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
201	WILCOX, LOIS	Mountains of Virginia.	American	early to mid-20th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	85.00
202	ABBEY, EDWIN	Group of 4 wood engravings, scenes and characters from Gold-smith's She stoops to Conquer, on beige tissue paper, each approximately 250x160 mm; tipped to larger sheets, 2 signed and dated, 1885, in the block.		1885 or later	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
203	ALBIN, ELEAZER	Group of 90 (of 104) hand-colored engraved plates from Volume 2 of the Second Edition of The Natural History of Birds; with title page and about 50 pages of descriptive text.	London	1738-40	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,600.00
204		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Album containing approximately 70 pencil sketches, mostly portraits, many in profile; scenes, and still-life studies.	American	1850-53	USD 150.00 - 200.00	400.00
205		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Aeroplane View of Monterey Union High School.		1920s-30s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
206		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) College of Mines and Engineering Building---University of Arizona---Tucson, Arizona. Pencil drawing with brown and black pen on stiff board, showing the front facade of this handsome building, some landscaping at sides, foreground empty		1920s-30s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	90.00
207		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Proposed Town Hall For Sunnyvale.	Nd		USD 60.00 - 90.00	20.00
208		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 5 drawings---proposals for apartment houses and girls' hotels		1920s-30s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
209	J. H. Boal	(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 6 drawings, proposals for 2 different mausoleums for J. H. Boal.		1931	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
210		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 7 drawings for 2 different proposals for the Crescent City American Legion Memorial Building		1928	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
211		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 7 drawings, including 2 blueprints, for the Methodist Church in Petaluma, California.		1928	USD 150.00 - 200.00	90.00
212		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 10 drawings of the Del Norte County Court House, Crescent City, California.		1938	USD 200.00 - 250.00	100.00
213	Mr. P. M. Baumgardner	(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 10 drawings and watercolors, one with gouache, representing the ANGELOEUM, built for Mr. P. M. Baumgardner.		1913	USD 300.00 - 400.00	175.00
214		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 11 drawings, 3 of which are reproductions, of theaters, cinemas, and hotels.		1920s-30s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	350.00
215		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 20 drawings, of a wide variety of elementary and high schools.		1920s-30s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
216		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 25 drawings of finished and proposed elementary and high schools.		1920s-30s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	200.00
217		(AMERICAN SCHOOL.) Group of 27 public buildings, private homes and offices, 14 not identified; one blueprint.		1925	USD 300.00 - 400.00	350.00
218		(ARCHITECTURAL PLAN.) No. 3 Plan du Premier Etage des Batiment de L'Hopital Generale et du Depot de Mandicite.	Paris(?)	18th century	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
219		(ARCHITECTURE.) Group of 37 engravings, etchings, and one watercolor of cathedrals, country houses, university buildings, castles, landscapes, etc.		18th-19th century	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
220		(ARCHITECTURE.) Group of approximately 130 engravings, depicting buildings, fountains, monuments, street scenes, gardens, bridges, cathedrals, churches, and other structures, mainly in Europe, many in England.		18th-19th century	USD 200.00 - 250.00	100.00
221	Terzio's Austriacae	(ARMOR.) Group of 38 finely engraved plates extracted from Terzio's Austriacae Gentiss Imaginum.	Innsbruck	1569-73	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
222		(AUCTION BROADSIDES.) Group of 7 broadsides, 6 advertising public sales of cattle, personal property and real estate, one for Dixfield's 2nd Annual Cattle Show and Fair.	Earlville, N.Y.; Lumberville, Pa.; Lahaska, Pa.; Dixfield, Me., etc.	1877-1919	USD 100.00 - 150.00	60.00
223		(AUCTION BROADSIDES.) Group of 7 broadsides, advertising public sales or real estate and personal property, wood-engraved vignettes of cattle, houses, etc.	Bucks County and North Wales, Pa.	1878-1917	USD 100.00 - 150.00	80.00
224		(AUCTION CATALOGUES.) Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Desirable and Capital Farm Houses ... which will be sold by Auction on Monday, the 15th of August, 1831 at the White Hart Commercial Inn, in the Borough of Evesham.	Vale of Evesham, Badsey, Worcestershire	1831	USD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
225	Freycinet	(AUSTRALIA.) Group of 13 engraved plates extracted from one or more works by Freycinet, showing natives and scenes of Australia and Indonesia, and their arms, and utensils; includes one map and 2 plates on zoology.	Paris	1825-39	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
226	H. I. Meyer	(BIRDS.) Group of 5 hand-colored lithographs, extracted from various bound volumes, 4 from G. R. Gray's Zoology of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror ... and one other after H. I. Meyer.	Hullmandel & Walton	1845	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
