BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

October 15th, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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an old book with a drawing of a building and people standing in front of it
a drawing of a man ' s skeletal torso and arm
a painting of a woman in a green dress holding a flower
a painting of a woman riding a horse in a field
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Terms of sale
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION 635 – 15 October 2026 AUCTION 635 Live online 15 October 2026 3.00 pm lots 1–167 VIEWING By appointment only +39 02 72023790 [email protected] EXPERT Riccardo Crippa [email protected] +39 02 72023790
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Exposures:
Lot no. 1
AMATO, Giovanni Maria (c. 1640–1732).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 2
APRILE, Francesco (1659–1723). *Three Books on the Universal…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 3
BURIGNY, Jean Levesque de (1692–1785).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 4
DI BLASI, Giovanni Evangelista (1720–1812).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 5
EMANUELE GAETANI, Francesco Maria (1720–1802).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 6
MONGITORE, Antonino (1663–1743).
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 7
ORTOLANI, Giuseppe Emanuele (1758–1828).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 8
SARRI, Gaetano (1698–1771). Public Law of Sicily.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 9
[LAW]. *Siculae Sanctiones*. Palermo: Pietro Bentivenga, 175…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 10
[SICILY – ENLIGHTENMENT]. A set of two rare Sicilian edition…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 11
STRUTT, Arthur John (1819–1888).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 12
[MALTA – SICILY]. A set of two works on the history and geog…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 13
[MALTA – SICILY]. A collection of three legal defences conce…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 14
[MALTA – SICILY]. BOCCONE, Paolo (1633–1704).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 15
[PORTOLAN CHART] DE OLIVA, Placido (active 1575–1615); MARTI…
Val.: €5,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 16
[MALTA – DECORATED PAPERS]. A set of three legal memoranda p…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 17
[MALTA – ECONOMY]. Memorandum from the Auditors of Accounts …
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 18
[MALTA – PRIVATEERING] CASTELLI, Vincenzo, Prince of Torremu…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 19
[MALTA – PRIVATEERING] DELLA GHERARDESCA, Francesco (18th ce…
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 20
[MALTA – PAPAL PRIVILEGES]. A collection of two legal pamphl…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 21
[MALTA – SIENA]. A letter written from Rome… on the occasion…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 22
[MALTA – UNIVERSITY] FARRUGIA, Francesco Saverio (18th centu…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 23
[TEMPLARS]. DURDENT, René-Jean (1776?–1819).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 24
[TURCOPILIER]. Decree of His Most Eminent Highness and His M…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 25
[MALTA]. Letters Patent of King Henry II.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 26
[MALTA]. News concerning the latest roll of the Venerable La…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 27
[ORDER OF MALTA – RESTORATION].
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 28
[ORDER OF MALTA]. A collection of five legal pleadings and m…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 29
[ORDER OF MALTA]. A collection of seven reports on legal pro…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 30
[ORDER OF MALTA]. A collection of thirteen reports on legal …
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 31
ANGELUS DE CLAVASIO (c. 1411–1495).
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 32
ANDREAE, Antonius (14th century).
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 33
ARISTOTLE (384–322 BC). Opera omnia.
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 34
ARISTOTLE (384–322 BC); PATRIZI, Francesco (1529–1597).
Val.: €600 - €1,200
Lot no. 35
BACCI, Andrea (1524–1600). *De naturali vinorum historia de …
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 36
[BIBLIOFILIA - PACIOLI]. Set of two fine editions reproducin…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 37
[BIBLIOGRAPHY – INCUNABULA]. AUDIFFREDI, Giovanni Battista (…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 38
BRUNI, Leonardo (1370–1444). A book entitled *Aquila volante…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 39
CAVICEO, Jacopo (1443–1511). *Libro del Peregrino*.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 40
[CLASSICS – DIPLOMATICS]. A group of three classical works i…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 41
[CLASSICS]. A group of 6 study copies, 16th–17th centuries.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 42
[CLASSICS]. A collection of volumes comprising works by Cice…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 43
[LAW – BOLOGNA]. Statuta civilia civitatis Bononiae.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 44
[LAW]. A group of three legal works from the seventeenth and…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 45
[JUDAICA – MANUSCRIPT]. Hebrew Liturgical Dictionary.
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 46
[JUDAICA – POPULAR ENGRAVINGS].
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 47
LEONARDI, Giovan Giacomo (1498–1562).
Val.: €60,000 - €100,000
Lot no. 48
LIVIUS, Titus (59 BC–AD 17). T.
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 49
PETRARCA, Francesco (1304–1374).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 50
PETRARCA, Francesco (1304–1374).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 51
PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, Giovanni Francesco (1469–1533).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 52
PYTHAGORAS (570–495 BC); PHOCYLIDES (560–520 BC).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 53
PLATO (c. 427–347 BC). The Complete Works of the Divine Plat…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 54
RAMUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1485–1557).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 55
SANNAZARO, Jacopo (1458–1530). *Opera omnia latina scripta, …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 56
[SAINTS – SACRED CONGREGATION OF RITES].
