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Please note that the results listed on this page are inclusive of any Sotheby's Premiums and exclusive of any applicable taxes and costs, unless otherwise noted.
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
1 October - 15 October 2020 • New York
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1. Abolition. Four documents from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

2. Adams, John. A letter in which Adams discusses strengthening the Army for the Quasi-War with France

3. Akin, James. Rare American political caricature from the famous 1828 race
![[Album Amicorum]. A collection of original drawings and watercolors, including one by Margaret Meen](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/69e0826/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1938x2000+0+0/resize/150x155!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fde%2F0e%2Fb805e64e4699b0181ac5b9ffc76d%2F195n10539-bnkw2.jpg)
4. [Album Amicorum]. A collection of original drawings and watercolors, including one by Margaret Meen
![[American Revolution]. Continental Army enlistment broadside](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5f7acb8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1618x2000+0+0/resize/150x185!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F4b%2F83%2Fa33392f940948f2ae960620e9820%2F385n10539-bnr4j.jpg)
5. [American Revolution]. Continental Army enlistment broadside

6. American Sammelband. Including a scarce pamphlet on the Alexander Hamilton-John Adams controversy

7. American Sermon Sammelband. Two volumes, 19th century
![[Aviculture] — Greene, William Thomas. Exotic parrots in superb condition](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e0245f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1574x2000+0+0/resize/150x191!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F16%2F98%2Fb2b670064854903e27d3f04bcef7%2F425n10539-bnn2w.jpg)
8. [Aviculture] — Greene, William Thomas. Exotic parrots in superb condition

9. Andrade, Antonio de. A rare printing of the first authoritative account of a European traveler’s visit to Tibet

10. Arnold, Benedict. A scarce artillery muster roll, signed by the infamous traitor

11. Arrowsmith, Aaron. Arrowsmith's first map and a major cartographic rarity

12. Arrowsmith, Aaron. The first edition of Arrowsmith's sweeping survey of the Caribbean

13. Barton, William Paul Crillon. A rare uncolored issue of an important American flora, richly illustrated

14. Benson, Frank W., and Adam E. M. Paff. One of 275 numbered copies, with the signed frontispiece etching by Benson

15. Bentham, George, and Henry Fletcher Hance. The first comprehensive flora on China and Hong Kong

16. Berquen, Robert de. First edition a rare work on precious stones and pearls found in the East and West Indies, including a section on pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf

17. Bible in English. First edition of the richly illustrated "Vinegar Bible"

18. Bill Of Rights. An early printing, executed by the printer of the Declaration of Independence

19. Blaeu, Willem, and Jan Blaeu. An early edition of the "greatest and finest atlas ever published"

20. Blaeu, Willem, and Jan Blaeu. An unrecorded variant edition of Blaeu's atlas of England and Wales

21. Bode, Wilhelm. One of 200 numbered copies—an important illustrated monograph on Italian majolica

22. Bodmer, Karl, and Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied. Travels in the Interior of North America... A very fine set of the greatest illustrated American travel narrative and the most important depiction of American Indians in the frontier era: the rare English edition, with all 81 plates issued “superbly colored” and on large paper

23. Boydell, John and Josiah. Early issue of Boydell's work on the rivers of Great Britain
![[Brazil] — Joseph Léon Righini. Lithographs from Righini's Panorama do Pará em Doze Vistas, depicting scenes in Belém and around the large north Brazilian state](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a32a2eb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1404+0+0/resize/150x105!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fe3%2Fd5%2F4437f92b40e58fb6e322354ca583%2F308n10539-bnkwt.jpg)
24. [Brazil] — Joseph Léon Righini. Lithographs from Righini's Panorama do Pará em Doze Vistas, depicting scenes in Belém and around the large north Brazilian state

25. Brehm, Christian Ludwig. First edition of a "classic treatise on mid-European avifauna"
![[Buenos Aires Imprints]. An extraordinary archive of Buenos Aires imprints, 1807-1809](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4eeae85/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1191+0+0/resize/150x89!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fd8%2F1b%2F26948de64a0d82bb1be5562f899f%2F020n10539-bnkx7.jpg)
26. [Buenos Aires Imprints]. An extraordinary archive of Buenos Aires imprints, 1807-1809

27. Burch, John. Manuscript indenture, granting Noddle's Island to John Burch of Barbados, 1656

28. Burr, David H. An important work from one of the great early American cartographers

29. Burr, David H. City of New York. Burr's map with compelling contemporary annotations

30. Caddy, Lieut. John Herbert. Among the most desirable 19th century views of the West Indian landscape
![[Canada]. Sammelband of American sermons with Canadian themes, 18th c.](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bf9125f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1235x2000+0+0/resize/150x243!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F70%2Fa0%2F0ae5f35a48428a9a5158ce7a0184%2F440n10539-bmljj.jpg)
31. [Canada]. Sammelband of American sermons with Canadian themes, 18th c.

32. Carey, Mathew. An apparently unrecorded variant of Carey's General Atlas
![[Catesby, Mark] — Johann Michael Seligmann. The only continental edition of one of the most important maps of the region](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d7be807/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1514+0+0/resize/150x114!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff0%2Ffa%2F9036b218422697852ae508bd3af8%2F259n10539-bntlp.jpg)
33. [Catesby, Mark] — Johann Michael Seligmann. The only continental edition of one of the most important maps of the region

34. Champlain, Samuel de. A primary work encouraging the colonization of New France, with the rare map of New York

35. Chastellux, Francois Jean, Marquis de. First English edition, first issue of Travels in North-America
![[Cheloniidae Press]—Alan James Robinson. A Fowl Alphabet. One of five copies—artist's proof numbered "A/2"—accompanied by a small archive of related material](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e9e84d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1555x2000+0+0/resize/150x193!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff2%2F46%2F3a3c98074de19db49761ce4ad5e0%2F279n10539-bnkxh.jpg)
36. [Cheloniidae Press]—Alan James Robinson. A Fowl Alphabet. One of five copies—artist's proof numbered "A/2"—accompanied by a small archive of related material

37. Churchill, Winston. Silver gelatin print, signed by Churchill on the mount

38. Cieza De León, Pedro de. The primary account of the history of Peru before the conquest

39. Claude Gellée, dit le Lorrain, and Richard Earlom (engraver). Liber Veritatis... The first complete edition

40. Clinton, James. An entreaty to Native American tribes in advance of the Sullivan Expedition

41. Colt, Samuel. First edition of a privately printed biography of Samuel Colt

42. Colton, J. H. Map of Illinois, with an inset of the Vicinity of Chicago

43. Continental Congress. A complete set of the foundational documents of the American Republic

44. Cozzens, F. S. A magnificent pictorial record of the golden age of yacht racing in America

45. Cradock, Marmaduke. A set of ornithological prints, depicting at least 16 different species of birds

46. De Witt, Simeon. Unique copy of De Witt's important 1804 map of New York, with county divisions updated to 1812

47. Des Barres, J.F.W. The very rare Des Barres chart of Yorktown

48. Dickens, Charles. A handsomely bound set of the Christmas Books