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Heading(Bible - Illustrated)Author**HeadlineCassell's Illustrated Family Bible c.1890PublisherCasssell, Peter, and GalpinDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #38 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke... Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineGeneva Breeches Bible 1580 C. BarkerPublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1580 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #39 The New Testament in Russian Heading(Bible in Russian)Author**HeadlineNew Testament Bible in Russian c.1890Date Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #66 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England; Together with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches Heading(Church of England)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer 1726PublisherJohn BaskettDate Published1726 [Psalter Imprint 1727] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #67 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches Heading(Church of England)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer England 1693PublisherPrinted by the University-PrintersDate Published1693 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #70 A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion. In Two Parts... Author[Collins, Anthony]HeadlineDiscourse of Christian Religion 1724Date Published1724 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #71 The Scheme of Literal Prophecy Considered; In a View of the Controversy Occasioned by a late Book, intitled, A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion Author[Collins, Anthony]HeadlineScheme of Literal Prophecy 1727 Anthony CollinsDate Published1727 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #83 The English Physician Enlarged, With Three Hundred and Sixty Nine Medicines, Made of English Herbs, That Were Not in Any Impression Until This AuthorCulpepper [Culpeper], Nich.HeadlineCulpepper's The English Physician Enlarged 1799PublisherW. BaynesDate Published1799 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #101 A Treatise on Painting...Translated from the Original Italian, and Adorn'd with a great Number of Cuts. To Which is prefix'd, The Author's Life; Done from the Last Edition of the French AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineDa Vinci's Treatise on Painting 1721PublisherJ. SenexDate Published1721 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #106 The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years alone in an uninhabited island, on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque. with an Account of his Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by himself. Enriched with Elegant Plates Descriptive of the Subject AuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineRobinson Crusoe 1790 with plates by AnsellPublisherW. LaneDate Published1790 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #108 L'Homme de René Descartes et un Traitte de la Formation du Foetus AuthorDescartes, RenéHeadlineL'Homme de René DescartesPublisherTheodore GirardDate Published1664 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #109 Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon AuthorDesormeaux, [Joseph Louis Ripault]HeadlineHistoire de la Maison de BourbonPublisherL'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1772-1788 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #112 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar Heading(Dictionary)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's English Dictionary 1755PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #114 Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXX AuthorDodoens, RembertHeadlineStirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXXPublisherEx officina Christophori PlantiniDate Published1583 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #117 Les Quatre Livres d'Albert Dürer, Peinctre & Geometrien Tres excellent, De la Proportion des parties & pourtraicts des corps humains. AuthorDürer, AlbrechtHeadlineDurer's Seminal Work on Human ProportionsPublisherCh. PerierDate Published1557 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #120 Poemata quæ extant Heading(Elzevir)AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlinePoemata quæ extant Geo. Buchanan 1628PublisherElzevirDate Published1628 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #124 Poems on Several Occasions AuthorFenton, ElijahHeadlineFenton's Poems 1717PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintotDate Published1717 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #125 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineFielding's Tom Jones with Rowlandson plates 1792PublisherJ. MurrayDate Published1792 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #130 Book of Common Prayer - In Mother-of-Pearl Binding Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer In Mother-of-Pearl BindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #180 De Antiquitatibus Hortae Coloniae Etruscorum AuthorFontanini, GiustoHeadlineDe Antiquitatibus Hortae Coloniae EtruscorumPublisherRocchi BernaboDate Published1723 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #183 [Book of Martyrs, i.e.:] The first volume of the ecclesiasticall history contaynyng the actes and monumentes of thynges passed in euery kynges tyme in this realme, especially in the Church of England principally to be noted. With a full discourse of such persecutions, horrible troubles, the sufferyng of martyrs, and other thinges incident, touchyng aswel the sayd Church of England as also Scotland, and all other foreine nations, from the primitiue tyme till the reigne of K. Henry viij. Newly recognised and inlarged by the author Iohn Foxe. [Here followeth the second volume...] AuthorFoxe, JohnHeadlineFoxe's Book of Martyrs, 2nd ed., 1570PublisherJohn DayeDate Published1570 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold Lot #188 The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa translated into English Prose AuthorGanugli, Kisari Mohan, translatorHeadlineThe Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaPublisherBharata PressDate Published1883-1896 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #190 The British history, translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth. With a large preface concerning the authority of the History. By Aaron Thompson, late of Queen’s College, Oxon AuthorGeoffrey of MonmouthHeadlineOrigin of Merlin & Arthur, 1st in English, 1718PublisherPrinted for J. Bowyer, & W. and J. InnDate Published1718 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Vicar of Wakefield AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadline1st Edition Vicar of Wakefield 1766PublisherB. Collins, for F. NewberyDate Published1766 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #211 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineEncyclopedic Outline of Masonic, etc 1/550 signedPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #220 The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope AuthorHomerHeadlinePope's Translation of Homer's Iliad 1st EditionPublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Bernard LintottDate Published1715-20 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #224 A Philosophical Treatise Concerning the Weakness of Human Understanding AuthorHuet, PeterHeadlinePeter Huet The Weakness of Human UnderstandingPublisherGysbert DommerDate Published1725 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #234 Buddhist Ordination Ceremony Heading(Kammavaca)Author**HeadlineBuddhist Ordination Ceremony c. 1830Date Publishedc. 