Rare Books and Autographs - Session one

Lot 1 - [Miniature]. Book of hours in the use of Rome. Flanders, 15th-16th century. In 8° (160 x 115 mm). [83] papers. Calendar in red and black, 2-line initials in gold, 7 3-line initials with borders on the long margin phytomorphic and inhabited by animals, 4 half-page miniatures within borders of plants and flowers with gold depicting the annunciation, King David, God supporting Christ on the Cross, and, at the opening of the Office of the Dead, a funeral mass with officiant and monks (defects and lacking, incomplete.) Coeval binding in hazel calf with dry iron decoration on the plates, 4-nailed spine.

Estim. 6 500 - 7 500 EUR

Lot 2 - Herodotus. Historiae. Rome, Arnold Pannartz, 20.04.1475. In 2nd (327 x 218 mm); [246] papers.Spaces reserved for initials, some with guide letter (restorations, mostly with white lead to erase apostilles, woodworm holes to first papers and lower white margin of about 50 endpapers). Nineteenth-century binding in hazel-colored calfskin with gold friezes on plates and spine (lack of lower cap). Second Latin edition in Lorenzo Valla's translation edited by Giovanni Andrea Bussi.Arnold Pannartz together withConrad Sweynheymintroduced the technique of movable type printing for the first time inItaly.In 1473the company with Sweynheym dissolved, Pannartz continued the business in the Massimo's premises.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 3 - Rainerius de Pisis. Pantheologia, sive Summa universae theologiae. Venice, Hermann Liechtenstein, 12.09.1486. In 2nd (313 x 210 mm);[16], 291, [1]; [22], 300 papers. Illuminated coat of arms of Pope Pius V Ghislieri repeated four times (small woodworm holes to first about 35 papers touching a few letters, stain the white margin of fascicles o-s, woodworm hole to white margin from fascicles X to end of tome of first volume, stain to three papers in second volume and small woodworm holes to first papers of second volume). Coeval binding in hazelnut-colored leather on wooden boards with dry-stamped decoration to plates and gold title to spine and back plate, traces of two clasps, studs and manuscript title to side (small misses to front plate of second volume). Only incunabula edition printed in Italy of the work first published in 1473 in Nuremberg. (2)

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 4 - Titus Livy. Deche di Tito Livio vulgare historiate. Venice, Lucantonio Giunta and Giovanni Rosso, 11.02.1493. In 2nd (315 x 215 mm); [382] folios, text in two columns on 63 lines, 3 large woodcut borders at the beginning of each Deca, the text profusely illustrated with 420 woodcut vignettes, letterpress stamp printed in red at end of volume (skillful restoration to upper margin of last few folios, touching some syllables and/or words of text in last two folios, with skillful reconstruction, restored tear to paper d1, paper N5 missing a blank corner, with reinforcement). Coeval leather binding on wooden boards with rich embossed decoration to plates, two clasps (delicate antique restoration, spine renewed in style). First illustrated incunabula edition, in Italian. Parts of the borders and various vignettes were previously used for Malermi's famous 1490 bible.

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 5 - Theocritus. Tade enesti en teide tei bibloi. Theocriti Eclogæ triginta. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1495. In 2nd (257 x 173 mm);[140] papers. Greek text (fascicle ZZ badly bound, lack at lower white corner of colophon, tear at colophon gently restored, small wormhole at white margin of first 26 papers, traces of use at title page). 19th-century English signed Hering binding in hazel-colored calf with blind and gold threading to the plates, gold title to the spine, decorated leather counterplates, gilt edges, vellum endpapers. Possession note of Jacques du Poirier, a seventeenth-century physician and bibliophile from Tours, ex libris of Henry Latham, and embossed stamp of Mark Pattinson, rector of Lincoln College at Oxford in the nineteenth century. Hallmark of Pregliasco Antiquarian Bookshop, Turin. Fine provenance specimen of this sought-after aldine edition in second printing. The publication contains the editio princeps of Theogonia.

Estim. 10 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 6 - [Herbarium]. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger, 10.05.1496. In 2nd (278 x 190 mm); [251] maps. About 380 woodcut figures in coeval coloring depicting plants and animals (first 5 papers and last 6 with index missing, halo, traces of use, other minor defects). Coeval binding in hazel-colored half-leather over wooden boards with blindstamped plates, traces of two clasps (provenance removed). Important German edition edited by Johannes de Cuba with the figures in beautiful antique coloring.Klebs, Cat. Early Herbals 23: "forms an important landmark in the history of botanical illustration, and marks perhaps the greatest single step ever made in that art" and "Though based on the Herbarius, it is a new creation in the vernacular, distinguished by original concepts, both textually and artistically ... a compendium of the whole pharmacy of that time."

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 7 - Boethius, Severinus. De philosophico consolatu sive de consolatione philosophie: cum figuris ornatissimis noviter expolitus. Strasbourg, Johann Grüninger, 25.08.1501. In 2nd (265 x 192 mm); [10],CCXVI [but CXXVIII] papers. 78 woodcut figures including 4 on half-page, numerous initials, typographical mark at end of volume (occasional browning, small defects.) Binding of 17th century in dark brown leather with supra libros nobiliare and monogram in corners, gilt friezes on spine, red boards (small defects). French stamp, second stamp removed. First illustrated edition of Boethius' work with beautiful first large view depicting Rome. Important postcuncunabulum edited by Sebastian Brant with one of his poems of occasion on the seventh paper.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 8 - Ochsenbrunner, Thomas. Historia illust. Romanorum a Iano usq. ad captam a Gotthis urbem iampridem. Rome, Etienne Guillery, 1510. In 4° (201 x 142 mm); [30] papers. 1 full-page woodcut illustration, 75 woodcut vignettes in text, 1 page of text in elaborate woodcut frame, within slipcase (halo to lower corner of first few papers, stain to title page, other minor defects). Later binding in full semi-flexed vellum made from an antiphonary manuscript. Postillated specimen of this rare cinquecentine with the more German than Roman illustrations that were originally made for Johann Besicken's first edition of 1494. A work designed for pilgrims and visitors to the Holy City, it describes and traces the history of the city from its origins and through its kings to Theodosius, supporting the description with beautiful woodcuts and portraits. The full-page woodcut depicts Romulus under an oak tree, surrounded by Roman and Empire symbols. Lot sold in 2018 at Sotheby's, The Sergio Rossetti Library.

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 9 - Burchardus von Ursperg. Chronicon abbatis Urspergen. Augsburg, Johann Miller, 1515. In 2nd (313 x 208 mm); [132] papers. Frontispiece within xylographic figured border depicting Kings Nino and Frederick II, letterpress mark at end of volume (small wormhole to first and last papers, small restoration to white margin of last paper). Coeval leather binding on wooden boards, plates and casters to plates, supra libros to front plate, clasps (spine skillfully restored). Fine copy of this second edition. Renowned chronicle printed in princeps in 1472.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 10 - Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron novamente stampato con tre novelle agiunte. Venice, Bernardino de Viano de Lexona, 1525. In 2nd (290 x 200 mm); [4], 128 papers. Title in woodcut border, large woodcut at head of each day, in the text, paginated in two columns, 82 narrative woodcuts, some of them with character legends (delicate restorations to margin of first and last papers.) 19th-century English binding signed by Leighton in red morocco with dry and gold decorations, nailing à dentelles, gilt edges. Ex libris. Beautiful illustrated edition of the Decameron, textually executed over Gregori's 1516 edition. The iconographic apparatus is exemplified, as far as the large headpieces are concerned, on the 1492 edition of de' Gregori, while the narrative woods are mostly derived from that of 1510 by Bartolomeo de Zanni. Three "spicciolate" mock novellas are read in the appendix: Bonaccorso di Lapo Giovanni, Bianco Alfani and Grasso Legnaiolo.

