Sale 739: PBA Platinum: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Art (#739) 09/02/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/02/2021 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 1-17 of 17. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Archive of thirty-two photographs from the research voyage of the Albatross to Alaska and the Philippines 1907-10 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Alaska & Philippines)HeadlinePhotographs from The Albatross voyage 1907Date Published[1907-10] Lot #2 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineAnson's Voyage Around the World 1748PublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 Lot #11 Book of Hours (Horae B.V.M.) printed on vellum, with "Dance of Death" illustrations by Philippe Pigouchet View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Book of Hours)HeadlineHorae BVM with famed "Dance of Death" suitesPublisherPhilippe Pigouchet for Simon VostreDate Publishedc.1500 Lot #14 Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D. late of Norwich... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineThomas Browne's Posthumous Works 1712PublisherPrinted for E. Curl... and R. GoslingDate Published1712 Lot #16 Ten volumes of writings by Cicero published primarily by Sebastianus Gryphius in the mid-16th century View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineScarce 16th century printings of CiceroPublisherApud Seb. Gryphium, etc.Date Publishedc.1546-1567 Lot #17 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's Third Voyage with Atlas Volume 1785PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #24 The Hĕĕtōpădēs of Vĕĕshnŏŏ-Sărmā, in a series of connected fables, interspersed with moral, prudential, and political maxims; translated from an ancient manuscript in the Sanskreet language. With explanatory notes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fables - Indian)AuthorWilkins, Charles, translatorHeadlineFables by the Indian Aesop, 1787PublisherPrinted by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Nourse, et al.Date Published1787 Lot #25 Systema cosmicum, in quo dialogis IV. de duobus maximis mundi systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano, rationibus utrinque propositis indefinite ac solide differitur.... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorGalileo GalileiHeadlineGalileo's Systema Cosmicum, 1699PublisherFredericum Haaring et Davidem SeverinumDate Published1699 Lot #38 Album with 62 original paintings on silk, featuring pastoral scenes, artisanal crafts, occupations, etc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese artisanal crafts painted on silkDate Published19th century Lot #40 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineFirst edition of Johnson's DictionaryPublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 Lot #42 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] Lot #43 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette amid pyramids View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] Lot #50 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri]Date Published[1513] Lot #54 The life and death of King John View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare King John from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #55 The Winters Tale View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Winters Tale from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #61 A Russian Journal View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck with Pigasus sketchPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1948 Lot #66 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795...under the Command of Captain George Vancouver View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's A Voyage of Discovery, First Edition 1798PublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next