Swann Galleries: MAPS & ATLASES ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS * CARTOONS BOOKS WITH PLATES & ENGRAVINGS, 1389,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 19, 1985 - December 19, 1985

Page Size: 414 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	P. F. Tardieu	ATLAS DE LA GEOGRAPHIE STATISTIQUE, Hydraulique, Mineralogique, Histo- rique, Politique, Commerciale, et Industrielle de toutes les Parties du Monde.	Paris	1806	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
2	BLAKE, JOHN L.	A Geographical, Chronological, and Historical Atlas, of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World.	New York	1826	USD 50.00 - 75.00	20.00
3	BURR, DAVID H.	A New Universal Atlas Comprising Separate Maps of all the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States throughout the World and forming a distinct Atlas of the United States.	New York	1835?	USD 600.00 - 900.00	1,600.00
4		CAREY'S AMERICAN POCKET ATLAS. Fourth Edition, greatly improved and enlarged. 23 engraved maps, one folding, others double-page; and 2 folding tables (Census and Exports).	Philadelphia	1814	USD 400.00 - 600.00	800.00
5		(CELLARIUS.) Geographia Antiqua: being a Complete Set of Maps of Antient Geography, beautifully engraved from Cellarius.	London	1819	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
6		FAMILY CABINET ATLAS.	Philadelphia	1836	USD 60.00 - 90.00	150.00
7	LAVOISNE, M.	A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas; Being a General Guide to Ancient and Modern History.	Philadelphia	1821	USD 200.00 - 300.00	325.00
8		LIZARS' EDINBURGH GEOGRAPHICAL GENERAL ATLAS.	Edinburgh	1828	USD 500.00 - 700.00	850.00
9	MALTE-BRUN, CONRAD	A System of Universal Geography.	Boston	1834	USD 100.00 - 150.00	140.00
10	Georges Grosjean	MAPPAMUNDI: The Catalan Atlas of the Year 1375.	Zurich	1978	USD 300.00 - 400.00	225.00
11	MERCATOR, GERARD, Hoff, B.	Van'T. Gerard Mercator's Map of the World (1569), in the Form of an Atlas in the Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik at Rotterdam.	Rotterdam	1961	USD 100.00 - 150.00	250.00
12	Beers, F. W.	(NEW YORK.) Atlas of New York and Vicinity.	New York	1867	USD 200.00 - 300.00	325.00
13	SALMON, THOMAS	Salmon's Geographical and Astronomical Grammar including the Ancient and Present state of the World.	London	1785	USD 80.00 - 120.00	175.00
14	THOMSON, JOHN	A New General Atlas, consisting of a Series of Geographical Designs Exhibiting the Form and Component Parts of the Globe.	Edinburgh	1817	USD 500.00 - 700.00	800.00
15	BLAEU, WILLEM	Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum, ... ac- curata descripta.	Amsterdam	1630	USD 400.00 - 600.00	650.00
16	BLAEU, WILLEM	Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia.	Amsterdam	1639	USD 200.00 - 300.00	200.00
17	BLAEU, WILLEM	Peru.	Amsterdam	1640	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
18	BLAEU, WILLEM, Paraguay, O. Prov.	De Rio De La Plata cum regionibus adjacentibus Tucuman et S.ta Cruz de la Sierra.	Amsterdam	1642	USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
19	BLAEU, WILLEM	Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan.	Amsterdam	1640	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
20	BLAEU, WILLEM	Nova Hispaniae et Nova Galicia.	Amsterdam	1635 or later	USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
21	BLAEU, WILLEM	Virginiae partis australis et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumque regionum Nova Descriptio.	Amsterdam	1638 or later	USD 300.00 - 400.00	700.00
22	BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN	Tabula Magellanica qua Tierrae del fuego.	Amsterdam	1635 or later	USD 250.00 - 350.00	300.00
23	BOWEN, EMANUEL	A New and Accurate Map of America.	London	1748	USD 250.00 - 350.00	300.00
24	BOWEN, EMANUEL	A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.	London	1748	USD 300.00 - 400.00	506.00
