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
101	SENEX, JOHN	Denmark Corrected from the Newest Observations of the Royal Society at London and Paris by C. Price, J. Senex, L. Maxwell. 1710.	London	1708-25	USD 150.00 - 200.00	50.00
102	VISSCHER, NICOLAS	Exactissima Tabula qua tam Danubii Fluvii Pars Superior.	Amsterdam	17th century	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
103	WEIGEL, CHRISTOPH, the Elder	Group of 3 engraved maps, each about 290x380 mm, good margins; versos blank.	Nuremberg	early 18th century	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
104	HOMANN HEIRS	Palaestina in XII Tribus divisa cum terris adiacentibus.	Nuremberg	1750	USD 100.00 - 150.00	130.00
105	JANSSONIUS, JOHANNES	Tabula Itineraria Patriarcharum Abrahami, Isaaci et Jacobi.	Amsterdam	1650	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
106	MOXON, JOSEPH	Canaan, or the Land of Promise.	Amsterdam	17th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	150.00
107	MUENSTER, SEBASTIAN	Untitled single-page woodcut map of the eastern Mediterranean, 264x168 mm; good margins.	Basel(?)	1590	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
108	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Peregrinationis Divi Pauli Typus Corographicus.	Antwerp	1579 [i.e., 1587]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	130.00
109	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Palestinae sive totius terra Promissionis nova descriptio Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenens.	Antwerp	1570	USD 150.00 - 200.00	225.00
110	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Palestinae Sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Des-criptio Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenens.	Antwerp	1587	USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
111	SANSON, GUILLAUME	Terra Sancta sive Promissionis, olim Palestina.	Rome	1679	USD 200.00 - 300.00	80.00
112	BLAEU, WILLEM	Regionis sub Polo Arctico.	Amsterdam	1640 or later	USD 300.00 - 500.00	450.00
113	CORONELLI, V. M.	Terre Artiche descritte Dal P. M. Coronelli.	Venice	1695-97	USD 250.00 - 350.00	325.00
114	HONDIUS, HENRICUS	Polus Antarcticus. Henricus Hondius excudit.	Amsterdam	1637 or later	USD 300.00 - 500.00	350.00
115	KAULBARS, NIKOLAI V., Baron	Rare Autograph Letter Signed General Baron N. Kaulbars and signed again in the text, to R. Candiani de Colonna, respecting his trip to Helsinki, Finland, where he is being honored by the State as Chef d'Etat Major de l'Grandissement Militaire de Finlande,	Helsinki	21 December 1891	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
116	ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM	Typus Orbis Terrarum. Franciscus Hogenbergus sculp-sit Cum privilegio.	Antwerp	1570	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,300.00
117	TIRION, ISAAK	Nieuwe Kaart van de Noord Pool na de alderlaatste ondekking int licht gebracht.	Amsterdam	1735	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
118	PURCHAS, SAMUEL	Group of 29 engraved maps extracted from Purchas his Pilgrimmage, most from the 1626 edition, some from the 1652 edition.	London	1626, 1652	USD 250.00 - 350.00	450.00
119		(MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 55 hand-colored engraved maps extracted from various atlases including Johnson's, Cowperthwait's, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Tanner's, of Africa, South America, Asia, and Australia.	Vp	mid-19th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
120	Carey's General Atlas	(MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 6 engraved maps extracted from Carey's General Atlas, various sizes, double-page on folio sheets; wide margins, versos blank.	Philadelphia	1814	USD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
121		(PORTRAIT.) Gerardus Mercator Natus Rupelmundae III ... Iudocus Hondius Natus in Pago Flandriae.	Amsterdam	1628	USD 80.00 - 120.00	200.00
122		(AMERICAN PRINTS.) Group of 6 prints, various sizes; margins generally good; all but third signed in pencil in lower margin, some titled, dated or numbered.	American	20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
