Sale 295: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Voyages - Natural History - Finely Bound Sets (#295) 10/14/2004 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/14/2004 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 295 248 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 1-65 of 65. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panorama, etc. From the Library of J.R. Abbey Heading(Abbey, John R.)Author**PublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1991 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #2 Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland / Life In England / Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of J.R. Abbey Heading(Abbey, John R.)Author**PublisherAlan WofsyDate Published1991 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #3 Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. From the Library of J.R. Abbey Heading(Abbey, John R.)Author*PublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1991 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #24 Keramic Art of Japan AuthorAudsley, George Ashdown and James Lord BowesPublisherBy the Authors & Henry SotheranDate Published1875[-80] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #26 Album containing approximately 96 mounted prints, most color or hand-colored, including 21 Baxter process color prints\ Heading(Baxter Color Prints)Author**Date Published19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #35 The American Practical Dyer's Companion... AuthorBird, F.J.PublisherHenry Carey Baird & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #48 Recuerdos de Lima. Album tipos, trajes y costumbres AuthorBonnaffeì, A.A.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #56 Hudibras AuthorButler, SamuelPublisherThomas M'LeanDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #72 Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by upwards of Seventy Richly Coloured Engravings... Heading(Costume)Author**PublisherPrinted for E. Harding, et alDate Published1803 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #82 Psychology AuthorDewey, JohnPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1887 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #84 The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California Heading(Doheny Catalogue)AuthorMarez Oyens, Felix de & Paul NeedhamPublisherChristie'sDate Published1987-89 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #87 Underweysung der Messung mit dem zirckel und richt scheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen Corporen AuthorDürer, AlbrechtPublisherCollegium GraphicumDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #93 Catalogue des livres rares, précieux, et très-bien conditionnés du cabinet de M. Firmin Didot Heading(Firmin Didot Sale Catalogue)Author**PublisherDe Bure pere et filsDate Published1810 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #96 The Fowler Architectural Collection of The Johns Hopkins University AuthorFowler, Laurence Hall and Elizabeth Baer, compilersPublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1991 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #99 The Music of Nature AuthorGardiner, WilliamPublisherJ.H. Wilkins & R.B. CarterDate Published1837 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #105 Goya: Engravings and Lithographs Heading(Goya)AuthorHarris, TomasPublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #110 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #115 Harvard College Library Department of Printing and Graphic Arts. Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts. Part I: French Sixteenth Century Books Heading(Harvard Library - 16th Century French Books)AuthorMortimer, RuthPublisherWittenborn Art BooksDate Published1998 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #116 Harvard College Library Department of Printing and Graphic Arts Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts. Part II: Italian 16th Century Books Heading(Harvard Library - 16th Italian Books)AuthorMortimer, RuthPublisherWittenborn Art BooksDate Published1998 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #125 Treatise on light, in which are explained the causes of that which occurs reflexion and in refraction, and particularly in the strange refraction of Iceland crystal. AuthorHuygens, ChristiaanPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #137 XVIIIme Siecle, Lettres, Sciences et Arts France 1700-1789 AuthorLacroix, PaulPublisherFirmin-DidotDate Published1878 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #138 A Treatise on Artillery... AuthorLallemand, H.PublisherPrinted by C.S. van WinkleDate Published1820 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #142 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year 1482: The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an historical reminder of fifteenth century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz together with a Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis & an Appreciation...by Edwin Grabhorn Heading(Leaf Books)Author(Caxton, William)Publisher[Book Club of California]Date Published1938 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #143 The Estiennes: A Biographical Essay...illustrated with Original Leaves from Books printed by the Three Greatest Members of that Distinguished Family Heading(Leaf Books)AuthorPattison, MarkPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #149 Marques de Collections de Dessins et d'Estampes AuthorLugt, FritsPublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1975-88 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #153 Principles of Political Economy considered with a View to their Practical Application AuthorMalthus, T[homas] R[obert]PublisherC. Roworth for John MurrayDate Published1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #161 James McBey. Etchings & Drypoints. Catalogue Raisonné Heading(McBey, James)AuthorHardie, Martin and Carter, CharlesPublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1998 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #169 The Discovery of Modern Anaesthesia AuthorNevius, Laird W.PublisherCooper InstituteDate Published[1894] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #170 The Newtonian System of Philosophy; Explained by Familiar Objects, in an Entertaining Manner for the Use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen Heading(Newton, Isaac)Author"Telescope, Tom" and "William Magnet"PublisherOgilvy and Son, Vernor and Hood, et alDate Published1798 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #180 Of the Generation of Man. The Twenty Fourth Book Author[Paré, Ambroise]Date Published[1634] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #187 