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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | Le Rouge George-Louis | Recueil des Plans de L'Amerique Septentrionale |
Paris | 1755 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,366.00 |
| 180 | van Adrichom Christian | Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum |
Cologne | 1628 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 528.00 |
| 181 | Basedow Johann Bernhard; Stoy Johann Sigmund | Kupfersammlung in J.B. Basedow's Elementarwerke fur die Jugend und ihre Freund; Bilder-Akademie, fur die Jugend |
Berlin; Dessau; Nuremberg | 1774; 1784 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 462.00 |
| 182 | 12 Books, including: Travel and international customs |
nineteenth-century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 825.00 | ||
| 183 | Hayne J E G | Elemens de Topographie Militaire |
Paris | 1806 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 317.00 |
| 184 | Ortelius Abraham | Epitome Theatri Orteliani |
Antwerp | 1589 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 |
| 185 | Marshall John | Vie de George Washington |
Paris | 1807 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 186 | Peeters Jacob; Bouttats Gaspar | Korte Beschryvinghe, ende Aen-Wysinghe der Plaetsen in Desen Boeck |
Antwerp | circa 1685 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,016.00 |
| 187 | Kalm Peter | Travels Into North America |
Warrington; London | 1770-1771 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,778.00 |
| 188 | Williston Samuel Hathaway | Venezuelan Sun Rotary Test Wells |
Maracaibo | 1926 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 |
| 189 | Maps of the District of Columbia and the City of Washington |
Washington, D.C. | 1852 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 190 | Bruce James | Cartes et Figures du Voyage en Nubie et en Abyssinie |
Paris | 1792 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 990.00 |
| 191 | Livingstone David; Livingstone Charles | Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambezi and its Tributaries |
London | 1865 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 285.00 |
| 192 | Wood Robert | The Ruins of Palmyra and Balbec |
London | 1827 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 193 | Grandville JJ | Les Fleurs Animees |
Paris | 1867 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 698.00 |
| 194 | Aldrovandi Ulisse | Ornithologiae Tomus Alter |
Bologna | 1637 [1640] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 195 | LeClerc Georges Louis Comte de Buffon | Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere. Oiseaux |
Deux-Ponts (Zweibrucken) | 1785-1787 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 297.00 |
| 196 | Wilson Alexander | American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States |
New York; Philadelphia | 1828-1829 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,016.00 |
| 197 | Oudart Paul-Louis | Oeuvres Completes de Buffon. Planches Oiseaux |
Paris | 1832 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 603.00 |
| 198 | Audubon John James | The Birds of America |
New York; Philadelphia | 1840-1841 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 199 | Durante Castore | Herbario Novo |
Venice | 1602 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 792.00 |
| 200 | Youmans Edward L | Chemical Atlas: or, The Chemistry of Familiar Objects |
New York | 1856 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 201 | Dixon Esther; Dixon Edward; Ming Mr.; Ming Mrs. | Wonderfully illustrated journal of an American missionary couple's pursuits in China |
China | 1930s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 203 | Paritius Georg Heinrich | Regensburgische Schreib-Schule |
Regensburg | 1710 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 858.00 |
| 204 | Beatrice Princess | A Birthday Book Designed by Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice |
London | 1881 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
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