Christies: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, 23758, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
102 Galileo, 1638

Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche

Leiden 1638 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 48,260.00
103 Marcus Aurelius,1634

His Meditations

London 1634 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 44,450.00
104 William Bruton, 1638

A Voyage to Bengalla

London 1638 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,860.00
105 FONTANA, FRANCESCO, 1646

Novae coelestium terrestriumq rerum observationes, Et fortasse hactenus non vulgatae

Naples 1646 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 27,940.00
106 Rene Descartes, 1649

A Discourse

London 1649 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 33,020.00
107 Thomas Hobbes, 1651

Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill

London 1651 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 22,860.00
108 Christiaan Huygens, 1659

Systema Saturnium

The Hague 1659 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,590.00
109 Thomas Salusbury, 1661

Galileus Galileus, His System of the World

London 1661 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 44,450.00
110 Robert Hooke, 1665

Micrographia

London 1665 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 88,900.00
111 John Milton, 1669

Paradise Lost

London 1669 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,860.00
112 John Locke, 1690

An Essay concerning Humane Understanding.

London 1690 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 27,940.00
113 Francesco Carletti, [c. late 17th century]

Early manuscript account of his voyages

[Italy, late 17th century]. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 30,480.00
114 Isaac Newton, 1704

Opticks

London 1704 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 57,150.00
115 NEWTON, ISAAC, 1729

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

London 1729 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 82,550.00
116 Benjamin Franklin, 1769

Experiments and Observations on Electricity

London 1769 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,240.00
117 [East India Company], 1773

Account of a journey to India, with reference to the Siege of Tanjore

1773 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,780.00
118 Adam Smith, 1776

The Wealth of Nations

London 1776 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 279,400.00
119 Edgar Allan Poe, 1845

Tales and The Raven, the Kaye copy

New York 1845 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,400.00
120 R. Bowdler Sharpe, 1891-1898

Birds of Paradise, and Bower-Birds

London 1891-1898. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,020.00
121 A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard, 1924--1928

Complete Set of First Edition Pooh Books

London 1924 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,640.00
122 James Iredell, c. June 1788

An eloquent justification of the American Revolution and the preservation of the rule of law

[Edenton, North Carolina, c. June 1778]. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 22,860.00
123 Henry Francis Greville, 29 May 1782

On the Asgill Affair

Lancaster, 29 May 1782. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,334.00
124 James Iredell, 30 July 1795

Autograph letter signed on his Supreme Court duties and Jay's Treaty

Philadelphia, 30 July 1795. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,700.00
125 Judah P. Benjamin, David Farragut, et al.

Notable military figures from the Civil War

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
126 Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, et al.

Autographs from Abraham Lincoln's cabinet

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,985.00