Browsing Tag Incunabula

October 18, 2022

The October 13, 2022 sale of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries was the highest-gorssing auction of books in the auction house's history at $1.1 million.

December 22, 2021

As we close out another successful year at Swann we look back at our record-filled sales.

September 22, 2021

This October’s Early Printed Books sale featuring travel, medicine, and science offers another chance for rare book buyers to travel through time and around the world to shop for…

October 29, 2019

Our Thursday, October 24 sale of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books saw a full auction room and active bidding on the internet and phones with a particular interest…

September 8, 2019

A choice selection of incunabula brings to auction infrequently seen editions of Johannes Jacobus Canis’s 1476 guide to the study of civil and canon law; Albertus Magnus’s…

March 11, 2019

Illuminated Manuscripts Lead Early Printed Books at Swann     Coinciding with Rare Book Week in New York City, our spring offering of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific…

February 26, 2019

Rare Book Week kicks off March 5 in NYC. We gathered a selection of our favorite events happening throughout the week, as well as several not-to-be-missed exhibitions. See you…

December 21, 2018

A year of records, debuts and rediscovered works. As we reflect on 2018, we look back at an excellent year of auctions. In April we held our highest-grossing African-American Fine…

October 19, 2018

Jean de Mandeville Reaches $100K in Early Printed Books Auction  Philippine Imprint sets record   Our auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel…

August 11, 2018

Including Philippine Imprints At Auction October 16 Complete Catalogue   The material in this characteristically diverse sale ranges from incunabula to early…