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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Legend of the Buddha Heading(Allen Press)Author**HeadlineAllen Press, Barlaam & Josaphat, 1/140 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #3 The Book of Esther: From the King James Version of the Holy Bible Heading(Angelo, Valenti)Author**HeadlineValenti Angelo The Book of EstherPublisherThe Golden Cross PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #12 Het ryck der goden, onder den eenige waare God. in veel heerlijke vertooningen van goddelijke bewijsen; naturelijke speculatien; politijke bedenkingen; aanmerkelijke geschiedenissen... AuthorAysma, JohannesHeadlineFalse gods of mythology 1686PublisherTimotheus ten HoornDate Published1686 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #13 The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh Author[Bacon, Francis, Viscount Verulam]HeadlineHistorie of the Reigne of King Henry the SeventhPublisherPrinted by I.H. and R.Y. and are to be sold by Philemon Stephens and Christopher MeredithDate Published1629 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 The Dictionary, Historical and Critical of Peter Bayle AuthorBayle, PeterHeadlineDictionary Historical and Critical of Peter BaylePublisherJ.J. and P. Knapton, et alDate Published1734-38 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #16 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 8 gouache paintings Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 8 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #18 An history of the civill vvarres of England, betweene the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke... Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Mounmouth [bound with] The second part of the history of the civill warres... AuthorBiondi, Giovanni FrancescoHeadlineHistory of English Civil Wars 1641-46PublisherT.H. and I.D. for Iohn BensonDate Published1641-1646 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #21 Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen beroerten, en borgerlyke oneenigheden... AuthorBor, Pieter ChristiaanszoonHeadlineMassive history of Netherlands 1679-84PublisherBy de Weduwe van Joannes van Someren, et al.Date Published1679-1684 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #27 The history of the most renowned and victorious princess Elizabeth, late Queen of England; containing all the most important and remarkable passages of state, both at home and abroad (so far as they were linked with English affairs) during her long and prosperous reign... AuthorCamden, WilliamHeadlineCamden's Life of Queen Elizabeth I, 1688PublisherPrinted by M. Flesher, for R. BentleyDate Published1688 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #28 Memoirs of the reigns of Francis II. and Charles IX. of France. Containing A Particular Account of the Three First Civil Wars Raised and Carried on by the Huguenots in that Kingdom... AuthorCastelnau, Michel de, sieur de la MauvissièreHeadlineFrancis II. and Charles IX. of FranceDate Published1724 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #37 Basilika. The Works of King Charles The Martyr: With a Collection of Declarations, Treaties, and Other Papers Concerning the Differences Betwixt His Said Majesty and His Two Houses of Parliament. With the History of His Life; and also of his Tryal and Martyrdome AuthorCharles I, King of EnglandHeadlineThe Works of King Charles The Martyr 1687PublisherRic. ChiswellDate Published1687 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #39 The Workes of Our Ancient and learned English Poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, newly Printed AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineChaucer's Works 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #46 Atlas of Venereal Diseases AuthorCullerier, M.A.HeadlineAtlas of Venereal Diseases - ChromolithographPublisherHenry C. LeaDate Published1868 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #50 Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Darwin, discussing publication of the U.S. edition of the sequel to On the Origin of Species AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by Charles DarwinDate PublishedWednesday [no date, c.1868] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #53 Monas hieroglyphica AuthorDee, JohnHeadlineJohn Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica 1564PublisherGuliel. Silvius Typog. RegiusDate Published1564 View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$40,000StatusSold Lot #54 Laudes Creaturarum Headingzzd(Doves Press)AuthorSt. Francis of AssisiHeadlineSt. Francis Laudes Creaturarum Doves PressPublisherDoves PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Baronage of England, or An Historical Account of the Lives and most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility AuthorDugdale, WilliamHeadlineBaronage of England by Wm Dugdale 1675-76PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry HerringmanDate Published1675-1676 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #58 Sallust com veterum historicorum fragmentis Heading(Elzevir)AuthorSallustius Crispus, CaiusHeadlineElzevir Sallustius 1634PublisherElzevirDate