Maison Bibelot: An Important Florentine Collection, Part Two: The Library, 317, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025
Page Size: 416 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351

The churches of Florence

Not Available EUR 101.60
352

The churches of Florence

Florence 1974, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1993 Not Available EUR 114.30
353

La letteratura italiana

1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
354

La letteratura italiana. Storia e Testi, Ricciardi

1952 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
355

Vintage books on Tuscany: monasteries, hermitages and religious orders

Firenze 1856 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
356

Miscellanea of books on Florence

EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 38.10
357

Miscellanea di libri sulla Toscana

1883 Not Available EUR 25.40
358

Miscellanea of vintage books on Florence and Tuscany between history and art

EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 63.50
359

Great miscellany of modern historical books

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
360

Miscellanea of modern books of various subjects

EUR 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
361

Great collection of vintage books for children

Not Available EUR 38.10
362

Fiction

Not Available EUR 25.40
363

Storia della civilta toscana

Firenze 1999-2006 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 88.90
364

La grande storia dell'Artigianato: arti fiorentine

EUR 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
365

Miscellanea of books on Tuscany

Firenze 1812 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 38.10
366

Miscellanea of vintage books of various subjects

[1936] Not Available EUR 50.80
367

Miscellanea of books on Florence and Tuscany

1992 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 50.80
368

Tuscany: Houses, Architecture and City

Vallecchi 1966 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 63.50
369

Miscellanea of books on Florence

1988 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 50.80
370

Miscellaneous of period brochures on Florence

Not Available EUR 279.40
371

Miscellanea of vintage books and brochures on Florence

Firenze 1947 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.80
372

The woman and the family

1872 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
373

Monument to the glory of Mary. Litany of the Most Holy Virgin

1872 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
374

Miscellanea of vintage books on Florence and Tuscany

1936 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 38.10
375

Miscellanea of vintage books on Florence and Tuscany

Milano 1911 Not Available EUR 152.40
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    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.