Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Isaac Newton, 1687 | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
London | 1687 | USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | USD 762,000.00 |
| 27 | Edmund Halley, 1715 | The Shadow of the Moon over England, in the Total Eclipse of the Sun |
[London:] | [before 22 April 1715]. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 28 | Edmund Halley, and other members of the Royal Society, 1726 | Miscellanea Curiosa |
London | 1726-1727. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 29 | Isaac Newton, 1728 | The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended |
London | 1728 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 30 | Isaac Newton, 1728 | A Treatise of the System of the World |
London | 1728 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 32 | 1965-2017 | Limited and scholarly editions |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,794.00 | ||
| 33 | David Gans, 1743 | Nehmad ve-Na'im |
Jessnitz | 503 [1743]. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 34 | Edmund Halley, 1749 | Tabulae astronomicae |
London | 1749 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 35 | J.H. Lambert, 1765 | Eccliptischen Tafel |
Berlin | 1765 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 36 | Maximilian Hell, 1769-1782 | Ephemerides [and] Observatio transitus Veneris ante discum solis |
Vienna | 1769-1770. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 37 | William Herschel, 1781 | Account of a Comet |
London | 1781-82. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 38 | Alexandre-Guy Pingre, 1783-1784 | Cometographie |
Paris | 1783-1784. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 39 | Caroline Herschel, 1798 | Catalogue of Stars, taken from Mr. Flamsteed's Observations |
London | 1798 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 40 | Various authors, 1820-1929 | Solar eclipses |
1820-1929. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 41 | Joseph Fraunhofer, 1817 | Brechungs- und Farbenzerstreuungs-Vermgens verschiedener Glasarten |
Munich | [1817]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 42 | Albert Einstein, 1905 | Photons, Brownian motion, and special relativity |
Leipzig | 1905 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 43 | Albert Einstein, 1916 | Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie |
Leipzig | 1916 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 44 | NASA Special Publication, 1975 | Apollo Expeditions to the Moon |
Washington | 1975 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 45 | Richard Feynman, 1985 | QED |
Princeton, N.J. | 1985 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
| 46 | Alessandro Piccolomini, 1540 | De le stelle fisse |
Venice | 1540 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 47 | Astronomical maps and atlases |
17th-19th century. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,905.00 | ||
| 48 | Johannes Bayer, 1603 | Uranometria |
Augsburg | 1603 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 49 | Johannes Hevelius, 1687/1690 | Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia |
Gdansk | 1687 [and/or 1690]. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 50 | John Flamsteed, 1729 | Atlas coelestis |
London | 1729 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 51 | John Flamsteed, 1776 | Atlas celeste |
Paris | 1776 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
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