The One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sodom or School of Libertinage tell of the incredible sexual abuse inflicted on the victims locked up in a castle by wealthy libertines. The Marquis de Sade, who gives free rein to all provocations, copied this story…
On 8 July 2021, Christie's Classic Week Exceptional Sale will feature Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) manuscript revisions to the Principia, arguably the single most important work in the history of science (estimate: £600.000-900.000)
The Ponte Casa d'Aste presents an interesting collection of Books and Manuscripts and a catalog full of valuable volumes on science, medicine, exploration and travel, all proposed in the auction on 22 September. In light of the outstanding results achieved in the last January sale,…
Exactly 80 years to the day since Churchill became prime minister, his collection of rare books and manuscripts, spanning his life and prolific career, will now be auctioned at Sotheby's. This is a valuable portfolio…
More and more interest in collecting old books, manuscripts and documents. Of note at the auction is the presence of the book “La Cucina Futurista” which has been defined as the most dramatic book and spicier than a detective story and…
The most interesting lot in the sale is a fine portolan atlas by Grazioso Benincasa (1400-1482), Venice, 1468 (estimate: $1.200.000-1.800.000), an outstanding work by one of the best pre-Columbian cartographers.
In the context of Surrealism, we note a prestigious volume by André Bréton, Paul Eluard and René Char (€ 12.000,00-18.000,00), belonging to the latter, printed on pink paper and binding made at the time by Devauchelle .
