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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. - With a Manuscript Document, Signed by Addison AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Addison in 4 volumes 1721PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1721 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #9 The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland - Zane Grey's Copy Heading(Angling)AuthorCalderwood, W.L.HeadlineThe Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland - Zane Grey's CopyPublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1909 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #19 Orlando Furioso di M. Ludovico Ariosto Tutto Ricorretto, & di Nuoue Figure Adornato, con le Annotationi, gli Auuertimenti, & le Dichiarationi di Ieronimo Ruscelli... AuthorAriosto, LodovicoHeadlineRuscelli's Orlando Furioso 1565PublisherVincenzio ValgrisiDate Published1565 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #20 Orlando Furioso di M. Ludovico Ariosto Tutto Ricorretto, & di Nuoue Figure Adornato, con le Annotationi, gli Auuertimenti, & le Dichiarationi di Jeronimo Ruscelli... AuthorAriosto, LodovicoHeadlineOrlando Furioso 1603PublisherFelice ValgrissiDate Published1603 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #29 Sport and Nature in the Himalayas AuthorBairnsfather, P.R.HeadlineSport and Nature in the Himalayas, 1914PublisherHarrison & SonsDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #31 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Aera AuthorBarthelemy, Abbe [Jean-Jacques]HeadlineTravels of Anacharsis the Younger, 1791PublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1791 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #36 Liber Psalmorum Davidis Heading(Bible - Psalms)HeadlineRobert Estienne printing of the Psalms of DavidPublisherOliva Rob. Stephani [Robert Estienne]Date Published1556 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #38 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches Heading(Bible in English)PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1617 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel JohnsonPublisherHenry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1785 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #53 Travels in Palestine, Throught the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan: Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the Decapolis AuthorBuckingham, James SilkHeadlineBuckingham's Travels in Palestine 1821PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #54 Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms Heading(Buddhism)AuthorFâ-hienHeadlineRecord of the Buddhist Kingdoms, 1877PublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #62 Original leaf from the Polycronicon, printed by William Caxton in 1482 at Westminster Heading(Caxton, William, printer)HeadlineLeaf printed by William Caxton c.1480Date Publishedc.1480 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #64 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable MSS. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never Before Printed AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineWorks of Geoffrey Chaucer 1721 First Urry EditionPublisherBernard LintotDate Published1721 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #65 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son... AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl ofHeadlineLetters from Chesterfield to his son 1st edPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #68 Opera AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineElzevier's Cicero Volume 1 1642PublisherEx officina ElzevirianaDate Published1642 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #70 Select Trials for Murder, Robbery, Burglary, Rapes, Sodomy, Coining, and Other Offences and Misdemeanours, at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey, to Which are Added Genuine Accounts of the Lives, Exploits, Behaviour, Confessions and Dying Speeches, of the Most Notorious Convicts, from the Year 1741 to the Present Year, 1764, Inclusive; Which Completes the Trials from the Year 1720. Heading(Crime)HeadlineSelect Trials for Murder, Robbery, etc, 1764PublisherPrinted for J. WilkieDate Published1764 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #74 A Tour Through the Island of Great Britain. Divided into Circuits or Journies AuthorDefoe, Daniel, Mr. [Samuel] Richardson, et al.HeadlineDefoe Tour through Britain 1778PublisherW. Strahan, et al.Date Published1778 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #79 Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres AuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, editorsHeadlineComplete Diderot EncyclopedieDate Published1751-1780 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #81 Joseph Aegypti Prorex AuthorDrexel, JeremiasHeadlineJeremias Drexel Joseph Aegypti ProrexPublisherCnobbartDate Published1641 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #94 Histoire de la vie de Messire Philippes de Mornay Seigneur de Plessis Marly, &c. Heading(Elzevier)HeadlineLife of du-Plessis-Mornay 1647PublisherBonaventure & Abraham ElsevierDate Published1647 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #95 Opera Omnia - Volumes 1 & 2 Heading(Elzevier)AuthorSeneca, Lucius AnnaeusHeadlineElzevier edition of Seneca 1640PublisherElzeviriosDate Published1640 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #96 Turcici Imperii Status - bound with two other works printed by the Elzeviers Heading(Elzevier)HeadlineThree scarce Elzevier printingsPublisherEx officina ElzevirianaDate Published1634 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #99 An Essay on the History of Civil Society AuthorFerguson, AdamHeadlineFerguson's Essay on the History of Civil SocietyPublisherA. Millar, et alDate Published1767 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #114 The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. In Eight Volumes, Illustrated with Plates. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineThe History of England, Hume, 1802PublisherT. Cadell jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #115 London and Its Environs Described. Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineLondon and its Environs Described 1761PublisherR. and J. DodsleyDate Published1761 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #136 Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22...With an Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History AuthorFranklin, JohnHeadlineFirst Voyage of John Franklin 1823PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #138 Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii. AuthorGell, Sir William and John P. GandyHeadlinePompeiana, Sir William Gell, 1824PublisherRodwell and MartinDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #139 The Life of Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, Bart. and K.C.B., Late Governor of Madras AuthorGleig, George RobertHeadlineLife of Thomas Munro late governor of MadrasPublisherColburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #157 China and the Roman Orient: Researches Into Their Ancient and Mediæval Relations as Represented in Old Chinese Records. AuthorHirth, F[riedrich]HeadlineChina and the Roman Orient, 1885PublisherG. Hirth/Kelly & WalshDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #162 Homeri Odyssea Græce et Latine, Homeri Ilias Græce et Latine AuthorHomerHeadlineOdyssey and the Iliad in Greek and Latin, Samuel Clarke EditionsPublisherPrinted for J. Cuthell, et al, Rivington, et al.Date Published1815, 1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #168 Matthew Flinders Navigator and Chartmaker - De Luxe and Complete Edition AuthorIngleton, Geoffrey CHeadlineMatthew Flinders Navigator and Chartmaker - Deluxe EditionPublisherGenesis PublicationsDate Published1986 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #169 Legenda Aurea Sanctorum, sive Lombardica Historia AuthorJacobus de VoragineHeadline1475 printing of The Golden LegendPublisherGunther ZainerDate Published[not after 1475] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #173 China and Japan: Being a Narrative of the Cruise of the U.S. Steam-frigate Powhatan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59, and '60 Including an Account of the Japanese Embassy to the United States. Illustrated with Life Portraits of the Embassadors and their Principal Officials. AuthorJohnston, James D.HeadlineChina and Japan, Rare First Edition, 1860PublisherCharles Desilver / Cushings & BaileyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #175 The Workes of Beniamin Jonson AuthorJonson, BenjaminHeadlineWorks of Benjamin Jonson 1616 1st Collected EditionPublisherPrinted by W. Stansby and are to be Sould by Rich: MeignenDate Published1616 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #190 Arte Magica Annichilata AuthorMaffei, Francesco ScipioneHeadline18th century work denying witchcraft and magicPublisherAntonio AndreoniDate Published1754 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #226 The Alps in 1864: A Private Journal. AuthorMoore, A. W.HeadlineThe Alps in 1864: A Private Journal, 1902PublisherDavid DouglasDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #230 Some Doubts & Questions in the Law; Especially of Scotland. As Also, Some Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session AuthorNisbet, JohnHeadlineDoubts & Questions in the Law 1698PublisherGeorge MosmanDate Published1698 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #237 Select Views of the Antiquities of Shropshire, With a Descriptive Account of Each Building AuthorPearson, WilliamHeadlinePearson's Views of ShropshirePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[1807] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #239 Historia Mundi Naturalis AuthorPlinius SecundusHeadlinePliny's Historia Mundi Naturalis 1582Publisher[Officina Martini Lechleri]Date Published1582 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #250 Les Satyres, et Autres Oeuvres du Sieur Régnier AuthorRégnier, MathurinHeadlineMathurin Regnier Les Satyres 1655PublisherChez Louys ChamhoudryDate Published1655 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #253 African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Roosevelt African Game TrailsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #256 Bernardi Sacci Patritij Papiensis De Italicarum rerum varietate et elegantia libri .X. In quibus multa scitu digna recensentur, de populorum vetustate, dominio, & mutatione. Item de prouinciarum proprietate, & Ro. Ecclesiae amplificatione. Cum indice capitulorum in fine operis AuthorSacco, BernardoHeadlineSacco's 1565 Italian history in English armorial bindingPublisherApud Hieronymum Bartholum.Date Published1565 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #257 Componimenti Poetici Toscani AuthorSalvini, SalvinoHeadlineComponimenti Poetici Toscani 1750PublisherGaetano AlbizziniDate Published1750 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #259 Danica Historia Libris XVI AuthorSaxo GrammaticusHeadlineSaxo's History of Denmark 1876PublisherAnd. WechelDate Published1576 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #265 The World in Miniature; Edited by Frederic Shoberl. China, containing Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, Character, and Costumes of the People of that Empire AuthorShoberl, Frederic, editorHeadlineChina in miniature with 30 color plates 1823PublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1823] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #266 Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas AuthorSnow, William ParkerHeadlineVoyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir JohnPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1851 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #267 Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem AuthorSophoclesHeadlineFirst Estienne Edition of Sophocles 1568PublisherHenrici Stephani [Henri Estienne]Date Published1568 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #268 In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria AuthorStanley, Henry M[orton]HeadlineStanley's In Darkest Africa Deluxe Edition signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #269 Incidents of Travel in Yucatan AuthorStephens, John L.HeadlineIncidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1841PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1841 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #272 WITHDRAWN - A Commentary upon the Whole Booke of Judges Heading(Swift, Jonathan - his copy?)AuthorRogers, RichardHeadlineFrom the library of Jonathan Swift?PublisherFelix KyngstonDate Published1615 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #280 Ragionamenti della Lingua Toscana AuthorTomitano, BernardinoHeadlineRagionamenti della Lingua ToscanaPublisherGiovanni de FarriDate Published1546 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #283 Naauwkeurig Verhaal van de Vervolginge aangerecht tegens de Evangelise Leeraaren in Hungarien... AuthorVan Poot, AbrahamHeadlineChristian persecution in Hungary 1684PublisherTimotheus ten HoornDate Published1684 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #286 De la Charge des Gouverneurs des Places AuthorVille, Antoine deHeadlineDe la Charge des Gouverneurs des PlacesPublisherRobert de NainDate Published1656 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next