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 11 - Boccaccio, Giovanni. De claris mulieribus. Bern, Matthias Apiarius, 1539. In 2nd (285 x 195 mm);[6], LXXXI, [1] papers. Typographic mark to title page and at end of volume, 15 woodcut figures in text byJakob Kallenberg, Bernese painter and engraver (small woodworm holes.) Eighteenth-century leather binding with gold friezes and fillets (spine anciently redone with small ironwork decoration). First work of literary importance and one of the first ever imprinted in Bern by the first printer active in the Swiss capital. Also only illustrated edition of the sixteenth-century work.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 12 - Ptolemy, Claudius. Geographicae enarrationis, libri octo. Lyon and Vienna, La Porte and Trechsel, 1541. In 2nd (380 x 278 mm);149, [3], [96] pages. 48 double-page maps except 46-47 (maps 49 and 50 missing, small woodworm hole in white inner margin of two maps, slight halo to index). Seventeenth-century leather binding with gilt friezes on spine, red boards (stripping). Censored specimen on title page of this second edition edited by Miguel Servet with translation edited byWilibald Pirckheimer. Most of the maps are derived from the maps used in Lorenz Fries' 1522 edition printed by Grüninger. Maps 28 and 34 concern the American continent.

Estim. 19 000 - 22 000 EUR

Lot 13 - Münster, Sebastian. Cosmographiae universalis lib. VI. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1554. In 2nd (317 x 198 mm);[24], 1-84, [4], 85-474, [4], 475-610, [3], 611-612, [1], 613-616, [2], 618-1162, [2] pages. Title page within figured xylographic border, portrait on verso of title page, 12 double-page maps, 4-page views of Worms, Heidelberg, and Vienna, 37 double-page views, numerous figures and views in text, letterpress mark at end of volume (first two maps missing, small woodworm holes, larger at white margin of about 20 center maps, title page restored, other defects). Contemporary burgundy morocco binding with heraldic supra libros, friezes and title in gold on spine, 2 clasps. Second Latin edition of the famous work by Münster, considered one of the most famous Renaissance cosmographers.The particular success, also commercial, of this work was due in part to the beautiful engravings, among whose authors may be mentionedHans Holbein the Younger,Urs Graf,Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, and David Kandel.

Estim. 7 800 - 9 000 EUR

Lot 14 - Ruffo, Giordano , and Agogo Mago. Libro dela natura di cavalli: & elmodo di rivelarli. Venice, Giovanni Tacuino, 1519. In 8° (148 x 102 mm);[68] wrappers.Frontispiece printed in red and black with large woodcut vignette, letterpress mark at end of volume, one figure in text, last 20 pages contain 78 models of bites (small halo to frontispiece.) Modern binding in imitation of an antique midnight blue morocco binding with frame and fleurons to plates, friezes to spine, 19th-century woodcut paper included. Stamp of Francesco Maria Campori. Very rare edition of thisprime treatise on veterinary medicine in Latin Europe. The authorwas an official ofFedericus II of Swabia,whose castellan and farrier he was. The treatise focused mainly on the care of horsesfor use in war was commissioned by the emperor himself, who supervised its drafting.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 15 - Fiaschi, Caesar. Trattato dell'imbrigliare, maneggiare, et ferrare cavalli. Bologna, Anselmo Giaccarelli, 1556. In 4° (220 x 157 mm); 3 parts in 1 volume; [8], 171, [1] pages. Typographical mark to title page, 3 full-page wood-engraved plates depicting interiors of workshops and riding stables with related characters, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations depicting different types of bridles and riding exercises, some accompanied by related music (stains to last few papers, a few haloes, other defects.) 20th-century binding in half vellum with title in black on smooth spine. First edition of one of the finest works on the art of handling. Of great interest is the presence of musical notations in the woods relating to riding exercises: in fact, Fiaschi was the first squire to combine music with riding.

Estim. 900 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 16 - Damiano da Odemira. Book to learn play scachi. [S.l., but after 1524]. In 8° (147 x 98 mm); 62 cards. Xylograph on title page depicting two players, 6 woodcuts depicting various chess and numerous playing positions (last two blank cards missing, slightly trimmed at head, some browning). Parchment binding, manuscript title to spine (traces of old ownership note). Ex libris. Rare edition that went through eight editions in the 16th century. Damien describes in his work the rules of the game, offers advice on strategy, presents a selection of chess problems and analyzes some openings. His theory of openings would later serve as a database for later reworkings, notably those operateda Ruy López de Segura.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 17 - Lopez de Segura, Ruy. Il giuoco de gli scacchi. Venice, Cornelio Arrivabene, 1584. In 4°(202 x 142 mm); [8], 214 pages. Typographical mark to title page (upper margin of last papers restored, outer margin of a few papers integrated). Contemporary vellum binding with manuscript title on spine gusset (new guards). Ex libris. First run Italian edition with "elbow," "Gobito," and "Gombito" on lines 1, 3, and 6 on page 133. Fundamental treatise on chess by the Spanish monk RuyLopezde Segura, a great chess player and advisor to Philip II, who in this manual provides, among other things, for the first time a complete picture of the openings then known.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 18 - Carrera, Pietro. The game of chess. Militello, Giovanni de' Rossi, 1617. In 4° (187 x 142 mm);556 [but 552], [88] pages.Xylographic chessboard on title page, coat of arms of dedicatee Francesco Branciforte on verso, figure of a chessboard on page 531 (woodworm hole in white margin of middle and endpapers restored, browning and flourishes). Modern vellum binding with manuscript title on smooth spine. Possession note. Partially postillated specimen of this first edition. Publication rightly considered one of the rarest and most important books on chess. Volume "divided into eight books, in which are taught the precepts, the exits, and the postulated traits of the game, and the true origin of it is discussed."

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 19 - Piacenza, Francesco. The camps of chess, or new discipline of attacks, defenses, and parties of the game of chess. Turin, Antonio Beltrandi, 1683. In 8°(194 x 143 mm); 132, [4] pages. Portrait of the author on the antiporta, arms of the dedicatee, figures of chessmen on pages 29 and 112, 2 figures depicting two pawns added on pages 124 and 127 (spots.) Coeval vellum binding, manuscript title to spine. Monogram and note of ownership. Rare first and only edition in which the author sets out after covering the history of traditional chess in antiquity and in various countries the rules and various tactics.

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 20 - Fuchs, Leonhart. De historia stirpium commentarii insignes. Basel, Michael Isengrin, 1542. In 2nd (334 x 230 mm);[28], 896, [4] pages. Typographic mark on title page and colophon,509 full-page woodcut figures and 3 smaller figures in the text, some of them with delicate coloring, engraved by Veit Rudolph Speckle from designs by Heinrich Füllmauer and Albert Meyer, portrait of Fuchs on verso of title page and portraits of the 3 artists on fff5r paper (restoration to title page and colophon with blank paper suppl., small restoration to F6 paper, short copy at head, a few figures slightly trimmed, penultimate paper bound backwards, other small defects.) Signature modern binding by Lobstein-Laurenchet in green morocco with gilt title to spine, gilt edges. First edition of "perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published" (PMM 69).More than 100 of the plants depicted in the book were described for the first time in a specific treatise.Certainly it was for the time the initiator of a new standard of quality and accuracy, as well as the first publication to include distinctly American plants such as squash,maize,marigolds,potatoetabacco. Hunt 48: Fuchs was "the first of the modern era to attempt to give a botanical glossary of terms, presenting it in an alphabetical order."

Estim. 13 000 - 15 000 EUR

Lot 21 - Fuchs, Leonhart. Den Nieuwen Herbarius, dat is, dboeck vanden cruyden. Basel, Michael Isengrin, [ca. 1543]. In 2nd (292 x 185 mm); xviii, [260] papers. Typographic mark on title page and at end of volume, author's portrait by Veit Rudolph Speckle on verso of title page, 517 woodcut figures of plants in coeval coloring in text (defects and restorations to second and third papers with loss of text, tear to paper V1, slight halo mostly at end of volume). Modern imitation binding in sixteenth-century hazel-colored leather with embossed decoration to plates and spine. Complete specimen with beautiful coloring of this first Dutch edition, nicknamed the "KleinerFuchs." Heilmann 219: "Mit den neu geschnittenen Bildern des KleinenFuchsvon hervorragender Schönheit."

Estim. 13 000 - 15 000 EUR

Lot 22 - Cesalpino, Andrea. De plantis libri XVI. Florence, Marescotti, 1583. Bound with: Cesalpino, Andrea. De metallicis libri tres. Rome, Zannetti, 1596. In 4° (220 x 148 mm). First work: [40], 621, [11] pages. Typographic mark on title page and at end of volume; second work: [16], 222, [2] pages. Coat of arms of Clement VIII on title page (sporadic flourishing, on paper A3 of second work lack of upper corner due to paper defect with loss of text). Coeval vellum binding with traces of two endpapers, manuscript note to front plate. Antique ownership note. Interesting miscellany combining two very rare first editions of Cesalpino in copy with numerous handwritten annotations. In the first work the author attempted to go beyond a description of plants based, up to that time, on their use and properties by introducing a careful examination of their intrinsic characteristics. The second work, on the other hand, represents a continuation of Mercati's Metallotheca Vaticana for the part relating to gems and marbles. It contains numerous mentions of the origin of fossils, heat and oxygen in certain chemical combinations, and the laws of crystallization.

