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 1-10 of 55. Previous|123456|Next Lot #3 Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists Heading(Aesop)AuthorL'Estrange, RogerHeadlineFirst Aesop specifically for childrenPublisherR. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, et alDate Published1692 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #6 Basil Valentine His Triumphant Chariot of Antimony, with Annotations of Theodore Kirkingius M.D. with The True Book of the Learned Synesius... concerning the Philosopher's Stone Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBasilius ValentinusHeadline1st English edition of important alchemy workPublisherDorman NewmanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #10 The Government of the Tongue [bound with] The Art of Contentment [and] The Lively Oracles Author[Allestree, Richard]HeadlineThree from Richard AllestreeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe TheaterDate Published1675-1678 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #43 Bible in Czech Heading(Bible in Czech)HeadlineFirst Melantrich Bible, in Czech, 1549 IllustratedPublisher[Jiří Melantrich]Date Published1549 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #44 Annotations upon the Holy Bible Heading(Bible in English - Commentary)HeadlineBiblical commentary in English from 1696PublisherPrinted for Thomas Parkhurst, Jonathan Robinson, [et al.]Date Published1696 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #45 Complete Signature of eight Leaves from the 1540 Great Bible with text from II Kings and I Chronicles Heading(Bible in English)Headline8 leaves from the 1540 Great Bible in EnglishPublisherThomas Petyt & Robert Redman for Thomas BertheletDate Published1540 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #48 Biblia, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft, deß Alten und Neuen Testaments, wie solche von Herrn Doctor Martin Luther.... Heading(Bible in German)AuthorLuther, Martin, translatorHeadlineLuther Bible in German, 1720 Folio, woodcutsPublisherIn Verlegung Johann Andreä Enders Seel. Sohn und ErbenDate Published1720 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #50 Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive libri canonici... Latini recens ex Hebraeo facti... Heading(Bible in Latin)AuthorTremellius, Immanuel and Franciscus Junius, translatorsHeadlineOT only of 1st Latin Bible in England, 1580PublisherExcudebat Henricus Middletonus, impensis W.N.Date Published1580 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #53 Discorsi Academici [bound with] Versi Sciolti e Rimati Heading(Bodoni Printing)AuthorTorre di Rezzonicio, Carlo Cantone Gaetano, conte della [and] Dorillo DafneioHeadline2 elegant Bodoni printings bound in oneProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherStamperia RealeDate Published1772-1773 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #62 Proxeneta, seu de prudentia civili liber AuthorCardano, GirolamoHeadlinePolitical treatise by Girolamo Cardano, Elzevir imprintPublisherEx Officina ElzevirianaDate Published1627 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next