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[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 #102 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. [Bound with] Arithmetica Universalis; Sive de Compostione et Resolutione Arithmetica Liber. View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia (1714) & Arithmetica (1732)PublisherSumptibus Societatis [&] Joh. et Herm VerbeekDate Published1714 [&] 1732 Lot #103 Newton's Principia. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineScarce American Edition of Newton's PrincipiaPublisherDaniel AdeeDate Published[1847, but c. 1885] Lot #104 Autograph Letter, signed from Florence Nightingale View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorNightingale, FlorenceHeadlineAutograph Letter signed from Florence NightingaleDate PublishedJan. 22, [18]93 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 #107 [Metamorphoses in English, i.e.]: The .xv. bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, translated oute of Latin into English meeter, by Arthur Golding Gentleman, a worke very pleasaunt and delectable View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadline1567 edition of Ovid's MetamorphosisPublisherWillyam SeresDate Published1567 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 #119 Autographed Document View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorParker, WilliamHeadlineSigned Document of William Parker, ca. 1600Date Published[ca. 1600] Lot #120 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys...Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669...And a Selection From His Private Correspondence View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineMemoirs of Samuel Pepys 1825PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 Lot #121 Conciones et Orationes Ex Historicis Latinis Excerptae View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorPerion, JoachimHeadlineElsevier Printing of Latin OrationsPublisherLouis ElsevierDate Published1653 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 #123 Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edififj... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorPiranesi, GiambattistaHeadlinePiranesi's Diverse Maniere d'adornarePublisherGeneroso SalomoneDate Published1769 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 #126 Ptolemaei Planisphaerium. Jordani Planisphaerium. [with, as issued] In Planisphaerium Ptolemaei Commentarius. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Ptolemy)AuthorCommandino, FredericoHeadlineRare Work by Ptolemy 1558 Aldine EditionPublisher[Paulus Manutius]Date Published1558 Lot #127 An Abstract of all the Penal Statutes Which be General, in Force and Use, Wherein is Conteyned the Effect of all Those Statutes Which do Threaten to the Offendors Thereof the Losse of Life, Member, Landes, Goods, or Other Punishment or Forfaiture Whatsoeuer. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPulton, FerdinandHeadlineEarly compilation of English Law by Pulton 1581PublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1581 Lot #128 18th century manuscript receipt and remedy book View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Receipt and Remedy Book)Author**Headline18th century manuscript receipt and remedy bookDate PublishedNo date, but after 1721 Lot #129 Iconologia Overo View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorRipa, CesareHeadlineSecond Edition of Ripa's IconologiaPublisherLepido FaeijDate Published1603 Lot #130 Opera Medica Universa View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRivière, LazareHeadlineLazare Riviere's Opera Medica UniversaPublisherAnisson and Joannis PosüelDate Published1698 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 #132 Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd EarlHeadlineBaskerville Press Shaftesbury's CharacteristicksPublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1727 Lot #133 The Tragedie of Julius Caesar View details Estimate$50,000 - $70,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Julius Caesar from 1st folio 1623Date Published1623 Lot #134 All's Well, that Ends Well View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAll's Well, that Ends Well from 2nd Folio EdnPublisher[Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, et al]Date Published[1632] Lot #135 Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorShelley, Mary W[ollstonecraft]HeadlineThird Edition of Frankenstein 1831PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #136 The Works of that Famous English Poet Mr. Edmond Spenser View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmondHeadlineFirst Folio Edition of Spenser's WorksPublisherHenry Hills for Jonathan EdwinDate Published1679 Lot #137 Opera Posthuma: Quorum series post Praefationem exhibetur View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorSpinoza, Baruch deHeadlineSpinoza's posthumas works, 1677Publisher[J. Rieuwertsz]Date Published1677 Lot #138 The Historie of Tvvelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome: VVritten in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a Marginall Glosse, and other briefe Annotations there-upon View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, CaiusHeadlineSuetonius' Twelve Caesars, 1st in English 1606PublisherPrinted [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew LownesDate Published1606 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 #140 [Works] - Inscribed by Mark Twain to his wife View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorMeredith, GeorgeHeadlineGift from Mark Twain to his wife OliviaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1901 Lot #141 Vergilius cum coentariis quinque [Opera] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgils Works 1493 Venice Edition IncunabulaPublisherBartholomaeus de Zanis, for Octavianus Scotus and Lucantontonio GiuntaDate Published31 July, 1493 Lot #142 [Aeneid in English, i.e.]: The .xiii. bookes of Æneidos. The first twelue beeinge the woorke of the diuine poet Virgil Maro, and the thirtenth the supplement of Maphæus Vegius. Translated into English verse to the fyrst third part of the tenth booke, by Thomas Phaër Esquire: and the residue finished, and now the second time newly setforth for the delite of such as are studious in poetrie: by Thomas Twyne, Doctor in Physicke View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorVirgilHeadlineEarly English edition of Virgil's Aeneid 1584PublisherWilliam How for Abraham VealeDate Published1584 Lot #143 Mushrooms, Russia and History View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorWasson, Valentina Pavlovna & R. Gordon WassonHeadlineWasson on Russian MushroomsPublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1957] Lot #144 The Religion of Nature Delineated View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWollaston, WilliamHeadlineThe Religion of Nature DelineatedPublisherPrinted by S. PalmerDate Published1725 Lot #145 Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorZimmermann, [Johann Georg]HeadlineZimmerman's Solitude, Second EditionPublisherPrinted for R. DillyDate Published1792 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next