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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Descrittione di tvtta Italia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorAlberti, LeandroHeadlineLeandro Alberti's descritions of Italy 1557PublisherPer Domenico de' FarrDate Published1557 Lot #3 The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber: containing, Great Variety of Choice Secrets in Medicine and Alchymy in the Working of Metallick Mines, and the Separation of Metals View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorGlauber, Johann RudolfHeadlineThe Works of John Rudolph Glauber, 1689PublisherPrinted by Thomas MilbourneDate Published[1689] Lot #5 A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. To which is added a Treatise of Sulphur: Written by Micheel Sandivogius... Also Nine Books of the Nature of Things, written by Paracelsus... Also a Chymicall Dictionary... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorSendivogius, MichaelHeadlineFamous work by Polish alchemist, 1650PublisherPrinted by Richard Cote for Thomas WilliamsDate Published1650 Lot #6 The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monke of the Order of St. Bennet... To Which is added Two Treatises. The First declaring his Manual Operations. The Second shewing things Natural and Supernatural View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorValentinus, BasiliusHeadlineLast Will and Testament of Basil ValentinePublisherPrinted by S.G. and B.G. for Edward BrewsterDate Published1671 Lot #7 Traité Général des Horloges View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAllexandre, JacquesHeadlineart of time-pieces 27 folding platesPublisherHippolyte-Louis GuerinDate Published1734 Lot #9 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineThe first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 Lot #11 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 Lot #13 Grammaire Générale Et Raisonnée: Contenant Les Fondemens De L'art De Parler Expliqués D'une Manière Claire Et Naturelle... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorArnauld, AntoineHeadlineFrench Grammar 1780PublisherDurand neveuDate Published1780 Lot #18 [Genethlialogia, or, the doctrine of nativities: containing the whole art of directions, and annual revolutions... also, tables for calculating the planets places for any time, either past, present, or to come; together with the doctrine of horarie questions... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Astrology)AuthorGadbury, JohnHeadline17th century astrologyDate Published1658-[1661] Lot #25 Thomae Bartholini Archiatri Danici Anatome View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBartholin, ThomasHeadlineThomas Bartholin's Anatomy 1677PublisherSumpt. Joan Ant. HuguetanDate Published1677 Lot #29 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Hebrew)Headline16th Century Bomberg Bible with ProphetsPublisherDaniel BombergDate Publishedc.1547-49 Lot #30 Bible in Romanian View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Bible)Headline18th century Bible in RomanianDate Published[c. 1794] Lot #32 Consolationis Philosophiae Libri V View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBoethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus SeverinusHeadlineConsolations of Philosophy 1671PublisherEx Officina HackianaDate Published1671 Lot #36 The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBoyle, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Boyle 3 vols.1738PublisherW. Innys and R. Manby, and T. LongmanDate Published1738 Lot #37 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, And Commonly Presumed Truths View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlinePseudodoxia Epidemica by Thomas Browne 1650PublisherPrinted by A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. EkinsDate Published1650 Lot #43 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$7,500StatusSold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #68 M. Tullii Ciceronis Sententiae Insigniores, et Pia Apophthegmata... [and] Isocratis Atheniensis Oratoris & Philosophi clarisimi... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus Tullius, Isocrates, et alHeadlineClassical aphorisms 1565PublisherApud Nicolaum BeuilacquamDate Published1565 [and] 1569 Lot #69 Ten volumes of writings by Cicero published primarily by Sebastianus Gryphius in the mid-16th century View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineScarce 16th century printings of CiceroPublisherApud Seb. Gryphium, etc.Date Publishedc.1546-1567 Lot #87 Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDerham, W.HeadlineTwo Editions of Physico-Theology by W. DerhamDate Published1758, 1798 Lot #91 Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDickinson, EdmundHeadlineThe Syncratic beliefs of Edmund Dickinson, 1702PublisherHenri RibotteauDate Published1702 Lot #94 Herbarum Imagines Vivae View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEgenolff, ChristianHeadlineFacsimile of herbal illustrations from 1535Publisher[Editions Medicina Rara]Date Published[1985] Lot #103 La Constitution Française, décrétée par l'Assemblée Nationale constituante, aux année 1789, 1790, 1791 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(France)AuthorAssemblée NationaleHeadlineFrench Constitution of 1791Publisherchez GarneryDate Published1791 Lot #105 Printed leaf from Galen Ascripti Libri Qui Variam Artis Medicae framed with facsimile title page. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGalen [Claudius Galenus]HeadlineFramed w/ facsimile title pagePublisherHieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum EpiscopiumDate Published[c. 1515] Lot #112 The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGranville, George, Lord LansdowneHeadlineGeorge Granville verse and prose 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson, and L. GilliverDate Published1732 Lot #113 Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineHugo Grotius' Notes on the Gospels 1641PublisherCornelium BlaeuDate Published1641 Lot #121 The Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHerbert, Edward, Lord of CherburyHeadlineLord Herbert of Cherbury 1770PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1770 Lot #122 Harivansa ou Histoire de la Famille de Hari, ouvrage formant un appendice du Mahabharata... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineFirst printing of the Harivansa in any languagePublisherOriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and IrelandDate Published1834 Lot #123 The Hindu Pantheon View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Hindu Mythology)AuthorMoor, EdwardHeadlinePantheon of Hindu Gods with over 100 platesPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1810 Lot #127 Examen de Ingenios: or, the Tryal of Wits. Discovering the great Difference of Wits among Men, and what Sort of Learning suits best with each Genius. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorHuartes, JuanHeadlineExplaining the mind through the Humors, 1698PublisherRichard SareDate Published[1698] Lot #128 The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's History of England, 1779PublisherT. CadellDate Published1789 Lot #129 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from the Bohun Bible, mid-14th century View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Bible Leaf)Headline14th century illuminated Bible leafDate PublishedMid-14th century Lot #130 Chiromantia Metoposcopia and Physiognomia Odeer Kurtze Anweisung, Wieman Aus Denen Vier Haupt-Lineen in der Hand View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorIngebern, JohannHeadlineIllustrated guide to palm reading, 1724PublisherWilhelm ForsterDate Published1724 Lot #145 Pharsalia sive de Bello Civili Caesaris et Pompeii Libri X View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnnaeusHeadlineLucan's Pharsalia 1614PublisherEx officina Plantiniana RaphelengiiDate Published1614 Lot #146 Zacuti Lusitani Medici, et Philosophi praestanssimi. De medicorum principum historia... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLuisitannis, ZacutusHeadlineZacutus Lusitanus 1638PublisherSumpt. Henr. LaurentiiDate Published1638 Lot #156 Illustrations of the Bible View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorMartin, JohnHeadlineMartin's mezzotint illustrations for the BiblePublisherCharles TiltDate Published1838 Lot #163 Dell'arte Di Vedere Nelle Belle Arti Del Disegno Secondo I Principii Di Sulzer E Di Mengs - Opera View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMilizia, FrancescoHeadlineFrancesco Militia on drawing 1798PublisherNella stamperia di Pietro Qm. Gio. Batta PasqualiDate Published1798 Lot #172 I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Remedia Amoris 1584PublisherNella Stamperia NouaDate Published1584 Lot #183 L' Africa Del Petrarca In Ottava Rima Insieme Col Testo Latino View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePtutrarch's Africa 1570Publisherappresso Domenico FarriDate Published1570 Lot #187 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri]Date Published[1513] Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History with rare variant title pagePublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1635-1634 Lot #189 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, Compared together by that grave learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot... and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe first complete version of Plutarch in EnglishPublisherPrinted by George Miller...sold by Robert AllottDate Published1631 Lot #190 Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, hoc Primo Epitomes eruditionis volumine breviter dilucide que comprehensa View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPomey, FranciscoHeadlineThe Mythical Pantheon 1752PublisherGeorg. Christoph WeberDate Published1752 Lot #192 Handsomely bound eighteenth-century Dutch prayer book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Prayer Book)HeadlineHandsome Dutch prayer book 1714Date Published1714 Lot #197 Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRamazzini, BernardinoHeadlineOn Diseases of Craftsmen 1777PublisherMoutardDate Published1777 Lot #199 The Practice of Physick in Two Volums, Very much Enlarged. Wherein is plainly set forth, The Nature, Cause, Differences, and Several Sorts of Signs: Together with the Cure of all Diseases in the Body of Man. In Twenty and Four Books. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorRiverius, Lazarus, Nicholas Culpeper, and Abdiah ColeHeadline1658 Practice of PhysickPublisherPeter ColeDate Published1658 Lot #203 Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSchröder, Johann; Friedrich Hoffman; George Daniel KoschwitzHeadlineFramed w/ facsimiles of title page and woodcutPublisherJ. HoffmansDate Published1693 Lot #206 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #207 The Plays of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768PublisherH Woodfall et al.Date Published1768 Lot #217 History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. Illustrated with the Effigies of divers of Them View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorStanley, ThomasHeadlineStanley's History of Philosophy, 1687PublisherPrinted for Thomas Bassett, et al.Date Published1687 Lot #223 The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls citezeine and goldesmyth of London View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFirst edition in English of Thucydides, 1550Publisher[William Tylle]Date Published1550 Lot #225 The Altar Book: Containing the Order for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist According to the Use of the American Church: MDCCCXCII. By Authority View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Updike, Daniel Berkeley/ Merrymount Press)HeadlineThe Altar Book Merrymount Press 1/350Publisher[Merrymount Press]Date Published[1896] Lot #237 Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWhewell, WilliamHeadlineTheological perspectives on Astronomy & PhysicsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next