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 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Ackermann)Author**HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812 Lot #4 Thirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets series - Finely Bound View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Aldine British Poets)Author**HeadlineThirty volumes from the Aldine British Poets seriPublisherPickeringDate Published1830-39 Lot #11 Die 92 Holzschnitte der Lübecker Bibel aus dem Jahre 1494 von einem unbekannten Meister View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bible)AuthorWahl, Hanz, editorHeadlineFacsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck BiblePublisherGustav KiepenheuerDate Published1917 Lot #12 [The Holy Byble, conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe. Set foorth by aucthoritie] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineThird folio edition of Bishops' Bible 1574Publisher[Richarde Iugge]Date Published[1574] Lot #13 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] Lot #14 Single manuscript leaf from a Bible View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin - manuscript leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from a Bible 13th centuryDate Publishedca. 13th century Lot #15 Single Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Bible in Massachuset)Author**HeadlineSingle Leaf from John Eliot's Indian Bible 1663PublisherSamuel Green and Marmaduke JohnsonDate Published1661-63 Lot #16 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineCollected Works of Ambrose Bierce Finely BoundPublisherThe Neale Publishing CompanyDate Published1909-11 Lot #17 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 #20 Dieta salutis Sancti Bonauenture doctoris eminentissimi: aureus libellus: qui dieta salutis communiter nuncupatur:... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBonaventure, SaintHeadlineSaint Bonaventure on Salvation 1518Publisher[Per Cesarem Arriuabenum Venetum]Date Published[24 Dec. 1518] 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 View details StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford’s Arctic Regions with 141 albumen photosPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1873 Lot #32 The Jerusalem Windows View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcHeadlineMarc Chagall Jerusalem Windows 2 Original LithosPublisherGeorge BrazillerDate Published[1962] Lot #33 The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. [&] Memoir of William Ellery Channing View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorChanning, William E.HeadlineWorks & Memoir of William Ellery ChanningPublisherJames Munroe [&] Wm. Crosby and H.P. NicholsDate Published1847, 1848 Lot #34 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1930 Lot #43 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and England View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin Tour France & England extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. NicolDate Published1821 Lot #45 Opera - manuscript in Latin on vellum View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorDionysius Areopagite (pseud.)Headline14th century ms. of Dionysius AreopagiteDate Publishedc.1300 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDupont-Auberville, [Auguste]HeadlineRare work on decorated fabrics -ChromolithographsPublisherLibrairie Ancienne et Moderne de la Noblesse et des Beaux-ArtsDate Published[c.1877] Lot #48 Macao et Cosmage ou L'Experience de Bonheur View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEdy-Legrand, [Edouard Leon Louis]HeadlineEdy-Legrand Macao et Cosmage 1919 1st EditionPublisherAux Editions de la Nouvelle Revue FrancaiseDate Published[1919] Lot #54 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns - With a fore edge portrait of the author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Burns with a fore edge paintingPublisherDavid BryceDate Published[c.1890] Lot #55 Illustrations of Sterne - With a fore edge painting of Sterne's residence, Shandy Hall View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorFerriar, JohnHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Shandy HallPublisherCadell and DaviesDate Published1798 Lot #57 The "Haddon" MS., in the Possession of Mr. James S. Haddon, of Wellington View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Freemasonry)AuthorHaddon, James S., of WellingtonHeadlineRare printing of Freemason Haddon MS. 1895PublisherM.C. PeckDate Published1895 Lot #59 Oliver Cromwell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGardiner, Samuel RawsonHeadlineGardiner's biograpy of Oliver CromwellPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1899 Lot #60 The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq., with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself.... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineThe Miscellaneous Works of Edward GibbonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1814 Lot #63 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - In a beautiful hand-painted full vellum binding View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Hand-Painted Binding)Author**HeadlineNew testament in a painted vellum bindingPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1881 Lot #68 The Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Odyssey - With Illustrations by N.C. WyethPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1929 Lot #71 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] Lot #72 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D....With and Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineThe Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.DPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1823 Lot #74 The Grammar of Ornament View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJones, OwenHeadlineOwen Jones The Grammar of OrnamentPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1910 Lot #80 Etching. An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, With Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorKoehler, S.R.HeadlineS.R. Koehler on Etching 30 etched platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[1885] Lot #82 Joannis Clerici Physica, sive de rebus corporeis libri quinque... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLe Clerc, JeanHeadlineTheological physics from Jean Le Clerc 1705PublisherTypis academicis, sumtibus [sic] Timothei Child & Roberti KnaplockDate Published1705 Lot #86 Twenty-five volumes of classical literature - Finely Bound View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLong, George, editorHeadlineTwenty-five volumes of classical literaturePublisherWhittaker & Co.Date Published1854-1884 Lot #89 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 #90 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a missal View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum from a missal c.1450Date Publishedc.1450 Lot #91 Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Cistercian Missal View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Missal)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf from 12 cent. Cistercian MissalDate Publishedc.1160-11190 Lot #98 East of the Sun and West of the Moon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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] 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 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Philosophy)Author**HeadlineFragments of Pre-Socratic philosophers 1573PublisherHenr. Stephanus [Henri Estienne]Date Published1573 Lot #108 Complete Works of Plutarch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineComplete Works of PlutarchPublisherThomas Y. Crowell & Co.Date Published[c.1900] Lot #110 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - In rare glassine dust jacket View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorPotter, BeatrixHeadlineTale of Benjamin Bunny in Glassine DJ 1907PublisherFrederick WarneDate Published[1904, but c.1907] 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPrado, Jerónimo de, & juan Bautista VillalpandoHeadlinePrado's Commentaries on Bible 1596-1604PublisherEx typographia Aloysij Zanetti. Apud S. MarcumDate Published1596-1604 Lot #114 The Compleat Angler View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorWalton, IzaakHeadlineIzaak Walton's Complete Angler Rackham IllusPublisherGeorge C. HarrapDate Published[1931] Lot #121 The Works of William Shakespeare - Cambridge Edition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWorks of William Shakespeare - Cambridge EditionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #123 The Novels, Stories, and Sketches of F. Hopkinson Smith View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineThe Novels of F. Hopkinson Smith Finely BoundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1904-1915 Lot #125 Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorStolcius de Stolcenberg, DanielHeadlineRare hermetic emblem book 1624PublisherSumptibus Lucae Jennisii,Date Published1624 Lot #127 The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate - Edition De Luxe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadlineThe Works of Alfred, Lord TennysonPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1895] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next