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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Handwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Aquinas, St. Thomas)HeadlineHandwritten manuscript on works relating to St. Thomas Aquinas 1708Date Published1708 Lot #9 Rare letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School" of post-impressionist painters View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Art – Gauguin, Pont Aven)AuthorMadame [Marie-Jeanne] GloanecHeadlineRare 1886 letter by the Brittany innkeeper who hosted Gauguin's "Pont-Aven School"Date PublishedApril 22, 1886 Lot #12 The Astronauts Library - all volumes signed View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Astronauts Library)AuthorGlenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al.HeadlineEaston Press Astronauts Library - signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1997 Lot #15 Capitularia Regum Francorum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBaluzius, Stephanus and Etienne BaluzeHeadlineCapitularia Regum Francorum, 1677PublisherF. MuguetDate Published1677 Lot #16 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century, Before the Christian æra View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBarthelemy, Jean-JacquesHeadlineTravels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, 1804PublisherJacob Johnson and Co.Date Published1804 Lot #34 The Pastorals of Virgil, With a Course of English Reading, Adapted for Schools: In Which All the Proper Facilities are Given, Enabling Youth to Acquire the Latin Language, in the Shortest Period of Time View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Blake, William, illustrator)AuthorVirgilHeadlinePastorals of Virgil with illustrations by William BlakePublisherF.C. & J. Rivington, et alDate Published1821 Lot #38 Letters from the Cardinal Borgia, and the Cardinal of York. MDCCXCIX-MDCCC View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBorgia, StefanoHeadlineLetters from the Cardinal Borgia 1800Publisher[W. Bulmer]Date Published[1800] Lot #39 Celebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases of Criminal Jurisprudence from Earliest Records to the Year 1825 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBorrow, George HHeadlineCelebrated Trials and Remarkable Cases 1825PublisherKnight and LaceyDate Published1825 Lot #42 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 Lot #64 An Account of the Court of Portugal, under the Reign of the present King Dom Pedro II. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Colbatch, John]HeadlineAn Account of the Court of Portugal, 1700PublisherPrinted for Thomas BennetDate Published1700 Lot #69 Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorD'Avennes, Prisse and James Augustus St JohnHeadlinePrisse D'Avennes Oriental Album 20 plates 1851PublisherJames MaddenDate Published1851 Lot #76 Manuscript copy of John Denham's 1642 poem "Cooper's Hill," in the hand of Peter Cunningham, editor of the 1854 edition of Samuel Johnson's Lives of the most eminent English Poets View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDenham, JohnHeadlineMs. copy of John Denham;s "Cooper Hill"Date Publishedc .1850 Lot #78 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 Lot #85 Wordsworth: An Anthology View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 Lot #89 Pure Economics View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Economics)AuthorPantaleoni, MaffeoHeadlinePantaleoni Pure Economics 1898PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1898 Lot #90 Principles of Political Economy: From the 13th (1877) German ed. With additional chapters...for this 1st English and American ed., on paper money, international trade, and the protective system; and a preliminary essay on the historical method in political economy (from the French). View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Economics)AuthorRoscher, W.HeadlineRoscher, Principles of Political Economy 1878PublisherCallaghan and Co.Date Published1878 Lot #92 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hiueroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineEgyptian Book of the Dead in German 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 Lot #94 WITHDRAWN - Madame de Staël View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Extra-Illustrated)AuthorSorel, AlbertHeadlineExtra-illustrated with French authors & politiciansPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1892 Lot #96 The Arabian Nights Entertainments View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineArabian Nights Entertainments finely boundPublisherJ.C. Nimmo and BainDate Published1883 Lot #97 Imitation de Jésus-Christ View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)Authorà Kempis, ThomasHeadlineImitation de Jésus-Christ, 1860PublisherMameDate Published1860 Lot #98 The Novels of Honoré de Balzac View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBalzac, Honoré deHeadlineNovels of Honore de BalzacPublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published[1895] Lot #99 Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineShrewsbury Edition of Samuel Butler's WorksPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1923-26 Lot #100 The Works of John Dryden View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineJohn Dryden's Works Finely BoundPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published1882-93 Lot #101 The Novels of Henry Fielding - Large Paper Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineShakespeare Head Press Henry FieldingPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1926 Lot #102 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith - The Primrose Hundred, Turk's Head Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineWorks of Oliver Goldsmith Primrose 100 Turk's Head EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1908] Lot #103 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Large-paper Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineWorks of Oliver Wendell Holmes finely bound & with letterPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1891-1896 Lot #104 The Works of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson 1825PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1825 Lot #105 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Finely BoundPublisherRobt. Riviere & Son Ltd.Date Published1928 Lot #106 The Sonnets of Shakespeare View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Sonnets finely bound by Bayntun RivierePublisherRobt. Riviere & Son Ltd.Date Published1928 Lot #107 Selected Works of Herbert Spencer - Westminster Edition View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSpencer, HerbertHeadlineWorks of Herbert Spencer Westminster EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #114 Acta Sanctorum Belgii Selecta View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGhesquière, Joseph HippolyteHeadlineActa Sanctorum Belgii Selecta 1783-1794PublisherTypis Matthæi Lemaire [and] AbbatiæDate Published1783-1794 Lot #116 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineBook of Fairy Poetry Early J.R.R. Tolkien PoemPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #132 Manuscript Bhagavad Gita in Farsi (Persian), written in Arabic script View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineBhagavad Gita ms. in Persian with gouache paintingsDate Publishedc.18th century Lot #133 Manuscript Hindu epic, likely a portion of the Mahabharata or the Ramayana, with six full page illuminations View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineIlluminated Sanskrit ManuscriptDate Published19th century? Lot #140 Memoirs of George the Fourth, Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign; with Characteristic Sketches of all the Celebrated Men Who Were His Friends and Companions as a Prince, and His Ministers and Counsellors as a Monarch - with signature of George IV View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorHuish, RobertHeadlineMemoirs of George the Fourth, with his signature 1830PublisherT. KellyDate Published1831 Lot #142 Minutes of the proceedings and evidence, of the Commission of Inquiry, ordered by the Irish government, into charges of proselytism and cruelty preferred against the officers of the Richmond General Penitentiary. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Ireland)AuthorIreland Commission of InquiryHeadlineRichmond General Penitentiary Proceedings 1827PublisherJ.C. ScullyDate Published1827 Lot #143 Ivstini Ex Trogi Pompei Historiis Externis Libri XLIIII: Cvi Adiecimvs Monarchiarvm omnium tabulam ex fidelissimis historijs collectam: et epitomen S. Avrelii Victoriis de vita et moribus omnium Imperatorum: Omnia Cvm Scholiis, Argumentis, et indice rerum et verborum locupletissimo, multò quàm antè castigatiora View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorIustinus, Marcus IunianusHeadlineIvstini Ex Trogi Pompei Historiis Externis Libri XLIIII 1576PublisherBirckmannDate Published1576 Lot #152 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 #156 The Crown Circuit Companion; containing the practice of the Assises on the Crown side, and of the Courts of General and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace...the second edition corrected; to which is added, The Clerk of Assises Circuit Companion. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Law)AuthorStubbs, W. and G. TalmashHeadlineThe Crown Circuit Companion0 1749Publisherprinted by Henry Lintot. for J. WorrallDate Published1749 Lot #158 Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 sino al 1820 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Lecomte, Hippolyte]HeadlineCostumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 sino al 1820PublisherLitografia Cuciniello e BianchiDate Published[c.1825?] Lot #184 The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[McLean, Thom.]HeadlineMilitary Costume of Turkey 30 color plates 1818PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1818 Lot #187 Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMongez, [Antoine]HeadlineTableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence 1819PublisherJ. P. AillaudDate Published1819 Lot #190 The New Newgate Calendar; being interesting memoirs of Notorious Characters, who have been convicted of outrages on the Laws of England... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Newgate Calendar)AuthorKnapp, Andrew and William BaldwinHeadlineThe New Newgate CalendarPublisherNuttall, Fisher, and Dixon et al.Date Published1809-10 [?] Lot #192 Politicall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks. Nicolas Machiavel: The King of Sweden's Descent Into Germany: The Conspiracy of Piso and Vindex against Nero: The Greatnesse and Corruption of the Court of Rome: The Election of Pope Leo the XI: The Defection from the Church of Rome: Martin Luther. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorOsborne, FrancisHeadlinePoliticall Reflections Upon the Government of the Turks 1656PublisherPrinted by J.G. for Thomas RobinsonDate Published1656 Lot #197 19th century photograph album View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Photograph Album)Headline19th century photo albumDate Published[c.1870's] Lot #205 The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham].HeadlineArthur Rackham Ingoldsby Legends Finely BoundPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #206 Peintures Antiques Inedites Precedees de Recherches sur L'Emploi de la Peinture Dans la Decoration des Edifices Sacres et Pubic, Chez les Grecs et Chez les Romains; Paisant Suite aux Monuments Inedits View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRaoul-Rochette, M.HeadlinePainting in Ancient Greece and RomePublisherImprimerie RoyaleDate Published1836 Lot #210 The History of the Papacy, to the Period of the Reformation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorRiddle, Rev. J. E.HeadlineThe History of the Papacy with fine binding 1854PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1854 Lot #219 Shaksperiana. Catalogue of all the Books, Pamphlets, &c. Relating to Shakspeare. To which are subjoined, an account of the early quarto editions of the Great Dramatist's Plays and Poems. The Prices at which many copies have sold for in public sales... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorWilson, JohnHeadlineShaksperiana Catalog 1827PublisherPrinted for John WilsonDate Published1827 Lot #222 The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: Beginning About the Yeere 1593, and Continued to this Present 1629 [and] .The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorSmith, JohnHeadlineThe True Travels, Adventures and Observations of John Smith 1819PublisherFranklin PressDate Published1819 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next