Published1634 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #60 Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, Collected from Every Source; and Intended to Supersede the Use of All Other English Books of Reference Headingzzf(Atlas - Encyclopaedia Perthensis)Author**HeadlineEncyclopaedia PerthensisPublisherC. Mitchel and Co.Date Published[1796-1806 (per ESTC)] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #63 Euclid's Elements of Geometry. In XV. books: with a supplement of divers propositions and corollaries. To which is added, a treatise of regular solids, by Campane and Flussas. Likewise Euclid's data: and Marinus his preface thereunto annexed. Also a treatise of the divisions of superficies, ascribed to Machomet Bagdedine, but published by Commandine, at the request of John Dee of London; whose preface to the said treatise declares it to be the worke of Euclide, the author of these Elements. Published by the care and industry of John Leeke and George Serle, students in the mathematicks AuthorEuclidHeadlineEuclid's Elements 1651PublisherPrinted, by R. & W. Leybourn, for Richard TomlinsDate Published1661 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions...together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves. Terra, a Philosophical Essay of Earth... AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineSilva, Or Discourse of Forest-Trees 1706PublisherPrinted for Robert Scott, et al.Date Published1706 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #68 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 Heading(Federalist)Author[Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Historie of the Holy Warre AuthorFuller, ThomasHeadlineFuller's Holy Warre and Holy State 1647-40PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel to be sold by John WilliamsDate Published1647-48 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #86 D'oude Chronijcke ende historien van Holland (met West-Uriesland) van Zeeland ende van Utrecht... Beginnende vanden Jare onses Heeren 449 tot dit teghenwoordigh Jaer 1636 AuthorGouthoeven, Wouter vanHeadlineChronicle of Holland from 5th to 17th centuryPublisherHillebrant van WouwDate Published1636 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman Heading(Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1611 King James BiblePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #106 A generall historie of the Netherlands. With the genealogie and memorable acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland, and west-Friseland, from Thierry of Aquitaine the first Earle, successiuely vnto Philip the third King of Spaine: continued vnto this present yeare of our Lord 1608, out of the best authors that haue written of that subiect: by Ed. Grimeston AuthorGrimeston, EdwardHeadlineGrimeston's History of Netherlands 1609PublisherPrinted by A. Islip, and G. EldDate Published1609 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #107 Memoires du Comte de Grammont AuthorHamilton, C. AntoineHeadlineMemoires du Comte de GrammontPublisherChez EdwardsDate Published[1793] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #108 The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric AuthorHasluck, Paul N., editorHeadlineThe Automobile 1909 Special EditionPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #109 The life and reign of King Henry the Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury AuthorHerbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, BaronHeadlineHerbert's Live of Henry VIII 1683PublisherPrinted by Mary Clark, for Ann MearnDate Published1683 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #110 The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineHill's British Herbal with 75 plates 1756PublisherPrinted for T. Osborne and J. Shipton, et al.Date Published1756 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #112 Groot Algemeen Historisch, Geographisch, Genealogisch, en Oordeelkundig Woordenboek AuthorHoogstrated, David van & Jan Lodewyk SchuerHeadlineMassive Dutch Historical Dictionary 1733PublisherBrunel, de Wetsteins en Smith, et alDate Published1733 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #113 A translation of the Confucian [Yih king] or the "Classic of Change", with notes and appendix Heading(I-Ching)AuthorMcClatchie, Rev. Canon [Thomas]HeadlineI-Ching printed in China 1876PublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1876 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #118 A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, which Principally Regard the English History; of which Many are Referred to by Hume AuthorJohnson, Samuel, compilerHeadlineAbridged Harleian Miscellany comp. by S. JohnsonPublisherC. & G. KearsleyDate Published1793 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #119 I. Jonstons Naeukeurige Beschryving Van de Natuur der Vier-Voetige Dieren, Vissen En Bloedlooze Water-Dieren, Vogelen, Kronkel-Dieren, Slangen en Draken AuthorJonston, JanHeadlineJonston's natural history with 239 platesPublisherHipperDate Published1660 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #126 Vaderlandsch-, Geschied-, Aardrijks- Geslacht- en Staatkundig Woordenboek AuthorKok, JacobusHeadlineKok's