Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2665, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 11, 2024 - April 11, 2024
Page Size: 308 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 Vallings, Frederic Ross (1826-1877) and Family.

Archive of Letters from Missionaries in India.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
277 Heber, Richard (1773-1833)

Bibliotheca Heberiana. Catalogue of the Library of the late Richard Heber, Esq.

London 1834-1836. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,300.00
278 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847), Ames, Joseph (1689-1759), & Herbert, William (1718-1795)

Typographical Antiquities; or, the History of Printing.

London 1810-1819. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 225.00
279 Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

Journals of John James Audubon, 1820-1821, 1840-1843. [and] Letters 1826-1840.

Boston 1929 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 350.00
280 Bible, Arion Press.

The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament.

San Francisco 2000 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,400.00
281 Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821) Sloane, William Milligan (1850-1928)

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.

New York 1896 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 36,000.00
282 Bromley, George W.

Land Book of the Borough of Manhattan City of New York.

New York 1925 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,100.00
282A Valentine, David Thomas (1801-1869)

Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York.

New York various dates. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
283 Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre (1741-1803)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Paris 1928 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 325.00
284 Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Garrett, Wendell D. (1929-2012) & William L. Beiswanger.

Monticello and the Legacy of Thomas Jefferson.

Newburgh, NY 1994 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 325.00
285 Kume, Yasuo (b. 1921)

Tesuki Washi Shuho. [Superior Collection of Japanese Handmade Papers].

Tokyo 1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
286 Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Tragedy of Cymbeline.

London 1923 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
287 Adams, John (1662-1720)

An Essay Concerning Self-Murther, wherein is endeavour'd to prove, That it is Unlawful According to Natural Principles.

London 1700 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 275.00
288 Barnardes, Miguel (1708-1771)

Instruccion sobre lo arriesgado que es en Ciertos Casos enterrar a las Personas sin constar su Muerte por otras Senales mas que las vulgares.

Madrid 1775 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 175.00
289 Bright, Timothy (1550-1615)

A Treatise of Melancholy. Containing the Causes thereof and Reasons of the Strange Effects it Worketh in our Minds and Bodies.

London 1613 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,800.00
290 Cardano, Girolamo (1501-1576)

Somniorum Synesiorum Omnis Generis Insomnia Explicantes.

Basel 1585 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
291 Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de (1714-1780)

Essai sur L'Origine des Connoissances Humaines.

Amsterdam 1746 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
292 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle.

London 1839 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,500.00
293 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.

London 1871 USD 2,200.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,400.00
294 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.

London 1871 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
295 Davy, Humphry (1778-1829)

Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air and its Respiration.

London 1800 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
296 Flemyng, Malcolm (d. 1764)

Neuropathia: Sive, de Morbis Hypochondriacis et Hystericis.

Eboraci York 1740 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 425.00
297 Jorden, Edward (1569-1632)

A Briefe Discourse of a Disease Called the Suffocation of the Mother.

London 1603 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
298 Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804) et alia.

Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World. Vol. LXII.

London 1772 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
299 Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air.

London 1774, 1775 & 1777. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
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  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
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    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
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    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
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    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
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    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
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    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
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    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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