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View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorAgrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich CorneliusHeadlineAgrippa's Occult Philosophy 1651PublisherPrinted by R.W. for Gregory MouleDate Published1651 [i.e. 1650] Lot #8 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, illustratorHeadlineArion Press The Apocalypse, Illus. by Jim DinePublisherArion PressDate Published1982 Lot #17 The Newe Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Greek by Theo. Beza...Englished by L. Tomson [bound with] The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins & Others... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Bible in English - Geneva Version)Author**Headline1583 New Testament in English With PsalmsPublisherChristopher Barker [&] John DayDate Published1583 Lot #18 The Four Gospels - 1613 King James Bible New Testament View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline1613 folio King James Bible Four GospelsPublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #19 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English with Cole engravings)Author**HeadlineBible with J. Cole's historical engravings 1723PublisherPrinted by John Baskett, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1723 Lot #25 The Book of Common Prayer...Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David [with] A New Version of the Psalms of David View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Book of Common Prayer)AuthorChurch of IrelandHeadline1722 Dublin Edition of the Book of Common PrayerPublisherA. RhamesDate Published1722 Lot #29 The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorButler, JosephHeadlineJoseph Butler The Analogy of Religion 1736PublisherJames, John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1736 Lot #31 Le Imagini De i Dei de Gli Antichi View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCartari, VincenzoHeadlineScarce work on classical Iconography 1587PublisherFrancesco ZilettiDate Published1587 Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] Lot #37 Cezanne View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Cezanne, Paul)Author[Mirbeau, Octave, et al]HeadlineCezanne with original lithographs and etchingPublisherBernheim-JeuneDate Published1914 Lot #38 Paul Cezanne View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cezanne, Paul)AuthorVollard, AmbroiseHeadlinePaul Cezzane by Vollard with original etchingPublisherA. VollardDate Published1914 Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #47 L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Denis, Maurice, illustrator)Author[A Kempis, Thomas]HeadlineL'Imitation de Jesus-Christ Maurice Denis IllustrPublisherAmbroise VollardDate Published1903 Lot #48 Six metaphysical meditations; wherein it is proved that there is a God. And that mans mind is really distinct from his body. Written originally in Latin by Renatus Des-Cartes. Hereunto are added the objections made against these meditations. By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. With the authors answers. All faithfully translated into English, with a short account of Des-Cartes’s life. By William Molyneux View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDescartes, RenéHeadlineDescartes Six Meditations 1st in English 1680PublisherPrinted by B.G. for Benj. TookeDate Published1680 Lot #50 Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Mechaniquies, avec Leur Explication View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertHeadlinePlate volume to Diderot's Encyclopedie 1769PublisherBriasson & Le BretonDate Published1769 Lot #51 Swiat/The World View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 Lot #53 The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Egypt)AuthorGardiner, Alan Henderson, editorHeadlineTemple of King Sethos in EgyptPublisherEgypt Exploration Society/Univ. of Chicago PressDate Published1933 & 1935 Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] Lot #56 Le Bestiaire View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorEluard, PaulHeadlinePaul Eluard Le Bestiare Illus by Andre ChastelPublisherMaeghtDate Published[1948] Lot #58 Neue Lichtbild-Studien View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorEnke, AlfredHeadlineAlfred Enke Neue Lichtbild-Studien 1902PublisherFerdinand EnkeDate Published1902 Lot #61 The Life of Cardinal Wolsey View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorFiddes, RichardHeadlineThe Life of Cardinal Wolsey 1724PublisherJohn BarberDate Published1724 Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] Lot #64 Capita Deorum et Illustrium Hominum Pacis Bellique Artibus Clarissimorum nec non Hieroglyphica, Abraxea et Amuleta Quaedam in Gemmis Antiqua Partim, Partim Recenti Manu Affabre Incisa, Quae Magno Studio Collegit Jo. Martinus Ab Ebermayer [Bound with] Gemmarum Affabre Sculptarum Thesaurus Quem Suis Sumptibus haud Exigvis Nec Parvo Studio Collegit Jo. Mart. Ab Ebermayer View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Gems)AuthorReusch, Erhard [&] Baier, Johann JakobHeadline2 Works on the Gen collection of J.M. EbermayerDate Published1721 & 1720 Lot #65 A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of This Kingdom; Etched After the Manner of Rembrandt View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorWorlidge, T[homas]HeadlineT. Worlidge on Antique Engraved GemsPublisherPrinted by Dryden Leach [for the author]Date Published1768 [but after 1780] Lot #66 George Gershwin: Painter. 