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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 The Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAbercromby, PatrickHeadlineAbercromby's Martial Atchievements of the ScotsPublisherRobert FreebairnDate Published1711; 1715 Lot #10 The History of Appian of Alexandria, in Two Parts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAppianus of AlexandriaHeadlineDavies translation of Appian, 1696PublisherPrinted for John AmeryDate Published1696 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorAshburton, Charles AlfredHeadlineAshburton, History of England until 1793PublisherPrinted and sold by W. and J. StratfordDate Publishedc.1793 Lot #12 Sketches of Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of Its Principal Eruptions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAuldjo, JohnHeadlineJohn Auldjo Sketches of Vesuvius 1832PublisherGeorge GlassDate Published1832 Lot #13 Emma View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineEmma by Jane Austen, first edition 1816ProvenanceSir Andrew N. Agnew of LochnawPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #14 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1st Bentley ed. 1833PublisherRichard Bentley; Bell and Bradfute; Cumming; GalgnaniDate Published1833 Lot #18 Schiller's Works Illustrated by the Great German Artists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Barrie)AuthorFischer, J.G., editorHeadlineWorks of Schiller, printed and bound by BarriePublisherGeorge Barrie, PublisherDate Published1883 Lot #20 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1912-1914 Lot #22 The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorPrescott, William HicklingHeadlinePrescott's works bound by Bayntun, 12 vols.PublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate PublishedNo date Lot #30 The History of Spain from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Year 1809 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBigland, JohnHeadlineBigland's History of Spain, 1810PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1810 Lot #32 The Grave, a Poem View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake engravings for Blair's Grave 1808PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley... for the Proprietor, R.H. CromekDate Published1808 Lot #46 Letters on the study and use of history. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, lord Viscount Bolingbroke... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBolingbroke, Henry St. John, ViscountHeadlineBolingbroke's Letters on History, 1752PublisherA. MillarDate Published1752 Lot #48 The Town And Country Magazine - Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment. Vol. II, for the Year 1770 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Boston Massacre)HeadlineBoston Massacre in the Town and Country Magazine, 1770ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for A. HamiltonDate Published1770 Lot #49 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, First Edition, early issuePublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 Lot #50 Clavis Calendaria; or, A Compendious Analysis of the Calendar... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBrady, JohnHeadlineJohn Brady's Clavis Calendaria, 1815PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1815 Lot #51 Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBrand, JohnHeadlineBrand's Observations on Popular Antiquities, 1813PublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1813 Lot #52 The Works of George Eliot View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brentano's)AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Works, bound by Brentano'sPublisherThe Jefferson PressDate Publishedn.d. Lot #53 The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrooke, HenryHeadlineThe Fool of Quality - 4 vols. 1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published1809 Lot #56 The History of Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlineBuchanan's History of Scotland, 1690PublisherPrinted by E. Jones for A. ChurchilDate Published1690 Lot #57 Georgii Buchanani Scoti, Poetarum sui seculi facile Principis, Opera Omnia, ad optimorum Codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBuchanan, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of Scot Poet George Buchanan 1715PublisherRobert FreebairnDate Published1715 Lot #59 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke Collected in Three Volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineEdmund Burke's collected WorksPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1792 Lot #61 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [with] Supplemental Nights View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadline1001 Nights De Luxe, nicely bound w/ supplementsPublisherThe Burton ClubDate Publishedc.1900-1903 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCaesar, JuliusHeadlineTowers' translation of Caesar's Gallic WarsPublisherPrinted for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. CollinsDate Published1768 Lot #65 Illustrations to Don Quixote. Designed by Henry Alken. Engraved by John Zeitter. And Dedicated to the Memory of Cervantes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorAlken, Henry ThomasHeadlineEtchings by Alken for Don QuixotePublisherS.H. Hawkings, printerDate Published1831 Lot #66 A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorFernández de Avellaneda, AlonsoHeadlineContinuation of Don Quixote in English 1705PublisherPrinted for Jeffery Wale and John SenexDate Published1705 Lot #67 El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineBrussels edition of Don Quixote 1607PublisherPor Roger VelpiusDate Published1607 Lot #69 Instructive Novels View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineCervantes Instructive Novels, trans. T. SheltonPublisherPrinted by Robert UrieDate Published1750 Lot #70 Le Luminose Geste di Don Chisciotte desegnate ed incise da Francesco Novelli in XXXIII Tavole con Spiegazioni View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadline33 plates illustrating Don Quixote, 1819PublisherTipografia di AlvisopoliDate Published1819 Lot #71 The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote, small edition 1828, 4 vols.PublisherJ. & B. WilliamsDate Published1828 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Author[Clarkson, Thomas]HeadlineThomas Clarkson's influential abolitionist essayPublisherT. Cadell and J. PhillipsDate Published[1786] Lot #82 The History of the Kingdom of Scotland; Containing an Account of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Revolutions in Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Crouch, Nathaniel)AuthorBurton, Richard (pseud. of Nathaniel Crouch)HeadlineBaron Sefton of Croxteth's copyPublisherMachell StaceDate Published1813 