“Anyone who collects books collects wishes; and anyone who has many wishes is still very young, even at eighty.” Ugo Ojetti
With the launch of the Books, Manuscripts and Autographs Department, Pandolfini Auction House puts its extensive experience and expertise at the service of a market which needs a prestigious national and international landmark.
The Department evaluates and offers in its catalogues books from the dawn of Western Printing to contemporary publishing, including incunables, illustrated books, limited editions, first editions, fine bindings, as well as literary, scientific and artistic works. Our selection criteria are the rarity and quality of the volumes.
Every book is the object of a careful bibliographic research and every single volume is collated to verify its completeness: our aim is to produce descriptions that satisfy both who consign their goods and those who bid on them. The latter may view the lots in person or are welcome to ask us for detailed condition reports. We always ascertain the provenance of the items.
For centuries, books have been the repositories of human thinking and the key promoters of civilization. If those who argue that the Internet and new reading devices will supersede paper-based publications are right, then books are going to be a good investment. Moreover, fine books have always been a refined and intellectual element of interior design.
Indeed, as Cicero used to say, “a home without books is like a body without a soul”.
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Top Lots
LIBRO D'ORE ALL'USO DI TOURS in latino e in francese Francia, Tours, [..]
€ 275.000
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(Ornitologia - Illustrati 700) MANETTI, Saverio. Storia naturale deg [..]
(Ornitologia - Illustrati 700) MANETTI , Saverio - VANNI, V [..]
€ 85.000
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Sir William Hamilton
Sir William Hamilton
(Henley-on-Thames 1730 – Londr [..]
€ 62.500
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LE VITE DEL VASARI (1568) ANNOTATE DA FEDERICO ZUCCARI
(Storia dell’arte) VASARI, Giorgio. Le vite de’ pi&u [..]
€ 43.750
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(Geografia – Illustrati 500) ORTELIUS, Abraham. Theatrum orbis terraru [..]
(Geografia – Illustrati 500) ORTELIUS, Abraham. Thea [..]
€ 37.500
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GAFFURIO, Franchino. Practica musice Franchini Gafori Laudensis (Impre [..]
GAFFURIO, Franchino. Practica musice Franchini Gafori Lauden [..]
€ 37.500
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(Medicina) CESALPINO, Andrea. Peripateticarum quaestionum
(Medicina) CESALPINO, Andrea. Peripateticarum quaestionum [..]
€ 35.000
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Prima edizione di uno dei più magnifici libri illustrati del XVIII sec [..]
Hamilton, William. Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcano [..]
€ 44.100
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Oracio deuotissima a nra s. Senor dios todo poderoso padre […]. [..]
Oracio deuotissima a nra s. Senor dios todo poderoso padre [ [..]
€ 32.500
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Bella e dettagliata mappa del Mediterraneo prodotta in Francia nel XVI [..]
Portolano del Mediterraneo . Marsiglia, 1671.
Manoscritto [..]
€ 40.320
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(Edizioni di pregio – Illustrati 900 – Legatura) DE CHIRICO, Giorgio
(Edizioni di pregio – Illustrati 900 – Legatura) [..]
€ 30.000
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(Edizioni di pregio Illustrati 900) PICASSO, Pablo CROMMELYNCK, Fern [..]
(Edizioni di pregio – Illustrati 900) PICASSO, Pabl [..]
€ 30.000
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(Manoscritto miniato) Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis secundum usum Roman [..]
(Manoscritto miniato) Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis secundum us [..]
€ 21.250
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(Illustrati 700) DIDEROT, Denis – D’ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou Diction [..]
(Illustrati 700) DIDEROT, Denis – D’ALEMBERT. [..]
€ 20.625
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VASARI, Giorgio. Le vite de più eccellenti architetti, pittori, et
VASARI, Giorgio. Le vite de più eccellenti architetti [..]
€ 20.000
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(Astronomia) GALILEI, Galileo. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Lin [..]
(Astronomia) GALILEI, Galileo. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei [..]
€ 20.000
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(Ornitologia - Illustrati 800) BETTONI, Eugenio. Storia natur [..]
(Ornitologia - Illustrati 800) BETTONI, Eugenio. Storia na [..]
€ 20.000
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(Architettura - Illustrati 500) PALLADIO, Andrea. I quattro l [..]
(Architettura - Illustrati 500) PALLADIO, Andrea. I quattr [..]
€ 19.110
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Pregevole ed assai rara edizione di una celebre opera matemetica
Euclide. Euclidis Megarensis Philosophi Platonici Mathematicaru [..]
€ 23.940
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(Manoscritto miniato) Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [presumibilmente [..]
(Manoscritto miniato) Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [presumibil [..]
€ 18.750
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(Edizioni di pregio Illustrati 900) CHAGALL, Marc GOGOL, Nikolaj. Le [..]
(Edizioni di pregio – Illustrati 900) CHAGALL, Marc [..]
€ 18.125
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(Edizioni di pregio Illustrati 900) CHAGALL, Marc LA FONTAINE. Fable [..]
(Edizioni di pregio – Illustrati 900) CHAGALL, Marc [..]
€ 18.125
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(Cosmografia - America - Illustrati 500) APIANUS, Petrus. Cosmographic [..]
(Cosmografia - America - Illustrati 500) APIANUS, Petrus. [..]
€ 17.500
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(Opera - Nuptialia) BUONARROTI, Michelangelo. Descrizione del [..]
(Opera - Nuptialia) BUONARROTI, Michelangelo. Descrizione [..]
€ 17.500
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Marco Vitruvio Pollione
Marco Vitruvio Pollione (70-80 a.C. ca. – dopo il 15 a. [..]
€ 16.250
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(Illustrati 600) CALLOT, Jacques. Raccolta di 6 serie per un totale di [..]
(Illustrati 600) CALLOT, Jacques. Raccolta di 6 serie per un [..]
€ 16.250
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(Atlante) ZATTA, Antonio. Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto [..]
(Atlante) ZATTA, Antonio. Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed [..]
€ 16.250
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(Geografia - Illustrati 500) MÜNSTER, Sébastian - François de B [..]
(Geografia - Illustrati 500) MÜNSTER, Sébastian [..]
€ 16.250
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Prima edizione di Plantin e seconda latina
Ortelius, Abraham. Theatrum orbis terrarum ... Nomenclator ptolem [..]
€ 20.160
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(Manoscritto miniato – Genova) GREGORIO DA PIACENZA. Regola delle Mona [..]
(Manoscritto miniato – Genova) GREGORIO DA PIACENZA. [..]
€ 15.000
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Department Auctions
1394
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS
tue 18 November 2025
1395
WORKS ON PAPER
mon 17 - mon 24 November 2025
1332
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS
tue 13 May 2025
1253
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS
thu 9 - thu 16 November 2023
1173
BOOK, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS
wed 24 May 2023
1138
TIMED AUCTION | BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS
sat 25 June - mon 4 July 2022
1100
BOOK, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS
thu 9 - wed 15 December 2021
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