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Previous|12|Next Lot #8 The Apocrypha According to the Authorized Version View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cresset Press)HeadlineApocrypha 1/450 copies from Cresset PressPublisherCresset PressDate Published1929 Lot #9 Gargantua and Pantagruel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Dwiggins, W.A.)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineSigned by W.A. DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 Lot #10 Judith. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)HeadlineJudith illus. by William Russell Flint 1/100PublisherThe Haymarket PressDate Published1928 Lot #13 One Hundred and Eleven Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineGather ye Golden Cockerel editions while ye mayPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1955 Lot #22 Green Grow the Lilacs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRiggs, LynnHeadlineSigned by Thomas Hart BentonPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #23 The Book of Ruth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Arthur Szyk, 1947PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 Lot #29 Mémoires View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Pochoir)AuthorCasanova, de Seingalt, Giacomo GirolamoHeadlineMémoires of Casanova illustratedPublisherGilbert JeuneDate Published[1950] Lot #30 Four volumes printed by or about Bruce Rogers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)Headline4 vols printed by or about Bruce RodgersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1902-1925 Lot #32 Cinquante eaux-fortes de Sylvain Sauvage pour illustrer les mémoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Vénitien. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSauvage,SylvainHeadline50 plates by Sylvain Sauvage 1/250PublisherPaul CotinaudDate Published[1920] Lot #34 Bibliopola. Bilder und Texte aus der Welt des Buchhandels. Pictures and Text about the Book Trade. Images et Texte sur la Libririe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTaubert, SigfredHeadlineTaubert, Bibliopola, the book trade 1st Ed. 1966PublisherNew York: R. R. Bowker Co.Date Published[1966] Lot #42 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Bull, René, illustrator)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineRubaiyat with illustrations by René BullPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[c.1913] Lot #43 Madame de Pompadour View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCapefigue, J. B. H. R.HeadlineNicely bound copy of Madame de PompadourPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1908 Lot #44 The Last Abbé View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorDe Musset, PaulHeadlineThe Last Abbé large paper finely bound 1/75PublisherSociete Des Beaux ArtsDate Published[c.1900] Lot #45 The Old Curiosity Shop View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Old Curiosity Shop bound by MaurinPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1946 Lot #46 Lettres en vers et Oeuvres mêlées [and] Oeuvres mêlées en vers et en prose View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDorat, Claude-JosephHeadlineClaude-Joseph Dorat, finely boundPublisherChez Sébastien JorryDate Published1767 Lot #47 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King in prize binding, illustrated by DoréPublisherEdward Moxon and Co.Date Published1868 Lot #48 Stories from the Arabian Nights View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)HeadlineStories from The Arabian Nights illus. by DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1907] Lot #49 Exquisite finely bound folio blank book View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMosalov, SashaHeadlineFinely bound folio book by Sasha MosalovDate PublishedNo date Lot #50 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in 22 volsPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1869-86 Lot #51 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherBasill BlackwellDate Published1926 Lot #52 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 Lot #53 Cranford View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGaskell, Elizabeth CleghornHeadlineMrs. Gaskell's Cranford finely boundPublisherMacMillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1914 Lot #54 The Vicar of Wakefield View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Vicar of Wakefield finely bound 1914PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #55 Grimms Märchenschatz View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrimm, Jacob and WilhelmHeadlineGrimms Märchenschatz finely boundPublisherVerlagsanstalt H. KlemmDate Published[1923] Lot #56 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham]HeadlineIngoldsby Legends, w/ illus. by CruikshankPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1864 Lot #57 A Johnson Sampler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineCurwen's Johnson Sampler, inscribedPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1963 Lot #58 The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamHeadlineKinglake's Invasion of Crimea handsomly boundPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1863-1887 Lot #59 The Works of Rudyard Kipling View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Works of Rudyard Kipling 27 vols. signed 1914PublisherDoubleday, Page, and CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #60 Contes et Nouvelles en Vers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlinePirated edition of Fermiers-Généraux's Contes et NouvellesPublisherA. AmsterdamDate Published1764 Lot #61 The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor; comprising Heroic Idyls. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineHenry W. Poor's copy of Landor's HellenicsPublisherJames Nichol; R. Griffin and Co.Date Published1859 Lot #62 Sous Le Signe du Rossignol View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorJacques, HenryHeadlineSous Le Signe du Rossignol Kay Nielsen IllustratedPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1923] Lot #63 Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself: with a Continuation, to the time of his Decease, By his Son, Joseph Priestley... / Four Discourses Intended to Have Been Delivered at Philadelphia... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Priestley bound by BayntunPublisherJ. Johnson; John BinnsDate Published1806 Lot #64 Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon on the Times of Louis XIV. and the Regency View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSaint-Simon, [Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de]HeadlineMemoirs of Saint-Simon bound by BaytunPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1899 Lot #65 The Handy Volume Shakespeare - with custom box View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHandy Volume Shakespeare - with custom boxPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #66 Quo Vadis, roman des temps Néroniens View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSienkiewicz, HenrykHeadlineQuo Vadis in French, bound by Flammarion, 1904PublisherErnest FlammarionDate Published[1904] Lot #67 The Historie of Tvvelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome: VVritten in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a Marginall Glosse, and other briefe Annotations there-upon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, CaiusHeadlineSuetonius' Twelve Caesars, 1st in English 1606PublisherPrinted [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew LownesDate Published1606 Lot #68 The Rivers of France, from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTurner, J.M.W.HeadlineTurner's Rivers of France 1837 finely boundPublisherPublished for the Proprietor, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1837 Lot #69 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn illustrated by Worth BrehmPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1951] Lot #71 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 Lot #72 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)HeadlinePoems of Swinburne in 4 finely bound volumesPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 Lot #74 Aesop's Fables: Embellished With One Hundred And Eleven Elegant Engravings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineAesop's Fables Embellished With 111 Elegant EngravingsPublisherT. HeptinstallDate Published[1797] Lot #75 The Fables of Aesop, with a Life of the Author View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineThe Fables of Aesop, Stockdale, 1793PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1793 Lot #78 The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Americana Manuscripts)Author[Hewlett, W.O., editor]Headline3 vol Manuscripts of the Earl of DartmouthPublisherPrinted for Her Majesty's Stationary Office by Eyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1885-1887 Lot #79 Orlando Furioso View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAriosto, LudovicoHeadlineOrlando Furioso, illustrated with 47 engravingsPublisherFantinDate Published1803 Lot #80 A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland, From A.D. 1536, 1784, with Critical Remarks by Hugo Arnot View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorArnot, HugoHeadlineArnot's Celebrated Scottish Trials, 1785PublisherPrinted for the author by William SmellieDate Published1785 Lot #81 Morokoshi kinmō zui View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorHirazumi, Sen'an and Morikuni TachibanaHeadlineEncyclopedia of Chinese life, 1719PublisherŌnogi IchibēDate Published1719 Lot #82 En'oh Gafu View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorMaruyama, OkyoHeadlineThe En'oh Picture BookDate Published1837 Lot #83 Yosan Jijitsu View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorSakai, YoshitaneHeadlineIllustrated book on silk productionPublisherToshundoDate Published1873 Lot #84 A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James. Whereunto is added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and The First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBaker, Sir RichardHeadlineA Chronicle of the Kings of England 1684PublisherH. SawbridgeDate Published1684 Lot #85 Peter and Wendy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st American EdPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] Lot #86 The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBeardsley, AubreyHeadlineThe Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley 1/120 Japan VellumPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1899 Lot #88 Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Author[Bellicard,Jerome Charles & Charles Cochin]HeadlineObservations on paintings and sculpture, 1753PublisherPrinted for D. Wilson, and T. DurhamDate Published1753 Lot #99 Le Nouveau Testament en Latin et en Français, Traduit par Sacy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin and French)HeadlineBible in Latin and French 1793PublisherImprimerie de Didot JeuneDate Published1793 Lot #100 The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation / The Story of Samson and its Place in the Religious Development of Mankind View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bible Myth)Headline2 Historical texts on religious storiesPublisherOpen Court Publishing Company; Grant RichardsDate Published1899, 1917 Lot #105 The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that which is to come... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineA Pilgrim's Progress, 1796PublisherPrinted for C. CookeDate Published[1796] Lot #107 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #108 Alice in Wonderland Handkerchiefs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorPeto, GladysHeadlineAlice in Wonderland Handkerchiefs by Gladys PetoDate Published[1920s] Lot #109 Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, illustrated by JohannotPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1842 Lot #110 The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Vierge illustrated edition 1/165PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1906 Lot #111 The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote illustrated by Richard WestallPublisherHurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 Lot #112 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, Jarvis 2nd edition with Vanderbank platesPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1749 Lot #113 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote: Volume the Second View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote Vol. II, illustrated by John VanderbankPublisherPrinted for J. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 Lot #115 Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorTsien, Tsuen-HsuinHeadlineWritten on Bamboo and Silk, 1st ed in djPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1962 Lot #119 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 Lot #120 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane's Illustrations to Two Gentlemen of VeronaPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1894 Lot #121 The Faerie Queene View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Crane, Water, illustrator)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter CranePublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1895-97 Lot #122 Quintus Curtius, His History of the Wars of Alexander. To which is prefix'd Freinshemius's Supplement View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineDigby Translation of Curtius 1726PublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725 Lot #126 The History and Adventures of little Henry, Exemplified In a Series of Figures. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Die-cut figures)HeadlineAdventures of little Henry w/5 die cut figuresPublisherS. & J. FullerDate Published1810 Lot #129 L'Enfer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith seventy-five plates by Gustav DoréPublisherLibrairie de L. Hachette et Cie.Date Published1865 Lot #130 The Doré Gallery: Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Beautiful Engravings, Selected from the Doré Bible, Milton, Dante’s Inferno...With memoir of Doré, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorOllier, EdmundHeadlineWith 250 engravings after drawings by Gustav DoréPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870-1880] Lot #132 Stories from Hans Andersen View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, Edition de LuxePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] Lot #133 Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorHousman, LaurenceHeadlinePrincess Badoura illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1913] Lot #134 The Bells and Other Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells and Other Poems illustrated by DulacPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #137 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] Lot #139 The Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)AuthorAllen, Thomas George, editorHeadlineThe Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents 131 platesPublisherThe University of Chicago PressDate Published1960 Lot #146 Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with Hints to Amateurs. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGarnier, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Garnier Scientific Billiards 1880PublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #147 Folk Tales of Bengal View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorDay, Lal BehariHeadlineEdition de Luxe, illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1912 Lot #148 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineThe Book of Fairy Poetry illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #154 Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion by Nath. Hodges, M.D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the City all that Time... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHodges, Nathaniel & John QuincyHeadlineHodges' account of London's Great PlaguePublisherPrinted for E. Bell & J. OsbornDate Published1720 Lot #155 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #158 The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineSigned by Rockwell Kent, limited editionPublisherGarden CityDate Published1949 Lot #159 Rubaiyat View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineDulac Illustrated Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1915] Lot #163 Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineFirst edition of Machiavelli's Discourses in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel PakemanDate Published1636 Lot #164 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Mackenzie, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorRansome, ArthurHeadlineSigned by Thomas Mackenzie, 1/250PublisherNisbet & Co.Date Published[1919] Lot #167 The Historie of All the Romane Emperors, Beginning with Caius Julius Caesar, and Successively Ending with Rodulph the Second Now Raigning View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMexia, PedroHeadlinePedro Mexia's History of the Roman Emperors, 1604PublisherMatthew LownesDate Published1604 Lot #171 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 Lot #172 Metamorphosis: or a Transformation of Pictures with Poetical Explanations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Movable Books)AuthorSand, BenjaminHeadlineMetamorphosis - scarce movable book 1814PublisherPublished and sold by Shelton & KensettDate Published1814 Lot #173 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 Lot #174 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 Lot #175 Fleur-de-Neige et D’autres Contes de Grimm View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorGrimm, Wilhelm and JacobHeadlineBrothers Grimm illustrated by Kay NielsenPublisherL'Édition D'Art H. PiazzaDate Published[1929] Lot #177 Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide: traduction nouvelle avec le texte Latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, et critiques View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineLavishly illustrated French/Latin edition of OvidPublisherF. Gay, Ch. GuestardDate Published1806 Lot #180 The Rose Garden of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Persia)AuthorCostello, Louisa StuartHeadlineThe Rose Garden of Persia, 1845PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1845 Lot #181 Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy; with Sketches of Early Medical Practice View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPeters, HermannHeadlineIllustrated history of Pharmacology, 1889PublisherG.P. Engelhard & CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #185 Collection of French Consulate plays, many by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pixérécourt, René-Charles Guilbert de)AuthorVarious authorsHeadline2 volumes of Consulate era French TheatrePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1801-1805 Lot #186 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612; 1610 Lot #187 The Worthies of the World, or, The Lives of the most Heroick Greeks and Romans compared, to which are added More Lives, out of Aemilius Probus and others View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, 1665 editionPublisherPrinted for John Williams, William Gilbertson, and Henry MarshDate Published1665 Lot #191 Discourses on the Evidence of Revealed Religion. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Discourses on Revealed ReligionsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1794 Lot #196 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherWhite & ByrneDate Published1791 Lot #197 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. and an Additional Lecture on the Constitution of the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherPrinted for P. ByrneDate Published1803 Lot #198 Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its Neighbourhood, on Subjects Interesting to the Author, and to Them. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Letters to Northumberland, 1801PublisherPrinted by John Bioren for John Conrad; M. & J. Conrad; Rapine, Conrad & Co.Date Published1801 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next