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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Gibson John | The British Governments in Nth. America Laid Down Agreeable to the Proclamation of Octr. 7, 1763 |
London | 1763 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 53 | Crepy Jean-Baptiste; Popple Henry | Carte Generale de l'Amerique Septentrionale |
Paris | circa 1763 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 54 | Homann Heirs; d'Anville Jean Baptiste; Jefferys Thomas | America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis Edita Nunc in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam Deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio Cursu |
Nuremberg | 1756 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 539.00 |
| 55 | Lotter Mathias Albrecht | Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise Contenant tout ce que les Anglois Possedent sur le Continent de L'Amerique Septentrionale... les Treize Provinces Unies |
Augsburg | [1776] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 56 | Kitchin Thomas | British Dominions in America |
London | circa 1780 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 57 | Nell Louis | Nell's Topographical Map of the State of Colorado |
Denver | 1892 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 58 | Braun Georg; Hogenberg Franz | Byzantium, Nunc Constantinopolis |
Cologne | [1572] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,778.00 |
| 59 | Homann Johann Baptist | Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch-Kayserlichen Haupt-und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel |
Nuremberg | circa 1720 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 825.00 |
| 60 | Munster Sebastian | 4 Books, including: Europe, Asia, Africa, and America |
Basel | circa 1614 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | USD 2,286.00 |
| 61 | May Bernardo | Plano Pintoresco De La Habana; Mapa Historico Pintoresco Moderno de la Isla De Cuba |
Havana | circa 1850 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 62 | Sims Joseph P. | Dog Map of the World |
Philadelphia | 1942 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 4,224.00 |
| 63 | Fairburn John | A Map of England and Wales, Exhibiting the Roads, Cities, Towns and Principal Villages, with Their Bearing by Compass and Distance from London |
London | 1797 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 |
| 64 | Bond Edward A. | New York State Barge Canal Survey |
New York | 1900 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 65 | De Wit Frederick | Totius Europae Littora Novissime Edita. Pascaert Vertoonende alle de See-Custen van Europa |
Amsterdam | circa 1680 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 66 | Ortelius Abraham | La Florida / Guastecan / Peruviae |
Antwerp | 1609 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 67 | Stork William | N Books, including: The Bay of Espiritu Santo, in East Florida |
London | 1769 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,318.00 |
| 68 | Mitchell Samuel Augustus | Map of Florida According to the Latest Authorities; The West Indies from the Best Authorities |
Philadelphia | 1836 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 69 | Beaulieu Sebastien de; Cochin Charles-Nicolas | Siege of Arras |
Paris | 1654 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 349.00 |
| 70 | View of Georgetown D.C. |
Baltimore | circa 1855 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,112.00 | |
| 71 | Buchanan James 3rd | The Union Empire of North America |
circa 1910 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,588.00 | |
| 72 | Joslin Gilman; Annin WB | Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries |
Boston | 1851 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 73 | Joslin Gilman & Son | How to Use a Globe. Joslin's Terrestrial and Celestial Globes |
Boston | circa 1880 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 74 | Munster Sebastian; Mercator Gerard; Blaeu Willem; de Wit Frederick; Chatelain Henri; Homann Heirs | 6 Books, including: Tabula Europae I |
Basel; Amsterdam; Nuremberg | circa 1550; circa 1606; circa 1650; circa 1690; circa 1720; 1741 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
| 75 | Ortelius Abraham | Graeciae Universae Secundum Hodiernum Situm Neoterica Descriptio |
Antwerp | 1572 or 1573 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,122.00 |
| 76 | Braun Georg; Hogenberg Franz | Hierosolyma, Clarissima Totius Orientis Civitas, Judaee Metropolis |
Cologne | [1572] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 825.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000