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Woodfall for John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1749 Lot #2 Dogs of Character View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorAldin, CecilHeadlineLimited edition with original sketch by AldinPublisherEyre & Spottiswoode and Scribner'sDate Published1927 Lot #3 The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorLane, Edward William, translatorHeadlineThousand and One Arabian Nights leather bound setPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1839-41 Lot #4 The Adventures of Hunch-Back, and the Stories Connected with it (from the Arabian Nights Entertainments.) With illustrative Prints, engraved by William Daniell, from pictures painted by Robert Smirke, R.A. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)Author**HeadlineLarge Paper Copy with Hand-Colored PlatesPublisherPrinted for William Daniell...by Thomas DavisonDate Published1814 Lot #5 Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Arabic Manuscript Leaf - 10th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic ScriptDate Publishedc.10th century Lot #6 Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Arabic Manuscript Leaf - 14th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic ScriptDate Publishedc.14th century Lot #7 De Categoriae [and] De Interpretatione View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000Sold for$65,217.40StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineRare 13th century manuscript of AristotleDate Published[c.1250] Lot #8 A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorBerners, Dame JulianaHeadlineFine printing of first Angling Book in EnglishPublisher[Ashendene Press]Date Published[1903] Lot #9 The Quadrupeds of North America View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds of North AmericaPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1852-1854 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBartholin, ThomasHeadlineEary anatomical work with engravingsPublisherEx typographia Adriani VlacqDate Published1660 Lot #11 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 #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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineBlack Letter Quarto of King James Bible, 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #13 Sonnets View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Binding - Mary Horstschulze)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBremer Press printing in designer bindingPublisher[Bremer Presse]Date Published[1931] 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 ... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorBirch, ThomasHeadlineEngravings of illustrious BritonsPublisherJohn KnaptonDate Published1756 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's LIfe of Samuel Johnson, first editionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 Lot #16 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Johnson with extra-illustrationsPublisherTalboys and WheelerDate Published1826 Lot #17 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst edition of Bronte's Jane EyrePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 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... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBuchotte, M., Ingenieur du RoiHeadlineEarly French Architecture BookPublisherClaude JombertDate Published1722 Lot #19 Three items that once belonged to Jean Armour, wife of Robert Burns View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzg(Burns, Mrs. Robert)Author**HeadlineThree items belonging to Mrs. Robert BurnsDate Published18th-19th centuries 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorByron, JohnHeadlineAccount of shipwreck on Patagonia, 1768PublisherPrinted for S. Baker and G. Leigh... and T. DaviesDate Published1768 Lot #21 Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineColored lithograph of Mayan Ruins by CatherwoodDate Published[1844] Lot #22 Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineColored lithograph of Mayan Ruins by CatherwoodDate Published[1844] Lot #23 De Oratore, Ciceronis ad Q. Fratrem Libri III. Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi Filio View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineAldine Press printing of CiceroPublisher[Apud Aldi Filios]Date Published1546 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineEarly Edition of Cicero's De Officiis, 1596PublisherThomas EsteDate Published1596 Lot #25 Cast iron copy press from 1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Copy Press)Author**HeadlineCast iron copy pressPublisherRussell Erwin Manufacturing Co.Date Published1865 Lot #26 Punch and Judy, with Illustrations Drawn and Engraved by George Cruikshank. Accompanied by the Dialogue of the Puppet-Show, an Account of its Origin, and of Puppet-Plays in England View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorCollier, John PayneHeadlinePuch and Judy with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherPrinted for S. ProwettDate Published1828 Lot #27 The Comic Almanack...an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest... [for 1835 to 1847] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank, George The Comic Almanack leather setPublisherCharles Tilt, et alDate Published1835-47 Lot #28 David View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorD'Ambrosio, Joe & Michelangelo BuonarrotiHeadlineStriking creation by Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published[1993] Lot #29 [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineNash priting of Dante's Divine ComedyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #30 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineAmerican edition of De Quncey's Opium-EaterPublisherE. LittellDate Published1823 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDaniel Defoe's The Storm, 1704PublisherPrinted for G. Sawbridge...and Sold by J. NuttDate Published1704 Lot #32 Bleak House View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House bound from original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[1852]-1853 Lot #33 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Issue of Dickens' Christmas CarolPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 Lot #34 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club bookPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1837 Lot #35 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. The Second Series. Complete in One Volume View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Sketches by Boz Second Series first ed.