Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session V, 63E, Firenze

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025
Page Size: 132 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
598 Piccolomini Alessandro

Piccolomini Alessandro, De la sfera del mondo. Libri quattro in lingua toscana [...] De le stelle fisse. Libro uno con le sue figure, e con le sue tavole... In Venetia: al Segno del Pozzo, 1540.

 Venezia 1540 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,512.00
599 Piccolomini Alessandro

Piccolomini Alessandro, Della grandezza della terra et dell'acqua... In Venetia: appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1558.

 Venezia 1558 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 630.00
600 Pigafetta Antonio

Pigafetta Antonio, Il viaggio fatti da gli Spagniuoli a torno a' l mondo. [S.l., s.n.]: 1536.

 Venezia 1536 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
601 Plautus Titus Maccius

Plautus Titus Maccius, Plauti Comoediae... (Al colophon:) Florentiae: per haeredes Philippi Iuntae Florentini, 1522 mense Martij.

 Firenze 1522 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 277.00
602 Plinius Secundus Gaius

Plinius Secundus Gaius, Historia naturale [...] nuovamente tradotta di latino in volgare toscano per Antonio Brucioli. In Venetia: Per Alessandro Brucioli & i frategli, 1548.

 Venezia 1548 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 454.00
603 Plutarchus

Plutarchus, La prima parte delle vite [...] di greco in latino et di latino in volgare tradotte et nuovamente con le sue historie ristampate. 1529. (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Francesco di Alessandro Bindoni et Mapheo Pasini, 1529.

 Venezia 1529 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 504.00
604 Pontini Giovanni

Pontini Giovanni, La cacciagione de' volatili, osia L'arte di pigliare uccelli in ogni maniera... In Vicenza: appresso Giandomenico Occhi librajo in Piazza, 1758.

 Vicenza 1758 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,890.00
605 Porcacchi Tommaso

Porcacchi Tommaso, L'isole piu famose del mondo [...] intagliate da Girolamo Porro... In Venetia: appresso gli heredi di Simon Galignani, 1604.

 Venezia 1604 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,780.00
606 Purcell Henry

Purcell Henry, Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of All The Choicest Songs... London: printed by William Pearson, 1721.

 London 1721 EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 378.00
607 Richa Giuseppe

Richa Giuseppe, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine divise ne' suoi quartieri [...]. Tomo Primo (-decimo postumo ed ultimo). In Firenze: nella stamperia di Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1754-1762.

 Firenze 1754 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 688.00
608 Ridolfi Carlo

Ridolfi Carlo, Le maraviglie dell'arte, overo le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti, e dello Stato... In Venetia: Presso Gio. Battista Sgava, 1648.

 Venezia 1648 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 630.00
609 Ringhieri Innocenzio

Ringhieri Innocenzio, Cento giuochi liberali, et d'ingegno... ritrovati, et in dieci Libri descritti. In Bologna: Per Anselmo Giaccarelli, 1551.

 Bologna 1551 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 580.00
610 Ripa Cesare

Ripa Cesare, Iconologia... In Roma: appresso Lepido Facii, 1603.

 Roma 1603 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 554.00
611 Ripa Cesare

Ripa Cesare, Nova iconologia [...] ampliata ultimamente dallo stesso auttore di trecento imagini... In Padova per Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1618.

 Padova 1618 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,071.00
612 Rocchi Girolamo

Rocchi Girolamo, Funerale della signora Sitti Maani Gioerida Della Valle... In Roma: appresso l'erede di Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1627.

 Roma 1627 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 202.00
613 Rosaspina Francesco

Rosaspina Francesco, Le piu insigni pitture parmensi indicate agli amatori delle belle arti. Parma: dalla tipografia bodoniana, 1809 [i.e. 1816].

 Parma 1809 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 819.00
614 Rossini Luigi

Rossini Luigi, Le antichita romane ossia raccolta delle piu Interessanti vedute di Roma antica... Roma: presso il negozio Scudellari via Condotti [...]: dai tipi di Mercurj e Robaglia, 1829.

 Roma 1829 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
615 Ruskin John

Ruskin John, The eagle's nest. Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art... London: George Allen, 1897.

 London 1897 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 250.00
616 Sabellico Marco Antonio

Sabellico Marco Antonio, Degl'istorici delle cose Veneziane.. Tomo primo (-secondo). In Venezia: Appresso Antonio Savioli, 1747.

 Venezia 1747 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 151.00
617 Saint-Martin Jean

Saint-Martin Jean, L'art de faire des armes reduit a ses vrais principes... A Vienne: De l'Imprimerie de Janne Schramble, 1804.

 Wien 1804 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 428.00
618 Sarpi Paolo

Sarpi Paolo, Histoire du Concile de Trente [...] Seconde edition... A Geneve: imprime pour Pierre Chouet, 1635.

 Geneve 1635 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
619 Sarpi Paolo

Sarpi Paolo, Historia dell'Origine, forma, leggi ad uso dell'Ufficio dell'Inquisizione nella Citta, e Dominio di Venetia. In Venetia: Appresso Roberto Meietti, 1687.

 Venezia 1687 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 227.00
620 Scamozzi Vincenzo

Scamozzi Vincenzo, Dell'idea della Architettura Universale [...] Parte Prima... In Venezia: Per Girolamo Albrizzi, 1714.

 Venezia 1714 EUR 440.00 - 440.00 EUR 554.00
621 Segato Girolamo, Valeriani Domenico

Segato Girolamo, Valeriani Domenico, Atlante del Basso e Alto Egitto [...] illustrato sui disegni di Denon... Firenze: nello stabilimento posto nei fondacci di Santo Spirito, 1835-37.

 Firenze 1835 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,394.00
622 Seriman Zaccaria

Seriman Zaccaria, Viaggi di Enrico Wanton alle terre incognite australi, ed ai regni delle scimie, e de' cinocefali nuovamente tradotti da un manoscritto inglese. Tomo I [-IV]. Berna [ma Villa di Melma]: s.e. [ma Remondini], 1764.

 Bern 1764 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 882.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    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.
  • <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY! <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911. <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ]. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    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: 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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    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.