Estim. 9 000 - 10 000 EUR

Lot 23 - Mattioli, Pietro Andrea. Kreutterbuch ... jetzt wiederum mit vielen und newen Figuren, auch nutzlichen Artzeneyen. Frankfurt, Nikolaus Hoffmann, 1611. In 2nd (345 x 215 mm); [10], 460, [27] maps. Illustrated frontispiece, nearly 1050 woodcut figures in text, typographical mark to colophon, all in beautiful coeval coloring (frontispiece restored and partly lined, other minor restorations mainly to lower margin, restoration to index cards with loss of text, inner margin of index restored, browned). Coeval sow's leather binding on wooden boards with blindstamped plates and casters to the plates, traces of two clasps, red boards. Specimen with coeval coloring. Also contains chapter on distillation at end of volume.Mattioli was the first to describe the tomato, imported in 1544 from America.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 24 - Eusebius. Eusebii Pamphili Evangelicae praeparationis lib. XV. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544. Bound with: Eusebius. Eusebii Pamphili evangelikae demonstrationis lib. X. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1545. In 2nd (315 x 208 mm). First work:498, [2] pages; second work: 318 pages. Typographic mark to title pages, text in Greek (lack at upper corner of first work). Nineteenth-century English binding in hazel-colored calf with rich embossed decoration and central fleuron to plates, embossed friezes and gilt title to spine (hinges weak). Ex libris by Charles James Bloomfield(1786-1857), English classicist and bishop. Specimen combining two important works in Greek by Estienne designed for a series of Greek texts and based on unpublished manuscripts held at the Royal Library at Fontainebleau.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 25 - [Greek poets]. Poetae Graeci principes heroici carminis, & alii nonnulli. Geneva, Ulrich Fugger and Henri Estienne, 1566. In 2nd (364 x 205 mm);20, LXXII, 1-410, [2], 411-781, [1], 489 [but 494], [56] pages. Typographical mark to title page (title page trimmed and mounted on blank paper, missing white paperscc6, Zzz4 and TTT4, small hole on paper c3, small hole inn4 and LLL5, upper and lower margins of fasciclesMm-Nn stretched, verisimilarly from other copy). 19th-century English binding in hazel-colored calf with friezes and title in gilt on spine (spine skillfully rebacked using much of the original). Ex libris by E.P. Jacobsen and JohnAlfred Spranger, Trinity College Cambridge with also his stamp at end of volume. Fine provenance specimen with general frontispiece and frontispiece of the Odyssey reglé. Important collection of Greek works. (2)

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 26 - Fabrizi, Principia. Of the allusions, enterprises, et emblems ... sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII. Rome, Giacomo Ruffinelli and Bartolomeo Grassi, 1588. In 4° (242 x 168 mm); [16], 400, [64] pages. Engraved figured frontispiece, 1 engraved figured dedication plate, 17 full-page plates depicting scenes from the Bible, allegories and virtues, 213 emblematic figures, all engraved in the text (small woodworm hole in the white margin of some papers, sporadic flourishes and browning). Coeval vellum binding with manuscript title vertically on spine, hinged, traces of two endpapers. First edition. Emblematic figures depict monuments of Bologna, Gregory XIII's city of origin, or dragons and snakes in allusion to the pope's coat of arms.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 27 - Sprenger, Jakob , and Heinrich Kramer. Malleus maleficarum, in tres divisus partes. Venice, Damiano and Bertano, 1576. Bound with: Spina, Bartolomeo. Novus malleus maleficarum sub quaestione de strigibus seu maleficisIn. Cologne, Maternus Cholinus, 1581. In 8° (150 x 95 mm). First work: [64], 505 [but 503], [9] pages. Typographic mark to title page and at end of volume; second work:[16], 398, [2] pages. Typographic mark to title page (small restoration to white margin of first four papers, small lack to white margin of one paper in second work, stamp removed from title page). Coeval vellum binding with greaseproofing, traces of two endpapers, chiseled green boards, traces of a manuscript title to smooth spine. Ex libris nobiliare. Beautiful miscellany combining two very rare editions by inquisitors against the crime of witchcraft! The Malleus of 1576 is the second Italian edition after the first of 1574, also published by Bertano.

Estim. 4 500 - 5 500 EUR

Lot 28 - Galilei, Galileo. Dialogue ... Over the two greatest systems of the world Ptolemaic, and Copernican. Florence, Giovanni Battista Landini, 1632. In 4° (224 x 157 mm); [8], 458, [32] pages. Typographical mark on title page, errata editorial slip pasted on page 92, addition of handwritten letter "H" in diagram on page 192, 31 figures and diagrams in text,errata corrigesulla on paper Ff6 (missing antiporta, small restoration to white corner of paper C5, slight halo to white margin of last 25 endpapers, small defect to lower corner of first 5 papers, sporadic browning). Coeval bindings in bazzana with frame and small corner fleurons to plates, phytomorphic friezes and title in gold on gusset to spine, gilt and chiseled cuts (small lack to upper cap). Partially bearded copy in handsome binding of this first edition. The work represents one of the milestones in the history of science. Cinti 89; Norman 858; Riccardi I, 511; PMM 128: Written under the didialog form, the work "was designed both as an appeal to the great public and as an escape from silence [...] it is a masterly polemic for the new science. It displays all the great discoveries in the heavens which the ancients had ignored; it inveighs against the sterility, wilfulness, and ignorance of those who defend their systems; it revels in the simplicity of Copernican thought and, above all, it teaches that the movement of the earth makes sense in philosophy, that is, in physics [...] TheDialogo, more than any other work, made the heliocentric system a commonplace."

Estim. 25 000 - 30 000 EUR

Lot 29 - Lauro, James. Antiquae Urbis Splendor. Rome, [Andrea Fei], 1612. In 4° oblong (226 x 330 mm); 4 parts in 1 volume. 167 numbered and 4 unnumbered engraved plates including dedication card to Urban VIII (lack at white margin of dedication card, woodworm hole at lower white corner of first cards of second volume, some staining). Eighteenth-century half-leather binding with corners, xylographed hardback plates. Wonderful fully illustrated work with concise didactic texts on the beauties and glisplendors of ancient and modern Rome.In the lot also a second copy of the same edition with 162 plates (missing plates 4, 51, 83, 88 and 160). (3)

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 30 - Barrière, Dominique. Villa Pamphilia. Rome, Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 17th century. In 2nd (410 x 290 mm). Frontispiece, 1 text card, portrait of the prince dedicatee of the work, 1 plate with the entrance door of the Villa, 6 folded plates, 50 depicting statues, 22 with busts and 3 with fountains (small tears, marginal flaws.) Coeval binding in full vellum, manuscript title to spine (tired). Complete and marginal specimen of this first edition with magnificent views of the park and the splendid building so beloved by the Romans, known as the Casino del Bel Respiro, of Allegrezze, of the many statues or of Algardi.

Estim. 780 - 900 EUR

Lot 31 - [Composite Atlas]. Set of 6 folio volumes with over 300 maps drawn by Mercator, Jansson, Blaeu, Visscher, Hondius, Ortelius, Lecelrc and others, all with coeval coloring, many with eighteenth-century hand annotations in the margins, each volume with manuscript indexes and explanatory texts, in full vellum bindings with various types of gilt iron decoration (browning, tears, old restorations, missing.) The set consists of the third volume of the Theatrum orbis terrarum dated 1650 with frontispiece and 58 maps, a tome with 35 maps of the then known world, a volume of 64 maps of Europe, a volume on France with 71 maps, a volume on the Italian and Iberian peninsulas with 45 double-page plates, and finally a volume on Germany with 61 maps.The lot is sold as a set of plates; a list of maps is available upon request. (6)

Estim. 7 800 - 9 000 EUR

Lot 32 - [Rome]. Sebastiani, Antonio . Romanarum plantarum fasciculus primus [& alter]. Rome, Mariano De Romanis, 1813. In 2nd (270 x 193 mm); 14, [1], 81, [1] pages. Small frieze to first title page, vignette depicting the Colosseum to second title page, 10 engraved and folded plates (a few small tears to white margin of plates.) Coeval half-leather binding with gold title to spine (small defects to spine, provenance removed to title page). Rare first and only edition edited by Sebastiani, who from1820 directed the Botanical Garden of Rome.

