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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation AuthorAbercromby, PatrickHeadlineAbercromby's Martial Atchievements of the ScotsPublisherRobert FreebairnDate Published1711; 1715 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #10 The History of Appian of Alexandria, in Two Parts AuthorAppianus of AlexandriaHeadlineDavies translation of Appian, 1696PublisherPrinted for John AmeryDate Published1696 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #11 A New and Complete History of England, from the First Settlement of Brutus, Upwards of One Thousand Years Before Julius Caesar, to the Year 1793... AuthorAshburton, Charles AlfredHeadlineAshburton, History of England until 1793PublisherPrinted and sold by W. and J. StratfordDate Publishedc.1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #12 Sketches of Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of Its Principal Eruptions AuthorAuldjo, JohnHeadlineJohn Auldjo Sketches of Vesuvius 1832PublisherGeorge GlassDate Published1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #20 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1912-1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #22 The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott... Heading(Bayntun)AuthorPrescott, William HicklingHeadlinePrescott's works bound by Bayntun, 12 vols.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #30 The History of Spain from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Year 1809 AuthorBigland, JohnHeadlineBigland's History of Spain, 1810PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #46 Letters on the study and use of history. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, lord Viscount Bolingbroke... AuthorBolingbroke, Henry St. John, ViscountHeadlineBolingbroke's Letters on History, 1752PublisherA. MillarDate Published1752 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #48 The Town And Country Magazine - Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment. Vol. II, for the Year 1770 Heading(Boston Massacre)HeadlineBoston Massacre in the Town and Country Magazine, 1770ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. HamiltonDate Published1770 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Life of Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First Edition, early issuePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #50 Clavis Calendaria; or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar... AuthorBrady, JohnHeadlineJohn Brady's Clavis Calendaria, 1815PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1815 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #51 Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions AuthorBrand, JohnHeadlineBrand's Observations on Popular Antiquities, 1813PublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #56 The History of Scotland AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlineBuchanan's History of Scotland, 1690PublisherPrinted by E. Jones for A. ChurchilDate Published1690 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #59 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Collected in Three Volumes AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineEdmund Burke's collected WorksPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1792 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #62 C. Julii Caesaris commentaria de bello gallico; cum versione anglicana, in usum scholarum. Or, Caesar's commentaries of his war in Gaul; with an English translation, for the use of schools AuthorCaesar, JuliusHeadlineTowers' translation of Caesar's Gallic WarsPublisherPrinted for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. CollinsDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #75 An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African, Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785, with Additions Author[Clarkson, Thomas]HeadlineThomas Clarkson's influential abolitionist essayPublisherT. Cadell and J. PhillipsDate Published[1786] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #82 The History of the Kingdom of Scotland; Containing an Account of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Revolutions in Scotland Heading(Crouch, Nathaniel)AuthorBurton, Richard (pseud. of Nathaniel Crouch)HeadlineBaron Sefton of Croxteth's copyPublisherMachell StaceDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #83 The Life of Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigné, Containing a Succinct Account of the Most Remarkable Occurrences during the Civil Wars of France in the Reigns of Charles IX, Henry III, Henry IV, and the Minority of Lewis XIII Heading(D'Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa)Author[Scott, Sarah]HeadlineSarah Scott on Agrippa d'AubignéPublisherPrinted for Edward and Charles DillyDate Published1772 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #84 The History of the Civil Wars of France: Written in Italian, by H.C. Davila AuthorDavila, Arrigo CaterinoHeadlineHistory of the Civil Wars of France, 1678 trans.PublisherPrinted by T.N. for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #85 The History Of The Great Plague In London, In The Year 1665, Containing Observations And Memorials Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences, Both Public And Private, That Happened During That Dreadful period. By A Citizen Who Lived The Whole Time In London Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDefoe's history of the London PlagueProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted By H. TeapeDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #90 Historia Anglo-Scotica: or An Impartial History of All that happen'd between the Kings and Kingdoms of England and Scotland... AuthorDrake, JamesHeadlineHistoria Anglo-Scotica, 1703PublisherJohn HartleyDate Published1703 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #91 Anglo-Norman Antiquities Considered, in a Tour Through Part of Normandy AuthorDucarel, Andrew ColtéeHeadlineDucarel, Anglo-Norman Antiquities 