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AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineBaskerville Printing of Addison's Works 1761PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1761 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #2 The Tragedies of Aeschylus in Greek AuthorAeschylusHeadlineFoulis Press Aeschylus 1795, one of 63 copiesPublisherAndreas FoulisDate Published1795 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #4 Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: In Letters of Illustrious Persons and Great Ministers of State as well Forreign as Domestick... Author[Bacon, Francis, et al.]HeadlineCabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra 1663PublisherG. Bedell and T. CollinsDate Published1663 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #10 The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineSecond Speght Chaucer 1602PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1602 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,562.50StatusSold Lot #11 The Works of our Ancient, Learned & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFinal blackletter Chaucer ed., 1687Publishern.p.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #13 The Whole Workes of Samuel Daniel Esquire in Poetrie AuthorDaniel, SamuelHeadlineWhole Workes Samuel Daniel 1623 later issue(?)PublisherPrinted by Nicholas OkesDate Published1623 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #14 Mere Nature Delineated: Or, A Body without a Soul. Being Observations upon the Young Forester... Also, a Brief Dissertation upon the Usefulness and Necessity of Fools, Whether Political or Natural Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #16 The Considerations of Drexelius Upon Eternitie AuthorDrexel, JeremiasHeadlineDrexelius Upon Eternitie 1636 w/ 8 engravingsPublisherPrinted by the Printers to the UniversitieDate Published1636 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #17 Absalom and Achitophel [with] The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel [with] Absalom Senior: Or, Achitophel Transpros'd AuthorDryden, John, Nahum Tate and Elkanah SettleHeadlineDryden's biting satire, Absalom w/ responsesDate Published1681-1682 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #18 All For Love: or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; and Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineDryden's All for Love 1st ed. 1678PublisherPrinted by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #19 Three works by John Dryden [with] one attack upon him AuthorDryden, JohnHeadline3 by John Dryden with anon attack on himDate Published1683-1695 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #20 The Virtuous Wife; or, Good Luck at Last. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Dukes Theater AuthorDurfey, ThomasHeadlineDurfey Virtuous Wife 1680PublisherPrinted by T.N. for R. Bentley, and M. MagnesDate Published1684 [i.e. 1680] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #22 An Argument of Law Concerning the Bill of Attainder of High-Treason of Thomas Earle of Strafford Heading(England - Civil War)HeadlineOn Thomas Earl of Strafford Bill of AttainderPublisherPrinted by G.M. for John BartletDate Published1641 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 Eight seventeenth-century English pamphlets used as inspiration at Daniel Berkeley Updike's Merrymount Press Heading(England - Civil War)Headline8 English pamphlets owned by D.B. UpdikeDate Published1641-1657 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #24 His Majesties Declaration: To All His Loving Subjects, of the Causes which Moved Him to Dissolve the Last Parliament Heading(England - Civil War)HeadlineCharles I defends dissolving Parliament 1640PublisherPrinted by Robert Barker... and by the Assignes of John BillDate Published1640 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #26 Revolution Politicks: Being a Compleat Collection of all the Reports, Lyes, and Stories, which were the Fore-runners of the Great Revolution in 1688 Heading(England - Glorious Revolution)HeadlineRevolution Politicks, 1733, on Glorious RevolutionDate Published1733 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #27 Ten titles relating to the Glorious Revolution Heading(England - Glorious Revolution)Headline10 pamphlets touching the Glorious RevolutionDate Published1680-1689 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #28 Observations both Historical and Moral upon the Burning of London, September 1666 Heading(England - Great Fire of London)HeadlineEarly title on 1666 Great Fire of LondonPublisherPrinted by Thomas RatcliffeDate Published1667 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #30 A Compleat Parson [with] Star-Chamber Cases Heading(England - Law)AuthorDoddridge, John and Richard CromptonHeadline2 English legal texts, 1630 Doddridge & CromptonDate Published1630 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #31 A Tory Plot: Or the Discovery of a Design Carried on by our Late Addressers and Abhorrers, to Alter the Constitution of the Government and to Betray the Protestant Religion [with] The Tory Plot: The Second Part Heading(England - Popish Plot)AuthorMisopappas, Philanax [pseud. of Charles Blount]HeadlineThe Tory Plot, Misopappas 1682, 2 partsPublisherRichard JanewayDate Published1682 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 Seven titles on the Popish Plot Heading(England - Popish Plot)HeadlineSeven early Popish Plot documentsDate Published1678-1681 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #33 Twelve seventeenth century English sermons and theological tracts Heading(England - Religion)Headline12 English sermons & tracts c.1650-90Date Publishedc.1650-1690 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #34 Observations Upon a Late Libel, Called A Letter from a Person of Quality to His Friend, Concerning the Kings Declaration, &c. Heading(England - Restoration)AuthorHalifax, George Saville, First Marquess ofHeadlineRestoration political tract on Parliament, 1681PublisherPrinted for C.M.Date Published1681 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #35 Four works of seventeenth-century English theater Heading(England - Theater)HeadlineFour pieces of 17th century English theaterDate Published1679-1691 