Swann Galleries: PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA Slavery, Confederacy, Civil War Politics, Indian Affairs, The West Colonial & Revolution Imprints, Autographs, Periodicals LATIN AMERICANA. Including Collection Of Braziliana, Mexican Imprints (Sold by order of the Lilly Library)., 1237,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 1981 - November 12, 1981

Page Size: 582 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301		CONSTITUCIONES de la Provincia de San Diego de Mexico de los Menores Descalcos de las Mas Estrecha Observancia Regular de NS.P.S.	Mexico	1698	USD 300.00 - 400.00	550.00
302	DONNAVAN, CORYDON	Abenteuer in Mexico, waehrend Siebenmonatlicher Gefangenschaft.	Kutztaun	1848	USD 300.00 - 400.00	130.00
303	FLORENCIA, FRANCISCO de, S.J.	Relacion de la Exemplar y Religiosa vida del Padre Nicolas de Guadalaxara, Professo de nuestra Compania de Jesus .	Mexico	1684	USD 200.00 - 300.00	400.00
304	GANDARA, MANUEL MARIA	Exposicion que hace al Supremo Gobierno ...	Mexico	1842	USD 150.00 - 250.00	200.00
305	GONZALES de ROSENDE, ANTONIO	Vida i Virtudes de ... Juan de Palafox i Mendoza ...	Madrid	1666	USD 100.00 - 150.00	160.00
306	ITURBIDE, AGUSTIN de	Proclama	Mexico	1821	USD 100.00 - 200.00	325.00
307	ITURBIDE	La Regencia del Imperio de ha servido dirigirme el Decreto que sigue...	Mexico	10 de Octubre de 1821	USD 100.00 - 200.00	300.00
308	NEVE y MOLINA, LUIS de	Reglas de Orthographia, Diccionario, y Arte del Idioma Othomi ...	Impressas en Mexico	1767	USD 250.00 - 350.00	325.00
309	OVIEDO, JUAN ANTONIO de	Succus Theologiae Moralis pro Maiori Poenitent-ium, et Confessariorum Expeditione Diligenter Expressus.	Mexici	1754	USD 150.00 - 200.00	80.00
310	PIZARRO, NICOLAS	Catecismo Politico Constitucional.	Campeche, Mexico	1879	USD 60.00 - 90.00	175.00
311		RELACION DE LAS CEREMONIAS y Ritos y Gobierno de los Indios de la Provincia de Michoacan, 1541.	Madrid	1956	USD 100.00 - 150.00	175.00
312		RELACION SUMARIA y Puntual del Tumulto y Sedicion que huvo en Mexico a los 15.	Madrid	1624	USD 100.00 - 200.00	425.00
313	ROBINSON, WILLIAM DAVIS	Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution, including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier Mina; with Some Observations on the Practicability of Opening a Commerce between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans	London	1821	USD 60.00 - 90.00	125.00
314	TORNEL y MENDIVIL, general JOSE MARIA	Carta ... a sus Amigos, sobre un Articulo Inserto en el Cosmopolita del Dia 17 de Agosto del Presente Ano.	Mexico	1839	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
315	VENEGAS, FRANCISCO XAVIER	Manifiesto de su Virey a la Nueva Espana.	Real Palacio de Mexico	27 de Octubre de 1810	USD 100.00 - 200.00	600.00
316	VENEGAS, FRANCISCO XAVIER	Dedicado con la imparcialidad que me es caracteristica, y con el amor igual ...	Mexico	11 de Noviembre de 1811	USD 100.00 - 200.00	225.00
317		VENEGAS	Mexico	22 de Julio de 1812	USD 100.00 - 200.00	90.00
318	VIDAL, JOSEPH	Vida Exemplar, Muerte Santa, y Regocijada de el Angelical Hermano Miguel de Omana, de la Compania de Jesus, en la Provincia de Nueva-Espana.	Mexico	1682	USD 250.00 - 350.00	400.00
319	VIEYRA, LUIS GONZAGA	Coronel retirado y Gobernador Constitucional del Departamento de Mexico; por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores se me ha comunicado el siguiente decreto ...	Mexico	6 de Octubre de 1840	USD 400.00 - 600.00	200.00
320	VILLEGAS, ALONSO de	Vitoria y Triunfo de Jesu Christo, y Libro en que se escriven los Hechos y Milagros que hizo en el Mundo este Senor y Dios Nuestro ... Woodcut portrait of the author.	Madrid	1603	USD 100.00 - 150.00	30.00
321		CONGRESS.	Mexico	3 de Junio de 1822	USD 100.00 - 200.00	30.00
322		CONGRESS.	Mexico	7 de Abril de 1823	USD 100.00 - 200.00	25.00
323		CONGRESS.	Mexico	15 de mayo de 1823	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
324		CONGRESS.	Mexico	15 de mayo de 1823	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
325		CONGRESS.	Mexico	20 de Mayo de 1823	USD 100.00 - 200.00	35.00
326		CONGRESS.	Mexico	Junio 4 de 1823	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
327		Circular Num. 8, transcribing a decree regarding the provision of vacancies in Hacienda and retirements.	Mexico	14 de Junio de 1823	USD 60.00 - 90.00	25.00
328		CONGRESS.	Mexico	28 de junio de 1823	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
