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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 4th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1943 Lot #2 Vida, Y Empressas Literarias del Ingeniosissimo Caballero Don Quixote de la Manchuela. Parte Primera. (All published) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAnzarena, ChristovalHeadlineScarce Don Quixote imitation by AnzarenaPublisherDon Geronymo de CastillaDate PublishedNo date [c. 1767] Lot #3 Romanrum Historiarum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAppian of AlexandriaHeadlineAppian of Alexandria Romanrum HistoriarumPublisherJohannis Janssonii à Waesberge & Johannis à SomerenDate Published1670 Lot #8 Seven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineSeven leaves from the "Great She Bible" of 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #9 Le Nouveau Testament en Latin et en Francais, Traduit par Sacy View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in Latin and French)Author**HeadlineBible in Latin & French IllustratedPublisherDeot JeuneDate Published1793-98 Lot #13 Il Riposo. In cui della pittura, e della scultura si favella, de più illustri pittori e scultori. e le cose principali appartenenti a dette arti si insegnano. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBorghini, RaffaelloHeadlineRaffaello Borghini Il Riposo 1584PublisherGiorgio MarescottiDate Published1584 Lot #20 Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorBruce, JamesHeadlineTravels to Discover the Source of the Nile 1st edPublisherPrinted by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1790 Lot #23 The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1771PublisherRobert & Andrew FoulisDate Published1771 Lot #25 A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese Bronzes)Author**HeadlineIllustrative Catalogue of Chinese BronzesPublisherSmithsonian InstitutionDate Published1946 Lot #26 Oratio pro Q. Ligario, cum annotationibus Trapezuntij, Merulæ, Syluij, Latomi, Amerbachij, Melancthonis, & Curionis, margini adiunctis, ut singulae suis numeris respondeant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadline1572 Cicero Oratio pro Q. LigarioPublisherDionysii a PratoDate Published1572 Lot #29 The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton. Not the name of the Author Only but of the Law Itself. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCoke, EdwardoHeadlineCoke on Littleton 14th edition 1791PublisherJames MooreDate Published1791 Lot #30 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Cartaret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,750StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorHawkesworth, JohnHeadlineCook's First Voyage with all plates presentPublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1773 Lot #32 The Water Witch or the Skimmer of the Seas View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineRare Dresen 1st Edition of Cooper's Water WitchPublisherPrinted for WaltherDate Published[not later than 18 September], 1830 Lot #33 Canadensium Plantarum, aliarumque nondum editarum Historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense. View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorCornut, Jacques PhilippeHeadlineJ.P. Cornut Canadensium Plantarum 1635PublisherSimonem le MoyneDate Published1635 Lot #34 Gondibert: An Heroick Poem View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineGondibert: An Heroick Poem 1651PublisherJohn HoldenDate Published1651 Lot #37 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man First EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #42 Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestreset Fluviatiles de la France View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDraparnaud, Jacues-Philippe-RamondHeadlineHistory of the mollusques of FrancePublisherChez D. colas and Chez GabonDate Published[an XIII, i.e. 1805] Lot #54 La Sifilide Poema View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFracastoro, GirolamoHeadlineGirolamo Fracastoro La Sifilide Poema 1829PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1829 Lot #55 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500StatusUnsold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 Lot #57 A General Collection of Treatys, Declarations of War, Manifestos, and Other Publick Papers, Relating to Peace and War View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(General Collection of Treatys)Author**HeadlineA General Collection of Treatys Second EditionPublisherJ.J. and P. Knapton, et alDate Published1732 Lot #58 Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Tomus Primus (-Octavus) [Together with]: Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Fasciculus Primus (-Quarti pars Prima) View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadlineHaller's Elementa PhysiologiaePublisherMarci-Michael Bousquet / Sigismundi D'Arnay / Francisci Grasset / Julii Henrici PottDate Published1757-1778, 1782 Lot #59 Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHeath, John BenjaminHeadlineAccount of the Worshipful Company of GrocersPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1854 Lot #60 Herodotou logoi ennea, oiper epipalountai Mousai/ Herodoti Libri novem, qvibvs Mvsarvm indita svnt nomina ... Ad haec View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHerodutusHeadlineHerodutus in Greek 1557Publisherex officina HeruagianaDate Published1557 Lot #66 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineSixth Edition of Johnson's Dictionary 1785PublisherJ.F. and C. Rivington, et alDate Published1785 Lot #67 Utopia View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas MorePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #71 A physical essay on the senses... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLe Cat, [Claude Nicolas]HeadlineA physical essay on the senses... by Le CatPublisherFor R. GriffithsDate Published1750 Lot #72 Oeuvres Choisies de le Sage View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLe Sage, [Alaine René]HeadlineOeuvres Choisies de le Sage in 15 volsPublisherRue et Hotel SerpenteDate Published1783 Lot #74 Relation en Forme de Journal, du Voyage et Sejour que le Serenissime et Tres-Puissant Prince Charles II, Roy de la Grand Bretagne, &c. A fait en Hollande, depuis le 25 May, jusques au 2 Juin 1660. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorLower, WilliamHeadlineCharles II visits the Low Countries 1660PublisherAdrian VlacqDate Published1660 Lot #76 The Maternal Physician; a Treatise on the Nurture and Management of Infants, from the Birth Until Two Years Old. Being the Result of Sixteen Years' Experience in the Nursery. Illustrated By Extracts from the most approved Medical Authors. By An American Matron. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)Author"An American Matron"HeadlineThe Maternal Physician 1811PublisherIsaac RileyDate Published1811 Lot #78 Recueil de Questions, Proposées a Une Société de Savants, qui par Ordre de sa Majesté Damoise Font le Voyage de L'Arabie View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMichaelis, [Johann David]HeadlineJ.D. Michaelis Recueil de QuestionsPublisherBaaldeDate Published1774 Lot #87 Four leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmanHeadlineFour leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] Lot #88 Three leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmanHeadlineThree leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Anton Koberger]Date Published[1493] Lot #93 The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestly on Vision, Light and Color 1772PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1772 Lot #96 Aigentliche Beschreibung der Raiß, so er vor diser zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenländer, Fürnemlich Syriam, Iudaeam, Arabiam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam, Assyriam, Armeniam etc. View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorRauwolf, LeonhartHeadlineAigentliche Beschreibung der Raiß 1582Publisher[Lauingen]Date Published1582 Lot #112 Commentarii ad processum summarium et edictalem... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSchmid, Caspar vonHeadlineCommentarii ad processum summarium et edictalemPublisherJoannis HermanniDate Published1695 Lot #113 Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, & Henry VIII - Extracted from the Fourth Folio edition of Shakespeare's works View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Shakespeare, William]HeadlineFourth folio editions of the Henry playsPublisher[H. Herringman, et al]Date Published[1685] Lot #114 The Plays of William Shakespeare, In Eight Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added Notes by Sam[uel] Johnson View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSamuel Johnson Edition of Shakespeare's playsPublisherJ. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, H. Woodfall, et al.Date Published1765 Lot #125 [History of the Pelopponesian War, i.e.]: Thoukudides meta scholion palaion.../ Thucydides cum Scholiis et Antiquis... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorThucydidesHeadlineThucydides in Greek, 1540PublisherOfficina HervagianaDate Published1540 Lot #126 Epitome Delictorum, sive De magia: in qua aperta vel occulta invocatio Daemonis inter intervenit. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorTorreblanca, FranciscoHeadlineEpitome Delictorum, sive De magia 1678PublisherJoannis Antonii HuguetanDate Published1678 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next