Potter and Potter Auctions: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration, 178, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025

Page Size: 348 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
177	[NAVAL TECHNOLOGY]. HEATHCOTE, Henry (1777-1851)	Treatise on stay-sails for the purpose of intercepting wind between the square-sails of ships and other square-rigged vessels...	London	1824	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 150.00
178	[MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904), contributor]	[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Views of San Francisco	[San Francisco]	[n.d., ca. 1890s-1906]	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 150.00
179	[CHASE, D.B. (Dana) (1848--1897)]	[PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of 4 Photographs of Native Americans or Other Indigenous Peoples, including: Puerta, Apache from Jicarilla (No. 84)	[Santa Fe]	[1890]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 180.00
180	HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1664-1724)	[MAPS]. Amplissimae Mississippi Seu Provinciae Ludovinianae...	Nuremberg	[ca. 1720]	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 720.00
181		[MAPS]. Map of the Vicinity of Philadelphia From the Actual Surveys 1851	Philadelphia	1851	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 300.00
182		[MAPS]. Map of the Routes Through the Middle & Northern States and the Provinces of Canada...	Saratoga Springs	1834	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 210.00
183		[NORTH AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOKS]...	Montreal	1866	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00
184	BURGOYNE, General John (1722-1792)	[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid Before the House of Commons...	London	1780	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,520.00
185	ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919)	Through the Brazilian Wilderness	New York	1914	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,040.00
186	GRAVES, John (1920-2013)	[TEXAS]. [HERTZOG, Carl (1902-1984), designer]. Goodbye to a River	New York	1960	USD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
187	OLMSTEAD, Frederick Law (1822-1903)	[TEXAS]. A Journey Through Texas; or, a Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier; with a Statistical Appendix	New York	1860	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
188	Edited by J. B. Tyrrell	THOMPSON, David (1770-1857). David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America 1784-1812	Toronto	1916	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,920.00
189	BANDINI, Angelo Maria (1726-1803)	[VESPUCCI, Amerigo (1454-1512), subject]. Vita e Lettere di Amerigo Vespucci Gentiluomo Fiorentino	Florence	1745	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 420.00
190	BLIGH, William (1754-1817)	A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands...	London	1790	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 18,000.00
191	MACKANESS, George (1882-1968)	[BLIGH, William (1754-1817), subject]. The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh R. N., F. R. S.	Sydney	1931	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 330.00
192	SHAPIRO, Harry L. (1902-1990)	[BOUNTY MUTINEERS]. Descendants of the Mutineers of the Bounty	Hawaii	1929	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00
193	[BOUNTY MUTINEERS, et al]	Adventures of British Seamen in the Southern Ocean, Displaying the Striking Contrasts Which the Human Character Exhibits in an Uncivilized State	Edinburgh	1827	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 120.00
194		[BOUNTY MUTINEERS]. Group of 24 Titles Related to the Mutiny on the Bounty		[ca. 1900s-70s]	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 480.00
195		[BOUNTY MUTINEERS]. Pair of Early Titles About the Mutiny on the Bounty...	Philadelphia	[1854]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 720.00
196	BURNEY, Captain James (1750-1821)	A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery; and of the Early Eastern Navigations of The Russians	London	1819	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,640.00
197	[BEAGLEHOLE, J. C. (1901-1971), editor]	[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), subject]. The Journals of Captain James Cook	Cambridge	1968-74	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
198	HAWKESWORTH, John (1715-1773)	[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), association]. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...	London	1785	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 150.00
199		[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), association]. [Atlas Volume for Cook's Voyages...]		[Ca. 1785]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 3,840.00
200	KITSON, Arthur (1848-1915)	[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), subject]. Captain James Cook: The Circumnavigator	London	1911	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 180.00
201	DELANO, Amasa (1763-1823)	A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages Round the World...	Boston	1817	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 960.00

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR