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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Burr David | The World on Mercator's Projection |
Boston | 1850 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 627.00 |
| 155 | Dall William Healy; Gibbs George | Contributions to North American Ethnology. Volume 1 |
Washington, D.C. | 1877 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 156 | Zesen Philipp von | Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam |
Amsterdam | 1664 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,079.00 |
| 157 | Mitchell Samuel Augustus | A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World |
Philadelphia | 1847 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 158 | Asher & Adams | New Statistical and Topographical Atlas of the United States |
New York | 1872 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,905.00 |
| 159 | Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
Washington, D.C. | 1861 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,524.00 | |
| 160 | Jauffret Louis Francois | Zoographie des Diverses Regions, Tant de L'Ancien que du Nouveau Continent |
Paris | 1800 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 161 | Forster John Reinhold | History of the Voyages and Discoveries Made in the North |
London | 1786 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 698.00 |
| 162 | Ortelius Abraham | Theatrum Orbis Terrarum |
Antwerp | 1601 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 45,720.00 |
| 163 | Brue Adrien Hubert | Atlas Universel de Geographie |
Paris | 1840s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 164 | Johnston Alexander Keith | The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography |
Edinburgh; London | 1868 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 603.00 |
| 165 | Hunter John | An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island |
London | 1793 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 166 | Baker; Tilden | Atlas of Hartford City and County |
Hartford | 1869 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 167 | Sanson Nicolas | L'Europe |
Paris | 1647 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 168 | Faden William | Le Petit Neptune Francais |
London | 1793 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 539.00 |
| 169 | Bertius Petrus | Theatri Geographiae Veteris Tomus Prior |
Leiden; Amsterdam | 1618-1619 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 170 | Cellarius Christoph | Notitia Orbis Antiqui sive Geographia Plenior |
Leipzig | 1701-1706 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 444.00 |
| 171 | Weigel Christoph | Atlas of Antiquity |
Nuremberg | circa 1720; circa 1750 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 172 | Buy de Mornas | Atlas Historique et Geographique |
Paris | 1762 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 |
| 173 | Cluver Philipp | Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem quam Novam Libri VI |
Amsterdam | 1661 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | de Fer Nicolas | Introduction a la Geographie |
Paris | 1717 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 175 | de Leth Hendrik | Nouvel Atlas Geographique & Historique pour l'Etude Facile de la Geographie |
Amsterdam | 1749 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 825.00 |
| 176 | Bonne Rigobert; Raynal Guillaume Thomas Francois | Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens & du Commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes |
The Hague; Maastricht | 1774-1781 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 177 | de la Harpe Jean Francois | Atlas pour l'Abrege des Voyages |
Paris | circa 1780 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 178 | Morse Jedidiah | American Geography |
Boston | circa 1800 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
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