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

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Auction Name Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session IV Total Sales (EUR) 101,115.00
Auction Date October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 44,740.00
Sale Number #63D High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 44,740.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 119.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 49,680.00
% of Lots Sold 90.15% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 49,680.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 203.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
497 Damiano da Odemira

Damiano da Odemira, Libro da imparare giocare a scachi, et de bellissimi partiti, reuisti & recoretti, & con summa diligentia da molti famosissimi giocatori emendati. In lingua spagnola, & taliana, nouamente stampato. [dopo il 1524].

 1524 EUR 3,900.00 - 3,900.00 EUR 10,836.00
424 Arena Filippo

Arena Filippo, La natura, e coltura de' fiori fisicamente esposta in due trattati [...]. Tomo primo (-terzo). In Palermo: appresso Angelo Felicella, 1767-1768.

 1767 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,560.00
484 Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de)

Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de), The history of the most renowned Don Quixote of Mancha, and his trusty squire, Sancho Pancha... London: Thomas Hodgkin for John Newton, 1687.

 1687 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,544.00
490 Coppola Giovanni Carlo

Coppola Giovanni Carlo, Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze nelle reali nozze de Serenis.mi Gran Duchi di Toschana Ferdinando II. e Vittoria principessa d'Urbino. In Firenze: per Amadore Massi e Lorenzo Landi, 1637.

 1637 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
508 Donia Matteo

Donia Matteo, Raccolta di 4 operette in edizione originale. Panormi: Io. Antonius a Franc. excudebat, 1595.

 1595 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,772.00
427 Artaria Ferdinando

Artaria Ferdinando, Guida da Milano a Ginevra pel Sempione... Milano: presso F. Artaria, 1822.

 1822 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,394.00
429 Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator

Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator, Die Liparischen Inseln und Ustica. Prag: Druck und Verlag von Mercy Heinrich, 1893-1898.

 1800 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
506 Diedo Giacomo

Diedo Giacomo, Storia della repubblica di Venezia... In Venezia: Nella Stamperia di Andrea Poletti, 1751.

 1751 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,268.00
417 Aldrovandi Ulisse

Aldrovandi Ulisse, De quadrupedibus digitatis viviparis libri tres et de quadrupedibus digitatis oviparis libri duo... Bonon: Apud Nicolaum Tebaldinum, 1645.

 1645 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,142.00
462 Boschini Marco

Boschini Marco, La carta del navegar pitoresco... In Venetia: Per li Baba, 1660.

 1660 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,016.00
520 Folengo Teofilo

Folengo Teofilo, Chaos del tri per uno... (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Giovanni Antonio. & fratelli da Sabbio: ad istantia de Nicolo Garanta, adi primo zener 1527.

 1527 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,016.00
458 Bodenehr Gabriel

Bodenehr Gabriel, Atlas curieux oder Neuer und compendieuser Atlas... Augspurg: Herausgegeben und Verlegt von Gabriel Bodenehr, s.d. [ca. 1715].

 1715 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,638.00
501 Della Torre Giovanni Maria

Della Torre Giovanni Maria, Gabinetto vesuviano [...] Edizione seconda. Napoli: presso Domenico Sangiacomo, 1796.

 1796 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,638.00
391

Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla tana, in Persia, in India, et in Costantinopoli... In Vinegia: [eredi di Aldo Manuzio], 1543. (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: nelle case de figliuoli di Aldo, 1543.

 1543 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,512.00
440 Bargagli Scipione

Bargagli Scipione, Descrizzione dell'entrata dell'illustriss., e reverendiss. monsig. Ascanio Piccolomini, alla possession del suo arcivescovado in Siena, il di xxj di novembre 1589. In Siena: appresso Luca Bonetti, 1590.

 1590 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,512.00
491 Coronelli Vincenzo Maria

Coronelli Vincenzo Maria, [Historia del regno di Negroponte, e sue isole adiacenti...]. [In Venetia: 1695].

 1695 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,512.00
418 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, [Comedia del divino poeta Danthe Alighieri, con la dotta & leggiadra spositione di Christophoro Landino...]. (Al colophon:) In Vineggia: per M. Bernardino Stagnino, 1536.

 1536 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,386.00
414 Alberti Leon Battista

Alberti Leon Battista, Opuscoli morali [...] Tradotti, & parte corretti da m. Cosimo Bartoli. In Venetia: appresso Francesco Franceschi, 1568.

 1568 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,197.00
465 Bramicelli Guglielmo

Bramicelli Guglielmo, Inni che si cantano tutto l'anno alle hore canoniche... In Venetia: appresso Giorgio Angelieri, 1597.

 1597 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,197.00
493 Croce Giulio Cesare

Croce Giulio Cesare, Canto di Tirsi pastor del picciol Reno sopra le numerose famiglie della nobiliss. citta di Modona... In Bologna: presso gli heredi di Giouanni Rossi, 1595

 1595 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,197.00
505 Denon Dominique Vivant

Denon Dominique Vivant, Viaggio nel basso e alto Egitto illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni del Sig. Denon. Firenze: Giuseppe Tofani, 1808.

 1808 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,197.00
517 Ferrario Giulio

Ferrario Giulio, Il costume antico e moderno [...] Dal Dottore Giulio Ferrario. Firenze: V. Batelli 1831-1845.

 1831 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,197.00
499 De Rossi Giovanni Gherardo

De Rossi Giovanni Gherardo, Pitture di Antonio Allegri detto il Correggio esistenti in Parma nel monistero di San Paolo. Parma: nel regal palazzo co' tipi bodoniani, 1800.

 1800 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,071.00
410

Description historique et geographique de la ville de Messine... A Paris: Chez Desnos, 1783.

 1783 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,008.00
467 Brenner Domokos Antal Ignacz, Domokos Antal Ignacz

Brenner Domokos Antal Ignacz, Domokos Antal Ignacz, Histoire des revolutions de Hongrie... Tomo I [-VI]. A la Haye: Jean Neaulme, 1739.

 1739 EUR 130.00 - 130.00 EUR 1,008.00
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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.