Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana brings together a superb selection of material, including early printed books, important works of science, travel and literature, 19th- and 20th-century American historical documents and more.

Headlining the auction is Valuable Books in the History of Astronomy from the Collection of Jay M. Pasachoff, featuring a fine and unpressed first edition of Newton’s Principia, a first edition of Kepler’s masterpiece Astronomia Nova, and a first edition of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius as its top lots.

This is followed by Rare Books from the Collection of Rudy Ruggles, Jr., which includes the hand-coloured Perrette copy of Schedel’s Liber Chronicarum, a handsome first edition of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, and a first edition of Hooke’s Micrographia, with contemporary binding and provenance.

Other highlights include property from the Estate of Goodman Basil Espy, a fine copy of Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and letters from Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain.

Explore the auction in person at our Rockefeller Center galleries from 29 January to 4 February 2026.