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View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineAldine Press Livy, 1518PublisherAldus Manutius and Andreas TorresanusDate Published1518 Lot #102 Anthology of New Netherland or Translations from the Early Dutch Poets of New York with Memoirs of their Lives View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Lossing, Benson)AuthorMurphy, Henry C.HeadlineAnthology of New Netherland 1/125 1865Publisher[Bradford Club]Date Published1865 Lot #103 [Opera Ominia, i.e.:] Tomus primus[-quartus] omnium operum Reverendi Patris, D.L.M... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorLuther, MartinHeadlineMartin Luther's Works, 1566-1570PublisherDonatus Ritzenhayn, Thomas Rebart & Christian RhodiusDate Published1566-1570 Lot #104 The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time: Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of that Kingdom View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMalcolm, JohnHeadlineMalcolm's History of Persia 1815PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1815 Lot #105 Enameled Gold-Mounted Book of Morning Prayers With the Arms of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Circa 1590 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Prayer Book)Author**Headline16th century mss prayer bookDate Publishedc. 1590 Lot #106 Doctrinale florum artis notarie, sive formularium instrumentorum ad omnes materias, opus per quam utile notarijs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMarcilleti, StephanusHeadlineStephanus Marcilleti Doctrinale florum artis...PublisherFrancois Regnault and Jeat PetitDate Published[c. 1510] Lot #107 Epigrammaton Libri XIIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMartialis, Marcus ValeriusHeadlineMartialis Epigrammaton 1536PublisherJacobus GiuntaDate Published1536 Lot #108 The Histoirie and Lives of the Kings of England; From William the Conqueror, Unto the End of the Reign of King Henrie the Eight View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMartyn, WilliamHeadlineMartyn's Lives of the Kings of England 1615PublisherJohn BillDate Published1615 Lot #109 Viola Sanctorum View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Martyrs)Author**HeadlineViola Sanctorum 1496PublisherJohann FroschauerDate Published1496 Lot #110 Sermones Meffreth, al's, Ortulus regine de tempore. Pars hyemalis - [estiualis] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorMeffrethHeadline15th century priting of Meffreth's SermonsPublisher[Anton Koberger?]Date Published[1487?] Lot #111 [Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, siue Hortulus reginae] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorMeffrethHeadlineMeffreth's Sermones 1487 in chained bindingPublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1487] Lot #112 De Arte Gymnastica Libris Sex View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMercurialis, HieronymusHeadlineFirst illustrated book on gymnastics 1573PublisherGiuntaDate Published1573 Lot #113 De Puerorum Morbis Tractatus Locupletissimi View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMercurialis, (Hieronymus)HeadlineDe Puerorum Morbis Tractatus LocupletissimiPublisherAndre WechelDate Published1584 Lot #114 Ordonnance et instruction selon laquelle se doibuent conduire & regler doresenenavant les Changeurs our Collecteurs des pieces d'or & d'argent deffendues... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Money-Changing)Author**HeadlineScarce early work on money changing 1633PublisherHierosme Verdussen, Imprimeur des Monnoyes de sa MaiesteDate Published1633 Lot #115 Enchiridion metaphysicum: sive, de rebus incorporeis succincta & luculenta dissertatio. Pars prima: de existentia & natura rerum incorporearum in genereIn qua quamplurima mundi phænomena ad leges Cartesii mechanicas obiter expenduntur, illiúsque philosophiæ, & aliorum omnino omnium qui mundana phænomena in causas purè mechanicas solvi posse supponunt, vanitas falsitásque detegitur. Per H.M. Cantabrigiensem View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineEnchiridion metaphysicum by Henry More 1671PublisherTypis E. Flesher, prostat apud G. MordemDate Published1671 Lot #116 Manuscript book in Spanish with treatment of music theory and numerous musical scores View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Music)Author**HeadlineMS. book in Spanish on music theory & practiceDate Published18th century Lot #117 Dictionarium Emendatum, Auctum, Locupletatum...Continens Dioctionarium Latinum cum Hispanicis... View details Estimate$250 - $400StatusUnsold AuthorNebrissensis, Ælius AntoniusHeadlineSpanish-Latin Dictionary 1790PublisherJosephum de UrrutiaDate Published1790 Lot #118 Preceptorium Nicolai de Lira ordinis seraphici Francisci siue expositio tripharia breuis vtilis in decalogum legis diuine... