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
51 Giovanni Battista Castaldo Pescara

Vita di Elisabetta Bonsi Capponi Nobile Matrona Fiorentina

In Fiorenza, (al colophon; In Firenze) -1624 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
52 Baldassarre Castiglione

Opere volgari, e latine del conte Baldessar Castiglione

In Padova 1733 Not Available EUR 203.20
53 George Catlin

North American Indians

Edinburgh 1926 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
54 Andrea Cavalcanti

Esequie del Serenissimo Principe Francesco

In Fiorenza 1634 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 139.70
55 Giovanni Cavalcanti

Istorie fiorentine

Firenze 1838-1839 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.80
56 Alessandro Ceccherelli

Delle attioni, et sentenze del S. Alessandro de' Medici primo Duca di Fiorenza

In Vinegia 1564 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
57 Benvenuto Cellini (1500 - 1571)

Life of Welcome Cellini

Firenze 1829 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 38.10
58 Champfleury

Le Musee secret de la caricature

Paris 1888 Not Available EUR 63.50
59 Antonio Cicciaporci

Compendio della storia fiorentina

Firenze 1826 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 50.80
60 Bruno Cicognani

L'eta favolosa

Milano 1940 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
61 Giovanni Battista Cini

Vita del Serenissimo Signor Cosimo de Medici Primo Gran Duca di Toscana

In Firenze 1611 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
62 Alexis Clerc

Chimica popolare per Alessio Clerc

Milano 1888 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
63 Dino Compagni

Istoria fiorentina di Dino Compagni

In Firenze 1728 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
64 Cornelio a Lapide

Commentarius

Venetiis 1717 Not Available EUR 279.40
65 Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Laudi del Cielo del Mare della Terra e degli Eroi, Vol. I: Maia

Milan 1903 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
66 Flaminio Dal Borgo

Raccolta di scelti Diplomi pisani fatta dal Cavaliere Flaminio Dal Borgo

In Pisa 1765 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
67 Tullio Dandolo

Lettere su Firenze

Milano 1827 EUR 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
68 Bernardo Davanzati

Le opere di Bernardo Davanzati

Firenze 1853 Not Available EUR 38.10
69 Robert Davidsohn

Storia di Firenze

Firenze 1907-1909 Not Available EUR 101.60
70 Robert Davidsohn

Storia di Firenze

Not Available EUR 139.70
71 Dominique de Colonia

Histoire litteraire de la Ville de Lyon

A Lyon 1728-1730 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 114.30
72 Diego De Franchi

Historia del patriarcha S. Giovangualberto

In Fiorenza 1640 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
73 Henri Decremps

Segreti della magia bianca ossia spiegazione fisica dei Giuochi del Celebre Cavalier Pinetti

In Padova 1788 Not Available EUR 177.80
74 Isidoro Del Lungo

Dino Compagni e la sua Cronica

Firenze 1879-1887 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 63.50
75 Giuseppe Del Rosso

Ricerche storico-architettoniche sopra il singolarissimo tempio di San Giovanni

Firenze 1820 EUR 50.00 - 60.00 EUR 63.50
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    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.
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    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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.