Sale 607: Rare Books & Manuscript (Sunday at 8:00 am, Oakland, CA) (#607) 02/12/2017 8:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/12/2017 8:00 AM PST Auction Info 607 415 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 1-27 of 27. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Letter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companion View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1817 – Tennessee slaves, Daniel Boone)AuthorPleasant HendersonHeadlineLetter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companionDate PublishedDec. 27, 1817 Lot #3 Ten vellum antiphonal leaves (i.e. five bifolia) with two inhabited initials and an elaborate title leaf View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Antiphonal Leaves)HeadlineLarge vellum antiphonal leavesDate Published1740 Lot #6 The booke of the preacher, otherwyse called Ecclesiastes, which is Solomon the king [and] The Ballet of Ballets of Solomon, called in Latine, Canticum Canticorum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Ecclesiates & Song of Songs 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #7 The Gospell of Sayncte Mathewe - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineGospel of St. Matthew 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #12 The Four Gospels in the Original Greek View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Greek)HeadlineFour Gospels in Greek from Clarendon PressPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1932 Lot #13 Regula Beati Augustini. Constitutiones Fratrum Ordinis Prædicatorum. Cum aliis vt in sequenti pagina View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Blado, Antonio, printer)HeadlineRules of Augustinian Order 1566PublisherApud Antonium Bladum, Impressorem CameloremDate Published1566 Lot #19 Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Buddhist Manuscript)Headline15th century Buddhist Sutra manuscriptDate Publishedc.1450? Lot #21 Extrauagantes Viginti Joannis Vigesimisecundi una cum Elega[n]ti Apparatu Domini Zenzelini de Cassanis... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Canon Law)HeadlineRare 1549 volume of Canon LawPublisherYolande BonhommeDate Published1549 Lot #25 Letter from Miguel Costanzo to the Viceroy of New Spain, requesting arms for the cavalry corps of the northern provinces, plus a manuscript payment voucher for Costanzo View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorCostanzo, MiguelHeadlineLetter from Miguel Costanzo to Viceroy of New SpainDate Published1810 & 1794 Lot #37 Letter from Albert Einstein expressing regret that he did not have time to contribute to a journal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Einstein letter signed 1927Date Published1 Sept. 1927 Lot #38 Letter from Albert Einstein to physicist, astronomer, and author Kenneth Heuer regarding distribution of heavy metals on the surface of Earth View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein commentson distribution of heavy metalsDate PublishedOctober 20, 1952 Lot #39 Small group of original signed letters from Albert Einstein to author Max Fishler, an important correspondence about Immanuel Kant and Relativity View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$62,500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein letters about Kant and RelativityDate Published1949-1954 Lot #56 Autograph Letter, signed, and a sheet of manuscript musical notations View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHalévy, FromentalHeadlineFromental Halevy Letter and Musical ManuscriptDate PublishedOctober, 1849 Lot #57 Letter by American woman missionary, Maui, on anti-slavery, "adulterous" natives, and naval threat of French Catholicism View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Hawaii, 1840)AuthorMary Kittredge Clark [Mrs. Ephraim Clark]Headline1840 Hawaii letter by American woman missionary - anti-slavery and French Catholic threatDate PublishedJuly 12, 1840 Lot #58 Letter by anti-missionary British-Hawaiian 49er who acquired Sacramento land from John Sutter and later befriended King Kamehameha View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Hawaii, California Gold Rush, 1849)AuthorGeorge S.[eymour] KenwayHeadline1849 Hawaii Letter by an anti-missionary British merchant who visited Gold Rush CaliforniaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1849 Lot #63 Ejercicios espirituales de nuestro padre San Ignacio, por el padre Sebastian Izquierdo segun se practican en la Casa de Ejercicios de San Felipe Neri de México View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorIzquierdo, SebastianHeadlineIllustrated Mexican edition of Spiritual ExercisesPublisherImpr. de Luis Abadiano y ValdesDate Published1846 Lot #67 Institutionum Civilium libri quatuor - manuscript copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorJustinianus I, EmperorHeadlineManuscript copy of the Institutiones of Justinian IDate Published(17th Century?) Lot #72 Statutes of Venice - manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)HeadlineRare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580Date Published1580 Lot #76 Manuscript notebook with 39 ink and watercolor drawings in illustration of 39 manuscript limericks View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorLear, Edward, attrib.HeadlineManuscript Limericks & Drawings with Lear attbutionDate Published19th century Lot #77 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 Lot #86 Collection of eight directories and calendars of the religious rites of the Franciscan, Augustin and other Orders in Mexico in the 18th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineRare 18th century Mexican religious calendarsDate Published1784-1789 Lot #88 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-24 Lot #97 Archive of 26 manuscript letters signed by King Philip IV of Spain, to Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste, his Viceroy in New Spain, written from February 1651 to February 1653 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold AuthorPhilip IV, King of SpainHeadlinePhilip IV writes his Viceroy in New Spain 1651-1653Date Published1651-1653 Lot #102 The Six Books of Proclus the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato, Translated from the Greek; To Which a Seventh Book Is Added, in Order to Supply the Deficiency of Another Book on the Subject, also, a Translation from the Greek of Proclus' Elements of Theology.... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Philosophy - Neoplatonism)AuthorProclusHeadlineThomas Taylor translation of Proclus 1816PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1816 Lot #126 Opere di Galileo Galilei nobile fiorentino - signed by Allesandro Volta View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Volta, Allesandro)AuthorGalileo GalileiHeadlineVolta's copy of GalileoPublisherDalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani contrada del CappuccioDate Published1811 Lot #132 Pentateuch (First Five Books of the Bible) Los Cinco Libros de la Ley Divina, de Nuevo Corregidos with Aphtaroth de Todo el Ano. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Bible in Spanish)HeadlinePentateuch and Haphtaroth in SpanishPublisherSalomon ProopsDate Published1718 Lot #141 Juizio de Los Sacerdotes, Doctrina Practica, y Anatomia de Sus Conciencias, Dispuesta en Seis Platicas, Que Suele Hazer Al Gremio Eclesiastico en Sus Missiones, y una Instruccion que dà À un Ilustrissimo Señor Obispo. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCalatayud, Pedro deHeadline1752 Theological Advice for PriestsPublisherJuan Joseph Gonzales de CossioDate Published1752 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next