Bertolami Fine Art : BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND MAPS Including part of the Marquises Bruti Liberati Collection, 373, Rome

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 12, 2026 - March 12, 2026

Page Size: 206 items in 9 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	OVIDIUS, CHARLES LE BRUN, SEBASTIEN LE CLERC il Vecchio, FRANCOIS CHAUVEAU, ISAAC DE BENSERADE.	Metamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux imprimez et enrichis de figures par ordre de sa majeste, et dediez a Monsieur le Dauphin, A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1676	A Paris	1676	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,250.00
52	Cornelis Janszoon MEIJER.	Nuovi ritrovamenti dati in luce dall'ingegniero Cornelio Meyer per eccitare l'ingegno de' virtuosi ad augmentarli, o aggiungervi maggior perfettione, Roma 1689	Roma	1689	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
53	Francois Halma (1653 - 1722)	Lotto di tre frontespizi, 1704		1704	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
54	Nicolo Billy	Ritratto di Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia		N/A	EUR 120.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
55	Arnold van Westerhout (1651-1725)	Ritratto di Cosimo III de' Medici		N/A	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	EUR 187.50
56		Ritratto di Ludovico XIV, anonimo artista del fine XVII secolo		l fine XVII secolo	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
57	Francois Spierre (1639 - 1681)	Prediche dette nel Palazzo Apostolico da Gian Paolo Oliva, da Gian Lorenzo Bernini		N/A	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
58	Hieronymus Rossi (1741)	Papa Innocenzo XI, 1724		1724	EUR 120.00 - 250.00	EUR 125.00
59	Guillaume de l'HOPITAL.	Analyse des infiniment petits, pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes Seconde edition, A Paris, chez Francois Montalant, 1716	A Paris	1716	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
60	DEMOLOGIA AUBIN Nicolas.	Histoire des diables de Loudon ou de la possession des religieuses ursolines et de la condamnation & du suplice d'Urbain Grandier, Amsterdam, depens de la compagnie 1737	Amsterdam	1737	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
61	EUSEBIO SGUARIO.	Dissertazione sopra le aurore boreali ... di Eusebio Sguario Viniziano Dottore in Filosofia e Medicina, In Venezia, appresso Pietro Bassaglia, 1738	In Venezia	1738	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 475.00
62	DE BONIS GIOVANNI BATTISTA.	Johannis Baptistae De Bonis Hydroposia seu de potu aquae in morbis libri IV. Carolo Borbonio Neapolis et Siciliae regi dicati, Venetiis, apud Petrum Bassaleam, 1744	Venetiis	1744	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
63	MIGUEL DE CERVANTES.	Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte, A la Haye, Ches Pierre de Hondt, 1746	A la Haye	1746	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
64	GIOVANNI GIARDINI.	Promptuarium artis argentariae ex quo, centum exquisito studio inventis, delineatis, ac in aere incisis tabulis propositis ... invenit et delineavit Joannes Giardini ac in duas partes distribuit. Pars Prima - Altera, Roma, Sumptibus Fausti Amidei Bibliopo		1750	EUR 1,800.00 - 2,300.00	Not Sold
65	JOACHIM D'ALENCE.	Trattato curioso di matematica nel quale col mezzo di tre instrumenti cioe del barometro, termometro ed igrometro, si puo conoscere, misurare il peso, la leggerezza, il caldo, il freddo, la secchezza e l'umidita dell'aria, In Venezia, appresso Gio. Battis	In Venezia	1753	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
66	CECCONI Leonardo	Storia di Palestrina citta del prisco Lazio illustrata con antiche iscrizioni e notizia finora inedite, Ascoli: per Nicola Ricci, 1756	Ascoli	1756	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 375.00
67	Andrea BINA.	Ragionamento sopra la cagione de' tremuoti del P. Don Andrea Bina Casinese, ... Dato nuovamente in luce dal Sig. Conte Aurelio Miari Con una Lettera dello stesso Padre intorno alle Meteore Infiammate scritta al suddetto Sig. Conte, Carpi, Francesco Torri		1756	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
68	NAKATENUS Wilhelm Kurtzer Begrif	Des himmlischen Palm-Gartleins In grossem Druck R.P. Wilh. Nakateni Aus der Gesellschaft Jesu, Kolln: Bey Frantz Wilhelm Joseph Metternich, 1764	Kolln	1764	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
69	ALOYSII Gasparis	Oderici genuensis, Dissertationes et adnotationes in aliquot ineditas veterum inscripriones accedunt Inscriptiones et Monumenta quae extant in bibliotheca Monachorum Camaldulensium S. Gregori in Monte Cecilio, Roma: Tyois Bizzarrini, 1765	Roma	1765	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
70	LUDOVICO ARIOSTO.	Orlando Furioso di M. Lodovico Ariosto. Tomo I. [IV.], Venezia, presso Antonio Zatta, 1772-3	Venezia	1772-3	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
71	SENAC, JEAN BAPTISTE.	Trattato della struttura del cuore della sua azione e delle sue infermita del signor Senac medico consultore del re. Tradotto per la prima volta dal francese, Brescia, per Giammaria Rizzardi, 1773	Brescia	1773	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
72	TROJA, MICHELE.	Esperienze intorno alla rigenerazione delle ossa, al callo delle fratture, ed alla forza che la natura impiega in allungar le ossa mentre crescono..., Napoli, nella stamperia Simoniana, 1779		1779	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
73	CARMINATI, BASSIANO.	Ricerche sulla natura e sugli usi del suco gastrico in medicina, e in chirurgia di Bassiano Carminati professore di medicina nella regia universita di Pavia, Milano, monistero di s. Ambrogio Maggiore, 1785		1785	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
74	VITTORIO ALFIERI.	La virtu sconosciuta Dialogo di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti, Dalla tipografia di Kehl, 1786 (1788)		1786 (1788)	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
75	BIANCONI Lodovico.	Descrizione dei circhi particolarmente di quello di Caracalla e dei giochi in esso celebrati, Roma, Pagliarini, 1789	Roma	1789	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.

Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.

Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.