tue 13 May 2025
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS
Live auction, n.1332
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31
First edition, first issue, of the first Italian translation
Dürer, Albrecht. Della simmetria dei corpi umani . Venezia, Nicolini, 1591.
In folio (325 [..]
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First edition, first issue, of the first Italian translation
Dürer, Albrecht. Della simmetria dei corpi umani . Venezia, Nicolini, 1591.
In folio (325 [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 4.000
32
Rare first edition of this valuable guide to the artistic treasures of Venice
Boschini, Marco. La carta del navegar pitoresco . Venezia, Baba, 1660.
In quarto (210 x 155 mm); [..]
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Rare first edition of this valuable guide to the artistic treasures of Venice
Boschini, Marco. La carta del navegar pitoresco . Venezia, Baba, 1660.
In quarto (210 x 155 mm); [..]
Estimate
€ 1.200 / 1.800
33
A milestone of art history
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti . Bologna, Manolessi [..]
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A milestone of art history
Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti . Bologna, Manolessi [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200
34
Fascinating set of plates by the French Baroque artist, known for his mythological works
De La Fage, Raymond e Jean Vander Bruggen . Recueil des meilleurs desseins. Amsterdam, Valck, [secolo [..]
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Fascinating set of plates by the French Baroque artist, known for his mythological works
De La Fage, Raymond e Jean Vander Bruggen . Recueil des meilleurs desseins. Amsterdam, Valck, [secolo [..]
Estimate
€ 500 / 600
35
Six works by the learned florentine art historian, 4 of which first editions
Volume contenente le prime edizioni di Vita del Cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino del 1682, la Lettera [..]
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Six works by the learned florentine art historian, 4 of which first editions
Volume contenente le prime edizioni di Vita del Cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino del 1682, la Lettera [..]
Estimate
€ 3.000 / 5.000
36
Nice red morocco binding for the German “Vasari”
Von Sandrart, Joachim. Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae... Norimberga, Frohberger, 1683.
[..]
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Nice red morocco binding for the German “Vasari”
Von Sandrart, Joachim. Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae... Norimberga, Frohberger, 1683.
[..]
Estimate
€ 600 / 800
37
First edition of this profusely illustrated true Wunderkammer
Du Molinet, Claude. Le cabinet de la Bibliothèque de Sainte Geneviève . Parigi, Antoine [..]
37
First edition of this profusely illustrated true Wunderkammer
Du Molinet, Claude. Le cabinet de la Bibliothèque de Sainte Geneviève . Parigi, Antoine [..]
Estimate
€ 2.500 / 3.500
38
Famous representations of characters of the streets of Bologna
Carracci, Annibale. Le arti di Bologna . Roma, Roisecco, 1740.
In folio (390 x 260 mm); 8, [2] [..]
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Famous representations of characters of the streets of Bologna
Carracci, Annibale. Le arti di Bologna . Roma, Roisecco, 1740.
In folio (390 x 260 mm); 8, [2] [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
39
The largest repertoire of symbolic images that served as inspiration to artists
Ripa, Cesare. Iconologia . Perugia, Costantini, 1764-67.
In quarto (260 x 185 mm); XLVIII, 430, [..]
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The largest repertoire of symbolic images that served as inspiration to artists
Ripa, Cesare. Iconologia . Perugia, Costantini, 1764-67.
In quarto (260 x 185 mm); XLVIII, 430, [..]
Estimate
€ 600 / 800
40
Two first editions that constitute the central nucleus of Pontano's astrological and astronomical research
Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano. Commentationes super centum sententiis Ptolemaei … De rebus coelestibus [..]
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Two first editions that constitute the central nucleus of Pontano's astrological and astronomical res [..]
Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano. Commentationes super centum sententiis Ptolemaei … De rebus coelestibus [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
41
Fundamental work of classical cosmology and astronomy
Sacrobosco, Giovanni. Spherae Tractatus . Venezia, Giunti, 1531.
In folio (305 x 215 mm); [8], [..]