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(D'Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa)Author[Scott, Sarah]HeadlineSarah Scott on Agrippa d'AubignéPublisherPrinted for Edward and Charles DillyDate Published1772 Lot #84 The History of the Civil Wars of France: Written in Italian, by H.C. Davila View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDavila, Arrigo CaterinoHeadlineHistory of the Civil Wars of France, 1678 trans.PublisherPrinted by T.N. for Henry HerringmanDate Published1678 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDefoe's history of the London PlagueProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted By H. TeapeDate Published1819 Lot #87 Sketches and Reminiscences, Principally of Paris View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDoran, J.HeadlineInscribed by the authorPublisherS. MaunderDate Published1828 Lot #88 Paradise Lost View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost illustrated by DoréProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[c.1890] Lot #90 Historia Anglo-Scotica: or An Impartial History of All that happen'd between the Kings and Kingdoms of England and Scotland... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDrake, JamesHeadlineHistoria Anglo-Scotica, 1703PublisherJohn HartleyDate Published1703 Lot #91 Anglo-Norman Antiquities Considered, in a Tour Through Part of Normandy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDucarel, Andrew ColtéeHeadlineDucarel, Anglo-Norman Antiquities 1767PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1767 Lot #93 The Roman History View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorEchard, LaurenceHeadlineEchard's Roman History in 5 volumes 1713-24PublisherR. and J. Bronwicke, et al.Date Published1713-24 Lot #95 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Silas Marner, 1st ed. unopened near fineProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1861 Lot #98 Four nicely bound volumes of European history View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 Lot #105 An Essay on the History of Civil Society View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFerguson, AdamHeadlineAdam Ferguson on Civil Society, 1781PublisherT. Cadell, W. Creech and J. BellDate Published17824 Lot #108 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the Life of the Author. In Eight Volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineWorks of Henry Fielding 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1762 Lot #110 Epitome Rerum Romanarum. Cum Integris Salmasii, Freinshemii, Gravii et Selectis Aliorum Animadversionibus Recensuit, suasque Adnotationes addidit Carolus Andreas Dukerus View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFlorus, Lucius AnnaeusHeadlineFlorus Roman History, 1744 period vellumPublisherApud Samuelem LuchtmansDate Published1744 Lot #117 The Gentle Shepherd, A Pastoral Comedy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorRamsay, AllanHeadlineThe Gentle Shepherd w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted by J. Ballantyne and Co.Date Published1807 Lot #118 Encyclopedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology [with] Foreign Topography; An Encyclopedick Account View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorFosbroke, Thomas DudleyHeadlineFosbroke's Antiquities with extra plates & SupplementPublisherJohn Nichols and SonDate Published1825; 1828 Lot #124 Sapho View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Gorguet, Auguste-François, illustrator)AuthorDaudet, AlphonseHeadlineDaudet's Sapho, 1/12, plates in multiple statesPublisherArmand MagnierDate Published1897 Lot #126 The Writings of Bret Harte View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadline14 volumes, Writings of Bret Harte, signedPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896] Lot #131 The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar. Written on a New Plan View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHenry, RobertHeadlineHenry's History of England, 5 volumesPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1771-1785 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHerbert, W.HeadlineAbout the Inns of Court and Chancery, 1804PublisherPrinted for Vernor and Hood...J. Sotrer and J. GreigDate Published1804 Lot #135 The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd. With an Autobiography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHogg, JamesHeadlinePoetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd 1860ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherBlackie & Sons LimitedDate Published[c.1860] Lot #138 Sketches of the History of Man. In Two Volumes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHome, Henry, Lord KamesHeadlineHome on the History of Man 1774ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for W. Creech...W. Strahan, and T. CadellDate Published1774 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHume, David and Tobias SmollettHeadlineHume & Smollett History of England 13 volumesPublisherG. Cowie and Co., et al.Date Published1825 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorIllingworth, WilliamHeadlineIllingworth, Inquiry into Laws 1800PublisherPrinted by Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's-Inn FieldsDate Published1800 Lot #146 A Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain, or Scotland... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorInness, ThomasHeadlineInness' essay on the ancient Scots, 1719PublisherWilliam InnysDate Published1719 Lot #147 A Full and Authentic History of the Rebellion MDCCXLV. and MDCCVLVI... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Jacobite rebellions of 1745 & 1746)HeadlineHistory of the Rebellion 1745 and 1746PublisherPrinted for W. Reeve and W. OwenDate Published[c.1755] 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,... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Jacobite Rebellions)Headline1747 history of the Jacobite RebellionsPublisherT. GardnerDate Published[1747] Lot #153 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineWorks of Samuel Johnson 1825, nine vols.PublisherWilliam Pickering; Talboys and WheelerDate Published[1825] Lot #155 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineJohnson's Tour of the HebridesPublisherA. