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
26	Gerard Mercator; and Jodocus Hondius	(AMERICAN SOUTHEAST.) Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum Nova Descriptio	Amsterdam	circa 1613	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
27	Robert Laurie; and James Whittle	(AMERICAN SOUTHEAST.) A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of America, viz: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia: with the Bordering Indian Countries, and the Spanish Possessions of Louisiana and Florida	London	1794	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
28	Abraham Ortelius	(ASIA.) Asiae Nova Descriptio	Antwerp	1603	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
29	John Speed	(ASIA.) Asia with the Islands Adjoyning Described, the Atire of the People, & Townes of Importance	London	1676	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Unknown
30	Nicolas de Fer	(ASIA.) l'Asie Divisee Selon l'Etendue de ses Principales Parties	Paris	[1696; 1728]	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
31	Philipp Johann von Strahlenberg	(ASIA.) Nova Descriptio Geographica Tattariae Magnae tam Orientalis quam Occidentalis in Particularibus Territoriis una cum Delineatione Totius Imperii Russici Imprimis Siberiae Accurate Ostensa	Stockholm	1730	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
32		(ASIA.) Group of 10 late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century regional case maps	London	1912	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
33	Laurent Fries; after Martin Waldseemuller	(ATLANTIC -- NEW WORLD.) Oceani Ocidentalis seu Terre Nove Tabula	Lyon	1535	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Unknown
34	Johannes Janssonius	(ATLANTIC.) Mar del Nort	Amsterdam	circa 1650	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
35		(AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND.) Group of 5 late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century regional maps	Vp	vd	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
36	A. Sachse & Co.; and W.E.C. Harrison	(BALTIMORE.) Panoramic Views of Baltimore	Baltimore	1880	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
37	Willem Blaeu	(BERMUDA.) Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, Alias Barmudas	Amsterdam	circa 1635	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
38	Henricus Hondius	(BERMUDA.) Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, Alias Barmudas	Amsterdam	circa 1633	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
39	John Speed. [Roger Rea edition]	(BERMUDA.) Mappa Aestivarum / A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands Once Called the Bermudas	London	circa 1665	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
40	E. & G.W. Blunt	(BERMUDA.) Bermudas, Drawn from Actual Surveys, and Improved by Blunt's Coast Pilot	New York	1842	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
41		(BERMUDA.) Group of 18 seventeenth-to-twentieth-century engraved or lithographed maps	Vp	vd	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
42	[Jacques Nicolas Bellin]; and Jean Lattre	(BOSTON.) Plan de la Ville et du Port de Boston Capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre	Paris	[1760s-1770s]	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Unknown
43	Joseph Frederick Wallet des Barres	(BOSTON.) [Boston Bay]	London	November 13th, 1776	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Unknown
44	Union Engraving Co.; after Henry Pelham and Francis Jukes	(BOSTON.) A Plan of Boston in New England with its Environs	Boston	1907	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
45	James Charles Sidney, civil engineer; and Robert Pearsall Smith	(BOSTON.) Map of the City and Vicinity of Boston Massachusetts	Boston	1852	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
46		(BOSTON.) Alexander Williams & Co. Map of Boston and the Country Adjacent	[Boston]	circa 1875	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
47	John Bachmann	(BOSTON.) Bird's Eye View of Boston	New York	1850	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
48	John Ross MacDonald	(BOSTON.) [Fish-eye map of Boston]	Np	circa 1965	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
49		(BRITISH EMPIRE.) Collection of 10 late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century geography-themed souvenir flags and handkerchiefs with 2 similarly-related board games	[London]	vd	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
50	Pierre Mortier	(CANADA.) Le Canada ou Partie de la Nouvelle France, Contenant la Terre de Labrador la Nouvelle France, les Isles de Terre Neuve, de Nostre Dame, &c.	Amsterdam	circa 1700	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown

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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.
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.