1830 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #237 De L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ [and] Appendice a L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ AuthorKempis, Thomas a'HeadlineFabulous Lithograph L'Imitation of ChristPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1856 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #254 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicles Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #255 Examples of Oriental Calligraphy and Printing Heading(Leaf Book)Author**HeadlineExamples of Oriental Calligraphy and PrintingPublisherOrientaliaDate Published[c. 1920s] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #265 The Works of John Locke Esq; In Three Volumes. AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineThe Works of John Locke Esq Third EditionPublisherArthur Bettesworth, et alDate Published1727 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #270 Exoticorum libri decem: Quibus Animalium, Pantarum, Aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum Fructuum historiae describuntur AuthorL'Écluse, Charles deHeadlineExoticorum libri decem 1605PublisherOfficinâ Plantinianâ RaphelengiiDate Published1605 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #271 Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Académie royale des sciences, depuis son établissement jusqu'à présent; avec leur description Heading(Machines et inventions...)AuthorGallon, M.Headline18th century French Machines 498 platesPublisherGabriel Martin, et al.Date Published1735 & 1777 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #273 Ephemerides motuum coelestium ex anno MDCCXV in annum MDCCXXV e Cassinianis tabulis ad meridianum bononiae supputatae. [With] Novissimae ephemerides AuthorManfredi, EustachioHeadlineWorks of Eustachi ManfrediPublisherConstantino PisarroDate Published1715 & 1725 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #277 Two medical works by German physicians Heading(Medical)Author**HeadlineTwo medical works by German physiciansDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #278 Epigrammatum Reverendi et Clariss. Viri Philippi Melanthonis Libri Sex, Recogniti et Avcti a Doctore Iohanne Maiore Ioachimo AuthorMelanchthon, PhilippHeadlineEpigrams of Philipp Melanchthon 1575Publisher[Excusa typis Iohannis Schwertelii]Date Published1575 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #282 Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum... Heading(Missale Romanum)Author**HeadlineMissale Romanum 1720PublisherPauli BalleoniiDate Published1720 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #290 Raddologia, ouero arimmetica virgolare in due libri diuisa; con appresso vn'espeditissimo prontvario della molteplicatione, & poi vn libro di arimmetica locale AuthorNapier, JohnHeadlineNapier invents calculating machine, 1623PublisherAppresso Angelo TamoDate Published1623 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #303 La Metamorphose d'Ovide Figuree AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid - La Metamorphose - 1564 - Salomon Illus.PublisherDe TournesDate Published1564 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #305 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineMemoirs of Samuel Pepys First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #308 Volatiles from the history of Adam and Eve: containing, many unquestioned truths, and allowable notions of several natures AuthorPettus, JohnHeadlineVolatiles from the history of Adam and Eve 1674PublisherPrinted for T. Bassett at the George in Fleet-street,Date Published1674 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #312 Six titles of poetry Heading(Poetry)Author**Headline6 titles of poetry (in 11 volumes)Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #320 Vie de Jésus AuthorRenan, ErnestHeadlineErnest Renan Vie de JésusPublisherMichel Levy FreresDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #322 Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. And Particularly Shewing, the Distress that may attend the Misconduct Both of parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineClarissa by Samuel Richardson First EditionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1748 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #323 Passio domini nostri Jhesu Christi ex euangelistarum textu q[ue] accuratissime deprompta additis sa[n]ctissimis exquisitissimisq[ue] figuris. Hevs eme lector. Nam & lachrymas (nisi lapideus fueris) ista tibi excutient: & sanctiorem vitam protinus inspirabunt AuthorRingmann, MatthiasHeadlineKnobloch's Passion of Our Lord 1507PublisherIoannes KnoblauchusDate Published1507 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #325 Opera medica universa; quibus continentur, I. Institutionum medicarum libri quinque. II. Praxeos medicae libri septemdecim. III. Observationum medicarum centuriae quatuor. Quibus accedunt Observationes variae ab aliis communicatae: itémque Observationes infrequentium morborum. Ac denique ipsissima Arcana Riverii plenè revelata AuthorRivière, LazareHeadlineRiviere's Opera Medica Universa 1698PublisherSumptibus Anisson, & Joannis PosüelDate Published1698 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #328 The Ancient History Of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians AuthorRollin, [Charles]HeadlineAncient History Of the Egyptians, etc. 2nd edPublisherJohn and Pual KnaptonDate Published1738-1740 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #341 A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle and round the World: but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776 AuthorSparrman, AndersHeadlineSparrman's Voyage 1785PublisherG.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1785 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #353 Historical Collections, Out of Several Grave Protestant Historians, Concerning the Changes of Religion, and the Strange Confusions Following: In the Reigns of King Henry the Eight. Edward the Sixth. Queen Mary and Elizabeth... Author[Touchet, George]HeadlineCollections from Protestant Historians 1686PublisherPrinted by Henry HillsDate Published1686 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #379 Zen Notes Heading(Zen Buddhism)AuthorFarkas, Mary, editorHeadlineZen Notes from Sokei-an 114 issues 1954-64PublisherFirst Zen Institute of AmericanDate Published1954-1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next