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Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session III

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Auction Name Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session III Total Sales (EUR) 402,697.00
Auction Date October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 204,130.00
Sale Number #63C High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 204,130.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 124.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 230,950.00
% of Lots Sold 93.94% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 230,950.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 174.36%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
346 Galilei Galileo

Galilei Galileo, Sidereus nuncius magna, longeque admiralia spectacula pandens... Venetijs: apud Thomam Baglionum, 1610.

 1610 EUR 100,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 126,000.00
340 Cavalieri Bonaventura

Cavalieri Bonaventura, Geometria indivisibilibus continuorum nova quadam ratione promota... Bononiae: typis Clementis Ferronij, 1635.

 1635 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 57,960.00
345 Fontana Francesco

Fontana Francesco, Novae coelestium, terrestriumque rerum observationes... Neapoli: apud Gaffarum, mense februarii 1646.

 1646 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
342 Diophantus Alexandrinus,

Diophantus Alexandrinus,, Arithmeticorum libri sex et De numeris multangulis liber unus... Tolosae: excudebat Bernardus Bosc, e regione Collegij Societatis Iesu, 1670.

 1670 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 18,900.00
338 Cassini Giovanni Domenico

Cassini Giovanni Domenico, De cometa anni 1652 & 1653... Mutinae: apud Bartolomeum Sulianum, 1653.

 1653 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 13,860.00
343 Euclides, Viviani Vincenzo

Euclides, Viviani Vincenzo, Quinto libro degli elementi d'Euclide, ovvero scienza universale delle proporzioni spiegata colla dottrina del Galileo... In Firenze: alla Condotta, 1674.

 1674 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 11,970.00
311 Cicero Marcus Tullius

Cicero Marcus Tullius, [Tusculanae disputationes]. Tusculanarum quaestionum liber primus [-quintus]. (Al colophon: ) Impressarum uenetiis per philippum quondam petri, 1480. die. xvi. setembris.

 1480 EUR 4,800.00 - 4,800.00 EUR 7,560.00
387 Sprenger Jakob

Sprenger Jakob, Malleus maleficarum... Lugduni: sumptibus Petri Landry, 1595.

 1595 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 7,560.00
362 Agrippa von Nettesheim Heinrich Cornelius

Agrippa von Nettesheim Heinrich Cornelius, Opera, in duos tomos concinne digesta, & nunc denuo sublatis omnibus mendis... Lugduni: Per Beringos Fratres, 1600.

 1600 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 6,048.00
310 Bolzanio Urbano

Bolzanio Urbano, [Institutiones Graecae grammatices]. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi Manutii Romani, 1497 mense Ianuario.

 1497 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 4,788.00
374 Graber Johann Georg, Gichtel Johann Georg

Graber Johann Georg, Gichtel Johann Georg, (Theosophia Practica). Eine kurtze Erofnung und Anweisung der dreyen Principien und Welten im Menschen... [Leiden]: s.e., 1723.

 1723 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 4,032.00
314 Nicolaus de Lyra

Nicolaus de Lyra, [Biblia latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi et additionibus Pauli Burgensis replicisque Matthiae Doering]. [(Al colophon:) Venetijs: [Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt]

 1481 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 3,276.00
316 Sermoneta Giovanni

Sermoneta Giovanni, Questiones subtilissime [...] super librum afforismorum eiusdem super librum Tegni. (Al colophon:) Uenetijs: vero impressa mandato et expensis nobilis uiri Domini Octauiani Scoti ciuis Modoetiensis per Bonetum Locatellum Bergomensem, 1

 1498 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,276.00
341 Coronelli Vincenzo Maria

Coronelli Vincenzo Maria, Epitome cosmografica, o compendiosa introduttione all'Astronomia, Geografia, & Idrografia... Colonia [ma Venezia]: ad istanza di Andrea Poletti in Venezia, 1693.

 1693 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,276.00
321 Hieronymus (santo)

Hieronymus (santo), Diui Hieronymi in vitaspatrum percelebre opus oculos mortalibus celumque aperiens... Venundantur Lugduni: ab Iacobo huguetan In vico mercuriali. (Al colophon:) Jmpressis Per honestum virum Jacobum sachon. Anno nostre salutis. M.cccccxi

 1512 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,024.00
325 Martialis Marcus Valerius

Martialis Marcus Valerius, Epigrammata libri XIIII... (Al colophon:) Impressum Venetiis: per Georgium de Rusconibus Mediolanensem, 1514. Die VI. Decembris.

 1514 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,024.00
309 Virdung Johann

Virdung Johann, De cognoscendis, et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium positione Libri IIII... Venetiis: Ex Officina Damiani Zenarii, 1584.

 1584 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
382 Menghi Girolamo

Menghi Girolamo, Flagellum daemonum. Exorcismos terribiles potentissimos, et efficaces... Mediolani: apud haer. Pacifici Pontij, & Ioan. Baptistam Piccaleum, impressores archiep., 1624.

 1624 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,772.00
270 Leonardi Giuseppe

Leonardi Giuseppe, Poema supra di lu vinu si sia utili o dannusu a li viventi... In Catania: ntra li stampi di l'Accademia pressu Franciscu Pasturi, 1789.

 1789 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 2,520.00
331 Apianus Petrus

Apianus Petrus, Cosmographia... Vaeneunt Antuerpiae: in pingui gallina Arnoldo Berckmanno, 1540. (Al colophon:) Excusum Antuerpiae: opera Aegidij Copenij, 1540.

 1540 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,520.00
390 Visconti Zaccaria

Visconti Zaccaria, Complementum Artis exorcisticae... Venetiis: Apud Franciscum Barilettum, 1619.

 1619 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,520.00
332 Archimedes

Archimedes, De insidentibus aquae. Venetiis: apud Curtium Troianum, 1565.

 1565 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,394.00
307 Valverde de Hamusco Juan

Valverde de Hamusco Juan, La anatomia del corpo umano [...] Nuouamente ristampata et con l'aggiunta di alcune tauole ampliata. In Vinetia: nella stamperia de Giunti, 1586.

 1586 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,268.00
318 Beroaldo Filippo

Beroaldo Filippo, [Declamatio philosophi medici et oratoris.] Philippi Beroaldi Opusculum eruditum Quo continetur Declamatio Philosophi Medici & Oratoris De excellentia disceptantium. [Parigi]: Venditur in vico sancti iacobi in Intersignium diui martini.

1501 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
317 Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius

Suetonius Tranquillus Gaius, Vitae XII Caesarum... (Al colophon:) Venetiis: per Bertholomeum de zanis de Portesio, 1500. die 28. Iulii.

 1500 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,142.00
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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.
  • <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY! <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911. <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ]. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    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.
  • <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.