A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present AuthorPope, Arthur Upham & Phyllis Ackerman, editorsPublisherUnder the Auspices of the American Institute for Iranian Art & Archaeology, Oxford University PressDate Published1938 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #191 The Costume of Great Britain AuthorPyne, W[illiam] H[enry]PublisherPrinted for William Miller...by Howlett and BrimmerDate Published1804 [but circa 1821] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #192 The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore AuthorPyne, W[illiam] H[enry]PublisherA. DryDate Published1819 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #193 Hieroclis Philosophi commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina. Joan. Curterio interprete. [with 2nd part] Aurea Pythagoreorum Carmina. Latine conversa...Theodoro Marcilio Heading(Pythagoras)AuthorHierocles of Alexandria & PythagorusPublisherSteph. PreuosteauDate Published1583 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #198 Physica. Latine vertit, recensuit, & adnotationibus ex illustrissimi Isaaci Newtoni philosophia maximam partem haustis, amplificavit & ornavit Samuel Clarke, S.T.P. AuthorRohault, JacquesPublisherJacobi KnaptonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #203 The Clans of Scotland. Their Tartans, Badges, and War-Cries Heading(Scots)Author**PublisherRomanes & PatersonDate Publishedc.1892 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #233 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1778 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #241 An Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain AuthorThornton, HenryPublisherJ. Hatchard, F. & C. RivingtonDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #243 Le Parfait ou le Teinturier François Heading(Tinting and Dying)Author**PublisherPar la CompagnieDate Published1767 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #248 De humani corporis fabrica epitome AuthorVesalius, Andreas [and Browne, John]PublisherJoannem JanssoniumDate Published1642 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #257 The Annals of Philosophy Heading(Annals...)Author**PublisherBaldwin, Cradock, & JoyDate Published1823 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #258 The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 Heading(Baird, Spencer Fullerton)AuthorGoode, George BrownPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #260 Life Histories of North American Birds, With Special Reference to Their Breeding Habits and Eggs AuthorBendire, CharlesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1892 & 1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #264 Ten [i.e. Forty] Lithographic Coloured Flowers with Botanical Descriptions drawn and coloured by a Lady Heading(Botanical)Author**PublisherDavid BrownDate Published1826 [but c. 1828] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #266 Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain Descriptions and Figures of all North American Birds... AuthorCassin, JohnPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published[1853]-56 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #267 [American Ornithological Bibliography] AuthorCoues, ElliottPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published[c.1879-1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #268 Prodome de la Classification des Reptiles Ophidiens: Memoire lu dans la seance du 2 novembre 1852 AuthorDumeril, A.-M.-ConstantPublisher[Academie des Sciences]Date Published[c.1852] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #270 The Rattlesnakes, Genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. A Study in Zoogeography and Evolution AuthorGloyd, Howard K.PublisherThe Chicago Academy of SciencesDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #275 Prodome D'une Iconographie Descriptive des Ophidiens AuthorJan, M. Le ProfesseurPublisherImprimerie de Mme. Ve. Bouchard-HuzardDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #276 The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds AuthorJohnstone, William Grosart & Alexander CroallPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #283 An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents: In Two Parts... To which is added a Third Part... AuthorOwen, CharlesPublisherPrinted for the Author, Sold by John GrayDate Published1742 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #284 Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous AuthorPalmer, Julius A[uboinea], Jr., editorPublisherL. PrangDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #286 Essay sur la Physionomie des Serpens AuthorSchlegel, H[ermann]PublisherArnz & Comp.Date Published[c.1837] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #287 Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment; Or, Specialties of a Residence above the Clouds AuthorSmyth, C[harles] PiazziPublisherLovell ReeveDate Published1858 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #291 Natural Selection and Tropical Nature: Essays on Descriptive and Theoretical Biology AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #292 The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #297 La Figure de la terre... AuthorBouguer, [Pierre]PublisherCharles-Antoine JombertDate Published1749 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #310 French Explorers in the Pacific AuthorDunmore, JohnPublisherat the Clarendon PressDate Published1965-69 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #314 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 AuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]PublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #315 The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation AuthorHakluyt, RichardPublisherAugustus M KelleyDate Published1969 View details Estimate$200 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #328 A Trip Around the World AuthorMoerlein, GeorgePublisherM. & R. BurgheimDate Published[1886] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #335 The Natural History of Man... AuthorPrichard, James CowlesPublisherH. BailliereDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #339 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherDay & SonDate Published1855-56 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #341 Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1820, 1831, 1832, 1833...and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole AuthorRoss, JohnPublisherA.W. WebsterDate Published1835 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #348 The Yukon Sun and Klondike Pioneer. Official Paper of the Yukon Territory. Special Number Heading(Yukon)Author**Date PublishedSeptember 1900 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next