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Maison Bibelot: An Important Florentine Collection, Part Two: The Library

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Auction Name	An Important Florentine Collection, Part Two: The Library	Total Sales (EUR)	45,681.90
Auction Date	October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	17,380.00
Sale Number	#317	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	22,620.00
Total Lots	416
Sold Lots	272.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	81,390.00
% of Lots Sold	65.38%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	104,110.00
Unsold Lots	144	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	43.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
199	Giovanni Antonio Tagliente	Lo presente libro insegna la vera arte de lo excellente scrivere	1524	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,048.00
272		L'Apicio moderno ossia L'arte di apprestare ogni sorta di vivande	1790	Not Available	EUR 3,048.00
99	Bernardus : de Granollachs	Summario de la Luna de maestro Bernardo Granolachs de Barzelona	s.i.e. (but it is probably the 1515)	EUR 500.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,778.00
242		Memorie del calcio fiorentino	1688	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,524.00
234		Exempla - De Gloria et gaudiis beatorum	1504	Not Available	EUR 1,397.00
327		Delizie degli eruditi toscani	1770-1789	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,270.00
30	Bartolomeo Borghi	Atlante generale dell'Ab. Bartolommeo Borghi	1819	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,041.40
137	Pier Antonio Micheli	CL. Petri Antonii Michelii, Catalogus plantarum horti caesarei Florentini	1748	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,041.40
48	Carlo Carra (1881 - 1966)	Guerrapittura futurismo politico dinamismo plastico 12 disegni guerreschi parole in liberta	1915	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 787.40
235		Biblia Sacra 1497	1497	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 660.40
118	Antonio Lupicini	Discorso d'Antonio Lupicini sopra i ripari delle inondazioni di Fiorenza	1591	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 635.00
196	Ambrogio Soldani	Relazione del terremoto accaduto in Siena il di 26. Maggio 1798	1798	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 584.20
23	Antonio Benivieni	Vita di Piero Vettori, L'antico Gentil'huomo fiorentino	1583	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 508.00
254		Compendio istorico dell'origine dell'antico oratorio della Madonna del Sasso	1831	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 508.00
16	Baccio Baldini	Vita di Cosimo Medici primo Gran Duca di Toscana	1578	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 406.40
9	Scipione Ammirato (1531 - 1601)	Istorie fiorentine di Scipione Ammirato	1641	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 381.00
47	Guido Carocci	Ricordi del Vecchio mercato di Firenze	1887	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 381.00
302		Scoperte sulla luna: miscellany	[1831]	Not Available	EUR 381.00
406		TATO racconTATO da TATO	1941	Not Available	EUR 381.00
138	Domenico Moreni	Notizie istoriche dei contorni di Firenze raccolte dall'Abate Domenico Moreni	1791-1795	Not Available	EUR 355.60
238		Constitutiones insignis et collegiatae ecclesiae Sancti Laurentii florent	1617	EUR 280.00 - 320.00	EUR 355.60
185	Salvino Salvini	Fasti consolari dell'Accademia fiorentina di Salvino Salvini	1717	Not Available	EUR 330.20
241		Hydro-topographical tables on the reclamation of the Val di Chiana	1789	Not Available	EUR 330.20
274		Regolamento dei regi spedali di Santa Maria Nuova e di Bonifazio	1789	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 330.20
319		Guides and period bricks on Tuscany	1908	EUR 30.00 - 40.00	EUR 330.20

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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.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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.