329		CONGRESS.	Mexico	28. de Junio de 1823	USD 50.00 - 75.00	25.00
330		CONGRESS.	Mexico	25 de Julio de 1823	USD 60.00 - 90.00	30.00
331		CONGRESS.	Mexico	agosto 9 de 1823	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
332		CONGRESS.	Mexico	3 de Junio de 1824	USD 60.00 - 90.00	30.00
333		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	28 de Enero de 1826.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
334		GOMEZ PEDRAZA, PRESIDENT MANUEL.	Mexico	3 de Marzo de 1827.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
335		AGUASCALIENTES.	Guadalajara	1826	USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
336		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	8 de Mayo de 1827.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
337		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	12 de Mayo de 1827.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	30.00
338		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	19 de Mayo de 1827.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
339		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	Mayo 19 de 1827.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	35.00
340	EZNAURRIZAR, JOSE EULOGIO de	Vice-Governor of San Luis Potosi.		Diciembre 10 de 1827	USD 80.00 - 120.00	45.00
341		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	18 de Diciembre de 1827.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	35.00
342		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	31 de Enero de 1828	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
343		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	7 de Mayo de 1828	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
344		VICTORIA, GUADALUPE.	Mexico	22 de Mayo de 1828	USD 60.00 - 90.00	45.00
345	BENTURA ROCHA, J.	Alocucion al Pueblo de Halisco sobre la falcedad de la prision de Barradas.	Guadalajara	1829	USD 50.00 - 75.00	110.00
346	SANCHEZ, GOVERNOR MANUEL	Circular Num		Septiembre 11 de 1830	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
347	SANCHEZ, GOVERNOR MANUEL	Circular Num.		Septiembre 17 de 1830.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
348	SANCHEZ, GOVERNOR MANUEL	Circular Num.		Septiembre 17 de 1830.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
349	SANCHEZ, GOVERNOR MANUEL	Circular Num		Setiembre 29 de 1830.	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
350		DURANGO.	Durango	Octubre 22 de 1830	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
351		AGUASCALIENTES.	Aguascalientes	Enero 14 de 1831	USD 60.00 - 90.00	35.00
352		AGUASCALIENTES.		Enero 14. de 1831	USD 60.00 - 90.00	35.00
353	SANCHEZ, GOVERNOR MANUEL	Circular Num.		Febrero 17 de 1831	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
354	YTURBIDE, JOAQUIN de	Broadside, referring to Juan Ignacio Godoy as in charge of "Justicia y Negocios Eclesiasticos ...	Mexico	20 de Setiembre de 1832	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
355	MUZQUIZ, PRESIDENT MELCHOR	Decree, in 3 articles, concerning the administration of justice.	Mexico	18 de diciembrede 1832	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
356		AGUASCALIENTES.	Aguascalientes	1834	USD 50.00 - 75.00	30.00
357	GUTIERREZ, AGAPITO J.	Aviso al Publico.	Guadalajara	Agosto 24 de 1837	USD 40.00 - 60.00	35.00
358	VIEYRA, GOVERNOR LUIS GONZAGA	Alocucion Pronunciada ... al prestar el juramento como Gobernador constitucional del Departamento de Mexico.	Mexico	1837	USD 40.00 - 60.00	100.00
359	GUANAJUATO	La Junta Constitucional de Guanajuato, a los Habitantes del Departamento.	Guanajuato	1838	USD 60.00 - 90.00	130.00
360		WAR WITH FRANCE.		1838	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
361	MEJIA, FRANCISCO	Governor of Coahuila.	Saltillo	marzo 14 de 1844	USD 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
362	ANGULO, GOVERNOR JOAQUIN	Broadside, transcribing Num.	Guadalajara	26 de Enero de 1847	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
363	REYES, GOVERNOR JULIAN de los	Broadside, transcribing a decree of the Diputacion Permanente concerning public finance.		Julio 16 de 1850	USD 40.00 - 60.00	30.00
364	REYES, GOVERNOR JULIAN de los	Broadside, transcribing President Herrera's decree		Diciembre 6 de 1850	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
365		COMONFORT, PRESIDENT IGNACIO.	Mexico	1857	USD 50.00 - 75.00	40.00
