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Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs

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Auction Name Rare Books and Autographs Total Sales (EUR) 779,656.25
Auction Date June 18, 2025 - June 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Sale Number #733 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 0.00
Total Lots 949
Sold Lots 643.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 67.76% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 306 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
115

Macchina Enigma, Model K, Heimsoeth und Rinke, 1936-44.

 Not Available EUR 95,000.00
17 Ortelius, Abraham.

THEATRUM ODER SCHAWBUCH DES ERDTKREIJS.

 1580 e 1584. Not Available EUR 22,500.00
18 Mercator, Gerard.

ATLAS SIVE COSMOGRAPHICAE MEDITATIONES DE FABRICA MUNDI ET FABRICATI FIGURA.

 1630 Not Available EUR 20,000.00
2 Regiomontano.

EPYTOMA IN ALMAGESTUM PTOLOMEI.

 1496 Not Available EUR 18,750.00
7 Palladio, Andrea.

I QUATTRO LIBRI DELL'ARCHITETTURA.

 1570 Not Available EUR 18,750.00
1 Regiomontano.

KALENDARIUM.

 1476 Not Available EUR 17,500.00
6 Platina, Bartolomeo.

DI PLATINA DE LA HONESTA VOLUPTATE: & VALITUDINE.

 1494 Not Available EUR 13,750.00
54 Turgot, Michel Etienne.

PLAN DE PARIS, COMMENCe L'ANNeE 1734, DESSINe ET GRAVe SOUS LES ORDRES DE MESSIRE MICHEL ETIENNE TURGOT.

 1739 Not Available EUR 13,750.00
174 [Scuola di Guangzhou].

Grande veduta a volo d'uccello (1,50 x 3,50 m) di Macao con al centro il toponimo "Aomen", nome in cinese mandarino della penisola.

Not Available EUR 12,500.00
4 [Bibbia].

BIBLIA LATINA.

 1486 Not Available EUR 10,000.00
24 Zatta, Antonio.

ATLANTE NOVISSIMO, ILLUSTRATO ED ACCRESCIUTO SULLE OSSERVAZIONI, E SCOPERTE FATTE DAI PIU CELEBRI E PIU RECENTI GEOGRAFI.

 1775-1785. Not Available EUR 10,000.00
26 Scappi, Bartolomeo.

OPERA DI M. BARTOLOMEO SCAPPI, CUOCO SECRETO DI PAPA PIO QUINTO, DIVISA IN SEI LIBRI.

 1570 Not Available EUR 10,000.00
28 Giegher, Mattia.

LI TRE TRATTATI.

 1639 Not Available EUR 9,062.50
49 Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de.

VOYAGE PITTORESQUE OU DESCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES DE NAPLES ET DE SICILE.

 1781-86. Not Available EUR 8,125.00
113 Curie, Marie nata Maria Sklodowska.

Raro insieme di quattro lettere autografe firmate della fisica polacca naturalizzata francese, prima donna ad essere insignita nel 1903 del premio Nobel e tra i cinque vincitori di Nobel ad averne ricevuti due (il secondo nel 1911 per la chimica).

Not Available EUR 7,500.00
182 Zatta, Antonio.

ATLANTE NOVISSIMO, ILLUSTRATO ED ACCRESCIUTO SULLE OSSERVAZIONI, E SCOPERTE FATTE DAI PIU CELEBRI E PIU RECENTI GEOGRAFI.

 1775-1784. Not Available EUR 7,500.00
146 Swinburne, John.

TRAVELS IN THE TWO SICILIES, THE YEARS 1777, 1778, 1779, AND 1780.

 1783-85. Not Available EUR 6,250.00
107 Dali, Salvador.

BIBLIA SACRA VULGATAE EDITIONIS.

 1967 Not Available EUR 5,500.00
19 Mercator, Gerard.

ATLAS DE NOVO PLURIMIS IN LOCIS EMENDATUS.

 1632 Not Available EUR 5,250.00
23 Homann, Johann Baptist.

ATLAS COMPENDIARIUS QUINQUAGINTA TABULARUM GEOGRAPHICARUM HOMANNIANARUM ALIAS IN ATLANTE MAJORI CONTENTARUM.

 1752 Not Available EUR 5,250.00
106 Dali, Salvador.

LA DIVINA COMMEDIA.

 1963-64. Not Available EUR 5,250.00
20 Blaeu, Willem.

THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM SIVE ATLAS NOVUS. PARS TERTIA.

 1640 Not Available EUR 5,000.00
50 Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel Florent August de.

VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA GReCE.

 1782-1822. Not Available EUR 5,000.00
21 De Rossi, Domenico.

MERCURIO GEOGRAFICO OVERO GUIDA GEOGRAFICA IN TUTTE LE PARTI DEL MONDO CONFORME LE TAVOLE GEOGRAFICHE DEL SANSONE, BAUDRAND E CANTELLI.

 non dopo il 1689. Not Available EUR 4,750.00
572 Cicerone.

LE FILIPPICHE ... FATTE VOLGARI PER GIROLAMO RAGAZZONI.

 1556 Not Available EUR 4,750.00
  • <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.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.