Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books: Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper, 51626, Franklin
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 16, 2026 - May 16, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650); A. Chovin | Pair of Dance of Death Engravings |
Basel | 1756 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 117.70 |
| 102 | Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650); A. Chovin | Pair of Dance of Death Engravings |
Basel | 1756 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 117.70 |
| 103 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) | View of the Remains of a Magnificent Sepulchral Structure, with its Ruins [Veduta degli Avanzi di Fabbrica magnifica Sepolcrale co'sue Rovine] |
Rome | circa 1780 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 214.00 |
| 104 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) | View of a Large Boulder, a Remnant of the Tomb of the Metelli Family on the Appian Way |
Rome | circa 1780 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 214.00 |
| 105 | John Gould | 5 Shore Bird Lithographs |
London | 1840-1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 310.30 |
| 106 | John Gould | 4 Petrel Lithographs |
London | 1840-1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 267.50 |
| 107 | John Gould | Glossy Ibis [Falcinellus Igneus] |
London | 1840-1869 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 428.00 |
| 108 | John Gould | Australian Magpie [Gymnorhina Tibicen] |
London | 1840-1869 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 454.75 |
| 109 | John Gould | Grey Falcon [Falco Hypoleucos] |
London | 1840-1869 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 321.00 |
| 110 | John Gould | Northern Cassowary [Casuarius Uniappendiculatus] |
London | 1840-1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 856.00 |
| 111 | George Vancouver (1757-1798) | 3 Views of Canada |
Paris | 1799-1800 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 112 | George Vancouver (1757-1798) | Mount Rainier, seen from the southern part of Admiralty Inlet [Le Mont Rainier, vu de la partie Sud de l'Entree de l'Amiraute] |
Paris | 1799-1800 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 113 | George Vancouver (1757-1798) | Deert Indian Village in King George III Sound, Coast of New Holland [Village Indien Deert dans la Rade du Roi George III, Cote de la Nouvelle Hollande] |
Paris | 1799-1800 | USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | Antoine-Francois Prevost d'Exiles | Map of Tahiti |
Paris | 1748 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 171.20 |
| 115 | Charles Wilkes | Map of the Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands |
Philadelphia | 1845 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 963.00 |
| 116 | Walter E. Wall; John M. Donn | Map of Oahu, Hawaii (Hawaii Territory Survey 1902) [Sandwich Islands] |
Washington | 1906-1907 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | John M. Donn | Map of Hawaii (Hawaii Territory Survey 1901) [Sandwich Islands] |
Washington | 1906-1907 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 695.50 |
| 118 | Parker Edwards (1911-1987) | Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Sandwich Islands) |
San Francisco; Honolulu | 1937 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,765.50 |
| 119 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) | View of the Piazza della Rotonda (with the Pantheon in the background) [Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda] |
Rome; Paris | c1778 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,070.00 |
| 120 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) | Another View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli [Altra Veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli] |
Rome; Paris | c1778 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 428.00 |
| 121 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) | View of the Temple of Bacchus |
Rome; Paris | c1778-early 1800s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Johann Bayer | Constellation or Star Chart of Scorpio (Scorpion) |
Ulm | 1639 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 374.50 |
| 123 | Johann Bayer | Constellation or Star Chart of Argo Navis (Ship) |
Ulm | 1639 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 321.00 |
| 124 | John Bevis (1695-1771) | Constellation or Star Chart of Andromeda, Chained Woman or Alpheratz and Sirrah |
London | 1747-1786 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 125 | John Bevis (1695-1771) | Constellation or Star Chart of Pegasus |
London | 1747-1786 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
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