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View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Bible - Illustrated)Author**HeadlineCassell's Illustrated Family Bible c.1890PublisherCasssell, Peter, and GalpinDate Published[c. 1890] Lot #38 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineGeneva Breeches Bible 1580 C. BarkerPublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1580 Lot #39 The New Testament in Russian View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in Russian)Author**HeadlineNew Testament Bible in Russian c.1890Date Published[c. 1890] 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Church of England)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer 1726PublisherJohn BaskettDate Published1726 [Psalter Imprint 1727] 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Church of England)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer England 1693PublisherPrinted by the University-PrintersDate Published1693 Lot #70 A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion. In Two Parts... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Collins, Anthony]HeadlineDiscourse of Christian Religion 1724Date Published1724 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Collins, Anthony]HeadlineScheme of Literal Prophecy 1727 Anthony CollinsDate Published1727 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorCulpepper [Culpeper], Nich.HeadlineCulpepper's The English Physician Enlarged 1799PublisherW. BaynesDate Published1799 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineDa Vinci's Treatise on Painting 1721PublisherJ. SenexDate Published1721 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDefoe, DanielHeadlineRobinson Crusoe 1790 with plates by AnsellPublisherW. LaneDate Published1790 Lot #108 L'Homme de René Descartes et un Traitte de la Formation du Foetus View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorDescartes, RenéHeadlineL'Homme de René DescartesPublisherTheodore GirardDate Published1664 Lot #109 Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDesormeaux, [Joseph Louis Ripault]HeadlineHistoire de la Maison de BourbonPublisherL'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1772-1788 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 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Dictionary)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's English Dictionary 1755PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 Lot #114 Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXX View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorDodoens, RembertHeadlineStirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXXPublisherEx officina Christophori PlantiniDate Published1583 Lot #117 Les Quatre Livres d'Albert Dürer, Peinctre & Geometrien Tres excellent, De la Proportion des parties & pourtraicts des corps humains. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorDürer, AlbrechtHeadlineDurer's Seminal Work on Human ProportionsPublisherCh. PerierDate Published1557 Lot #120 Poemata quæ extant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Elzevir)AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlinePoemata quæ extant Geo. Buchanan 1628PublisherElzevirDate Published1628 Lot #124 Poems on Several Occasions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFenton, ElijahHeadlineFenton's Poems 1717PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintotDate Published1717 Lot #125 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineFielding's Tom Jones with Rowlandson plates 1792PublisherJ. MurrayDate Published1792 Lot #130 Book of Common Prayer - In Mother-of-Pearl Binding View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineBook of Common Prayer In Mother-of-Pearl BindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1854 Lot #180 De Antiquitatibus Hortae Coloniae Etruscorum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFontanini, GiustoHeadlineDe Antiquitatibus Hortae Coloniae EtruscorumPublisherRocchi BernaboDate Published1723 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...] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorFoxe, JohnHeadlineFoxe's Book of Martyrs, 2nd ed., 1570PublisherJohn DayeDate Published1570 Lot #188 The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa translated into English Prose View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorGanugli, Kisari Mohan, translatorHeadlineThe Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaPublisherBharata PressDate Published1883-1896 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGeoffrey of MonmouthHeadlineOrigin of Merlin & Arthur, 1st in English, 1718PublisherPrinted for J. Bowyer, & W. and J. InnDate Published1718 Lot #194 The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadline1st Edition Vicar of Wakefield 1766PublisherB. Collins, for F. NewberyDate Published1766 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineEncyclopedic Outline of Masonic, etc 1/550 signedPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #220 The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlinePope's Translation of Homer's Iliad 1st EditionPublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Bernard LintottDate Published1715-20 Lot #224 A Philosophical Treatise Concerning the Weakness of Human Understanding View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHuet, PeterHeadlinePeter Huet The Weakness of Human UnderstandingPublisherGysbert DommerDate Published1725 Lot #234 Buddhist Ordination Ceremony View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Kammavaca)Author**HeadlineBuddhist Ordination Ceremony c. 1830Date Publishedc. 