Sale 770: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#770) 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2022 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 1-12 of 12. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings AuthorAlexander, WilliamHeadlineThe Costume of the Russian Empire 73 color platesPublisherPrinted by S. Gosnell for W. MillerDate Published1803 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 La Decouverte des Indes occidentales par les Espagnols. AuthorCasas, Bartolomé de lasHeadlineLas Casas on Spanish cruelties in AmericaPublisherChez Andre' PralardDate Published1697 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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) Heading(China)HeadlineScarce Chinese draft civil code 1926PublisherCommission on ExtraterritorialityDate PublishedFebruary 1926 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorStevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editorHeadlinePublisher's copy of Columbus' Book of PrivilegesPublisherB.F. StevensDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 China Monumentis, qua Sacris qua Profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineWonders in China, First Edition, A. KircherPublisherApud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum WeyerstraetDate Published1667 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #49 La Chine D'Athanase Kirchere...Illustrée de Plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacrés que Profanes AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineFirst French edition of Kircher's work on ChinaPublisherJan Jansson and the heirs of Elive WeyerstraetDate Published1670 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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 Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #77 Delle Navigationi et Viaggi AuthorRamusio, Giovanni BattistaHeadlineGiovanni Battista Ramusio defines the travel genrePublisherStamperia de GiuntiDate Published1563; 1574; ; 1556 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold 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 AuthorSemedo, AlvaroHeadlineSemedo's History of China 1655 with mapPublisherPrinted by E. Tyler for Iohn CrookDate Published1655 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China... AuthorStaunton, Sir George [Leonard]HeadlineStaunton's Embassy to China, told by StauntonPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of "The Old Philosopher," Lau-Tsze Heading(Tao te Ching)AuthorLao TzuHeadlinePresentation copy, first Englished Tao te ChingPublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #96 Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional... [with] Observacions astronomica y phisicas...del Peru AuthorUlloa, Antonio de, & Jorge Juan y SantacillaHeadlineSpanish join Condamine, explore South AmericaPublisherAntonio Marin / Juan de ZuñigaDate Published1749 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next