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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years 1816 and 1817; Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations on the Countries which it visited AuthorAbel, ClarkeHeadlineClarke Abel's Journey to China 1819 color platesPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #32 An American Angler in Australia Headingzzk(Angling)AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey An American Angler in Australia 1st EdnPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1937 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Gentleman Angler: Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions, whereby the most ignorant Beginner may, in short Time, become a perfect Artist, in Angling for Salmon, Salmon Peal, Trout, Pike, Carp, Perch, Barbel, Tench, Bream, Chub, Grayling, Mullets, Flounders, Roch, Dace, Gudgeon, &c.... By a Gentleman, who has made Angling his Diversion upwards of Twenty-Eight Years Heading(Angling)Author**HeadlineGentleman Angler 1st Ed. 1726 full leatherPublisherA. BettesworthDate Published1726 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #36 Bound volume of works on Architecture by Middleton or Soane Heading(Architecture)AuthorMiddleton, Charles [&] John SoaneHeadline3 works on Architecture by Middleton or SoanePublisherTaylorDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #37 Istoria della China de Lodovico Arrivabene Gentil'hvomo Mantovano, nella quale si tratta de molte cose marauigliose di quell' amplissimo Regno AuthorArrivabene, LodovicoHeadlineHistory of China, 1599PublisherAppresso A. Tamo ad instanza di Angelo de'RossiDate Published1599 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #41 Fratris Petri Berthorij Pictauie[n]sis: Ordinis Diui Patris Benedicti ... Morale reductoriu[m]: sup[er] tota[m] Biblia[m] quattuor et triginta libris co[n]su[m]matu[m]. Adiectis Biblie co[n]corda[n]tijs AuthorBerchorius, Petrus [Pierre Bersuire]HeadlineBible commentary by Pierre Bersuire 1515PublisherAdam PetriDate Published1515 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #42 Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri Septem. In quibus Tabulae omnes gradibus distinctae, descriptiones accuratae, caetera supra priores editiones politiora, Auctioraque. ad Christianissimum Galliae & Navarrae Regem Ludovicum XIII AuthorBertius, PetrusHeadlineBertius' Geography with 220 maps 1618PublisherJodocus HondiusDate Published1618 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #43 Bibla Sacra: Hebraice, Chaldaice, Graece & Latine Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**HeadlinePlantin Polyglot Bible, 5 volumes, 1569-72PublisherChristopher PlantinDate Published[1569-72] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #44 Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, Complectens Textus Originals Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Caldaicum, Graecum. Versionumque antiquarumm Samaritano, Graecae LXXII Interp., Caldaicae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Persicae, Volg. Lat... Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**HeadlineWalton Polyglot Bible 6 folio volumes 1657PublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1657 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #46 The Byble, That is to Say All the Holy Scripture: In Which are Cotayned the Olde and New Testamente... Heading(Bible in English)Author**Headline1549 Edition of Matthews Bible - The 'Bug' BiblePublisherJhon Daye and William SeresDate Published1549 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #47 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha.... Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineBible printed by Isaiah Thomas 1791PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1791 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #48 Bibla: Dat ys: De Gantze Hillige Schrifft, Vordüdeschet dorch Doct. Mart. Luth. Vth der Lesten Corectur Mercklick Vorbëtert, vnde mit grotem vlyte corrigeret. Heading(Bible in German)Author**HeadlineBible in Low German 1569 EditionPublisherHans LufftDate Published1569 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #50 Heures Imprimees Par L'Ordre de Monseigeur L'Archeveque de Paris, A L'Usage de Son Diocese Heading(Book of Hours)Author**HeadlineFrench Book of Hours 1736 Finely BoundPublisherAux depens des Libraires associes pour les Usages du DioceseDate Published1736 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #51 Short Memoirs for the Natural Experimental History of Mineral Waters AuthorBoyle, RobertHeadlineRobert Boyle on Mineral Waters 1684PublisherSamuel SmithDate Published1684/5 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition AuthorByrd, Richard E.HeadlineRichard Byrd Discovery Signed with photosPublisherPutnam'sDate Published1935 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #54 The