1830 Lot #237 De L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ [and] Appendice a L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorKempis, Thomas a'HeadlineFabulous Lithograph L'Imitation of ChristPublisherL. CurmerDate Published1856 Lot #254 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicles Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 Lot #255 Examples of Oriental Calligraphy and Printing View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)Author**HeadlineExamples of Oriental Calligraphy and PrintingPublisherOrientaliaDate Published[c. 1920s] Lot #265 The Works of John Locke Esq; In Three Volumes. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineThe Works of John Locke Esq Third EditionPublisherArthur Bettesworth, et alDate Published1727 Lot #270 Exoticorum libri decem: Quibus Animalium, Pantarum, Aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum Fructuum historiae describuntur View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorL'Écluse, Charles deHeadlineExoticorum libri decem 1605PublisherOfficinâ Plantinianâ RaphelengiiDate Published1605 Lot #271 Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Académie royale des sciences, depuis son établissement jusqu'à présent; avec leur description View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Machines et inventions...)AuthorGallon, M.Headline18th century French Machines 498 platesPublisherGabriel Martin, et al.Date Published1735 & 1777 Lot #273 Ephemerides motuum coelestium ex anno MDCCXV in annum MDCCXXV e Cassinianis tabulis ad meridianum bononiae supputatae. [With] Novissimae ephemerides View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorManfredi, EustachioHeadlineWorks of Eustachi ManfrediPublisherConstantino PisarroDate Published1715 & 1725 Lot #277 Two medical works by German physicians View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)Author**HeadlineTwo medical works by German physiciansDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #278 Epigrammatum Reverendi et Clariss. Viri Philippi Melanthonis Libri Sex, Recogniti et Avcti a Doctore Iohanne Maiore Ioachimo View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMelanchthon, PhilippHeadlineEpigrams of Philipp Melanchthon 1575Publisher[Excusa typis Iohannis Schwertelii]Date Published1575 Lot #282 Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Missale Romanum)Author**HeadlineMissale Romanum 1720PublisherPauli BalleoniiDate Published1720 Lot #290 Raddologia, ouero arimmetica virgolare in due libri diuisa; con appresso vn'espeditissimo prontvario della molteplicatione, & poi vn libro di arimmetica locale View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorNapier, JohnHeadlineNapier invents calculating machine, 1623PublisherAppresso Angelo TamoDate Published1623 Lot #303 La Metamorphose d'Ovide Figuree View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid - La Metamorphose - 1564 - Salomon Illus.PublisherDe TournesDate Published1564 Lot #305 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineMemoirs of Samuel Pepys First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 Lot #308 Volatiles from the history of Adam and Eve: containing, many unquestioned truths, and allowable notions of several natures View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPettus, JohnHeadlineVolatiles from the history of Adam and Eve 1674PublisherPrinted for T. Bassett at the George in Fleet-street,Date Published1674 Lot #312 Six titles of poetry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Poetry)Author**Headline6 titles of poetry (in 11 volumes)Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #320 Vie de Jésus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorRenan, ErnestHeadlineErnest Renan Vie de JésusPublisherMichel Levy FreresDate Published1863 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 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineClarissa by Samuel Richardson First EditionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1748 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 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorRingmann, MatthiasHeadlineKnobloch's Passion of Our Lord 1507PublisherIoannes KnoblauchusDate Published1507 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRivière, LazareHeadlineRiviere's Opera Medica Universa 1698PublisherSumptibus Anisson, & Joannis PosüelDate Published1698 Lot #328 The Ancient History Of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorRollin, [Charles]HeadlineAncient History Of the Egyptians, etc. 2nd edPublisherJohn and Pual KnaptonDate Published1738-1740 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 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorSparrman, AndersHeadlineSparrman's Voyage 1785PublisherG.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1785 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... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author[Touchet, George]HeadlineCollections from Protestant Historians 1686PublisherPrinted by Henry HillsDate Published1686 Lot #379 Zen Notes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zen Buddhism)AuthorFarkas, Mary, editorHeadlineZen Notes from Sokei-an 114 issues 1954-64PublisherFirst Zen Institute of AmericanDate Published1954-1964 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next