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Fine Books and Manuscripts

Sotheby's, New York

Date of the auction: 02.07.2021 - 16.07.2021

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Lot number 1
Schedel, Hartmann | The world before Columbus sailed
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$9,450
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Lot number 2
Montalboddo, Fracanzano da | The earliest accounts of travels to Asia and...
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US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$35,280
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Lot number 3
Waldseemüller, Martin | America appears on the map
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US$30,000 - US$40,000
Price realised:
US$27,720
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Lot number 4
Fries, Laurent | The first atlas map to use the word "America"
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US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$5,292
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Lot number 5
Munster, Sebastian | The famous Discovery-era world map
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$3,024
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Lot number 6
Thomaeus, Nicholas Leonicus | The 1555 Gryphius edition of De Varia...
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,638
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Lot number 8
Ortelius, Abraham | The first map of the Americas in a modern atlas
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US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$3,276
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Lot number 9
Lopes De Castanheda, Fernao | One of the first works in English on world...
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US$26,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$30,240
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Lot number 10
Mercator, Michael | Evidence of early colonial efforts
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,394
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Lot number 11
Wytfliet, Cornelius | The first separate map of California
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US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$2,016
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Lot number 12
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van | An English Linschoten in contemporary vellum
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US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$113,400
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Lot number 13
Ortelius, Abraham | One of the most influential atlases ever published
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US$70,000 - US$100,000
Price realised:
US$88,200
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Lot number 14
Hondius, Jodocus | The height of Dutch cartography
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,772
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Lot number 15
Wytfliet, Cornelius | The first atlas of America
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US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$16,380
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Lot number 16
Speed, John | From the first atlas of the British Isles
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,890
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Lot number 17
[Speed, John] | A charming map of Cambridge
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,638
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Lot number 18
Mercator, Gerard [and Jodocus Hondius] | One of the most significant...
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US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$50,400
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Lot number 19
Blaeu, Willem | The most famous "carte-à-figures" map of the Americas
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$5,040
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Lot number 20
Blaeu, Willem | "The greatest and finest ever produced"
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US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$52,920
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Lot number 22
Sanson d'Abbeville, Nicolas | Establishing the shape of the West
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$3,528
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Lot number 23
Speed, John | Map of New England and New York, with original color and...
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US$7,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$7,560
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Lot number 24
Danckerts, Justus | A good example of an important map
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US$4,500 - US$6,500
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 26
Valk, Gerard | A map of the Americas from the late Dutch period
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US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 29
Aa, Pieter van der | The height of Dutch engraving
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US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 30
Le Bruyn, Cornelius | An important illustrated account of a voyage to...
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
n. a.
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