Estim. 450 - 525 EUR

Lot 33 - [Stockholm]. Jonsson von Dalberg, Erik. Exequiae Serenissimi ac Potentissimi Principis ac Domini, Domini Caroli Gustavi Suecorum Gothorum et Wandalorum Regis d. 3. Novemb. 1660 Holmiae celebratae. [Paris, after 1660]. Copper etching and burin view with beautiful coeval coloring (335 x 4570 mm) that consists of 13 sheets skillfully joined and pasted on larger paper. The view depicting the Swedish capital of Stockholm at the funeral of King Charles X Gustaf , is taken from the publication De rebus a Caroli Gustaf sveciae rege by von Pufendorf in 1696. Modern binding in mute hardback. Ex libris by Nils Bonnier and Franc X. Zettler.

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 34 - Nolin, Jean Baptiste. Le Theatre du monde ... contenant les cartes generales et particulieres des royaumes et et etats qui le composent. Paris, by the author, [1668-1746]. In 2nd (540 x 374 mm). Engraved frontispiece followed by 99 maps, 95 of which are double-page or folded with beautiful coeval coloring of the boundaries except for the "Plan routier de la ville et faubg. de Paris" (halo to upper margin, a few maps also with halo to lower margin, a few papers with wormhole to white margin, traces of censorship likely post-French Revolution to cartouches with royal coats of arms, a few tears and stains). Coeval bindings in bazzana with friezes and title in gold on spine (delicate restorations). Composite atlas containing among others the beautiful world map with ten vignettes, Siam of 1742 with the beautiful cartouche depicting an elephant, the result of Nolin's collaboration with Coronelli, America, the "partie orientale" and "occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France," the "Nouveau Mexique" and the "Archipelague du Mexique."

Estim. 13 000 - 15 000 EUR

Lot 35 - De Wit, Frederick. Atlas. Amstedam, ca. 1680. Frontispiece, index, and 28 double-page maps with coeval coloring (minor flaws, browning, tears, old reinforcements and restorations.) Coeval binding in half vellum and blue card (very worn). Good copy of the famous atlas by Frederick de Wit, one of the most successful cartographers in 17th-century Holland.

Estim. 7 800 - 9 000 EUR

Lot 36 - Barca, Pietro Antonio. Avvertimenti, e regole circa l'architettura civile, scultura, pittura, prospettiva, et architettura militare. Milan, Pandolfo Malatesta, 1620. In 4° oblong (208 x 270 mm); 46 papers. Coat of arms of Philip III of Spain on title page, 33 figures, some of which are full-page (defects and restorations, stain to title page and corner of last few papers). Modern half hardback binding. Very rare first edition edited by Milanese architect Barca, who also participated in the competition and controversy over the facade of the Duomo. Particularly interesting are papers 25-30 devoted to a study of Raphael's "The Marriage of the Virgin," illustrated with 6 figures.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 37 - Boschini, Marco. La carta del navegar pitoresco. Venice, Francesco Baba, 1660. In 4° (193 x 142 mm); [24], 680 [but 682], [10] pages. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of author, 25 full-page copper-engraved plates in text (slight halo to inner white margin.) Parchment binding with manuscript title to smooth spine (worn). Ex libris by Kenneth Clark Saltwood. First edition written in Venetian dialect. Notable as the author understands the new currents in Venetian painting and declares himself an admirer of Velazquez and Rubens.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 38 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Christ heals the sick, or the 100 florins. c. 1649. Etching, burin and drypoint on virgin paper, second state, Bartsch 074 (restoration at top of shade.) 299 x 414 mm. Lot accompanied by certificate of authenticity signed by Maurizio Marini and a document signed by Massimo Ripostai attesting to its provenance from the proven collection of Jean Marie Drot, former director of the French Academy in Rome. In this famous engraving, Rembrandt brings together several episodes from the life of Jesus taken from the Gospel of Matthew, juxtaposing the theme of healing with that of the purity of the soul. For its execution, the artist used acid etching, or etching, along with direct etching done with the burin and drypoint, thus achieving the deep blacks contrasted with the divine light obtained with the white of the paper. The etching is commonly known as "The Hundred Florin Print" probably in reference to the selling price. Many sources also report the anecdote that Rembrandt, wanting to buy prints by Marcantonio Raimondi of the same value, bartered them for a copy of this print.

Estim. 13 000 - 15 000 EUR

Lot 39 - Fludd, Robert. Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia. Oppenheim, Galler for De Bry [but Frankfurt, Rötel for De Bry], 1617. Bound with: Tomus secundus De supernaturali, naturali, praeternaturali et contranaturali microcosmi historia, in Tractatus tres distributa. Oppenheim, Galler for De Bry, 1619; bound with: Tomi secundi Tractatus primi, sectio secunda, de technica microcosmi historia. [Sl, sd]; bound with: Tractatus secundus De naturae simia seu technica macrocosmi historia in partes undecim divisa.Oppenheim, Galler per De Bry, 1618. In 2nd (318 x 200 mm). First work: [2], 206, [6], engraved frontispiece and numerous plates in the text, partly folded, mainly by Matthäus Merian; second work: 277, [3] pages, engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved plates, also full-page; third work: 191, [13] pages, engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved plates in the text; fourth work: 788, [12] pages. 2 engraved plates outside text of which 1 folded depicting the temple of music, engraved frontispieces for the various parts, other engraved plates in the text (woodworm hole in white margin of a few papers, browning, missing the 4 plates depicting battles in the volume Tractatus secundus.) Coeval hazel-colored leather binding with gilt frame to the plates, gilt friezes to the spine (defects, lacks and restorations). Ex libris from private library. Rare miscellany containing volume 1 in two parts and volume 2: part 1 in two parts in first edition.The first part of the first volume also in first run with the last page numbered correctly. Also in the lot a second volume in slightly different binding with heraldic supra libros and ex libris by David Doria of Montaldeo containing the fourth volume in 3 parts also in first edition: Integrum morborum mysterium, Frankfurt, Hofmann for Fitzer, 1631 with [12], 503, [1] pages with portrait and 2 engraved and folded tables out of text; Katholicon medicorum katoptron, [Sl, 1631] with [4], 413 [but 407], [1] pages with 1 table out of text, 1 folded table and other engraved and partly folded tables in text; Pulsus seu nova et arcana pulsuum historia, [Sl, sd but Frankfurt 1629] with 93, [1] pages and 1 large engraved and fold-out table at end of volume (loose table, top of table missing). Beautiful 7-part set in first editionof the monumental work by Fludd, an English hermetic philosopher who belonged in full to the Hermetic-Cabalistic tradition of the Renaissancedeveloped byMarsilio Ficino,Pico della Mirandola and Paracelsus. (2)

Estim. 7 800 - 9 000 EUR

Lot 40 - Descartes, René. Geometria, à Renato Des Cartes anno 1637 Gallicè edita; nunc autem cum notis Florimondi de Beaune. Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1649. In 4° (197 x 155 mm); [12], 336, [2] pages. Typographic mark to title page printed in red and black, numerous diagrams in text (last blank paper missing, small restoration to white margin of page 336, marginal halos, paper Vv bound at end of first fascicle, lightly browned). Modern vellum binding with gold title on smooth spine tassel. First separate edition in Latin translation edited by Frans van Schooten. Although the volume was first printed in 1637 in French, the work gained scholarly recognition and circulation only through the present Latin translation. La Géométrie "radically changed the conception and practice of geometry" (Treccani).

