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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBasilius ValentinusHeadline1st English edition of important alchemy workPublisherDorman NewmanDate Published1678 Lot #7 Les Origines de L'Alchimie View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBerthelot, MarcellinHeadlineBerthelot's history of early chemistryPublisherGeorges Steinheil, EditeurDate Published1885 Lot #10 The Government of the Tongue [bound with] The Art of Contentment [and] The Lively Oracles View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Allestree, Richard]HeadlineThree from Richard AllestreeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe TheaterDate Published1675-1678 Lot #42 The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBell, Sir CharlesHeadlineSir Charles Bell The Hand 1833PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 Lot #54 The Works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher...with Figures, illustrating his Principles, left by the Reverend William Law, M.A. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Boehme, Jacob)AuthorBehmen, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Boehme, 1764-1781PublisherM. Richardson; G. RobinsonDate Published1764-1781 Lot #85 The Tongue of Time and Star of the States: A System of Human Nature, with the Phenomena of the Heavens and Earth... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorComstock, JosephHeadlineThe Tongue of Time and Star of the States 1838Date Published1838 Lot #105 Il Comento di Marsilio Ficino Sopra il Convito di Platone. Et esso Convito. Tradotti in Lingua Toscana per Hercole Barbarasa da Terni View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFicino, MarsilioHeadlineMarsilio Ficino on Plato's SymposiumProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisher[Giovanni Farri e fratelli]Date Published1544 Lot #113 Multum in Parvo [with] The Ceremonies of Opening and Closing Initiation, Passing and Raising Installation, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Freemasonry)HeadlineTwo vols of Freemason rituals w/ vellum membership certPublisherG. BradshawDate Publishedc.1847 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineGrotius' seminal treatise on International LawPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.Date Published1738 Lot #182 Utilitarianism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorMill, John StuartHeadlineJ.S. Mill Utilitarianism, second editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and GreenDate Published1864 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 Lot #208 Everybodys' Dream Book, and Fortune Teller View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Occult)Headline19th century Dreams & Fortune TellingPublisherPrinted for the BooksellersDate Published[1800s] Lot #240 L. Annaei Senecae philosophi Opera omnia, ex ult. I. Lipsii emendatione, et M. Annaei Senecae rhetoris quae exstant, ex And. Schotti recens. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSeneca, Lucius Annaeus and Marcus Annaeus Seneca (The Younger and the Older)Headline12mo Seneca philosophy & Seneca the Elder 1634PublisherApud Guili. I. Blaeuw.Date Published1634 Lot #269 Amphitheatrum Aeternae Providentiae Divino-Magicum View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorVanini, Guilio CesareHeadlineLucilio Vanini, Amphitheatrum AeternaeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWidow of Antoine de HarsyDate Published1615 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next