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorNicolaus de LyraHeadlinePraeceptorium of Nicolaus de Lyra 1497PublisherJohann LandenDate Published1477 [but c.1497] Lot #119 An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China... wherein the Cities, Towns, Villages, Ports, Rivers, etc. in their Passages from Canton to Peking, are Ingeniously Descib'd View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorNieuhoff, JanHeadlineNieuhoff's Account of Embassy to China 1673PublisherPrinted by the authorDate Published1673 Lot #120 Arte bibendi lib. quatuor, et arte jocandi lib. quatuor, accedunt artis amandi, dansandi practica; item meretricum fides: aliaque faceta View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorObsopoeus, Vincentius [Opsopaus], Mattaeus Delius, Antoine Arena, et alHeadlineObsopoeus Arte bibendi 1648Publisherex. Typographia RedivivaDate Published1648 Lot #121 Illustrium Poetarum Flores per Octavianum Mirandulam collecti, & in locos communes digesti View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorOctavianus MirandulaHeadlineclassical literature latinPublisherApud Ioan. Tornaesium, et Guil. Gazeium,Date Published1553 Lot #122 Almae Florentissimae Complutensium Academiae: Commentaria una cum Quaestionibus super universam Aristotelis Logicani Magnam dicta View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorOña Burgensi, F. Petro deHeadlinelogic philosophy aristotle early spanish printingPublisherapud haeredes Ioannis GratianiDate Published1588 Lot #123 Expositio super textu Petri Hispani View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorOrbellis, Nicolai deHeadlineOrbellis Expositio super textu Petri Hispani 1489PublisherBernardinus de ChorisDate Published7 November 1489 Lot #124 Origenis Adamantii Operum tomi duo priores cum tabulis & indice generali proxime sequentibus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorOrigenHeadline1512 edition of OrigenPublisherVenundatur cum reliquis Ioanni Paruo : Jodoco Badio : et Conrado ReschDate Published1512 Lot #125 De notis romanorum commentarius in quo earum interpretationes quotquot reperiri potuerunt View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorOrsato, SertorioHeadlineOrsato's study of ancient Rome 1672PublisherP. M. FrambottiDate Published1672 Lot #126 Concionum Ioannis Osorii Societatis Iesu, tomus secundus View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOsorius, JoannesHeadlineConcionum Ioannis Osorii 1594 in pigskin w/claspsPublisherJoannes KeerbergiusDate Published1594 Lot #127 Les Chroniques et Annales de Flandres: contenantes les heroicques et tresvictorieux exploicts des forestiers, & comtes de Flandres, & les singularités & choses memorables advenu‘s audict flandres, depuis l'an de nostre seigneur Iesus Christi VIc & XX, jusques a l'an MCCCCLXXVI View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorOudegherst, Pierre d'.Headlineplantin press belgium flanders early printingPublisherChez Christophle Plantin,Date Published1571 Lot #128 P. Ovidii Metamorphosis, Seu Fabulae Poticae: Earumque Interpretatio Ethica, Physica, et Historica Georgii Sabini, poetae nostri seculi fere principis. Opus omnibus poetices studiosis necessarium. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorOvid. Edited by Georg Sabinus [Schuler]Headlinelatin literaturePublisherEx officina typographica Joannis Wecheli,Date Published1589 Lot #129 Palaephati De incredibilibus ad illustres Wratislaviensis reip. scholarchas... cum interpretatione Latina Cornelii Tollii, & annot. Martini Brunneri. Denuo rec., & animadversiones novas ... inspersit ... Paulus Pater View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPalaephatusHeadlinePalaephatus in Greek with Latin commentary 1685PublisherApud Iohannem MeyerumDate Published1685 Lot #130 The Mystery of Jesuitism, Discovered in Certain Letters, Written Upon Occasion of the Present Differences at Sorbonne Between the Jansenists and the Molinists, Displaying the Pernicious Maximes of the Late Casuists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author[Pascal, Blaise]HeadlineBlaise Pascal The Mystery of JesuitismPublisherRichard RoystonDate Published1679 Lot #131 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669...And a Selection From His Private Correspondence View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Pepys Memoirs 1st edition 1825PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 Lot #132 Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Author[Perrault, Charles]HeadlineThe Labyrinth of Versailles c.1690PublisherNicolaus VisscherDate Published[c.1690] Lot #133 Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello è con piu utili cose in diversi luoghi di quella novissimamente da lui aggiunte View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPetrarch, Francesco and Alessandro VellutelloHeadlineVellutellu comments on Petrarch, 1541PublisherComin de TrinoDate Published1541 Lot #134 The Secret History of K. James I and K. Charles I, Compleating the Reigns of the Four last Monarchs. By the author of The secret history of K. Charles II. and K. James II. