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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Giovanni Antonio Magini | Continuatio Ephemeridum Coelestium Motuum |
Venice | 1607 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 127 | Giovanni Antonio Magini | Ephemerides Coelestium Motuum |
Venice | 1582 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 698.00 |
| 128 | Giovanni Antonio Magini | Ephemerides Coelestium Motuum |
Venice | 1616 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 129 | Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan | Traite Physique et Historique de l'Aurore Boreale |
Paris | 1754 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 130 | Eustachio Manfredi | Mercurii ac Solis Congressus in Astronomica Specula |
Bologna | 1724 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | Manuscript on Paper. Turkish Perpetual Almanac |
Middle East | circa 1675 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 6,604.00 | |
| 132 | Francesco Maurolico | Opuscula Mathematica |
Venice | 1575 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 133 | Philip Melanchthon | Initia Doctrinae Physicae Dictata in Academia Witebergensi |
Wittenberg | 1549 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 134 | Philip Melanchthon | Initia Doctrinae Physicae |
Leipzig | 1563 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 635.00 |
| 135 | Nicholas Mercator | Institutionum Astronomicarum Libri Duo |
London | 1676 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 571.00 |
| 136 | Jean-Pierre de Mesmes | Les Institutions Astronomiques |
Paris | 1557 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,206.00 |
| 137 | Flaminio Mezzavacca | Otia sive Ephemerides Felsineae |
Bologna | 1686 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 138 | Antoine Mizauld | Sammelband of Four Astronomy First Editions |
Paris | 1546-1554 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 139 | Antoine Mizauld | Ephemeris Coelestis Anni huius Labentis 1555 |
Paris | 1555 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 349.00 |
| 140 | Guidobaldo del Monte | Planisphaeriorum Universalium Theorica |
Pesaro | 1579 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 141 | Francescus Montebruni | Ephemerides Novissimae Motuum Coelestium |
Bologna | 1640 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 142 | Jean-Baptiste Morin | Astrologia Gallica |
The Hague | 1661 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 143 | Jean-Baptiste Morin | Famosi et Antiqui Problematis de Telluris Motu vel Quiete |
Paris | 1631 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 476.00 |
| 144 | Jean-Baptiste Morin | Tabulae Rudolphinae ad Meridianum Uraniburgi Supputatae |
Paris | 1650 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 145 | Nicolaus Mulerius | Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares Quadruplices |
Alkmaar | 1611 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 |
| 146 | Sebastian Munster | Chaldaica Grammatica |
Basel | 1527 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 107,950.00 |
| 147 | Sebastian Munster | La Declaration de l'Instrument |
Basel | 1554 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 148 | Sebastian Munster | Organum Uranicum |
Basel | 1536 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 149 | Valentin Nabod [aka Naibod or Naboth] | Enarratio Elementorum Astrologiae |
Cologne | 1560 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
| 150 | Jordanus de Nemore | Algorithmus Demonstratus |
Nuremberg | 1534 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,206.00 |
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