1767PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1767 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #93 The Roman History AuthorEchard, LaurenceHeadlineEchard's Roman History in 5 volumes 1713-24PublisherR. and J. Bronwicke, et al.Date Published1713-24 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #98 Four nicely bound volumes of European history Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #105 An Essay on the History of Civil Society AuthorFerguson, AdamHeadlineAdam Ferguson on Civil Society, 1781PublisherT. Cadell, W. Creech and J. BellDate Published17824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #110 Epitome Rerum Romanarum. Cum Integris Salmasii, Freinshemii, Gravii et Selectis Aliorum Animadversionibus Recensuit, suasque Adnotationes addidit Carolus Andreas Dukerus AuthorFlorus, Lucius AnnaeusHeadlineFlorus Roman History, 1744 period vellumPublisherApud Samuelem LuchtmansDate Published1744 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #118 Encyclopedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology [with] Foreign Topography; An Encyclopedick Account AuthorFosbroke, Thomas DudleyHeadlineFosbroke's Antiquities with extra plates & SupplementPublisherJohn Nichols and SonDate Published1825; 1828 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #131 The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar. Written on a New Plan AuthorHenry, RobertHeadlineHenry's History of England, 5 volumesPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1771-1785 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #133 Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery; Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches Relative to their Original Foundation, Customs, Ceremonies, Buildings, Government, &c. &c. with a Concise History of the English Law AuthorHerbert, W.HeadlineAbout the Inns of Court and Chancery, 1804PublisherPrinted for Vernor and Hood...J. Sotrer and J. GreigDate Published1804 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #138 Sketches of the History of Man. In Two Volumes AuthorHome, Henry, Lord KamesHeadlineHome on the History of Man 1774ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. Creech...W. Strahan, and T. CadellDate Published1774 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #141 The History of England; from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688... continued to the Death of George the Second AuthorHume, David and Tobias SmollettHeadlineHume & Smollett History of England 13 volumesPublisherG. Cowie and Co., et al.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #144 An Inquiry into the Laws, Antient and Modern, Respecting Forestalling, Regrating, and Ingrossing: Together with Adjudged Cases, Copies of Original Records, and Proceedings in Parliament, Relative to those Subjects AuthorIllingworth, WilliamHeadlineIllingworth, Inquiry into Laws 1800PublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's-Inn FieldsDate Published1800 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #146 A Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain, or Scotland... AuthorInness, ThomasHeadlineInness' essay on the ancient Scots, 1719PublisherWilliam InnysDate Published1719 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #147 A Full and Authentic History of the Rebellion MDCCXLV. and MDCCVLVI... Heading(Jacobite rebellions of 1745 & 1746)HeadlineHistory of the Rebellion 1745 and 1746PublisherPrinted for W. Reeve and W. OwenDate Published[c.1755] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #148 A Distinct and Impartial History of the Conspiracies, Trials, Characters, Behavior and Dying Speeches of All Those who have Suffered On Account of the House of Stewart,... Heading(Jacobite Rebellions)Headline1747 history of the Jacobite RebellionsPublisherT. GardnerDate Published[1747] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #158 D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor. The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions, Translated into English, With Notes, by George Harris Heading(Justinian I)AuthorHarris, GeorgeHeadlineJustinian's Institutes 1761PublisherPrinted by J. Purser for M. WithersDate Published1761 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #168 The Cronicles of Scotland AuthorLindsay, RobertHeadlineLindsay's "Cronicles" of Scotland, 1814PublisherGeorge Ramsay and CompanyDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #169 The Roman History by Titus Livius; with the Entire Supplement of John Freinsheim; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Geographical and Chronological Notes AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineRoman History by Titus Livius 1744PublisherPrinted by James BettenhamDate Published1744-1745 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #178 Are These Things So? The Previous Question, from an Englishman in his Grotto, to a Great Man at Court Author[Miller, James]HeadlineAre These Things So? Miller's satire on WalpolePublisherPrinted for T. CooperDate Published1740 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #179 An History of Muhammedanism: Comprising the Life and Character of the Arabian Prophet, and a Succinct Account of the Empires Founded by the Muhammedan Arms AuthorMills, CharlesHeadlineAn History of Muhammedanism by Mills, 1818PublisherBlack, Kingsbury, Parbury, and AllenDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #181 The History of Britain, that Part especially now call'd England: from the first Traditional Beginning, Continu'd to the Norman Conquest... AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's History of Britain, 1695PublisherRi. ChiswellDate Published1695 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #199 Considérations sur les Causes de la Grandeur des Romains et de leur Décadence Author[Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat]HeadlineMontesquieu on Fall of Rome, 1755PublisherChez Siméon-Prosper HardyDate Published1755 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #209 Explication Abregée des Coutumes et Ceremonies Observées chez les Romains. Pour