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 57
[SAINTS – RELICS]. A group of five devotional engravings rel…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 58
SCALIGER, Joseph Justus (1540–1609).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 59
THOMAS AQUINAS (1225–1274). *Libri quattuor de regimine prin…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 60
[UNIVERSITY OF PADUA]. Doctoral diploma in utroque iure awar…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 61
VALERIUS MAXIMUS (1st century AD).
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 62
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514–1564). *De humani corporis fabrica l…
Val.: €15,000 - €25,000
Lot no. 63
FIORAVANTI, Leonardo (1517–1588).
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 64
[MEDICINE]. LAGUNA, Andrés (1499–1559).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 65
[MEDICINE – NATURAL SCIENCES]. A collection comprising 9 wor…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 66
ALSTED, Johann Heinrich (1588–1638).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 67
BACON, Francis (1561–1626). *Opera omnia, quae extant: philo…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 68
BALDI, Camillo (1547–1634). *De humanarum propensionum ex te…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 69
BINNEY, Amos (1803–1847). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Moll…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 70
CASSONE, Felice (1815–1854). *Medico-Pharmaceutical Flora*.
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 71
GALILEI, Galileo (1564–1642). Works… Volume II (of 4).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 72
RENTY, Gaston-Jean-Baptiste de (1611–1649).
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 73
[BODONI]. PERINI, Giulio. Academic address delivered at the …
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 74
[CURIOSA]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State an…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 75
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321). The Divine Comedy.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 76
[POLITICAL ECONOMY]. Classical Italian writers on political …
Val.: €800 - €1,400
Lot no. 77
[ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY AND PHILOSOPHY].
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 78
DANDOLO, Vincenzo (1758–1819). Practical Instructions on How…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 79
FOSCARINI, Marco (1696–1763). Eight Books on Venetian Litera…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 80
[FUNERALIA]. Large obituary broadside for Elisabetta Gradoni…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 81
[GENEVA]. *Historia Genevrina*, or *History of the City and …
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 82
HERVAS Y PANDURO, Lorenzo (1735–1809).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 83
[DECORATED PAPERS]. A collection of 12 occasional and celebr…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 84
[DECORATED PAPERS] MORÉRI, Louis (1643–1680).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 85
[BINDING – WINE]. LAMBRUSCHINI, Luigi (1776–1854).
Val.: €150 - €250
Lot no. 86
[BINDING] CORNARO (CORNER), family.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 87
[BINDING] COLBERT, family; DUMONT, Jean (1667–1727).
Val.: €1,500 - €2,500
Lot no. 88
[BINDING]. A set comprising Bayle’s dictionary and the elega…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 89
[BINDINGI]. An album of eighteenth-century French engravings…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 90
[BINDING]. GREGORY XVI (1765–1846).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 91
MURATORI, Ludovico Antonio (1672–1750).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 92
MAZARREDO SALAZAR, José de (1745–1812).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 93
[NAPOLEONICA] ANTOMMARCHI, Francesco (1780–1838).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 94
[NAPOLEONICA – RUSSIA]. Memorable Design and Description of …
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 95
[NUMISMATICS]. A lot comprising two study copies: Jacopo Str…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 96
[NUMISMATICS]. A set of two works, 18th century.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 97
[DECORATED VELLUM DOCUMENTS]. Lot of two elegantly decorated…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 98
TOMASI, Tomaso (1608–1658). The Life of Duke Valentino.
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 99
TASSO, Torquato (1544–1595). *Il Rinaldo*.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 100
[VENICE]. The Baiamonte Tiepolo Conspiracy and Other Notorio…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 101
[ARUNDEL SOCIETY]. A set of four chromolithographs after Ita…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 102
[LAURENZIANA LIBRARY] BUONARROTI, Michelangelo (1475–1564).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 103
[VATICAN MUSEUMS]. The Pio-Clementino Museum [WITH:] The Chi…
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 104
[NAPLES ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM].
Val.: €600 - €1,200
Lot no. 105
[UFFIZI]. Museum Florentinum [CON:] A series of portraits by…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 106
[STAFFORD COLLECTION] OTTLEY, William Young (1771–1836).
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 107
[INDIA]. CUNHA, José Gerson da (1844–1900).
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 108
[INDIA] GRIGGS, William (1832–1911).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 109
MIR HASHIM (attributed to). Portrait of the Mughal Emperor J…
Val.: €6,000 - €10,000
Lot no. 110
MIR HASHIM (attributed to). Portrait of Commander 'Azim Khan…
Val.: €8,000 - €12,000
Lot no. 111
[PAHARI MINIATURE]. Radha Awaiting Krishna at Night.
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 112
[PAHARI MINIATURE]. Falconry Scene.
