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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    (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
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    (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
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
42
  • Author
    Bell, Sir Charles
  • Headline
    Sir Charles Bell The Hand 1833
  • Publisher
    William Pickering
  • Date Published
    1833
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
54
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    (Boehme, Jacob)
  • Author
    Behmen, Jacob
  • Headline
    Works of Jacob Boehme, 1764-1781
  • Publisher
    M. Richardson; G. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1764-1781
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
85
  • Author
    Comstock, Joseph
  • Headline
    The Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$300 - $500
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
113
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    (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
131
  • Author
    Grotius, Hugo
  • Headline
    Grotius' seminal treatise on International Law
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.
  • Date Published
    1738
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
182
  • Author
    Mill, John Stuart
  • Headline
    J.S. Mill Utilitarianism, second edition
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green
  • Date Published
    1864
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$225
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
208
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    (Occult)
  • Headline
    19th century Dreams & Fortune Telling
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Booksellers
  • Date Published
    [1800s]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$437.50
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
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
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