Swann Galleries: Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books, 2689, New York

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Auction Date
December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 282 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 Samuel Abbott Green.

(NEW ENGLAND.) Hubbard's Map of New England, Engraved Probably by John Foster, the First Printer of Boston.

Cambridge 1888 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.00
177 A.H. Walker.

(NEW JERSEY.) Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey.

Reading, PA 1876 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
178 Egbert Viele; and Eugene Quackenbush.

(NEW YORK CITY.) Topographical Atlas of the City of New York

New York 1874 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,250.00
179 E. Belcher Hyde.

(NEW YORK CITY.) Atlas of the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. Volumes 1-3 (of 4) .

New York 1907, 1906, 1906 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
180 James T. Gardner; Frederick Law Olmsted; and George Barker.

(NIAGARA FALLS.) Special Report of New York State Survey

Albany 1880 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.00
181 Jose Espinosa y Tello.

(PACIFIC NORTHWEST.) Atlas Para el Viage de las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana

Madrid 1802 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,000.00
182

(PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS.) Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad

Washington, D.C. 1855-1860 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,000.00
183 Thomas Lopez.

(SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.) Atlas Geographico del Reyno de Espana, e Islas Adyacentes.

Madrid circa 1770s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 813.00
184 Agostin Codazzi.

(VENEZUELA.) Atlas Fisico y Politico de la Republica de Venezuela.

Caracas 1840 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
185 United States Army.

(WORLD WAR II.) Notes on the Engineer Topographic Battalion, Army and Engineer Topographic Company, Corps.

Np 1944 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
186 John James Audubon.

(ANIMALS.) The Quadrupeds of North America.

New York 1852 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,900.00
187 J.J. Grandville.

(ANTHROPOMORPHIC BOTANY.) Les Fleurs Animees.

Brussels 1852 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 813.00
188 Francois Nicolas Martinet; and Edme Louis Daubenton.

(BIRDS.) Bound volume of 100 large paper hand-colored engraved plates from

Paris circa 1770-1780 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
189 Jacob Theodor Tabernaemontanus.

(BOTANICAL -- HERBAL.) Neu Vollkommen Krauter-Buch.

Basel 1731 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 688.00
190 Jacob Bigelow.

(BOTANICAL.) American Medical Botany.

Boston 1817-1820 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 563.00
191 Pierre-Joseph Redoute.

(BOTANICAL.) Les Liliacees (volumes 3 and 4) .

Paris 1807-1808 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,750.00
192 Deborah Passmore Gillingham.

(BOTANICAL.) [Watercolor album of American lily and magnolia varieties].

Np circa 1870 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,750.00
193 Jane Wells Loudon.

(BOTANICAL.) The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals.

London 1840 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 344.00
194

(BOTANICAL -- SPECIMEN BOOK.) Large album of over 100 scientifically-labeled dried and mounted thistle and daisy varieties.

France circa 1900 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 313.00
195

(BRITISH MILITARY -- INDIAN MUTINY OF 1857.) [A Week With the Camel Corps].

Np 1858 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 13,750.00
196

(BRITISH NAVAL WEAPONS.) [Gunnery Book].

England mid-nineteenth century USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
197 William Heath; and Robert Seymour.

(CARICATURE.) The Looking Glass; or, Caricature Annual. Volume 1.

London 1831 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 813.00
198 Max Cramer; and Carlo de Fornaro.

(CARICATURE.) Millionaires of America.

New York: 1902 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,063.00
199 William Alexander.

(CHINA.) The Costume of China.

London 1805 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
200

(CHINA.) Revolution in China. 1911. 1912

Np nd [but 1912] USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 219.00
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