Sale 303: Rare Books & Manuscripts. With the Autograph Collection of Florence S. Walter, Part I (#303) 02/24/2005 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/24/2005 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-88 of 88. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 In Hoc Volumine De Alchemia continentur hæc. Gebri Arabis ... De inuestigatioe pfectionis metallo [Prescription symbol]. Liber I. Summæ perfectionis metallorum, siue perfecti magisterij. Liber II. Quæ sequuntur, omnia nunc primu excusa sunt. Eiusdem De inuentione ueritatis seu perfectionis metallorum. Liber I. De Fornacibus construendis. Liber I. Item. Speculu Alchemiæ, doctissimi iuri Rogerij Bachonis. Correctoriu Alchemiæ doctiss. uiri Richardi Anglici. Rosarius minor, de Alchemia, Incerti authoris. Liber Secretoru Alchemiæ Calidis filij Iazichi Iudæi. Tabula Smaragdina de Alchemia, Hermetis Trismeg. Hortulani philosophi, super Tabulam Smaragdinam Hermetis Commentarius. Omnia collatis exemplaribus, emedatissima ... View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorJabir Ibn Hayyan, Roger Bacon, et al.PublisherIoh. PetreiumDate Published1541 Lot #4 Summa contra gentiles View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorAquinas, ThomasPublisherAlex. CalcedoniiDate Published7 November 1501 Lot #5 Super quarto libro Sententiarum View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorAquinas, ThomasPublisher[Johannes Herbort, de Seligenstadt] for Johannes de Colonia, Jenson et SociiDate Published8 July 1481 Lot #9 Veteres arcus Augustorum triumphis insignes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBellori, Giovanni PietroDate Published1690 Lot #10 Aucassin & Nicolette View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Binding)AuthorLang, Andrew, trans.PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1887 Lot #14 Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales: Being a Grand Copper-Plate Repository of Elegance, Taste, and Entertainment View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorBoswell, HenryPublisherAlex HoggDate Publishedc.1790 Lot #15 A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCampbell, AlexanderPublisherT.N. Longman & O. Rees; Vernor & HoodDate Published1802 Lot #16 Theatrum ethnico idolatricum politico-historicum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCartari, VincenzoPublisherLudovici BourgeatDate Published1699 Lot #17 Regionum indicarum per Hispanos olim devastatarum.... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCasas, Bartolome de lasPublisherWilhelm WalterDate Published1664 Lot #18 A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King's Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together with an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCasley, DavidPublisherPrinted for the authorDate Published1734 Lot #19 Flora Virginica exhibens plantas... View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorClayton, John & J.F. GronoviusDate Published1762 Lot #21 Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva Espana... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorDiaz del Castillo, BernalPublisherEmprenta del ReynoDate Published[1632] Lot #24 An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition. Showing a Few Extra Articles & Visitors (cover title) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDoyle, RichardPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1851] Lot #25 A Short View of the late Troubles in England View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Author[Dugdale, William, Sir]PublisherMoses PittDate Published1681 Lot #31 Eustratii et aliorum insignium peripateticorum commentaria in...Artistotelis de moribus ad Nicomachum.... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorEustratius, Archbishop of NicaeaPublisherAldusDate PublishedJuly, 1536 Lot #32 Les Avantures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorFenelon, Francois de Salignac de la MothePublisherWetstein & Smith / HofhoutDate Published1734 Lot #33 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryPublisherA. MillarDate Published1749 Lot #34 Galerie du Musée Napoléon View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorFilhol, Antoine MichelPublisherFilhol / Veuve FilholDate Published1804-1815 Lot #35 Integrum morborum mysterium: sive medicinae catholicae [bound with] Pulsus seu nova et arcana pulsuum...Portionis Tertiae Pars Tertia View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorFludd, RobertPublisherWolfgang Hofmann for William FitzerDate Published1631 and 1629 (Pulsus) Lot #36 Travels through the Alps of Savoy and Other Parts of the Pennine Chain, with Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorForbes, James D[avid]PublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1843 Lot #37 The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorBacon, FrancisPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1845 Lot #38 Legends and Lyrics View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorProcter, Adelaide AnnePublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1870-71 Lot #39 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorShelley, Percy BysshePublisherE. MoxonDate Published1871 Lot #40 The Cabinet Album; a Collection of Original and Selected Literature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)Author**PublisherW.S. OrrDate Published1837 Lot #41 The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorHeber, ReginaldPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1854 Lot #42 The Herb of the Field View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorAnonymousPublisherJohn & Charles MozleyDate Published1853 Lot #43 Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorAytoun, William EdmondstounePublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1881 Lot #44 The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorBewick, ThomasPublisherPrinted by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and SonDate Published1818 Lot #45 A Golden Treasury for the Children of God; Containing Select Texts of the Bible, with Practical Observations, in Prose and Verse, for Every Day of the Year View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorBogatzky, C.H.V.PublisherHamilton, Adams & CoDate Publishedc.1855 Lot #46 The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettPublisherHenry FrowdeDate Published1910 Lot #47 The Pleasures of Hope with other Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorCampbell, ThomasPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1821 Lot #48 English Songs and other Small Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorCornwall, BarryPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1851 Lot #49 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamPublisherFrederick WarneDate PublishedNo date Lot #50 A Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testament View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorCruden, AlexanderPublisherFrederick WarneDate PublishedNo date Lot #51 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorGray, ThomasPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1853 Lot #52 Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorHemens, FeleciaPublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published[c.1878] Lot #53 The Prince of the House of David View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorIngraham, J.H., editorPublisherCassellDate PublishedNo date Lot #54 The Poetical Works of John Milton View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published1862 Lot #55 Poetical Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorMoore, ThomasPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Publishedc.1860 Lot #56 Songs, Ballads, and Sacred Songs View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorMoore, ThomasPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1849 Lot #57 The Story of San Michele View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorMunthe, AxelPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[c.1937] Lot #58 Opera Quae Supersunt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorOvid [Publius Ovidius Naso]PublisherJ. BarbouDate Published1762 Lot #59 Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorProcter, Adelaide AnnePublisherGeorge Bell & SonsDate Published1890 Lot #60 Proper Lessons to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holy-days throughout the Year View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)Author**PublisherPrinted at the Clarendon Press for Samuel Collingwood & Co.Date Published1830 Lot #61 The Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorRobertson, WilliamPublisherT. CadellDate Published1831 Lot #62 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterPublisherGall & InglisDate Published[c.1890's] Lot #63 The Chase; to which is annexed Field Sports View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorSomervile, WilliamPublisherAlbion Press, printed by James Cundee, for T. HurstDate Published1804 Lot #64 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1864 Lot #65 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1859 Lot #66 The Book of Common Prayer... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)Author**PublisherOtridge, Rivington, et alDate Published1816 Lot #67 The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the Year 1859... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)Author**PublisherR. & A. Suttaby, et al.Date Published[1858] Lot #68 Freewill, Foreknowledge, and Fate: A Fragment View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)Author[Tucker, Abraham] Search, Edward, pseud.PublisherR. & J. DodsleyDate Published1763 Lot #70 Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorGünther, Albert C.L.G.Publisher[Printed by Taylor & Francis]Date Published1902 Lot #71 Das von der Liebe handelnde Sinn- und Lehr-reiche Pastorellgedicht zum Nuzen und Vergnügen die da lieben und sich verheirathen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHallman, Johann ChristianPublisherJ.A.E. MaschenbauerDate Published1750 Lot #76 Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHobbes, ThomasPublisherAndrew CkookeDate Published1651 [but Amsterdam, c.1651] Lot #78 The Iliads of Homer. Prince of Poets. Never before in any languag truely translated [& The Odysses] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorHomerPublisherNathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1613?] Lot #80 De militia equestri antiqua et nova ad regem Philippum IV. Libri quinque View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorHugo, HermannusPublisherPlantiniana B. MoretiDate Published1630 Lot #81 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Old Testament, on vellum View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author[Leber Workshop]Date Published[c.1240-50] Lot #85 Manuscript record book on vellum, in Italian View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Date Published16th-18th centuries Lot #87 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$4,375StatusSold AuthorJonston, JohnPublisherJ.J. Fil. SchipperDate Published1657 Lot #88 The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$11,250StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)Author**PublisherPrinted by William Morris at the Kelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #93 Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus; quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturæ in eo distributio, verbo pantámorphou Protei regnum, universæ denique naturæ majestas & divitiæ summa rerum varietate exponuntur. Abditorum effectuum causæ acri indagine inquisitæ demonstrantur; cognitæ per artis & naturæ conjugium ad humanæ vitæ necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparatu, necnon novo modo, & ratione applicantur View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusPublisherJoannem Janssonium & Elizum WeyerstratenDate Published1665 Lot #98 An Essay concerning Humane Understanding View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorLocke, JohnPublisherAwnsham and John Churchil, and Samuel ManshipDate Published1694 Lot #100 Afbeelding der Menschelyke Bezigheden bestaende in Hondert onderscheiden Printverbeeldingen View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorLuyken, JanPublisherReinier & Josua OttensDate Published[c.1700] Lot #101 L'Age du Bronze au Musée de Minoussinsk View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorMartin, F.R.PublisherSamson & Wallin for the Societé Suédoise d'Anthropologie et de GéographieDate Published1893 Lot #103 Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnPublisherPrinted by J.M. for John StarkeyDate Published1671 Lot #104 Ordonnance et instruction selon laquelle se doibuent conduire & regler doresenenavant les Changeurs our Collecteurs des pieces d'or & d'argent deffendues... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Money-Changing)Author**PublisherHierosme Verdussen, Imprimeur des Monnoyes de sa MaiesteDate Published1633 Lot #105 Astrologia Gallica. Principiis & rationibus propriis stabilita... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMorin, Jean-BaptistePublisherAdrian VlacqDate Published1661 Lot #107 La Alamanna View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorOliviero, Antonio FrancescoPublisherVincenzo ValgrisiDate Published1567 Lot #108 Expositio super textu Petri Hispani View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorOrbellis, NicolausPublisherBernardinus de ChorisDate Published7 November 1489 Lot #109 De rebus Emmanuelis regis Lusitaniae.... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorOsorio da Fonseca, JeronimoPublisherHeirs of Arnold BirckmannDate Published1574 Lot #110 Opera. Buecher und schrifften... [bound with] Chirurgische Buecher und Schrifften View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorParacelsus, TheophrastusPublisherLazarus ZetznerDate Published1616 & 1618 Lot #113 Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Author[Perrault, Charles]PublisherNicolaus VisscherDate Published[c.1690] Lot #115 The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; Compiled from Authentic Papers... To which are added, the Journals of Lieutenants Shortland, Watts, Ball, and Capt. Marshall; with an Account of Their New Discoveries View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPhillip, ArthurPublisherPrinted by the United Company of BooksellersDate Published[c.1790] Lot #116 Statue antiche che sono poste in diversi luoghi nella citta di Roma [bound with] Illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eor numismatibus extractae View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Porro, Girolamo)Author**PublisherGirolamo PorroDate Published1576 Lot #118 Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorRobert, Henry M[artyn]PublisherS.C. Griggs & CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #119 The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the End of the Commonwealth View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorRollin, [Charles] & [Jean Baptiste Louis] CrevierPublisherJ. and P. KnaptonDate Published1754 Lot #121 Ovid's Metamorphosis View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorS[andys], G[eorge], translatorPublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1626 Lot #122 Poems View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisherPrinted by Thomas Cotes to be sold by John BensonDate Published1640 Lot #123 La Gerusalemme liberata View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorTasso, TorquatoPublisherDidotDate Published1784-86 Lot #124 The Whole Life and Progresse of Henry Walker the Ironmonger View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorTaylor, JohnDate Published1642 Lot #155 Letter Signed, by Giuseppe Garibaldi View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGaribaldi, Giuseppe (1807-1885)Date Published27 March 1876 Lot #159 Document signed by Adolf Hitler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfDate PublishedNov. 1, 1934 Lot #175 Autograph Document, signed by Louis Stanislas Xavier (Louis XVIII) and Charles Phillippe (Charles X) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleon)AuthorLouis-Stanislas-Xavier (Louis XVIII) and Charles Phillippe (Charles X)Date PublishedMarch 2, 1792 Lot #176 Autograph Letter, signed by Marshal Bernadotte, King Charles XIV of Sweden View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBernadotte, Jean Baptiste Jules (1763-1844)Date Published1805 Lot #177 Autograph Document, signed by Louis Alexander Berthier, Prince de Neuchatel & Wagram View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorBerthier, Louis Alexander (1753-1815)Date Published1802 Lot #178 Document, signed by Marshal Moncey, titled "République Française" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Wars)AuthorMoncey, Marshal Bon Adrian Jeanot de, Duke of Conegliano (1754-1842)Date Published1800 Lot #182 Manuscript Document, signed by Samuel Pepys View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPepys, Samuel (1633-1703)Date PublishedSeptember 26, 1671 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next