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6:30 AM PT - Jun 15th, 2006

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104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
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Sale 2083 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History, Historical Prints & Ephemera - begins at 10:30am in New York on Thurs, June 15.
All material on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, June 10: 10am to 4pm - Mon, June 12: 10am to 6pm - Tues, June 13: 10am to 6pm - Wed, June 14: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.

Swann Auction Galleries 2083

490 items

Lot Description Estimates
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2083450
Lot 2083450
CURRIER & IVES. Bulldozed!!

Hand-colored small format lithographed print on an...

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2083451
Lot 2083451
CURRIER & IVES. Hiawatha's Wooing.

Hand-colored lithographed print by L. Maurer, 445x550 mm sight...

200
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300
2083452
Lot 2083452
CURRIER & IVES. Home from the Brook. The Lucky

Fishermen. Hand-colored lithographed print, 525x705 mm; slightly...

1,500
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2,500
2083453
Lot 2083453
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. The Fir

e. "Now then with a will - Shake her up boys!" Hand-colored...

500
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750
2083454
Lot 2083454
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. The New

Era. Steam and Muscle. Hand-colored lithographed large format...

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400
2083455
Lot 2083455
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. The Nig

ht Alarm. "Start her lively boys." Hand-colored lithographed print...

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750
2083456
Lot 2083456
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. The Rac

e. "Jump her boys, jump her!" Hand-colored lithographed print...

500
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750
2083457
Lot 2083457
CURRIER & IVES. The Life of a Fireman. The Rui

ns. "Take up." "Man your rope." Hand-colored lithographed print...

500
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750
2083458
Lot 2083458
CURRIER & IVES. Group of 4 hand-colored lithog

raphed prints. Various sizes; condition varies. New York, vd Sunny...

250
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350
2083459
Lot 2083459
CURRIER & IVES. Group of 6 lithographed prints

, 3 of them hand-colored; various sizes as noted; usual toning on...

150
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250
2083460
Lot 2083460
(EGYPT.) Roberts, David. The Great Sphinx. Pyr

amids of Gizeh * Side View of the Great Sphinx. Together, 2 tined...

500
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750
2083461
Lot 2083461
(EGYPT.) Roberts, David. Bazaar of the Silk Me

rcers, Cairo * Modern Mansion. Together, 2 hand-colored tinted...

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1,200
2083462
Lot 2083462
(EGYPT.) Roberts, David. Group of 4 tinted lit

hographed plates, one with additional hand-coloring, extracted...

700
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1,000
2083463
Lot 2083463
(EQUESTRIAN.) Herring, J. F. Hack Mare and Foa

l * Hunting Mare and Foal. Together, 2 hand-colored aquatint...

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2083464
Lot 2083464
(ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLLS.) Group of 3 illumina

ted vellum manuscript scrolls, each with Ge'ez text written in red...

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600
2083465
Lot 2083465
(FIREWORKS.) Diderot and d'Alembert. Artificie

r. Section from the Encyclopedie, containing the full suite of...

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250
2083466
Lot 2083466
(HOLY LAND.) Roberts, David. Entrance to the T

ombs of the Kings of Thebes. Biban-el-Molook * Hadjar Silsilis...

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600
2083467
Lot 2083467
(HOLY LAND.) Roberts, David. Group of 3 hand-f

inished tinted lithographed plates, from The Holy Land, Syria...

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350
2083468
Lot 2083468
(HOLY LAND.) Roberts, David. Group of 4 hand-c

olored tinted lithographed plates of Christian shrines, trimmed...

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900
2083469
Lot 2083469
(HOLY LAND.) Roberts, David. Group of 4 tinted

lithographed plates, extracted from The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea...

350
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500
2083470
Lot 2083470
HOMER, WINSLOW. Group of 3 wood-engraved full-

page illustrations from American magazines. On full folio sheets...

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2083471
Lot 2083471
(INDIANS.) McKenney and Hall. Group of 8 hand-

colored lithographed plates of Indians, extracted from History of...

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1,800
2083472
Lot 2083472
(INDIANS.) McKenney and Hall. Group of 9 hand-

colored lithographed plates of Indians, extracted from History of...

1,200
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1,800
2083473
Lot 2083473
KURZ & ALLISON. Battle of New Orleans.

Color lithographed print, 565x720 mm, very minor removable...

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350
2083474
Lot 2083474
[KURZ & ALLISON.] Declaration of Independence.

Color lithographed print, 565x720 mm. Pristine. Chicago, circa...

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300
2083475
Lot 2083475
(LONDON.) Sambach, Margaret and John; printers


PRINTED ON A PRESS ON THE FROZEN THAMES. (LONDON.) Sambach...

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600
2083476
Lot 2083476
(MASSACHUSETTS.) Batchelder, J. B. Salem Mass.

South View * Salem Mass. West View. Together, 2 hand-colored...

400
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600
2083477
Lot 2083477
(NATURAL HISTORY.) Seba, Albertus. Hand-colore

d engraved plate of curious-looking frogs, plate LXXVII, extracted...

700
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1,000
2083478
Lot 2083478
(NEW HAMPSHIRE.) Bird's Eye View of Newport Ne

w Hampshire 1877. Hand-colored lithographed bird's-eye view of the...

400
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600
2083479
Lot 2083479
(NEW YORK.) Havell, Robert. View of West Point

[supplied title]. Hand-colored aquatint view, 410x610 mm sheet...

1,000
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1,500
2083480
Lot 2083480
(NEW YORK CITY.) Hollyer, S. Group of 66 etche

d views, each a mounted India Proof, each approximately...

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2083481
Lot 2083481
(NEW YORK CITY.) Koehler, Joseph. New York and

Brooklyn Bridge (Bridge No. 1). Color lithographed view...

800
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1,200
2083482
Lot 2083482
(NEW YORK CITY.) Koehler, Joseph. New York and

Williamsburg Bridge (Bridge No. 2). Lovely color lithographed...

1,000
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1,500
2083483
Lot 2083483
(NEW YORK CITY.) Rummel, Richard. View of Lowe

r Manhattan [supplied title]. Color view of the lower portion of...

500
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750
2083484
Lot 2083484
(OCEAN LINER.) Pansing, Fred. Holland-America

Line. New Twin-Screw Steamers of 13,000 Tons. Chromolithographed...

200
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300
2083485
Lot 2083485
PIRANESI, FRANCESCO. Urna Sepolcrale Antica [e

tc.] Etched multi-image plate showing details of ancient carved...

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350
2083486
Lot 2083486
PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Vedute di Roma di

segnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi. Etched title-page for...

700
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1,000
2083487
Lot 2083487
PLUMB, H. G. Group of 4 pieces,

including 2 sweet watercolor sketches of mice, a graphite and...

300
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400
2083488
Lot 2083488
(SPORTING.) Jackson, J. Tomm Cribb, Champion o

f England. Hand-colored aquatint showing Cribb in a boxing pose...

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2083489
Lot 2083489
(VUES d'OPTIQUE.) Vue du y devant Amsterdam *

Vue du Gros Temple dans la Ville de Mexico. Together...

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200
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