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Fundamental work of classical cosmology and astronomy
Sacrobosco, Giovanni. Spherae Tractatus . Venezia, Giunti, 1531.
In folio (305 x 215 mm); [8], [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
42
Rare first edition by Catherine de' Medici's court astrologer
Gaurico, Luca. Ephemerides . Venezia, Giunta, 1533.
In quarto (216 x 150 mm); [310] carte. 16 [..]
42
Rare first edition by Catherine de' Medici's court astrologer
Gaurico, Luca. Ephemerides . Venezia, Giunta, 1533.
In quarto (216 x 150 mm); [310] carte. 16 [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
43
First edition of the first published work by the great mathematician and engineer
Tartaglia, Niccolò. Nova Scientia . Venezia, da Sabio, 1537.
In quarto (210 x 145 mm); [..]
43
First edition of the first published work by the great mathematician and engineer
Tartaglia, Niccolò. Nova Scientia . Venezia, da Sabio, 1537.
In quarto (210 x 145 mm); [..]
Estimate
€ 5.000 / 7.000
44
Valuable sammelband of works by Tartaglia
Tartaglia, Nicolò. Rara raccolta di opere del celebre matematico ed ingegnere composta da la [..]
44
Valuable sammelband of works by Tartaglia
Tartaglia, Nicolò. Rara raccolta di opere del celebre matematico ed ingegnere composta da la [..]
Estimate
€ 6.000 / 8.000
45
Third edition, the first carefully revised and expanded
Piccolomini, Alessandro. Della sfera del mondo… dele stelle fisse . Venezia, de Bascarini, 1552. [..]
45
Third edition, the first carefully revised and expanded
Piccolomini, Alessandro. Della sfera del mondo… dele stelle fisse . Venezia, de Bascarini, 1552. [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200
46
Cardano's most celebrated work, a sort of encyclopedia of natural sciences
Cardano, Girolamo. De subtilitate . Basilea, Lucius, 1554.
In folio (290 x 200 mm); [24], [..]
46
Cardano's most celebrated work, a sort of encyclopedia of natural sciences
Cardano, Girolamo. De subtilitate . Basilea, Lucius, 1554.
In folio (290 x 200 mm); [24], [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 3.000
47
Only edition of this valuable work on astronomy
Tolomeo, Claudio. Liber de analemmate. Roma, Paolo Manuzio, 1562.
In quarto (214 x 150 mm); [..]
47
Only edition of this valuable work on astronomy
Tolomeo, Claudio. Liber de analemmate. Roma, Paolo Manuzio, 1562.
In quarto (214 x 150 mm); [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
48
First edition in genuine contemporary binding
Del Monte, Guidobaldo. Planisphaeriorum Universalium theorica . Pesaro, Concordia, 1579.
In quarto [..]
48
First edition in genuine contemporary binding
Del Monte, Guidobaldo. Planisphaeriorum Universalium theorica . Pesaro, Concordia, 1579.
In quarto [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
49
First and only edition of this exposition of a new surveying device invented by the author
Lupicini, Antonio. Discorso sopra la fabrica, e uso delle nuove verghe astronomiche . Firenze, Marescotti, [..]
49
First and only edition of this exposition of a new surveying device invented by the author
Lupicini, Antonio. Discorso sopra la fabrica, e uso delle nuove verghe astronomiche . Firenze, Marescotti, [..]
Estimate
€ 1.000 / 1.500
50
First and only edition
De Rossi, Giuseppe. Discorso sopra gli anni climatterici . Roma, Bonfadino e Diani, 1585.
In [..]
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First and only edition
De Rossi, Giuseppe. Discorso sopra gli anni climatterici . Roma, Bonfadino e Diani, 1585.
In [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200
51
Rare first edition of this treatise was influenced by the works of Thomas Finck
Van Lansberge, Philippe. Triangulorum geometriae . Leida, Plantin, 1591.
In quarto (200 x 158 [..]