faciliter l'intelligence des anciens Auteurs AuthorNieupoort, M.HeadlineRoman customs and ceremonies 1741PublisherChez Jean DesaintDate Published1741 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #218 The Antiquities of Nations; More Particularly of the Celtae or Gauls, Taken to be Originally the Same People as our Ancient Britains...Englished by Mr. Jones AuthorPezron, Paul-YvesHeadlinePezron's The Antiquities of Nations 1706PublisherPrinted by R. Janeway for S. Ballard...and R. BurroughDate Published1706 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #223 The Costume of Great Britain AuthorPyne, W.H.HeadlinePyne's Costume of Great Britain 1804PublisherPrinted for William Miller...By Howlett and BrimmerDate Published1804 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #224 The Historie of the World, in Five Books AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadline1666 edition of Raleigh's Historie of the WorldPublisherRobert White, John Place, and George DawesDate Published1666 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #225 Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans: In Which Elephants and Wild Beasts were Employed or Slain. And the Remarkable Local Agreement of History with the Remains of Such Animals Found in Europe and Siberia AuthorRanking, JohnHeadlineWars and Sports of the Mongols and RomansPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1826 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #226 Acta Regia: Or, An Account of the Treaties, Letters, and Instruments Between the Monarchs of England and Foreign Powers... AuthorRapin, Paul deHeadlineDe Rapin's Acta Regia, 1726PublisherJ. DarbyDate Published1726 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #228 Michaelis Ritii Neapolitani de Regibus Francorum... Hispaniae... Hierosolymorum... Neapolis & Siciliae... Ungariae... AuthorRiccio, MicheleHeadlineMichele Riccio on medieval Mediterranean history, 1534-5PublisherIn Officina Frob./Per Hieronymun Frobenium et Nicolaum EpiscopiumDate Published1534-1535 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #244 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #245 A Generall Historie of France, written by John de Serres unto the yeare 1598. Contynued by Peter Mathew to the death of King Henry the fourth, in the yeare 1610. And again continued unto the Peace concluded before Montpellier in the yeare 1622. By Edward Grimston, Sargant at Armes AuthorSerres, Jean deHeadlineDe Serres, A Generall Historie of France 1624PublisherImprinted by G. Eld & M. FlesherDate Published1624 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #247 Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines... AuthorSharp, JamesHeadlineSharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in HusbandryPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Publishedc.1777 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #251 Polymetis: or, an Enquiry Concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists. Being an Attempt to Illustrate them Mutually from One Another AuthorSpence, JosephHeadlineSpence's Polymetis 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for R. and J. DodsleyDate Published1755 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #256 A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time, Illustrated by Engravings Taken from the Most Authentic Remains of Antiquity AuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineWith 153 plates on English dressPublisherPrinted by J. Nichols for J. Edwards, R. Edwards, B. and J. White, G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. ThaneDate Published1796-1799 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #258 The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, the First Emperors of Rome...With the Life of the Author, and Notes upon those Passages which relate to the Roman Customs AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, C.HeadlineSuetonius, Twelve Caesars 1688PublisherPrinted by Thomas HodgkinDate Published1688 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #259 An Inquiry Into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth, Most Conducive to Human Happiness: Applied to the Newly Proposed System of Voluntary Equality of Wealth AuthorThompson, WilliamHeadlinePrinciples of the Distribution of Wealth 1824PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, et al.Date Published1824 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #261 Ritratto di Roma Antica, nel quale sono figurati... AuthorTotti, PompilioHeadlinePompilio Totti on Ancient Rome, 1645PublisherFranceso MonetaDate Published[1645] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #270 The Age of Louis XIV [with] Sequel of the Age of Louis XIV AuthorVoltaire, François-Marie Arouet deHeadlineVoltaire's Age of Louis XIV in EnglishPublisherPrinted for Fielding and WalkerDate Published1779-1781 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #271 The General History and State of Europe from the times of Charlemain to Gharles V... AuthorVoltaire, Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineVoltaire's History of Europe, First English editionPublisherJ. NourseDate Published1754 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #272 The History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great AuthorVoltaire, Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineVoltaire's paean to Russia, 1763PublisherJ. Nourse & P. Vaillant; L. Davis & C. ReymersDate Published1763 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #275 An Account of the Earl of Galway's Conduct in Spain and Portugal Heading(War of the Spanish Succession)HeadlineHenri de Massue in Spain & PortugalPublisherPrinted by J. BakerDate Published1711 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #287 The Court and Reign of Francis the First... [with] Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France.... Heading(Worsfold)AuthorPardoe, JuliaHeadlineSix volumes by Pardoe, nicely bound by WorsfoldPublisherRichard Bentley and SonDate Published1886-1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next