123	AVERY, MILTON	[Drawbridge, The Harlem River Bridge.]	American	1936	USD 300.00 - 500.00	750.00
124	BACON, HENRY	Untitled watercolor scene of a young woman standing at the stern of a boat and leaning on the tiller, with a bridge across the Seine in the background.	American	1890s	USD 600.00 - 900.00	650.00
125	BASKIN, LEONARD	Untitled etching depicting a clump of grasses and wildflowers.	American	20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
126		(BAVARIA.)	Nuremberg	late 15th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
127	BEAL, GIFFORD	Untitled drypoint, fisherman poised with harpoon standing on a plank off the bow of a sailboat	American	early to mid-20th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	50.00
128	BELLA, STEFANO DELLA	Two untitled etchings, studies of hands; 118x151 and 125x156 mm; narrow margins.	Paris	1641	USD 150.00 - 200.00	50.00
129	BELLMER, HANS	Untitled lithograph, surrealistic scene of female forms on a boardwalk, with ocean and mountains in background.	French	20th century	USD 250.00 - 350.00	120.00
130	BELLOWS, GEORGE	Love of Winter.	American	1917	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
131	BENSON, FRANK W.	[The Long Journey.]	American	1926	USD 300.00 - 500.00	250.00
132		(BERLIN.)	London	1815	USD 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
133	P. Mazell, P. Paillou	(BIRDS.)	London	1761-1812	USD 40.00 - 60.00	40.00
134		(BIRDS.) Two sets each of 15 color lithographs from Henshaw's Report Upon the Ornithological Collections made in Portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona During the Years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874.	Vp	mid- to late 19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	70.00
135		(BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES.) Group of 4 tempera paintings ON MICA, 2 of colorful birds perched on trees, 2 of butterflies on plants, each approximately 145x100 mm, 2 with chips in paint, corner of one chipped off.	South Indian(?)	1850	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
136	BLAKE, WILLIAM	Group of 3 etchings, extracted from Blair's The Grave, engraved by L. Schiavonetti.	London	1813	USD 60.00 - 90.00	100.00
137	BOK, HANNES	Lazy Afternoon.	American	20th century	USD 60.00 - 90.00	60.00
138	Henderson	(BOTANICAL.) The American Cowslip.	London	1799-1807	USD 200.00 - 300.00	375.00
139	BRUFF, J. GOLDSBOROUGH	Feeder (mill race) and Sluice Gate and Dam, Rock Creek, above the upper Mill.	American	1859	USD 300.00 - 500.00	175.00
140	W. D. Blatchley	(CANADA.) Group of 3 color lithographs, each illustrating a battle in Riel's Rebellion, the first after a drawing by W. D. Blatchley, all by the Toronto Lithographing Co.	Toronto	1885	USD 100.00 - 150.00	250.00
141	CASTEELS, PIETER	August * December.		19th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
142	CATESBY, MARK	Passerculus, The little Sparrow.	London	1731-71	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
143	CHAHINE, EDGAR	Riva degli Schiavonni, Venise.	French	1923	USD 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
144	CHAMBERLAIN, SAMUEL	[The Market Place, Bourges.]	American	1928	USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
145	CHANLER, ALBERT	Two etchings with drypoint, each a picturesque narrow street in Europe.	Scottish	early 19th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
146	A. R. Monseigneur, A. R. Marie	(COACHING.) Voiture qui a Servie a sa Majeste l'Empereur pour aller a I'Eglise metropolitaine de Notre dame a Paris, le jour du Couronnement * Voiture qui a servi aumariage de son A. R. Monseigneur le Duc de Berri avec son A. R. Marie Caroline Princesse d	Paris	1804, 1816	USD 300.00 - 400.00	325.00
147	C. R. Stock	(COCKFIGHTING.) Series of 6 etchings with aquatint and hand-coloring by C. R. Stock, showing a cockfight match from start to finish; proof etchings, engraved titles in lower margins.	London	1830	USD 80.00 - 120.00	80.00
148	CORBOULD, EDWARD	Canterbury Pilgrims at the Tabard, Southwark, Previous to Setting out on their Pilgrimage to Becket's Tomb.	Np	19th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
