Swann Galleries: An important collection of ART & ARCHITECTURE and related subjects, the property of a major Midwestern library. COSTUME, CERAMICS, TOPOGRAPHY, ARCHEOLOGY., 1334,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 03, 1984 - May 03, 1984

Page Size: 400 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	HAUPT, ALBRECHT; and others	Palast-Architektur von Ober-ltalien und Toscana, vom XIII	Berlin	1886-1922	USD 150.00 - 200.00	550.00
202	HAVARD, HENRY	Dictionnaire de l'Ameublement et de la Decoration, depuis le XIIIe Siecle jusqu'a nos Jours	Paris	circa 1890	USD 250.00 - 350.00	325.00
203	HEGEMANN, WERNER and PEETS, ELBERT	The American Vitruvius: an Architects' Handbook of Civic Art	New York	1922	USD 50.00 - 75.00	200.00
204	HENDLEY, THOMAS HOLBEIN	Damascening on Steel or Iron, as Practised in India	Griggs	1892	USD 100.00 - 150.00	225.00
205	HENNEZEL, HENRI D.	Le Decor des Soieries d'Art Anciennes et Modernes	Paris	circa 1926	USD 200.00 - 300.00	200.00
206	HENRIOT, GABRIEL	Encyclopedic du Luminaire ...	Paris	1933	USD 150.00 - 200.00	325.00
207	HENTZE, C.	Chinese Tomb Figures: a Study in the Beliefs and Folklore of Ancient China. Foreword by W. P. Yetts	London	1928	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
208	HERZOG, LUITPOLD	Die Fraenkische Bildwirkerei	Florence & Munich	1926	USD 80.00 - 120.00	50.00
209	HINSDALE, WILBERT B.	Archaeological Atlas of Michigan	Ann Arbor	1931	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
210	HOAK, EDWARD W., and CHURCH, WILLIS H.	Masterpieces of Architecture in the United States	New York	1930	USD 50.00 - 75.00	130.00
211	HOGARTH, WILLIAM	Complete Works	London	circa 1860	USD 70.00 - 100.00	80.00
212	HOUVET, ETIENNE	Cathedrale de Chartres	Np	circa 1930	USD 80.00 - 120.00	250.00
213	HUMPHREYS, HENRY NOEL	The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages: an Account of the Development and Progress of the Art of Illumination	London	1849	USD 200.00 - 300.00	275.00
214		Pulszky. Ornamente der Hausindustrie Ungarn's	Budapest	1878, circa 1928	USD 70.00 - 100.00	110.00
215	HENRY WILLIAM	The Erechtheion at Athens: Fragments of Athenian Architecture and a Few Remains in Attica, Megara, and Epirus	London	1827	USD 350.00 - 500.00	700.00
216	Lambert, Th., editor	Motifs Decoratifs tires des Pochoirs Japonais	Paris	1909	USD 60.00 - 90.00	50.00
217		Pageant of Japanese Art, edited by Staff Members of the Tokyo National Museum	Tokyo	1952	USD 70.00 - 100.00	175.00
218	Paine, Robert T., Jr.	Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Japanese Screen Paintings: Birds, Flowers and Animals	Boston	1935	USD 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
219		JAPANESE TEMPLES AND THEIR TREASURES: Compiled by the Department of the Interior, Imperial Japanese Government	Tokyo	1910	USD 70.00 - 100.00	225.00
220	JESQUIER, GUSTAVE	Group of 3 volumes on temples of ancient Egypt	Paris	1920-24	USD 80.00 - 120.00	225.00
221	JOHN, AUGUSTUS	A Catalogue of Etchings, 1901-1914. By Campbell Dodgson	London	1920	USD 150.00 - 200.00	110.00
222	JONES, OWEN	The Grammar of Ornament	London	1856	USD 300.00 - 400.00	900.00
223	JURKOVIC, DUSAN	Slowakische Volksarbeit: Volksbauten, lnterieurs und Hand-arbeiten	Vienna	circa 1910	USD 70.00 - 100.00	90.00
224	KINNEY, TROY	The Etchings	Garden City	1929	USD 100.00 - 150.00	150.00
225	KLEE, PAUL. Soby, James Thrall	The Prints of Paul Klee	New York	1945	USD 150.00 - 200.00	150.00
226	HENRY GALLY	The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy, from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century	London	1842-44	USD 400.00 - 600.00	600.00
227	KOEHLER, S. R.	Etching: an Outline of the Technical Processes and its History, with Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting	New York	1885	USD 150.00 - 200.00	700.00
228	KONIJNENBURG, W. A. VAN	Paintings and Drawings Belonging to the Collection of G. F. H. VAN KOOTEN KOK	Nijhoff	1929	USD 150.00 - 200.00	70.00
229	KUNZ, GEORGE FREDERICK	Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archaeology, and in Science	Garden City	1916	USD 100.00 - 150.00	225.00
230	LABARTE, JULES	Histoire des Arts Industriels au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance	Paris	1872-75	USD 80.00 - 120.00	100.00
231		Three volumes	Paris	circa 1905-10	USD 60.00 - 90.00	90.00
232	LATHAM, CHARLES	In English Homes	London	1904-09	USD 100.00 - 150.00	400.00
