Sale 363: Rare Books, including the Botanical Library of J. Roy Barrette of Brooklin, Maine (#363) 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/13/2007 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-74 of 74. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon... Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #2 The philosophical epitaph of W.C. Esquire. For a memento mori on his tomb-stone... Also, A brief of the golden calf (the worlds idol.)... With a catalogue of chymical books. Heading(Alchemy)AuthorCooper, WilliamHeadlineCooper's Epitaph with first Alchemy BibliographyPublisherPrinted by T.R. and N.T. for William CooperDate Published1673 [i.e. 1675] View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #4 Summa theologiae, secunda pars, pars seconda AuthorAquinas, ThomasHeadlineAquinas' Summa Theologiae, 1463PublisherJohann MentelinDate PublishedBefore Advent, 1463 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #6 Tabula Pascalis diuersarum variationum temporum Heading(Astronomy)AuthorAndreas VeronensisHeadlineRare incunabular astronomy tablesPublisherFranciscus Plato de BenedictisDate Published19 May 1488 View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #8 Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Io. Lodovicus Vivres. Englished first by J.H. and now in this second edition compared with the Latine originall, and in very many places corrected and ammended AuthorAugustine, SaintHeadlineAugustine's Citie of God, 1620PublisherPrinted by G. Eld and M. FlesherDate Published1620 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #12 History of British Birds, the Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick AuthorBewick, T[homas]HeadlineThomas Bewick's British BirdsDate Published1797 & 1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #13 A Treatise on Mensuration, both in theory and practice Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineThomas Bewick's first illustrations in a bookPublisherPrinted by T. Saint for the authorDate Published1770 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #14 The Seasons by James Thomson: With His Life by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. and a complete glossary and index Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons with Bewick engravingsPublisherJames WallisDate Published1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #15 A New Family Herbal: or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet, and the Arts Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorThornton, Robert John, M.D.HeadlineFamily Herbal with engravings by Thomas BewickPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1810 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #16 Thomas Bewick: His Life and Times Heading(Bewick, Thomas)AuthorRobinson, RobertHeadlineRobinson's Life of Thomas BewickPublisherPrinted for R. RobinsonDate Published1887 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #17 The Old Testament [New Testament], Embellished with Engravings, From Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThe Macklin Bible - 6 Volumes - 1800PublisherPrinted for Thomas Macklin by Thomas BensleyDate Published1800 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #19 The Grave, a Poem Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineThe Grave, with William Blake engravingsPublisherT. BensleyDate Published1813 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #22 Mutiny on the Bounty Heading(Brando, Marlon)AuthorNordhoff, Charles and James Norman HallHeadlineMutiny on the Bounty - Signed by Movie CastPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #23 Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 31 et 32 Heading(Braque, Georges)Author**HeadlineDouble Issue of Verve - Georges BraquePublisherVerveDate Published1955 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #24 Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard vonHeadlineTravels in the Holy Land, 1486PublisherErhard ReuwichDate Published11. Feb. 1486 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #26 Hudibras, In Three Parts AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras with Hogarth IllustrationsPublisherRobert OwenDate Published1744 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #27 The Jerusalem Windows AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem WindowsPublisherAndre SauretDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #28 Remembering the Moon AuthorCronkite, Walter L.HeadlineWalter Cronkite Remembering the Moon 1/250PublisherThornwillow PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #33 Novels of the Sisters Bronte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBronte, [Charlotte, Emily & Anne]HeadlineNovels of the Bronte Sisters Leather BoundPublisherDowney & Co.Date Published1898-99; 1905 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #34 The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, By Thomas Moore, Esq. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineWorks of Lord Byron 17 Finely Bound VolumesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-33 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #35 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordHeadlineLord Byron's Works 8 Volumes 1853PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1853 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #36 History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineCarlyle's History of Frederick The GreatPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859-1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #37 Cooper's Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, J. FenimoreHeadlineNovels of J. Fenimore Cooper 34 VolumesPublisherW.A. TownsendDate Published[c. 1860] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #38 Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Kock, Charles PaulHeadlineWorks of Charles Paul De Kock 1 of 250 setsPublisherFrederick J. QuinbyDate Published1902-1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #39 Tales and Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEdgeworth, MariaHeadlineTales and Novels of Maria Edgeworth 10 VolumesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1858-60 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #40 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #41 