149	COSTIGAN, JOHN E.	Mother-Child #4.	American	early to mid-20th century	USD 50.00 - 75.00	175.00
150	CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM PHELPS	Tri-county Fair.	American	20th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	60.00
151	CURRIER, NATHANIEL; and IVES, JAMES	Group of 4 hand-colored lithographs	New York		USD 100.00 - 150.00	325.00
152	CURRY, JOHN STEUART	Prize Stallions.	American	1938	USD 400.00 - 600.00	400.00
153	EDWARDS, S. ARENT	The Lute Player.	British	1900	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
154		(FLORENCE.) Ponte Vecchio.	Florence	1925(?)	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
155	FOSS, JOHN	A Bill that we are always pleased to meet.	British(?)	1885	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
156	GIBSON, CHARLES DANA	Pen-and-ink drawing, bust portrait of a young woman, 210x160 mm, on 400x310 mm white sheet.	American	1900	USD 100.00 - 150.00	50.00
157	GIBSON, CHARLES DANA	Pair of pen-and-ink drawings, each a portrait of a woman from head to waist, approximately 270x160 mm, on 420x320 mm white sheets.	American	1900	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
158	GIBSON, CHARLES DANA	Group of 4 pen-and-ink drawings, bust portraits of young women, from 70x50 to 140x100 mm on various white sheets.	American	late 19th-early 20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	175.00
159	GIBSON, CHARLES DANA	Group of 4 pen-and-ink drawings, bust portraits of young women from approximately 100x60 to 130x70 mm, on various white sheets.	American	late 19th to early 20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	175.00
160	GRAF, URS	[The Last Supper, with Christ Washing the Disciple's Feet.]	Basel	1511-15	USD 100.00 - 150.00	50.00
161	GWATHMEY, ROBERT	Untitled color silkscreen in 11 screens, depicts a Black couple seated, he with guitar, she sewing.	American	1940s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	225.00
162	HASSAM, CHILDE	Cos Cob.	American	1915 or later	USD 300.00 - 500.00	375.00
163	KAPPEL, PHILIP	Early Morning---Down East. Etching with drypoint and plate tone.	American	mid-20th century	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
164	KASIMIR, LUIGI	Untitled color etching, roof-top scene with a cathedral spire in the background, 255x190 mm; wide margins; on fine watermarked paper.	Austrian	1920s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	110.00
165	KOLBE, GEORG	Pencil drawing with wash, untitled sketch of a nude woman seated grasping her knee toward her chest, approximately 230x200 mm on 360x260 mm sheet.	German	early 20th century	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
166	KOREN, EDWARD	Two pen-and-ink cartoons, used or intended for use by the New York Times Book Review.		Mid-1970s	USD 60.00 - 90.00	110.00
167	KUEHNE, WALTER	Untitled etching with drypoint and plate tone, shows a beautiful domed building opposite another neo-classical building with a sculpture of a horse-drawn chariot on the roof, possibly a scene in Rome.	German	1912	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
168	KURZ, LOUIS	Buffaloes at Rest.	Chicago	1911	USD 50.00 - 75.00	50.00
169	LEGRAND, LOUIS	Untitled etching with aquatint and plate tone, 210x133 mm; wide margins.	French	late 19th-early 20th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
170	J. C. Stadler, J. Farrington	(LONDON.) View of London from Lambeth.		June 1, 1795	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
171	MARSH, REGINALD	N.Y. City from Governor's Island.	American	1930	USD 400.00 - 600.00	600.00
172	MC BEY, JAMES	[April in Kent.]	British	1912	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
173	Egerton, D[aniel Thomas]	(MEXICO.) Group of 3 fine hand-colored lithographs, beautiful panoramic landscapes of 19th-century Mexico, from Egerton's views in Mexico, each approximately 420x600 mm; no margins, signed, dated and titled in the stone, each mounted to stiff board.	London	1840	USD 200.00 - 300.00	550.00
174	MORAN, THOMAS	Three Mile Harbor.		1880	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
