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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | John Flamsteed, 1795 | Atlas celeste |
Paris | 1795 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 53 | John Bevis, circa 1749 | Celestial Atlas |
London | 1747-1749-1786.] | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |
| 54 | Johann Bode, 1801 | Uranographia |
Berlin | 1801 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 53,340.00 |
| 55 | Ptolemy, 1548 | La Geographia |
Venice | [1547--]1548. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 56 | Giorgio Vasari, 1568 | Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori |
Florence | 1568 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 57 | Abraham Ortelius, 1573 | Theatrum orbis terrarum |
Antwerp | [c.1573-75]. | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 58 | VIRGINIA -- John White; Theodor de Bry | Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inventa |
[Frankfurt am Main, | 1590 or later]. | USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 59 | Alonso de Ercilla, 1578 | Primera y segunda parte de la Araucana |
Madrid | 1578 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 30,480.00 |
| 60 | Alonso de Ercilla, 1592 | Primera, segunda, y tercera partes de la Araucana |
Barcelona | 1592 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 61 | Alonso de Ercilla, 1597 | La Araucana |
Antwerp | 1597 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,540.00 |
| 62 | Alonso de Ercilla, 17th--19th centuries | Collection of La araucana Editions |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 63 | Giovanni Botero, 1603 | Relaciones Universales del Mundo |
Valladolid | [1599]-1603. | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 64 | Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1609 | Primera parte de los Commentarios Reales |
Lisbon | 1609 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 65 | Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, 1617 | Historia general del Peru |
Cordoba | 1617 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 66 | Cristobal Suarez de Figueroa, 1613 | Hechos de don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza |
Madrid | 1613 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 |
| 67 | John Smith, 1617 | Viertzehende Schiffart, oder, Grundliche und warhaffte Beschreibung dess Neuwen Engellandts [A Description of New England] |
Frankfurt am Main | 1617 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 68 | Rene Descartes, 1637 | Discours de la methode |
Leiden | 1637 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 69 | Alonso de Ovalle, 1646 | Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile |
Rome | 1646 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 |
| 70 | Sir Isaac Newton, 1726 | Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica |
London | 1726 | USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,640.00 |
| 71 | Fielding Lucas, 1827 | Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book |
Baltimore | [1827]. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | McKenney & Hall 1837 | History of the Indian Tribes of North America |
Philadelphia | 1837, 1842-44 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 73 | Charles Dickens, 1844 | Presentation copy of Martin Chuzzlewit |
London | 1844 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 101,600.00 |
| 74 | David Roberts and George Croly, 1842--1849 | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia [With:] Egypt & Nubia |
London | 1842-1849. | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 75 | Claudio Gay, 1854 | Atlas de la historia fisica y politica de Chile |
Paris | 1854 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 76 | Mark Twain, 1885 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
New York | 1885 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