366	CASTRO, JOSE MARIA	Gobernador constitucional del Estado libre de Zacateca	Zacatecas	Agosto 20 de 1858	USD 60.00 - 90.00	30.00
367		ESCANDON, GOVERNOR SOSTENES.		Noviembre 8 de 1860.	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
368	JUAREZ, PRESIDENT BENITO	Decree enacting the "Reglamento" of stamped paper for federal levies	Mexico	Diciembre 30 de 1861	USD 50.00 - 75.00	20.00
369	DIAZ, PRESIDENT PORFIRIO	Circular issued as Commander in Chief of the Republican Army	Mexico	Julio 11 de 1867	USD 80.00 - 120.00	130.00
370	CARDENAS, MIGUEL	Governor of Coahuila de Zaragoza.	Saltillo	1° de Julio de 1901.	USD 40.00 - 60.00	25.00
371	PEREZ TREVINO, MANUEL	Governor of Coahuila de Zaragoza.	Saltillo	6 de Septiembre de 1927	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
372	HERRERA, J. J. de	Small broadside printing of the decree declaring Chiapas, Nuevo Mexico, Alta-California, and Tejas to be border states.	Mexico	18 de Enero de 1845	USD 100.00 - 200.00	30.00
373	FLORES, JOSE MARIA	Resolution del Gobierno y Exma.		Diciembre 14 de 1845	USD 100.00 - 200.00	35.00
374		PAREDES y ARRILLAGA	Mexico	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	60.00
375	CARDONA, GERONIMO	Discurso que Pronuncio el Exmo.		1846	USD 100.00 - 200.00	35.00
376	CARDONA, GERONIMO	Discurso que Pronuncio el Exmo.		1846	USD 100.00 - 200.00	30.00
377	PORTILLO, PRESIDENT JESUS L.	Escitacion que el M.I. Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara hace a los Habitantes de la Municipalidad.	Guadalajara	Agosto 24 de 1846	USD 80.00 - 120.00	60.00
378	SALAS, JOSE MARIANO de	Decree prescribing compulsory military service for all males between 15 and 60	Mexico	Agosto 28 de 1846	USD 150.00 - 250.00	60.00
379	SALAS, JOSE MARIANO de	Decree granting pardon to deserters from the army.	Mexico	7 de Setiembre de 1846	USD 100.00 - 200.00	40.00
380	COSIO, GOVERNOR MANUEL GONZALEZ	Broadside decree	Zacatecas	Noviembre 18 de 1846	USD 100.00 - 200.00	110.00
381		PAREDES y ARRILLAGA, PRESIDENT.	Mexico	1846	USD 200.00 - 300.00	70.00
382		GROUP OF 5 BROADSIDE DECREES	Zacatecas	1846	USD 200.00 - 300.00	70.00
383		LA LEGISLATURA DE JALISCO, a sus Comitentes.	Guadalajara	26 de Enero de 1847	USD 100.00 - 200.00	225.00
384	COSIO, GOVERNOR MANUEL GONZALEZ	Broadside decree	Zacatecas	19 de Febrero de 1847.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	40.00
385	ADAME, RAMON	El Gobernador del Estado		Abril 10 de 1847	USD 100.00 - 200.00	30.00
386	GUERGUE, JOSE JOAQUIN de	El Vice-Gobernador del Estado de Oaxaca	Oaxaca	1847	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
387	LOMBARDINI, GENERAL MANUEL MARIS	Broadside transcribing Santa Anna's decree establishing several extraordinary measures relating to the blockade of the capital city by the American forces.	Cuartel General de Mexico	a 30 de Junio de 1847	USD 100.00 - 200.00	45.00
388	ANAYA, PEDRO MARIA	Broadside decree	Zacatecas	1847	USD 150.00 - 250.00	70.00
389	SANTA-ANNA	PRESIDENT.	Zacatecas	1847	USD 200.00 - 300.00	80.00
390		PAREDES y ARRILLAGA.	Mexico	1847	USD 100.00 - 200.00	45.00
391		TWO BROADSIDE DECREES	Zacatecas	1847	USD 100.00 - 200.00	40.00
392		TWO BROADSIDE DECREES	Zacatecas	1847	USD 100.00 - 200.00	30.00
393		OFFICIAL LIST OF OFFICERS who marched with the Army under the Command of Major General Winfield Scott	Mexico	1848	USD 70.00 - 100.00	325.00
394	GONZALEZ VEINA, CASIANO	Broadside transcribing the Congressional decree authorizing appointment of a commission on limits established in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.	Zacatecas	Noviembre 15 de 1848	USD 100.00 - 200.00	45.00
395	ARISTA, GENERAL D. MARIANO	Fallo Definitivo del Supremo Tribunal de la Guerra	Mexico	Printed>1850	USD 100.00 - 150.00	40.00
396	SANTA-ANNA	PRESIDENT	Mexico	Junio 16 de 1853	USD 100.00 - 200.00	50.00
397		MINNESOTA in three centuries		1655-1908, 1908.	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
398	Brandon, Gov. Gerard C.	Autograph Letter Signed	Executive Mansion	October 29, 1828	USD 50.00 - 75.00	19.00
399	Williams, Thomas H.	Fine Autograph Letter Signed	Washington City	May 26, 1828	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
400	MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. Williams, Robert	Manuscript Letter Signed	Washington	Nov. 12, 1805	USD 60.00 - 90.00	140.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.