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Swann Auction Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History &
Thu Dec 08, 2016 - Thu Dec 08, 2016
104 East 25th Street - New York City
Swann Auction Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History &
Color Plate Books
DECEMBER 8
Preview: Dec 3, 12-5; Dec 5 to 7, 10-6; Dec 8, 10-12
104 East 25th St, New York, NY 10010
tel 212 254 4710
WWW.SWANNGALLERIES.COM
Specialist: Caleb Kiffer • caleb@swanngalleries.com
John Miller, Illustratio Systematis Sexualis Linnaei, London, 1770-77. Estimate $15,000 to $20,000.
John James Audubon, Passenger Pigeon, Plate LXII, aquatint and engraving before color, London, 1829. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
George Wesley Browning, collection of 134 sketches of natural history and landscape subjects,
American West, 1880s-90s. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Mark Catesby & Georg Ehret, Manolia Grandifl ora, from the fi rst edition of Natural History of Carolina, London, 1731-43. Estimate $5,000 to $7,000.
Frederick de Wit, Belgii XVII Provinciarum Tabula, true fi rst state wall map, Amsterdam, circa 1670.
Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Thomas Shotter Boys, Original Views of London As It Is, de luxe issue, with 26 hand-colored lithographs, London, 1842. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
Robert Laurie & James Whittle, The Complete East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator, with 113 maps,
London, 1797. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000.
Petrus Plancius, The Spice Map, London, 1598. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
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