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1837 Lot #36 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Tale of Two Cities, first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #37 The Village Coquettes. A Comedy with Songs. In Two Acts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Coquettes with signed envelopePublisherPrinted for Hermann HartungDate Published1845 Lot #38 Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS. in the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris, and from Other Sources View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHumphreys, H. NoelHeadlineCharles Dickens' copy of Humphreys' FroissartPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1845 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... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineDouglas's description of Muscles, 1707PublisherPrinted by W.B. for George StrachanDate Published1707 Lot #40 Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition of Dryden PoemPublisherPrinted for J.T. and are to be Sold by W. DavisDate Published1681 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorEpicurusHeadlineFirst editjon in English of Epicurus' MoralsPublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1656 Lot #42 Shakespeare's Works View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Ernst Ludwig Presse)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare fine printing by Ludwig PressePublisherErnst Ludwig PresseDate Published[1925-1931] Lot #43 [Elements, i.e.] The Elements of Geometrie of the most Auncient Philosopher Euclide of Megara View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineFirst edition in English of Euclid's ElementsPublisherIohn DayeDate Published1570 Lot #44 Granite & Cypress View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Everson, William, printer)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineEverson's Granite & Cypress in wood slipcasePublisherUnivsity of Califorina at Santa CruzDate Published1975 Lot #45 Introduction à la Geographie avec une Description Historique sur touttes les parties de la Terre View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorFer, Nicolas deHeadline1717 geography by De Fer with 6 mapsPublisherChez le Sr. DanetDate Published1717 Lot #46 Printed Pages from English Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Printed Books... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important English LiteraturePublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 Lot #47 Printed Pages from European Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Books and Manuscripts... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important European printingsPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 Lot #48 Specimens of Oriental MSS and Printing: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare Oriental Books and Manuscrpts... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineRare Oriental Manuscripts and Printed LeavesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1938 Lot #49 Specimens of Woodcuts and Engravings: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Illustated Books... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal Engravings from 15th-17th centuriesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1926 Lot #50 Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzg(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorJames, John AngellHeadlineWith Fore-edge Painting of ButterfliesPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #51 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorForster, Edward (trans)HeadlineForster's Translation of The Arabian Nights 1802PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 Lot #52 A Collection of Prints, Illustrative of English Scenery from the Drawings and Sketches of Gainsborough View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorGainsborough, [Thomas]HeadlinePrints Gainsborough Illustrated English SceneryPublisherW.F. Wells & J. LaporteDate Published[1802-05] Lot #53 The Wind in the Willows View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineGrahame The Wind in the Willows first editionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1908] Lot #54 The Lamentations of Jeremiah View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Gregynog Press)Author*HeadlineGregynog Press printing of JeremiahPublisherThe Gregynog PressDate Published1933 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineGrotius' seminal treatise on International LawPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.Date Published1738 Lot #56 The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHafizHeadlinePersian Poetry from the Villon SocietyPublisherVillon SocietyDate Published1901 Lot #57 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineManly P. Hall on Masonic ritualsPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #58 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] Lot #59 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer leather setPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 Lot #60 De Re Metallica View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Hoover, Herbert Clark)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineAgricola - De Re Metallica Ltd Edn 1912PublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 Lot #61 Quinti Horatii Flacii Opera: Cum Novo Commentario ad Modum Joannis Bond View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHoraceHeadlinephotographsPublisherFermin DidotDate Published1855 Lot #62 The Romances of Victor Hugo View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Works leather bound 14 volume setPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1892-94 Lot #63 Lot of two works in three volumes, all bound by John Grabau View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineJohn Grabau bindings on George Wharton JamesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #64 An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers... View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJamieson, JohnHeadlineScottish Etymological Dictionary, finely boundPublisherAlexander GardnerDate Published1879-1887 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's English Dictionary 1755PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 Lot #66 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johson on Scottish IslandsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 Lot #67 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English PoetsPublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 Lot #68 Illustrations of Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio with Text View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorJones, Howard and Mrs. N.E. Jones, et alHeadlineornithology, lithographyPublisher[the collaborators]Date Published1886 Lot #69 Collection of Works by Jonson, most published 1631 to 1641 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBen Jonson Collected Works, 1631-1641Date Published1631-1641 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Author[Justice, Alexander]. "A.J."HeadlinedictionariesPublisherPrinted by R. Janeway for the AuthorDate Published1701 Lot #71 Iustini Historici in Trogi Popmeii historias... