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Auction Name Important Printed and Manuscript Americana, including Cartography Total Sales (USD) 4,289,502.00
Auction Date January 17, 2018 - January 17, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,409,000.00
Sale Number #n09801 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,967,600.00
Total Lots 176
Sold Lots 94 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 5,465,500.00
% of Lots Sold 53.41% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 7,734,600.00
Unsold Lots 82 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 The Declaration of Independence

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN GENERAL CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.

1776 USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 USD 1,185,000.00
25 Robinson, John Hamilton

A MAP OF MEXICO, LOUISIANA AND THE MISSOURI TERRITORY,

1819 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 350,000.00
18 [Jefferson, Thomas]

THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PREPARE A PLAN FOR THE TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT OF THE WESTERN TERRITORY, HAVE AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS.

1784 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 300,000.00
78 Faden, William 

THE NORTH AMERICAN ATLAS, SELECTED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC MAPS, CHARTS, PLANS, &C. HITHERTO PUBLISHED.

1777 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 300,000.00
96 Hayden, Ferdinand V.

THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, AND THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF PORTIONS OF IDAHO, NEVADA, COLORADO AND UTAH.

 1876 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 275,000.00
57 Bry, Theodor De, Thomas Hariot, and John White

[HARIOT'S VIRGINIA].  WUNDERBARLICHE, DOCH WARHAFFTIGE ERKLÄRUNG, VON DER GELEGENHEIT UND SITTEN DER WILDEN IN VIRGINIA ...

1590 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 250,000.00
177 Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay

THE FEDERALIST. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION, AS AGREED UPON BY THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, SEPTEMBER 17, 1787.

1788 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 250,000.00
22 Mitchell, John

A MAP OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA  WITH THE ROADS, DISTANCES, LIMITS AND EXTENT OF THE SETTLEMENTS. 

 1755 BUT CA. 1773 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 125,000.00
79 Fer, Nicholas de 

CARTE DE LA MER DU SUD, ET DES COSTES D'AMERIQUE ET D'ASIE, SITUÉES SUR CETTE MER ...

1713 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 93,750.00
2 Austin, Stephen F. 

MAP OF TEXAS WITH PARTS OF THE ADJOINING STATES COMPILED BY STEPHEN F. AUSTIN.

 1839 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 68,750.00
17 Hutchins, Thomas

A NEW MAP OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA;

1778 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 47,500.00
147 Preble, Commodore Edward 

COLLECTION OF FOURTEEN AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, AND MANUSCRIPT LETTERS OR CIRCULARS IN A SECRETARIAL HAND, FROM COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE TO TOBIAS LEAR,

1803 - 1804  USD 38,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 47,500.00
1 Alvord, Henry Elijah, Major

MAP OF KANSAS, TEXAS, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 43,750.00
5 Bradley, Abraham, Jr. 

MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, EXHIBITING THE POST-ROADS, THE SITUATIONS, CONNEXIONS & DISTANCES OF THE POST-OFFICES, STAGE ROADS, COUNTIES & PRINCIPAL RIVERS.

1804 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 43,750.00
48 Audubon, John James

THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES. NEW YORK: J. J.

1840–1844 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 37,500.00
141 Perris, William 

MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

1850-51 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
152 Romans, Bernard 

CONNECTICUT, AND PARTS ADJACENT.

1780 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
161 [South Carolina]

CHARLESTON HARBOUR AND THE ADJACENT COAST AND COUNTRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. SURVEYED AT INTERVALS IN 1823, 1824, AND 1825...

1825  USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
139 Paine, Thomas [editor]

THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OR AMERICAN MONTHLY MUSEUM. MDCCLXXV. VOLUME 1.

1775 USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 35,000.00
59 Bulkeley, Peter

[BIBLE]. THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF GREEK... 

 1593 1584 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 32,500.00
137 [Pacific Northwest]

MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG OF THE BOSTON CLIPPER SHIP TRITON ON A CIRCUMNAVIGATION TRADING VOYAGE TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA, BY WAY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CANTON, CHINA.

1826-1828  USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
26 Roessler, Anton R.

A. R. ROESSLER'S LATEST MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXHIBITING MINERAL-AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS, …

 1874 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 27,500.00
44 Adams, John Quincy, Sixth President

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("J. Q. ADAMS") TO NATHANIEL FREEMAN, REPORTING ON ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL OF THE STATE RATIFYING CONVENTIONS

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
125 Moran, Thomas, and William Henry Holmes [illustrators] — Clarence E. Dutton 

TERTIARY HISTORY OF THE GRAND CAÑON DISTRICT. [WITH:] ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE MONOGRAPH ON THE TERTIARY HISTORY OF THE GRAND CAÑON DISTRICT.

1882 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 23,750.00
35 Young, James Hamilton

A NEW MAP OF TEXAS, WITH THE CONTIGUOUS AMERICAN & MEXICAN STATES.

1835 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 22,500.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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