Swann Galleries: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, 2743, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 11, 2026 - June 11, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Blaeu Willem | Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, Alias Barmudas |
Amsterdam | circa 1635 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 27 | Revere Paul | A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New England and Brittish Ships of War Landing Their Troops! |
Boston | early nineteenth century | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 28 | Sewell Alfred L.; Revere Paul | A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New-England and British Ships of War Landing Their Troops! |
Chicago | 1868 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 |
| 29 | Crane Walter | The Graphic |
London | 1886 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
| 30 | Braun Georg; Hogenberg Franz | Cairus, Quae Olim Babylon, Aegypti Maxima Urbs |
Cologne | 1570s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 31 | Jenkins Olaf P | Geologic Map of California |
Sacramento | 1938 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 32 | Lotter Tobias Conrad | Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada |
Augsburg | circa 1750 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 33 | Henderson Wm;Ross A | 5 Books, including: Etchemin River Townships |
Quebec | 1830s;1833-34;1834;1872;ND | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 34 | Visscher Nicolas | Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes |
Amsterdam | circa 1682 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 35 | Bellin Jacques Nicolas | Carte Reduite du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique |
Paris | circa 1774 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 36 | Bellin Jacques Nicolas | 4 Books, including: Carte Reduite de l'Isle de Saint Christophe |
Paris | circa 1760s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 37 | Girard Xavier;Lanee | Plan de la Ville de Paris; Turquie d'Europe et ses Provinces de Serbie, Bosnie, Herzegovine, Montenegro & Roumanie |
Paris | 1828;1876 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 349.00 |
| 38 | Homann Johann Baptist;De L'Isle Guillaume;Ottens Reiner | Geographica Nova ex Oriente Gratiosissima; Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene |
Nuremberg;Amsterdam | circa 1730;1723 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 571.00 |
| 40 | Popple Henry | A Map of the British Empire in America |
London | circa 1735 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,508.00 |
| 41 | Hondius Henricus | Nova Virginiae Tabula |
Amsterdam | 1647 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,286.00 |
| 42 | Lucas Fielding | A Chart of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays |
Baltimore | 1852 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,244.00 |
| 43 | Prang Louis & Co. | Monitor Map |
Boston | 1863 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 44 | Blaeu Johannes; Martini Martino | Nanking, sive Kiangnan; Xenxi |
Amsterdam | circa 1655 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 45 | Moll Herman | A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America |
London | circa 1730 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 46 | Moll Herman | To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers... This Map of North America... is Most Humbly Dedicated |
London | circa 1720 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,572.00 |
| 47 | Homann Heirs | Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali |
Nuremberg | circa 1740 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 381.00 |
| 48 | Senex John | A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi |
London | 1721 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,778.00 |
| 49 | Homann Johann Baptist | Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae |
Nuremberg | circa 1720 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,206.00 |
| 50 | Homann Johann Baptist | Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae Implantata Anglorumque Coloniis Florentissima |
Nuremberg | circa 1730 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 51 | Homann Johann Baptist | Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali |
Nuremberg | circa 1730 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 825.00 |
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