Swann Galleries: Early Printed Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Early Printed Books | Total Sales (USD) | 719,555.00 |
| Auction Date | April 08, 2021 - April 08, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 368,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #2563 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 533,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 268 | ||
| Sold Lots | 242 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 428,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 618,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 26 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 116.26% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | Copernicus, Nicolaus | De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. |
1566 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 75,000.00 |
| 18 | Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht, circa 1435-1445. |
circa 1435-1445. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 | |
| 162 | Fries, Lorenz | Der Spiegel der Artzney. [bound with] Gart der Gesuntheit; zu Latin Ortus Sanitatis. |
1529 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 216 | Hooke, Robert | Micrographia Restaurata. |
1745 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 160 | Freud, Sigmund | Die Traumdeutung. |
1900 ie. 1899. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 222 | Lubieniecki, Stanislaw | Theatrum Cometicum, Duabus Partibus Constans. |
1668 1666. | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 159 | Fludd, Robert | Utriusque Cosmi Maioris Scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica. [bound with] Clavis Philosophiae et Alchymiae Fluddanae. |
1617; 1633 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 13 | Theatrum Biblicum. Hoc est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae. |
1650 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 13,000.00 | |
| 192 | Aratus of Solis | Syntagma Arateorum: Opus Poetica et Astronomia. |
1600 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 12 | Mikdash Ha-Shem; Hebraica Biblia. |
1546 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 11,250.00 | |
| 20 | Brant, Sebastian | Expositiones Omnium Titulorum Legalium. |
1490 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 145 | Albinus, [Weiss] Bernhard Siegfried | Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani. |
1747 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,875.00 |
| 42 | Digby, Everard trans. William Percey | The Compleat Swimmer or the Art of Swimming. |
1658 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 199 | Boyle, Robert | The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes. |
1680 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 34 | Dante Alighieri | La Commedia. |
1491 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 125 | Sterne, Laurence | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. |
1760-1767 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 179 | Raynalde, Thomas | The Byrth of Mankinde, otherwise named The Woman's Book. |
1613 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 248 | Zahn, Johann | Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus sive Telescopium. |
1685-1686. | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 245 | Thomas, Corbinianus | Mercurii Philosophici Firmamentum Firmianum Descriptionem et Usum Globi Artificialis Coelestis. |
1730 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,540.00 |
| 163 | Geminus, Thomas | Compendiosa Totius Anatomie Delineatio. |
1545 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 204 | Digges, Leonard and Thomas Digges | A Geometrical Practical Treatize named Pantometria. |
1591 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 209 | Galilei, Galileo | Systema Cosmicum. |
1641 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 263 | Roberts, David | The Holy Land. |
1855 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 133 | Vegetius Renatus, Publius Flavius | De Re Militari Libri Quatuor. |
1534 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 232 | Pappus of Alexandria | Mathematicae Collectiones. |
1589 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
