Swann Galleries: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, 2724, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025

Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	Erik Satie; and Charles Martin	(ART DECO -- SPORT and LEISURE.) Sports & Divertissements	Paris	1914	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,397.00
302	Charles MacFarlane	(ASIA MINOR.) Constantinople in 1828. A Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces: With an Account of the Present State of the Naval and Military Power, and of the Resources of the Ottoman Empire	London	1829	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 924.00
303	Rev. Francis Orpen Morris	(BIRDS.) A History of British Birds	London	circa 1860	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 889.00
304	Jinkyu Sai	(BOTANICAL -- IKEBANA.) Rikka Shodo Shu	Kyoto?	1684	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
305	Francois Andrew Michaux	(BOTANICAL.) The North American Sylva, or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia	Paris	1819	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,016.00
306	Charles Mason Hovey; and William Sharp	(BOTANICAL -- POMOLOGY.) The Fruits of America, Containing Richly Colored Figures and Full Descriptions of all the Choicest Varieties Cultivated in the United States	Boston and New York	1852-1856	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
307		(BOTANICAL -- SPECIMEN BOOK.) Working specimen album collected by the family of Mr. W.A. Myrick compiling over 200 different mounted American plant pressings, most with affixed labels or captions variously dated 1890-1937 and many marked with places of or	Np	circa 1850s through the early twentieth century	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
308	D.B. de Malpiere	(CHINA.) La Chine, Moeurs, Usages, Costumes, Arts et Metiers, Peines Civiles et Militaires, Ceremonies Religieuses, Monuments et Paysages, d'Apres les Dessins Originaux	Paris	1827	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 462.00
309		(CINDERELLA STAMPS.) Large collection of over 400 primarily American advertising labels and poster stamps	Vp	circa 1910-1915	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 698.00
310		(DRAWINGS -- SINGAPORE, PENANG, SOUTH AFRICA.) Assembled album containing over 80 ink sketches and watercolor drawings of various places, including Singapore, Penang, South Africa (Umgeni, Umlalaas, Zululand), St. Helena Island, etc.	Vp	1860s-1880s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 22,860.00
311	(Lord John Elphinstone	INDIA.) Farewell address on the official departure of Lord Elphinstone as governor of the Madras district of India (1837-1842)	Madras	29 August, 1842	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 27,940.00
312	Koto Okura	(JAPAN.) The Russo-Japanese War	Tokyo	1904	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 330.00
313	John Claudius Loudon	(LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.) Observations on Laying Out Farms in the Scotch Style, Adapted to England	London	1812	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,778.00
314	Nicolas Vergnaud	(LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.) L'Art de Creer les Jardins... Nouvelle Edition	Paris	1839	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,794.00
315		(MILITARY.) Manuscript volume detailing the manufacture and maintenance of explosives and ammunition	England	mid-nineteenth century	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 698.00
316		(MUSIC.) Collection of early nineteenth-century engraved music scores	Vp	vd	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 363.00
317	Vinzenz Kinzl	(NATURAL HISTORY -- MONKEYS.) Versuch einer Vollstandigen Naturgeschichte... die Affen	Prague	1788	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,048.00
318	Georges Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon; and William Smellie, ed.	(NATURAL HISTORY.) A Natural History, General and Particular; Containing... a General History of Man... To Which is Added a History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Embracing the Recent Discoveries of Eminent Naturalists	London	1816-1827	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 762.00
319	Georges Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon	(NATURAL HISTORY.) [Ouvres Completes de Buffon - Plates only]	Paris	circa 1850	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,016.00
320		(NATURAL SCIENCES -- JUVENILE.) Group of 5 nicely illustrated titles	Vp	vd	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 825.00
321	[Pierre-Francois Hugues d'Hancarville]	(NAUGHTY.) . Two illustrated works of phallic worship and eroticism in classical antiquity	Paris	1790s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 889.00
322	Christian Tonsberg	(NORWAY.) Norske Nationaldragter	Christiania (Oslo)	1852	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 444.00
323		(PEEPSHOWS.) Group of 3 hand-colored novelty viewers	Np, but British and German	late-eighteenth-to-mid-nineteenth century	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 627.00
324	Augustus Loftus, Esq.	(PHOTOGRAPHY -- AUSTRALIA.) Views of Government House Sydney, 1880	Sydney	1880	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 285.00
325	Arturo Boote	(PHOTOGRAPHY -- ARGENTINA.) Leporello album of 18 mounted albumen prints of scenes both in town (Buenos Aires) and the countryside	Np	late nineteenth century	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 1,254.00

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.