Apr 16, 2026 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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A collection of works on Venice from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries
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A collection of works on Venice, its art and architecture. Five volumes, comprising:
Abrizzi, Giovanni Battista. Forestiero illuminato intorne le cose piu' rare e curiose antiche, e moderne della citta' di venezia... Venice: Francesco Tosi, 1796. Contemporary calf. With many engravings throughout including several folding plates and a folding map.
Bardi, Girolamo. Delle cose notabili della città di Venetia libri II. Venice: Altobello Salicato. Contemporary paper binding.
Doglioni, Giovanni Nicolo. Le cose notabili, et maravigliose della città di Venetia. Venice: heirs of Giovanni Battista Cestari, 1662. Contemporary vellum over boards.
Sabellico, Marco Antonio. Dell'historia Vinitiana. Venice: 1558. Contemporary vellum over boards with later manuscript spine title.
Scoto, Andrea. Itinerarium Italia. Amsterdam: Iodocum Ianssonium, 1655. Contemporary limp vellum. With several engraved folding maps.
Condition varies, but all volumes are in reasonably good shape. Lot sold as is.
Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Includes Buyer's Premium
[VENICE]
A collection of works on Venice, its art and architecture. Five volumes, comprising:
Abrizzi, Giovanni Battista. Forestiero illuminato intorne le cose piu' rare e curiose antiche, e moderne della citta' di venezia... Venice: Francesco Tosi, 1796. Contemporary calf. With many engravings throughout including several folding plates and a folding map.
Bardi, Girolamo. Delle cose notabili della città di Venetia libri II. Venice: Altobello Salicato. Contemporary paper binding.
Doglioni, Giovanni Nicolo. Le cose notabili, et maravigliose della città di Venetia. Venice: heirs of Giovanni Battista Cestari, 1662. Contemporary vellum over boards.
Sabellico, Marco Antonio. Dell'historia Vinitiana. Venice: 1558. Contemporary vellum over boards with later manuscript spine title.
Scoto, Andrea. Itinerarium Italia. Amsterdam: Iodocum Ianssonium, 1655. Contemporary limp vellum. With several engraved folding maps.
Condition varies, but all volumes are in reasonably good shape. Lot sold as is.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Apr 16, 2026
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Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on April 16, 2026 Surpasses Expectations
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Thomas Jefferson Letter Commenting on Toussaint Louverture Achieves $32,000
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NEW YORK, NY – Doyle's auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on April 16, 2026 saw international competition drive strong results throughout the sale and a total that surpassed expectations.
Thomas Jefferson Letter on Toussaint Louverture
Highlighting the sale was a fascinating 1802 letter from Thomas Jefferson as president to Maryland Governor John Francis Mercer that achieved a strong $32,000. The remarkable letter captures a rare, candid moment in which Jefferson assesses, with striking clarity, the arrest of Toussaint Louverture, a leader of the Haitian Revolution, by French General Charles LeClerc, Napoleon’s brother-in-law. Jefferson perceptively warned that LeClerc’s actions would erode trust and likely spark further racial conflict—an insight that proved remarkably accurate. Beyond its sharp political foresight, the letter reflects the broader anxiety the Haitian Revolution provoked in the United States, which contributed to decades of diplomatic isolation of Haiti.
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