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 41 - La Noue, Pierre de. La cavalerie françoise et italienne, ou l'art de bien dresser les chevaux. Strasbourg, Jacob de Heyden (Lyon, Claude Morillon), 1620. In 2nd (364 x 240 mm); [6], 157, [3] pages. Engraved figured frontispiece and 42 full-page engraved plates (tear to one plate, holes to one blank paper and to white margin of colophon, lightly browned). Modern full morocco binding in imitation of an antique binding, double frames and corner fleurons to the plates, friezes and title in gold to the spine, nailing à dentelles. First edition in second run without date within cartouche on title page.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 42 - Galibert, John Baptist. The riding horse. Vienna, Johann Jakob Kyrner, 1658. In 2nd (307 x 200 mm);[8], 107, [5] pages. Antiporta, typographical mark on title page and 30 full-page figures in the text (occasional browning and blooming.) Coeval binding in half leather with hazel-colored corners with friezes and title in gold on spine. Second edition "where it deals with the very noble virtue of riding ... Divided into three parts, in the first it treats of conoscer li cavalli; in the second the manner of riding; in the third the manner of medicar' ogni sorte d'infirmità."

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 43 - Virgil. Bucolicorum, eclogae X. Paris, Sébastien Neville, 1600. In 2nd (376 x 250 mm); [24], 708, 55, [61] pages. Typographic mark to title page printed in red and black. Coeval burgundy morocco binding in the arms of Louis-Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne (1636-1698) with threading to the plates, gilt friezes and title on spine gusset, nailing à dentelles, gilt edges. Very fresh and reglé specimen with important provenance. The work also contains the Vita Vergilii in verse by Phocas.

Estim. 650 - 750 EUR

Lot 44 - Gloriosa nobilitas illustrissimae familiae Vicecomitum. Milan, Lodovico Monza, 1671. In 2nd (280 x 190 mm);[8], 216, [8] pages. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, 1 engraved and folded portrait, 1 folded family tree (reinforcement to frontispiece, family tree detached and tears restored.) Coeval blond calf binding with supra libros of the Visconti, friezes and title in gilt on spine, gold lettering on spine, gold lettering on cuts and lips. Antique possession notes, stamp of Milanese painter Agostino Caironi (1820-1907). Fine association copy.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 45 - Virgil. P. Virgilii Maronis Opera ... ad usum serenissimi Delphini. Paris, Simon Bénard, 1675. In 4° (255 x 187 mm);[28], 246, 588, [192] pages. Engraved frontispiece, vignette on title page (few marginal flourishes.) Coeval burgundy morocco binding to the arms ofLouis of France, also known as theGrand Dauphin (1661-1711), to whom the work is also dedicated, double threading, angular fleurons to the plates, friezes and title in gilt on the spine, unghiatura à dentelles, gilt edges (few peeling). Fine association copy.

Estim. 650 - 750 EUR

Lot 46 - Falda, Giovan Battista. Il nuovo teatro delle fabbriche et edificii in prospettiva di Roma moderna. Rome, Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1665- [1669]. In 2nd oblong (265 x 400 mm). 3 engraved frontispieces, dedication card in first two volumes, and 83 copper-engraved plates (part 4 is missing, few marginal flourishes.) Coeval bindings in bazzana with friezes and title in gilt on spine (peeling). Fine copy with fresh plates of one of the most spectacular illustrated books of the eighteenth century, entirely devoted to Baroque architecture in and around Rome. Also in the lot is another copy of the Third Book of the 'novo teatro with the plates pasted on white paper. (2)

Estim. 1 200 - 1 350 EUR

Lot 47 - [Hungary]. Perfetta, e veridica relatione delli processi criminali, et essecutioni delli medi, fattasi contro li trè conti Francesco Nadasdi, Pietro di Zrin, e Francesco Christofforo Frangepami. Vienna and Milan, Malatesta, 1671. In 2nd (290 x 190 mm); 48 pages. Woodcut frieze on title page and 12 engraved plates, two of which are folded and some accompanied by a paper with explanation of the drawings (woodworm hole in last plate.) Coeval vellum binding (spine antiquely restored, first fascicles slightly unbound). Curious work describing the trial made of the three nobles responsible for the revolt against Leopold I in 1671 in the cause of the kingdom of Hungary.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 48 - In 2nd oblong (280 x 375 mm). 285 copper-engraved plates (some reddening, small marginal tears.) 19th-century binding with elegant cathedral decoration (lacks, in need of restoration). Stamp of St. Eligius Church in Paris, extinct in 1791 and demolished in 1863. Magnificent collection of copper-engraved plates including:Veues des plusbeauxbatimens de France. Frontispiece and 16 plates;Les Places, ports, fontaines, églises et maisons de Paris. Frontispiece and 27 plates;Recueildesplusbeauxédifices et frontispicesdeséglises de Paris. Frontispiece and 28 plates;Veuesde belles maisonsdesenvirons de Paris. Frontispiece and 30 plates;Veuesdesplusbeauxendroits de Versailles. Frontispiece, fold-out plan for castle site, 58 plates including those of Clagny and Marly;Veues des belles maisons de France. 55 plates of which 2 folded; Diverses veuesde Chantilly. Frontispiece and 40 plates with 60 views and 3 plans;Veuesde Rome etdesenvirons. 22 including frontispiece plus 1 for the Escorial plus 1 St. Mark's in Venice and a theater scene.Lot accompanied by exportation sheet.

Estim. 6 500 - 7 500 EUR

Lot 49 - Tasso, Torquato. La Gerusalemme liberta. Venice, Giambattista Albrizzi, 1745. In 2nd (440 x 305 mm); [24], 253 [but 255], [1] papers. Eyelet, allegorical antiporta with author's portrait within medallion, frontispiece in red and black lettering, portrait of Maria Theresa, 20 plates outside text within elegant phytomorphic border, the subjects of individual cantos within figured frame, 20 culs de lampe including some full-page, double portrait of Albrizzi and Piazzetta at end of volume (restored tear to penultimate paper, some minor staining.) Early 19th-century binding in green half morocco with corners, friezes and title in gilt on spine (small defects to covers). First edition in second printing, containing the Catalogue of Associates and portrait of the Empress as a young woman. Morazzoni: "It is apt to consider the most beautiful illustrated book, the GerusalemmeLiberataby Piazzetta. Piazzetta proceeds from miracle to miracle -- gives a bold proportion and transforms vignettes into the first real decorative etchings, which occupy a full-page."

Estim. 4 500 - 5 500 EUR

Lot 50 - Dante. The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri with various annotations, and copious branches adorned. Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1757-58. In 4° (295 x 230 mm); 5 tomes in 4 volumes; [16], XLVIII, CCCCVIII; CCCCXIII, [1]; CCCCLII, [4], 103, [1]; XII, 408; [4], 264, LXXXIV, [2] pages. 115 engraved plates including 2 figured frontispieces, portrait of Elisabeth Petrowna, copper-engraved dedicatory plate, portrait ofDante, 2 plates with coins and the poet's monument, plan of the Inferno, folded family tree, full-page headers and plates at the beginning of each canto, copper-engraved endpapers and typographical friezes (restoration to the white margin of one plate and to the title page of the third volume, a few stains, other small defects and a few spots). Coeval burgundy morocco binding at arms of Francis Palmer, double threading to the plates, phytomorphic friezes, gilt cuts, nailing à dentelles, gilt title to spine (delicate restoration to hinges, small faults and defects to headpieces and hinges). Ex libris by Palmer and L'Olivette. Famous edition profusely illustrated by the magnificent plates engraved by, among others, Giampiccoli, Magnini, Rizzi, and Bartolomeo Crivelli. Dedicated to Empress Elizabeth of Russia and published with the help of over 350 subscribers, the work was the first Comedy to be newly illustrated since the sixteenth century. Morazzoni 225; Mambelli 65: "Estimated edition." (4)

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 51 - Moustache, George. Universal collection of works. Cosmopolis [but Venice or Genoa], 1789. In 8° (207 x 125 mm); 4 tomes in 2 volumes; 312, [2]; 312, [2]; 312, [2]; 312 pp. 4 copper-engraved frontispieces and portrait of the author within oval on the frontispiece in the first volume (few flourishes, most visible on the errata of the third tome and the frontispiece of the fourth tome). Coeval half vellum binding with corners, friezes and title on double gusset on smooth spine. Exemplar with beards and partially on blue paper of this first complete edition, printed posthumously by Lord Pembroke, a friend and enthusiastic admirer of the author. TheBaffos' poems are among the most licentious in all of literary history, but the importance of his work should not be confined to the curious dialect peculiarity. (2)

