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
326		(PHOTOGRAPHY -- INDIA.) A Souvenir of the Marriage of the Nawab Fakhr-ul-Mulk Bahadur's Daughter with the Son of the Nawab Khan Khana Bahadur (Shaban 1313 H)	South-central India	1896	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 4,318.00
327		(ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY.) [The Great Comet of 1882]	South Africa	circa 1882	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 528.00
328	Underwood & Underwood, E. & H.T. Anthony, Thomas Houseworth & Co., F. Jay Haynes, W.H. Jackson, and others	(PHOTOGRAPHY -- STEREOVIEWS.) Group of approximately 80 high-quality stereograph cards of the American west	Vp	1870s	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,905.00
329	Carel Christiaan Antony Last; after Karel Jacob de Jonge	(PROCESSION.) Intocht van Frederic-Hendrik te Leiden in 1813. Studenten-Maskarade	The Hague	circa 1850	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 254.00
330	Andrew Nichol	(RAILROADS -- A PIONEERING LINE.) Five Views of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, from Drawings Taken on the Spot	Dublin; London	1834	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 6,350.00
331		(SAMPLE BOOK -- METALSMITHING.) Company album of over 150 pages of ink and watercolor metalwork samples including locking mechanisms, hinges, handles, hammers, door knobs, bells, casters, cookware, lamps, rat traps, kitchen utensils, bellows, clocks, coff	Lyon?	second half nineteenth century	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,826.00
332		(SAMPLE BOOK -- RABOLOGY.) Album of 151 detailed graphite sketches of decorative cane or walking stick knobs and handles	Np	early twentieth century	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,794.00
333	[Matthew Henry Barker]; and George Cruikshank	(SEAMEN.) Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-Of-War's Man. By an Old Sailor	London	1826	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 330.00
334	Captain Thomas Williamson; and Samuel Howitt	(SPORTING.) Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East	London	1807	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 561.00
335	M.M. Ballou	(SPORTING.) The Sportsman's Portfolio of American Field Sports	Boston	1855	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
336	Adrien Dauzats	(ARCHITECTURE.) Theatre de Bordeaux Coupe sur la Longeur du Batiment	France	1817	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 349.00
337	Irwin Glass	(ARCHITECTURE.) U of Pa. Class A - Project V. "A Zoological Laboratory"	Philadelphia	1930s	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,188.00
338	George Bric	(ART DECO -- AVIATION.) Le Morning Post Etablit le Record de Paris a Londres le 26 Octobre 1910	Paris	1911	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 139.00
339	Eugene Grasset	(ART NOUVEAU -- CALENDAR.) 1896 Belle Jardiniere	Paris	1895	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 285.00
340	Jacques Barraband	(BIRDS.) Le Perroquet Lori-unicolor. Pl. 125	Paris	1801-1805	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 528.00
341	John James Audubon	(BIRDS.) Carolina Parrot. Plate 26	London	1827	USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00	USD 95,250.00
342	John James Audubon	(BIRDS.) Glossy Ibis. Plate CCCLXXXVII	London	1837	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
343	John Gould	(BIRDS.) Group of 18 hand-colored lithographed plates from The Birds of New Guinea	London	1875-1888	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,905.00
344	John Gould	(BIRDS.) Group of 8 hand-colored lithographed plates from The Birds of Great Britain	London	1862-1873	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 889.00
345	Basilus Besler	(BOTANICAL.) Group of 4 hand-colored engraved plates from Hortus Eystettensis	Eichstatt	1613	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,032.00
346	attributed to Jan Van Os	(BOTANICAL.) Bouquet of roses and dahlias	Np	circa 1800	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,716.00
347	Salvatore de Angelis	(BRITISH ROYAL NAVY.) Bombardment of Alexandria of Egypt The 11th July 1882	Naples	1882	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 635.00
348	Amanda Fougere; and Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Lafosse	(COURAGE.) Les Orphelines / The Orphans	New York	1853	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
349		(DAVID ROBERTS.) Group of 10 tinted lithographed plates with additional hand-coloring from The Holy Land... [and] Egypt and Nubia	London	1840s	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,320.00
350		(EAST INDIA COMPANY.) Two nicely-drawn ink and gouache caricatures of British officers	India	mid-nineteenth century	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,032.00

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.