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View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorAbercrombie, JohnHeadlineBOTANY GARDENING FRUITPublisherLockyer DavisDate Published1779 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorAdams, HannahHeadlinenew england massachusetts colonial americaPublisherPrinted for the Author, by H. Mann and J.H. AdamsDate Published1799 Lot #3 Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, Elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species advivum adumbrantibus View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineemblem books, greekPublisherJohannis de TournesDate Published1628 Lot #4 Hearth and Home, for the Farm, Garden, and Fireside View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Agriculture & Botany, etc.)Author**Headlinefarming plants horticulture botanyDate Published1868-1869 Lot #5 Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorAikin. JohnHeadlinemedical medicine science biographyPublisherPrinted for Joseph JohnsonDate Published1780 Lot #26 Le Pompe Torinesi Nel Ritorno Dell'Altezza Reale di Carlo Emanuele II, Duca di Savoia, Principe di Piemonte, Re di Cirpro &c. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBenedettino, Abbate D. Valeriano CastiglioneHeadlinepiedmont italy cyprusPublisherGio. Giacomo RuftisDate Published1645 Lot #27 Alciphron: or, The Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, against those who are called Free-thinkers View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Berkeley, George]Headlinereligion philosophy christianityPublisherPrinted for J. TonsonDate Published1732 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlinebinding woodcuts engravings fablesPublisherPrinted by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, et al.Date Published1820 Lot #29 [New Testament Illustrations in German] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bible Illustrations)Author**HeadlineReligion New Testament Copper Engravings IllustratedPublisherJohann Georg CottaDate Publishedcirca 18th century 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 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Author[Bible in Latin]Headlineincunablula, bibles, KobergerPublisherAnton KobergerDate Published[1478] Lot #31 Tactique navale, ou, Traite des evolutions et des signaux; avec figures en taille-douce View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBigot de Morogues, Sebastien FrancoisHeadlinenaval nautical ships militaryPublisherH.L. Guerin & L.F. DelatourDate Published1763 Lot #32 The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBlakston, W. A., W. Swaysland, and August F. WienerHeadlineChromolithographs, birdsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1880] Lot #34 Two printed leaves from a Book of Hours View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlinebook of hoursPublisher[Hardouin?]Date Published[Circa 1510] Lot #35 4 printed leaves from Thielmann Kerver's 1520 "Hore Deipare Virginis Mariae Secundum Usum Romanum" (Book of Hours) View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineearly printing, book of hoursPublisher[Thielmann Kerver]Date Published[1520] Lot #36 2 printed printed leaves on vellum from Germain Hardouin's "Hore Intemerate Virginis Marie Secundum Usum Rommanum, etc. (Book of Hours) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptsPublisher[Hardouin]Date Published[Circa 1505] Lot #38 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinedictionary english londonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 Lot #40 Harrison's British Classicks View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(British Periodicals, etc.)Author**Headlineaddison steele johnson spectator ramblerPublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1785-1793 Lot #41 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Author(Buffon, George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de.)HeadlineBirdsPublisherDe l'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1780-1785 Lot #52 Foreign Finches in Captivity: Illustrated with 60 Plates by F.W. Frohawk, F.E.S.; Coloured by Hand View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorButler, Arthur G.Headlinebirds, ornithologyPublisherL. Reeve & Co.Date Published1894 Lot #54 [Museo Fiorentino] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorCampiglia, Geiovanni DomenicoHeadlinerome italy engravings statues museum florenceDate Publishedc.1760 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. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlinecopperplatesPublisherA. MillarDate Published1755 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author(Church of England)HeadlinereligionPublisherThomas Baskett, Printer to the University (&) J. RobertsDate Published1752, 1753 Lot #79 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlinesciencePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #80 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy during the years 1832-1836 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlinedarwin evolution natural history fossilsPublisherCIL LimitedDate Published1994 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 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Author[Defoe, Daniel]Headlinedefoe, imaginary voyagesPublisherPrinted for W. TaylorDate Published1719-20 Lot #83 Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei Existentia, & animae immortalitas demonstratur View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorDescartes, [René]HeadlinephilosophyPublisherMichael SoliDate Published1641 Lot #96 The Boke, named the Governovr, deuised by sir Thomas Elyot, Knight View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorElyot, ThomasHeadlinelaw england kings duties princes politicsPublisherThomas EastDate Published1580 Lot #97 Abregé de l'Histoire des Roys de France, avec les Effigies Depuis Pharamond iusques au Roy Loys XIII á present regnant View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Emblem Book)Author**Headlinewood engravingPublisherDavid GeufroyDate Published1613 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorAlciati, Andrea and Claude MinoemHeadlineemblem books, engravingPublisherJohann RicheriiDate Published1602 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... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorBarenger, Andre ThomasHeadlineemblem book religion engravingsPublisherChez P. LandryDate Published1688 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorBaudoin, [Jean]Headlineemblem booksPublisherJacques VilleryDate Published1638-39 Lot #101 Viridarium Hieroglyphico-Morale. In Quo Virtutes et Vitia, atque Mores Huius Aevi Secundum tres Ordines Hierarchicos, Ecclesiasticum, Politicum, Oeconomicum, per definitiones, etc. View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorOreaus, HenricusHeadlinewood engraving, emblemsPublisherJacob de ZetterDate Published1619 Lot #102 Icones Sive Imagines Clarorum virorum Graeciae & Italiae cum Elogiis diversorum Autorum Partim ex Musaeo Ioviano depromtae: partim aliumde adquisitae, & advivum artificiosissimè expressae View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Emblem book)Author**Headlinewood engravingPublisher[No Publisher]Date Published[Circa 1580s] Lot #105 Police, Beer, & Excise Acts. 3 Geo. II. to 5 Vict. (spine title) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Excise Acts and Laws - England)Author**Headlinealcohol taxes lawsDate Published1773-1840 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... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineastronomy sciencePublisherT. Longman, et al.Date Published1794 Lot #108 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 Lot #124 The Historie of Edward the Fourth, King of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHabington, William (1605-54)HeadlineKing Edward Royality Early Printed Books HistoryPublisherPrinted by Tho. Cotes for William CookeDate Published1640 Lot #125 Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. Gemeinverständliche wissenschaftliche Vorträge über die Entwicklungslehre im Allgemeinen und diejenigen von Darwin, Goethe und Lamarck im Besonderen View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHaeckel, Ernst H.Headlinedarwin evolutionPublisherVerlag von Georg ReimerDate Published1873 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 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorHenry, Duc de RohanHeadlinemilitaryPublisherJean HouzeDate Published1636 Lot #129 Bronzi di Ercolano, e Contorni Incisi con Qualque Spiegazione. Tomo Primo: Busti (and) Tomo Secondo: statue View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Herculaneum)Author[Carcani, Pasquale]HeadlineherculaneumPublisherNella Regia StamperiaDate Published1767, 1771 Lot #130 Agricoltura: Tratta da Diversi Antichi et Moderni Scrittori View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorHerrara, Gabriello Alfonso d'Headlineagriculture, husbandryPublisherF. SansovinoDate Published1568 Lot #134 Officio della B.V. Maria per tutti i tempi dell' anno... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Horae B. M. V.)Author**HeadlinebookPublisherAppresso Gioacchino e Gio. Giuseppe SalvioiniDate Published1756 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHoyle, EdmondHeadlinegamesPublisherF. CoganDate Published1743 Lot #139 The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfull Sports to be used View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Author[James I, King of England]Headlinesports law englandPublisherPrinted by Bonham Norton & John BillDate Published1618 Lot #144 Cassell's Book of Birds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJones, Thomas RymerHeadlineBirds, ChromolithographsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870] Lot #147 China Monumentis qua Sacris quà Profanis, Nec non variis Naturæ & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque rerum memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata.... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlinetravel china engravingsPublisherJacobum à MeursDate Published1667 Lot #149 The Modern Cook: Containing Instructions for Preparing and Ordering Publick Entertainments for the Tables of Princes, Ambassadors, Noblemen, and Magistrates... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorLa Chapelle, VincentHeadlinegastronomy food drink cookeryPublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1736 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... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLa Roque, Jean DeHeadlinevoyages arabia middle east coffeePublisherPrinted for E. SymonsDate Published1732 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLeroy, AndréHeadlinebotany fruit farming agriculturePublisherChez l'AuteurDate Published1867-1869 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinebookPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. & R. TonsonDate Published1759 Lot #162 Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: And Poems upon Several Occasions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinepoetry literature milton religionPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. & R TonsonDate Published1758 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. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMoore. H[enry]Headlinereligioin catholocismPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher for W. MordenDate Published1664 Lot #165 A Natural History of British Moths View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMorris, F[rances] O[rpen]HeadlineMothsPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1872 Lot #170 Lot of 7 titles in 8 volumes by John Norris View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorNorris, JohnHeadlinereligion philosophy wingPublisherSamuel Manship, et al.Date PublishedVarious dates 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. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Numismatics)AuthorSchlaeger, Julius CarolusHeadlinenumismatics, ancient greece, coins, gemsPublisherJohann Georg PiscatorDate Published1736 Lot #172 Four Original Leaves from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) with 40 woodcuts, including 3 city views, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)Author(Schedel, Hartmann)HeadlineincubabulaPublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] 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. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorPeruzzi, Bindo SimoneHeadlinebookPublisherNella stamperia di S.A.R. Per Giovan Gaetano TartiniDate Published1737 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. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Author[Pliny the Elder]Headlineclassics, plinyPublisherImpensis G.B. [Printed by Adam Islip]Date Published1601 Lot #185 Wild Flowers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPratt, AnneHeadlinebotanical, flowers,PublisherSociety for Promoting Christian KnowledgeDate Published1853 Lot #191 Botanical Harmony Delineated: or, Applications of Some General Laws of Nature to Plants View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSaint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin deHeadlinePlants Early American Imprints Botanical PlatesPublisherJ. NancredeDate Published1797 Lot #193 Die Horen View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSchiller, Friedrich, et al.Headlinegerman literaturePublisherJ.G. Cottaischen BuchhandlungDate Published1797 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. View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineshakespearePublisherJacob Tonson (&) E. CurllDate Published1709, 1710 Lot #205 The Gentleman's Dictionary. In Three Parts: The Art of Riding the Great Horse; The Military Art; The Art of Navigation View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[St. Georges, Guillet de]HeadlinedictionaryPublisherH. BonwickeDate Published1705 Lot #209 The Survey of London: Contayning the Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, Methodically set downe... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorStow, JohnHeadlinelondon englandPublisherPrinted by Elizabeth Purslovv, and are to be sold by N. BourneDate Published1633 Lot #216 The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breeding and Management of Profitable and Ornamental Poultry... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorTegetmeier, W.B.HeadlinePoultry, ChromolithographsPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1867 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. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Author[Turnbull, George]HeadlineantiquitiesPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1741 Lot #297 A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible 1535 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorWikgren, Allen PHeadlinebible religion fine pressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 Lot #376 Lot of 2 facsimile editions of classic color plate books View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzze(Facsimile Editions)Author**HeadlineHoly Land, orchidsDate PublishedVarious Lot #418 Approximately 21 volumes Natural History, etc. View details Estimate$20Sold for$137.50StatusSold Author[Shelf Lot]Headlinebook Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next