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View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorAlunno, FrancescoHeadlineThe Language of Boccaccio by Alunno, 1543Publisher[colophon: In casa de Figliuoli di Aklo]Date Published[1543] Lot #7 Elemens de perspective à l'usage des elèves de l'Académie de Dessin, Peinture & Architecture de la ville de Gand View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Art - Perspective)HeadlineLessons in perspective for art students, 1800PublisherChez Bermard PoelmanDate Published[c.1800] Lot #20 Le Livre facile pour apprendre l'arithmetique de soy mesme et sans maistre: Par des méthodes si courtes si claires et si bien ordonnées qu'il ne s'en est point veu de pareilles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBarrême, FrançoisHeadline17th century mathematics & accountingPublisherChez l'AutheurDate Published1672 Lot #23 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583] Lot #24 Complete texts of the First and Second Books of Maccabees - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineMaccabees from 1566 Great BiblePublisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #25 Complete texts of The Third and Fourth Books of Esdras - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Headline3rd & 4th Books of Esdras Great Bible 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #27 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Hebrew)HeadlineFinal volume of 3rd Bomberg Bible 1548PublisherDaniel BombergDate Published[1548] Lot #28 Eight Drawings to Illustrate Milton's Comus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blakes illustrations for Milton's ComusPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890 Lot #29 Il Decameron di Messer Giouanni Boccacci Cittadino Fiorentino [bound with] Annotationi et Discorsi Sopra Alcuni Luoghi del Decameron di M. Giovanni Boccacci View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBoccacio, Giovanni; V. Borghini, A. Benivieni, S. Antinori and A. Guicciardini.HeadlineExpurgated edition of the Decameron, 1573PublisherNella Stamperia de i GiuntiDate Published1573; 1574 Lot #31 Un Teatro de Arte in España 1917-1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorBorras, [Thomas] and others.HeadlineScarce record of the G. Martinez Sierra theatrePublisher[G. Martinez Sierra]Date Published[1926] Lot #36 Articles on the Barometer, Baroscope, and other matters by Robert Boyle, in two issues of Philosophical Transactions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBoyle, RobertHeadlineRobert Boyle on the barometer, 1666PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate Published1666 Lot #38 Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBrune, Johan deHeadlineWith 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch lifePublisherAbraham LathamDate Published[c. 1688] Lot #40 The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'diPublisherPhilip Allan & Co.Date Published1928 Lot #41 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885 Lot #43 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineDuncan's Caesar with plates & maps, 1753PublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 Lot #45 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineHunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 Lot #48 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, 1652,PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 Lot #49 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated Don Quixote 1756 in 2 volumesPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1756 Lot #53 Faust View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorGoethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]HeadlineSigned by illustrator Harry ClarkePublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1925] Lot #57 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] Lot #59 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 Lot #67 Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineWith 64 engraved caricatures by Da VinciPublisherJohn ClarkeDate Published1786 Lot #73 Four Christmas Books by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas books in original clothPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1845] Lot #74 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #77 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend, first ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Lot #83 The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse...Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDryden, John, translatorHeadlineDryden translation of Juvenal and Flaccus 1693PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1693 Lot #85 Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineOne of 750 signed by artist Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] Lot #86 The Bells and Other Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #94 Tristram and Iseult: A Play View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)AuthorHare, AmoryHeadlineSigned by Wharton Esherick and Amory HarePublisherThe Slide Mountain PressDate Published1930 Lot #95 Song of Solomon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)HeadlineCentaur Press Song of Solomon, Esherick woodcutsPublisher[Centaur Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #104 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artistPublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] Lot #105 Historia Di M. Bernardo Giustiniano Gentiluomo Vinitiano. Dell Origine de Vinegia, & Delle Cose Fatte da Vinitiani. Nella Quale Anchora Ampiamente Tradotta da Lodovico Domenichi View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGiustiniani, BernardoHeadlineGiustiniani's History of Venice, 1545Publisher[Bernardo Bindoni]Date Published[1545] Lot #110 General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineJohn Hill A General Natural History 1748-52PublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1748, 51, 52 Lot #112 North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineHolbrook's expanded N. American HerpetologyPublisherJ. DobsonDate Published1842 Lot #113 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #117 Selected Pictures From the Book of Gold of Victor Hugo View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWith 12 illustrations from Hugo's Book of GoldPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #119 Four volumes with color lithography reproducing illuminated manuscripts View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineIlluminated works in chromolithographyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #122 The Naturalist's Library View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 Lot #134 The Comic History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineWith five hand-colored plates by John LeechPublisherPunch OfficeDate Published[c. 1847-1848] Lot #136 Anti-Goeze... D.I. Nothgedrungener beytraege zu den Freywillingen betraegen des hrn. past. Goeze. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLessing, Gotthold EphraimHeadlineLessing debates Goeze, 1778Publisher[Waisenhausbuchhandlung]Date Published1778 Lot #141 The first published work on blood transfusion, in two issues of Philosophical Transactions View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorBoyle, Robert & Richard LowerHeadline1st published account of blood transfusionsPublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate Published1666-1667 Lot #146 Dissertatio medica inauguralis de partu humano quaedam complectens. Quam, annuente summo numine... D. Georgii Baird S.S.T.P. academiae Edinburgenae praefecti... pro gradu doctoris... