Swann Galleries Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
MAy 26
Preview: May 21, 12-5; May 23 to 25, 10-6; May 26, 10-12
Specialists: Alex Clausen • aclausen@swanngalleries.com
Caleb Kiffer • caleb@swanngalleries.com
Isaak de Graaf, a fine manuscript map of the Java Sea showing trade routes and ports (detail), ink and watercolor on vellum, Amsterdam, 1743. Estimate $180,000 to $220,000.
James Gillray, The Plumb-pudding in danger, hand-colored etching, London, 1805. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. Maria Sibylla Merian, Histoire générale des insects de Surinam et de toute
l’Europe . . . Tome Premier, 72 hand-colored engraved plates, Paris, 1771.
Estimate $60,000 to $90,000.
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