Sale 333: Fine & Rare Books & Manuscripts (#333) 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/08/2006 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 333 210 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-49 of 49. Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Nouvelles Experiences sur la Resistance des Fluids View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorAlembert, M. [Jean Lerond d']PublisherClaude-Antoine JombertDate Published1777 Lot #8 Cosmographicus Liber Petri Apiani Mathematici, iam denuo integritati resitutus per Gemmam Phrysium, item eiusdem Gemmae Phrysii Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione, et de eorum distantiis inveniendis, nunquam ante hac visus View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorAppianusPublisherJohannes Grapheus for Arnold BirckmannDate Published1533] Lot #33 Oeuvres completes De Buffon View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBuffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte dePublisherRapet et Cie.Date Published1817-1818 Lot #40 Commentarii de bello Gallico View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$50,000StatusSold AuthorCaesar, JuliusDate Published1463 Lot #42 Maniere de Fortifier de Mr. de Vauban View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCambray, __ de, ChevalierPublisherPieter MortierDate Published1689 Lot #44 Critical ands Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorCarlyle,ThomasPublisherJames FraserDate Published1840 Lot #45 18th Century Devotional Manuscript View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Catholic devotional book with engravings by Martin Engelbrecht)Author**Date Published1789 Lot #50 4 author offprints - 2 inscribed presentation copies View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorChampollion-Figeac, Jean-JacquesPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1823-1857] Lot #51 Notice Descriptive des Monumens Egyptiens du Musee Charles X View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorChampollion le Jeune, (Jean-François)PublisherCrapeletDate Published1827 Lot #56 Continuation of The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon; From The Restoration of the Royal Family in the Year 1660, to his Banishment in the Year 1667. Inclusive. With many Curious Anecdotes concerning Publick and Private Transactions preceding and during that Period. Copied from the Original Manuscript in his own Hand Writing. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Author[Clarendon, Edward Hyde, earl of]Date PublishedNo date, possibly late 18th century] Lot #65 The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1881 Lot #77 Underweysung der Messung, mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt, in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen Corporenmit dem zirckel un richtscheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen, durch Albrecht Dürer zusamen getzoge, und zu nutz alle kunstliebhabenden mit zu gehörigen figuren, in truck gebracht im jar 1525 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorDurer, AlbrechtPublisherHieronymus Formschneyder]Date Published1525 Lot #78 Annalen der Physik. Volumes 8, 11, 14 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author(Einstein, Albert)PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902, 1903, 1904 Lot #79 Annalen der Physik Volume 20 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author(Einstein, Albert)PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1906 Lot #80 Original pencil portrait drawing of Albert Einstein, signed by Einstein and by the artist, framed View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)Author''Swamy,'' artistDate Published1950 Lot #83 Elementa Euclidea Geometriae, Planae ac Solidae; et Selecta Archimede Theoremata, quibus Accedit Trigonometria Auctore Andrea Tacquet View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidPublisherTypographia HerzianaDate Published1737 Lot #91 L'Art du XVIII Siècle View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Extra Illustrated)AuthorDe Goncourt, Edmond & JulesPublisherE. DentuDate Published1869-75 Lot #101 Autobiographical Recollections. By the Late Charles Robert Leslie, R.A... View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Extra Illustrated)AuthorLeslie, Charles RobertPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 Lot #111 Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo Matematico Supremo dello Studio di Padova, e Pisa. El Filosofo, e Matematico . . . sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico e Copernico . . . Accresciuto di una Lettera dello stesso, no piu stampata . . . View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorGalilei, Galileo.PublisherNo publisher statedDate Published1710 Lot #119 Japanese Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHearn, LafcadioPublisherT. Hasegawa/Y. NishinomiyaDate Publishedc.1905 Lot #121 Autograph note relating to Double Stars View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Author[Herschel, Sir William]Date PublishedNo date] circa 1810 Lot #123 The Hippocratic Oath (in Latin MS) - also a portion of Aretini's Punic War View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Author[Hippocrates]Date PublishedNo date [circa late 15th century] Lot #127 The Complete Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell.PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1892 Lot #131 Miniature manuscript illuminated Book of Hours View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Horae B.V.M.)Author**Date Published15th Century Lot #133 The New Royal Encyclopaedia and Cyclopaedia; or, Complete Modern and universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. On an Entirely New and Improved Plan, and Including All the Modern Improvements and Latest Discoveries on the Various Subjects . . . etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHoward, George SelbyPublisherPrinted for Alex. HoggDate PublishedNo Date (circa 1790) Lot #140 Typed letter signed by Rockwell Kent View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKent, RockwellDate PublishedMarch 29, 1948 Lot #141 Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamPublisherJohn OlliverDate Published1844 Lot #143 Manuscript Koran leaf on leather View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Koran Leaf - 10th century)Author**Date Publishedc. 