Swann Galleries: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, 2724, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Thomas Jefferys | (CANADA.) A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain with the Adjacent Parts of New England and Canada |
London | 1755 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 349.00 |
| 52 | James Wyld | (CANADA.) The Province of Canada |
London | circa 1850 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 381.00 |
| 53 | Johannes Van Keulen | (CAPE COD.) Pas-Kaart Vande Zee Kusten Inde Boght van Niew Engeland |
Amsterdam | 1702 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 825.00 |
| 54 | Nicolas Visscher | (CARIBBEAN.) Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes |
Amsterdam | circa 1682 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 55 | Heinrich Scherer | (CARIBBEAN.) Archipelagi Americani Delineatio Geographica |
Munich | circa 1700 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 285.00 |
| 56 | (CARIBBEAN ISLANDS.) Group of 5 eighteenth-century engraved maps |
Vp | vd | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 508.00 | |
| 57 | Johann Baptist Homann | (CARTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS.) Sphaerarum Artificialium Typica Repraesentatio Novissime Adumbrata |
Nuremberg | circa 1720 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 349.00 |
| 58 | Petrus Apianus | (CELESTIAL.) Volvelle from Astronomicum Caesareum |
Ingolstadt | 1540 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,048.00 |
| 59 | Andreas Cellarius | (CELESTIAL.) Coeli Stellati Christiani Haemisphaerium Prius |
Amsterdam | 1661 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,432.00 |
| 60 | Andreas Cellarius | (CELESTIAL.) Haemisphaeria Sphaerarum Rectae et Obliquae Utriusque Motus |
Amsterdam | 1708 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 254.00 |
| 61 | Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr; and Johann Baptiste Homann | (CELESTIAL.) Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe in quo Loca Stellarum Fixarum |
Nuremberg | circa 1730 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 412.00 |
| 62 | (CELESTIAL.) Group of 4 seventeenth-to-eighteenth-century engraved plates relating to astronomical observation |
Vp | vd | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 | |
| 63 | (CELESTIAL.) Group of 8 eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century astronomical charts |
Vp | vd | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 476.00 | |
| 64 | (CELESTIAL.) United States Navy and Hydrographic Office |
Washington, D.C. | 1908 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 65 | Asa Smith | (CELESTIAL.) 3 wood engraved astronomical charts |
New York | circa 1850 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 101.00 |
| 66 | John Speed | (CHESAPEAKE.) A Map of Virginia and Maryland |
London | 1676 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 67 | Johannes van Keulen | (CHESAPEAKE.) Pas Kaart van de Zee Kusten van Virginia |
Amsterdam | 1687 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,376.00 |
| 68 | Pierre Mortier | (CHESAPEAKE.) Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, la Nouvelle Jarsey Orient et Occidentale |
Amsterdam | circa 1700 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 |
| 69 | John Senex | (CHESAPEAKE.) A New Map of Virginia Maryland and the Improved Parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey |
London | 1719 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 70 | Emanuel Bowen | (CHESAPEAKE.) A New and Accurate Map of Virginia & Maryland |
London | 1747 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 71 | John Mount and Thomas Page | (CHESAPEAKE.) Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East & West New Jersey |
London | circa 1773 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 72 | Antoine Sartine; after Anthony Smith | (CHESAPEAKE.) Carte de la Baie de Chesapeake et de la Partie Navigable des Rivieres James, York, Patowmack, Patuxeo, Patapsco, North-East, Choptauk et Patomack |
Paris | 1778 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 73 | Pelletreau & Raynor | (CHICAGO -- GREAT FIRE.) Map of Chicago, Showing the Burnt District |
New York | circa 1871 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 317.00 |
| 74 | Abraham Ortelius | (CHINA.) Chinae, Olim Sinarum Regionis, Nova Descriptio |
Antwerp | 1595 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 75 | Samuel Purchas | (CHINA.) The Map of China |
London | 1625 [1626] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