The History of the Norman Conquest of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFreeman, Edward A.HeadlineThe History of the Norman Conquest of EnglandPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1875-79 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #42 The Life of Charlotte Bronte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGaskell, E.C.HeadlineLife of Charlotte Bronte 1857 Finely BoundPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #43 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1902PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1902 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #44 A History of Greece Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's History of Greece 10 volumes 1872PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1872 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #45 Life of Napoleon Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHazlitt, William, Madame Junot and Louis Antoine De BourrienneHeadlineLife of Napoleon Ajaccio Edition 1 of 10 copiesPublisherAnglo-American Publishing Co.Date PublishedNo Date [c. 1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #46 Burton Holmes Travelogues Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, BurtonHeadlineBurton Holmes Travelogues Finely BoundPublisherMcClureDate Published1908 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #47 The History of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's History of England Finely Bound 1826PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1826 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #48 The History of England Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, David and Tobias SmollettHeadlineHume and Smollett History of England 10 VolumesPublisherT. CadellDate Published1841 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #49 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJefferies, RichardHeadlineWorks of Richard Jefferies Finely Bound SetPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1890s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #50 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineDiary of Samuel Pepys 13 Vols Finely BoundPublisherG. Bell and SonsDate Published1923-29 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #51 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of William H Prescott 15 Leather Bound VolsPublisherLippincottDate Published1861-63 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Works of Shakespere Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of Shakespeare - Full Leather 1854PublisherWm. S. OrrDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #53 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Writings Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1906 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #54 Two Small Sets In Period Fine Bindings Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineTacitus and Racine in Period Fine BindingsDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #55 The Complete Angler Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalton, Izaak and Charles CottonHeadlineWalton's Complete Angler Finely BoundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Lot 6 Finely Bound Works Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 Lot of 4 Finely Bound Works Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #58 Lot of 7 Finely Bound Works Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSmall Group of Finely Bound BooksDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #59 The Book of Martyrs, or the Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church. Being a Complete History of Martyrdom from the Commencement of Christianity to the Present Time AuthorFox, JohnHeadlineFox's Book of Martyrs with engraved platesPublisherThomas KellyDate Published1814 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #63 The History of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, sirnamed, the Great AuthorHarte, WalterHeadlineLife of Gustavus Adolphus, 1759PublisherPrinted for the author; and sold by G. HawkinsDate Published1759 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #67 Homer His Odysses Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby, Esq AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669PublisherPrinted by James Flesher, for the AuthourDate Published1669 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #69 La Chiromance et Phisionomie, par le regard des membres de l'homme. Mises en François par Antoine du Moulin Masconnois AuthorIndagine, Johannes abHeadlinePalmistry by Jean Indagine, 1662PublisherChez Arnould CotinetDate Published1662 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #70 Index librorum prohibitorum: cum regulis confectis per Patres à Tridentina Synodo delectos, auctoritate Sanctiss. D. N. Pii IIII. Pont. Max. comprobatus Heading(Index of Prohibited books)Author[Arias, Montanus, editor]HeadlineIndex of Prohibited Books, 1570PublisherEx officina Christophori PlantiniDate Published1570 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #72 The Works of Flavius Josephus which are Extant AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineJosephus' Works with plates & maps, 1733PublisherPrinted for R. Penny & J. JanewayDate Published1733 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #75 Dissertation sur les Attributs de Vénus, qui a obtenu l'accessit, au jugement de l'Académie Royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, á la séance publique du mois de novembre 1775 AuthorLa Chau, Géraud deHeadlineLa Chau's Venus, 1776, with engravingsPublisherDe l'imprimerie de Prault...Et se trouve chez PissotDate Published1776 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #77 Traité sur la Magie, le sortilege, les posessions, obsessions et malefices où l'on en démontre la verité & la réalité; avec une methode sûre & facile pour les discerner, & les reglemens contre les devins, sorciers, magiciens, & c. Ouvrage trés-utile aux ecclesiastiques, aux medecins, & aus juges. Par M. D *** Heading(Magic & Witchcraft)Author[Daugis, Antoine Louis]HeadlineDaugis on Magic and Sorcery, 1732PublisherPierre PraultDate Published1732 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #78 Disqvisitionvm magicarvm libri sex, qvibvs continetvr accvrata cvriosarvm artivm, et