25	BRY THEODORE DE	Eroberung der Statt S. Augustin in America gelegen.		1600	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
26	CORONELLI, V. M.	Mare del Sud detto altrimenti mare Pacifico.	Venice	1695-97	USD 600.00 - 900.00	1,200.00
27		(CUBA.) Maiores Minores Que Insulae.	Dutch	early 18th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	275.00
28	DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT	Carta particolare dell mare del Zur che comincia con il capo Lucas e finisce con Cagidos nella nuoua Spagnia, e la baia di Honduras. La longitu.ne: comin.ca: da l'isola di Pico d'Asores. Di America carta XXX.	Florence	1646-47	USD 500.00 - 700.00	325.00
29	HALLEY, EDWARD	A New and Correct Chart of the Atlantick Ocean Reduced, Describing part of the Coasts of Europe, Africa and America, with their adjacent islands.	London	1780-90s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	70.00
30	HOMANN HEIRS	America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville ... in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio Cursu.	Nuremberg	1756 or later	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
31	HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTISTE	Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis.	Nuremberg	1710-31	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
32	LOUISIANA	J. H. Colton's Map of the State of Louisiana, and Eastern Part of Texas compiled from United States Surveys and other authentic sources ...	New York	1863	USD 60.00 - 90.00	225.00
33	MERCATOR, GERARD	Hispaniae Nova Descriptio.	Amsterdam	1628	USD 150.00 - 250.00	175.00
34	MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS	Mitchell's Traveller's Guide Through the United States.	Philadelphia	1836, but map dated 1845	USD 100.00 - 150.00	300.00
35	MOLL, HERMAN	A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America, 1715.	London	1715, [i. e., post 1732]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	950.00
36	MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN	Hispanicae Regionis Nova Descriptio.	Basel	1550?	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
37		(NEW ENGLAND.) Map of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Compiled from the Latest Authorities.	Philadelphia	1831	USD 150.00 - 250.00	100.00
38		(NEW ENGLAND.) Group of 20 hand-colored engraved maps extracted from various atlases, most from Johnson's, depicting Northeastern States, Canada, and New England.	Vp	mid-19th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
39	Harvey Boardman, Griswold, Conn	(NEW HAMPSHIRE.) Map of the White Mountains, New Hampshire From Original Surveys By Harvey Boardman, Griswold, Conn. 1858.	Massachusetts	1858	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
40		(NORTH AMERICA.)	London, Berlin?	1785, 1850	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
41	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.	Antwerp	1570	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,200.00
42	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae, Recens et Vera Des criptio. 1579.	Antwerp	1579	USD 200.00 - 300.00	250.00
43	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Hispaniae Novae Sive Magnae, Recens et Vera Des criptio. 1579.	Antwerp	1592	USD 200.00 - 300.00	175.00
44		Colton's New Township Map of the State of Pennsylvania.	New York	1860s-70s	USD 40.00 - 60.00	80.00
45		PHILADELPHIA.	Philadelphia	1836	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
46	SEUTTER, MATTHEW	Novus Orbis Sive America Meridionalis et Septentrionalis.	Augsburg	1734?	USD 300.00 - 500.00	475.00
47	Ottens, J.	Nieuwe Kaart van Suriname vertonende de stromen en land-streken van Suriname, Comowini, Cottica, en Marawini.	Amsterdam	1720	USD 80.00 - 120.00	80.00
48	Paraguay, O.	Prov. de Rio de la Plata cum ... Tucuman et Sta. Cruz de la Sierra.	Amsterdam	1651 or later	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
