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L[ichfield] Printer to the University, for Thomas HugginsDate Published1633 Lot #9 Le Grand Tableau De l'Univers, ou l'Histoire des Evenemens de l'Eglise depuis la Creation du Monde Jusqu'a l'Apolypse de S. Jean... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBasnage, JacquesPublisherJaques LindenbergDate Published1714 Lot #16 Novum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Jesu Christi. Syriacè, Ebraicè, Græcè, Latinè, Germanicè, Bohemicè, Italicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè, Anglicè, Danicè, Polonicè. Studio & Labore Eliæ Hutter View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Author**Publisher[No publisher stated]Date Published1599 Lot #18 The Holy Bible... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Author**PublisherDeputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1589 Lot #19 Biblia Interprete Sebastiano Castalione View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**PublisherJoannes OporinusDate Published1554 Lot #20 Novum Testamentum iam Quintum Accuratissima cura recognitum à Des. Erasmo Roter. cum Annatotionibus eiusdem ita locupletatis, ut propémodum opus novum videri possit View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Bible - New Testament in Latin & Greek)Author[Erasmus, Desiderius]PublisherFrobenDate Published1535 Lot #21 Histoire des Rats, pour sevor a l'Histoire Universelle View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBourdon de Sigrais, Claude GuillaumeDate Published1737 Lot #24 Two works by Edmund Burke and one by Richard Tickell bound together View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, Edmund & [Richard Tickell]Date Published1777-1778 Lot #25 Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, EdmundPublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1790 Lot #26 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$43,750StatusSold AuthorBurns, RobertPublisherPrinted by John WilsonDate Published1786 Lot #30 Vita et historia beatae Mariae Virginis matris Dei View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCallot, JacquesPublisherIsrael HenrietDate Published[c.1634] Lot #32 Letters Written by the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Dresden: Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals in Her Possession View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer StanhopeHeadlineChesterfields Letters 1774PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 Lot #40 La Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriPublisherBodoniDate Published1796 Lot #46 Collection of 8 leaves from the 15th-16th century, folio View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Early Printed Leaves)Author**Date Published15th-16th century Lot #47 Collection of 18 original leaves in the English language View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Early Printed Leaves)Author**Date Published15th-17th centuries Lot #50 Diverse Imprese Accomodate a diverse moralita, con Versi che i loreo Significati dichiarano . . . nella lingua Italiana no piu tradotte. Tratte da gli Emblemi dell' Alciato View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorAlciatus, [Andreas]PublisherGulielmo RovillioDate Published1551 Lot #51 Tou Hagiou Patros hemon Epiphaniou View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorEpiphenius, Saint; Horapollo; Pomponio BrunelloPublisherAloysius ZannettiDate Published1597-1601 Lot #52 Set of 4 first editions by Fielding, in 13 volumes, uniformly bound View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlinebookPublisherA. MillarDate Published1742-1755 Lot #53 A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the Historie of the old and new Testament acted thereon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorFuller, ThomasPublisherPrinted by J.F. for John WilliamsDate Published1650 Lot #57 Observations, Relatively Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on several parts of England; Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGilpin, William.PublisherR. BlamireDate Published1786 Lot #58 An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverPublisherJ. NourseDate Published1774 Lot #61 Epigrammata Graeca, selecta ex Anthologia. Interpreta ad verbum, & carmine, ab Henrico Stephano: quaedam & abaliis. Loci aliquot ab eodem annotationibus illustrati. Ejusdem interpretationes centrum & sex unius distichi, aliorum item quorundam epigrammatum variae View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Greek Anthology)Author**PublisherExcudebat Henricus Stephanus [i.e. Henri Estienne]Date Published1570 Lot #65 The Generall History of Women: Containing the Lives of the Most Holy and Prophane, the most famous and infamous in all ages, exactly described not only from Poeticall Fictions, but from the most Ancient, Modern, and Admired Historians, to our times View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorH[eywood], T[homas]PublisherPrinted by W.H. for W.H.Date Published1657 Lot #66 The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerPublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725-1726 Lot #67 Esopus in Europa View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Hooghe, Romein de)AuthorEsopusPublisher[Sebastian Petzold]Date Published1701-1702 Lot #69 Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-land to China: Thro' Great Ustiga, Siriana, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorIdes, Evert YsbrantsPublisherPrinted for W. Freeman, et al.Date Published1706 Lot #71 The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfull Sports to be used View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Author[James I, King of England]Headlinesports law englandPublisherPrinted by Bonham Norton & John BillDate Published1618 Lot #72 The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfull Sports to be used View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold HeadingzzgAuthor[James I, King of England]HeadlineThe Kings Maiesties Declaration 1633PublisherRobert Barker and the Assignes of John BillDate Published1633 Lot #73 A Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1786 Lot #74 The Harleian Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the late Earl of Oxford’s Library. Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes. With A Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Samuel & William Oldys, editorsPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1744-1746 Lot #76 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelPublisherPrinted for T. Longman, et al.Date Published1796 Lot #81 Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae: In Decem Libros Digesta. Quibus Admirandae Lucis et Umbrae in mundo, atque adeo universa natura, vires effectusque uti nova, ita varia novorum reconditioriumquae speciminum exhibitione, ad varios mortalium usus, panduntur. View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusPublisherHermann ScheusDate Published1645 (but 1646) Lot #84 [Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East-Indies] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLe Brun, CorneliusPublisher[A. Bettesworth, et al.]Date Published[1737] Lot #86 Collection of 5 leather bound volumes of literature View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Literature - Leather Bindings)Author**Date Published1762-1817 Lot #90 Moreh Nebukim [The Guide of the Perplexed] View details Estimate$70,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorMaimonides [Moses Ben Maimon]Publisher[Obadiah?]Date PublishedNo date [circa 1473-75] Lot #91 The Most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Malory, Sir Thomas]PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Jacob BloomeDate Published1634 Lot #96 Spectaculum Naturae & Artium: in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzõsisch, Italianisch. Erste Lieferung von 30 Platten und 28 Beschreibungen View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Meil, Johann Wilhelm]PublisherGeorge Ludwig WinterDate Published1761 Lot #97 Observations de Monsieur Menage sur la Langue Francoise View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMenage, GillesPublisherClaude BarbinDate Published1672 Lot #98 De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMercurialis, HieronymusPublisherIuntas [i.e. Giunta]Date Published1587 Lot #100 The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton: Containing Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems on several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table never before Printed View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1695 Lot #103 An Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMonro, DonaldPublisherPrinted for A. Millar, et al.Date Published1765 Lot #106 An Account of the Book entitled Commercium Epistolicum Collinii & aliorum (in "Philosophical Transactions, No. 342) View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Author[Newton, Isaac]Publisher1715-15 Lot #108 Il Corpo-Umano, o Breve Storia Dove con nuovo metodo Si descrivono in Compendio tutti gli Organi suoi, e i loro principali uffizi, Per istruire a bene intendere, secondo il nuovo sistema, la Teorica, e Pratica Medicinale View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPascoli, AlessandroPublisherAndrea PolettiDate Published1727 Lot #110 The Bloudy Rage of that Great Antechrist of Rome and His Superstitious Adherents, against the True Church of Christ and the faithfull professors of his gospell: declared at large in the historie of the Waldenses and Albigenses, apparently manifesting unto the world the visibilitie of our Church of England... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorP[errin], J[ohn] P[aul]PublisherNathanael NewberyDate Published1624 Lot #130 The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides, and Timæus of Plato. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoPublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 Lot #132 Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzeAuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlinepopePublisherPrinted by J. Wright, for Lawton GilliverDate Published1725 Lot #134 An Inquiry into the Medicinal Virtues of Bristol-Water: and the Indications of Cure which it answers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorRandolph, GeorgePublisherPrinted for R. BaldwinDate Published1750 Lot #135 Osservazioni Intorno Alle Vipere View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRedi, FrancescoPublisherAll' Insegna della StellaDate Published1664 Lot #144 De Conceptu & Generatione Hominis...Libri Sex, congesti opera Jacobi Rueff, Chirurgi Tigurini View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorRueff, JakobHeadlineEarly obstetrics book 1554PublisherChristopher FroschauerDate Published1554 Lot #147 [Edward IV Year Books] De Termino Michaelis Anno Primo - Anno XXII View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Author[STC]Publisher[Richard Tottell]Date Published1556-58 Lot #151 Bibliothecae Academicae Ingolstadiensis Incunabula Typographica seu Libri Ante Annum 1500 Impressio Circiter Mille et Quadrigenti... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSeemiller, SebastianPublisherJoh. Wilhelmus Krüll Bibliopola Academ.Date Published1787-1792 Lot #152 The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamDate Published[1623] Lot #153 The Tragedie of Macbeth View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamDate Published[1632] Lot #154 Pizarro; a Tragedy, in Five Acts; as performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane: Taken from the German Drama of Kotzebue; and Adapted to the English Stage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyPublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1799 Lot #157 The Commonwealth of England, and the Manner of Government Thereof View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorSmith, ThomasPublisherPrinted by Will. Stansby for I. SmethwickDate Published1633 Lot #159 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser. In Six Volumes. With a Glossary Explaining the Old and Obscure Words View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSpenser, EdmundPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1715 Lot #163 Cosmographicae aliquot descriptionis Ioannis Stofleri Iustingen Mathematici insignis: De Sphaera . . . De Duplici View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorStoeffler, JohannPublisherEucharius CervicornusDate Published1537 Lot #166 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$204,000StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherPrinted for Benj. Motte, at the Middle Temple-Gate in Fleet-streetDate Published1726 Lot #168 The Perpetual Laws, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the Establishment of its Constitution to the First Session of the General Court, A.D. 1788. Compiled, arranged and printed to the wishes of many respectable law characters, and the approbation of the Honourable judges of the Supreme Judicial Court. Carefully compared with the original acts View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Thomas, Isaiah, printer)Author**PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1788 Lot #174 P. Virgili Maronis Codex Antiquissimus. A Rufeo Turcio Aproniano V.C. Distinctus et Emendatus qui nunc Florentiae in Bibliotheca Mediceo-Laurentiana adservatur Bono Publico View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorVirgilPublisherTypis MannianisDate Published1741 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next