Finarte: Christmas Special / Antique Books, Autographs and Prints, 121125, Rome

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 11, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Page Size: 388 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
326 Ireland, Samuel

Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity of its Source in Sussex, 1793

1793 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
327 Maffei, Giovanni Pietro

Joe. Petri Maffeji Bergomatis and Societate Jesu Opera omnia latine scripta., 1747

1747 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
328 Buffier, Claude

Universal Geography Expounded in the Different Methods Which Can Shorten the Study...Third Edition, with the Treatise on the Sphere by the Same Author. , 1747

1747 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
329 James Murphy

Travels in Portugal, 1795

1795 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
330 Ebers, Giorgio

Ancient and modern Egypt illustrated by leading artists, 1881

1881 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
331 Vivant Denon, Dominique

Journey to Lower and Upper Egypt illustrated by Mr. Denon's traces and drawings, 1808

1808 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 710.00
332 Chamberlain, Basil Hall

A handbook for travelers in Japan, 1894

1894 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
333 Viaggi

Westmorland its Lake and Mountain scenery, 1847

1847 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 65.00
334 Sossaj, Francesco

Description of the City of Modena, 1833

1833 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 103.00
335 Topffer, Rodolphe

Voyages en Zigzag, 1844

1844 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
336 De Filippi, Filippo

HRH the Duke of Abruzzi's expedition to Mount Sant'Elia, 1900

1900 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
337 Viaggi

Historire des arts anciens de la Chine, 1929

1929 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
338 Ross, Janet

Florentine Villas, 1901

1901 EUR 40.00 - 100.00 EUR 65.00
339 Gioacchino da Fiore

Abbas Ioachim magnus propheta, 1516

1516 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
340 Mercuriale, Girolamo

Of Art Gymnastics, 1587

1587 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
341 Curiosita

Superstitions orientalis, ou, Tableau des errors et des superstitions des principaux peuples de l'Orient de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et de leur legislation, 1785

1785 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
342 Thiers, Jean Baptiste

Traite des superstitions , here regarding the sacremens, selon l'ecriture sainte, les decrees des councils, et les sentiments des saints peres et des theologians, 1741

1741 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
343 Maillard, Leon

Illustrated menus & programmes, 1898

1898 EUR 40.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
344 Becourt, A. de

Art of making all sorts of objects in relief and paper to serve for the education and pastime of youth, 1830

1830 EUR 70.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
345 Curiosita

Upim Editions' User's Manual. Introduction to the Practical Critique of Commodities, the Division of Labor, and Expropriation in Department Stores. , 1975

1975 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
346 Herrera, Gabriel Alonso

Very useful agricultural book, taken from various authors, 1557

1557 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
347 Redi, Francesco

Bacchus in Tuscany, 1685

1685 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
348 Gastronomia

Fifty-seven recipes from a cookbook, 1890

1890 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
349 Boschini, Marco

The map of picturesque navigation, 1660

1660 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
350 Jacob, Spon

Curious research into antiquity, contains several dissertations on medals, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaics and antique inscriptions., 1683

1683 EUR 120.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • 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 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    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
  • 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