Val.: €8,000 - €12,000
Lot no. 113
[RAJPUT MINIATURES]. Large Tiger-Hunting Scene with Elephant…
Val.: €4,000 - €6,000
Lot no. 114
[MUGHAL MINIATURES]. King Bahram Gur Exposes the Dishonesty …
Val.: €6,000 - €8,000
Lot no. 115
[ARCHITECTURE]. Architectural studies for an exedra fountain…
Val.: €200 - €300
Lot no. 116
[CARTULARY MAP]. Cassina belonging to a distinguished lord f…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 117
BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500–1550).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 118
CALLOT, Jacques (1592–1635). Set of five etchings.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 119
CORONELLI, Vincenzo (1650–1718).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 120
DAVID, Giovanni (1743–1790). Various etchings of portraits d…
Val.: €3,000 - €5,000
Lot no. 121
DAVID, Giovanni (1743–1790). La Pittura.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 122
DAVID, Giovanni (1743–1790). Portrait of Ernestine, Countess…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 123
CALLOT, Jacques (1592–1635). Set of five etchings.
Val.: €350 - €600
Lot no. 124
FRANCO, Battista (c. 1510–1561).
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 125
FRANCO, Giacomo (1550–1620). A large sheet featuring over tw…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 126
LE BRUN, Charles (1619–1690). Expressions des passions de l’…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 127
[ISTRIA]. FLORIANTSCHITSCH DE GRIENFELD, Johann (1691–1757).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 128
[LIGURIA] CHAFRION, Giuseppe. Liguria, or the State of the R…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 129
[MICROGRAPHY]. BUZZI, Vincenzo (1798–1870).
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 130
[REMBRANDT]. A group of eight engravings after Rembrandt van…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 131
RICCI, Marco (1676–1730); GIAMPICCOLI, Giuliano Marco (1703–…
Val.: €3,500 - €5,000
Lot no. 132
SCHMUTZER, Jakob Matthias (1733–1811) – WAGNER, Joseph (1706…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 133
TIEPOLO, Giandomenico (1727–1804), after Giambattista Tiepol…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 134
VICO, Enea (1523–1567), after RAIMONDI, Marcantonio (c.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 135
CHARLES VI OF HABSBURG; TURINETTI, Ercole, Marquis Priero (1…
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 136
CATHERINE II OF RUSSIA (1729–1796).
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 137
JOSEPH II OF HABSBURG-LORRAINE (1741–1790).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 138
[PHOTOGRAPHY]. LUSWERGH, Brothers.
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 139
HUGO, Victor (1802–1885). Signed autograph letter.
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 140
MANZONI, Alessandro (1785–1873).
Val.: €800 - €1,200
Lot no. 141
[MANZONI]. BOITO, Arrigo (1842–1918).
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 142
MINGHETTI, Marco (1818–1886). The Personal Library of Marco …
Val.: €40,000 - €60,000
Lot no. 143
PAGÈS DU TARN (1795–1866); LAMARTINE, Alphonse de (1790–1869…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 144
PIUS XI (1857–1939). Saint Charles Borromeo and the Spiritua…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 145
VERDI, Giuseppe (1813–1901). Signed autograph note.
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 146
VERDI, Giuseppe (1813–1901). Calling card with a signed auto…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 147
VERDI, Giuseppe (1813–1901). Photographic portrait with hand…
Val.: €1,000 - €1,500
Lot no. 148
ANDREOTTI, Giulio (1919–2013). Signed autograph note.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 149
ARBASINO, Alberto (1930–2020). Calling card with handwritten…
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 150
ARMANI, Giorgio (1934–). Signed and dated business card.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 151
BERNHARDT, Sarah (1844–1923). Signed and dated cabinet-sized…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 152
[FUTURISM]. MARINETTI, Filippo Tommaso (1876–1944).
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 153
MUSSOLINI, Benito (1883–1945). Handwritten note, signed and …
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 154
[PEKING-PARIS]. Commemorative menu for the Peking-Paris moto…
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 155
[CAMPIGLI – EDITORIAL PROOF] DE GRADA, Raffaele (1916–2010).
Val.: €2,000 - €3,000
Lot no. 156
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547–1616) – HERMANN-PAUL, Re…
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 157
CHIAPPELLI, Francesco (1890–1947).
Val.: €600 - €1,000
Lot no. 158
GROSZ, George (1893–1959). *Ecce Homo*.
Val.: €1,500 - €2,500
Lot no. 159
KHAYYAM, Omar (1048–1131); VEDDER, Elihu (1836–1923), illust…
Val.: €400 - €600
Lot no. 160
LO TA-KANG. Chinese Poems from the Tang Dynasty.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 161
MACCARI, Mino (1898–1989). 72 assorted drawings.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 162
[MILAN]. View of Milan Central Station.
Val.: €300 - €500
Lot no. 163
MONTALE, Eugenio (1896–1981). Six poems and six etchings.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 164
[MURANO – CAPPELLIN, ZECCHIN, SCARPA].
Val.: €500 - €800
Lot no. 165
PALADINO, Mimmo (b. 1948). Baroque Songs.
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 166
PERICOLI, Tullio (1936– ); GOZZI, Carlo (1720–1806).
Val.: €100 - €200
Lot no. 167
TILSON, Joe (1928– ); ZANOTTO, Andrea (1920–2011).
Val.: €150 - €300