Swann Galleries: Early Printed Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Early Printed Books | Total Sales (USD) | 707,167.00 |
| Auction Date | October 12, 2023 - October 12, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 459,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #2648 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 667,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 277 | ||
| Sold Lots | 243.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 522,550.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.73% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 757,850.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 34 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 93.31% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Corialanus |
1623 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
| 50 | Chaucer, Geoffrey (d. 1400) | Romaunt of the Rose |
[1550?]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 91 | Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Pericles |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 155 | John of Garland (circa 1195-1272) | Multorum Vocabuloru[m] Equivocorum Interpretatio. |
1510 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 103 | [Economics] Smith, Adam (1723-1790) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. |
1778 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 65 | Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) | Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civill. |
1651 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 95 | Thucydides. | Thomas Hobbes |
1550 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 93 | Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599) | The Faerie Queene, Second Part. |
1590-[1596]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 194 | Laet, Johannes de (1581-1649) | The Mapping of North America |
1630 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 195 | Laet, Johannes de (1581-1649) | Historie Ofte Iaerlijck Verhael Van de Verrichtinghen der Geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie. |
1644 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 122 | Athenaeus of Naucratis (fl. c. 200 CE) | Deipnosophistae's |
1514 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 203 | Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1576) | The Great Art |
1545 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 1 | Agricola, Georgius (1494-1555) | De Re Metallica. [and] De Animantibus Subterraneis Liber. |
1556. March 1556. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 27 | Padilla, Pedro de. [& Cervantes] | Grandezas, y Excelencias de la Virgen Señora Nuestra. |
1587 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 102 | [Economics] Quesnay, François (1694-1774) | Discussions et Développemens sur Quelques-Unes des Notions de L'Economie Politique. Pour servir de seconde Partie au Recueil Physiocratie. |
1768 & 1767. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 121 | Ashmole, Elias, compiler (1617-1692) | The Public Domain Review |
1652 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 277 | Wright, Thomas (d. 1624) | The Passions of Thomas Wright: Renaissance Emotion across Body and Soul |
1601 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 244 | Gerson, Johannes (1363-1429) | De Pollutione Nocturna. |
about 1467-1472 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 250 | Jorden, Edward (1569-1632) | A Briefe Discourse of a Disease Called the Suffocation of the Mother. |
1603 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
| 14 | Daniel, Samuel (1562-1619) | Essays |
1623 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,750.00 |
| 23 | Marston, John (1575?-1634) | The Workes of Mr. John Marston, Being Tragedies and Comedies, Collected into one Volume. |
1633 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 68 | Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) | A Dictionary of the English Language. |
1755 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 160 | Hor[a]e in Laude[m] Gloriosissime Virginis Mari[a]e Secundum Usum Romanum. |
no date, circa 1532 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 218 | Bodin, Jean (c. 1530-1596) | De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus |
1589 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 24 | Marston, John (1575?-1634) | The Dutch Courtezan |
1633 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
