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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Martin Hortensius [aka van den Hove] | Delfensis Dissertatio de Mercurio in Sole Viso et Venere Invisa |
Leiden | 1633 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 102 | Gaius Julius Hyginus | Poeticon Astronomicon |
Venice | 14 October, 1482 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 103 | Gaius Julius Hyginus | Fabularum Liber |
Basel | 1570 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,206.00 |
| 104 | Ulrich Junius | Mercurii in Sole Conspicui Calculus |
Lepizig | 1697 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | Ulrich Junius | Novae et Accuratae Motuum Coelestium Ephemerides |
Leipzig | [circa 1701] | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 106 | Johannes Kepler | De Vero Anno quo Aeternus Dei Filius Humanam Naturam in Utero Benedictae Virginis Mariae Assumpsit |
Frankfurt | 1614 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 107 | Johannes Kepler | Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo nuper ad Mortales Misso a Galilaeo Galilaeo |
Frankfurt | 1609 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,604.00 |
| 108 | Johannes Kepler | Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanane |
Frankfurt | 1635 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 109 | Johannes Kepler | De Cometis Libelli Tres |
Augsburg | 1609 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 110 | Johannes Kepler | Tomi Primi Ephemeridum, Pars Secund [& Tertia] |
Sagan | 1630 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 111 | Johannes Kepler | Ad Epistolam Sethi Calvisij Chronologi Responsio |
Frankfurt | 1614 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,366.00 |
| 112 | Gottfried Kirch | Annus I (-X) Ephemeridum Motuum Coelestium ad Annum Aerae Christianae 1681-[1690] |
Leipzig | 1681-1690 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 113 | Jacob Koebel | Astrolabii Declaratio |
Paris | 1551 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 889.00 |
| 114 | Philippe van Lansberge | Tabulae Motuum Coelestium Perpetuae |
Zeeland | 1632 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 115 | Philippe van Lansberge | Les Tables Perpetuelles des Mouvemens Celestes |
Middelburg, Zeeland | 1633 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 116 | Philippe van Lansberge | Uranometriae Libri Tres |
Zeeland | 1631 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 889.00 |
| 117 | Elbertus Leoninus | Theoria Motuum Coelestium Referens Doctrinam Copernici |
Cologne | 1583 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 952.00 |
| 118 | Cyprianus Leovitius [Lvovicky or Leowitz] | Tabulae Positionum pro Variis ac Diversis Poli Elevationibus |
Augsburg | October 1551 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 119 | Cyprian Leovitius [Lvovicky or Leowitz] | Eclipsium Omnium ab Anno Domini 1554 usque in Annum 1606 |
Augsburg | 1556 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 120 | Cyprian Leovitius [Lvovicky or Leowitz] | Ephemeridum Novum |
Augsburg | 1557 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | William Lilly | Christian Astrology Modestly Treated in Three Books |
London | 1659 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,079.00 |
| 122 | William Lilly | A Prophecy of the White King: and Dreadfull Dead-man Explaned |
London | 1644 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 123 | Christen Sorensen Longomontanus | Astronomia Danica |
Amsterdam | 1640 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 |
| 124 | Michael Maestlin | Epitome Astronomiae |
Heidelberg | 1582 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 125 | Michael Maestlin | Epitome Astronomiae |
Tubingen | 1588 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<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.")
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<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.")
