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Source Title	Swann Galleries, Inc.
Description	Swann Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare Books. Today Swann has separate departments devoted to Photographs, Posters and Prints & Drawings, in addition to Books, Maps & Atlases and Autographs. As a member of International Auctioneers, an alliance of prestigious auction houses, our sales are publicized to auction clients around the world. Swann is the ideal venue for buying and selling. We invite everyone - public and private institutions, dealers, collectors and would-be collectors - to contact us. You will be pleased by the friendliness and knowledge of our specialists, and the breadth and quality of material we offer.
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Total Records in AED	407740

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts November 12-13, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò. Nicholas Machiavel's Prince. Also, The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca… Translated by Edward Dacres. London, 1640. $25,000 to $35,000.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: FILSON, John. The Discovery, Settlement and present State of Kentucke: and An Essay towards the Topography, and Natural History of that important Country… Wilmington, Del.: James Adams, 1784. $20,000 to $30,000.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: ELUARD, Paul. Un poeme dans chaque livre. Paris: Louis Broder, 1956. $20,000 to $30,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts November 12-13, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: LEWIS, James Otto. [Aboriginal Port Folio. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1835-1836]. $15,000 to $25,000.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS]. BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin. [Southern Netherlands (Ghent or Bruges), c.1460]. $8,000 to $12,000.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: MORE, Thomas, Sir. The Workes ... wrytten by him in the Englysh tongue. Edited by William Rastell. London, 1557. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts November 12-13, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. MORRIS, William. Love is Enough. Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1897. $5,000 to $6,000.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed as President (“A. Lincoln”), 24 February 1863. $4,000 to $6,000.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: WASHINGTON, George. Address panel with autograph free frank signed ("G:o Washington"), as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, 5 August 1777. $3,000 to $5,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Fine Books and Manuscripts November 12-13, 2020

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: GOREY, Edward. The Beastly Baby. N.p.: The Fantod Press, 1962. $1,000 to $1,500.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: FROST, Robert. Photographic reproduction signed and inscribed ("Robert Frost”), to R.V. Thornton, 1955. $1,000 to $1,500.

Hindman Auctions, Nov. 12-13: GOREY, Edward. The Bug Book. New York: Looking Glass Library, 1959. $500 to $700.
Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Book of Hours with Illuminated Miniatures, France, mid-15th century. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Conradus de Alemania [Halberstadt the Elder], Concordantiae Bibliorum, Strassburg, 1474. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta, London, 1633. Earliest extant edition of this antiauthoritarian Elizabethan play. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Sir Isaac Newton, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, first edition in English, 2 volumes, London, 1729. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: John Rae, Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847, first edition, London, 1850. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Philip Pittman, The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi…, first edition, London, 1770. $10,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Cyanotype of an anatomy class at Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1895. $300 to $400.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 27: Equine veterinary formulary, manuscript on paper, East Earl, Pennsylvania, circa 1860. $400 to $600.
Christie’s, Nov 3 : REGAMEY, Felix (1844-1906). Unique drawing showing Verlaine and Rimbaud in London, September 1872. €70,000 to 100,000

Christie’s, Nov 3 : LABORDE, Alexandre de (1773-1842). Voyage pittoresque et historique de l’Espagne. Paris : 1806-1820. €20,000 to 30,000

Christie’s, Nov 3 : BOCCACE, Jean (1313-1375). Il Decamerone… Venise : Gabriele Giolito di Ferrari, 1542. € 12,000 to 15,000

Christie’s, Nov 3 : LAMBERT, Yvon (1936). Full collection of writings from Une rêverie émanée de mes loisirs. Paris : 1992 - 2018. €50,000 to 70,000

Christie’s, Nov 3 : JOUVE, Paul (1878-1973) -- KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). La Chasse de Kaa. Paris : Javal & Bourdeaux, 1930. €2,000 to 3,000

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