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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 #5 The Origins of Totalitarianism View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorArendt, HannahHeadlineArendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, 1st ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1951 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 #21 The Handy Reference Atlas of the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBartholomew, John, editorHeadlineFinely bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherJohn Bartholomew & Son, Ltd.Date Published1928 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #52 The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorMiller, Francis Trevelyan, editorHeadlineComplete Photographic History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Review of Reviews Co.Date Published1911-12 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 #72 The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise: Proving the Temptation and Fall of Man by the Instrumentality of a Serpent Tempter. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDeane, John BathurstHeadlineTheological treatise on snake worshipPublisherJ. Hatchard and Son; C.J.G. & F. RivingtonDate Published1830 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 #88 The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineWallis Budge study of the Rosetta StonePublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1904 Lot #103 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 #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 #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 #115 Windsor Castle. An Architectural History View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHope, W. H., St. JohnHeadlineHistory of the Windsor Castle's ArchitecturePublisherCountry LifeDate Published[1913] Lot #124 The History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, &c. &c. To Which is Added a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Noted Pirates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, CharlesHeadlineHighwaymen, Street-Robbers and Pirates 1814PublisherPrinted for John Thomson Jun. and Co., Longman et al.Date Published1814 Lot #133 Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLayard, Austen HenryHeadlineLayard, Nineveh and Its Remains 1849PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1849 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 #137 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineWritings of Lincoln, Constitutional EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1905-1906] 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 #145 Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorClymer, MeredithHeadlineWith map of New York 1872 Meningitis outbreakPublisherLindsay & BlakistonDate Published1872 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 #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 #172 Histoire Generale de Normandie. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMoulin, Gabriel duHeadlineHistory of Normandy, 1631PublisherJean OsmontDate Published1631 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 #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 #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 #199 The World in Miniature View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorSchoberl, Frederic, editorHeadlineComplete set, with numerous color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1821] 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 #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 #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 #229 The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, Agriculture and Early History... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorWilkinson, J.G.HeadlineWilkinson's History of the Egyptians, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1837 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next