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Abbott's Flatland, a geometric fantasy 1884PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #2 Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorAlexander, WilliamHeadlineThe Costume of the Russian Empire 73 color platesPublisherPrinted by S. Gosnell for W. MillerDate Published1803 Lot #3 Astronomicon Caesareum View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorApianusHeadlineSuperb facsimile of Apianus' AstronomiconDate Published1967 Lot #4 The Works of Aristotle, translated from the Greek. With copious elucidations from the rest of his Greek commentators, viz. Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Syrianus, Ammonius Hermaeas, Priscianus, Olympiodorus, Simplicius, &c. View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineTaylor translation of Aristotle, 11 volumesPublisherPrinted for the Translator... by Robert WilksDate Published1812 Lot #5 The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of Spanish by Thomas Shelton, MDCXII. View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAshendene Press Don Quixote in full pigskinPublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1927-1928 Lot #6 A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of The Milky Way View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorBarnard, Edward EmersonHeadlineE.E. Barnard's photographic celestial atlas, 1927PublisherCarnegie Institution of WashingtonDate Published1927 Lot #7 Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture and illustrated with Annotations. By John Ogilby View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorÆesopHeadlineOgilby's Aesop with 83 copperplates 1665PublisherPrinted by Thomas Roycroft for the AuthorDate Published1665 Lot #8 Siebzehn Steinzeichnungen View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Berlin Free Secession)HeadlineBerlin Free Secession portfolio - 15 signed lithosPublisherVerlag Freie SecessionDate Published[1921] Lot #9 The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$68,750StatusSold Heading(Bible in English - Great "She" Bible)HeadlineSecond issue of King James Bible, 1613-1611PublisherRobert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent MaiestieDate Published1613-1611 Lot #10 Illuminated Ge'ez manuscript Bible View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Ge'ez)HeadlineBiblical Manuscript in Ge'ezDate Published[20th century] Lot #11 Biblia Sacra View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Bible in Latin - Gutenberg Facsimile)HeadlineFacsimile of the Gutenberg BiblePublisher[Pageant Books]Date Published[1961] Lot #12 Les Yeux de L'Ame. Interpretations poetiques de photographies d'Izis Bidermanas View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Bidermanas, Izis, photographer)AuthorCharlet, Gaston G.HeadlineWith photographs by Izis BidermanasPublisherRougerie EditeurDate Published[1950] Lot #13 Fahrenheit 451 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineAsbestos edition signed by Ray BradburyPublisherBallantine Books, Inc.Date Published[1953] Lot #14 Symbolorum et emblematum centuriae tres. I. Ex herbis & stirpibus. II. Ex animalibus quadrupedibus. III. Ex volatilibus & insectis. Editio secunda, auctior & accuratior, accessit noviter centuria IV. Ex aquatilibus & reptilibus, cum figuris aeneis View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCamerarius, JoachimHeadline400 engraved emblems of biology, 1605PublisherTypis VoegelinianisDate Published1605 Lot #15 Photograph of Alexandra “Xie” Kitchin View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Carroll, Lewis)AuthorDodgson, Charles LutwidgeHeadlineLewis Carroll photograph of “Xie” KitchinDate Published5 July 1870 Lot #16 La Decouverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCasas, Bartolomé de lasHeadlineLas Casas on Spanish cruelties in AmericaPublisherChez Andre' PralardDate Published1697 Lot #17 The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were never in printe before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineStowe's Chaucer w/ extensive marginalia, 1561PublisherJhon Kyngston for Jhon WightDate Published1561 Lot #18 Draft Chinese Civil Code: First Book. General Principles. Presented by the Ministry of Justice to the Chief Executive of the Republic of China for promulgation on the 23rd day of the 11th month of the 14th year of the Republic (Nov. 23rd, 1925) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineScarce Chinese draft civil code 1926PublisherCommission on ExtraterritorialityDate PublishedFebruary 1926 Lot #19 Christopher Columbus His Own Book of Privileges 1502: Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorStevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editorHeadlinePublisher's copy of Columbus' Book of PrivilegesPublisherB.F. StevensDate Published1892 Lot #20 Mexican manuscript cookbook in Spanish, with numerous recipes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery - Manuscript Mexican Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1830Date Publishedc.1830 Lot #21 Atlante Generale della Anatomia Patologica del Corpo Umano View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCruveilhier, Jean and Pietro BanchelliHeadlineFirst Italian ed. of Cruveilhier's pathology atlasPublisherVincenzo BatelliDate Published1843 Lot #22 Decree regarding the treatment of prisoners in the Spanish colonies in the Americas, primarily Cuba