Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2717, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 384 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Johannes Stadius

Ephemerides Anno 1554 usque ad Annum 1606

 Cologne 1581 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 476.00
227 Johan Stoeffler & Jacob Pflaum

Almanach Nova

 Venice 1513 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,905.00
228 Johannes Stoeffler & Jacob Pflaum

Almanach Nova

 Venice 1521 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,270.00
229 Johannes Stoeffler

Expurgatio adversus Divinationum XXIIII Anni Suspitiones

 Tubingen [1523] USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,079.00
230 Johannes Stoeffler

Ephemeridum Opus

 Tubingen 1531 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,540.00
231 Johannes Stoeffler

Ephemeridum Opus

 Venice 1532 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
232 Johannes Stoeffler

Ephemeridum

 Tubingen 1533 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,524.00
233 Johannes Stoeffler

Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii

 Paris 1553 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 825.00
234 Thomas Streete

Astronomia Carolina

 London 1661 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,318.00
235 Thomas Streete

Astronomia Carolina, Nova Theoria Motuum Coelestium

 Nuremberg 1705 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
236 Victorinus Strigel

Epitome Doctrinae de Primo Motu

 Leipzig 1564 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 635.00
237 Luis Freyre de Sylva

Efemerides Generales de los Movimientos de los Cielos por 64 Anos

 Barcelona 1638 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,651.00
238 Petrus Tartaretus

Expositio in Totam Logicam

 Lyons 1500 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
239

Theodosius of Bithynia (1st century BCE) Joannes Vogelin, trans. De Sphaericis Libri Tres

 Venice 1529 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,032.00
240 Placido Titi

Continuatio Ephemeridum Caelestium Motuum

 Pavia [1666] USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 571.00
241 Pontus de Tyard

Deux Discours de la Nature du Monde, & de ses Parties

 Paris 1578 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,413.00
242 Pontus de Tyard

Ephemerides Octavae Sphaerae

 Lyon 1562 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
243 Johannes Virdung

Practica Teutsch

 Oppenheim [1522] USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,206.00
244 Johannes Virdung

Tabulae Resolutae de Supputandis Siderum Motibus

 Nuremberg 1542 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
245 Adriaan Vlacq

Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium ad Annos volgaris aerae 1633, 1634, 1635 & 1636

 Gouda 1632 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 952.00
246 Gottfried Wendelen

Eclipses Lunares ab Anno M.D. LXXIII. ad M.DC. XLIII

 Antwerp 1644 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,432.00
247 Johann Werner

Canones sicut Brevissimi, ita etiam Doctissimi, Complectentes Praecepta & Observationes de Mutatione Aurae

 Nuremberg 1546 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,452.00
248 John Wilkins

The Discovery of a World in the Moone

 London 1638 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,858.00
249 John Wilkins

A Discovery of a New World, or, a Discourse Tending to Prove that 'tis Probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon

 London 1684 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 476.00
250 John Wing

Astronomia Compendiaria, Containing New Tables of the Planetary Motions

 England circa 1715 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,905.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.