• Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Schwann, Theodor. 1810-1882. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Ubereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000
  • Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Audubon Birds of America, 1st Octavo Edition; 5 vols plus Journals, ex. J.J. Pringle. $4,000 to $4,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: American Ornithology Plates Folio in 2 Vols, A. Wilson and C. Bonaparte. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 23 CP Railroad Photographs c. 1883 by O.B. Buell. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Cormac McCarthy, Signed 1st Editions, The Passenger & Stella Maris Box Set. $1,700 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Oliver Buell Cabinet Photograph, Chief Crowfoot. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Colton's Atlas of the World, 1856, in Two Volumes; plus Africa / Mahdist War Map. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1805 Thomas Jefferson Inaugural Speech. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Barflies and Cocktails, Harry McElhone, First Edition Mixology Book. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1861 U. S. Grant Broadside Proclamation, Paducah, KY. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 2 John Overton Signed Letters, 1803, re: TN Statehood. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Simon Wastell "Microbiblion or The Bibles Epitome: in Verse" 1629. $600 to $700.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Thomas Lewis Family Letter Archive; Boston, Massachusetts. $400 to $500.
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.

Sworders: Books and Maps - online 4/19, A1139, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 28, 2024 - April 28, 2024
Page Size: 293 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50A

MAPPA MUNDI The Hereford World Map,

2010 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,125.00
51 Wells, Edward,

A New Map Shewing the Travels of the Patriarchs...

c.1720 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
52 De Wit

Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis olim Palestina recens delineata et in lucem edita per Fredericum De Wit.

Amsterdam c.1670. GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 225.00
53 Jan Huygen Van & Hendrik Floris Van Langren

LINSCHOTEN, Deliniantur in hac tabula, Orae Maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani; al Maris Rubri; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae...

[Amsterdam: 1596] or later. GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,687.50
54 SPEED, John

Bohemia Newly described by John Speed Anno Dom.

1626 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 400.00
55 BLAEU

Utriusque Burgundiae tum Ducatus tum Comitatus Descriptio (Burgundy).

Amsterdam c.1640. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
56 JANSSONIUS

ITALY: Nova & accurata Tusciae antique descriptio.

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 325.00
57 JANSSONIUS

SOUTH AMERICA: 1- Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo le Maire exactissima delineatio.

Amsterdam c.1633. GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 325.00
58 Pine (John)

Two untitled charts showing the progress of the Spanish Armada (nos.

1739 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 237.50
59 KEULEN

Paskaart van de Kuste van Gualate en Arguyn.

c.1715 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 175.00
60 Ortelius, Abraham

Africae propriae tabula.

[Antwerp] 1590 [but Later]. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 187.50
61 Blaeu, J

EASTERN EUROPE: Transylvania Sibenburgen.

Amsterdam c.1635 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
62 RAPIN

PLANS: Plan of Turin as Besieged in 1706.

c.1709. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
63 VAN DEN AVELEN

De Beschryving van de Reysen Pauli, en van de Andere Apostelen (Journeys of Apostle Paul).

Amsterdam c.1700. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 225.00
64 Ortelius, Abraham

Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.

[Antwerp] 1589 [but Later]. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,175.00
65 Wells

New Map of the North Part of Antient Africa, c.1700.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
66 Hondius, Henricus

Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula.

Amsterdam c.1633. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
67 Ortelius, Abraham

Turcici Imperii Descriptio.

London 1606 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
68 Ortelius, Abraham

Portugalliae quae olim Lusitania, novissima & exactissima descriptio.

Antwerp c.1574. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
69 SEUTTER, Matthaus

Diversi Globi Terr-Aquei Statione Variante et Visu Intercedente per Coluros Tropicorum.

Augsburg c.1744. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
70 Fry & Jefferson,

Map of Virginia And Maryland.

Princeton 1950 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
71

Two autograph albums (19th and early 20th century),

19th and early 20th century GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,000.00
72 Hawking, Stephen

A Brief History of Time, From the Big Bang to Black Holes.

1998 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,937.50
73 SIGNED LETTERS

Donald WESTLAKE- '381 Route 7, Ancram, New York' headed paper.

6/27/06 Typed letter to Jonathan Spector GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
74 Collection of mostly Film-related books,

including some Signed: Fred ASTAIRE: Steps in Time.

1959 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Finarte, July 4-5: FERMI, ENRICO. Letters, 1923. €30,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The comedy, 1477. €45,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ASTRONOMIA - CALENDARIO - REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES (MÜLLER, JOHANN, OF KÖNIGSBERG) Kalendarium, 1483. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: CATERINA II DI RUSSIA, Parchment diploma granted by Catherine II of Russia, 1778. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: VICO, GIAMBATTISTA New Science Principles, 1725.
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