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Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs

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Auction Name Rare Books and Autographs Total Sales (EUR) 690,131.25
Auction Date December 16, 2021 - December 16, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Sale Number #725 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Total Lots 604
Sold Lots 479 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 79.30% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 125 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176

Pontificale manoscritto miniato su pergamena, in latino.

fine secolo XV. Not Available EUR 62,500.00
177

Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, in latino e francese.

fine secolo XV. Not Available EUR 50,000.00
180

Testo in gotica bastarda in inchiostro bruno, rubriche in rosso, iniziali in oro o monocrome a contrasto su rosa scuro o blu e oro,

 Not Available EUR 35,000.00
182

Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, uso di Roma, in latino.

fine secolo XV. Not Available EUR 25,000.00
568

China e acquarelli su carta.

Not Available EUR 25,000.00
178

Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, in latino.

inizi del secolo XV. Not Available EUR 21,250.00
181

Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, uso di Roma, in latino.

fine del XV secolo. Not Available EUR 21,250.00
555 Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista.

Joannis Baptistae Piazzetta Icones ad vivum expressae […] a Joanne Cattini.

1754 Not Available EUR 21,250.00
559

Bell'esemplare di questa prima edizione collettiva di una dei più importanti testi di architettura.

Not Available EUR 17,500.00
184

Testo gotico in inchiostro bruno, rubriche in rosso e oro, iniziali in oro su fondi rossi e blu filigranate in bianco

 Not Available EUR 12,500.00
460

Circa 1000 figure xilografiche, molte a piena pagina (mancanze e difetti, alcune carte restaurate o rinforzate, poche carte con perdita di testo.)

 Not Available EUR 12,500.00
464

552], [88] pagine.

Not Available EUR 10,625.00
389

Fregio xilografico al frontespizio (manca l'errata, sporadiche bruniture e qualche macchiolina.) Legatura coeva in cartonato muto color arancione. 

Not Available EUR 8,750.00
567 [Dalì].

Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis.

1967 Not Available EUR 8,750.00
203

(Manca la h10 bianca, piccoli fori di tarlo che raramente toccano una lettera, abile restauro alla prima carta.)

 Not Available EUR 6,875.00
72

Nutrita e interessante raccolta di autografi musicali tra i quali segnaliamo lettere di compositori come Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Friedrich von Flotow, Giovanni Pacini, Viktor Nessler, Max Bruch, Hans von Bülow, Friedrich Himmel, Jacques Offenbach, Fe

 Not Available EUR 5,625.00
268 Galiani, Ferdinando.

Della moneta libri cinque.

1750-[51] Not Available EUR 5,250.00
511 Foresti, Giacomo Filippo.

Supplementum chronicarum.

1492 Not Available EUR 5,000.00
563 Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista.

Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus liber.

Not Available EUR 5,000.00
233 Straet, Jan van der.

Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium.

Not Available EUR 4,750.00
238 Cassiodoro.

Cassiodori clarissimi senatoris in psalterium expositio.

1491 Not Available EUR 4,750.00
325

Legatura rinascimentale francese, prodotta a Lione o Parigi nella seconda metà del secolo XVI

 Not Available EUR 4,750.00
544 Guarini, Battista.

Architettura civile.

1737 Not Available EUR 4,750.00
45 Volta, Alessandro.

Lettera autografa firmata ‘Alessandro’, 3 pagine in 4°, datata ‘Lione 10.xbre 1801’ e indirizzata al fratello Luigi a Como.

Not Available EUR 4,000.00
36 Robespierre, Maximilien .

Documento firmato su carta intestata del Comitato di Salute Pubblica della ‘ Convention National Republique Française’, datato ‘dix september 1793’, firmato da Robespierre stesso e altri membri del comitato, con sigillo in ceralacca rossa.

Not Available EUR 3,750.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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