Sale 311: Rare Books & Manuscripts, including Exploration & Voyages (#311) 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 311 232 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 1-43 of 43. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 [Le Corps Humain] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Anatomy)Author[Cuyer, Edmond]PublisherJ.B. BailliereDate Publishedcirca 1880's Lot #5 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgePublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1749 Lot #6 Cosmographicus liber View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorApianus, PetrusPublisherJoannes Grapheus for Arnold BirckmannDate PublishedFeb. 1533 Lot #13 An Aegean note-book: comments on a Mid-Century Odyssey in Greece View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorBeny, RoloffPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published[1950] Lot #21 A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorBougainville, Louis Antoine dePublisherJ. Nourse & T. DaviesDate Published1772 Lot #22 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorPublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] Lot #24 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.PublisherG.P. PutnamDate Published1856 Lot #26 Illustrations of Cairo...Taken on the spot between the Years 1830-40 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorCarter, Owen B.Date Publishedcirca 1860 Lot #30 A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language; arranged according to the Wu-Fang Yuen Yin with the Pronunciation of the Characters as heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Dictionary)AuthorWilliams, S. WellsPublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1874 Lot #31 The Columbus Papers. The Barcelona Letter of 1493 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorColumbus, ChristopherPublisherNew York Public Library and NYW PublishingDate Published1987 Lot #32 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.; by John Hawkesworth LL.D. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCook, JamesPublisherJames WilliamsDate Published1775 Lot #33 New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority, Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, for Making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c. and Successively Performed in the Years 1768...1780.... View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorAnderson, George WilliamPublisherAlex. HoggDate Published[1784-1786] Lot #36 Phrenological Illustrations, Or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCruikshank, GeorgePublisherGeorge CruikshankDate Published1826 Lot #38 Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherGreat ColburnDate Published1839 Lot #39 "Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". In: The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 Lot #44 Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des métiers… [and] Supplemente a l’Encyclopedie View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertDate Published1758-1777 Lot #45 Atlas novvs coelestis : in qvo mvndvs spectabilis et in eodem tam errantivm qvam inerrantivm stellarvm phoenomena notabilia, circaipsarvm lvmen, figvram, faciem, motvm, eclipses, occulationes, transitvs, magnitvdines, distantias, aliaque secvndvm Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis de Brahe hipothesin ... graphice descripta exhibentvr / a Ioh. Gabriele Doppelmaiero ... View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorDoppelmayr, Johann GabrielPublisherSumptibus heredum HomannianorumDate Published1742 Lot #46 Folgerungen aus den Capillaritatserscheinungen View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, Albert.PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1901 Lot #47 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 Lot #48 Ist die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig? View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #50 Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidPublisherJohannem HervagiumDate Published1537 Lot #52 Die Traumdeutung View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorFreud, SigmundPublisherFranz DeutickeDate Published1900 [i.e., 1899] Lot #53 Discurso unico novissimo que muestra ay en naturaleza. Animales irracionales invisibles, y quales sean View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorFuente la Pena, Antonio dePublisherEmprenta RealDate Published1676 Lot #54 The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGage, JohnPublisherJohn DeckDate Published1838 Lot #59 Description Generale de la Chine... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGrosier, [Jean Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre]PublisherChez MoutardDate Published1787 Lot #64 A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, Between New France and New Mexico; with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals. Also, the Manners, Customs and Languages of the Several Native Indians; and the Advantage of Commerce with those different Nations. With a Continuation, Giving an Account of the Attempts of the Sieur De la Salle upon the Mines of St. Barbe, &c. The Taking of Quebec by the English; with the Advantages of a Shorter Cut to China and Japan... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorHennepin, LouisPublisherPrinted for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. ManshipDate Published1698 Lot #66 The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Herodotus)AuthorLawrence, A. W.PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1935 Lot #67 Opera omnia... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHippocratesPublisherDaniel and David Aubrius & Clement ScliechDate Published1620 Lot #75 Historiae naturalis [de quadrupedibus; de avibus; de piscibus et cetis; de xanguibus aquaticus; de insectis; de serpentibus et draconibus] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorJonston, JohnPublisherJ.J. Fil. SchipperDate Published1657 Lot #76 The History of Japan View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertPublisherPrinted for the Translator [J.G. Scheuchzer]Date Published1727-1728 Lot #88 Les Clavicules de R. Salomon, traduite exactement du Texte hebreu en francois: le tout enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures misterieuses de Talismans, Pentacules, Cercles, Canderies, & Caracteres View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Manuscript - Occult)Author**Date Publishedc.1700 Lot #91 Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #92 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1847 Lot #93 Topographia Sueviae... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorMerian, MatthaeusHeadlineMerian'sTopographia Sueviae 1643PublisherM. MerianDate Published1643 Lot #100 Observations Upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacPublisherPrinted by J. Darby & T. Browne for J. Roberts, et alDate Published1733 Lot #106 A New and Complete System of Arithmetic, Composed for the Use of the Citizens of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPike, NicolasPublisherJohn MycallDate Published1788 Lot #108 Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorPorter, Robert KerPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1809 Lot #113 The Holy Land. Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842 Lot #131 Meeting the Sun: A Journey All Round the World through Egypt, China, Japan, and California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSimpson, WilliamPublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1874 Lot #132 An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [and] The Theory of Moral Sentiments View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorSmith, AdamDate Published1804-1805 Lot #135 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$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan] (1667-1745)PublisherPrinted for Benj. MotteDate Published1726 Lot #149 The Giant Raft (Part I). Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1881 Lot #155 A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Giving an Account of the Author's Abode There, the Form and Make of the Country, the Coasts, Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, &c. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexion, &c... With Remarkable Occurrences in the South Sea, and elsewhere View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorWafer, LionelPublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1699 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next