Sale 488: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Property of Jane Hohfeld Galante & Other Owners (#488) 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 488 46 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 1-44 of 44. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann)Author**HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #4 Thirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets series - Finely Bound Heading(Aldine British Poets)Author**HeadlineThirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets seriPublisherPickeringDate Published1830-39 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #11 Die 92 Holzschnitte der Lübecker Bibel aus dem Jahre 1494 von einem unbekannten Meister Heading(Bible)AuthorWahl, Hanz, editorHeadlineFacsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck BiblePublisherGustav KiepenheuerDate Published1917 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #12 [The Holy Byble, conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie] Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThird folio edition of Bishops' Bible 1574Publisher[Richarde Iugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #13 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 Single manuscript leaf from a Bible Heading(Bible in Latin - manuscript leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from a Bible 13th centuryDate Publishedca. 13th century View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #15 Single Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible Heading(Bible in Massachuset)Author**HeadlineSingle Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible 1663PublisherSamuel Green and Marmaduke JohnsonDate Published1661-63 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #16 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineCollected Works of Ambrose Bierce Finely BoundPublisherThe Neale Publishing CompanyDate Published1909-11 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #17 WITHDRAWN Series Chronologica et Imagines Regum Hispaniae ab Ataulpho ad Carolum II AuthorBlondeau, Jacobus, engraverHeadlineSpanish Monarchs from Ataulphus to Charles IIPublisherPetrus de la TourDate Published1698 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #20 Dieta salutis Sancti Bonauenture doctoris eminentissimi: aureus libellus: qui dieta salutis communiter nuncupatur:... AuthorBonaventure, SaintHeadlineSaint Bonaventure on Salvation 1518Publisher[Per Cesarem Arriuabenum Venetum]Date Published[24 Dec. 1518] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #22 The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland by William Bradford. With a descriptive narrative by the artist HeadingzzcAuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford’s Arctic Regions with 141 albumen photosPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1873 View details StatusUnsold Lot #32 The Jerusalem Windows AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #33 The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. [&] Memoir of William Ellery Channing AuthorChanning, William E.HeadlineWorks & Memoir of William Ellery ChanningPublisherJames Munroe [&] Wm. Crosby and H.P. NicholsDate Published1847, 1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #43 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and England AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin Tour France & England extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. NicolDate Published1821 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #45 Opera - manuscript in Latin on vellum AuthorDionysius Areopagite (pseud.)Headline14th century ms. of Dionysius AreopagiteDate Publishedc.1300 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #47 L'art, la Décoration et l'Ornement des Étoffes et des Tissus: Chez les Anciens et Chez les Modernes...Recueil Historique, Pratique et Technique de Décorations Polychromes AuthorDupont-Auberville, [Auguste]HeadlineRare work on decorated fabrics -ChromolithographsPublisherLibrairie Ancienne et Moderne de la Noblesse et des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c.1877] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #48 Macao et Cosmage ou L'Experience de Bonheur AuthorEdy-Legrand, [Edouard Leon Louis]HeadlineEdy-Legrand Macao et Cosmage 1919 1st EditionPublisherAux Editions de la Nouvelle Revue FrancaiseDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #54 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns - With a fore edge portrait of the author Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Burns with a fore edge paintingPublisherDavid BryceDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #55 Illustrations of Sterne - With a fore edge painting of Sterne's residence, Shandy Hall Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorFerriar, JohnHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Shandy HallPublisherCadell and DaviesDate Published1798 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #57 The "Haddon" MS., in the Possession of Mr. James S. Haddon, of Wellington Heading(Freemasonry)AuthorHaddon, James S., of WellingtonHeadlineRare printing of Freemason Haddon MS. 1895PublisherM.C. PeckDate Published1895 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #59 Oliver Cromwell AuthorGardiner, Samuel RawsonHeadlineGardiner's biograpy of Oliver CromwellPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #60 The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq., with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself.... AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineThe Miscellaneous Works of Edward GibbonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #63 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - In a beautiful hand-painted full vellum binding Heading(Hand-Painted Binding)Author**HeadlineNew testament in a painted vellum bindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #68 The Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. WyethPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #71 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #72 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D....With and Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.DPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #74 The Grammar of Ornament AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones The Grammar of OrnamentPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #80 Etching. An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, With Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting AuthorKoehler, S.R.HeadlineS.R. Koehler on Etching 30 etched platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1885] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #82 Joannis Clerici Physica, sive de rebus corporeis libri quinque... AuthorLe Clerc, JeanHeadlineTheological physics from Jean Le Clerc 1705PublisherTypis academicis, sumtibus [sic] Timothei Child & Roberti KnaplockDate Published1705 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #86 Twenty-five volumes of classical literature - Finely Bound AuthorLong, George, editorHeadlineTwenty-five volumes of classical literaturePublisherWhittaker & Co.Date Published1854-1884 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #89 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a missal Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum from a missal c.1450Date Publishedc.1450 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #91 Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Cistercian Missal Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from 12 cent. Cistercian MissalDate Publishedc.1160-11190 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #98 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Nielsen, Kay)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #103 Poiesis philosophos [in Greek, then in Latin]: Poesis philosophica, vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis, Cleanthis, Timonis, Epicharmi. Adiuncta sunt Orphei illius carmina qui à suis appellatus fuit ho theologos. Item Heracliti et Democriti loci quidam, & eorum epistolae Heading(Philosophy)Author**HeadlineFragments of Pre-Socratic philosophers 1573PublisherHenr. Stephanus [Henri Estienne]Date Published1573 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #108 Complete Works of Plutarch AuthorPlutarchHeadlineComplete Works of PlutarchPublisherThomas Y. Crowell & Co.Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #110 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - In rare glassine dust jacket AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineTale of Benjamin Bunny in Glassine DJ 1907PublisherFrederick WarneDate Published[1904, but c.1907] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #111 Hieronymi Pradi et Ioannis Baptistae Villalpandi e Societate Iesu In Ezechielem explanationes et Apparatus vrbis ac Templi Hierosolymitani commentarijs et imaginibus illustratus. Opus tribus tomis distinctum. Quid vero singulis contineatur, quarta pagina indicabit AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlinePrado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #114 The Compleat Angler Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineIzaak Walton's Complete Angler Rackham IllusPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #121 The Works of William Shakespeare - Cambridge Edition AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare - Cambridge EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #123 The Novels, Stories, and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineThe Novels of F. Hopkinson Smith Finely BoundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1904-1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #125 Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum AuthorStolcius de Stolcenberg, DanielHeadlineRare hermetic emblem book 1624PublisherSumptibus Lucae Jennisii,Date Published1624 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #127 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate - Edition De Luxe AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadlineThe Works of Alfred, Lord TennysonPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next