View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)AuthorCarlos IV, King of SpainHeadlineRare decree on treatment of prisoners in Cuba, 1795Date Published12 May 1795 Lot #23 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd ed., superb copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #24 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 Lot #25 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Heading(Doves Bindery)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth's Lyrical Ballads in Doves bindingPublisherPrinted for T. N. Longman And O. ReesDate Published1800 Lot #26 The Complete Sherlock Holmes View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineComplete Sherlock Holmes signed by DoylePublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 Lot #27 Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein wins Nobel for photon paper, 1905PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #28 Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. (Mit Nachtrag.) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein offprint on General Relativity, 1915PublisherVerlag der Königlichen Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1915 Lot #29 [Elements, i.e.] The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarburgh, M.A. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineHandsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705PublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1705 Lot #30 The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[Fielding, Henry]HeadlineFielding's Early English Novel, 1st Ed.PublisherA. MillarDate Published1742 Lot #31 Woodcuts From Books of the 16th Century From German / Swiss / Dutch / French / Spanish And Italian Presses View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorGeisberg, MaxHeadline100 16th century Leaves with WoodcutsPublisherWeiss-Hesse AntiquariatDate Published1937 Lot #32 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 Lot #33 The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineEric Gill's masterpiece, The Four GospelsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1931 Lot #34 The German Incunabula, The Italian Incunabula, [and] The West European Incunabula View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold AuthorHaebler, KonradHeadlineHaebler's Incunabula: German, Italian, & EuropeanPublisherWeiss & Co., AntiquariatDate Published1927-1928 Lot #35 The Return of the Native View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineReturn of the Native first edition in book formPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #36 The Trumpet Major View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineHardy's The Trumpet Major, first book editionPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1880 Lot #37 The Woodlanders View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy's The Woodlanders, first editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1887 Lot #38 The Works of Hesiod, translated from the Greek. By Mr. Cooke View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHesiodHeadlineAncient epics of Hesiod in English, 1728PublisherPrinted by N. Blandford for T. GreenDate Published1728 Lot #39 The Original Works of William Hogarth View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorHogarth, WilliamHeadlineBoydell's Hogarth First Folio EditionPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published1790 Lot #40 Ichthyology of South Carolina View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineA sharp copy of Holbrook's Ichthyology of SCPublisherJohn RussellDate Published1855 Lot #41 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman. [bound with] Batrachomyomachia View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] Lot #42 Die Bunten Farben in der Buckdruckerei und Insbesondere Deren Druck auf der Schnellpress. Ein Handbuch zur Practischen Erler un Forthilfe... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorIhm, Bernhard A.HeadlineBernhard A. Ihm on color printing by steam pressPublisherVerlag Von R.V. WaldheimDate Published1874 Lot #43 Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlineIlluminated Antiphonal leaf c. 1350Date Publishedc. 1350 Lot #44 Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Jefferson's Memoir 1829PublisherPublished by F. Carr, and Co.Date Published1829 Lot #45 Victoria Porcheti adversus impius Hebraeos, in quatum ex sacris literis, tum ex dictis Talmud, ac Caballistarum et aliorum omnium authorum, quos Hebraei recipiunt, monstratur veritas catholicae fidei... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorPorchetus de Salvaticis, VictoriaHeadlineNotorious 16th century anti-semitic polemicPublisher[Francisci Regnault]Date Published1520 Lot #46 Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... Tractatum luculentum de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorKepler, JohannesHeadlineFirst edition of Kepler's 1st optical work, 1604PublisherClaudius Marnius & heirs of Joannes AubriusDate Published1604 Lot #47 Opera Omnia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorKepler, JohannesHeadlineOpera Omnia of Johannes Kepler, 9 volumesPublisherHeider & ZimmerDate Published1858-1871 Lot #48 China Monumentis, qua Sacris qua Profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineWonders in China, First Edition, A. KircherPublisherApud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum WeyerstraetDate Published1667 Lot #49 La Chine D'Athanase Kirchere...Illustrée de Plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacrés que Profanes View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineFirst French edition of Kircher's work on ChinaPublisherJan Jansson and the heirs of Elive WeyerstraetDate Published1670 Lot #50 The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; With Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 Lot #51 Le Goût du Jour - complete run of fascicules for the year 1920 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Le Goût du Jour)HeadlineLe Goût du Jour, full run from 1920, 41 platesPublisher[François Bernouard]Date Published[1920] Lot #52 Lewis and Clark Newspaper collection View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Lewis and Clark Expedition)HeadlineLewis and Clark as seen by period pressDate Published1803-1838 Lot #53 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 Lot #54 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMarcellus [Marcellinus Ammianus]HeadlineRoman History, first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 Lot #55 Cien años de soledad View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineTrue first of Marquez' SolitudePublisherEditorial SudamericanaDate Published[1967] Lot #56 Secretaria de la Comandancia general del Departamento de Durango: Por comunicacion oficial que acaba de recibir el Sr. Comandante general de este departamento, del Ecsmo. Sr. Gobernador y Comandante general del de Nuevo-Mexico se le participa la interesante noticia siguiente... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico & New Mexico)AuthorArmijo, ManuelHeadlineCapture of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition 1841PublisherImprenta del Gobierno a cargo de Manuel GonzalezDate Published1841 Lot #57 Carta De Comunicaciones De Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Formada de orden de la Secretaria de Estado y del Despacho de Comunicaciones y Obras Publicas, por el Coronel Bodo von Glumer... Primera Hoja [and] Segunda Hoja View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Map)HeadlineRare oversize map of Mexico on 2 sheets 1896PublisherBerliner Lithog. Institut.Date Published1896 Lot #58 Manuscript document containing complaints about unjust actions and dereliction of duty by Joachin Joseph de Rivera, the Chief Justice of Sonora, and other government and military officials View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorAnza, Juan Bautista de, et al.HeadlineTroubles on Arizona frontier, 1720 documentDate PublishedFebruary 22 & May 19, 1720 Lot #59 Four manuscript letters from Juan Gutierrez de la Cueva, a Spanish officer active in the frontier regions of Arizona, California and Texas, to Joaquín de Amezqueta, Commander of the Presidio de San Carlos, Sonora View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorGutierrez de la Cueva, JuanHeadlineFighting Apaches on Mexico's frontier, 1786 lettersDate Published1786 Lot #60 Three original manuscript letters and one accompanying manuscript document on the defense of the northernmost Spanish territories of New Spain against the United States and the indigenous Apache and Comanche people View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorSalcedo, NemesioHeadlineDefending Mexico's northern frontier 1809-10Date Published1809-1810 Lot #61 Dictamen de la Comision de puntos constitucionales del Senado sobre la ley constitucional de garantias individuales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves arriving in Mexico now free, 1849 DictamenPublisherImprenta de la calle de Medinas núm. 6Date Published1849 Lot #62 Broadside decree stating that, as long as the war with the rebels of Texas lasts, the Government is allowed to give permission for Mexican merchant vessels to arm themselves in self-defense View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Texas War)AuthorTornel y Mendívil, José MaríaHeadlineArming merchant ships during Texas war, 1836PublisherSecretaria de Guerra y MarinaDate PublishedFebrero 3 de 1836 Lot #63 Valentin Canalizo, General de Division, Governador y Comandante General del Departamento de Mexico... Que Considerando que los Medios de Fuerza y de Conquista no han sido Suficientes en mas de trescientos Anos... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorCanalizo, ValentinHeadlineJesuits invited back to subdue natives, 1843Date PublishedJune 22, 1843 Lot #64 Circular [in Spanish] issued by the Ministerio de Hacienda transmitting a presidential decree concerning wages for customs employees View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorEcheverría, JavierHeadlineSalaries for Mexican customs employees 1840PublisherMinisterio de HaciendaDate Published13 de Julio de 1840 Lot #65 Ley de 15 de diciembre de 1883 sobre colonización y su reglamento de 17 de julio de 1889, con la circular relativa á la importación de animales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexican lands given to wealthy colonistsPublisherOficina tip. de la Secretaría de FomentoDate Published1894 Lot #66 Proyectos de ley presentados al Congreso general en las sesiones de 24 y 25 de setiembre de 835 por la comision respectiva, sobre reorganizacion de la república View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePaving the way for Santa Anna's dictatorshipPublisherImpreso por J.M. Fernandez de LaraDate Published1835 Lot #67 Poems [and] Works of Alfred de Musset View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorMusset, Alfred deHeadlineAlfred de Musset, Illuminated Presentation SetPublisherEdwin C. Hill CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #68 Kräuterbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten, 50 Originalblätter aus deutchen, französischen, niederländischen, englischen, italienischen und Schweizer Kräuterbüchern. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorNissen, ClausHeadlineNissen's 50 Leaves from Early Print HerbalsPublisherRobert WolfleDate Published1956 Lot #69 Tierbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Sechzig originalgraphische Tafeln aus deutchen, französischen, niederländischen, englischen, italienischen und schweizerischen Prachtwerken 1491-1966 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorNissen, ClausHeadline62 Zoological Plates, Bestiaries to PhotographyPublisherRobert WolfleDate Published1968 Lot #70 Four works by Robert Fludd bound together, three are on medicine View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Occult Medicine)AuthorFludd, RobertHeadlineRare medical works by occultist Robert FluddDate Published1629-1633 Lot #71 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)AuthorBonaparte, Charles LucienHeadlineBonaparte continues Wilson's OrnithologyPublisherSamuel Augustus Mitchell; Carey, Lea & Carey; Carey & LeaDate Published1825-1833 Lot #72 American Ornithology, or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates engraved and colored from original drawings from nature View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, Alexander & Charles Lucian BonaparteHeadlineAtlases to 1871 edition of American OrnithologyPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published[1871] Lot #73 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineWilson's Ornithology with 76 colored platesPublisherBradford & InskeepDate Published1808-1814 Lot #74 Poiēsis philosophos [in Greek] = Poesis philosophica, vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis... item Heracliti et Democriti loci quidam, et eorum epistolae View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(PhilosophyAuthorEstienne, Henri, editorHeadlineRare 1573 printing of Presocratic philosophersPublisherExcudebat Henr. StephanusDate Published1573 Lot #75 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$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 Lot #76 Προκλου Διαδοχου Πλατωικου εισ την Πλατωνοσ θεολογιαν βιβλια εξ = Procli successoris Platonici in Platonis theologiam libri sex View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorProclus DiadochuHeadlineMasterwork of Proclus' Platonic philosophy 1618PublisherEt prostant Francofurti apud RulandiosDate Published1618 Lot #77 Delle Navigationi et Viaggi View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorRamusio, Giovanni BattistaHeadlineGiovanni Battista Ramusio defines the travel genrePublisherStamperia de GiuntiDate Published1563; 1574; ; 1556 Lot #78 The Tour of Doctor Syntax (Containing the First, Second and Third Tour) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorCombe, WilliamHeadlineRowlandson's wonderful Doctor SyntaxPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812; 1820; [1821] Lot #79 Selections from Marcus Aurelius Antoninus View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Heading(Sangorski, Francis & George Sutcliffe, illuminators)AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineSangorski illuminated MS. of Marcus AureliusPublisherF. Sangorski & G. SutcliffeDate Published1909 Lot #80 Five large aerial photographs of Iranian archeological sites View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorSchmidt, Erich FriedrichHeadlineEarly Aerial Photos of Iranian ArcheologyDate Published[c.1935-1937] Lot #81 Woodcuts From Books of the 15th Century Shown in Original Specimens, 55 Leaves Detached From Books Printed in Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, the Netherlands and Italy View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorSchreiber, W.L.Headline55 Inculabula Leaves with WoodcutsPublisherWeiss & Co. AntiquariatDate Published1929 Lot #82 The history of that great and renowned monarchy of China. VVherein all the particular provinces are accurately described: as also the dispositions, manners, learning, lawes, militia, government, and religion of the people. Together with the traffick and commodities of that countrey View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorSemedo, AlvaroHeadlineSemedo's History of China 1655 with mapPublisherPrinted by E. Tyler for Iohn CrookDate Published1655 Lot #83 The New Grant White Shakespeare. The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare, Old Stratford Ed, 1/124PublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #84 The Works of Shakespeare View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works in folio extra-illustratedPublisherPrinted for Grant Richards, LondonDate Published1901-1904 Lot #85 The Works of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Head Press, Sangorski BoundPublisherThe Shakespeare Head PressDate Published1904-1907 Lot #86 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #87 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #88 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #89 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #90 Manuscript fragment from "The history and fate of sacrilege discover'd by examples of scripture, of heathens, and of Christians..." 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