Auction Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana — June 12, 2025 At Auction Thursday, June 12 at 12 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding Highlights of this exceptional auction span nearly five centuries of American history, featuring remarkable items from colonial exploration to modern presidential photography. Thomas Hariot, Frankfurt: Theodore De Bry, illustrated folio with 31 engravings and folding map, 1590. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000. Boston Post Boy, Invoice to the Town of Boston for advertising pre-revolutionary content, manuscript document, 1768. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500. Charles Smith, The Monthly Military Repository, two volumes with 7 folding maps and 5 plates, 1796-1797. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000. Hermann Burmeister, Reise nach Brasilien durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas Geraes with Landschaftliche Bilder Brasiliens und Portraits einiger Urvölker, text volume with hand-colored map and plate volume with 11 tinted lithographs, 1853. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000. Paul Revere, Masonic certificate, engraved vellum certificate completed for Christopher Allen of Union Lodge, engraved circa 1773 and 1796, completed 1817. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000. Album of photographs of the three Kennedy brothers, 41 photographs collected by Melody Miller, 1961-1968. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000. Thomas Moore and L.D. Hoard, Array Thee Love, first music published in Chicago, sheet music, 1849. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000. Maturino Gilberti, Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan / Aqui comienca el vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mechuacana, quarto volume, 1559. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. John Dunlap, Journals of Congress Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778, Volume III, original boards, 1778. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. Philibert-Louis De Bucourt, M. le M’is de la Fayette, Commandant Général de la Garde Nationalle Parisienne, colored aquatint with mezzotint embellishments, 1790. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000. Courtius, Klyn Loretten in Noord-America / Petit-Lorette etats unis de L’amerique / Little Loretto, Kentucky, engraving, circa 1812. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. E. Simms Campbell, Salute to Negro Troops… Pageant on the Negro’s Contribution to America, silk screen poster with text panel, 1942. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. Sign-up for Email Updates Download the Swann Galleries App Share Facebook Twitter May 20, 2025Author: Rick StattlerCategory: Printed & Manuscript Americana Tags: 18th century americana 19th century americana African American history american politics American Revolution Americana Antiquarian Books auction boston history brazilian exploration chicago history Civil War Colonial America congress journals de bry voyages early american imprints early american music Early American Printing First Editions historic maps historical certificates historical documents historical ephemera historical lithographs historical photography historical posters Historical Prints kennedy brothers kentucky history lafayette latin american studies latin americana Manuscripts masonic history mexican imprint military documents military history military memorabilia native american language native american studies Paul Revere presidential memorabilia rare books rare engravings rare manuscripts Revolutionary War thomas hariot Virginia World War Two Previous Harold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: Five “Small Gems” to Watch in the May 22 Modern & Post-War Auction Next Caleb Kiffer’s Specialist Pick: Karl Bodmer’s Travels in the Interior of North America Recommended Posts Spring 2019: Illustration Art Illustration Art March 29, 2019 How to Consign to an Auction Auctions 101 December 14, 2018 Selections From a Noteworthy Collection of American Historical Prints Printed & Manuscript Americana April 6, 2021