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 52 - Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, en latin et en françois, de la traduction de M. l'abbé Banier. Paris, Pissot, 1767-71. In 4° (248 x 185 mm). Antiporta, 3 pages of dedication, 4 vignettes on title pages, uncul-de-lampe at end of fourth volume, and 139 plates engraved by Baquoy, Basan, de Ghendt, Le Mire, Nee, Pouce, Saint-Aubin, Choffard to designs by Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau. Nineteenth-century amateur binding in full dark brown morocco with double threading and corner fleurons to plates, friezes and title in gilt to spine, nailing à dentelles, gilt edges. Ex libris by James Hale Bates. Beautiful fresh copy of this superb illustrated edition, actually printed by Prault. Cohen 769: "Superbe ouvrage du aux soins de l'editeur Basan et du graveur Le Mire. C'est un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle." (4)

Estim. 900 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 53 - Gallaccini, Theophilus. Treatise of Theophilus Gallaccini on the errors of architects. Venice, Giambattista Pasquali, 1767. Bound with: Visentini, Antonio. Osservazioni che servono di continuazione al trattato di TeofilioGallaccinisopra gli errori degli architetti. Venice, Giambattista Pasquali, 1771. In 2nd (340 x 240 mm). First work: XII, 81, [1] pages. Intaglio frontispiece with architect's tools,8 full-page engraved plates; second work:VII, [1], 141, [3] pages. Perfection within clypeus with zodiac signs on title page. Typographic mark on title page,61 full-page engraved plates. Coeval half-leather splash binding with gold title on spine gusset, within half-morocco chemise and slipcase with gold title to spine. Fresh copy of this first edition. The two works, which use completely different critical approaches, together turn out to be particularly relevant to what concerns the history of 18th-century rationalist theories. The remarks byGallacciniremain general in nature, while Visentini refers to practical cases of the best-known Italian architects.Lot sold in 2018 by Sotheby's, The Sergio Rossetti Library.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 350 EUR

Lot 54 - Passeri, John Baptist. Picturae Etruscorum in vasculis nunc primum in unum collectae explicationibus. Rome, Zempel and Monaldini, 1767-75. In 2nd (418 x 273 mm);LXXX, 106, [2]; LXXXVIII, 84; CXL, 84 pp. 3 engraved frontispieces, engraved vignette to frontispieces printed in red and black, 2 dedication cards in volumes 2 and 3, 301 engraved plates, some of which are folded (some marginal flourishing.) Coeval binding in half-bock with corners, gilt friezes and gilt title to spine (small faults to covers). First edition edited by Passeri,one of the greatest connoisseurs of the so-called Etruscan, together with the Florentine Anton Francesco Gori. He became a member of some of the most important Italian and European academies. (3)

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 55 - Piranesi, Giovanni Battista. Différentes vues de Pesto. First half of the 19th century. In 2nd (610 x 470 mm). 16 double-page plate-numbered plates (missing plates 7, 12, 13, and 16.) Modern ivory half-leather binding, title block to spine (worn, missing). Ex libris Colasanti-Moore. Fine specimen albeit uncompleted of Piranesi's last work, finished by his son Francesco, in French printing from the first half of the 19th century. The magnificent plates depict the ruins of Paestum, visited by Piranesi in 1777 at the height of the archaeological site's popularity among foreign visitors, which are romantically depicted in decadent forms and inhabited by peasants and livestock.

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 56 - Allioni, Carlo. Flora Pedemontana sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii. Turin, Giammichele Briolo, 1785. In 2nd (395 x 260 mm);[8], XIX, [1], 344; [4], 366, XXIV, [2]; [4], XIV, [2] pages. Intaglio vignette designed by Luigi Piantino and engraved by Giacomo Mercoli on the title pages printed in red and black, portrait of the author in the first volume, 92 engraved plates outside the text (tear to the title page of the first volume.) Coeval half-leather binding (different that of the volume of plates). Bibliographic card of the antiquarian bookstore Mediolanum, Milan. First edition of this well-known and important work on the botanical literature of Piedmont. The treatise is still considered one of the most important floristic works inEuropeand the most important inPiedmont. It describesthe medicinal virtues of 2831 species of plants from the Piedmont region, including 237 new species. (3)

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 57 - [Botany]. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Plantes rares du jardin de Genève. Geneva, Barbezat and Delarue, 1825-[27]. In 2nd (325 x 255 mm); [2], 92 pp. 24 plates printed in color and finished by hand (bloomings in the margin of one plate.) Coeval hardback binding with manuscript title to spine, front publisher's paperback of "première livraison" included (provenance removed from paperback). First edition containing descriptions of some species found in the Geneva Botanical Garden, founded in 1817 as a garden by one of the great "fathers" of botany, Augustin Pyrame de Candolle.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 58 - [Conchiology]. Knorr, Georg Wolfgang. Vergnügen der Augen und des Gemüths, in Vorstellung einer allgemeinen Sammlung von Muscheln und andern Geschöpfen, welche im Meer gefunden werden. Nuremberg, Knorr, 1757-72. In 4° (258 x 198 mm); 6 parts in 2 volumes; [4], 39, [1]; 56, [16]; 52; 48, [14]; 46; 76; 18; 100; 23, [1]; 11, [1]; 7, [1] pages. 6 frontispieces and 190 engraved and hand-colored plates (minor flaws.) Coeval bindings in bazzana with gilt friezes and title on double gusset at spine, red boards. Ex libris nobiliare. First edition with the plates in beautiful coeval coloring. It is considered one of the finest works of eighteenth-century shells. At the end of the second volume also "Ehrenrettung des seel. Herrn G. W.Knorrens gegen die ihm in den Nachrichten von Kunstlern und Kunstsachen gemachten Beschuldigungen" from 1772. (2)

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 59 - [Conchiology]. Perry, George. Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells. London, William Miller, 1811. In 2nd (418 x 263 mm). 61 color engraved and hand-finished plates, each followed by a text card (slight halo to outer margin of last card.) English coeval green morocco binding with rich dry and gold border to plates, phytomorphic friezes and gold title to spine, nailing à dentelles, gilt edges (small defects). Specimen with fresh plates from this first edition.This is a very important work on mollusc taxonomy as it contains some species described for the first time.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 60 - Cook, James. Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté britannique. Paris, Saillant et Nyon and Panckoucke, 1774. Bound with:Voyagedans l'hémisphère austral, et autour du monde. Paris, Hôtel deThou, 1778; bound with:Troisième voyage deCook, ouVoyageà l'océan Pacifique. Paris,Hôtel deThou, 1785; bound with: Vie du capitaine Cook. Paris,Hôtel deThou, 1789. In 4° (252 x 188 mm). First work:[4], iv, [4], v-xvi, [2], xxxii, 388; [6],536; [6], 394, [2]; iv, [2], v-viii, 367, [1] pages; second work:[xii, v-xliv, 460; viii, 432; viii, 374; viii, 413, [3]; xii, 510, [2] pages; third work:[8], cxxxii, 437, [3]; [4], 422; [4], 488, [2]; [4], 552 pages; fourth work: [4], xxxii, 546, [2] pages. 210 engraved maps and views, most of them folded also several times containing among others Cook's portrait, the large map depicting the "Southern Hemisphere," the table with Cook's death, the planisphere depicting all Cook's discoveries, 2 linguistic plates, a chart depicting the "South Sea," and 1 "Table de comparaison" (Avis aux relieurs in the first volume almost detached, browning, haloing to the upper and lower white margins of almost all volumes, a few papers with tears, other minor defects.) Coeval bindings in bazzana with threading to the plates, phytomorphic friezes and title on double gusset to the spine, marbled cuts (a few flaws and faults to covers and hinges). First French editionof Cook's 3 voyages, complete with all maps and plates, which in uniform binding also contains the Life of Cook published only in 1789.Cook was the first to map the island ofTerranova, before embarking on three voyages to the Pacific Oceanin the course of which he made the first European contact with the coasts of AustraliaandHawaii, as well as the first official circumnavigation ofNew Zealand. (14)

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 61 - [Australia]. New South Wales Pocket Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1814. Sydney, G. Howe, [1813]. In 8° (164 x 100 mm); iv, 135, [1] pages. (Browning.) Coeval leather binding with double gilt frames to plates, friezes and title in gilt to spine (peeling, minor flaws and faults). Ex libris by Serge Allen, coeval ownership note. Very rare edition, one of the earliest works printed in Australia. Contains "General Orders and Colonial Regulations," "Shipping Arrivals and Departures," and "The Colonial Garden," i.e., one of the earliest Australian gardening and botanical books.