49		(SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.) Group of 5 engraved maps, approximately 250x320 to 320x460 mm; good margins; versos blank.	Vp		USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
50		(TRINIDAD.)	London, London: Fullarton	1809, 1860	USD 100.00 - 150.00	130.00
51	VISSCHER, NICOLAS	Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio.	Amsterdam	late 17th century	USD 400.00 - 600.00	500.00
52	WYTFLIET, CORNELIS	Castilia Aurifera cum Vicinis Provinciis.	Louvain	1597-1611	USD 150.00 - 200.00	130.00
53	WYTFLIET, CORNELIS	Chica sive Patagonica et Australis Terra. 1597.	Louvain	1597, [i.e., 1597-1611]	USD 250.00 - 350.00	325.00
54	WYTFLIET, CORNELIS	Cuba Insula et Iamaica.	Louvain	1597	USD 300.00 - 400.00	200.00
55	Bonne, M.	(AFRICA.)	Paris	late 18th century	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
56		(ASIA.)	Rome, London	1683, 18th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	150.00
57	BLAEU, WILLEM	Guiana sive Amazonum Regio.	Amsterdam	1640?	USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
58	BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN	Taurica Chersonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca, et Gazara dicitur.	Amsterdam	1638	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
59	BOWEN, EMANUEL	A New and Accurate Map of Asia.	London	1752	USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
60	BOWEN, EMANUEL	A New and Accurate Map of the East India Islands.	London	1752	USD 150.00 - 200.00	350.00
61	BOWEN, EMANUEL	A New and Accurate Map of Negroland and the Adjacent Countries, also, Upper Guinea ...	London	1752	USD 150.00 - 250.00	60.00
62	BRIET, (Father Philippe)	Royaume du Iapon Designe par le Pere Ph: Briet de la Compagnie de Iesus. Somer sculp.	Paris: Pierre Mariette	1650	USD 300.00 - 400.00	325.00
63	GRIERSON, GEORGE	Asia.	London	early 18th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	140.00
64	HONDIUS, JODOCUS	Tartaria.	Amsterdam(?)	1640	USD 250.00 - 350.00	250.00
65	HONTER, JAN CORONENSIS	Indiae Extra Gangem Tabula & Taprobanae in-sulae.	Kronstadt(?)	1550	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
66	JANSSONIUS, JOHANNES	Nigritarum Regnum.	Amsterdam: Valk & Schenk	1700	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
67	JANSONNIUS, JOHANNES	Goa Indiae Orientalis Metropolis.	Amsterdam	1657	USD 80.00 - 120.00	130.00
68	JANSONNIUS, JOHANNES	India que Orientalis dicitur et insulae adiacentes.	Amsterdam	1646 or later	USD 150.00 - 250.00	225.00
69	MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN	Tavola della oriental regione dell'Asia, che comprende l'estreme terre, & regni di quella.	Basel(?)	1550	USD 150.00 - 250.00	225.00
70	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Africae Tabula Nova Edita Antverpiae 1570.	Antwerp	1570	USD 600.00 - 900.00	450.00
71	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio.	Antwerp	1570	USD 200.00 - 250.00	200.00
72	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacientium Typus.	Antwerp	1570	USD 300.00 - 500.00	475.00
73	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Tartarie Sive Magni Chami Regni typus.	Antwerp	1570	USD 300.00 - 400.00	700.00
74	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Turcici Imperii Descriptio.	Antwerp	1570	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
75	RENNELL, JAMES	A Map of Bengal.	London	1786	USD 40.00 - 60.00	110.00
76		(RUSSIAN EMPIRE.) The European Part of the Russian Empire from the Maps Published by the Imperial Academy at St. Petersburg; The Asiatic Part of the Russian Empire ...	London	1788, 1790	USD 60.00 - 90.00	130.00
77	SEUTTER, GEORG MATTHAEUS	Nova et Accurata delineatio Ingraiae et Careliae.	Augsburg	1720s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	300.00
78	SEUTTER, GEORG MATTHAEUS	Nova et accuratissima Maris Caspii.	Augsburg	1720s	USD 150.00 - 200.00	140.00
79	BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN	Rutlandia Comitatus. Rutland Shire.	Amsterdam	1645	USD 200.00 - 300.00	80.00
