Auction Reports
Aste Bolaffi
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Rare Books and Autographs
- Auction Date
- 12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
- Sale Number
- #734
- Total Lots
- 179
- Sold Lots
- 143.0
- Lots Sold
- 79.89%
- Unsold Lots
- 36
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 560,125.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 258,740.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 310,500.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 354,302.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 425,175.00
- 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 |
| 76 | Tolstoy, Lev Nikolaevich. | Anna Karenina. |
1878 | EUR 8,750.00 - 10,500.00 | EUR 16,250.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.