Sale 838: Rare & Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts: Selections from the Professor George Starr Collection (with additions) – Part 2 - Children's Illustration & Literature (#838) 05/15/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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    (Aesop)
  • Author
    L'Estrange, Roger
  • Headline
    First Aesop specifically for children
  • Publisher
    R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, et al
  • Date Published
    1692
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
6
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    (Alchemy)
  • Author
    Basilius Valentinus
  • Headline
    1st English edition of important alchemy work
  • Publisher
    Dorman Newman
  • Date Published
    1678
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,375
StatusSold
7
  • Heading
    (Alchemy)
  • Author
    Berthelot, Marcellin
  • Headline
    Berthelot's history of early chemistry
  • Publisher
    Georges Steinheil, Editeur
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
9
  • Author
    Allen, Thomas
  • Headline
    Extra-illustrated History of London 1827
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Cowie and Strange
  • Date Published
    1827
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
10
  • Author
    [Allestree, Richard]
  • Headline
    Three from Richard Allestree
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    The Theater
  • Date Published
    1675-1678
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
12
  • Author
    Andrijevič, Vladimir Kallistratovič (Владимир Константинович Андриевич)
  • Headline
    Siberian History in Russian by V.K. Andrievich, 1889
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    V.V. Komarova
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
13
  • Heading
    (Annual Register)
  • Headline
    Annual Registers for 1775-1779
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Dodsley
  • Date Published
    1777-1781
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
36
  • Author
    Baines, Edward
  • Headline
    Baines, Wars of the French Revolution
  • Publisher
    Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and James Harper
  • Date Published
    1817
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
38
  • Heading
    (Bayntun)
  • Headline
    Seven works on French History bound by Bayntun
  • Date Published
    1912-1914
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
41
  • Author
    Bell, Robert
  • Headline
    Bell's History of Russia in 3 volumes, 1836
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
43
  • Heading
    (Bible in Czech)
  • Headline
    First Melantrich Bible, in Czech, 1549 Illustrated
  • Publisher
    [Jiří Melantrich]
  • Date Published
    1549
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$4,375
StatusSold
44
  • Heading
    (Bible in English - Commentary)
  • Headline
    Biblical commentary in English from 1696
  • Publisher
    Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, Jonathan Robinson, [et al.]
  • Date Published
    1696
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
45
  • Heading
    (Bible in English)
  • Headline
    8 leaves from the 1540 Great Bible in English
  • Publisher
    Thomas Petyt & Robert Redman for Thomas Berthelet
  • Date Published
    1540
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
48
  • Heading
    (Bible in German)
  • Author
    Luther, Martin, translator
  • Headline
    Luther Bible in German, 1720 Folio, woodcuts
  • Publisher
    In Verlegung Johann Andreä Enders Seel. Sohn und Erben
  • Date Published
    1720
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
50
  • Heading
    (Bible in Latin)
  • Author
    Tremellius, Immanuel and Franciscus Junius, translators
  • Headline
    OT only of 1st Latin Bible in England, 1580
  • Publisher
    Excudebat Henricus Middletonus, impensis W.N.
  • Date Published
    1580
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
53
  • Heading
    (Bodoni Printing)
  • Author
    Torre di Rezzonicio, Carlo Cantone Gaetano, conte della [and] Dorillo Dafneio
  • Headline
    2 elegant Bodoni printings bound in one
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Stamperia Reale
  • Date Published
    1772-1773
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
62
  • Author
    Cardano, Girolamo
  • Headline
    Political treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprint
  • Publisher
    Ex Officina Elzeviriana
  • Date Published
    1627
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
63
  • Author
    Carpenter, Joseph
  • Headline
    Retir'd Gardener, owned by Florence Yoch
  • Provenance
    Florence Yoch, Landscape Architect
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Thonson
  • Date Published
    1717
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
73
  • Heading
    (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)
  • Author
    Fernández de Avellaneda, Alonso
  • Headline
    Don Quixote shot and killed - English ed. 1705
  • Publisher
    Printed for Jeffery Wale and John Senex
  • Date Published
    1705
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
77
  • Author
    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Headline
    Likely Shakespeare's source for Troilus & Cressida
  • Publisher
    John Kingston for John Wight
  • Date Published
    1561
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
81
  • Heading
    (Christianity)
  • Headline
    Two early 18th c. religious works
  • Date Published
    1700-1725
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
83
  • Author
    Collier, Jeremy
  • Headline
    J. Collier Essays on Moral Subjects
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    1707-1709
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
88
  • Author
    Crescenzi, Pietro de
  • Headline
    16th century agricultural treatise, P. Crescenzi
  • Publisher
    Bindoni Bernardino
  • Date Published
    1542
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