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #36 The Answre of the Vicechancelour, The Doctors, both of the Proctors, and other the Heads of Houses in the Universitie of Oxford Heading(England)HeadlineOxford Answere of the Vicechancelour 1603PublisherPrinted by Joseph Barnes, and are to by sold... by James WatersonDate Published1603 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #37 A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercy Heading(England)AuthorCarleton, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Carleton on God's Mercy, 1627PublisherPrinted by M. Flesher for Robert Mylbourne and Humphrey RobinsonDate Published1627 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #38 Five contemporary books on 17th century English history Heading(England)Headline5 period books on 17th c. English historyDate Published1679-1698 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #39 His Majesties Speach in the Starre-Chamber, The xx. of June. Anno 1616 Heading(England)AuthorJames I, King of EnglandHeadlineKing's speech Star-Chamber 20 June 1616PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1616 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #40 Witt against Wisdom. Or a Panegyrick upon Folly AuthorErasmus [Desiderius]HeadlineWitt against Wisdom by Erasmus, 1683PublisherPrinted by L. Lichfield for Anthony StephensDate Published1683 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Man of Mode, or Sr Fopling Flutter. A Comedy. Acted at the Duke's Theatre AuthorEtherege, GeorgeHeadlineEtherege, Sir Fopling Flutter 1676 1st ed.PublisherPrinted by J. Macock, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1676 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #43 Publick Employment and an Active Live with all its Appanages, Such as Fame, Command, Riches, Conversation, &c. AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineEvelyn's Publick Employment 1st & 2nd issuesPublisherPrinted by J.M. for H. HerringmanDate Published1667 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #44 Ex Otio Negotium: Or, Martiall His Epigrams Translated. With Sundery Poems and Fancies... AuthorFletcher, R., translatorHeadlineFletcher's translation of Martial, 1656PublisherPrinted by T. Mabb, for William ShearsDate Published1656 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #47 Essays on Several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion AuthorGlanvill, JosephHeadlineGlanvill's Essays 1676, on witchcraft et al.PublisherPrinted by J.D. for John Barker... and Henry MortlockDate Published1676 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #49 Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, Written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #50 Il Pastor Fido, The Faithfull Shepheard. With an Addition of divers other Poems Concluding with a short Discourse of the long Civill Warres of Rome. Author[Guarini, Giovanni Baptista]HeadlineGiovanni Guarini's The Faithful Shepard, 1648PublisherPrinted for Humphrey MoseleyDate Published1648 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Auncient Ecclesiastical Histories of the First Six Hundred Years After Christ AuthorHanmer, Meredith, translatorHeadlineEcclesiastical Histories, trans. Hanmer 1619PublisherPrinted by Richard FieldDate Published1619 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #55 The Iliads and Odysses of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineHomer translated by Thomas Hobbes, 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for Will. CrookDate Published1677 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #60 Flauij Josephi... Historien vnd Bücher: Von alten jüdischen Geschichten... Vom Jüdischen Krieg... Vom alten Herkommen der Jüden wider den Apion... AuthorJosephusHeadlineJosephus, German 1571 in blind-tooled calfProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisher[George Raben und Weygand Hanen Erben]Date Published1571 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #68 The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493. With a leaf from the pirated Augsburg Latin edition of 1497 Heading(Leaf Books - Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorShaffer, EllenHeadlineWith original leaf from Nuremberg ChroniclePublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #70 Breydenbach, Bernhard von Heading(Leaves, 1486)AuthorCorevn [in] Peregrinationes in Terram SanctamHeadlineReurwich woodcut of Corfu, 1486ProvenancePurchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherErhard ReuwichDate Published1486 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #71 Leaf from an incunable edition of Aesop Heading(Leaves, 1489)HeadlineIncunable leaf w/ 2 woodcuts c.1489ProvenanceCollection of Phil Lenna; purchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherJacobus Wolff, de PforzheimDate Publishedc.1489 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Leaf from Cronecken der Sassen Heading(Leaves, 1492)Author[Bote, Konrad or Hermann]HeadlineHand-colered Leaf, Peter Schöffer 1492ProvenancePurchased from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & ManuscriptsPublisherPeter SchöfferDate Published1492 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #73 Printed leaf with colored woodcut of Buda from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) Heading(Leaves, 1493)AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineWoodcut of Buda Nuremburg Chronicle 1493PublisherKoberger, AntonDate Published1493 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #74 An Appeal to the Parliament; Or Sions Plea Against the Prelacie [bound with] two other political works by Humphrey Prideaux and William Allen Author[Leighton, Alexander]HeadlineA. Leighton Appeal to Parliament 1628Date PublishedPrinted the year & moneth wherin Rochell was lost [i.e. 1628] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #75 The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent. Or a Direction to the Husbandman... AuthorMarkham, GervaseHeadlineShort English farming guide 1664PublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for George SawbridgeDate Published1664 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Rehearsal Transpros'd AuthorMarvell, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Marvell's Rehearsal Transpros'd 1672-3PublisherPrinted by J.D. for the Assigns of