233	LAVER, JAMES	A History of British and American Etching	London	1929	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
234	Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower	LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS	London	1900	USD 70.00 - 100.00	30.00
235	LE COQ, A. VON	Die Buddhistische Spaetantike in Mittelasien	Berlin	1922-33	USD 150.00 - 200.00	2,200.00
236	LEE-HANKEY, W.	The Etched Work of, from 1904 to 1920. By Martin Hardie	London	1921	USD 150.00 - 200.00	150.00
237	LEIGHTON, CLARE	The Farmer's Year * Four Hedges * Country Matters	London	1933, 1935, 1937	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
238	LE NAIL, ERNEST	Le Chateau de Bois (Exterieur et lnterieur)	Paris	1875	USD 100.00 - 150.00	130.00
239	LENOIR, ALBERT	Statistique Monumentale de Paris	Paris	1867	USD 150.00 - 250.00	1,400.00
240	LESSING, JULIUS, editor	Die Gewebe-Sammlung des Koeniglichen Kunstgewerbe Museum	Berlin	1900-13	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,200.00
241	LETAROUILLY, PAUL	Edifices de Rome Moderne, ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, et Autres Monuments Publics et Particuliers	Paris	1860, 1850, 1857	USD 200.00 - 300.00	400.00
242	LETAROUILLY, PAUL	Le Vatican et la Basilique de Saint-Pierre de Rome	Paris	1882	USD 200.00 - 300.00	650.00
243	LINTON, W. J.	The Masters of Wood-Engraving	New Haven & London	1889	USD 200.00 - 300.00	150.00
244	LO GATTO, ETTORE	Gli Artisti Italiani in Russia	Rome	1934, 1935	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
245	MACADAM, M. F.	The Temples of Kawa	Oxford & London	1949; 1955	USD 60.00 - 90.00	250.00
246	McBEY, JAMES	Etchings and Dry Points from 1902 to 1924	London	1925	USD 150.00 - 200.00	300.00
247	MALRAUX, ANDRE	The Psychology of Art. Translated by Stuart Gilbert	Bollingen Series	1949-50	USD 50.00 - 75.00	90.00
248	MAUCH, J. M. VON	Die Architektonischen Ordnungen der Griechen und Roemer	Berlin	1872	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
249	MAWSON, THOMAS H.	Civic Art: Studies in Town Planning, Parks, Boulevards, and Open Spaces	London	1911	USD 60.00 - 90.00	140.00
250	George Oakley Totten	MAYA ARCHITECTURE	Washington	1926	USD 200.00 - 300.00	175.00
251	Strong, Eugenie	Catalogue of the Greek & Roman Antiques in the Possession of ...	Oxford & London	1928	USD 60.00 - 90.00	60.00
252	MERIDA, CARLOS	Carnavales de Mexico	Mexico	1940	USD 60.00 - 90.00	200.00
253		13 Mexican Painters	Mexico	1939	USD 60.00 - 90.00	40.00
254	MICHEL, EMILE	Rembrandt: His Life, Work, and Time * Rubens: His Life, Work, and Time	London	1894; 1899	USD 40.00 - 60.00	20.00
255	MILLIN DE GRANDMAISON, AUBIN LOUIS	Antiquites Nationales, ou Recueil de Monumens pour servir a l'Histoire Generale et Particuliere de l'Empire Francois	Paris	1790-95	USD 300.00 - 400.00	475.00
256	MINAMOTO, H.	The Screen Paintings of Momoyama Period (1573-1615)	Tokyo & Kyoto	1935	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
257		Group of 6 volumes, all illustrated	Vp		USD 60.00 - 90.00	120.00
258		MODIGLIANI: par Arthur Pfannstiel	Paris	1929	USD 150.00 - 200.00	200.00
259	MORRISON, ARTHUR	The Painters of Japan	New York	1911	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	175.00
260		MUSEE FRANCAIS: Recueil Complet des Tableaux, Statues et Bas-Reliefs qui Com-posent la Collection National ...	Paris	1805-18	USD 150.00 - 200.00	2,200.00
261	NASH, JOSEPH	The Mansions of England in the Olden Time	London	1839-42	USD 60.00 - 90.00	150.00
262		NATIONAL GALLERY CATALOGUES	London		USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
263	NESFIELD, W. EDEN	Specimens of Mediaeval Architecture, chiefly selected from Examples of the 12th and 13th Centuries in France & Italy	London	1862	USD 60.00 - 90.00	60.00
264		NEW ENGLAND ARCHITECTURE	Boston, New York	1891, 1913	USD 60.00 - 90.00	150.00
265		Competition for the New York Court House, 1913. Edited by Authority of the Court House Board	New York	1913	USD 60.00 - 90.00	150.00
266	NOLHAC, PIERRE DE	Versailles	Paris	circa 1910	USD 80.00 - 120.00	450.00
267	Grosch, H.	Gammel Norsk Vaevkunst	Oslo	1913-22	USD 60.00 - 90.00	150.00
268	STANLEY CHARLES	Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages. Introduction by Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith	London	1936	USD 60.00 - 90.00	130.00
269	STANLEY CHARLES	A Catalogue of Rare Chinese Jade Carvings. Introduction by Lt. Gen. Sir Sydney Lawford	Palm Beach	1940	USD 60.00 - 90.00	200.00
