Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana , N11899, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025
Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1026 Lee, Robert E., as Confederate General

Autograph letter signed ("R E Lee") 1 page (247 x 196 mm) on blue paper, Camp Fredericksburg, 8 January 1863, to Mrs. Sarah A. Lawton;

1863 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
1027 Lee, Robert E.

Autograph letter signed ("R E Lee") 1 1/4 pages (203 x 129 mm) on a sheet of paper, Richmond, 13 June 1865, to General Edward O. Ord,

1865 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Unknown
1028 Lincoln, Abraham

Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as sixteenth President, [Washington], 22 April 1862, on the verso of the integral blank of a letter to Colonel Larned, Paymaster General, from John McCalla,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
1029 Lincoln, Abraham

Engraved broadside document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as sixteenth President, on vellum (498 x 400 mm), accomplished in a clerical hand, Washington 1 March 1864,

1864 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
1030 Lincoln, Abraham

Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as sixteenth President, one page (255 x 202 mm) on a bifolium of blue wove paper, Washington, 5 March 1864,

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
1031 Lincoln, Abraham

Engraved broadside document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as sixteenth President,

Washington, ca.March--April 1865 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
1032

Public Lands in the District of Maine for Settlement. Land Office, 2nd March, 1818

Dedham Massachusetts 1818 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
1033 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Convention, June 16, 1780. Whereas, upon due Examination of the Returns ... ... this Convention do hereupon declare the said Form to be the Constitution of Government established by and for the Inhabitants of the State of Ma

Boston 1780 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
1034 Massachusetts General Court

By the Great and General Court of the Colony of Massachusett's-Bay. A Proclamation. The Frailty of human Nature, the Wants of Individuals, and the numerous Dangers which surround them, ...

Watertown 1776 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Unknown
1035 Massachusetts General Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House of Representatives, June 14, 1790. Resolved, that the Commonwealth be, and hereby is divided into eight districts, for the purpose of electing eight persons to represent the people thereof in Congress of the Uni

Boston 1790 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
1036 Mathews, Alfred E.

Pencil Sketches of Montana. New York: Published by the Author

1868 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Unknown
1037 Merrill, William Emery, Captain

Map of 1st. Distrt. Campbell Co. Georgia, South of the Cherokee Boundy. Line. Compiled... from the notes of a captured Rebel Engineer & State-map... Official Issue. Autographed and Printed in the Field.

Chattanooga, May 23d 1864 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1038 Milbert, Jacques-Gerard

Itineraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des parties laterales de l'Amerique du Nord

Paris 1828-1829 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
1039 Mosby, John Singleton

Series of 3 autograph letters signed ("John S. Mosby"; "Jno. S. Mosby") to his wife Pauline

Camp Vigilance Berkley Co. 12 July 1861 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
1040 Simon, John

Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row

London N.D. circa 1755 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Unknown
1041 Smith, John

New England the most remarqueable parts thus named by the high and mighty Prince Charles, Prince of great Britaine. Observed and described by Captayn John Smith..

London 1614 but 1635-39 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
1042 Washington, George

Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington"), one page (232 x 188 mm) on a bifolium, Mount Vernon, 15 February 1774, to the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Boucher in Prince George County

15 February 1774 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
1043 Washington, George

Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington"), one page (329 x 203 mm) on a leaf of laid paper, New Windsor, [New York] 14 May 1781, to Jonathan Trumbull;

New Windsor, New York 14 May 1781 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
1044 Washington, George

Document signed ("Go: Washington") as President of the Society of the Cincinnati, being a membership certificate for William Munson

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
1045 Wood, William

New Englands Prospect: A True, Lively and Experimental Description of That Part of America

London 1635 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
1046 Alcott, Louisa May

Autograph letter signed ("L. M. Alcott) to Miss Eva Bain, April 20th [1883], discussing her sisters and their children using the names given to them in her novels

1883 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1047 Austen, Jane

Autograph letter signed with her initials ("JA"), to her sister Cassandra, written shortly after the death of George Austen in 1805

1805 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Unknown
1048 [Austen, Jane]

Sense and Sensibility, a Novel

London 1811 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 Unknown
1049 [Austen, Jane]

Emma, A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", &C. &C

London 1816 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
1050 [Austen, Jane]

Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion; By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield Park," &c. With a Biographical Notice of the Author. In Four Volumes

London: December 1817 1818 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • 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.
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  • 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.