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 303 240 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 1-73 of 73. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Aesop's Fables, with his Life View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorAesopPublisherPrinted by R. Newcomb for Francis BarlowDate Published1703 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 #8 Color proof for the wrappers of Octave Uzanne's "Le Miroir du Monde" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorAvril, P[aul]PublisherMaison QuentinDate Published[1888] Lot #9 Veteres arcus Augustorum triumphis insignes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBellori, Giovanni PietroDate Published1690 Lot #11 The Grave, a Poem View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertPublisherT. BensleyDate Published1808 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 #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 #28 Die Impressionisten. Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorDuret, ThéodorePublisherBruno CassirerDate Published1909 Lot #29 Edouard Manet. Sein Leben und seine Kunst View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDuret, ThéodorePublisherPaul CassirerDate Published1910 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 #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 #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 #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 #77 Paris a travers les ages View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorHoffbauer, FedorPublisherFirmin-DidotDate Published1885 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 #82 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Old Testament, on vellum View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author[Leber Workshop]Date Published[c.1240-50] Lot #83 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Old Testament, on vellum View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author[Leber Workshop]Date Published[c.1240-1250] Lot #84 Illuminated manuscript leaves from a Psalter, on vellum View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Date Published[ca 1400] 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 #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 #97 La Lauda e i primordi della melodia Italiana View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLiuzzi, FernandoPublisherOfficine dell'Istituto PoligraficoDate Published[c.1935] 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 #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 #106 [The Alice Prints] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorMoser, BarryPublisher[Pennyroyal Press]Date Published[1982] 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 #117 Propyläen-Kunstgeschichte View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Propylaen)Author**Date Published1967-1980 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 #120 U.R.S.S.: Bois, Céramique, Bijoux Cuir View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Russian Art Exhibit)AuthorArt Populaire RussePublisherErnst Henri, EditeurDate Published[c. 1920's] 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 #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 #126 La pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorToesca, PietroPublisherUlrich HoepliDate Published1912 Lot #128 The Turner Gallery... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Turner, Joseph Mallord William)AuthorMonkhouse, W. CosmoPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Publishedc.1880 Lot #132 Bronze medal in commemoration of Mark Twain's centenary of his birth View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)Author[Flanagan, John]Date Published[1935] Lot #134 Verve: The French Review of Art - Lot of 8 quarterly issues View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Verve)AuthorTériade. E., editorPublisherVerveDate Published1937-1948 Lot #137 Ornamente aller klassischen Kunstepochen View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorZahn, WilhelmPublisherDietrich ReimerDate Published1870 Lot #140 Autograph and Art Album, along with original musical compositions and color drawings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Autograph album)Author**Date Published1897-1939 Lot #141 Autograph Letter, signed by Constantin Brâncusi, to Jim Ede View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBrâncusi, Constantin, (1876-1957)Date Published3/7/1939 Lot #146 Autograph View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorDefregger, Franz von, (1835-1921)Date Published1906 Lot #150 Autograph Note, signed by Édouard Détaille View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorDétaille, ÉdouardDate PublishedMarch 11, 1891 Lot #162 Autograph Note, signed by artist Ludwig Knaus, with the original mailing envelope, hand-written and addressed to Florence Schwartz [Walter] by Knaus View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorKnaus, Ludwig (German Painter, 1829-1910)Date PublishedJune 10, 1906 Lot #163 Typed Letter, signed by Oskar Kokoschka to a Mrs. Mack of the San Francisco Museum of Art View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorKokoschka, Oskar (1886-1980)Date Published[c. 1957-58] Lot #164 Autograph letter signed by Sir Thomas Lawrence View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorLawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830)Date Published31 July 1827 Lot #166 Autograph Note, signed with original hand-written mailing envelope, signed by Max Liebermann View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorLiebermann, Max (1847-1935)Date PublishedJuly 19, 1906 Lot #168 Autograph Letter, signed by Fernand Leger and J. Ligbot Rout View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLéger, Fernand (1881-1955)Date Published[c. 1940's] Lot #187 Document, signed by Arthur Wellesley Wellington View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorWellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)Date PublishedNo date [circa early 1800's] Lot #188 Autograph Letter signed by Whistler View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWhistler, James Abbot McNeill (1834-1903)Date PublishedNo date Lot #189 Sketching Without a Master View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Wood, Grant)AuthorBrown, J. HullahPublisherT.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd.Date Published[c. 1920] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next