Swann Galleries: Early Printed Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Early Printed Books | Total Sales (USD) | 412,844.00 |
| Auction Date | October 14, 2021 - October 14, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 173,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #2582 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 259,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 220 | ||
| Sold Lots | 189 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 208,350.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.91% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 309,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 31 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 133.30% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | Costumes et Plantes de L'Hindoustan. | Manuscript on Paper. |
pre-1842. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 100,000.00 |
| 133 | Smith, Charles Hamilton (1776-1859) | Views in Northern Africa, a Collection of Watercolor Drawings. |
1830s and 1840s | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 21 | Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521) | Stultifera Navis. |
1497 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 193 | Jenner, Edward (1749-1823) | On the Varieties and Modifications of the Vaccine Pustule, Occasioned by an Herpetic State of the Skin, Author's Presentation Copy. |
1806 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 13,000.00 |
| 69 | Maioranis, Franciscus de (1280-1327) | Flores Sancti Augustini ex libris de Civitate Dei Extracti. De Commemoratione Defunctorum. |
about 1473 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 81 | Orationes Horum Rhetorum. |
1513 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,540.00 | |
| 107 | Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) | Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. |
1726 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 7,250.00 |
| 4 | Missa de Pentecostes. |
17th century. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,750.00 | |
| 25 | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) | The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. |
1687 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 208 | Rush, Benjamin (1745-1813) | Student Lecture Notes on Rush's The Theory and Practice of Physic. |
circa 1789-1792. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 134 | Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689) | The Six Voyages [...] through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. |
1678 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 186 | Fabricius, ab Aquapendente (1533-1619) | Opera Anatomica. |
1625 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 58 | L'Obel, Matthias de (1538-1616) | Plantarum seu Stirpium Icones. |
1581 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 80 | Nider, Johannes (c. 1380-1438) | Praeceptorium Divinae Legis, sive Expositio Decalogi. |
not after 1479]. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 19 | The Psalmes of King David translated by King James. |
1637 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,500.00 | |
| 111 | The First Spelling Primer; or an Easy Introduction to the Art of Reading Adorned with Emblematic Pictures. |
1795 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 | |
| 164 | Schmiedel, Kasimir Christoph (1718-1792) | Erz Stuffen und Berg Arten mit Farben Genau Abgebildet. |
1753 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 59 | La Caille, Jean de (1645-1723) | Histoire de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie. |
1689 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,420.00 |
| 8 | Ars Memorandi; Johannes Host von Romberch (c. 1480-c. 1533) | Congestorium Artificiose Memorie. |
1533 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 169 | Starkey, George [aka] Eirenaeus Philalethes (1628-1665) | Philaletha Illustratus, sive Introitus Apertus ad Occlusum Regis Palatium. |
1706 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 17 | Nouum Iesv Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia. |
1550 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 129 | Luard, Major John (1790-1875) | Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone. |
circa 1832-1838.] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 42 | Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) | Dialogo. |
1710 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 132 | Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858) ed. Francis L. Hawks (1798-1866) | Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas & Japan. |
1856 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 209 | Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813) | Lectures on the Institutes and Practice of Physic, Manuscript on Paper. |
circa 1794. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,380.00 |
