Swann Galleries Auction
Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books
MARCH 9
Preview: March 4, 12-5; March 6 to 8, 10-6
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Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, first edition, London, 1755. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
Moses Maimonides, Ha-Higayon . . . Logica, first edition, Basel, 1527. Estimate $800 to $1,200.
John Milton, Paradise Lost, first edition, London, 1668. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
Single leaf from a paper copy of the Gutenberg Bible, Mainz, 1455, in a copy of Newton’s A Noble Fragment. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000.
Oraciones de los SS. Mysterios Gloriosos y Dolorosos, manuscript in Spanish, Brussels, 1676. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000.
Immanuel Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, first edition, Riga, 1781. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Hans Holbein, The Images of the Old Testament, with 94 woodcut illustrations, first edition in English, Lyon, 1549. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Jan Nieuho. , et al., An Embassy from the East-India Company . . . to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, London, 1671. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Antonio de Guevara, The Dial of Princes, London, 1568. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000.
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