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New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera List

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Auction Name	Fine Books and Ephemera List	Total Sales (USD)	25,308.00
Auction Date	January 07, 2025 - January 07, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#46	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	214
Sold Lots	199.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	92.99%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	15	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
215	The Bar-Tenders' Guide	A Complete Cyclopaedia of Plain and Fancy Drinks.	1862	Not Available	USD 2,400.00
179	Smith, Adam	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.	1791	Not Available	USD 1,560.00
6	Kauffman, Angelica	The Flight of Paris and Helen from the Court of King Menelaus * Venus Presenting Helen to Paris.	Late 18th-century	Not Available	USD 840.00
172		Scientific American. A Journal of Practical Information in Art, Sciences, Mechanics.	1855-84	Not Available	USD 780.00
175	Paxton, John	Magazine of Botany.	1840-48	Not Available	USD 660.00
174		Fossil Vertebrates from the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.	1887-1958	Not Available	USD 450.00
162	Loudon, Jane Webb	The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials.	1843-44	Not Available	USD 420.00
15	Jones, John.	The Mysteries of Opium Reveald.	1701	Not Available	USD 300.00
39	Northcote, James	One Hundred Fables.	1833	Not Available	USD 300.00
64	[Bronte, Charlotte] Currer Bell.	Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell.	1849	Not Available	USD 300.00
88		Typography. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 270.00
109		Worcester, Mass.	vd	Not Available	USD 270.00
181		Botany. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 270.00
151		Paroissien.	1853	Not Available	USD 240.00
196		Sporting. Group of 21 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 240.00
2	Austen, Jane	Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.	1857	Not Available	USD 228.00
34	[Royall, Anne]	Sketches of History, Life and Manners in the United States.	1826	Not Available	USD 228.00
99	Rilke, Rainer Maria. Translated by Carl Niemyer.	From Volume Four of the Gesammelte Werke of Rainer Maria Rilke.	1947	Not Available	USD 228.00
153	Ribadeneyra, Pedro.	Les Fleurs des Vies des Saincts.	1625	Not Available	USD 228.00
178	Disney	Group of 25 Walt Disney's Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio Movie Promotional Mask and Puppet Sheets.	Circa 1938	Not Available	USD 228.00
199	Live Stock Association	Proceedings of the First - Eighth National Live Stock Association * Proceedings of the Twelfth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Twenty-first ...American Live Stock Association.	1898-1918	Not Available	USD 228.00
36		British Imprints. Group 7 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 216.00
45		Illustrated. Group of 7 volumes.	vd	Not Available	USD 216.00
120		Atlases. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below.	vd	Not Available	USD 216.00
56	Elzevier. Claudianus.	Claudianus. Poemata.	1650	Not Available	USD 204.00

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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