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Swann Auction Galleries Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books
Tue Oct 18, 2016 - Tue Oct 18, 2016
104 East 25th Street - New York City
Swann Auction Galleries Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books
Featuring Mountaineering Literature from the Estate of Timothy Treacy
OCTOBER 18
Preview: Oct 14, 10-6; Oct 15, 12-5; Oct 17, 10-6; Oct 18, 10-12
104 East 25th St, New York, NY 10010 • tel 212 254 4710
www.SWANNGALLERIES.COM
Specialist: Tobias Abeloff • tabeloff@swanngalleries.com
Euclid, Elementa geometriae, first edition, Venice, 1482. Estimate $60,000 to $80,000.
Eckenstein and Lorria, The Alpine Portfolio, first edition, London, 1889. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500.
Johann Theodor & Johann Israel de Bry, Pars quarta Indiae orientalis, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1601. Estimate $1,500 to $2,000.
Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, first edition, London, 1726. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000.
Jean-Baptiste du Halde, S.J., Description Géographique, Historique . . . de l’Empire de la Chine, Paris, 1735. Estimate $15,000 to $20,000.
Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, first edition, first issue, London, 1704. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, first edition, first issue, London, 1871. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000.
Werner Rolewinck, Dat boek dat men hiet Fasciculus temporum, first edition in Dutch, Utrecht, 1480. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Rodrigo Zamorano, Compendio del Arte de Navegar, Seville, 1588. Estimate $20,000 to $25,000.
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