Workes Of Ovr Ancient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chavcer, newly Printed... AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineWorks of Geoffrey Chaucer 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 Veterum Romanorum Religio, Castrametatio, Disciplina Militaris ut & Balneae ex Antiquis Numismatibus & Lapidibus Demonstrata. AuthorChoul, Guilielmo DuHeadlineGuilielmo Du Choul Veterum Romanorum 1685PublisherJansson-WaesbergDate Published1685 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Les Civilisations de L'Inde Heading(Chromolithographs)AuthorLe Bon, Le Dr. GustaveHeadlineLes Civilisations de L'Inde - 7 chromolithographsPublisherFirmin-Didot & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #61 From Calcutta to London by the Suez Canal HeadingzzkAuthor[Dall, Charles Henry Appleton]HeadlineFrom Calcutta to London by the Suez Canal 1869PublisherPrinted at the "Englishman" PressDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #64 Egypt, the Cradle of Ancient Masonry AuthorDe Clifford, Norman FrederickHeadlinede Clifford, Egypt Ancient Masonry 1902 bookPublisherThe Lincoln Pub. Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #67 A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Judiciously selected from the best Writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other Languages... AuthorDrake, Edward CavendishHeadlineDrakes' Voyages with maps & plates 1771PublisherJ. CookeDate Published1771 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #70 Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China... AuthorEllis, HenryHeadlineEllis' Embassy to China 1817PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #73 5 titles by Henry Fielding - First Editions AuthorFielding, HenryHeadline5 titles by Henry Fielding - First EditionsPublisherMillarDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #74 A Discourse Whether it May be Lawful to Make Use for Money AuthorFilmer, RobertHeadlineFilmer's Discourse on Money 1678PublisherPrinted for Will. CrookDate Published1678 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineWorks of Tobias Smollet 1797 Full Leather BindingPublisherB. Law, J. Johnson, et alDate Published1797 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #94 Three Essays: on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape; with a Poem on Landscape Painting. To These are Now Added Two Essays . . . AuthorGilpin, WilliamHeadlineGilpin's Essays on Beauty Travel & Landscape 1794PublisherR. BlamireDate Published1794 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Narrative of my Captivity in Japan During the Years 1811, 1812 & 1813; With Observations on the Country and the People . . . To which is added, An Account of Voyages to the Coasts of Japan, and of Negotiations with the Japanese, for the Release of the Author and his Companions. AuthorGolownin, Vasil Mikhailavich & [Petr Ivanovich] RikordHeadlineGolownin - My Captivity in Japan 1811-13PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1818 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #96 Dell' Historia Della China AuthorGonzález de Mendoza, JuanHeadlineHistory of China 1586PublisherAppresso Bartolomeo Grassi,Date Published1586 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #99 El Porlifemo de Don Luis de Gongora. Comentado por Don Garcia de Salzedo Coronel... AuthorGóngora y Argote, Luis deHeadlineThe Polyphemus of Don Luis de Gongora 1636PublisherDomingo GoncalezDate Published1636 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #100 The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres: divided into three severall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed... AuthorHakluyt, RichardHeadlineHakluyt's Voyages, 1599-1600PublisherGeorge Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert BarkerDate Published1599-1600 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #106 Opera AuthorHoratius Flaccus, Quintus [Horace]HeadlineJohn Pine's Horace First Edition 1733-37PublisherJohn PineDate Published1733-37 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #107 Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-land to China: Thro' Great Ustiga, Siriana, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking... AuthorIdes, Evert YsbrantsHeadlineIdes Travels to Chinia 1706 with platesPublisherPrinted for W. Freeman, et al.Date Published1706 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #108 London: From the South Side of the Thames Heading(Illustrated London News)Author**HeadlineView of London From the South Side of the ThamesPublisherIllustrated London NewsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth Emperor of Japan Heading(Japan)AuthorFleisher, Benjamin W., ed.HeadlineEnthronement of the 124th Emperor of JapanPublisherThe Japan AdvertiserDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #111 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English