Aste Bolaffi: Rare Books and Autographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books and Autographs | Total Sales (EUR) | 560,125.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 258,740.00 |
| Sale Number | #734 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 310,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 179 | ||
| Sold Lots | 143.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 354,302.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 79.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 425,175.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 36 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 131.74% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Galilei, Galileo. | Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. |
1632 | EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 62,500.00 |
| 9 | Colonna, Francesco. | Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet. |
1499 | EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 60,000.00 |
| 110 | Mishnah. |
1548-49. | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 40,000.00 | |
| 28 | Ortelius, Abraham. | Theatrum orbis terrarum. |
1570 | EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 37,500.00 |
| 29 | Herbert, William , e Henry Gregory. | A New Directory for the East Indies. |
1767 | EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 35,000.00 |
| 8 | Terenzio. | Comoediae. |
1496 | EUR 6,250.00 - 7,500.00 | EUR 17,500.00 |
| 66 | Bonelli, Giorgio. | Hortus Romanus juxta systema Tournefortianum paulo strictius distributus a Georgio Bonelli. |
1772-84. | EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 16,250.00 |
| 76 | Tolstoy, Lev Nikolaevich. | Anna Karenina. |
1878 | EUR 8,750.00 - 10,500.00 | EUR 16,250.00 |
| 5 | Dante. | La Commedia. |
1487 | EUR 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 15,000.00 |
| 31 | Zatta, Antonio. | Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu celebri e piu recenti geografi. |
1775-85. | EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 15,000.00 |
| 2 | Hore intemerate virginis marie secundum usum Romanum cum pluribus orationibus tam in gallico quam in latino. |
1505 | EUR 7,500.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 13,750.00 | |
| 36 | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. | Cristo guarisce gli infermi, o i 100 fiorini. |
1649 circa. | EUR 12,500.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,500.00 |
| 179 | Zatta, Antonio. | Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu celebri e piu recenti geografi. |
1775-1785. | EUR 8,750.00 - 10,500.00 | EUR 11,250.00 |
| 15 | Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. | Lombardia, Piemonte, Savoja, Provenza, Milanese, Mantovano, Monferrata, Parmegiano, Modonese; Stato Ecclesiastico Roma, Umbria, Marche, Urbino; Regno di Napoli, Sicilia e Malta. |
circa 1706]. | EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 10,625.00 |
| 30 | Nolli, Giovanni Battista. | Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l'anno 1748. |
1748]. | EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 8,750.00 |
| 4 | Biblia latina. |
1478 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 8,125.00 | |
| 12 | Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. | Curia Romana, La Romagna, Ravenna ricercata, Ducato di Ferrara, Comacchio, Il Bolognese, Il Ducato della Mirandola. |
circa 1706]. | EUR 3,125.00 - 3,750.00 | EUR 7,500.00 |
| 22 | Mahazor kol ha-shanah ke-minhag ... Ashkhenazim. |
1756 | EUR 3,125.00 - 3,750.00 | EUR 7,500.00 | |
| 106 | Machazor. |
1557 | EUR 625.00 - 750.00 | EUR 7,500.00 | |
| 44 | Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de. | Voyage pittoresque ou Description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile. |
1781-86. | EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 6,875.00 |
| 63 | Esemplare con le tavole ben impresse e fresche della celebre opera Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts liberaux et les arts mechaniques, |
1762-72 | EUR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 5,250.00 | |
| 3 | Statuta communis Brixie. |
1473 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 | |
| 17 | Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. | Epitome cosmografica. |
1693 | EUR 3,125.00 - 3,750.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 64 | Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer. | Iconografia dell'avifauna italica, ovvero, Tavole illustranti le specie di uccelli che trovansi in Italia : con brevi descrizioni e note. |
1879-94]. | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 10 | Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. | Teatro della guerra: Belgio, Il Belgio confederato, Luoghi posseduti dal Belgio confederato fuori dell'Europa. |
1706 | EUR 3,750.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 4,500.00 |
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Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000. -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
