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
151	James Charles Sidney	(NEW YORK CITY.) Sidney's Map of Twelve Miles Around New-York with the Names of Property Holders &c. from Entirely New & Original Surveys	Philadelphia	1849	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,524.00
152	Henry F. Walling	(NEW YORK CITY.) Map of the City of New York and Its Environs	New York	1860	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,540.00
153	Frederick W. Beers	(NEW YORK CITY -- BRONX.) Map of the Town of Morrisania, Westchester Co., N.Y.	New York	1860s	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 412.00
154	R.A. Welcke; after John Bachmann	(NEW YORK CITY.) Fifth Avenue from 42nd Street, Looking North [and] Fifth Avenue from 42nd Street, Looking South	New York	1904	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 381.00
155		(NEW YORK CITY.) Massimo Vignelli; and The New York City Transit Authority. Group of two early pocket editions of Vignelli's iconic New York Subway Guide	New York	1974	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 190.00
156	Cornelis de Jode	(NORTH AMERICA.) Americae pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis	Antwerp	1593	USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00	USD 15,240.00
157	Matthias Quad	(NORTH AMERICA.) Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America	Cologne	1600	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,794.00
158	Henricus Hondius	(NORTH AMERICA.) America Septentrionalis	Amsterdam	1639	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,168.00
159	Vincenzo Coronelli; and Jean Baptiste Nolin	(NORTH AMERICA.) L'Amerique Septentrionale, ou la Partie Septentrionale des Indes Occidentales	Venice	1689	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,064.00
160	Alexis-Hubert Jaillot; after Nicolas Sanson	(NORTH AMERICA.) Amerique Septentrionale Divisee en ses Principales Parties	Paris	1692	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,524.00
161	Jacques Chiquet	(NORTH AMERICA.) l'Amerique Septentrionale qui Fait Partie des Indes Occidentales	Paris	1719	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 539.00
162	Henri Chatelain	(NORTH AMERICA.) Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi	Amsterdam	1719	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,032.00
163	Gerard van Keulen	(NORTH AMERICA.) Carte de la Nouvelle France ou se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis, Aux environs des Quelles se Trouvent les Etats Pais Nations Peuples & de la Floride, de la Louisiane, de la Virginie	Amsterdam	[1720]	USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 9,525.00
164	Johann Baptist Homann	(NORTH AMERICA / CARIBBEAN.) Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Novae Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvaniae, nec non Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali	Nuremberg	circa 1720	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,651.00
165		(NORTH AMERICA.) Group of 5 eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century maps	Vp	vd	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 603.00
166	Captain James Cook	(NORTH PACIFIC.) Chart of the NW Coast of America and the NE Coast of Asia Explored in the Years 1778 & 1779	London	1784	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 254.00
167		(NORTH POLE.) Gerard Valk and Pieter Schenk; after Jansson	Amsterdam	circa 1694	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 762.00
168		(ORTELIUS.) Group of 8 hand-colored double-page engraved regional maps by Abraham Ortelius	Antwerp	vd	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,112.00
169	Abraham Ortelius	(PACIFIC OCEAN.) Maris Pacifici, quod vulgo Mar del Zur	Antwerp	1592	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,572.00
170	Frederick de Wit; and Louis Renard	(PACIFIC OCEAN.) Magnum Mare del Zur cum Insula California	Amsterdam	1715	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,397.00
171	George-Louis le Clerc, Comte de Buffon	(PACIFIC OCEAN.) Declinaisons et Inclinaisons de l'Aiguille Aimantee	Paris	circa 1780	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 528.00
172	John and Charles Walker, engravers	(PACIFIC COAST.) America West Coast: Diego Bay to Cape Mendocino. [and] Cape Mendocino to Vancouver Id	London	1858	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 952.00
173	George Heap, after	(PHILADELPHIA.) The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania	London	1761	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,540.00
174	James Charles Sidney; and Robert Pearsall Smith	Map of the City of Philadelphia Together with All the Surrounding Districts	Philadelphia	1849	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,143.00
175	John Serz	(PHILADELPHIA.) Philadelphia and Environs/und Umgegend	Philadelphia	circa 1875	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 603.00

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.