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