80	BOWEN, EMANUEL	A New and Accurate Map of Poland, Lithuania &c.	London	1752	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
81	BRAUN, GEORG; and HOGENBERG, FRANS	Parma. Sena. Palermo. Drepanum.	Cologne	late 16th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
82	BRAUN, GEORG; and HOGENBERG, FRANS	Group of 3 double-page engraved maps of France, from various editions of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, each with several city views on one sheet, each about 420x430 mm; full margins; Latin text on verso, the first verso blank.	Cologne	late 16th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	130.00
83	CAREY, G. & J.	Carey's New Plan of London and Vicinity, 1836, Shewing the Limits of the 2 Penny-post Delivery.	London	1836	USD 100.00 - 150.00	200.00
84		(EUROPE.) Group of 72 hand-colored engraved maps, extracted from various atlases ---50 from 2 different editions of Johnson's * 13 from Cowperthwait's * and 9 from the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.	Vp	1830s-60s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
85		(FRANCE AND ENGLAND.) Group of 7 engraved maps, approximately 370x420 to 610x980 mm; satisfactory margins; versos blank. Hand-colored, the first 2 with fully hand-colored title cartouches.	Vp	late 17th-late 19th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	50.00
86	HOMANN HEIRS	Regnorum Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Mappa Geographica.	Nuremberg	1749, [i.e., 1747-57]	USD 150.00 - 200.00	50.00
87	HONDIUS, JODOCUS	Nova Europae Descriptio.	Amsterdam	1611	USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
88	JAILLOT, HUBERT	La Bretagne; Divisee en ses Neuf Evesches qui font aussi l'Estendue des Receptes de la Generalite de Nantes.	Amsterdam	1700	USD 80.00 - 120.00	90.00
89		(LONDON.) A New Map of London, Westminster, Southwark, and their Suburbs for Coghlan's Picture of London * New Map of London with the Recent Improvements.	London	1836, 1874	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
90	MERCATOR, GERARD	Northumbria, Cumberlandia, Et Dunelmensis Episcopatus.	Amsterdam	1634	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
91	MERIAN, MATTHAEUS	Antwerp.		Mid- to late 17th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
92		(MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 3 maps, each double -page engraved, 440x540 to 540x740 mm, satisfactory margins; verso blank.	Vp		USD 200.00 - 300.00	120.00
93	MOGG, EDWARD	Map of the United Kingdom or Water Itinerary of Great Britain & Ireland, with the adjacent parts of the Continent...	London	1835	USD 150.00 - 250.00	80.00
94	OGILBY, JOHN	The Road from Nottingham to Grimsby in the Count of Lincolne.	London	1675	USD 80.00 - 120.00	200.00
95	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Two double -page engraved maps, 353x510 and 315x393 mm; full margins; Latin text on versos.	Antwerp	1570	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
96	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Group of 4 double-page engraved maps, of northern Europe, each approximately 370x500 mm; full margins; Latin text on versos.	Antwerp	1570	USD 200.00 - 300.00	375.00
97		(PARIS.) Galignani's Plan of Paris and environs * Plan Bijou de Paris par Agnus Aine; with Carte Generate des Chemins de Fer, with 6 vignettes, on verso.	London, Paris	1850, 1840	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
98	PRATT, HENRY	A Mapp of the Kingdom of Ireland Newly Corrected & Improvd by Actuall Observations.	London	1714?	USD 400.00 - 600.00	500.00
99		(ROME.) Nuova Pianta di Roma Moderna.	Rome	1843	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
100	SAXTON, CHRISTOPHER	Lincolniae Comitatus ubi olim insederent Coritani. Christophorus Saxton descrip: William Kip Sculp:.	London	1637	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.