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