270	OTTLEY, WILLIAM YOUNG	A Collection of Fac-Similes of Scarce and Curious Prints, by the Early Masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish Schools, Illustrative of the History of Engraving	London	1828	USD 100.00 - 150.00	70.00
271	PALLADIO, ANDREA	The Architecture of ... in Four Books	London	1721	USD 300.00 - 400.00	750.00
272		PARIS EN 1889: 10 Eaux-Fortes Originales par Gautier, Garen, Delauney, Fonce	Paris	circa 1890	USD 60.00 - 90.00	80.00
273	PAZAUREK, GUSTAV E.	Die Glaesersammlung des Nordboehmischen Gewerbe Museums in Reichenberg	Leipzig	1902	USD 50.00 - 75.00	175.00
274	PEET, T. ERIC	The Great Tomb-Robberies of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty	Oxford	1930	USD 60.00 - 90.00	175.00
275	PENNELL, JOSEPH	Catalogue of the Etchings, compiled by Louis A. Wuerth. Introduction by Elizabeth R. Pennell	Boston	1928	USD 300.00 - 400.00	350.00
276	PENNELL, JOSEPH	Catalogue of the Lithographs, by Louis A. Wuerth. Introduction by Elizabeth R. Pennell	Boston	1931	USD 300.00 - 400.00	375.00
277		PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DESIGNS: a Portfolio of Silk Screen Prints	New York	1943	USD 50.00 - 75.00	150.00
278	PETERS, HARRY T.	America on Stone: The Other Printmakers to the American People	Garden City	1931	USD 400.00 - 600.00	250.00
279	PFNOR, RODOLPHE	Monographie du Palais de Fontainebleau	Paris	1863, 1863, 1885	USD 150.00 - 250.00	550.00
280	PFNOR, RODOLPHE	Two works	Paris	1867, 1888	USD 200.00 - 300.00	425.00
281		PHAIDON EDITIONS	New York	1936-41	USD 150.00 - 200.00	100.00
282		PICASSO LITHOGRAPHE	Monte Carlo	1949, 1950, 1956	USD 600.00 - 900.00	800.00
283	PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA	Roman Architecture, Sculpture, and Ornament	London	1900	USD 150.00 - 200.00	250.00
284	POPE, ARTHUR UPHAM, editor	A Survey of Persian Art, from Prehistoric Times to the Present	London	1938-39	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	1,900.00
285	Royal Cortissoz	POPE, JOHN RUSSELL: The Architecture of	New York	1925-30	USD 150.00 - 200.00	550.00
286	PORTER, A.	Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads	Boston	1923	USD 200.00 - 300.00	475.00
287	Richmond, Leonard	The Technique of the Poster	London	1933	USD 50.00 - 75.00	80.00
288	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	Renaissance Architecture and Ornament in Spain ...	London	1893	USD 60.00 - 90.00	130.00
289	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	Gabelentz, Hans von der	Frankfurt	1912-33, 1912-13	USD 200.00 - 300.00	175.00
289A	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	Pauli, Gustav. Zeichnungen Alter Meister in der Kunsthalle zu Bremen	Frankfurt	1912-33, 1914-16	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
289B	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	6, 7, 9. Flechsig, Eduard	Frankfurt	1912-33, 1920-23	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
290	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	Pauli, Gustav	Frankfurt	1912-33, 1924-27	USD 200.00 - 300.00	80.00
290A	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	Friedlaender, Max J.	Frankfurt	1912-33, 1930-33	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
290B	PRENTICE, ANDREW N.	Chodowiecki, Daniel	Frankfurt	1912-33 1922	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
291		La Decoration Primitive	Calavas	circa 1930	USD 60.00 - 90.00	250.00
292	PRISSE D'AVENNES, A. C. T. E.	L'Art Arabe, d'apres les Monuments du Kaire depuis le Vile Siecle jusqu'a la Fin du XVIIIe	Paris	1877	USD 250.00 - 350.00	2,600.00
293	PUGIN, A. WELBY	Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume. Enlarged and revised by Bernard Smith	London	1868	USD 150.00 - 200.00	50.00
294	PUGIN, AUGUSTUS	Gothic Ornaments selected from Various Ancient Buildings both in England and France, during 1828-1830	London	1854	USD 100.00 - 150.00	30.00
295	PUGIN, AUGUSTUS	Examples of Gothic Architecture, Selected from Various Antient Edifices in England	London	1836-38	USD 70.00 - 100.00	60.00
296	RACINET, AUGUSTE	L'Ornement Polychrome	Paris	1875, 1885	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,100.00

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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.

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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.

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