Poets 1781PublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #116 An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding AuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineJohn Locke's Humane Understanding 1694PublisherAwnsham and John Churchil, and Samuel ManshipDate Published1694 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #117 Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament. Author[Locke, John]HeadlineLocke's Considerations on the Value of Money 1692PublisherAwnsham and John ChurchillDate Published1692 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 Der Weiss Kunig: Eine Erzehlung von den Thaten Kaiser Maximilian des Ersten Heading(Maximilian I)AuthorTrettzsaurwein, MarxHeadlineDer Weiss Kunig 1775 237 Woodcut IllustrationsPublisherJoseph KurzbockDate Published1775 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #125 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineFirst illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher for Richard BentlyDate Published1688 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #126 Officium B[eatae] Mariae Virg[inis] Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline1677 Plantin Press Officium Beatae Mariae VirginiPublisherOfficina PlantinianaDate Published1677 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #131 Disquisitio Geographica & Historica, De Chataia, In Qua 1. Praecipue Geographorum nobilis illa Controversia: Quaenam Chataia sit, & an sit idem ille terrarum tractus, quem Sinas, & vulgo Chinam vocant, aut pars eius aliqua? latissime tractatur; 2. Eadem vero opera pleraque rerum, quae unquam de Chataia, deque Sinis memorabilia fuerunt, atque etiam nunc sunt, compendiose enarrantur AuthorMüller, AndreasHeadlineMüller's History of China 1671PublisherTypis RungianisDate Published1671 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #132 History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 AuthorNapier, W[illiam] F[rancis] P[atrick]HeadlineNapier's Peninsular War First EditionPublisherJohn Murray & Thomas and William BooneDate Published1828-40 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #135 Las Obras y Relaciones de Anton. Perez, Secretario de Estado, que fue del Rey de España Don Phelippe II deste nombre AuthorPerez, AntonioHeadlineRare works of Philip II's Secretary 1654PublisherImprimido por Pietro ChouëtDate Published1654 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #136 Political Arithmetick, Or A Discourse Concerning, The Extent and Value of Lands, People, Buildings; Husbandry, Manufacture, Commerce, Fishery, Artizans, Seamen, Soldiers; Publick Revenues, Interest, Taxes, Superlucration, Registries, Banks; Valuation of Men, Increasing of Seamen, of Militia's Harbours, Situation, Shipping, Power at Sea, &c. As the Same Relates to Every Country in General, But More Particularly to the Territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and His Neighbors of Holland, Zealand, and France. AuthorPetty, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Petty Political Arithmetick 1690PublisherRobert Clavel and Hen. MortlockDate Published1690 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #138 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #139 Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present..... AuthorPurchas, SamuelHeadlineFirst edition of Purchas His Pilgrimage 1613PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Henrie FetherstoneDate Published1613 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #149 Dell' Arte Dei Giardini Inglesi Author[Silva, Ercole]HeadlineErcole Silva Dell' Arte Dei Giardini Inglesi 1801PublisherDalla Stamperia e Fonderia al Genio TipograficoDate PublishedAnno IX [1801] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #152 Cup of Gold: A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck, Cup of Gold, First Ed. 1st issue in djPublisherRobert M. McBrideDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #156 Regni Chinensis Descriptio... Author[Trigault, Nicolas, et al.]HeadlineElzevir History of China 1639PublisherElzevirDate Published1639 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #164 An Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability that the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language AuthorWebb, JohnHeadlineWebb on Chinese Language with map 1669PublisherPrinted for Nath. BrookDate Published1669 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #165 Manuscript Account Book for the Barke Congaree Heading(Whaling Journal)Author**HeadlineManuscript Account Book for the Barke CongareeDate Published1856-58 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #166 Manuscript Log Book for the Ship South Carolina Heading(Whaling Log Book)Author**HeadlineManuscript Log Book for the Ship South CarolinaDate Published1848-51 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next