Vaderlandsch Woordenboek 1780-96PublisherJacobus Kok & Johannes AllartDate Published1780-1796 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #127 Typescript essay “Much Ado About Almost Nothing” on LSD and its effects, along with letter from Timothy Leary and related material Heading(Leary, Timothy)HeadlineTypescript on LSD 1963Date Published1963 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #128 Batavia illustrata, ofte Verhandelinge van den Oorspronk, Voortgank, Zeden, Eere, Staat en Godtsdienst van oud Batavien, mistgaders van den Adel en Regeringe van Hollandt, ten deele uyt W. van Gouthoven, en andere Schryvers... AuthorLeeuwen, Simon vanHeadlineChronicles of the Netherlands 1685PublisherJ. Veeley, J. Tongerloo, en J. Doll'Date Published1685 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #132 Machiavels discourses. upon the first decade of T. Livius translated out of the Italian; vvith some marginall animadversions noting and taxing his errours. By E.D. [Edward Dacres]. AuthorMachiavelli, NiccolòHeadlineDiscorses of Machiavelli, 1636PublisherPrinted by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel PakemanDate Published1636 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #133 An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into Our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils Which It Occasions AuthorMalthus, T[homas] R[obert]HeadlineMalthus on Population 1st Am. Ed. 1809PublisherJ. MilliganDate Published1809 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #134 The historie and lives of the kings of England, from William the Conqueror to the end of the reigne of King Henry the VIII. by William Martyn Esq. Whereunto is now added the historie of King Ed. VI. of Queene Mary, and Q. Elizabeth. by B.R. Mr. of Arts. With sundry other usefull observations AuthorMartyn, WilliamHeadlineMartyn's History of Kings of England 1638PublisherPrinted by R. Young, for himselfe & othersDate Published1638 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #136 Histoire du Roy Louis le Grand, par les médailles, emblèmes, devises, jettons, inscriptions, armoiries et autres monuments publics, recueillis et expliquez AuthorMenestrier, Claude-FrançoisHeadlineLife of Louis XIV in medals 1693PublisherI.B. NolinDate Published1693 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #141 The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather-Dressing; Theoretically and Practically Considered in all their Details AuthorMorfit, Campbell, editorHeadlineLeather-tanning in fine binding 1852PublisherHenry Carey BairdDate Published1852 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #151 Voyages de M.P.S. Pallas en Differentes Provinces de L'Empire de Russie, Et Dans L'Asie Septentrionale; Traduits de L'Allemand, Par M. Gauthier de la Peyronie, Commis des Affaires Etrangeres AuthorPallas, Peter S.HeadlineVoyages de M.P.S. Pallas in Russia 1789-93PublisherMaradanDate Published1789-93 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #158 Historia Mundi AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny the Elder Historia Mundi Froben's 1525 EdnPublisherFrobenDate Published1525 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #159 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #160 The Lives of the Nobel Grecians & Romans AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Lives of the Nobel Grecians & RomansPublisherJohn Hayes for George SawbridgeDate Published1676 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #163 Samuelis von Puffendorff continuirte Einleitung Zu der Historie der vornehmsten Reiche und Staaten von Europa. Worinnen des Königreichs Schweden Geschichte, und dessen mit auswärtigen Cronen geführte Kriege insonderheit beschrieben werden AuthorPufendorf, Samuel vonHeadlinePufendorf European History 1736PublisherKnochenDate Published1735 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #164 Sechs und Zwantzig Bucher der Schwedisch und Deutschen Kriegs-Geschichte Von Konig Gustav Adolfs Feldzuge in Deutschland an, Biss zur Abdanckung der Konigin Christina. AuthorPufendorf, SamuelHeadlinePufendorf's History of German-Swedish WarsPublisherGleditschDate Published1668 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #216 The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Written by Sir Philip Sidney Knight. With his Live and Death; a brief Table of the principal Heads, and some other new Additions AuthorSidney, Philip, SirHeadlineCountess of Pembroke's Arcadia 1674PublisherPrinted for George CalvertDate Published1674 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #221 The Works of Sir William Temple AuthorTemple, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of Sir William TemplePublisherT. Woodward, S. Birt, et alDate Published1750 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #230 Der Chur-Fürstlichen Sächsischen weitberuffenen Residentz- und Haupt-Vestung Dresden Beschreib: und Vorstellung, Auf der Churfürstlichen Herrschaft ... Belieben in Vier Abtheilungen verfaßet, mit Grund: und anderen Abrißen erläutert AuthorWeck, AntonHeadlineHistory of Dresden 1679 with platesPublisherHoffmannDate Published1679 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next