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorCoutto, Josephus Antonius deHeadlineDissertation on human birth, 1794PublisherCum privilegio Typis Gulielmi CreechDate Published1794 Lot #150 De ortu animae humanae libri tres View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorLiceti, FortunioHeadlineFortunio Liceti on formation of the soul, 1602PublisherIn Aedibus Iosephi PavoniiDate Published1602 Lot #151 Magni Hippocratis coi Opera Omnia Graece & Latine Edita, Et ad omnes alias Editiones accomodata. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorLinden, Joan Antonidae Vander, editorHeadlineHippocrates' Works in Greek and Latin, 1665PublisherApud Danielem, Abrahamum & AdrianumDate Published[1665] Lot #155 A Series of Anatomical Plates; with References and Physiological Comments, Illustrating the Structure of the Different Parts of the Human Body. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorQuain, Jones; William James Erasmus WilsonHeadlineSeries of Anatomical Plates of the Human BodyPublisherG.N. LoomisDate Published[1842] Lot #160 Nine original printed leaves from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorVesaliusHeadlineLeaves from Vesalius' Human Anatomy 1543PublisherJohannes OporinusDate Published1543 Lot #161 The Works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late Physician to his Majesty; President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorWhytt, RobertHeadlineThe Works of neurophysiologist Robert WhyttPublisherPrinted for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt and J. BalfourDate Published[1768] Lot #162 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineChromolithograph botanical illustrations after LunzerPublisherAmerican Natural History Publishing Co.; Charles Robson & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Lot #172 Histoire Generale de Normandie. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMoulin, Gabriel duHeadlineHistory of Normandy, 1631PublisherJean OsmontDate Published1631 Lot #174 Natural History of New York View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorSeward, William HenryHeadline18 volumes from Natural History of NYPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1842-54 Lot #176 One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorNorthcote, JamesHeadlineNorthcote's One Hundred Fables, 1st seriesPublisherGeo: LawfordDate Published1828 Lot #177 Three printed and hand-colored leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - from the Latin and German editions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineThree leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Koberger, Anton]Date Published[1493] Lot #178 Rubáiyát. Poeme d'Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubaiyat with tipped-in plates by A.N. TagorePublisherEdition du "Studio"Date Published1910 Lot #180 The Faces in the Fire; A Story for the Season. By Redgap View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFaces in the Fire, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilloughby and Co.Date Published[c. 1850] Lot #184 White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPatri, GiacomoHeadlineWhite Collar, early graphic novel, 1940 editionPublisher[Pisani Printing and Publishing Co.]Date Published[1940] Lot #185 History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793PublisherPrinted for B. & J. WhiteDate Published1793 Lot #186 The Workes of that Famous and Worthy Minister of Christ in the Universitie of Cambridge, M. VV. Perkins. Containing his learned expositions of sundry choice places of Scripture... Third and last volume. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerkins, WilliamHeadlineIncludes sermon on the Damned Art of WitchcraftPublisherPrinted by Cantrell LeggeDate Published1608-1609 Lot #187 Segmenta Nobilium Signorum e Statuarum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPerrier, FrançoisHeadline100 engravings of Roman statuary, 1638PublisherF. ChereauDate Published1638 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$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 Lot #190 Προκλου Διαδοχου Πλατωικου εισ την Πλατωνοσ θεολογιαν βιβλια εξ = Procli successoris Platonici in Platonis theologiam libri sex View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorProclus DiadochuHeadlineMasterwork of Proclus' Platonic philosophy 1618PublisherEt prostant Francofurti apud RulandiosDate Published1618 Lot #192 Irish Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineSigned by artist Arthur RackhamPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1920 Lot #194 Odes, Cantates, Épîtres et Poésies Diverses de J.B. Rousseau. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRousseau, Jean BaptisteHeadlineFirst Didot Printing of Rousseau's PoetryPublisherChez P. DidotDate Published[1790] Lot #196 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 Lot #204 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorSigonio, CarloHeadline1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman EmpirePublisherSocietatem Typographiae BononiensisDate Published1578 Lot #205 Instructions for the Cultivating and Raising of Flax and Hemp: In a Better Manner, than that generally Practis'd in Ireland. [bound with] Observations made by Richard Hall... Hemp and Flax Dresser:... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorSlator, Lionel; Richard HallHeadlineIrish and Dutch methods of Hemp cultivationPublisherPrinted by George GriersonDate Published[1724] Lot #216 Aphrodite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Tice, Clara, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineIllustrated by Clara Tice, nicely boundPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 Lot #219 Le Imagini Delle Donne Auguste Intagliate in Istampa di Rame; con le Viteet Ispositioni de Enea Vico, Sopra I Riversi Delle Loro Medaglie Antiche: Libro Primo. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorVico, EneaHeadlineWith 61 plates of coins featuring Roman womenPublisherAppresso Enea Vico Parmigiano et Vincenzo ValgrisioDate Published[1557] Lot #220 The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorVirgilHeadlineOgilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles IIPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for the AuthorDate Published1654 Lot #224 Douze Sonnets lascifs pour accompanger la suite d'aquarelles intitulée Les Délassements d'Éros View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Wegener, Gerda)AuthorVérineau, Alexandre deHeadlineWith erotica in pochoir by Gerda WegenerPublisherÉrotopolisDate Published1925 Lot #227 General planer til fem sätesgårdar, uti koppar stuckne, med deras förklaring. Upritade och til en del anlagde af Carl Wijnblad View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWijnblad, CarlHeadlineGarden designs for Swedish mansions, 1765PublisherPeter HesselbergDate Published1765 Lot #230 Opera Omnia, exegetica, didactica, et polemica. Quorum Seriem versa pagina exhibet. Cum indicibus necessariis. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWolzogen, Johann Ludwig vonHeadlineRadical Reformation commentaries from WolzogenPublisher[Frans Kuyper, & Daniel Bakkamude]Date Published1656 Lot #231 The Masters of Wood-Engraving View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wood Engraving)AuthorLinton, W.J.HeadlineSigned by W.J. LintonPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1889 Lot #235 Tartuffe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 Lot #243 The Book of Job according to the Authorized Version of MDCXI, following the arrangement of the Temple Bible. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineGrabhorn Press The Book of JobPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1926] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next