Estim. 6 500 - 7 500 EUR

Lot 62 - [Rome]. Album in 4° small oblong (143 x 200 mm) containing 242 engraved plates and in coeval watercolor illustrations Of the Ancient and Modern Buildings of Rome by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1817, within coeval half-parchment binding with corners and title on spine gusset. Classic of the nineteenth-century Grand Tour of Italy. Also in the lot an uncolored bearded copy of the work with the 3 parts in woodcut brossure, within modern slipcase. (3)

Estim. 650 - 750 EUR

Lot 63 - Benoist, Philippe , and Felix Benoist. Rome dans sa grandeur. Vues, monuments anciens et modernes. Paris, Charpentier, 1870. In 2nd (488 x 335 mm). Eyelet and frontispiece printed in red and black with steel-engraved vignette in each volume, 28 full-page hand-colored lithographic plates in the first, 34 in the second and 38 in the third volume (some blooming, slight halo to the outer margin of the first volume.) Editorial binding in green half-morocco constemma of Pope Pius IXs on front plate, gilt threading to plates, friezes and title in gold to spine (small defects). Ex libris by Renato Mammucari. Wonderful collection of "Rome antique, Rome chrétienne, Rome moderne" with beautiful views, landscapes, buildings and Roman monuments, engraved by Felix and Philippe Benoist from drawings by leading French artists of the time. (3)

Estim. 1 200 - 1 350 EUR

Lot 64 - [Rome and Naples]. Album of views. 18th-19th century. In 2nd oblong (270 x 370 mm). Album with prints and drawings pasted on cardboard (some traces of moisture, small tears). Coeval cathedral binding signed Giroux, elaborate gilt and dry-iron decoration with large polychrome cartouche in center of plates (minor missing and some peeling). Rich collection consisting of 41 watercolor views of Rome, 14 drawings of cloisters and the Roman countryside, 16 views of the environs of Naples including Ischia and a view of Ravello, 15 views of cloisters and the countryside of Campania, 1 view of the Academy Bridge in Paris, 7 views of castles beyond the Alps, and other miscellaneous drawings.

Estim. 6 500 - 7 500 EUR

Lot 65 - [France]. Nice oblong album in 4° oblong that begins with a watercolor of Pyrenean costumes and continues with several French views, many near Fontainebleau, 4 of Mont d'or le Bains in Auvergne, 2 of the castle of Pau, 1 of military costumes, and many other watercolors totaling about 30, within coeval green half-morocco binding.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 66 - [Nicolas Bonnart]. Three volumes collecting nearly 300 copperplate engravings by Bonnart, mostly with coeval coloring, many also raised in gold, depicting French, Swiss, and European dress and costumes; one volume with figures of dancers, carnival masks, players and musicians, arts and crafts; fine ones depicting the royals of Europe, among the more unusual ones, however, those depicting French nannies and those of Eastern princes and high dignitaries from Algeria to Turkey, Siam to China. All in contemporary green half-morocco bindings with gold titles on the spines and manuscript indexes in Italian (a few tears, ink acid burns, slight browning.) (3)

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 67 - [Costumes]. Suhr, Christoph. Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern. Hamburg, 1808. In 4° (230 x 175 mm). 120 costumes in beautiful coeval coloring (small defect at white margin of one plate.) Coeval leather binding with friezes and title in gilt on spine, gilt edges (slight peeling). Very fresh copy with vividly colored plates in this first edition. The work is considered one of the most important publications on the customs and crafts of Hamburg.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 68 - Londonio, Francesco. Complete collection of the original prints drawn and engraved by the celebrated professor-painter Francesco Londonio Milanese. Parma, Domenico Crescini & Antonio Franchetti, 1837]. In 2° oblong (408 x 565 mm).Frontispiece with portrait of the author drawn and engraved in copper by Angelo Rosena Parmigianino, "Manifesto agli amatori delle belle arti" printed on green paper and reduced in size, Life of the artist in Italian and French on 4 cards, followed by 74 finely etched plates, on the recto of each plate 2 embossed stamps with unidentified calligraphic initials placed to the right and left of the engraved part, on the verso stamp with the initials F.L. (Some blooming outside plate and light staining.) Period binding in brown half leather with corners, friezes and title in gilt on spine (some lack and defect). Beautiful complete collection of plates in fresh condition by FrancescoLondonio(1723-1783) depicting bucolic landscapes, shepherds and peasants of the Lombardy countryside, animals. The scenes depicted are restful and depict the vaguely Arcadian atmosphere.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 69 - Leopardi, Giacomo. Canti. Florence, Guglielmo Piatti, 1831. In 8° (148 x 92 mm); 165, [1] pages. Frontispiece frieze (few flourishes, pen annotations on a few papers.) Half-parchment back binding with corners, decorated hardback plates, gilt title on spine gusset. Small private library stamp to title page. First edition containing a total of 23songs, 6 of which are first editions.Leopardiin a letter dated Dec. 23, 1830, Lett. 737: "I sold the ms. of my verses with 700 associations, for 80 zecchini: in the present state so troublesome of trade, it was not possible to obtain more."

Estim. 900 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 70 - Cavour, Camillo. Important set of 9 letters and autograph notes of the great statesman, undisputed protagonist of the Risorgimento, proponent of civil and economic progress, separation of church and state, national movements and expansionism of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the detriment of Austria and the pre-unification Italian states, one of the Fathers of the Fatherland. All to be studied!

Estim. 7 800 - 9 000 EUR

Lot 71 - Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri. Autograph letter signed, 4 pages in 8°, dated 'Nov. 30, 1888' and addressed to Edouard Kleinmann, the publisher of his famous posters, in which the painter urges him to regulate his commitments by stressing their importance 'pour la clarté de mes affaires,' he who did not consider himself to be a good businessman. A postscript asks the editor not to forget 'Yvette Guibert,' a famous singer portrayed many times by Toulouse-Lautrec. Fine document.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 72 - Beautiful globe printed on paper with brass ring and ebonized wood quadripod base (few minor defects and restorations.) Diameter 220 mm, with zodiac signs ring 370 mm, height 400 mm.

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 73 - Earth globe printed in colored lithography by Kerbs in Corso di Porta Vittoria, with turned and ebonized wood base (few minor defects and restorations.) Diameter 200 mm, height 440 mm.

Estim. 390 - 450 EUR

Lot 74 - Small color globe with territorial indications in French, ebonized wood base and bone finial (few defects.) Diameter 60 mm, height 130 mm.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 75 - Color terrestrial globe with spatial indications in English, resting on gilt metal atlas and ebonized wood base (some defects and restorations.) Diameter 100 mm, height 260 mm.

Estim. 650 - 750 EUR

Lot 76 - Small terrestrial globe produced by the prolific firm C. Abel Klinger Kunsthandlung, for our country's market with names and cartouche in Italian, turned wooden base (few minor defects.) Diameter 40 mm, height 90 mm.

Estim. 200 - 225 EUR

Lot 77 - Small color globe resting on ebonized wood base with bone finial (small defects.) Diameter 50 mm, height 150 mm.

Estim. 250 - 300 EUR

Lot 78 - Color terrestrial globe resting on wooden base with silver-plated metal Mercury (small defects.) Diameter 60 mm, height 190 mm.

Estim. 390 - 450 EUR

Lot 79 - Small color globe supported by two putti with filigreed metal base. Diameter 50 mm, height 90 mm.

Estim. 200 - 225 EUR

Lot 80 - Rare terrestrial globe, color lithograph, territorial indications in English and the Italian Somalia, within turned ebony container, at base paper plug with handwritten indication "Newton's Terrestrial Globe." Diameter 70 mm, base of wooden container 95 mm.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 81 - Rare color-printed globe at 116 Regent Street, with cartography excerpted "From the best authorities," contained in black percale case on outside and orange lacquer inside (few minor flaws and restorations.) Diameter 70 mm.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 82 - Small wooden panel with a color lithograph pasted on it in the guise of a sun dial clock with wire and plummet, on the verso instructions for reading the morning and afternoon hours, turned light wood base. Amusingly inscribed at the bottom "Night and Clouds are my Enemies"!

