Sale 810: Rare, Antiquarian, and Illustrated Books & Manuscripts (#810) 04/04/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/04/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 810 682 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 1-74 of 74. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Aesop's Fables; with his Life: and morals and remarks. Fitted for the meanest capacities View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorAesopHeadlineRare 18th century AesopPublisherPrinted for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al.Date Published1757 Lot #12 A Coney Island of the Mind View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineSigned by Ferlinghetti and KitajPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 Lot #15 Squarings: A sequence of forty-eight poems...with forty-eight drawings by Sol Lewitt View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus Heaney and Sol LewittPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 Lot #23 Kora in Hell: Improvisations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWilliams, William CarlosHeadlineKora In Hell signed by Mel KendrickPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #25 Aristotelis Politicorum et Oeconomicorum libri qui extant View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineAristotle 1587 in period armorial bindingPublisherApud Andree Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium, & Ioann. AubriumDate Published1587 Lot #28 Pious Breathings: Being the Meditations of St. Augustine, His Treatise of the Love of God, Soliloquies, and Manual... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorAugustineHeadlineAugustine's Meditations, et al., London 1704PublisherPrinted for S. and J. Sprint..., T. Bennet and J. Knapton..., R. Parker..., and G. HarrisDate Published1704 Lot #34 The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineBacon's History of Henry the Seventh 1622PublisherPrinted by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William BarretDate Published1622 Lot #35 Tea and Brandy View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Ballad Broadside)HeadlineTea & Brandy: English Broadside BalladDate Publishedc.1795 Lot #44 Biblia, das ist: Die Ganze Heilige Schrifft, Alten und Neuen Testaments View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in German)AuthorPiscator, Johannes, translatorHeadlinePiscator Bible in German, Bern 1755, 2 vols.PublisherGedruckt und zu finden, bey Joh. Bondeli sel. Wittib.Date Published1755 Lot #46 Commentaries on the Laws of England View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBlackstone, WilliamHeadlineBlackstone's Commentaries 4th Edition 1790ProvenanceW. B. Brigstocke; Yarborough bookplatesPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1770 Lot #47 The Illuminated Books View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake, The Complete Illuminated BooksPublisherThe William Blake Trust / Princeton University PressDate Published1991-1995 Lot #48 Illustrations for the Book of Job View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Illustrations for Book of Job 1935 ed.PublisherPierpont Morgan LibraryDate Published1935 Lot #49 America: A Prophecy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's AmericaPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1963] Lot #50 The Book of Thel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Book of ThelPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1965 Lot #51 Europe: A Prophecy View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe copy of Trianon Europe: A ProphecyPublisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] Lot #52 Europe: A Prophecy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Europe: A ProphecyPublisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] Lot #53 The Gates of Paradise View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineThe Gates of Paradise, Trianon BlakePublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1968 Lot #54 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book [with] abridged review copy View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Jerusalem with review copyPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] Lot #55 Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe Trianon edition of Blake's JerusalemPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1974] Lot #57 William Blake's Laocoön: A Last Testament. With Related Works: On Homer's Poetry and On Virgil, The Ghost of Abel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorKeynes, GeoffreyHeadlineWilliam Blake's Laocoön, Trianon PressPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1976 Lot #58 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Marriage of Heaven and HellPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1960] Lot #59 Milton: A Poem View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's MiltonPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1967] Lot #60 The Song of Los View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Song of LosPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1975] Lot #61 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blakes Songs of InnocencePublisher[Trianon Press]Date Published[1954] Lot #62 The Book of Urizen View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe Trianon edition of Blake's UrizenPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1958] Lot #63 The Book of Urizen View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's UrizenPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1958] Lot #64 Visions of the