Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2, N12191, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Bauche Philippe | Carte Physique des Terreins les plus eleves de la Partie Occidentale du Canada |
Paris | 1754 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 352 | Carey Henry Charles; Lea Isaac | A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas |
Philadelphia | 1822 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 353 | Carey Matthew | Atlas for the First Volume of Carey’s Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved |
Philadelphia | 1794 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 354 | Carey Matthew | Carey's American Pocket Atlas |
Philadelphia | 1796 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 355 | Carey Matthew | Carey's General Atlas |
Philadelphia | 1796 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 356 | De Bry Theodore; Le Moyne Jacques | Der Ander Theyl, Der Newlich Erfundenen Lanschafft Americae |
Frankfurt | 1591 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 357 | Woodruff William | In Congress, July 4, 1776 |
Lyons | 1825–1835 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 358 | Du Val Pierre; Champlain Samuel de | Le Canada faict par le Sr. Champlain |
Paris | 1653 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 359 | Eliot Jean-Baptiste | Carte Generale Des Etats Unis De l'Amerique Septentrionale |
Paris | 1783 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 360 | Gascoigne John; Faden William | A Plan of the River and Sound of D'Awfoskee, in South Carolina |
London | 1776 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 361 | Gascoigne John; Faden William | A Plan of Port Royal in South Carolina |
London | 1776 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 362 | Hancock John | Military appointment |
1776 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 363 | Hancock John | Act in Addition to an Act intitled an Act for taking up and restraining persons dangerous to this State |
1781 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 | |
| 364 | Hills John; Faden William | Sketch of the Surprise of German Town by the American Forces Commanded by General Washington |
London | 1784 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 365 | Jefferson Thomas | Autograph letter signed to Borgnis Desbordes, Freres |
1786 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 366 | Johnson Overton; Winter William H. | Route Across the Rocky Mountains, with a description of Oregon and California |
Lafayette, In. | 1846 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 367 | Kendall George Wilkins; Nebel Carl | The War between the United States and Mexico illustrated |
New York; Philadelphia | 1851 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 368 | Consecutive Run of the First Session Laws of the General Assembly of Kentucky |
Frankfort | 1817-1840 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 369 | The Lawyer’s Promotion; The Perjur’d Female Lover |
Boston | 1780-1797 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 370 | Lewis James Otto | The Aboriginal Portfolio |
Philadelphia | 1835-1836 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 371 | Wood John | The First Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln |
1861, printed unknown | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 | |
| 372 | Lincoln Mary Todd | Autograph letter signed to Ruth Harris |
1861 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 | |
| 373 | Lotter Matthaus Albrecht; Lotter George Frederic | Carte de la Nouvelle Republique de l'Amerique ou les treize Provinces Unies |
Augsburg | 1777 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 374 | Consecutive Run of Louisiana Laws from the First Seventeen Sessions of the State Legislature |
New Orleans | 1812-1828 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 375 | Mather Cotton | Ecclesiastes. The Life of the Reverend & Excellent, Jonathan Mitchel |
Boston | 1697 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Reason and Revolution:
Extraordinary Works from a Distinguished Private Collection
Part I
Live Sale 20 OctoberSotheby’s, Oct. 20: Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium colestium, Nuremberg, 1543, first edition.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Newton, Isaac, Sir. Autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, probably May 1694.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Euclid. Praeclarissimus Liber Elementorum in Artem Geometrie, Venice, Ratdolt, 25 May 1482, first edition of the first substantial mathematical work to appear in print, Durazzo copy.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Galilei, Galileo. Sidereus nuncius …, Venice, 1610, first edition of the foundation of modern astronomy.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Kepler, Johannes. Astronomia nova aitiologitos …, Prague or Heidelberg, 1609, first edition, contemporary vellum, the Chasles copy.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus ..., Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1661, brilliantly handcolored. -
Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Fine restoration binding in the style of the Queen’s binders.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Magnus Hundt, the elder. First edition of one of the earliest printed books with anatomical illustrations.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. First edition.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. First edition, presentation copy.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Geneva-Tomson-Junius. London: Robert Barker, [colophon 1612]/1611. -
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