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 1-14 of 14. Previous|1|Next 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 #7 Les Origines de L'Alchimie Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBerthelot, MarcellinHeadlineBerthelot's history of early chemistryPublisherGeorges Steinheil, EditeurDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #42 The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design AuthorBell, Sir CharlesHeadlineSir Charles Bell The Hand 1833PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #54 The Works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher...with Figures, illustrating his Principles, left by the Reverend William Law, M.A. Heading(Boehme, Jacob)AuthorBehmen, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Boehme, 1764-1781PublisherM. Richardson; G. RobinsonDate Published1764-1781 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #85 The Tongue of Time and Star of the States: A System of Human Nature, with the Phenomena of the Heavens and Earth... AuthorComstock, JosephHeadlineThe Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838Date Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 Il Comento di Marsilio Ficino Sopra il Convito di Platone. Et esso Convito. Tradotti in Lingua Toscana per Hercole Barbarasa da Terni AuthorFicino, MarsilioHeadlineMarsilio Ficino on Plato's SymposiumProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Giovanni Farri e fratelli]Date Published1544 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #113 Multum in Parvo [with] The Ceremonies of Opening and Closing Initiation, Passing and Raising Installation, &c. Heading(Freemasonry)HeadlineTwo vols of Freemason rituals w/ vellum membership certPublisherG. BradshawDate Publishedc.1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #131 The Rights of War and Peace, in three books. Wherein are explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineGrotius' seminal treatise on International LawPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.Date Published1738 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #182 Utilitarianism AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJ.S. Mill Utilitarianism, second editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and GreenDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #207 The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Physician to Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX, Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning AuthorNostradamus, Michel deHeadlineFirst English edition of Nostradamus, 1672PublisherPrinted by Thomas Ratliffe & Nathaniel Thompson, and are to be sold by John Martin, [et al.]Date Published1672 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #208 Everybodys' Dream Book, and Fortune Teller Heading(Occult)Headline19th century Dreams & Fortune TellingPublisherPrinted for the BooksellersDate Published[1800s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #240 L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera omnia, ex ult. I. Lipsii emendatione, et M. Annaei Senecae rhetoris quae exstant, ex And. Schotti recens. AuthorSeneca, Lucius Annaeus and Marcus Annaeus Seneca (The Younger and the Older)Headline12mo Seneca philosophy & Seneca the Elder 1634PublisherApud Guili. I. Blaeuw.Date Published1634 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #269 Amphitheatrum Aeternae Providentiae Divino-Magicum AuthorVanini, Guilio CesareHeadlineLucilio Vanini, Amphitheatrum AeternaeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWidow of Antoine de HarsyDate Published1615 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next