Estim. 65 - 75 EUR

Lot 83 - Celestial globe printed March 1, 1845 with gilt bronze half ring and modern reddish wood base. Diameter 100 mm, height 230 mm. This delightful celestial globe belongs to the earliest production of Malby, who began his cartography business in 1939, then continued into the late 20th century by his heirs.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 84 - Small travel compass made of engraved brass and paper applications, with sextant and end cap, 55 mm diameter.

Estim. 520 - 600 EUR

Lot 85 - Elegant brass sextant with compass, embellished with engraved phytomorphic decorations, at base rotating element to insert stick (compass to be serviced.) Width 210 mm.

Estim. 520 - 600 EUR

Lot 86 - Handsome octagonal gilt bronze navigation instrument, signed N. Bion in Paris, within case with red velvet interior. Compass, gnomon supported by bird, plant decoration, on verso several city names with indication of respective latitudes, 80 x 65 mm.

Estim. 390 - 450 EUR

Lot 87 - [Travel Box]. Rare specimen of a 19th-century doctor's travel chest, made of walnut wood with gilt bronze trim, two-door opening at the front, the interior lined with red velvet with 2 drawers and 16 compartments for bottles or various glass, bone, and pewter containers.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 88 - Liszt, Franz. Albumen photograph mounted on cardboard depicting the great Hungarian Romantic composer with his autograph signature at the bottom, 200 x 110 mm, within ebonized wood frame.

Estim. 2 200 - 2 400 EUR

Lot 89 - Wagner, Cosima. Albumen photograph mounted on card with portrait of Liszt's daughter and Wagner's second wife, bearing autograph dedication signed 'Fraulein Meta mit freundlichen Gruss' on verso, undated, 165 x 105 mm, within gilt wood frame.

Estim. 650 - 750 EUR

Lot 90 - Verdi, Giuseppe. Beautiful photograph of the Maestro with autograph dedication 'Teresina Tua, so very young and already so talented, my heartfelt admiration' dated 'Genoa March 26, 1882,' 215 x 135 mm. The young violinist had in fact been welcomed to Genoa by Verdi himself, who heard her in concert accompanied by pianist Vittorio Vanzo. Beautiful photograph of the Maestro with autograph dedication 'Teresina Tua, so very young and already so talented, my heartfelt admiration' dated 'Genoa March 26, 1882,' 215 x 135 mm. The young violinist had in fact been welcomed to Genoa by Verdi himself, who heard her in concert accompanied by pianist Vittorio Vanzo.

Estim. 2 400 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 91 - Levi, Primo. If this is a man. Turin, Francesco De Silva, 1947. In 8° (195 x 126 mm); 197, [3] pages. (Sporadic blooming, slight stain on 3 wrappers.)Paperback with copperplate letterpress mark and red titles to plate and spine, original illustrated dust jacket with red titles (small lack of title to dust jacket). Provenance label to title page. First edition of one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature. Edition now rare because the publisher sold the stock to the Florentine Nuova Italia. The latter was hit by the 1966 flood and of the 2,500 copies printed no more than a thousand are thought to have survived according to Gambetti-Vezzosi 446.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 92 - [The Boys of Via Panisperna]. Significant set of autographs of the group of scientists who changed nuclear physics studies forever in the 1930s. The lot is headed by a beautiful autograph letter from Enrico Fermi, 2 pages in 4°, on letterhead of the Institute of Physics in Via Panisperna, 'Rome, April 24, 1929 VII'. Two business cards follow, one with dedication and autograph signature by Bruno Pontecorvo and the other by Emilio Segrè. Accompanying the lot is an envelope franked on the first day of issue of the commemorative stamp issued Dec. 2, 1967 with the autograph signatures of Edoardo Amaldi, Oscar D'Agostino and Franco Rasetti. Beautiful set, today preserved in Plexiglas case.

Estim. 6 500 - 7 500 EUR

Lot 93 - Picasso, Pablo. Exposition de cent dessins par Picasso chez Paul Rosenberg. Paris, Frazier-Soye, 1927. In 8° (180 x 135 mm); [8] pages. Editorial cover (lack due to burn along left margin). Very rare copy enriched by Picasso's dedication and autograph signature on the counterplate, of a celebrated exhibition including the Andalusian master's best-known paintings produced from 1917 to 1926.

Estim. 1 900 - 2 200 EUR

Lot 94 - Miró, Joan. Femmes. Paris, Maeght, 1965. In 2nd (560 x 450 mm.); 20 pp. Text by Claude Simon, 23 loose color lithograph plates and 3 original engravings for antiporta, monogrammed frontispiece in pencil and colophon. Loose folios within original marbled flexi cover with red and black title on upper plate, red cotton endpapers. Exemplar 10/50 of an edition of only 60 copies, the present one without the colored "tirage unique."

Estim. 3 600 - 3 800 EUR

Lot 95 - [Numismatics]. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum. First attempt at a general catalog of medieval and modern coins minted in Italy or by Italians in other countries. Rome, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Cecchini, Stabilimento tipografico Ditta C. Colombo, 1910-43. In 2nd (317 x 240 mm). Nearly 700 plates of coins, many volumes with slip of Milanese seller Hoepli on title page (sporadic browning to plates, volume 20 in Forni facsimile because officially never published). Parchment binding with gilt title to spine, gilt upper edges. Ex libris Giulio Bernardi. Monumental work that is still fundamental for the study and classification of the issues of the various Italian Mints from theMedieval period onward. Clain-Stefanelli 10186: "A basic reference on the Italian coinage from the Middle Ages up to 1900"; Grierson 160: "Un immense ouvrage descriptif, bâti autour de la collection du roi Victor Emmanuel." In the lot also E. Dotti's Tariff of Medieval and Modern Italian Coins "according to the order followed by the Corpus Nummorum Italicorum" of 1913, and Cornelius von Fabriczy'sItalian Medals of 1904. (22)

Estim. 6 500 - 7 500 EUR

Lot 96 - Falke, Otto von. Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim in München. Leiden, Sijthoff, 1914. In 2nd (392 x 298 mm). 153 color plates depicting 328 majolica, figures pasted in text (1 loose plate.) Blue cloth publisher's binding with gold pattern and title to front plate, title to spine. One of 200 copies "auf holländischem Bütten." Alfred Pringsheim, incidentally father-in-law of Thomas Mann, had to sell his majolica collection to pay the so-called desertion tax.The Pringsheim Collection was the largest private collection of Italian Renaissance majolica ever equaled in quality and quantity. (2)

Estim. 780 - 900 EUR

Lot 97 - [Cartography]. Almagià, Roberto. Monumenta Cartographica Vaticana. Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944-55. In 2nd (414 x 340 mm). Frontispieces printed in red and black, numerous plates, partly in color and double-page spreads. Half cloth editorial binding, gilt title on red gusset, printed plates in red and black. First edition of thiscelebrated publication, a fundamental bibliographical tool. (4)

Estim. 650 - 750 EUR

Lot 98 - [Maillol]. Specimen 122 of 150 of the two volumes of Horace's Odes illustrated by woodcuts by Aristide Maillol, each volume with a sanguine suite of all plates. As the notice at the beginning of the work explains, Maillol's magnificent woodcuts had been prepared for a publication, never realized, by Cranach Press later taken over by the Parisian publisher Gonin, which finished works only in 1958.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 99 - Dine, Jim. The picture of Dorian Gray. London, Petresburg press, 1968. In 2nd (440 x 310 mm). [39] papers. Text of Oscar Wilde's play enriched with lithographs, also colored, by Dine. Green velvet binding with title stamped in silver on upper plate. Fine copy of the B edition, without the loose lithographs, signed in the colophon by the artist.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 100 - Cascella, Thomas. Pop-up book. 2008. Mixed media within Plexiglas vitrine, signed and dated on verso, 1300 x 330 mm. Interesting and rare work in the form of a pop-up book, evocative of the world of childhood, inspired by the small theaters with cardboard wings typical of the eighteenth century that served and still serve to entertain with images of illusory movement.

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

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Lot 72 - Beautiful globe printed on paper with brass ring and ebonized wood quadripod base (few minor defects and restorations.) Diameter 220 mm, with zodiac signs ring 370 mm, height 400 mm.

Lot 73 - Earth globe printed in colored lithography by Kerbs in Corso di Porta Vittoria, with turned and ebonized wood base (few minor defects and restorations.) Diameter 200 mm, height 440 mm.

Lot 74 - Small color globe with territorial indications in French, ebonized wood base and bone finial (few defects.) Diameter 60 mm, height 130 mm.