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Author[Phillips, John]HeadlineSecret History of King James I, 1690Date Published1690 Lot #135 Iustiniane Iq Codicis, apud Salmãticenses, antecessor, Commentaria in tres, priores, Institutionum, Imperatoris, Iustiniani libros View details Estimate$250 - $400StatusUnsold AuthorPichardo Vinuesa, AntonioHeadlinePichardo on Justinian Code, c.1600PublisherAndreas Renault, & Ioannes FerdinandusDate Published1600 Lot #136 Mondo simbolico formato d'imprese scelte, spiegate, ed illustrate con sentenze, ed eruditioni, sacre, e profane, che somministrano à gli oratori, predicatori, accademici, poeti, etc. infinito numero di concetti; In questa impressione da mille, e mille parti ampliato View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPicinelli, FilippoHeadlineFilippo Picinelli Mondo simbolico 1678PublisherPresso Combi, & La NouDate Published1678 Lot #137 De Honesta voluptate et valetudine libri decem View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorPlatina [Bartolomaeus Sacchi de Platina]HeadlineThe First Cookery BookPublisherEucharius CervicornusDate Published1537 Lot #138 [Opera] Ioannis Ioviani Pontani amorum libri duo. Eiusdem de amore coniugali, libri tres. Tumulorum, libri duo. Eiusdem de divinis laudibus, lib. unus. Hendecasyllaborum seu baiarum, libri duo. Eiusdem iambici versus de Obitu Lucci filii. Item lyrici versus ad res varias pertinentes. In calce libri duo, q[ui]bus titulus est Eridanus View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPontanus, Joannes JiovanusHeadlineIoannis Ioviani Pontani Opera 1514PublisherPhilippi de GiuntaDate Published1514 Lot #139 Epistolae Decretales Summorum Pontificum, a Gregorio Nono Pontifice Maximo collectae. (bound with) Sextus Decretalium Liber, Per Bonifacium octavum pontificem in concilio Lugdunensi æditus: jam reces ex antiquissimis examparibus adamussim castigatus View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPope Gregory IX (and) Pope Boniface VIIIHeadlinecatholic church canon law early printingPublisherChristopher Plantin (&) Carolae GuillardDate Published1570 (&) 1541 Lot #140 Calligraphia oratoria lingvae graecae, ad proprietatem, elegantiam et copiam graeci sermonis parandam utilissima, ab autore ultimum recognita, atque amplius tertia parte aucta. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPosselius, JohannesHeadlineScarce early text book of the Greek LanguagePublisherApud Danielem & Davidem Aubrios, & Clementem SchleichiumDate Published1626 Lot #141 Les Privilèges de la Vierge, Mère de Dieu View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPriezac, Daniel deHeadlinePriezac's Privileges of the Virgin, 1650PublisherChez P. RocoletDate Published1650 Lot #142 The History of the World View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineWalter Raleigh's History of the World 1614 1st edPublisherPrinted for Walter BurrDate Published1614 Lot #143 Praxis beneficiorum utilissmi, acquirendi, conservandique illa, ac amittendi modos continens, usumq[ue] & stylum literarum Curiae Romane... View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorRebuffi, PierreHeadlinePierre Rebuffi Praxis beneficiorum utilissmiPublisherJoannes GryphiusDate Published1554 Lot #144 De conservanda bona valetudine, scholae Salernitanae opusculum... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum)Author**HeadlineRare 16th century work on HygienePublisherApud Chr. EgenolphumDate Published[1553] Lot #145 Poesis Christiana. Palaestinae, seu historiae sacrae, libri novem View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRhodomannus, LaurentiusHeadlineLaurentius Phodomannus Poesis ChristianaPublisherHeirs of Andreas Wechel, et alDate Published1589 Lot #146 's Weerelds Gods-diensten of Vertoog van alle de Religien en Ketteryen in Asia, Africa, America en Europa, van 't begin des Weereldts, tot desen tegenwoordigen tijdt toe View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRoss, AlexanderHeadlineRoss's history of the world's religionsPublisherMichiel de GrootDate Published1671 Lot #147 L'Aiglon View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRostand, EdmondHeadlineRostand's L'Aiglon 1 of 180 on Japan VellumPublisherCharpentier et FasquelleDate Published1900 Lot #148 Hymni Sacri et Novi View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSantolio, Victorino (Santeul, Jean-Baptiste))HeadlineVictorino Santolio Hymni Sacri et Novi 1689PublisherDionysium ThierryDate Published1689 Lot #149 [Nuremberg Chronicle – Liber Chronicon, i.e.] Register des Buchs der Croniken und Geschichten mit Figure und Pildnussen von Anbegin der Welt bis auf dise unsere Zeit View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineNuremberg Chronicle in early pigskin binding 1493PublisherAnton KobergerDate Published23 December 1493 Lot #150 Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineLetters on Demonology and WitchcraftPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830 Lot #151 Curia Politiae: Or the Apologies of Several Princes: Justifying to the World Their Most Eminent Actions: By the Strength of Reason, and