Sale 389: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#389) 09/25/2008 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/25/2008 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 389 154 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-54 of 54. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 Lot #8 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 Lot #9 Novum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Jesu Christi. Syriacè, Ebraicè, Græcè, Latinè, Germanicè, Bohemicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè, Anglicè, Danicè, Polonicè. Studio & Labore Eliæ Hutter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**HeadlineHutter's Polygot Bible Nuremberg 1599Publisher[No publisher stated]Date Published1599 Lot #17 Villette View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Bronte, Charlotte] Bell, CurrerHeadlineCharlotte Bronte Villette First Edition 1853PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1853 Lot #19 The Works of the learned Sr Thomas Brown, Kt. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne's Works, First Collected EditionPublisherPrinted for Thomas Basset et al.Date Published1686 Lot #20 Scholar Gipsies View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBuchan, JohnHeadlineBuchan's Scholar Gipsies, Art Nouveau BindingPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1896 Lot #34 Bleak House View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House in the Original PartsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1852-1853 Lot #35 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Nicholas Nickleby Extra-IllustratedPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #37 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Little Dorrit First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 Lot #38 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Master Humphrey's Clock First Paris Edn.PublisherA. and W. GalignaniDate Published1841 Lot #39 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Oliver Twist First Edition Finely BoundPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #40 The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorDickens, Charles, ed.HeadlineDickens Pic Nic Papers First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1841 Lot #42 The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1748-9, to February 6, 1761 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDodington, George BubbHeadlineThe Diary of the Late George Bubb DodingtonPublisherE. EastonDate Published1784 Lot #44 The English Bible: Containing the Old Testament & the New Translated Out of the Original Tongues... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlinePublisher's Dummy for Doves Press Bible 1903PublisherDoves PressDate Published1903 Lot #60 The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzk(Fine Bindings)AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineWritings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Finely BoundPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1897 Lot #61 Almanach Royal, Annee Bissextile M.DCC.LXXXVIII View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorD'Houry, Laurent, editorHeadline1788 Almanach Royal in Armorial BindingPublisherD'Houry & DebureDate Published1788 Lot #62 Novels of George Eliot View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineNovels of George Eliot Finely BoundPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Publishedno date Lot #63 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 Lot #64 The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Artist's Edition View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Headingzzk(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWorks of Oliver Wendell Holmes Finely BoundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published[1892-96] Lot #65 Uffizio Della B.V. Maria per Tutti i Tempi Dell'anno,... View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMazzinelli, Alessandro, editorHeadline1783 B.V.M in beautiful armorial bindingPublisherLuigi Perego SalvioniDate Published1783 Lot #66 Elaine View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Elaine Illus. by Gustave DorePublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1867 Lot #76 Toilers of the Sea View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Toilers of the Sea 1st English EdnPublisherSampson, Low, Son, & MarstonDate Published1866 Lot #78 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #79 Framed Leaf Printed by Henricus Ariminensis View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineFramed Leaf Printed by Henricus AriminensisPublisherHenricus AriminensisDate Publishedc. 1473 Lot #81 Framed Leaf from Latin Bible, Printed by Caspar Hochfeder View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineLeaf from Latin Bible, Printed Nuremberg c. 1494PublisherCaspar HochfederDate Publishedc. 1494 Lot #82 Framed Leaf, Printed by Nicolaus Jenson View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineFramed Leaf Printed by Nicolaus Jenson in 1477PublisherNicolaus JensonDate Published1477 Lot #83 Framed Leaf by Octavianus Scotus, Venice 1482 View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Incunabula Leaf)Author**HeadlineFramed Leaf by Octavianus Scotus, Venice 1482PublisherOctavianus ScotusDate Published1482 Lot #84 An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers...[Plus Supplement] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJamieson, JohnHeadlineJamieson's Scottish Dictionary 1808 + SupplementPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1808 & 1825 Lot #86 Sepher Yetsirah View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)Author**HeadlineEditio Princeps of Kabbalah in Hebrew 1562PublisherYa'akov ben Naphtali GazoloDate Published1562 Lot #90 Tales and Novels in Verse View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineTales of La Fontaine Extra IllustratedPublisherJ. Lemonnyer & E.F. BonaventureDate Published1883 Lot #91 Rerum In Gallia Ob Religionem Gestarum, Libris Tres View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[La Place, Pierre de]HeadlineRerum In Gallia Ob Religionem GestarumDate Published1570 Lot #96 Father Malebranche his Treatise Concerning the Search After Truth...To Which is Added the Author’s Treatise of Nature and Grace...Together With his Answer to the Animadversions Upon the First Volume: his Defence Against the Accusations of Monsieur De la Ville, &c...With the Addition, of a Short Discourse Upon Light and Colours... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMalebranche, [Nicolas]HeadlineMalebranche's Treatise on Truth 1700PublisherPrinted by W. Bowyer, for Thomas Bennet, et alDate Published1700 Lot #98 Theatrum Conversionis Gentium Totius Orbis View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMermannius, Arnoldus.HeadlineScarce History of Foreign Missionary Work 1572PublisherChristophe PlantinDate Published1572 Lot #99 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illus. edition of Milton's Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard BentlyDate Published1688 Lot #101 Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled "What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean?" [With the 2 preceding pamphlets] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorNewman, John Henry, Cardinal and Charles KingsleyHeadlineJohn Henry Newman Apologia Pro Vita SuaPublisherLongman, Green, et alDate Published1864 Lot #105 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Press Iliad & Odyssey of HomerPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #106 Qvae hoc in libro continentur. Orignis in Genesim...in Exodum ... in Leviticum ... in Numeros ... Iesum Nave .. in Librum Iudicum Homiliae. Diuo Hieronymo interprete. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorOrigenHeadlineRare edition of Origen's Homilies 1503PublisherAldus [for Andrea Torresanus],Date PublishedFebruary, 1503 Lot #108 Manuscript Letter, Signed View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorAdrian VI. [Adrian Floriszoon] (1459-1523).HeadlineLetter signed Pope Adrian VI, 1521Date Published8 October, 1521 Lot #109 Manuscript Document, unsigned, from his reign as Pope View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorBenedict XII [Piero Fraricesco Orsini] (1649-1730)HeadlinePope Benedict XII document 1727Date Published16 March 1727 Lot #110 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorClement VII [Giulio de Medici] (1478-1534)HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Clement VII 1518Date Published1518 Lot #111 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorClement XI [Giovanni Francesco Albani] (1649-1721)HeadlineLetter signed by Poep Clement XI 1700Date Published3 April 1700 Lot #112 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorClement XIII. [Carlo della Torre Rezzonico] (1693-1769).HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Clement XIII 1741Date Published23 December 1741 Lot #113 Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorGregory XVI [Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari] (1765-1846)HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Gregory XVI 1815Date Published4 February 1815 Lot #114 Manuscript Document Signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorInnocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi] (1611-1689)HeadlineDocument Signed by Pope Innocent XIDate Published10 October 1651 Lot #115 Manuscript Letter Signed “Cervini” View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorMarcellus II [Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi] (1501-1555)HeadlineLetter Signed by Pope Marcellus II 1530Date Published13 January, 1530 Lot #116 Manuscript Letter Signed View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorPaul III [Alessandro Farnese] (1464-1549)HeadlineLetter signed by Pope Paul III 1530Date Published13 January, 1530 Lot #117 Manuscript Document Signed as Pope View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorPius VI [Giovanni Angelo Braschi] (1717-1799)HeadlinePope Pius VI Manuscript Document Signed 1795Date Published1795 Lot #118 Manuscript Note Signed as Pope, Exquisitely Framed View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Papal Autographs)AuthorPius X [Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto] (1835-1914)HeadlinePope Pius X Blessing in Exquisite FrameDate Publishedc. 1910 Lot #122 A Salve for a Sicke Man, or, A Treatise Containing the Nature, Differences, and Kindes of Death, as Also the Right Manner of Dying Well: And it May Serve for Spirituall Instruction to 1. Mariners When They Goe to Sea. 2. Souldiers When They Goe to Battell. 3. Women When They Trauell of Childe. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Perkins, William]HeadlineA Salve for a Sicke Man 1597PublisherJohn LegatDate Published1597 Lot #124 Oeuvres de Plutarque View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorPlutarchHeadlineWorks of Plutarch in French 25 volumesPublisherImprimerie de CussacDate Published1801-1805 Lot #125 An Interpretation of the Number 666 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPotter, FrancisHeadlineInterpretation of the Number 666 by Potter 1642PublisherLeonard LichfieldDate Published1642 Lot #131 Ivanhoe; A Romance View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzkAuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott Ivanhoe 1st EdnPublisherFor Archibald Constable; and Hurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 Lot #139 A Sermon Preached at St. George's Church, Hanover-Square; on Sunday, the fourth of April, being the first Sunday of Opening the Church after Consecration View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorTrebeck, A.HeadlineSermon Bound in Armorial Binding of George IIPublisherW. and J. InnysDate Published1725 Lot #144 The Religion of Nature Delineated View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWollaston, WilliamHeadlineThe Religion of Nature DelineatedPublisherPrinted by S. PalmerDate Published1725 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next