51
Rare first edition of this treatise was influenced by the works of Thomas Finck
Van Lansberge, Philippe. Triangulorum geometriae . Leida, Plantin, 1591.
In quarto (200 x 158 [..]
Estimate
€ 1.200 / 1.600
52
Rare original edition of the most important work of its time on astronomical calculation
Van Lansberge, Philippe. Uranometriae libri tres . Middelburg, Roman, 1631.
In quarto (210 x [..]
52
Rare original edition of the most important work of its time on astronomical calculation
Van Lansberge, Philippe. Uranometriae libri tres . Middelburg, Roman, 1631.
In quarto (210 x [..]
Estimate
€ 700 / 1.000
53
Rare first and only edition of these booklets by Galileo's most esteemed student
Castelli, Benedetto. Alcuni opuscoli filosofici . Bologna, Monti, 1669.
In quarto (213 x 142 [..]
53
Rare first and only edition of these booklets by Galileo's most esteemed student
Castelli, Benedetto. Alcuni opuscoli filosofici . Bologna, Monti, 1669.
In quarto (213 x 142 [..]
Estimate
€ 1.500 / 2.000
54
Valuable and very rare edition of a famous mathematical work
Euclide. Euclidis Megarensis Philosophi Platonici Mathematicarum Diciplinarum Janitoris . Venezia, [..]
54
Valuable and very rare edition of a famous mathematical work
Euclide. Euclidis Megarensis Philosophi Platonici Mathematicarum Diciplinarum Janitoris . Venezia, [..]
Estimate
€ 10.000 / 15.000
55
Third edition of this influential work on mercantile arithmetic
Sfortunati, Giovanni. Nuovo Lume. Libro di arithmetica . Venezia, Niccolini da Sabio, 1545.
In [..]
55
Third edition of this influential work on mercantile arithmetic
Sfortunati, Giovanni. Nuovo Lume. Libro di arithmetica . Venezia, Niccolini da Sabio, 1545.
In [..]
Estimate
€ 600 / 800
56
Important book that contains the first appearance of the + and - symbols in France
Scheubel, Joannis. Algebrae compendiosa facilisque descriptio . Parigi, Caullet, 1551.
In quarto [..]
56
Important book that contains the first appearance of the + and - symbols in France
Scheubel, Joannis. Algebrae compendiosa facilisque descriptio . Parigi, Caullet, 1551.
In quarto [..]
Estimate
€ 1.400 / 1.600
57
Rare first edition
Catena, Pietro. Universa loca in logicam Aristotelis in mathematicas disciplinas, hoc novum opus declarat [..]
57
Rare first edition
Catena, Pietro. Universa loca in logicam Aristotelis in mathematicas disciplinas, hoc novum opus declarat [..]
Estimate
€ 2.000 / 3.000
58
Nice set of two rare first editions
Proclo Diadoco e Francesco Barozzi. In primum Euclidis Elementorum librum commentariorum . Padova, [..]
58
Nice set of two rare first editions
Proclo Diadoco e Francesco Barozzi. In primum Euclidis Elementorum librum commentariorum . Padova, [..]
Estimate
€ 4.000 / 6.000
59
Rare first Latin edition of the most important work on geometry attributed to the Arab mathematician
Al Baghdadi, Muhammed. De Superficierum Divisionibus liber . Pesaro, 1570.
In quarto (193 x 130 [..]
59
Rare first Latin edition of the most important work on geometry attributed to the Arab mathematician
Al Baghdadi, Muhammed. De Superficierum Divisionibus liber . Pesaro, 1570.
In quarto (193 x 130 [..]
Estimate
€ 800 / 1.200
60
Very rare first edition of important treatise on double-entry bookkeeping
Moschetti, Giovanni Antonio. Dell’universal trattato dei libri doppii . Venezia, Valentini, 1610. [..]
60
Very rare first edition of important treatise on double-entry bookkeeping
Moschetti, Giovanni Antonio. Dell’universal trattato dei libri doppii . Venezia, Valentini, 1610. [..]
Estimate
€ 5.000 / 8.000