227		(BIRDS.) Group of 7 hand-colored engravings from Manetti's Ornithologia methodice digesta, each showing single bird on land or perched on branch	Florence	1765-76	USD 100.00 - 150.00	300.00
228	DeKay's Zoology	(BIRDS.) Group of 24 hand-colored lithographs and engravings, most from DeKay's Zoology of New York, others from Jardine's, U.S. Pacific Railroad Survey, one Keulemans, etc.	Vp	1840s-70s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
229	DeKay's Zoology	(BIRDS.) Group of 35 finely hand-colored lithographs from DeKay's Zoology of New York	New York	1844	USD 200.00 - 300.00	110.00
230	DeKay's Zoology	(BIRDS.) Another group of 35 hand-colored lithographs from DeKay's Zoology of New York	New York	1844	USD 200.00 - 300.00	120.00
231		(BIRDS.) Peals Egret Heron. 2. Scolopaceous Courlan. 3. Esquimaux Curlew.			USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
232		(BIRDS.) 1. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 2. Female. 3. Female Cape May Warbler * 1. Crimson-headed Bullfinch. 2. Female. 3. Arkansaw Siskin. 4. Female American Gold finch. 5. Lazuli Finch.			USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
233		(BIRDS.) 1. Pallas Dipper. 2. Bohemian Waxwing. 3. Female Pine Bullfinch * Stellar's Jay. 2. Lapland Longspur. 3. Female * White-crowned Pigeon. 2. Tenaida Dove.			USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
234		(BIRDS.) Dusky Grous, Female * Spotted Grous * Sharp-tailed Grous. 3 pieces, one bird per plate.			USD 80.00 - 120.00	80.00
235	J. H. Kay	(BLACK SCENES.) Group of 5 drawings, 4 pencil and one pen-and-ink, depicting farms, churches, rural scenes in Black communities in the Old South, each about 160x270 mm.	American		USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
236		(BOTANICAL.) Group of 7 prints, the first 2 color lithographs, the last 5 reproductions of hand-colored engravings.	Vp		USD 150.00 - 250.00	60.00
237	Hoffmann's Lehrbuch	(BIRDS.) Group of 28 hand-colored lithographed plates from Hoffmann's Lehrbuch der Praktischen Pflanzenkunde	Stuttgart	1880s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
238	Andrew's Botanist's	(BIRDS.) Group of 35 finely hand-colored engravings and lithographs extracted from Andrew's Botanist's Repository (12), Burnett's Plantae Utiliores (14), and Reichenbach's Icones florae Germanicae et Helveticae (9).	Vp	1790s-1850s	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
239		(BIRDS.) Group of 49 engraved plates, extracted from various editions of the Encyclopedia Londinensis, most hand-colored.	London	1806-24	USD 40.00 - 60.00	140.00
240		(BIRDS.) Group of 101 hand-colored lithographed plates extracted from Atlante di Botanica Popolare.	Np: R. Petraroja	1870	USD 100.00 - 150.00	225.00
241		(BIRDS.) Group of 17 engraved plates, completely uncolored; occasional light foxing or offsetting			USD 80.00 - 120.00	90.00
242		(BIRDS.) Group of 30 engraved plates, completely uncolored			USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
243		(BIRDS.) Group of 30 engraved plates, completely uncolored			USD 150.00 - 200.00	175.00
244		(BIRDS.) Group of 30 engraved plates			USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
245		(BIRDS.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	275.00
246		(BIRDS.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	225.00
247		(BIRDS.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	275.00
248		(BIRDS.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	225.00
249	William Curtis's	(BIRDS.) Group of approximately 260 hand-colored engravings, most from a later edition of Sowerby's English Botany, and about 30 from William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed.	London	1780s-1860s	USD 150.00 - 250.00	400.00
250		(BROADSIDE.) Palmer Cox's Famous Brownie Books.	New York	early 20th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
251		(BROTHERS DALZIEL.) Group of 6 proof illustrations from various children's books and Dalziel's Bible Gallery	Vp	19th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
252	Wyatt, Leo	(CALLIGRAPHY) . Group of 13 engravings and monochrome color prints of calligraphically-scribed quotations or famous sayings	Np	1970s	USD 40.00 - 60.00	175.00
253		(CALLIGRAPHY.) Group of 4 quotations, first 2 initialed A. B. (Arthur Baker?), last 2 signed Roger Marcus		1977, 1978, nd, nd	USD 150.00 - 200.00	225.00
254		(CARTOONS.) Group of 45 pen-and-ink, pencil, pastel, and watercolor cartoons, also some humorous scenes made of cut and pasted figures and copy, used or intended for use by the New York Times Book Review Section.	American	20th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	175.00
255		(CARTOONS.) Group of 50 pen-and-ink and pencil cartoons, several with water-color or pastel, used or intended for use by the New York Times Book Review Section.	American	mid-20th century	USD 80.00 - 120.00	150.00
256	Admiral Dewey	(CLOTH BANNER.) The Hero of Manila.		Late 19th-early 20th century	USD 40.00 - 60.00	70.00
257		(COMIC ART.) Group of 13 pen-and-ink drawings for various comic strips and comic books from 120x390 to 390x270 mm	American	20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	150.00
258	George VI and Queen Elizabeth	(CORONATION OF 1937.) Group of 21 leaves, proof sheets of uncut invitations, admittance tickets, car stickers, etc., to the Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey, 12 May 1937; the verso of each ticket having a detailed map of th	London	1937	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
259	Jacquemin's	(COSTUME.) Group of 127 pochoir-colored etchings, from Jacquemin's Iconog-raphie Generale et Methodique Du Costume Du IV au XIX Siecle.	Paris	1863-68	USD 250.00 - 350.00	425.00
