito gruppo del periodico Scelta di opuscoli interessanti, stampata a Torino da Giammichele Briolo e in concomitanza o in concorrenza a Milano da Giuseppe Marelli.

1775 EUR 625.00 - 750.00 EUR 625.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000