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorJustinus, Marcus JunianusHeadlineThe Historical Writings of Justinus, 1532PublisherEx Officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel FratrumDate Published1532 Lot #72 Utopia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, Sir ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of UtopiaPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] Lot #73 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 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... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's Treastise on Music, 1650PublisherEx Typographia Haeredum Francisci CorbellettiDate Published1650 Lot #75 Handbuch der Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Steinschneider und Juweliere View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorKluge, Karl EmilHeadlineKarl Kluge's Mineralogy HandbookPublisherF.A. BrockhausDate Published1860 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Koran in English)Author**HeadlineEarly English version of the Koran, 1649Date Published1649 Lot #77 The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science, and Industry of the Queen of Gems View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 Lot #78 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archæology, and in Science View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on IvoryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 Lot #79 Lot of three books by Kunz View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on precious stones and ringsPublisherLippincottDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #80 Women in Love View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineLawrence Women in Love limited first editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers OnlyDate Published1920 Lot #81 Essais de Theodicée sur la Bonté de Dieu, la Liberté de l'Homme et l'Origine du Mal View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Author[Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm von]HeadlineLeibniz' Essay on Liberty, first edition, 1710PublisherChez Isaac TroyelDate Published1710 Lot #82 Moreh Nebukim [The Guide of the Perplexed] View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorMaimonides [Moses Ben Maimon]HeadlineRare Hebrew IncunabulaPublisher[Obadiah?]Date PublishedNo date [circa 1473-75] 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorMarolois, SamuelHeadlineMathematics, Geometry and Surveying, 1662PublisherJoannis JanssoniusDate Published1647 Lot #84 Magiciens et Logiciens View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMaurois, AndreHeadlineAndre Maurois Magiciens et Logiciens 1/16PublisherEditions Bernard GrassetDate Published[1935] Lot #85 Heads of the People: or, Portraits of the English View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMeadows, KennyHeadlineMeadows Heads of the People Portraits DrawingsPublisherRobert TyasDate Published1840-41 Lot #86 Moby-Dick; or, the Whale View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's Moby-DickPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #87 [Guide into Tongues, i.e.]: Minshæi Emendatio, vel á mendis Expurgatio, seu Augmentatio sui Ductoris in Linguas, The Guide into Tongues... View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorMinsheu, JohnHeadline17th Century Etymological DictionaryPublisherPrinted by Iohn HavilandDate Published1627 Lot #88 The Essays of Michael Lord of Montaigne. Written by him in French and done into English by John Florio View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem de.HeadlineBruce Rogers Printing of MontaignePublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1902-1904 Lot #89 A Treatise on Brewing: Wherein is Exhibited the Whole Process of the Art and Mystery of Brewing the various sorts of Malt Liquor; with Practical Examples upon each Species... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMorrice, AlexanderHeadlineEarly 19th century Treatise on Brewing BeerPublisherFor the Author, sold by H.D. SymondsDate Published1802 Lot #90 A Tourist In Spite of Himself View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorNewton, A. EdwardHeadlinePresented by Newton to Flodden HerronPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1930 Lot #91 Autograph manuscript by Newton, referring to the Nazarenes View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton Manuscript regarding TheologyDate Publishedc.1700 Lot #92 A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, Mathematick Professor in the University of Cambridge; containing his New Theory about Light and Colors... View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineIsaac Newton's First Published Work, on ColorPublisher[For John Martin]Date PublishedFeb. 19, 1671 Lot #93 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press ShakespearePublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #94 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in figures View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadline1632 edition or Ovid's MetamorphosesPublisher[John Lichfield]Date Published1632 Lot #95 Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles euangelistar[um] figuras View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorPetrus de RosenheimHeadline16th century emblem bookPublisher[Thomas Badensis]Date Published[1504] Lot #96 The New World of Words: or, a General English Dictionary View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorPhillips, EdwardHeadlineEarly English etymological dictionaryPublisherPrinted by W.R. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1678 Lot #97 The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPhillips, EdwardHeadlineEnglish Dictionary 1706PublisherJ. 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