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Auction Name
Antique Books and Libre Artistes
Auction Date
02/25/2026 - 02/26/2026
Sale Number
#758
Total Lots
338
Sold Lots
314.0
Lots Sold
92.90%
Unsold Lots
24
Total Sales (EUR)
1,469,240.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
652,050.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
929,450.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
704,050.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
1,007,750.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
145.79%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101

IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DELLA PRINCIPESSA IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA.

 meta XV secolo EUR 280,000.00 - 350,000.00 EUR 537,600.00
41 HEVELIUS, Johannes (1611-1687)

Prodromus cometicus.

1665 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 44,800.00
30

Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the two Sicilies as They have been communicated to the Royal Society of Londra. [LEGATO CON:] Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei.

1776 EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 38,400.00
60

L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Presentazione di Marinetti (dell'Accademia d'Italia). Chiarimento di V. Orazi. Illustrazioni di Bruno Munari.

senza data [ma 1933?] EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,720.00
99

Viaggio pittorico e storico ai tre laghi Maggiore, di Lugano e Como.

s.d. EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 21,760.00
74 BOETTI, Alighiero (1940-1994)

Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world.

1977 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
21 PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580)

I quattro libri dell'architettura.

1570 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
13 OSTERVALD, Jean Frederic (1773-1850)

Voyage pittoresque de Geneve a Milan par le Simplon.

1811 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
12

Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie.

1704-1705. EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
58

Compendium maleficarum in tres libros distinctum ex pluribus authoribus per fratrem Franciscum Mariam Guaccium ordinis s. Ambrosii ad Nemus collectum.

1608 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 15,360.00
78 ROSSINI, Luigi (1790-1857)

Le antichita romane.

1823 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 14,080.00
14

Mahlerische Reise auf der neuen Kunst-Strasse aus dem Etschthal im Tyrol uber das Stilfser-Joch.

1831 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 14,080.00
86

Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna libro primo [-decimo].

1747-1761 [MA fine XVIII secolo] EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 14,080.00
18

Carte Nouvelle de la Mer Mediteranee.

1694 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 14,080.00
47 PIGONATI, Andrea (1734-1790)

Stato Presente degli Antichi Monumenti Siciliani.

1767 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 12,800.00
8 VOLCKAMER, Johann Christoph (1644-1720)

Continuation der Nurnbergischen Hesperidum.

1714 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 11,520.00
43 HOUEL, Jean (1735-1813)

Voyage pittoresque des isles de Sicile, de Malte et de Lipari.

1782-1787. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 10,880.00
95 CARLEVARIIS, Luca (1663-1730)

Le fabriche e vedute di Venetia.

1703 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,240.00
29 COLEMAN, Edmund Thomas (ca.1823-1892)

Scenes from the Snow-Fields; being, Illustrations of the Upper Ice World of Mont Blanc from Sketches made on the Spot in the Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858.

1859 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
73

Divina Commedia.

1964 EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
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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 April
    Sotheby’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.