Christie's (London, New York, & Paris)

The Giannalisa Feltrinelli library. Part one: incunabula and other Italian early printed books, sold by order of the Giannalisa Feltrinelli Foundation Ltd § Part two: Italian Renaissance manuscripts and autograph letters § Part three: Fine Italian illustrated books § Parte quarta: L’Italia delle Regioni dal Medioevo al Risorgimento § Part five: The regional mapping of Renaissance Italy § Part six: The arts, fêtes and history of Italy, literature of the Grand Tour [other title:] The arts, fêtes and history of Italy; literature of the Grand Tour; art history, Calcio and Pallone, festivals and funerals outside Tuscany, political and military history, Italian and foreign literature, miscellaneous, the papacy, the topography of Rome, other Italian cities, travel literature in Italian, travel and topography in other languages, print and drawings § Septième partie (catalogues of the library collected by Giannalisa Feltrinelli, removed from deposit in the Pierpont Morgan Library, consigned to Christie, Manson & Woods, and sold in New York, London, Rome, and Paris, 7 October 1997-11 December 2001)

New York, London, Rome & Paris, Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. / Christie, Manson & Woods / Christie’s South Kensington Ltd / Christie’s Roma / Christie's France SA, 1997-2001
Seven volumes (27 cm), I (7 October 1997): 181 (1) pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 1-114. II (3 December 1997): 180 (18) pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 115-230. III (3 December 1997): 144 (20) pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 231-375. IV (4 March 1998): 213 (1) pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 376-987. V (20 May 1998): 102 (4) pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 988-1090. VI (2-3 June 1998): 266 (12) pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 1091-1846. VII (11 December 2001): 182 pp., illustrations (many in colour). Lots numbered 1847-2136. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Complete set. ¶ Copiously annotated copy, partly priced. Lists of prices realised loosely inserted (except for VI).

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Subjects
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1997
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1997-2001
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1998
Auction sale catalogues - Books - 2001
Book illustration - Cartography - Italy
Festival books and prints - Collections, Italy - Feltrinelli (Giannalisa Gianzana), 1903-1981
Printing - Europe, 1455-1500 - Auction sale catalogues
Topographical books and prints - Italy
Authors/Creators
Christie's (Paris)
Christie's (Rome)
Christie's South Kensington Ltd (London)
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (New York)
Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)
Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London, New York, Paris & Rome)
Owners
Feltrinelli, Giannalisa Gianzana, 1903-1981
Auction date
19971007
19971203
19980304
19980520
19980602
20011211
  • This collection contains

  • Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (New York)

    The Giannalisa Feltrinelli library : Part one : incunabula and other Italian early printed books, sold by order of the Giannalisa Feltrinelli Foundation Ltd (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc., New York, 7 October 1997)

    New York, Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc., 1997
    (27 cm), 181 (1) pp., illustrations. 114 lots. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced.
  • Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)

    The Giannalisa Feltrinelli library : Part two : Italian Renaissance manuscripts and autograph letters (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 3 December 1997)

    London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1997
    (27 cm), 180 (18) pp., illustrations. Lots 115-230. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Twenty-one lots were withdrawn at the request of the Italian government. Bembo’s marked-up copy of his printed works made £28,000; Scamozzi’s annotated Vasari, £34,000 (both to Felix Oyens). ¶ Copiously annotated copy, partly priced.
  • Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)

    The Giannalisa Feltrinelli library : Part three : Fine Italian illustrated books (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 3 December 1997)

    London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1997
    (27 cm), 144 (20) pp., illustrations. Lots 231-375. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Canaletto’s Vedute made £48,000; Giovanni Francesco Costa, Delle delizie del fiume Brenta, made £35,000. Saleroom report in The Book Collector, Spring 1998, pp.86-89. ¶ Copiously annotated copy, partly priced.
  • Christie's (Rome)

    La Biblioteca Giannalisa Feltrinelli : Parte quarta : L’Italia delle Regioni dal Medioevo al Risorgimento (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's Roma, Rome, 4 March 1998)

    Rome, Christie's, 1998
    (27 cm), 213 (1) pp., illustrations. Lots 376-987. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - The following lots were “notified” (forbidden export) on the eve of the sale: 870, 872, 873, 876, 877, 879-884, 890-898, 901-904, 907-909, 912, 916, 918, 920, 927-929, 970, 974, 976. ¶ Copiously annotated copy, partly priced.
  • Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)

    The Giannalisa Feltrinelli library: Part five: The regional mapping of Renaissance Italy (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 20 May 1998)

    London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1998
    (27 cm), 102 (4) pp., illustrations. Lots 988-1090. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced.
  • Christie's South Kensington Ltd (London)

    The Giannalisa Feltrinelli library : Part six: The arts, fêtes and history of Italy, literature of the Grand Tour [other title:] The arts, fêtes and history of Italy; literature of the Grand Tour; art history, Calcio and Pallone, festivals and funerals outside Tuscany, political and military history, Italian and foreign literature, miscellaneous, the papacy, the topography of Rome, other Italian cities, travel literature in Italian, travel and topography in other languages, print and drawings (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's South Kensington Ltd, London, 2-3 June 1998)

    London, Christie's South Kensington Ltd, 1998
    (27 cm), 266 (12) pp., illustrations. Lots 1091-1846. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. Saleroom notices loosely inserted. No Price list.
  • Christie's (Paris)

    Bibliothèque Giannalisa Feltrinelli : Septième partie : L'Italie et les Français (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's France SA, Paris, 11 December 2001)

    Paris, Christie's France SA, 2001
    (27 cm), 182 pp., illustrations. Lots 1847-2136. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. List of prices realised loosely inserted (from La Gazette de l’Hôtel Drouot, 15 February 2002, p.144).
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