You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 John Flamsteed, 1795

Atlas celeste

Paris 1795 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
53 John Bevis, circa 1749

Celestial Atlas

London 1747-1749-1786.] USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
54 Johann Bode, 1801

Uranographia

Berlin 1801 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
55 Ptolemy, 1548

La Geographia

Venice [1547--]1548. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
56 Giorgio Vasari, 1568

Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori

Florence 1568 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
57 Abraham Ortelius, 1573

Theatrum orbis terrarum

Antwerp [c.1573-75]. USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 Unknown
58 VIRGINIA -- John White; Theodor de Bry

Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inventa

[Frankfurt am Main, 1590 or later]. USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
59 Alonso de Ercilla, 1578

Primera y segunda parte de la Araucana

Madrid 1578 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 Unknown
60 Alonso de Ercilla, 1592

Primera, segunda, y tercera partes de la Araucana

Barcelona 1592 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
61 Alonso de Ercilla, 1597

La Araucana

Antwerp 1597 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
62 Alonso de Ercilla, 17th--19th centuries

Collection of La araucana Editions

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
63 Giovanni Botero, 1603

Relaciones Universales del Mundo

Valladolid [1599]-1603. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Unknown
64 Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1609

Primera parte de los Commentarios Reales

Lisbon 1609 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
65 Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1617

Historia general del Peru

Cordoba 1617 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
66 Cristobal Suarez de Figueroa, 1613

Hechos de don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza

Madrid 1613 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
67 John Smith, 1617

Viertzehende Schiffart, oder, Grundliche und warhaffte Beschreibung dess Neuwen Engellandts [A Description of New England]

Frankfurt am Main 1617 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
68 Rene Descartes, 1637

Discours de la methode

Leiden 1637 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
69 Alonso de Ovalle, 1646

Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile

Rome 1646 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
70 Sir Isaac Newton, 1726

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

London 1726 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
71 Fielding Lucas, 1827

Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book

Baltimore [1827]. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
72 McKenney & Hall 1837

History of the Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia 1837, 1842-44 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
73 Charles Dickens, 1844

Presentation copy of Martin Chuzzlewit

London 1844 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Unknown
74 David Roberts and George Croly, 1842--1849

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia [With:] Egypt & Nubia

London 1842-1849. USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Unknown
75 Claudio Gay, 1854

Atlas de la historia fisica y politica de Chile

Paris 1854 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
76 Mark Twain, 1885

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

New York 1885 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000