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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Eleven almanacks from 1781 bound together View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Almanack)Author**HeadlineEleven almanacks from 1781 bound togetherPublisherJohn WilkieDate Published1781 Lot #6 A Hebrew Grammar, Without Points: Designed to facilitate the Study of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, In the Original; and Particularly Adapted to the Use of Those Who May Not Have Instructions View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(American Judaica)AuthorSmith, JohnHeadlineFirst American Hebrew Grammar BookPublisherJohn WestDate Published1803 Lot #9 Opuscula View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorAquinas, ThomasHeadlineThomas Aquinas OpusculaPublisherBeninus and Johannes Antonius de HonateDate Published1488 Lot #16 The Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineBacon's Essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral 1696PublisherPrinted for A. Swalle and T. ChildeDate Published1696 Lot #19 Histoire de la conqueste d'Angleterre par Guillaume II, duc de Normandie View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBaudot de Juilly, NicolasHeadlineEngland conquered by William of Normandy 1701PublisherDamien BuegnieDate Published1751 Lot #24 Seven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineSeven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #25 Commentaries on the Laws of England View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBlackstone, WilliamHeadlineBlackstone's Commentaries 4th Edition 1790PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1770 Lot #26 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles IIPublisherPetrus de la TourDate Published1698 Lot #27 The Works of Jacob Behmen, the Teutonic Theosopher View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBoehme, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Behmen 1763PublisherJoseph RichardsonDate Published1763 Lot #29 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Book Club of California - Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineBook Called Holinshed's Chronicles w/leafPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 Lot #38 Sermones de laudibus sanctorum View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCaracciolus, RobertusHeadlineSermones de laudibus sanctorum Basel 1490PublisherNicolaus KeslerDate Published26 Feb. 1490 Lot #39 A Genuine Caxton Leaf from Higden's 'Policronicon', Westminster 1482 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Caxton, William)AuthorHigden (Ranulph)HeadlineGenuine Caxton Leaf Policronicon 1482PublisherDawson's BookshopDate Published[1934] Lot #40 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by William WhitwoodDate Published1687 Lot #50 An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some Chalenged, and Also Diversly by Them Impugned. By Which Apologie (in Their Severall Due Places) All the Reasons and Allegations Set Downe as Well in a Treatise, as in Certaine Notes (That Goe From Hand to Hand) Both Against Proceeding Ex Officio, and Against Oaths Ministred to Parties in Causes Criminall... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Author[Cosin, Richard]HeadlineAn Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings 1593PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1593 Lot #52 Enchiridion ivris vtrivsqve terminorvm, Benedicto Curtio Symphoriano, equite Ecclesiae Lugdunensis, auctore View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCourt, Benoit deHeadlineScarce 16th century legal worksPublisherapud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, fratresDate Published1543 Lot #63 The Compleat Ambassador, or, Two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory; comprised in letters of negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her resident in France. Together with the answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho. Smith, and others. Wherein, as in a clear mirror, may be seen the faces of the two courts of England and France, as they then stood, with many remarkable passages of state... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDigges, Dudley, SirHeadlineIntended marriage of Queen Elizabeth I 1655PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell and Thomas CollinsDate Published1655 Lot #64 The History of Diodorus Siculus. Containing All That is Most Memorable and of Greatest Antiquity in the First Ages of the World Until the War of Troy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDiodurus SiculusHeadlineThe History of Diodorus Siculus 1653PublisherPrinted by John Macock, for Giles CalvertDate Published1653 Lot #69 Walt Disney: The Art of Animation. The Story of the Disney Studio Contribution to a New Art. - Inscribed by Walt Disney View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Disney, Walt)AuthorThomas, BobHeadlineWalt Disney: The Art of Animation SIGNED!!Publisher[Simon and Schuster]Date Published[1958] Lot #79 The Adventures of Telemachus, The Son of Ulysses View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorFenolon, Francis de Salignac de la MotteHeadlineThe Adventures of Telemachus, The Son of UlyssesPublisherHovius the sonDate PublishedVIIIth Year [i.e. 1799] Lot #92 Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: A Dictionary, Italian and English, First Compiled by John Florio...Whereunto is Added, A Dictionary, English and Italian...By Gio. Torriano,...Now Reprinted, Revised and Corrected by J.D. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFlorio, John & Gio[vanni] Torriano & J[ohn] D[avis]Headline1688 Italian English DictionaryPublisherPrinted by R. Holt and W. Horton for R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, et alDate Published1688 Lot #94 Corpus Juris Canonici Academicum, Emendatum et Notis P. Lancellotti Illustratum, in Suos Tomos Distributum, Usuique Moderno. View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorFreiesleben, Christoph. Henr.HeadlineCorpus Juris Canonici AcademicumPublisherE. & J.R. Thurnisiorum [Thurneysen]Date Published1735 Lot #98 Itinerarium ad Regiones sub Aequinoctiali Plaga Constitutas...Opus Antiquitates, Ritus, Mores & Religiones Populor u Aethiopie, Africae, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque Regionum Complectens, Nunc Primo Edidit Onuphrius Geraldinus de Catenacciis. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGeraldini, AlexandriHeadlineRare work on the discovery of the West IndiesPublisherGuilelmi FacciottiDate Published1631 Lot #101 An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineAn Enquiry Concerning Political Justice by GodwinPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1793 Lot #113 Historia D'Herodiano dello Imperio dopo Marco tradotta in lingua toscana & con diligentia stampata View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorHerodianHeadlineHerodian's Roman History 1522PublisherGuintaDate Published1522 Lot #116 Historia Naturalis Dentium Humanorum / Natuurlyke Historie der Tanden van den Mensch View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHunter, JohnHeadlineJohn Hunter on Human Teeth in Latin/DutchPublisherA. Blusse en ZoonDate Published1773 Lot #122 The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus the Jewish Historian...Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, with the Appendix, or Life of Josephus, written by himself: Seven Books of the Jewish War: and Two Books against Apion... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus 1737PublisherWilliam WhistonDate Published1737 Lot #129 The Law of Actions: Being an Exact, Brief and Methodical Collection of All Adjudg'd Cases Out of All the Reports of the Law to This Day View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Law)Author**HeadlineThe Law of Actions 1710PublisherPrinted by John Nutt for John HartleyDate Published1710 Lot #133 Philosophi et Rhetoris View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorLonginus, DionysiusHeadlineLonginus Philosophi et Rhetoris 1663PublisherJoannem LeneriumDate Published1663 Lot #134 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 Lot #136 The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: Containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State During the last Age, not mention'd by other Historians: More particularly Relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland Under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James...Now published from the Original Manuscript by George Scott View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Melville, James)AuthorScott, GeorgeHeadlineMomoirs of Melville 1683PublisherRobert BoulterDate Published1683 Lot #137 L’an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s’il en fût jamais View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Author[Mercier, Louis-Sébastien]Headline2440 A.D viewed from 1772 FranceDate Published1772 Lot #142 A View of the Causes and Progress of the French Revolution View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorMoore, JohnHeadlineCauses and Progress of the French RevolutionPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1795 Lot #150 Vulgo Aemilii Probi de Vita View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorNepos, CorneliusHeadlineCorn. Nepos Vulgo Aemilii Probi de VitaPublisherClaud Marnium & Jo. AubriiDate Published1608 Lot #155 WITHDRAWN Della Natura del Caldo e del Freddo Lettera View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPapa, Giuseppe delHeadlineDella Natura del Caldo e del Freddo LetteraPublisherPiero MatiniDate Published1690 Lot #157 Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Author[Perrault, Charles]HeadlineThe Labyrinth of Versailles c.1690PublisherNicolaus VisscherDate Published[c.1690] Lot #158 The Masnavi [Spiritual Couplets] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Persian Manuscript)AuthorMawlana Jalaluddin RumiHeadline15th century ms. of Masnavi of MawlanaDate PublishedAH 860/AD 1456 Lot #176 Phedon: or, A Dialogue of the Immortality of the Soul View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoHeadlinePhedon by Plato c.1755? with "Crito"PublisherPrinted for M. CooperDate Published[c.1755?] Lot #177 Histoire du ciel, où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie, sur la formation des corps célestes, & de toute la nature View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorPluche, Noël AntoineHeadlinePluche Histoire du Ciel 1742PublisherChez la veuve EstienneDate Published1742 Lot #179 The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope [&] The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, Volume II View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineWorks of Alexander PopePublisherBernard Lintot [&] Lawton GilliverDate Published1717 & 1735 Lot #187 An Essay at the Mechanism of the Macrocosm: or the Dependance(sic) of Effects Upon Their Causes View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Author[Purshall, Conyers]HeadlineAn Essay at the Mechanism of the MacrocosmPublisherPrinted by F. Collins for Jeffery WaleDate Published1705 Lot #188 Institutione Oratoria View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorQuintilianus, Marcus FabiusHeadlineQuintilianus Institutione Oratoria 1693PublisherHenry CruttendenDate Published1693 Lot #204 The Book of Bertram the Priest, Concerning the Body and Blood of Christ in the Sacrament. Written in Lating by the Command of the Emperour Charles the Bald, Between Eight and Nine Hundred Years Ago. First translated into English in 1549. And Now Refined and Corrected from the Errors of the Old Translation. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRatramnus, Monk of CorbieHeadlineThe Book of Bertram the Priest 1686PublisherPrinted for William TaylorDate Published1686 Lot #224 Fasciculus Temporum View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorRolewinck, WernerHeadlineWerner Rolewinck Fasciculus Temporum 1480PublisherErhard RatdoltDate Published24 Nov. 1480 Lot #226 Les Confessions de J.J. Rousseau, Suivies a des Reveries du Promeneur Solitaire View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorRousseau, J[ean] J[acques]HeadlineLes Confessions de J.J. Rousseau 1782-1789Date Published1782-89 Lot #241 Opus Insigne de Peste View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorSoldus, JacobusHeadlineJacobus Soldus Opus Insigne de Peste 1478PublisherJohannes Schriber, de Annunciata, for Thomas de BononiaDate Published1478 Lot #244 Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various Occurrences in the Church of England, During Queen Elizabeth's Happy Reign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStrype, JohnHeadlineJohn Strype's Annals of the ReformationPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1824 Lot #246 A Tale of A Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineSwift's Tale of a Tub 2nd edition 1704PublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1704 Lot #247 A Tale of a tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind. To which is added, An account of a battel between the antient and modern books in St. James’s Library View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineSwift's Tale of a Tub 1711Date PublishedAnno M.DCC.XI [1711] Lot #258 The Mariner's Compass Rectified: Containing Tables, Shewing the true Hour of the Day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass; the Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorWakely, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Wakely The Mariner's Compass RectifiedPublisherPrinted for Rich. MountDate Published1709 Lot #261 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Wine)Author**HeadlineEarly work on wine production in AmericaPublisherWilliam and Thomas BradfordDate Published1771 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next