John Calvin and Theodore Beza [and] Printed for Nathaniel PonderDate Published1672-1673 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #77 Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne. In Three Books. With Marginal Notes and Quotations of the Cited Authors AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem deHeadlineCharles Cotton's trans. of Montaigne's EssaysPublisherPrinted for T. Basset and M. Gilliflower and W. HensmanDate Published1693 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #80 Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play Author[Plautus, Titus Maccius]HeadlineFirst edition of Plautus in English, 1694PublisherPrinted for Abel Swalle and T. ChildDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #84 The History of Gustavus Adolphus, Surnamed the Great, King of Sueden, With the Life and Reign of His Successor after Christina, Carolus Gustavus, Count Palatin AuthorPrade, Jean Le Royer, sieur deHeadlineHistory of Gustavus & Carolus Adolphus, 1689PublisherPrinted by J.B. and to be sold by Mr. Clavell [et al.]Date Published1689 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane AuthorRowe, NicholasHeadlineRowe, Tragedy Lady Jane Gray 1715PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintottDate Published1715 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #88 Rights of the Kingdom; Or, Customs of Our Ancestours: Touching the Duty, Power, Election, or Succession, of our Kings and Parliaments Author[Sadler, John]HeadlineJohn Sadler Rights Kingdom, 1649PublisherPrinted by Richard BishopDate Published1649 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #89 The Whole Comical Works of Monsr. Scarron AuthorScarron, PaulHeadlineWhole Comical Works of Scarron, 1700 EnglishPublisherPrinted for S. and J. Sprint..., J. Nicholson..., R. Parker..., and Benj. TookeDate Published1700 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Bellamira, or the Mistress, a Comedy AuthorSedley, CharlesHeadlineBellamiraPublisherPrinted by D. Mallet, for L.C. and Timothy GoodwinDate Published1687 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #91 Bury-Fair. A Comedy AuthorShadwell, ThomasHeadlineShadwell, Bury-Fair. A Comedy, 1689PublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1689 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 The Critic; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed AuthorSheridan, Richard BrinsleyHeadlineSheridan, Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsal 1781PublisherPrinted for T. BecketDate Published1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 The Royall Master; As it was Acted in the New Theater in Dublin AuthorShirley, JamesHeadlineShirley's 1st play: The Royall Master 1638PublisherPrinted by T. Cotes, and are to be sold by John Crooke, and Richard SergerDate Published1638 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #96 Killing no Murder: Briefly Discoursed in Three Questions Author[Silas, Titus and Edward Sexby]Headline1689 repub. of Cromwell assassination pamphletPublishern.p.Date Published1689 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #99 Relief of Apprentices Wronged by their Masters Author[Stephens, Edward]HeadlineRare pamphlet on protecting apprentices 1687Date Published1687 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #100 The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set Forth in their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: With some Observations on the Seasonableness, Candor, Erudition, and Style of that Treatise AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineJonathan Swift Publick Spirit 1714 uncensoredPublisherPrinted for John MorphewDate Published1714 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #105 Bellum Peloponnesiacum. Ex Editione Wassii et Dukeri AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFouls Press octavo Thucydides 8 vols. 1759PublisherRobertus et Andreas FoulisDate Published1759 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #106 Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides Peloponnesian Warre 1634 HobbesPublisherImprinted for Richard MynneDate Published1634 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #107 Gli Otto Libri di Thucydide Atheniense, delle Guerre Fatte tra Popoli della Morea... AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFirst editions of Thucydides in Italian, 3 copiesPublisherVincenzo Valgrisi, et al.Date Published1545-1550 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #110 Θουκυδιδου Περι του Πελοποννησιακου Πολεμου Βιβλια Οκτω = Thycydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides Duceri, 1731 2 vols.PublisherApud R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. SmithDate Published1731 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #111 Θουκυδιδου περι του Πελοποννησιακου Πολέμον Βιβλία ῆ. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri VIII AuthorThucydidesHeadlineSecond Estienne ed. Thucydides, 1588PublisherExcudebat Henricus StephanusDate Published1588 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #113 Two nineteenth century editions of Thucydides in Greek AuthorThucydidesHeadlineTwo 19th century eds. Thucydides in GreekDate Published1809-1835 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #115 The Substance of That Which was Delivered in a Sermon before the Commons House of Parliament AuthorUsher, JamesHeadlineJames Usher Substance of Sermon 1621PublisherFelix Kyngston, for John BartletDate Published1621 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #118 Cosmographicus Liber Petri Apiani Mathematici, iam denuo integritati resitutus per Gemmam Phrysium AuthorApian, PeterHeadlineEarly edition of Apianus, Cosmographicus LiberPublisherIoan. Grapheus [for Arnold Birckmann]Date Published1533 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #130 An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Upwards of One Hundred New, Singular, and Beautiful Species AuthorDonovan, EdwardHeadlineDonovan's Chinese Insects 1798, beautiful illus.PublisherPrinted for the Author, by T. BensleyDate Published1798 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #159 Three early titles on medicine Heading(Medicine)Headline3 titles on medicine published 1610-1754Date Published1610-1754 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next