Auction Preview: Printed & Manuscript Americana by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, Nov 17
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What: Auction of printed materials & manuscripts depicting American life. Where: Swann Auction Galleries, 104 E 25th St #6, New York, NY 10010When: Nov 17, 1.30pmPublic Viewing: Nov 12, 12pm – 5pm, Nov 14 – 16, 10am – 6pm, Nov 17, 10am – 12pAuction Preview: Printed & Manuscript Americana by Swann Auction Galleries, New York, Nov 17
What: Auction of printed materials & manuscripts depicting American life. Where: Swann Auction Galleries, 104 E 25th St #6, New York, NY 10010When: Nov 17, 1.30pmPublic Viewing: Nov 12, 12pm – 5pm, Nov 14 – 16, 10am – 6pm, Nov 17, 10am – 12pmTop Lots of the Sale:The auction offers coast to coast historical documents relating to Mormons, conquistadors, and more. The highlights include the 1535 first Italian edition of Libro Primo de la conquista del Peru & provincial del Cuzco, a contemporary narrative of Peruvian conquest under Francisco Pizarro, written at his request by his secretary, Francisco Xerez. Also available is A Philosophical Treatise of the Original and Production of Things by Richard Franck, 1687. Most probably the first work on philosophy written in North America, the book also discusses theology and natural history, referencing a fish called “the American Snite”. Top lots of this sale are:*The Book of Mormon: an account written by the Hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi, first edition, palmyra, NY: E.B. Grandin, 1830. Estimate: US$ 40,000 - US$60,000*The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, the first announcement of the completion of the constitutional convention (Constitution), Philadelphia, 18 September 1787. Estimate: US$ 20,000 - US$ 30,000*(JUDAICA) Cardozo, Isaac N, A Discourse Delivered in Charleston . . . before the reformed society of Israelites, for promoting true principles of Judaism according to its purity and spirit, Charleston, SC, 1827. Estimate: US$ 12,000 - US$ 18,000* Xerez, Francisco de, Libro primo de la conquista del Peru & provincia del Cuzco, Peru, Venice: Stephano de Sabbio, 1535. Estimate: US$ 12,000 - US$ 18,000*Howard Hughes, “I knew a man was burning to death,” an archive kept by William Durkin relating to his rescue of Hughes from the burning wreckage of the XF-11, 1946 and undated. Estimate: US$ 10,000 - US$ 15,000Click on the Slideshow for highlights of the sale. Read more