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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Pierre Gassendi | Institutio Astronomica |
London | 1653 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,904.00 |
| 77 | Pierre Gassendi | Institutio Astronomica iuxta Hypothese tam veterum quam Copernici and Tychonis |
The Hague | 1656 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 78 | Pierre Gassendi | Mercurius in Sole Visus et Venus Invisa Parisiis, Anno 1631 |
Paris | 1632 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,604.00 |
| 79 | Pierre Gassendi | Tychonis Brahei, Equitis Dani, Astronomorum Coryphaei, Vita |
The Hague | 1655 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,079.00 |
| 80 | Luca Guarico, ed. | Alfonsi Hispaniarum Regis Tabule |
Venice | [1524] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 81 | Luca Gaurico | Ephemerides Recognitae et ad Unguem Castigatae |
Venice | 1533 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 82 | Antonio Ghislieri | Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium [and] Continuatio Ephemeridum |
Bologna | 1720 & 1729 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | Lilio Gregorio Giraldi | De Annis et Mensibus |
Basel | 1541 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 264.00 |
| 84 | Francesco Giuntini | La Sfera del Mondo |
Lyon | 1582 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 85 | Francesco Giuntini | Speculum Astrologiae |
Lyon | 1575 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 444.00 |
| 86 | Nicholas Greenwood | Astronomia Anglicana: Containing an Absolute and Entire Piece of Astronomy |
London | 1699 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 87 | Gregorian Calendar Reform Sammelband of Four Works |
circa 1584-1586 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | ||
| 88 | David Gregory | Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa |
Oxford | 1702 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 89 | Antonius Grevenstein | Eclipsium Omnium ab Anno Domini 1593 |
Bremen | 1592 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 90 | Edmond Halley | Astronomical Tables with Precepts both in English and Latin for Computing the Places of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets |
London | 1752 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 539.00 |
| 91 | Edmond Halley & Joannes Stadius | Ephemeris Anno Christi 1554 |
Cologne | 1570 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 92 | Johannes Hancke | Tenebrae Summatim Illustratae sive Doctrina Eclipsium |
Mainz | 1682 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 349.00 |
| 93 | George Hartgill | Astronomical Tables |
London | 1656 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 |
| 94 | Michael Havemann | Astraea in qua de Hypothesibus Astrosophorum Disseritur, Coelestis Globus probe Explicatur |
Rostock | 1624 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 95 | Johann Hecker | Motuum Caelestium Ephemerides |
Gdansk | 1662 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 96 | Johann Hecker | Motuum Caelestium Ephemerides |
Paris | 1666 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 97 | Johann Hecker | Motuum Caelestium Ephemerides ab Anno Ae. V.M. DC. LXVI. ad M. DC. LXXX |
Paris | 1672 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 627.00 |
| 98 | William Herschel | Description of a Forty-feet Reflecting Telescope |
London | 1795 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 571.00 |
| 99 | Philippe de La Hire | Tables Astronomiques Dressees et Mises en Lumiere |
Paris | 1735 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 100 | Jeremiah Horrocks | Opera Posthuma; viz. Astronomia Kepleriana, Defensa & Promota |
London | 1678 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
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![<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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