91
  • Author
    Curtius Rufus, Quintus
  • Headline
    Roman History, Elzevir printing 1625
  • Publisher
    Ex Officina Elseviriana
  • Date Published
    1625
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
92
  • Heading
    (Desargues, Gérard)
  • Author
    King, Daniel, translator
  • Headline
    17th c. work on sundials owned by Florence Yoch
  • Provenance
    Florence Yoch, Landscape Architect
  • Publisher
    Printed by Tho. Leach
  • Date Published
    1659
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
96
  • Heading
    (Domesday Book)
  • Headline
    Massive 6 volume set of the Domesday Book
  • Publisher
    Alecto Historical Editions
  • Date Published
    1989
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
97
  • Author
    Edmundson, William
  • Headline
    On the founder of Quakers in Ireland, 1715
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed by Samuel Fairbrother
  • Date Published
    1715
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
99
  • Author
    Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain
  • Headline
    Letter from the Queen Mother 1960
  • Date Published
    1970
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
100
  • Author
    Engels, Frederick
  • Headline
    Engels Classic of Communist Theory
  • Publisher
    Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (European History)
  • Headline
    Nicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-Beuve
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press
  • Date Published
    1893; 1905
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
105
  • Author
    Ficino, Marsilio
  • Headline
    Marsilio Ficino on Plato's Symposium
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    [Giovanni Farri e fratelli]
  • Date Published
    1544
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
106
  • Author
    Figaro
  • Headline
    Letters on Spain, France, and England
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author
  • Date Published
    [1785]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
109
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Walpole, Horace
  • Headline
    Anecdotes of Painting 1828
  • Publisher
    Printed at the Shakespeare Press by W. Nicol, for John Major
  • Date Published
    1828
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
117
  • Author
    Gay, John
  • Headline
    1st edition of John Gay's Beggar's Opera
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for John Watts
  • Date Published
    1728
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
122
  • Author
    Gibbon, Edward
  • Headline
    Gibbon' Decline & Fall, 1813
  • Publisher
    Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$500
StatusSold
124
  • Author
    [Goldsmith, Oliver]
  • Headline
    Bio of celebrated 18th-century fashion icon
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Newbery
  • Date Published
    [1762]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
130
  • Author
    Groe, Jan van der
  • Headline
    Holland Gardener 1669, owned by Florence Yoch
  • Provenance
    Florence Yoch, Landscape Architect
  • Publisher
    Marc Doornick
  • Date Published
    1669-1670
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
141
  • Author
    Home, Henry, Lord Kames
  • Headline
    Home on the History of Man 1779
  • Publisher
    Printed by James Williams
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
145
  • Heading
    (Incunabula)
  • Author
    Higden, Ranulf
  • Headline
    Incunable Wynkyn de Worde leaf, 1498
  • Publisher
    By me Wynken de Worde
  • Date Published
    1498
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
146
  • Heading
    (Incunabula, French)
  • Author
    Verard, Antoine, and others
  • Headline
    4 leaves from La Mer d'Hystoire, 1491 illustrated
  • Date Published
    1491
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
155
  • Author
    Jones, William
  • Headline
    Sir William Jones Reports 1675
  • Publisher
    Printed by T.R. and N.T. for Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswel
  • Date Published
    1675
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
156
  • Author
    Keill, John
  • Headline
    Keill's Introduction to Astronomy, 1721
  • Publisher
    Printed for Bernard Lintot
  • Date Published
    1721
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
171
  • Author
    Linné, Carl von [Carolus Linnaeus]
  • Headline
    Linnaeus on Taxonomy of Swedish flora 1745
  • Publisher
    Sumtu & literis Laurentii Salvii
  • Date Published
    1745
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
174
  • Author
    Mackintosh, James
  • Headline
    James Mackintosh Vindiciae Gallicae 1791
  • Publisher
    Printed for G.G. J. and J. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1791
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
176
  • Author
    Manuzio, Paolo
  • Headline
    Letters of Paulus Manutius, 1616
  • Publisher
    Sumtiubes Esaiae le Preux
  • Date Published
    1616
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
177
  • Author
    Mathero, Crescentio [i.e. Increase Mather]
  • Headline
    Increase Mather on converting Native Americans
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Apud Wilhelmum Broedeleth
  • Date Published
    1699
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
184
  • Author
    Milton, John
  • Headline
    Milton's poems, illustrated 1695-1715
  • Publisher
    Jacob Tonson/John Whitlock
  • Date Published
    1695-1715
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
199
  • Heading
    (Mormon)
  • Author
    Marks, David
  • Headline
    Early anti-Mormon account
  • Publisher
    Printed at the Office of the Morning Star
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
207
  • Author
    Nostradamus, Michel de
  • Headline
    First English edition of Nostradamus, 1672
  • Publisher
    Printed by Thomas Ratliffe & Nathaniel Thompson, and are to be sold by John Martin, [et al.]
  • Date Published
    1672
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
209
  • Author
    Ovid
  • Headline
    1st English Ovid illustrated by Bernard Picart
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Wetsteins and Smith
  • Date Published
    1732
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
211
  • Author
    Palladio, Andrea
  • Headline
    Andrea Palladio's Architecture, Florence Yoch's copy
  • Provenance
    Florence Yoch, Landscape Architect
  • Publisher
    Printed for A. Bettesworth, et al.
  • Date Published
    1733
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
215
  • Heading
    (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society)
  • Headline
    8 issues from 1st year of Philosophical Transactions
  • Date Published
    1665-1667
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
218
  • Heading
    (Plato)
  • Author
    Taylor, Thomas, translator
  • Headline
    Thomas Taylor's translation of Plato, 1793
  • Publisher
    Printed for Benjamin and John White
  • Date Published
    1793
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
219
  • Author
    Pliny the Younger
  • Headline
    Letters of Pliny the Younger, finely bound
  • Publisher
    Sumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. Sammells
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
220
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    Folio Plutarch's Lives in French, 1635
  • Publisher
    De l'Imprimerie de Iacob Stoer
  • Date Published
    1635
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
221
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    A lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12
  • Publisher
    Richard Field
  • Date Published
    1612/1610
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
223
  • Author
    Radau, Michael, Georg Beckher, and Marcus Zuerius Van Boxhorn
  • Headline
    Seventeenth-century Latin elocution & oratory
  • Publisher
    Sumptu Michaelis Guntheri
  • Date Published
    1687
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
224
  • Author
    Réstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas Edme
  • Headline
    La Dernière Avanture, First Edition
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Chés Regnault
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
233
  • Author
    Rusconi, Giovanni Antonio
  • Headline
    Florence Yoch's copy of 1660 architectural work
  • Provenance
    Florence Yoch, Landscape Architect
  • Publisher
    Francesco Valvasense/Appresso il Nicolini
  • Date Published
    1660
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
234
  • Author
    Saint-Beuve, C.A.
  • Headline
    Portraits of the 18th century, nicely bound
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
235
  • Author
    Salmon, J.
  • Headline
    J. Salmon the history and art of Rome 1800
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author by S. Gosnell
  • Date Published
    1800
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
237
  • Heading
    (Sammelband)
  • Headline
    3 Renaissance Latin texts from 1581
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Date Published
    1581
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
240
  • Author
    Seneca, Lucius Annaeus and Marcus Annaeus Seneca (The Younger and the Older)
  • Headline
    12mo Seneca philosophy & Seneca the Elder 1634
  • Publisher
    Apud Guili. I. Blaeuw.
  • Date Published
    1634
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
243
  • Author
    Sharp, James
  • Headline
    Sharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author
  • Date Published
    c.1777
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
244
  • Author
    [Skene, John]
  • Headline
    Skene's Regiam Maiestatem, 1613
  • Publisher
    Apud Ioannem Billium
  • Date Published
    1613
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
245
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    Son frees his mother in Matanzas, Cuba, 1874
  • Date Published
    1874
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
246
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    Story of many slaves escaping, 1852
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
247
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    Orders to capture fugitive slaves in Cuba 1849
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
248
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    Manumission of 20 y/o woman, Cuba, 1872
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
249
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    Passport for four slaves, likely mother & children
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
253
  • Author
    Southall, James C.
  • Headline
    Classic archaeological work 1875
  • Publisher
    J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
255
  • Author
    Spenser, Edmund
  • Headline
    Nice collected set of Spenser's works
  • Publisher
    F.C. and J. Rivington, et al.
  • Date Published
    1805
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
261
  • Author
    Sully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de
  • Headline
    Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune Duke of Sully
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, et. al.
  • Date Published
    1778
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
262
  • Heading
    (Swift, Jonathan)
  • Headline
    1711 paper edited by Jonathan Swift
  • Publisher
    John Morphew and A. Dodd
  • Date Published
    1712; 1714
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
266
  • Author
    Totti, Pompilio
  • Headline
    Pompilio Totti on Ancient Rome, 1645
  • Publisher
    Franceso Moneta
  • Date Published
    [1645]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
269
  • Author
    Vanini, Guilio Cesare
  • Headline
    Lucilio Vanini, Amphitheatrum Aeternae
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Widow of Antoine de Harsy
  • Date Published
    1615
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
271
  • Heading
    (Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)
  • Author
    Grey, Charles
  • Headline
    Signed and inscribed by Queen Victoria
  • Publisher
    Smith, Elder and Co.
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
272
  • Author
    Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène
  • Headline
    French guide on drawing 1879
  • Publisher
    J. Hetzel & Cie
  • Date Published
    [1879]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
275
  • Author
    Wingate, Edmond
  • Headline
    Edmund Wingate on 214 legal maxims, 1658
  • Publisher
    Printed by R. and W.L. for W. Lee, A. Crook, D. Pakeman, H. Twiford, G. Bedell, T. Dring, J. Place
  • Date Published
    1658
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
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