10th century Lot #144 Manuscript Koran [Qu'ran] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Koran)Author**Date Publishedc.17th century? Lot #148 Autograph letter to astronomer Sir William Herschel View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorLaplace, Pierre SimonDate Published1799] Lot #156 Stereoscopic Studies of Anatomy, Prepared under authority of the University of Edinburgh View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Medical - Stereo Views)AuthorCunningham, D.J.PublisherKeystone View CompanyDate PublishedNo date [c.1910] Lot #164 Archive of eight letters (7 A.L.s. and 1 T.L.s.) from Nehru to Syt Anupchand Shah View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorNehru, JawaharlalDate Published1937-1938 Lot #168 [Key of Solomon] Clavicula Magica et cabalistica Sapientis Regis Salomonis. Ou, La Clavicule Magique et Cabalistique du Sage Roy Salomon. Traduite du texte Original Hebraique en Latin par le Suivant Negromancier Cornille Agrippa, et (?) en francais par Rabin Nazar chef d la Societe de La Grande cabal de la ville d'Arles; (?) est traitte la maniere de faire des talismans, Pentacles, figures, charectere, Magiques, et Pactes pour les Invocations, conjurations et apparitions des Esprits, Suivant le principe du grimoire. Le tout exactement copie sur l'Original qui est conserve dans la Biblioteque de Florence L'An 1632 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Occult manuscript)Author**PublisherNo publisherDate Published1632 (but possibly later 17th century) Lot #171 An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents: In Two Parts... To which is added a Third Part... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorOwen, CharlesPublisherPrinted for the Author, Sold by John GrayDate Published1742 Lot #176 Secrets Reveal'd: or an Open Entrance to the Shut-Palace of the King: Containing, the Greatest Treasure in Chymistry, Never yet so plainly Discovered. Composed by a most famous English-man styling himself Anonymous, or Eyræneus Philaletha Cosmopolita: Who, by Inspiration and Reading, attained to the Philosophers Stone at his Age of Twenty three Years, Anno Domini, 1645 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorPhilalethes, Eirenaeus [pseud.]PublisherPrinted by W. Godbid for William CooperDate Published1669 Lot #177 Le Temple des Muses...ou sont representes les Evenemens les plus remarquables de l'Antiquite Fabuleuse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picart, Bernard)Author**PublisherZacharie ChatelainDate Published1733 Lot #187 The Natural Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorPlinyPublisherAdam IslipDate Published1635, 1634 Lot #195 Markstein: Aus der Weltlitteratur in Originalschriften…Zur Erinnerung an Das Fünfhundertjährige Geburstsfest des Altmeisters Johannes Gutenberg… View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Printing Art)AuthorBaensch-Drugulin, Johannes, editorPublisherW. DrugulinDate Published1902 Lot #196 ''Old Sultan'' - original pen-and-ink drawing for Grimm's Fairy Tales, signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorRackham, ArthurDate Published1900 Lot #201 [Works, i.e.] The Complete Works of John Ruskin View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1903-1912 Lot #214 A Biographical Dictionary; Containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a Short List of their Most Esteemed Works. With the Cyphers, Monograms, and Particular Marks, Used by Each Master... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorStrutt, JosephPublisherRobert FaulderDate Published1785-86 Lot #223 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1906 Lot #229 Photograph signed by Mark Twain with inscribed note to his long-time friend John Garth, during his final visit to Hannibal, Missouri, framed View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)Author**PublisherBarnett, H. Walter, photographerDate Published1902 Lot #232 M. and Madame Curie "Radium" View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Vanity Fair lithograph)Author**PublisherVanity FairDate Published1904 Lot #238 Ten Thousand a-Year View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Warren, Samuel]PublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1841 Lot #243 Signature of Walt Whitman, framed with an original first edition, first state Leaves of Grass leaf and portrait View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorWhitman, WaltDate Published[1855-1880] Lot #245 The Diamond Mines of South Africa: Some Account of Their Rise and Development View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, Gardner F.PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #246 Foundations of Mathematics View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorWittgenstein, Dr. L[udwig]Date Published1951 Lot #247 The Blue Book View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorWittgenstein, Ludwig J.Date Published1933–34 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next