Swann Galleries: Early Printed Books
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Early Printed Books | Total Sales (USD) | 695,841.00 |
Auction Date | October 27, 2020 - October 27, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 313,975.00 |
Sale Number | #2549 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 464,775.00 |
Total Lots | 231 | ||
Sold Lots | 210 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 356,275.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 90.91% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 526,075.00 |
Unsold Lots | 21 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 132.27% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
94 | Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593) | The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew [Ievv] of Malta. |
1633 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 149,000.00 |
19 | Book of Hours with Illuminated Miniatures. France, mid-15th century. |
mid-15th century. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 | |
147 | Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) | The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. |
1729 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 47,500.00 |
93 | Manuscript Processional Antiphons. |
circa 1470. | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 | |
98 | Meres, Francis (1565-1647) | Palladis Tamia. Wit's Treasury, Being the Second Part of Wits Commonwealth. |
1598 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
67 | Holbein, Hans (1497-1543) | Icones Veteris Testamenti; Illustrations of the Old Testament, Engraved on Wood, from Designs by Hans Holbein |
1830 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
58 | Gerson, Johannes (1363-1429) | Conclusiones de Diversis Materiis Moralibus, sive de Regulis Madatorum. |
about 1467. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
89 | Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469-1527) | The Works. |
1675 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
168 | Bligh, William (1754-1817) | A Voyage to the South Sea. |
1792 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
177 | Cook, Captain James (1728-1779) [and] John Hawkesworth (1715-17 | [and] John Hawkesworth (1715-17 An Account of the Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere; Pacific Ocean; [a |
1773, 1784 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
219 | Pittman, Philip (fl. circa 1765) | The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi [sic] with a Geographical Description |
1770 | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
221 | Rae, John (1813-1893) | Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847. |
1850 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
7 | Augustine, of Hippo, Saint (354-430) | Of the Citie of God. |
1610 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
72 | Illuminated Manuscript Leaves, Seven Examples. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 6,750.00 | ||
174 | Catlin, George (1796-1872) | O-Kee-Pa; a Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. |
1867 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
205 | Ledyard, John (1751-1789) | A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, between |
1783 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
91 | Mandeville, Jean de (fl. circa 1350-1370) | Itinerarius [Italian] Tractato delle Piu Maravegliose Cosse. |
1488 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
209 | Mackenzie, Sir Alexander (1764-1820) | Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America to the Fr |
1801 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
9 | Balthasar de Porta (fl. 1487-1499) | Expositio Canonis Missae. |
about 1495]. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,720.00 |
8 | Baillie, Robert (1599-1662) | A Dissuasive from the Errours of the Time: Wherein the Tenets of the Principall Sects, Especially of the In |
1645 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
178 | Coste, Pascal Xavier (1787-1879) | Monuments Modernes de la Perse. |
1867 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
142 | Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) | Relativity. The Special and General Theory. |
1920 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
159 | Medical Manuscript on Paper. Ledger of an early Pennsylvania physician specializing in vaccination. |
1803-06 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 | |
101 | Nider, Johannes (c. 1380-1438) | Praeceptorium Divinae Legis, sive Expositio Decalogi. |
1479 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
123 | Rogers, Robert, Major (1731-1795) | Journals of Major Robert Rogers. |
1765 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |