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 Starts Ending 05/15/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 838 714 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 21-30 of 38. Previous|1234|Next Lot #177 De Successu Evangelii apud Indos Occidentales in Nova-Anglia; Epistola AuthorMathero, Crescentio [i.e. Increase Mather]HeadlineIncrease Mather on converting Native AmericansProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Wilhelmum BroedelethDate Published1699 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #199 The Life of David Marks, to the the 26th year of his age. Including the particulars of his conversion, call to the ministry, and labors in itinerant preaching for nearly eleven years Heading(Mormon)AuthorMarks, DavidHeadlineEarly anti-Mormon accountPublisherPrinted at the Office of the Morning StarDate Published1831 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #219 C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libri X AuthorPliny the YoungerHeadlineLetters of Pliny the Younger, finely boundPublisherSumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. SammellsDate Published1790 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #221 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612/1610 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #234 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #235 An Historical Description of Ancient and Modern Rome; Also of the Works of Art, Particularly in Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting... AuthorSalmon, J.HeadlineJ. Salmon the history and art of Rome 1800PublisherPrinted for the Author by S. GosnellDate Published1800 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #241 A Generall Historie of France, written by John de Serres unto the yeare 1598. Contynued by Peter Mathew to the death of King Henry the fourth, in the yeare 1610. And again continued unto the Peace concluded before Montpellier in the yeare 1622. By Edward Grimston, Sargant at Armes AuthorSerres, Jean deHeadlineDe Serres, A Generall Historie of France 1624PublisherImprinted by G. Eld & M. FlesherDate Published1624 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #243 Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines... AuthorSharp, JamesHeadlineSharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in HusbandryPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Publishedc.1777 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #245 Document recording the manumission of a slave paid for by her son Heading(Slavery)HeadlineSon frees his mother in Matanzas, Cuba, 1874Date Published1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #246 Four documents detailing the escape of over a dozen slaves in mid-19th century Spanish West Indies Heading(Slavery)HeadlineStory of many slaves escaping, 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next