Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2717, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Nicolaus Copernicus | De Revolutionibus, A Fragment |
Basel | 1566 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 52 | Alfonso de Cordoba | Tabule Astronomice Elisabeth Regine |
Venice | 1503 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 53 | Ignazio Danti | Trattato dell' Uso et della Fabbrica dell' Astrolabio |
Florence | 1569 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 54 | Claude Dariot | Dariotus Redivivus: Or a Briefe Introduction Conducing to the Iudgement of the Stars |
London | 1653 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 55 | Rene Descartes | Principia Philosophiae |
Amsterdam | 1644 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,318.00 |
| 56 | Leonard Digges | A Prognostication Everlasting of Right Good Effect |
London | 1596 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 57 | Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr | Historische Nachricht von den Nurnbergischen Mathematicis und Kunstlern |
Nuremberg | 1730 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 58 | Noel Duret | Nouvelle Theorie des Planetes |
Paris | 1635 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | Paul Eber | Calendarium Historicum Conscriptum |
Wittenberg | 1573 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 60 | Laurentius Eichstadt | Pars Prima Ephemeridum Novarum et Motuum Coelestium Quinquennalis |
Szczecin [Stettin] | 1636 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 61 | Johannes Engel [aka Angelus] | Astrolabium Planum in Tabulis Asce[n]dens |
Venice | 1502 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 62 | Valentin Engelhardt | Libellus de Compositione et Usu Quadrantis Astronomici ac Geometrici |
[Wittenberg] | 1550 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 825.00 |
| 63 | Martin Everaert [aka Martinus Everartus] | Ephemerides Novae et Exactae |
Leiden | 1597 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 64 | Honore Fabri | Dialogi Physici, in quibus de Motu Terrae Disputatur |
Lyon | 1665 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 825.00 |
| 65 | Oronce Fine | La Theorique des Cieulx et Sept Planetes |
Paris | 1557 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,452.00 |
| 66 | Oronce Fine | De Mundi Sphaera, sive Cosmographia, primave Astronomiae Parte |
Paris | 1542 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,079.00 |
| 67 | Oronce Fine | In eos quos de Mundi Sphaera Conscripsit Libros |
Paris | 1553 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 68 | Mauro da Firenze | Annotationi sopra la Lettione della Sphera del Sacrobosco |
Florence | 1550 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 825.00 |
| 69 | John Flamsteed | Historia Coelestis Britannicae, Volume Three only |
London | 1725 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 412.00 |
| 70 | Gemma Frisius | De Radio Astronomico & Geometrico Liber |
Paris | 1557 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 |
| 71 | Libert Froidmont | Sammelband of Three First Editions |
1631, 1627 & 1631 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 603.00 | |
| 72 | John Gadbury | A Compleat Ephemerides of Celestial Motion for 50 Years |
England | circa 1700 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 73 | Galileo Galilei | Opere |
Bologna | 1656 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 74 | Johannes Garcaeus | Astrologiae Methodus |
Basel | September 1576 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 75 | Johannes Garcaeus | Secundus [-Tertius] Tractatus |
Wittenberg | 1565 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
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![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
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