the Most Exact Rules of Policy View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorScudery, [George de]HeadlineScudery's Curia Politiae 1673PublisherRobert BoulterDate Published1673 Lot #152 Scenecae (sic) Tragoediae View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorSeneca, [Lucius Annaeus]Headlineearly printing aldusPublisherin aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri,Date Published1517 Lot #153 [Morte d’Arthur, i.e.:] The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur Notwythstondng It Treateth of the Byrth Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur: of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineShakespeare Head King Arthur 1/370PublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1933 Lot #154 Forgery of Autograph Letters Signed by William Shakespeare, to the actor Richard Cowley View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorIreland, William HenryHeadlineFamed forgery of Shakespeare letterDate Publishedc.1794-?? Lot #155 [Collected Works, i.e.:] The Works of Shakespear. In Six Volumes. Collated and Corrected by the former Editions, by Mr. Pope View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePope's 4to edition of Shakespeare 7 volumes 1725PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1725-23-25 Lot #156 Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Sixth to the Seventeenth Centuries View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineShaw's Ornaments with 60 illuminated platesPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 Lot #157 [Speculum peregrinarum questionum] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorSibylla, BartholomaeusHeadlineSpeculum peregrinarum questionum 1499PublisherJohann GrüningerDate Published1499 Lot #158 The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England's Arch-Poet, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and Carefully Corrected View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineearly english literature poetryPublisherPrinted by H. L. for Mathwe Lownes,Date Published1617 Lot #159 Promptuarium morale super Evangelia Dominicalia totius anni: ad instructionem concionatorum, reformationem peccatorum, consolationem piorum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorStapleton, ThomasHeadlinePromptuarium morale super Evangelia DominicaliaPublisherHermanni MyliiDate Published1620 Lot #160 Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, hoc est, Impp. Rom. Orientalium et Occidentalium iconum, ex antiquis numismatibus quam fidelissime deliniatarum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStrada, Jacobus deHeadlineStrada on Roman antiquities & coins 1557PublisherAndreas GesnerDate Published1557 Lot #161 P. Terentii Comoediae sex, tum ex Donati commentariis, tum ex optimorum, Praefertim veterum exemplarium collatione... emendatae. Aelii Donati, antiquissimi & celeberrimi Grammatici, aliorumque veterum in easdem quicunque extant commentarii... castigati. Calphurnii in tertiam Comoediam doctissima interpretatio. Indicata sunt diligentius carminum genera, & in his incidentes difficultates... studio et opera Des. Erasmi Roterodami ... veterum exemplariorum. Eorum, quae in commentariis sparsim annotata sund, index amplissimus. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTerenceHeadlineEstienne printing of Terence's Comedies 1536PublisherEx Officina Roberti Stephani (Robert Estienne),Date Published1536 Lot #162 Diui Thomae Aquinatis Doctoris Angelici, Tomus Decimus, Complectens Primam Partem Suma Theologiae... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorThomas Aquinas, SaintHeadlineWorks of Thomas Aquinas 1593PublisherApud Dominicum Nicolinum, & SociosDate Published1593 Lot #163 Gallus cantans, das ist: krähender Hauss-Hahn, dem im Sünden-Schlaf ligenden Hauss-Gesind dess grossen Haus-Vatters zum Aufferwecken bestellt und auffgesetzt in Buss- und Passions-Predigten... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTrauner, IgnatioHeadlineIgnatius Trauner Gallus Cantans 1682PublisherJoh. Conrad EmmrichsDate Published1682 Lot #164 De proprietate monachorum [with Oratio de cura pastorali] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorTrithemius [Tritheim], JohannesHeadlineTritheim De proprietate monachorum c.1505PublisherDenis RoceDate Publishedc.1505 Lot #165 Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora, a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorVaillant, Jean [Foy]HeadlineNumismata Imperatorum Romanorum PraestantioraPublisherRobert de NinvilleDate Published1674 Lot #166 Laurentii Vallae elegantiarum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorValla, LaurentiusHeadlineValla's latinae linguae libri sex 1545PublisherAntonius VincentiusDate Published1545 Lot #167 Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorVoragine, Jacobus deHeadlineVoragine's Golden Legend, 1488 printingPublisher[Bonetus Locatellus], for Octavianus ScotusDate Published1488 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next