1898-1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Gershwin, George)AuthorMarie Harriman GalleryHeadlineExhibit catalogue of Gershwin Paintings 1937Date Published1937 Lot #67 Les Nourritures Terrestres View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGide, AndreHeadlineAndre Gide Les Nourritures TerrestresPublisherEditions du Grenier a SelDate Published1948 Lot #71 Gregoriana Super Novum Testame[n]tum ex operibus beati Gregorij gloriosissimi pape et co[n]fessoris: insigne: pium ac religiosum exceptionum opus super Nouum Testame[n]tum ab Alulpho egregio monastice professio[n]is diui B[e]n[e]dicti viro (cuius fuit [et] diuus Gregori[us]) collectu[m]. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGregory I, PopeHeadlineNew Testament Comentary by Pope Gregory IPublisher[Joannem Knoblouch]Date Published1516 Lot #75 The Original Works of William Hogarth View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineBoydell's Hogarth Third Folio EditionPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published1790 [but c. 1805] Lot #77 Report on Horne Zoological Corporation View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Horne, Trader)AuthorInvestment Auditors of California, Inc.HeadlineArchive on adventurer Trader HorneDate Publishedc. 1930 Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century Lot #80 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #81 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript Leaf from French Missal c.1500Date Publishedc.1500 Lot #89 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archeaology, and in Science. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineIvory and the Elephant Hobby Club EditionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 Lot #91 Ulysses View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce's Ulysses 1/1500 Signed by MatissePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1935 Lot #93 Document signed by Abraham Lincoln, appointing the Secretary to the United States Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineDocument signed by Abraham Lincoln 1861Date PublishedJuly 15, 1861 Lot #94 The Seasons View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #110 Manuscript book of Poetry in Arabic Script with illuminations in gilt and colors View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Persian Poetry Manuscript)AuthorAbu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn KhusrawHeadlineIlluminated Persian Poetry ManuscriptDate Published1897 Lot #113 Le Temple des Muses View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picart, Bernard)Author**HeadlinePicart's Temple of Muses with engravingsPublisherZacharie ChatelainDate Published1733 Lot #117 Iconologia Overo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorRipa, CesareHeadlineSecond Edition of Ripa's IconologiaPublisherLepido FaeijDate Published1603 Lot #120 The Little Prince View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] Lot #123 Habes hic lector, dialogū de Fratre Hieronymi Nicolai Sauonarola Ferrariensi... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSavonarola, GirolamoHeadlineSavonarola's Last Moments 1521Publisher[Johannes Rhau-Grunenberg]Date Published1521 Lot #138 Commentaria sancti thome super libros physicor[um] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorThomas AquinasHeadlineRare incunabula of Thomas Aquinas on AristotlePublisherJoanem & Gregoriuu[n] de Gregoriis fratresDate Published1492 Lot #140 Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna [Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorTmej, Zdenek, photographerHeadlineAbeceda Dusevniho Prazdna Tmej ZdenekPublisherNakladatelstvi ZadruhaDate Published1946 Lot #145 Le Grand Testament View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorVillon, FrancoisHeadlineVillon Le Grand Testament Limited EditionPublisherRene JeanneDate Published1963 Lot #146 Les Bucoliques de Virgile View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Villon, Jacques, artist)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineLes Bucoliques, One of 245 CopiesPublisherScripta & PietaDate Published1953 Lot #147 Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorViollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]HeadlineDictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier FrancaisPublisherA. Morel & Cie.Date Published1872-75 Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] Lot #150 A Suite of Daze. Etchings by William Wiley View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineA Suite of Daze. Signed by William WileyPublisherLandfall PressDate Published1977 Lot #152 Second Thoughts View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Wiley, William T., illustrator)AuthorHannon, MichaelHeadlineMichael Hannon Second Thoughts Sgnd Ltd EdnPublisherThe John and Maxine Belger Family FoundationDate Published2001 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next