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #158 D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor. The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions, Translated into English, With Notes, by George Harris View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Justinian I)AuthorHarris, GeorgeHeadlineJustinian's Institutes 1761PublisherPrinted by J. Purser for M. WithersDate Published1761 Lot #161 The Death of Socrates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Lamartine, Alphonse de)AuthorCope, HarriettHeadlineDeath of Socrates translated by CopePublisherPrinted and sold for the translatorDate Published1828 Lot #163 Sons and Lovers View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Sons and LoversProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1913 Lot #165 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation by the author of Roderick Random. Adorned with Thirty-three Cuts, neatly engraved View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLe Sage, Alain ReneHeadlineAdventures of Gil Blas 2nd edition 1761 illus.PublisherPrinted for J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1761 Lot #167 Le Moine, Traduit de l'Anglais View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Lewis, Matthew Gregory)HeadlineThe Monk w/ engraved frontispieces, 1797ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChez MaradanDate Published1797 Lot #168 The Cronicles of Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLindsay, RobertHeadlineLindsay's "Cronicles" of Scotland, 1814PublisherGeorge Ramsay and CompanyDate Published1814 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineRoman History by Titus Livius 1744PublisherPrinted by James BettenhamDate Published1744-1745 Lot #172 Scorn of Women: In Three Acts View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Scorn of Women First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #178 Are These Things So? The Previous Question, from an Englishman in his Grotto, to a Great Man at Court View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Miller, James]HeadlineAre These Things So? Miller's satire on WalpolePublisherPrinted for T. CooperDate Published1740 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMills, CharlesHeadlineAn History of Muhammedanism by Mills, 1818PublisherBlack, Kingsbury, Parbury, and AllenDate Published1818 Lot #180 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost Second Edition 1674PublisherS. SimmonsDate Published1674 Lot #181 The History of Britain, that Part especially now call'd England: from the first Traditional Beginning, Continu'd to the Norman Conquest... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's History of Britain, 1695PublisherRi. ChiswellDate Published1695 Lot #199 Considérations sur les Causes de la Grandeur des Romains et de leur Décadence View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Author[Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat]HeadlineMontesquieu on Fall of Rome, 1755PublisherChez Siméon-Prosper HardyDate Published1755 Lot #209 Explication Abregée des Coutumes et Ceremonies Observées chez les Romains. Pour faciliter l'intelligence des anciens Auteurs View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorNieupoort, M.HeadlineRoman customs and ceremonies 1741PublisherChez Jean DesaintDate Published1741 Lot #210 Select Icelandic Poetry, translated from the originals; with notes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Norse Saga)AuthorHerbert, Willian, translatorHeadlineHerbert's translation of Norse sagaPublisherPrinted for T. Reynolds... by I. GoldDate Published1804-1806 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPezron, Paul-YvesHeadlinePezron's The Antiquities of Nations 1706PublisherPrinted by R. Janeway for S. Ballard...and R. BurroughDate Published1706 Lot #223 The Costume of Great Britain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPyne, W.H.HeadlinePyne's Costume of Great Britain 1804PublisherPrinted for William Miller...By Howlett and BrimmerDate Published1804 Lot #224 The Historie of the World, in Five Books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadline1666 edition of Raleigh's Historie of the WorldPublisherRobert White, John Place, and George DawesDate Published1666 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRanking, JohnHeadlineWars and Sports of the Mongols and RomansPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1826 Lot #226 Acta Regia: Or, An Account of the Treaties, Letters, and Instruments Between the Monarchs of England and Foreign Powers... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRapin, Paul deHeadlineDe Rapin's Acta Regia, 1726PublisherJ. DarbyDate Published1726 Lot #227 La Dernière Avanture D'Un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans; Nouvelle Utile à plus d'un Lecteur View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRéstif de la Bretonne, Nicolas EdmeHeadlineLa Dernière Avanture, First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherChés RegnaultDate Published1783 Lot #228 Michaelis Ritii Neapolitani de Regibus Francorum... Hispaniae... Hierosolymorum... Neapolis & Siciliae... Ungariae... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRiccio, MicheleHeadlineMichele Riccio on medieval Mediterranean history, 1534-5PublisherIn Officina Frob./Per Hieronymun Frobenium et Nicolaum EpiscopiumDate Published1534-1535 Lot #229 The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Author[Richardson, Samuel]HeadlineSir Charles Grandison 1st EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for S. RichardsonDate Published1754 Lot #231 The Complete Writings of Robert Burns View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Riverside Press)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineRobert Burns Works, bound by the Riverside PressPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1926 Lot #233 Coaching Days and Coaching Ways View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorTristram, Outram W.HeadlineUnusual embossed binding by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 Lot #234 Rookwood: A Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Riviere and Son)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineFinely bound by Riviere and Son, w/ Cruikshank illus.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1836 Lot #242 Poetical Sketches of Scarborough Illustrated by Twenty-one Engravings of Humourous Subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineRowlandson's Scarborough, with 21 color platesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1813 Lot #244 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSerres, Jean deHeadlineDe Serres, A Generall Historie of France 1624PublisherImprinted by G. Eld & M. FlesherDate Published1624 Lot #247 Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, JamesHeadlineSharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in HusbandryPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Publishedc.1777 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSpence, JosephHeadlineSpence's Polymetis 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for R. and J. DodsleyDate Published1755 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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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. 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