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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  • Heading
    (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
  • Heading
    (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
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
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
16
  • Author
    Arrowsmith, Aaron
  • Headline
    Arrowsmith's large map of America 1804
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    A. Arrowsmith
  • Date Published
    1804
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Bachman's Swamp-Warbler, Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
21
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Buff-breasted Mergenter-Goosander, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
22
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Cerulean Wood-Warbler, Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$225
StatusSold
23
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Columbia Magpie or Jay, Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
24
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Common American Partridge, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
25
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Common Cardinal Grosbeak, Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
26
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Crested Purple Finch, Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
27
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Eider Duck, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
28
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Golden Eye Duck, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
29
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Great White Heron Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
30
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Red-breasted Merganser, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
31
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Reddish Egret, Audubon, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
32
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Sandwich Tern, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
33
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    Shoveller Duck, hand-colored
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    1840-44
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
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
46
  • Heading
    (Bible in English)
  • Headline
    Boston New Testament w/ U.S.A. Great Seal, 1794
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    By Alexander Young and Thomas Minns, for B. Larkin, J. White, Thomas and Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, W.P. Blake, and J. West
  • Date Published
    1794
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$6,250
StatusSold
47
  • Heading
    (Bible in French)
  • Author
    [Lemaistre de Sacy, Louis-Isaac]
  • Headline
    De Sacy's Acts in Jansenist binding, 1700
  • Publisher
    Guillaume Desprez
  • Date Published
    1700
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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
60
  • Author
    Burnet, Thomas
  • Headline
    Burnet's Theory of the Earth, 1st ed. in English
  • Publisher
    Printed by R. Norton for Walter Kettilby
  • Date Published
    1684
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
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
64
  • Heading
    (Carrier's Address)
  • Headline
    Carrier's Address celebrating the Capitol
  • Publisher
    [Public Ledger]
  • Date Published
    [1857]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
67
  • Heading
    (Catholicism - Last Rites)
  • Headline
    Rules and Instructions for the Viaticum
  • Publisher
    Nella Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apost.
  • Date Published
    1758
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
68
  • Heading
    (Catholicism)
  • Headline
    18th century liturgical manual, finely bound
  • Publisher
    Joachim Ibarra
  • Date Published
    1765
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
69
  • Heading
    (Cecil & Larkins, Bookbinders)
  • Headline
    The Orthodox Communicant bound by Cecil & Larkins
  • Publisher
    J. Sturt
  • Date Published
    1721
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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
79
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    First English journal pub. in Sichuan, 1922-37
  • Publisher
    Canadian Methodist Mission Press
  • Date Published
    1922-1945
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,500
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
87
  • Heading
    (Coxe, Tench)
  • Author
    Phocion [pseud. of Tench Coxe]
  • Headline
    Federalist by Phocion/Tench Coxe, pt.1 1796
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Re-published from the Gazette of the United States, by Mathew Carey
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
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
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
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
103
  • Author
    Fabricius, Johann Albert
  • Headline
    Fabricius, Latin Library, Padua 1754
  • Publisher
    Apud Joannem Manfre
  • Date Published
    1754
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
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
112
  • Author
    Franklin, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin 1806
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Johnson...and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Rome
  • Date Published
    1806
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
113
  • Heading
    (Freemasonry)
  • Headline
    Two vols of Freemason rituals w/ vellum membership cert
  • Publisher
    G. Bradshaw
  • Date Published
    c.1847
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
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
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
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
150
  • Author
    Irving, Washington
  • Headline
    Irving's Astoria with map
  • Publisher
    Carey, Lea & Blanchard
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
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
160
  • Author
    Knapp, Samuel L.
  • Headline
    Samuel Lorenzo Knapp on the 4th of July
  • Publisher
    From the Press of Ephraim W. Allen
  • Date Published
    1810
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
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
200
  • Heading
    (Mormon)
  • Author
    [Ward, Maria]
  • Headline
    Anti-Mormon polygamy account in Hungarian, 1858
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Geibel Ármin bizománya
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
203
  • Author
    Mott, Abigail, compiler
  • Headline
    Mott's Quaker celebration of lives of Persons of Colour
  • Publisher
    W. Alexander & Son
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$2,125
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
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
236
  • Heading
    (Sammelband)
  • Author
    Bromley, Thomas, Thomas Hartley, and Anthony Benezet
  • Headline
    3 Germantown imprints, 1759-60
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Christopher Sower
  • Date Published
    1759-1760
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$875
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
244
  • Author
    [Skene, John]
  • Headline
    Skene's Regiam Maiestatem, 1613
  • Publisher
    Apud Ioannem Billium
  • Date Published
    1613
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
254
  • Heading
    (Spanish-American War)
  • Headline
    William McKinley-era expansionist propaganda
  • Publisher
    George M. Hill Company
  • Date Published
    [c. 1899-1901]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$812.50
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
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
277
  • Author
    Xántus, János
  • Headline
    Hungarian travels with plate of Los Angeles 1858
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Lauffer és Stolp
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
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