Daughters of Albion View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Daughters of AlbionPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1959] Lot #65 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Poems of GrayPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 Lot #66 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineSpecial edition signed by G. KeynesPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1971 Lot #67 Illustrations to Young's Night Thoughts Done in Water-Colour by William Blake View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)HeadlineIncludes an original engraving by BlakePublisherPrinted for the Fogg Museum by the Press at Harvard CollegeDate Published1927 Lot #68 William Blake's Designs for Edward Young's Night Thoughts: A Complete Edition View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorErdman, David V., co-ordinating editorHeadlineBlake's designs for Night ThoughtsPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1980 Lot #74 Modelles Artifices de Feu et Divers Instrumes de Guerre avec les Moyes de s'en Prevaloir: Pour Affieger, Battre, Surprendre, et Dessendre toutes Places View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBoillot, JosephHeadlineOne of earliest books on pyrotechnics, BoillotPublisherQuentin MareschalDate Published1598 Lot #76 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, 4 volumesPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell; F.C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1822 Lot #79 Some considerations touching the usefulnesse of experimental naturall philosophy, Propos’d in a familiar discourse to a friend, by way of invitation to the study of it View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Author[Boyle, Robert]HeadlineFirst printing of Boyle's Naturall PhilosophyPublisherPrinted by Hen. Hall printer to the University, for Ric. DavisDate Published1663 Lot #81 Complete Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFlorentine Edition of Robert Browning's WorksPublisherFred De Fau & CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #86 The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the General Changes Which it hath already undergone, or is to Undergo, Till the Consummation of all Things View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurnet, ThomasHeadlineBurnet's Theory of the Earth, 3rd editionPublisherPrinted by R.N. for Walter KettilbyDate Published1697 Lot #90 Tratado de las Indulgencias en General y en Particular: Compuesto en dos Tomos View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCalzada, JuanHeadlineIndulgences in New Spain, Havana 1838-40PublisherImprenta FraternalDate Published1838-1840 Lot #91 Specimens of the British Poets; with Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell's Specimens of British PoetsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 Lot #96 The Works of Thomas Carlyle View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Carlyle, Centennial Memorial EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Publishedc.1895 Lot #107 Familiaris Clericorum Liber View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Christianity)Headlinec.1540 Familiaris Clericorum, music & textPublisherVictorem de Rauanis, ac Sociorum?Date Publishedc.1540 Lot #109 M.T. Ciceronis Orationes. Interpretatione & Notis illustravit Carolus de Merouville, Societatis Jesu; jussu Christianissimi Regis ad usum Serenissimi Delphini View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCiceroHeadline4 vols Cicero orations, Delphin eds. 1684PublisherDionysium Thierry, Simonis BenardDate Published1684 Lot #117 The Botanic Garden. A Poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Author[Darwin, Erasmus]HeadlineErasmus Darwin, Botanic Garden 1791PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1791 Lot #119 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineAnonymous political tract by Daniel Defoe 1726PublisherPrinted for T. WarnerDate Published1726 Lot #125 Letters to Severall Persons of Honour View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineRosebury copy of John Donne's lettersPublisherPrinted by J. Flesher, for Richard MarriotDate Published1651 Lot #126 Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineJohn Donne's Poems, 1st edition, 1633PublisherPrinted by M[iles] F[lesher] for John MarriotDate Published1633 Lot #127 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineDore's Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1877PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1877 Lot #128 The Raven View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineGustave Doré's elephant folio ill. Poe's RavenPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #129 Three works by John Dryden [with] one attack upon him View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadline3 by John Dryden with anon attack on himDate Published1683-1695 Lot #155 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubáiyát of Khayyám, illus. by Elihu VedderPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1884 Lot #161 The Historie of the Holy Warre View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFuller, ThomasHeadlineThomas Fuller's Holy Warre, 1st ed.PublisherPrinted by Thomas Buck, one of the Printers to the UniversityDate Published1639 Lot #166 The Prophet View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 Lot #176 Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineDesigns by Mr. R. Bentley for Poems by Gray 1753PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1753 Lot #177 The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineThomas Gray's Poems, 1775 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs; And Sold by J. Dodsley..., and J. ToddDate Published1775 Lot #178 Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, Written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGreville, Fulke, Baron BrookeHeadlineSir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633PublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 Lot #190 Memoirs of Lord Denzil Holles, Baron of Isfield in Sussex, from the Year 1641, to 1648 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHolles, DenzilHeadlineMemoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, 1699PublisherPrinted for Tim. GoodwinDate Published1699 Lot #200 The Lives of the English Poets; and a Criticism on Their Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English Poets 1781PublisherPrinted for Whitestone; Williams, Colles et al.Date Published[1779-1781] Lot #203 Untrimmed proof signatures from the Kelmscott Press edition of Keats' Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof sheets of Kelmscott KeatsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #207 Opera Omnia, Seu Arcana Naturae, Ope Exactissimorum Microscopiorum Detecta... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLeeuwenhoek, Antoni vanHeadlineMicrobiology Studies of LeeuwenhoekPublisherApud Joh: Arnold: LangerakDate Published1722 Lot #212 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineThe Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel 1720PublisherPrinted by T.W. for A. Churchill, et alDate Published1720 Lot #214 Country Contentments. Or, the Husbandmans Recreations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMarkham, GervaseHeadlineG. Markham, Country Contentments, angling et alPublisherPrinted by J. Streater, for George SawbridgeDate Published1668 Lot #218 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineBaskerville Paradise Lost 1759 4toPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in LondonDate Published1759 Lot #229 Four Centuries of Fine Printing. Upwards of Six Hundred Examples of the Work of Presses Established during the Years 1500 to 1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMorison, StanleyHeadlineStanley Morison, Four Centuries of PrintingPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1924] Lot #236 An Essay on the True Principles of Executive Power in Great States View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorNecker, JacquesHeadlineJacques Necker, Executive Power, 1st English edPublisherPrinted for G.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1792 Lot #243 The Practical House Carpenter: Or, Youth's Instructor View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPain, WilliamHeadlineW. Pain, Practical House Carpenter 2nd U.S 1797PublisherPrinted by Thomas DobsonDate Published1797 Lot #251 Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPhilipott, ThomasHeadlineThomas Philipott, Kent Surveyed & Illus. 1659PublisherWilliam GodbidDate Published1659 Lot #252 Philonis Ivdæi Opera exegetica in libros Mosis, de mundi opificio, historicos & legales View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorPhilo, Judaeus AlexandrinusHeadlineWritings of Philo of Alexandria, 1613PublisherExcudebat Petrus de la RouiereDate Published1613 Lot #255 Three articles on Tides published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Physics)AuthorWallis, JohnHeadlineTides analyzed in Philosophical Transactions 1666PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate Published1666 Lot #258 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineNorth's Plutarch, 4th ed. 1612 & 1610PublisherPrinted by Richard FieldDate Published1610-1612 Lot #270 The Arraignment and Conviction of Sr Walter Rawleigh, at the Kings Bench-barre at Winchester. on the 17. of November. 1603. Before the right Honorable the Earle of Suffolke, Lord Chamberline, the Earle of Devon-shire... Coppied by Sir Tho: Overbury View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Raleigh, Sir Walter)HeadlineTrials of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1648PublisherPrinted by William Wilson, for Abel RoperDate Published1648 Lot #283 The Works of Sallust, Translated into English. With Political Discourses upon that Author. To Which is Added, a Translation of Cicero's Four Orations Against Catiline View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSallustius Crispus, CaiusHeadlineT. Gordon translation of Sallust, 1744PublisherPrinted for T. Woodward, and J. Peele; and sold by J. OsbornDate Published1744 Lot #288 Facsimile of the German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle [Buch der Chroniken] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineGerman Nuremberg Chronicle facsim. 1933PublisherF.W. Hendel VerlagDate Published1933 Lot #312 Ten engravings by Antonio Tempesta View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTempesta, AntonioHeadline10 framed engravings by Antonio TempestaDate PublishedEarly 17th century Lot #313 Enid View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Enid, illustrated by Gustave DoréPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1869 Lot #315 The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, Extracted Out of Records, Original Evidences, Leiger Books other Manuscripts, and Authentick Authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorThoroton, RobertHeadlineThoroton, Antiquities of Nottinghamshire 1677PublisherPrinted by Robert White, for Henry MortlockDate Published1677 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next