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Woodfall for John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1749 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #9 The Quadrupeds of North America HeadingzzcAuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds of North AmericaPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1852-1854 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #10 Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini parentis Institutionibus, omniumque recentiorum & propriis observationibus tertium ad sanguinis circulationem reformata. Cum iconibus novis accuratissimis. Accessit huic postremae editioni Th. Bartholini appendix de lacteis thoracicis & [de] vasis lymphaticis AuthorBartholin, ThomasHeadlineEary anatomical work with engravingsPublisherEx typographia Adriani VlacqDate Published1660 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #11 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special commandment Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineBlack Letter Quarto of King James Bible, 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #14 The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates. Engraved by Mr Houbraken, and Mr Vertue. With their Lives and Characters, by Thomas Birch ... AuthorBirch, ThomasHeadlineEngravings of illustrious BritonsPublisherJohn KnaptonDate Published1756 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #15 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, during Which He Flourished AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's LIfe of Samuel Johnson, first editionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #18 Les Regles du Dessein et du Lavis, pour les Plans Particuliers des Ouvrages & des Batimens, & pour leurs Coupes, Profils, Elevations & Facades, tant de l'Architecture Militaire que Civile... AuthorBuchotte, M., Ingenieur du RoiHeadlineEarly French Architecture BookPublisherClaude JombertDate Published1722 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #20 The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, and the manners and customs of the inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager man of war, one of Admiral Anson's squadron AuthorByron, JohnHeadlineAccount of shipwreck on Patagonia, 1768PublisherPrinted for S. Baker and G. Leigh... and T. DaviesDate Published1768 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #21 Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineColored lithograph of Mayan Ruins by CatherwoodDate Published[1844] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineColored lithograph of Mayan Ruins by CatherwoodDate Published[1844] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #23 De Oratore, Ciceronis ad Q. Fratrem Libri III. Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi Filio AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineAldine Press printing of CiceroPublisher[Apud Aldi Filios]Date Published1546 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #24 Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of duties to Marcus his sonne, tourned out of Latine into English, by Nicolas Grimald. Wherevnto the Latine is adioyned AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineEarly Edition of Cicero's De Officiis, 1596PublisherThomas EsteDate Published1596 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #31 The Storm: or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDaniel Defoe's The Storm, 1704PublisherPrinted for G. Sawbridge...and Sold by J. NuttDate Published1704 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #39 Myographiae Comparatae Specimen, or, A Comparative Description of all the Muscles in a Man and in a Quadruped. Shewing Their Discoverer, Origin, Progress, Insertion, Use, and Difference. To which is added, an Account of the Muscles Peculiar to a Woman... AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineDouglas's description of Muscles, 1707PublisherPrinted by W.B. for George StrachanDate Published1707 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #40 Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition of Dryden PoemPublisherPrinted for J.T. and are to be Sold by W. DavisDate Published1681 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #41 Epicurus's morals, collected partly out of his owne Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the Rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca. And faithfully Englished AuthorEpicurusHeadlineFirst editjon in English of Epicurus' MoralsPublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1656 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #43 [Elements, i.e.] The Elements of Geometrie of the most Auncient Philosopher Euclide of Megara AuthorEuclidHeadlineFirst edition in English of Euclid's ElementsPublisherIohn DayeDate Published1570 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #45 Introduction à la Geographie avec une Description Historique sur touttes les parties de la Terre AuthorFer, Nicolas deHeadline1717 geography by De Fer with 6 mapsPublisherChez le Sr. DanetDate Published1717 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #46 Printed Pages from English Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Printed Books... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important English LiteraturePublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #47 Printed Pages from European Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Books and Manuscripts... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important European printingsPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #48 Specimens of Oriental MSS and Printing: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare Oriental Books and Manuscrpts... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineRare Oriental Manuscripts and Printed LeavesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1938 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #49 Specimens of Woodcuts and Engravings: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Illustated Books... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal Engravings from 15th-17th centuriesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1926 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #55 The Rights of War and Peace, in three books. Wherein are explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineGrotius' seminal treatise on International LawPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.Date Published1738 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #58 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 Lot of two works in three volumes, all bound by John Grabau AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineJohn Grabau bindings on George Wharton JamesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #65 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's English Dictionary 1755PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #66 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johson on Scottish IslandsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #67 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English PoetsPublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #69 Collection of Works by Jonson, most published 1631 to 1641 AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBen Jonson Collected Works, 1631-1641Date Published1631-1641 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #70 A Compleat Account of the Portugueze Language: Being a Copious Dictionary of English with Portugueze and Portugueze with English. Together with a Easie and Unerring Method of its Pronunciation by a distinguished Accent, and a Compendium of all the necessary Rules of Construction and Orthography digested into a Grammatical Form Author[Justice, Alexander]. "A.J."HeadlinedictionariesPublisherPrinted by R. Janeway for the AuthorDate Published1701 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #71 Iustini Historici in Trogi Popmeii historias... AuthorJustinus, Marcus JunianusHeadlineThe Historical Writings of Justinus, 1532PublisherEx Officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel FratrumDate Published1532 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #74 [Musurgia universalis, i.e.] Athanasii Kircheri fuldensis e Soc Iesu Presbyteri. Musurgia Universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni in X. libros digesta: Qua Vniuersa Sonorum doctrina, & Philosophia, musicaeque tam theoricae, quam practicae scientia, summa varietate traditur... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's Treastise on Music, 1650PublisherEx Typographia Haeredum Francisci CorbellettiDate Published1650 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #76 The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated from the Arabique into French; by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and Resident for the King of France, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities Heading(Koran in English)Author**HeadlineEarly English version of the Koran, 1649Date Published1649 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #81 Essais de Theodicée sur la Bonté de Dieu, la Liberté de l'Homme et l'Origine du Mal Author[Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm von]HeadlineLeibniz' Essay on Liberty, first edition, 1710PublisherChez Isaac TroyelDate Published1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #82 Moreh Nebukim [The Guide of the Perplexed] AuthorMaimonides [Moses Ben Maimon]HeadlineRare Hebrew IncunabulaPublisher[Obadiah?]Date PublishedNo date [circa 1473-75] View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 Samuelis Marolois, Mathematicorum sui saeculi facile principis Geometria theoretica ac practica: continens linearum, superficierum, ac corporum quorumlibet dimensionum regulas, demonstrationes & figuras perfectissimas Studia atque opera Alberti Girardi, Mathematici Cl AuthorMarolois, SamuelHeadlineMathematics, Geometry and Surveying, 1662PublisherJoannis JanssoniusDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #87 [Guide into Tongues, i.e.]: Minshæi Emendatio, vel á mendis Expurgatio, seu Augmentatio sui Ductoris in Linguas, The Guide into Tongues... AuthorMinsheu, JohnHeadline17th Century Etymological DictionaryPublisherPrinted by Iohn HavilandDate Published1627 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #92 A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, Mathematick Professor in the University of Cambridge; containing his New Theory about Light and Colors... AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineIsaac Newton's First Published Work, on ColorPublisher[For John Martin]Date PublishedFeb. 19, 1671 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #94 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in figures AuthorOvidHeadline1632 edition or Ovid's MetamorphosesPublisher[John Lichfield]Date Published1632 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #95 Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles euangelistar[um] figuras AuthorPetrus de RosenheimHeadline16th century emblem bookPublisher[Thomas Badensis]Date Published[1504] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #96 The New World of Words: or, a General English Dictionary AuthorPhillips, EdwardHeadlineEarly English etymological dictionaryPublisherPrinted by W.R. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1678 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #97 The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary AuthorPhillips, EdwardHeadlineEnglish Dictionary 1706PublisherJ. Phillips, N. Rhodes and J. TaylorDate Published1706 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #99 Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek; with Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch by John Langhorne and William Langorne. A New Edition with Corrections and Additions by the Rev. Francis Wrangham AuthorPlutarchHeadlineclassical literaturePublisherPrinted for J. Mawman, et alDate Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #103 De conservanda bona valetudine, scholae Salernitanae opusculum... Heading(Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum)Author**HeadlineRare 16th century work on HygienePublisherApud Chr. EgenolphumDate Published[1553] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #104 Kaladlit Okalluktualliat kalâdlisut kablunâtudlo. Attuakat sisamai/ Grönlandske Folkesagn opskrevne og meddeelte af Indfødte med dansk Oversættelse AuthorRink, Henrik, et al.HeadlineGreenland Sagas in Eskimo and Danish, 1863PublisherTrykt i Inspektoratets bogtrykkeri af L. Møller...Date Published1863 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #105 Tyre, From the Isthmus AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineLithograph of the Holy LandDate Publishedc.1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 The Merchant of Venice AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineComplete Shakespeare Play from First FolioDate Published1623 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #110 The parable of the ten virgins opened & applied: being the substance of divers sermons on Matth. 25. 1, ---13... By Thomas Shepard, late Worthy and Faithfull Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New-England... AuthorShepard, ThomasHeadline1660 printing of Shepard's Ten VirginsPublisherPrinted by J.H. for John Rothwell, and Samuel ThomsonDate Published1660 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #111 The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. Now since the first edition augmented and ended AuthorSidney, PhilipHeadlineSidney's Arcadia, 1593PublisherPrinted for William PonsonbieDate Published1593 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #112 De memorabilibus mundi accuratissime recognitus et indicio alphabetico annotatus AuthorSolinus, Gaius JuliusHeadlineRare 16th century printing of SolinusPublisherJehan LambertDate Published[1503] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #114 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath first editionPublisherVikingDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #115 The World of Wonders; or an Introduction to a Treatise touching the Conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders; or a Preparative Treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus. The Argument whereof is taken from the Apologie for Herodotus written in Latine by Henrie Stephen, and continued here by the Author himself. Translated out of the best corrected French copie AuthorStephen, Henrie [Henri Estienne]HeadlinereligionPublisherJohn NortonDate Published1607 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #116 The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineTristram Shandy signed by Laurence SternePublisherR. & J. Dodsley/ T. Becket & P.A. DehontDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #117 Traite de l'Apparition des Esprits. A scavoir des ames separees, fantosmes, prodiges & accidens merveilleux, qui precedent quelquefois la mort des grands personnages, ou signifient changemens de la chose publique AuthorTaillepied, NoëlHeadlineRare 17th century work on ghosts and apparitionsPublisherChez Iean OsmontDate Published1606 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #120 Opera AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineEarly English printing of Virgil's WorksPublisherExcudebat H. Midletonus, impensis I. H[arrison I]Date Published1583 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #121 Virgils Eclogves Translated into English: By W.L., Gent. AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineRare English edition of Virgil's Eclogues, 1628PublisherPrinted by William IonesDate Published1628 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #122 Dick Sands. The Boy Captain AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne, Jules Dick Sands. The Boy Captain bookPublisherScribner'sDate Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #123 [De Humani Corporis, i.e.] Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinæ professoris, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem AuthorVesalius, AndreasHeadlineSeminal Medical Text by VesaliusPublisherEx Officina Ioannis OporiniDate Published1543 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #126 The Compleat Angler: or, Contemplative Man's Recreation, in Two Parts... AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineWalton's Compleat Angler, 1750PublisherHenry KentDate Published1750 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #129 De' Mali Hipochondriaci libri dve AuthorZacchias, PaulusHeadlineItalian medical work touting tobaccoPublisherAppresso Pietro Antonio FacciottiDate Published1639 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next