175	Pres de Moulay	(MOROCCO.) Etching with drypoint, interesting scene of an old fountain in the foreground, 2 cloaked men, and large rounded doorway with ornate decoration on the wall above; 285x195 mm; good margins, top edge trimmed.	Fez, Morocco	1921	USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
176	MORROW, GEORGE	Untitled gouache, scene of several men fighting as a group of Arabs looks on, presumably from Hurst's Adventures in Great Deserts, 300x200 mm, satisfactory margins, signed Geo.		1907	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
177		NIAGARA RIVER.	American(?)	mid- to late 20th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
178	PADDOCK, E. L. (attributed to), Christ Church	Etching, front view of the Boston Church(?), 150x110 mm; good margins.	American	early 20th century	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
179	PIRANESI, G. B.	Spaccato del Sepolcro di Alessandro Severo.	Rome	18th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	60.00
180	ROSENBERG, C.	West Country Mails at the Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly.	London, Paris		USD 400.00 - 600.00	110.00
181		(RUSSIA.) Vue de la Cathedrale au Kremlin * Kosaken.	Moscow, Vienna	1850s, 1849	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
182		(SAUMUR RIDING ACADEMY.) Group of 13 color lithographs with hand-coloring, most after Tom Drake.	Paris	1870	USD 150.00 - 200.00	400.00
183	SEARLE, RONALD	[L'Indian.]	American	20th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	30.00
184	SENSENEY, [GEORGE]	Untitled color aquatint of a dark woodsy area, approximately 280x430 mm, satisfactory margins, signed and numbered, No. 12 in lower margin in pencil.	American	late 19th-early 20th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	100.00
185	SILVESTRE, ISRAEL	Chateau de Versailles, vue de la grande place.	Paris(?)	late 17th-early 18th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	40.00
186	SILVESTRE, ISRAEL (the Younger)	Profil de la Bille et Citadelle de Stenay.	French	1670	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
187	TIEBOUT, QORNELIUS	The Annunciation.	American	early 19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
188	TIEBOUT, C.	[Jesus and the Children of Zebedee.]	American	early 19th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	110.00
189	TIM [Mitelberg, Louis]	D'Apres Walt Disney.	French	20th century	USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
190	TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE, Mary Hamilton	Lithograph, 278x158 mm; good margins; monogrammed in the stone.	French	1896, [i.e., 1925]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	250.00
191	UTRILLO, V., MAURICE	[A La Belle Gabrielle.]	Paris	1956	USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
192	UTRILLO, V., MAURICE	[Moulin de la Galette.]	Paris	1956	USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
193		(VERSAILLES.) Group of 5 etchings, presumably from one or more editions of Felibien's Description de la Grotte et des Fontaines de Versailles.	Paris	1779 or earlier	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
194	WARREN, HENRY	Untitled and unsigned watercolor		1850s-70s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
195		(WATERCOLORS.) Group of 4 unsigned watercolors, 160x210 to 290x430 mm, English(?) country scenes, the first highlighted with gouache.	British(?)	late 19th-early 20th century	USD 150.00 - 250.00	100.00
196	WEBER, MAX	Untitled woodcut, small totem-like figure approximately 105x50 mm on sheet of mulberry paper trimmed to 220x155 mm.	American	20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	225.00
197	WEBER, MAX	Untitled woodcut, small totem-like figure approximately 105x50 mm on sheet of mulberry paper trimmed to 220x145 mm.	American	20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	300.00
198	WENGENROTH, STOW	[Winter, Greenport, N.Y. May 1956.]	American	1956	USD 300.00 - 400.00	275.00
199	WEST, LEVON	English Bay.	American	1927	USD 200.00 - 300.00	175.00
200	WEST, LEVON	[Newfoundland.]	American	1927	USD 250.00 - 350.00	300.00

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.

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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.