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 770 617 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 1-47 of 47. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #91 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorStaunton, Sir George [Leonard]HeadlineStaunton's Embassy to China, told by StauntonPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 Lot #96 Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional... [with] Observacions astronomica y phisicas...del Peru View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorUlloa, Antonio de, & Jorge Juan y SantacillaHeadlineSpanish join Condamine, explore South AmericaPublisherAntonio Marin / Juan de ZuñigaDate Published1749 Lot #97 Histoire des guerres civiles des Espagnols dans les Indes; causées par les souslevemens des Picarres et des Almagres... [bound with] Suitte des guerres civiles des Espagnols dans les Perus... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorVega, Garcilaso de laHeadlineVega's account of Conquest of Peru 1658PublisherChez Simeon PigetDate Published1658 Lot #98 The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorVirgilHeadlineOgilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles IIPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for the AuthorDate Published1654 Lot #105 The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq; fellow of the Royal Society. In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many additions... By John Ray View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorWillughby, FrancisHeadlineWillughby's Ornithology 1st in EnglishPublisherPrinted by A[ndrew] C[larke] for John MartynDate Published1678 Lot #106 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 Lot #107 The American Bible. Original Leaves from Rare and Historic Bibles Printed in the Colonies and the United States of America During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorZinman, MichaelHeadlineLeaf Book of the American Bible, 1663-19th centuryPublisherThe Haydn Foundation for the Cultural ArtsDate Published1993 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next