Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | II Chronicles 3:8-6:3, describing the building of the First Temple, c. 1455 |
[Mainz | c.1455.] | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 | |
| 2 | Johannes Zainer, 1478 | Pflaum's Kalendarium 1477-1552 |
Ulm | 1478 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 3 | Erhard Ratdolt, 1483 | The Alphonsine Tables |
[Venice:] | 4 July 1483. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 4 | Peter Apian and Johann Stoffler, 1532, 1514, and 1528 | Quadrans Apiani astronomicus, with two other works |
Ingoldstadt | 6 July 1532 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 5 | Bound with Peurbach's Tabulae eclypsium and Regiomontanus's Tabula primi mobilis, 1514 | Ptolemy's Almagest, 1515 |
Venice | 1515 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 44,450.00 |
| 6 | Nicolaus Copernicus, 1542 | De lateribus et angulis triangulorum tum planorum rectilineorum tum sphaericorum |
Wittenberg | 1542 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 381,000.00 |
| 7 | Leonard Digges, 1556 | A Prognostication euerlasting |
London | 1556 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 8 | Cyprian Karasek Lvovicky, 1564 | De coniunctionibus magnis insignioribus superiorum planetarum, Solis defectionibus, & Cometis |
Lauingen | 1564 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,270.00 |
| 9 | Thomas Digges, 1596 | A Perfit Description of the Celestiall Orbes |
[London | 1596.] | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 10 | Christopher Clavius, 1596 | In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius |
Venice | 1596 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
| 11 | Johannes Kepler, 1596 | Mysterium cosmographicum |
Tubingen | 1596 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 889,000.00 |
| 12 | Tycho Brahe, 1602 | Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata |
Uraniborg and Prague | 1602 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 |
| 13 | Johannes Kepler, 1604 | Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur |
Frankfurt | 1604 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Johannes Kepler, 1606 | De stella nova in pede serpentarii |
Prague and Frankfurt | 1606 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 15 | Johannes Kepler, 1609 | Astronomia nova |
[Heidelberg | 1609 | USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | USD 635,000.00 |
| 16 | Galileo Galilei, 1610 | Sidereus nuncius, and 3 other works |
Venice | [March] 1610. | USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Galileo Galilei, 1613 | Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti |
Rome | 1613 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 18 | Simon Marius, 1614 | Mundus Iovialis |
Nuremberg | 1614 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Johannes Kepler, 1619 | Harmonices mundi, Norman copy |
Linz | 1619 | USD 120,000.00 - 160,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 |
| 20 | Galileo Galilei, 1623 | Il Saggiatore |
Rome | 1623 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 21 | Johannes Kepler, 1672 | Tabulae Rudolphinae |
Ulm | 1627 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 22 | Galileo Galilei, 1632 | Dialogo, the Honeyman copy |
Florence | 1632 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 165,100.00 |
| 23 | Johannes Hevelius, 1647 | Selenographia |
Danzig | 1647 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 69,850.00 |
| 24 | Johannes Hevelius, 1662 | Mercurius in sole visus Gedani anno Christiano 1661 |
Danzig | 1662 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 25 | Galileo Galilei, 1663 | Systema cosmicum |
London | 1663 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