vanarum superstitionum confutatio, vtilis theologis, jurisconsultis, medicis, philologis Heading(Magic & Witchcraft)AuthorDel Rio, Martin AntonHeadlineDel Rio's Magic in Six Books, 1657PublisherSumptibus Petri HenningijDate Published1657 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #79 De Idololatria Magica, dissertatio Heading(Magic & Witchcraft)AuthorFilesac, JeanHeadlineJean Filesac on Idolotry & Magic, 1609PublisherEx Officina Nivelliana, Apud Sebastianvm Cramoisy...Date Published1609 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #80 [A blow at modern sadducism in some philosophical considerations about witchcraft...] Heading(Magic & Witchcraft)Author[Glanvill, Joseph]HeadlineGlanvill's Witches & Apparitions, 1668PublisherPrinted by E. C. for James CollinsDate Published1668 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #81 An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. With observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred Scriptures and confute the vulgar errors about that point. And also two sermons: one in proof of the Christian religion; the other concerning good and evil angels Heading(Magic & Witchcraft)AuthorHutchinson, FrancisHeadlineHutchinson on Witchcraft, 1720PublisherPrinted for R. Knaplock, et al.Date Published1720 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #82 [The discouerie of witchcraft: wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent fals-hood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, The abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueiances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered: and many other things opened, which haue long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne: heerevnto is added a treatise vpon the nature and substance of spirits and diuels, &c.] Heading(Magic & Witchcraft)Author[Scot, Reginald]HeadlineScot's Discovery of Witchcraft 1584Publisher[William Brome]Date Published[1584] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #89 The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia AuthorNolan, E.H.HeadlineIllustrated History of the War Against RussiaPublisherVirtueDate Published[c. 1857] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #91 A History of Egyptian Mummies, and an Account of the Worship and Embalming of the Sacred Animals by the Egyptians; with Remarks on the Funeral Ceremonies of Different Nations, and Observations on the Mummies of the Canary Islands, of the Ancient Peruvians, Burman Priests, &c. AuthorPettigrew, Thomas JosephHeadlinePettigrew's Egyptian Mummies with tinted platesPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, et al.Date Published1834 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #92 Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Vol. VIII, Nos. 29 et 30 Heading(Picasso, Pablo)Author**HeadlineDouble Issue of Verve - Pablo PicassoPublisherVerveDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #93 Les Oeuvres de Platon AuthorPlatoHeadlinePlato's Works in French, 1699PublisherJean AnissonDate Published1699 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #94 The Phædrus of Plato; a Dialogue Concerning Beauty and Love. Translated from the Greek AuthorPlatoHeadlinePlato's Phaedrus in English, 1792PublisherPrinted for Edward Jeffery, et al.Date Published1792 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #95 The Works of Plato Abridg'd: With an Account of His Life, Philosophy, Morals, and Politicks... AuthorPlatoHeadline18th century edition of Plato in EnglishPublisherPrinted for D. Midwinter, et al.Date Published1739 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #97 Manuscript prayer book with 19 original watercolor illustrations Heading(Prayer Book)Author**HeadlineManuscript prayerbook with original art 1793Date Published1793 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #99 Tractatvs Astrologicvs de genethliacorvm thematvm ivdiciis pro singulis nati accidentibus... AuthorRantzau, HenrikHeadlineRantzau's Astrology, 1593PublisherApud Joannem WechelumDate Published1593 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #101 Business Cards Heading(Ruscha, Edward)AuthorBengston, Billy Al and Edward RuschaHeadlineEd Ruscha & Billy Al Bengston Business CardsPublisher[Heavy Industry Publications]Date Published1968 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #105 Animalia, Or Fibs About Beasts AuthorUnderwood, LeonHeadlineLeon Underwood Animalia 1 of 28 signed copiesPublisherPayson & ClarkeDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #108 The Complete Angler AuthorWalton, Izaak and Charles CottonHeadlineThe Complete Angler 1st John Major EditionPublisherJohn MajorDate Published1823 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #112 Songs of the Soul AuthorYogananda, Swami [Paramahansa]HeadlineSwami Yogananda Songs of the Soul InscribedPublisherSat SangaDate Published1923 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #117 The American Flower Garden HeadingzzgAuthorBlanchan, NeltjeHeadlineNeltje Blanchan The American Flower GardenPublisherDoubledayDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #128 Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries AuthorDunthorne, GordonHeadlineFlower and Fruit Prints of the 18th & 19th Cent.PublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #139 Journal of a Naturalist Author[Knapp, John Leonard]HeadlineKnapp's Journal of a Naturalist 1830PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #152 Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up: with a Kitchin-Garden of all manner of herbes, rootes, & fruites, for meate or sauce used with us, and An Orchard of all sorte of fruit-bearing Trees and shrubbes fit for our Land together with the right ordering planting & preserving them and their uses & vertues... AuthorParkinson, JohnHeadlineJohn Parkinson Paradisus Terrestris 1629Publisher[Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young]Date Published1629 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #164 Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, Consisting of Drawings From Nature of Some of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants... HeadingzzcAuthorRoscoe, Mrs. EdwardHeadlineMrs. Roscoe's Floral Illustrations of the SeasonsPublisherR. HavellDate Published1838 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next