260		(COSTUME.) Group of approximately 175 hand-colored fashion plates, extracted from various English and French publications.	European	1750s-1890s	USD 200.00 - 300.00	100.00
262	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(ANTIQUITIES.) Planches d'Antiquites.			USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
263	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(AGRICULTURE.)			USD 200.00 - 300.00	300.00
264	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(ARCHITECTURE.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
265	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CANDLEMAKING.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	90.00
266	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CERAMICS.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
267	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CHOREOGRAPHY.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
268	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CLOCKMAKING.)			USD 200.00 - 250.00	275.00
269	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CLOTHMAKING.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
270	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CLOTHMAKING.)			USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
271	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CRAFTS.)			USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
272	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(CRAFTS.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
273	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT, Perret, Jean-Jacques	(CUTLERY AND METALWORKING.) L'Art du Coutelier.			USD 100.00 - 150.00	120.00
274	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(DIAMOND CUTTING.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	90.00
275	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(EQUESTRIAN SCULPTURE.)			USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
276	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(FOOD.)			USD 80.00 - 120.00	130.00
277	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(GILDING.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
278	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(GLASSMAKING.)			USD 200.00 - 250.00	175.00
279	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(JOINERY.) Roubo, [Andre Jacob] le fils.			USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
280	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(LATHES.)			USD 300.00 - 500.00	200.00
281	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(LEADMAKING.)			USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
282	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT, Duhamel du Monceau, H. L.	(LOCKSMITHING.) Art du Serrurier.			USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
283	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT, Duhamel du Monceau, H. L.	(LOCKSMITHING.) Art du Serrurier.			USD 100.00 - 150.00	50.00
284	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(METALWORKING.)			USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
285	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(METALWORKING.)			USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
286	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(METALWORKING.)			USD 80.00 - 120.00	40.00
287	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(METALWORKING.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	140.00
288	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(MINERALOGY.)			USD 150.00 - 200.00	40.00
289	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(MIRRORS.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
290	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(NEEDLE AND CORK MAKING.)			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
291	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(PAPERMAKING.)			USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
292	Benard	(SCULPTURE.)			USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
293	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(SILK AND TAPESTRY MANUFACTURE.)			USD 60.00 - 90.00	140.00
294	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(STAINED GLASS.)			USD 60.00 - 90.00	175.00
295	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(TENNIS.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	275.00
296	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(WAGON BUILDING.) Charron.			USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
297	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(WOODWORKING.) Tourneur et Tour a Figure.			USD 80.00 - 120.00	120.00
298	DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT	(WOODWORKING.)			USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
299		(ENGRAVINGS.) Group of 16 engravings and some pencil drawings, most portraits, several landscape scenes, various sizes, margins generally good.	Vp	18th-20th century	USD 300.00 - 400.00	60.00
300		(ENGRAVINGS.) Group of approximately 160 etchings, mezzotints, engravings, and several lithographs, of landscapes, portraits, historical and genre scenes, some humorous.	Most European	18th-19th century	USD 250.00 - 350.00	350.00
301		(ENGRAVINGS.) Group of approximately 195 engravings and some lithographs, many extracted from Picturesque America, Bartlett's American Scenery, and similar publications, mostly of scenic views and historic sites in Connecticut, Boston and vicinity, upstat	American	19th century	USD 200.00 - 300.00	450.00

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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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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.