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
101 Magno, Celio

Rhymes of Celio Magno and Orsatto Giustiniano, 1600

1600 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 90.00
102 Mascardi, Agostino

Orations, 1622

1622 EUR 60.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
103 Messia, Pietro

New Second Forest renewed with various readings. Which follows Peter Messiah divided into four parts, in which are read glorious deeds and notable events of different times., 1638

1638 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
104 Letteratura

Eclogue of Grottolo and Lilla, 1680

1680 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
105 Selva, Lorenzo

Of the Metamorphosis, that is, the transformation of the virtuous , 1615

1615 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
106 Tasso, Torquato

Aminta Woodland Tale, 1678

1678 EUR 60.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
107 Tasso, Torquato

Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem illustrated by Bernardo Castello, 1617

1617 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,226.00
108 degli Oddi, Sforza

The Living Dead, a comedy by the very excellent Mr. Sforza d'Oddi, 1608

1608 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
109 Guarini, Battista

The Faithful Shepherd, 1621

1621 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
110 Villifranchi, Giovanni

The Greek Slave Comedy, 1618

1618 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 103.00
111 Alighieri, Dante

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, a Florentine nobleman, was adapted to a better lesson by the Accademia della Crusca., 1716

1716 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 490.00
112 Ariosto, Ludovico

Of the Suppositi Comedy of the Divine Ludovico Ariosto New Edition, 1737

1737 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 103.00
113 Ariosto, Ludovico

Orlando Furioso, 1773

1773 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
114 Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Decameron by M. Gio. Boccaccio, based on the excellent text written by Fran.co d'Amaretto Mannelli based on the author's original., 1761

1761 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 EUR 103.00
115 Lombardi, Nicolo

The ciucceide, or rather the palace of the ciucce preserved. Arrojeco poem., 1726

1726 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
116 Carcano, Francesco

Enjoyable chapters by an occult author. First published., 1785

1785 EUR 60.00 - 140.00 EUR 77.00
117 Faerno, Gabriele

Fabulae Centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae carminibusque explicatae, 1718

1718 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 90.00
118 Fracastoro, Girolamo

Syphilis, 1738

1738 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
119 Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre Antoine Francois

Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1782

1782 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,064.00
120 Giraldi, Giambattista

Egle Satire by M. Giovan Battista Giraldi Cinthio from Ferrara, 1720

1720 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
121 Michelotti, Francesco Domenico

Hydraulic experiments mainly aimed at confirming the theory, and facilitating the practice of measuring running waters, 1767

1767 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
122 La Fontaine, Jean de

Fables choisies, 1755

1755 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
123 Legatura - Letteratura inglese - Thomson, James.

The poetical works , 1794

1794 Not Available EUR 50.00
124 Marcello, Alessandro

Inter serious Aetherij Stimphalici studi juveniles joci, 1700

1700 EUR 40.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
125 Piron , Alexis

Oeuvres de Piron, 1758

1758 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 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