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HeadingzzcAuthorAbercrombie, JohnHeadlineBOTANY GARDENING FRUITPublisherLockyer DavisDate Published1779 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #2 A Summary History of New-England, from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the Acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War AuthorAdams, HannahHeadlinenew england massachusetts colonial americaPublisherPrinted for the Author, by H. Mann and J.H. AdamsDate Published1799 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, Elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species advivum adumbrantibus AuthorAesopHeadlineemblem books, greekPublisherJohannis de TournesDate Published1628 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #4 Hearth and Home, for the Farm, Garden, and Fireside Heading(Agriculture & Botany, etc.)Author**Headlinefarming plants horticulture botanyDate Published1868-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey AuthorAikin. JohnHeadlinemedical medicine science biographyPublisherPrinted for Joseph JohnsonDate Published1780 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #26 Le Pompe Torinesi Nel Ritorno Dell'Altezza Reale di Carlo Emanuele II, Duca di Savoia, Principe di Piemonte, Re di Cirpro &c. AuthorBenedettino, Abbate D. Valeriano CastiglioneHeadlinepiedmont italy cyprusPublisherGio. Giacomo RuftisDate Published1645 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #27 Alciphron: or, The Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, against those who are called Free-thinkers Author[Berkeley, George]Headlinereligion philosophy christianityPublisherPrinted for J. TonsonDate Published1732 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #28 Select Fables: With Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, Previous to the Year 1784: Together with a Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlinebinding woodcuts engravings fablesPublisherPrinted by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #29 [New Testament Illustrations in German] Heading(Bible Illustrations)Author**HeadlineReligion New Testament Copper Engravings IllustratedPublisherJohann Georg CottaDate Publishedcirca 18th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 [Koberger 1478 Folio Bible]. Incipit ep[isto]la sancti Hieronimi ad Paulinu[m]de presbiter[um] de o[mn]ibu[s] divine historie libris Author[Bible in Latin]Headlineincunablula, bibles, KobergerPublisherAnton KobergerDate Published[1478] View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Tactique navale, ou, Traite des evolutions et des signaux; avec figures en taille-douce AuthorBigot de Morogues, Sebastien FrancoisHeadlinenaval nautical ships militaryPublisherH.L. Guerin & L.F. DelatourDate Published1763 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #32 The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign AuthorBlakston, W. A., W. Swaysland, and August F. WienerHeadlineChromolithographs, birdsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #34 Two printed leaves from a Book of Hours Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlinebook of hoursPublisher[Hardouin?]Date Published[Circa 1510] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #35 4 printed leaves from Thielmann Kerver's 1520 "Hore Deipare Virginis Mariae Secundum Usum Romanum" (Book of Hours) Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineearly printing, book of hoursPublisher[Thielmann Kerver]Date Published[1520] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #36 2 printed printed leaves on vellum from Germain Hardouin's "Hore Intemerate Virginis Marie Secundum Usum Rommanum, etc. (Book of Hours) Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptsPublisher[Hardouin]Date Published[Circa 1505] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #38 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinedictionary english londonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #40 Harrison's British Classicks Heading(British Periodicals, etc.)Author**Headlineaddison steele johnson spectator ramblerPublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1785-1793 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #41 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Author(Buffon, George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de.)HeadlineBirdsPublisherDe l'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1780-1785 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #52 Foreign Finches in Captivity: Illustrated with 60 Plates by F.W. Frohawk, F.E.S.; Coloured by Hand AuthorButler, Arthur G.Headlinebirds, ornithologyPublisherL. Reeve & Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #54 [Museo Fiorentino] AuthorCampiglia, Geiovanni DomenicoHeadlinerome italy engravings statues museum florenceDate Publishedc.1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #58 The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote...To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life, by T. Smollett, M.D. AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlinecopperplatesPublisherA. MillarDate Published1755 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They Are to be Said or Sung in Churches (bound with) A new Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches Author(Church of England)HeadlinereligionPublisherThomas Baskett, Printer to the University (&) J. RobertsDate Published1752, 1753 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #79 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlinesciencePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #80 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy during the years 1832-1836 AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlinedarwin evolution natural history fossilsPublisherCIL LimitedDate Published1994 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #82 The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oronoque . . . [and] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Being the Second and Last Part [together with] Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: with his Vision of the Angelick World Author[Defoe, Daniel]Headlinedefoe, imaginary voyagesPublisherPrinted for W. TaylorDate Published1719-20 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei Existentia, & animae immortalitas demonstratur AuthorDescartes, [René]HeadlinephilosophyPublisherMichael SoliDate Published1641 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #96 The Boke, named the Governovr, deuised by sir Thomas Elyot, Knight AuthorElyot, ThomasHeadlinelaw england kings duties princes politicsPublisherThomas EastDate Published1580 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #97 Abregé de l'Histoire des Roys de France, avec les Effigies Depuis Pharamond iusques au Roy Loys XIII á present regnant Heading(Emblem Book)Author**Headlinewood engravingPublisherDavid GeufroyDate Published1613 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #98 Omnia Andreae Alciati v. c. emblemata, cum commentariis, quibus emblematum detecta origine, dubia omnia, et obscura illustrantur. Adiectae nouam appendices nusquam antea editae Per Claude Minoem Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorAlciati, Andrea and Claude MinoemHeadlineemblem books, engravingPublisherJohann RicheriiDate Published1602 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #99 Le Guide Fidele de la Vraie Gloire presente Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, Instruisant ce Jeune Prince des Choses qu'il doit Croire, Demander, Pratiquer, Frequenter, et Eviter pour etre Roy Pendant tous les siecles... Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorBarenger, Andre ThomasHeadlineemblem book religion engravingsPublisherChez P. LandryDate Published1688 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #100 Recueil d'Emblemes Divers: Avec des Discours Moraux, Philosophiques, et Politiques, Tirez de divers Autheurs, Anciens & Modernes (and) Recueil d'Emblemes Divers, etc., Seconde Partie Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorBaudoin, [Jean]Headlineemblem booksPublisherJacques VilleryDate Published1638-39 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #101 Viridarium Hieroglyphico-Morale. In Quo Virtutes et Vitia, atque Mores Huius Aevi Secundum tres Ordines Hierarchicos, Ecclesiasticum, Politicum, Oeconomicum, per definitiones, etc. Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorOreaus, HenricusHeadlinewood engraving, emblemsPublisherJacob de ZetterDate Published1619 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #102 Icones Sive Imagines Clarorum virorum Graeciae & Italiae cum Elogiis diversorum Autorum Partim ex Musaeo Ioviano depromtae: partim aliumde adquisitae, & advivum artificiosissimè expressae Heading(Emblem book)Author**Headlinewood engravingPublisher[No Publisher]Date Published[Circa 1580s] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #105 Police, Beer, & Excise Acts. 3 Geo. II. to 5 Vict. (spine title) Heading(Excise Acts and Laws - England)Author**Headlinealcohol taxes lawsDate Published1773-1840 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #107 Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distance of all the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761... AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineastronomy sciencePublisherT. Longman, et al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #108 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #124 The Historie of Edward the Fourth, King of England AuthorHabington, William (1605-54)HeadlineKing Edward Royality Early Printed Books HistoryPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes for William CookeDate Published1640 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #125 Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. Gemeinverständliche wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die Entwicklungslehre im Allgemeinen und diejenigen von Darwin, Goethe und Lamarck im Besonderen AuthorHaeckel, Ernst H.Headlinedarwin evolutionPublisherVerlag von Georg ReimerDate Published1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #128 Le Parfaict Capitaine. Autrement l'Abrege des Guerres de Gaule des Commentaires de Cesar. Avec Quelques Remarques suricelles, suivy d'un Recueil de l'Ordre de guerre des Anciens, ensemble d'un Traitté particulier de la Guerre AuthorHenry, Duc de RohanHeadlinemilitaryPublisherJean HouzeDate Published1636 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #129 Bronzi di Ercolano, e Contorni Incisi con Qualque Spiegazione. Tomo Primo: Busti (and) Tomo Secondo: statue Heading(Herculaneum)Author[Carcani, Pasquale]HeadlineherculaneumPublisherNella Regia StamperiaDate Published1767, 1771 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #130 Agricoltura: Tratta da Diversi Antichi et Moderni Scrittori AuthorHerrara, Gabriello Alfonso d'Headlineagriculture, husbandryPublisherF. SansovinoDate Published1568 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #134 Officio della B.V. Maria per tutti i tempi dell' anno... Heading(Horae B. M. V.)Author**HeadlinebookPublisherAppresso Gioacchino e Gio. Giuseppe SalvioiniDate Published1756 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #136 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist: Containing the Laws of the Game and Also Some Rules, whereby a Beginner may, with due Attention to them, attain to the Playing it well. . . . etc. AuthorHoyle, EdmondHeadlinegamesPublisherF. CoganDate Published1743 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #139 The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfull Sports to be used Author[James I, King of England]Headlinesports law englandPublisherPrinted by Bonham Norton & John BillDate Published1618 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #144 Cassell's Book of Birds AuthorJones, Thomas RymerHeadlineBirds, ChromolithographsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #147 China Monumentis qua Sacris quà Profanis, Nec non variis Naturæ & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque rerum memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata.... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlinetravel china engravingsPublisherJacobum à MeursDate Published1667 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #149 The Modern Cook: Containing Instructions for Preparing and Ordering Publick Entertainments for the Tables of Princes, Ambassadors, Noblemen, and Magistrates... AuthorLa Chapelle, VincentHeadlinegastronomy food drink cookeryPublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1736 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #150 A Voyage to Arabia Fœlix through the Eastern Ocean and the Streights of the Red-Sea, being the First made by the French in the Years 1708, 1709, and 1710... AuthorLa Roque, Jean DeHeadlinevoyages arabia middle east coffeePublisherPrinted for E. SymonsDate Published1732 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #156 Dictionnaire de Pomologie, contenant l'Histoire, la Description, la Figure des Fruits Anciens et des Fruits Modernes, les plus Généralement Connus et Cultivés AuthorLeroy, AndréHeadlinebotany fruit farming agriculturePublisherChez l'AuteurDate Published1867-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #161 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books (&) Paradise Regain'd : A Poem in Four Books to which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon Several Occasions AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. & R. TonsonDate Published1759 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #162 Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: And Poems upon Several Occasions AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinepoetry literature milton religionPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. & R TonsonDate Published1758 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #164 A modest enquiry into the mystery of iniquity, the first part, containing a careful and impartial delineation of the true idea of antichristianism in the real and genuine members thereof, such as are indeed opposite to the indispensable purposes of the Gospel of Christ, and to the interest of his kingdome. AuthorMoore. H[enry]Headlinereligioin catholocismPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher for W. MordenDate Published1664 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #165 A Natural History of British Moths AuthorMorris, F[rances] O[rpen]HeadlineMothsPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #170 Lot of 7 titles in 8 volumes by John Norris AuthorNorris, JohnHeadlinereligion philosophy wingPublisherSamuel Manship, et al.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #171 Commentatio de Nummo Alexandri Magni: Cum Summa Raritate tum Typo Singulari Conspicuo et Thesauri Fredericiani Ornamento Maximo. Accedit Thesauro Supellectilis Antiquariae Sive Collectione Opuscullorum Rariorum Quibus Viri Eruditi Numos Gemmas Lapidesque, etc. Heading(Numismatics)AuthorSchlaeger, Julius CarolusHeadlinenumismatics, ancient greece, coins, gemsPublisherJohann Georg PiscatorDate Published1736 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #172 Four Original Leaves from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) with 40 woodcuts, including 3 city views, etc. Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)Author(Schedel, Hartmann)HeadlineincubabulaPublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #174 Esequie dell'altezza reale del serenissimo Giovan Gastone, gran duca di Toscana, fatte celebrare in Firenze nella chiesa di San Lorenzo dall'altezza reale del serenissimo Francesco III ... granduca di Toscana, descritte da Bindo Simone Pervzzi. AuthorPeruzzi, Bindo SimoneHeadlinebookPublisherNella stamperia di S.A.R. Per Giovan Gaetano TartiniDate Published1737 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #181 The Historie of the World; Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Author[Pliny the Elder]Headlineclassics, plinyPublisherImpensis G.B. [Printed by Adam Islip]Date Published1601 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #185 Wild Flowers AuthorPratt, AnneHeadlinebotanical, flowers,PublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #191 Botanical Harmony Delineated: or, Applications of Some General Laws of Nature to Plants AuthorSaint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin deHeadlinePlants Early American Imprints Botanical PlatesPublisherJ. NancredeDate Published1797 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #193 Die Horen AuthorSchiller, Friedrich, et al.Headlinegerman literaturePublisherJ.G. Cottaischen BuchhandlungDate Published1797 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #202 The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: in Six Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts. Revis'e and Corrected, with an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by N. Rowe, Esq. (together with) The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: Volume the Seventh. Containing Venus & Adonis; Tarquin & Lucrece and His Miscellany Poems. With Critical Remarks on His Plays, etc. AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineshakespearePublisherJacob Tonson (&) E. CurllDate Published1709, 1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #205 The Gentleman's Dictionary. In Three Parts: The Art of Riding the Great Horse; The Military Art; The Art of Navigation Author[St. Georges, Guillet de]HeadlinedictionaryPublisherH. BonwickeDate Published1705 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #209 The Survey of London: Contayning the Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, Methodically set downe... AuthorStow, JohnHeadlinelondon englandPublisherPrinted by Elizabeth Purslovv, and are to be sold by N. BourneDate Published1633 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #216 The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breeding and Management of Profitable and Ornamental Poultry... AuthorTegetmeier, W.B.HeadlinePoultry, ChromolithographsPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #223 A Curious Collection of Ancient Paintings: Accurately Engraved from Excellent Drawings Lately done after the Originals by one of the Best Hands at Rome, with an Account of where and when they were found . . . etc. Author[Turnbull, George]HeadlineantiquitiesPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1741 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #297 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen PHeadlinebible religion fine pressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #376 Lot of 2 facsimile editions of classic color plate books Headingzze(Facsimile Editions)Author**HeadlineHoly Land, orchidsDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #418 Approximately 21 volumes Natural History, etc. Author[Shelf Lot]Headlinebook View details Estimate$20Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next