Sale 861: Rare and Antiquarian Books - History of Science - Fashions & Fashionings (#861) 04/16/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/16/2026 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 861 768 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 1-43 of 43. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Alciphron's Epistles; In Which are Described, The Domestic Manners, The Courtesans, and Parasites of Greece. Now First Translated from the Greek. AuthorAlciphronHeadlineAlciphron, 1st ed. in English, 1791PublisherPrinted for G.G.J. and J. Robinson; Leigh and Sotheby; and R. FaulderDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Il Prencipe di Nicolò Machiavelli, al Magnifico Lorenzo di Pietro de Medici. La Vita di Castvc'cio... Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineThe Prince by Machiavelli, 1540 Aldine EditionPublisher[Sons of Aldo]Date Published[1540] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$46,875StatusSold Lot #9 Sylvarum libri V. Achilleidos libri XII. Thebaidos libri II. Orthographia et flexus dictionum graecarum omnium apud Statium Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorStatius, Publius PapiniuHeadlineStatius' writings, Aldine Press in moroccoPublisherAldusDate Published1519 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #11 Egypt Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHerodotusHeadlineAllen Press, Herodotus on EgyptPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #15 Rome et Ses Pontifes: Histoire, Traditions, Monuments AuthorArtaud de Montor, ChevalierHeadlineFine Binding Roman Papal HistoryProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlfred Mame et FilsDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #16 Bacon's Essays: Sydney Edition Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineFrom the library of Charles Harold St. John HornbyPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #38 The Writings of John Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs, Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1904-1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #40 L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche: Traduction de Filleau de Saint-Martin Revue et Corrigée par Francis Guillot Heading(Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de)AuthorCervantès, Michel deHeadlineGuillot edition of Don Quixote, handsomely boundPublisherChez Francis GuillotDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #65 Opera. Cum Delectu Commentariorum AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero's works, 9 vol. set, 1740sPublisherJ.B. CoignardDate Published1740-1742 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #68 Scriptores Latini Principes [with] Poetarum Græcorum Sylloge Heading(Classical Literature)AuthorAmar, Jon. Aug.; Boissonade, Jo. Fr., editorsHeadlineThe Latin and Greek Classics printed by DidotDate Published[1823-1831] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #71 Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford...[with] Cobbett's England: A Selection from the Writings of William Cobbett AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett, w/ Rural Rides Riviere boundPublisherReeves and Turner; The Folio SocietyDate Published1893; 1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #78 The Life of Charles Dickens Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorForster, JohnHeadlineLife of Dickens, extra-illustrated + album of 100 letters from ForsterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872-1874 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Dickens finely bound by Macdonald in 30 volumesPublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 A Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Upon Original Plans Designed to Give, in Complete and Accurate Statement, in the Light of the Most Recent Advances in Knowledge, and in the Readiest Form for Popular Use, the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of All the Words and the Meaning of Idiomatic Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-Speaking Peoples. Heading(Dictionaries)AuthorFunk, Isaac,HeadlineFunk's Standard Dictionary of the English LanguageProvenanceHenry H. MeyersPublisherFunk & Wagnalls CompanyDate Published1895-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #104 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A reading & study Heading(Granary Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, signed by Barbara Fahrner and Philip GalloPublisherGranary Press1Date Published1993 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #114 The Iliad of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope AuthorHomerHeadlineLEC Iliad in Pope's translationPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #122 Anitii Manlii Severini Boethi, Inter Latinos Aristotelis Interpretes et Aetate Primi et Doctrina Praecipvi, Dialectica... Heading(Johann Gryphius)AuthorBoethiusHeadlineBoethius, 1585 Gryphius VenicePublisherApud Ioannem GryphiumDate Published1585 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #128 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Johnson bound by RivierePublisherTalboys and WheelerDate Published1825 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #132 Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Depuis son Establissement jusqu'à présent Heading(L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres)HeadlineHistoire de L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Depuis son Establissement jusqu'à présentPublisherL'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1736- View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #134 T. Livii Patavini Historiarum Libri Qui Supersunt, Ex Editione G.A. Ruperti Cum Supplementis Notis Et Interpretations in Usum Delphini Variis Lectionibus Notis Variorum Recensu Editionum et Codicum... AuthorLivius, TitusHeadlineA nicely bound set of Livy's HistoriesPublisherA.J. Valpy, A.M.Date Published1828 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #142 Scriptores erotici Graeci AuthorMitscherlich, Christ. Guil., editorHeadlineNicely bound erotic Greek worksPublisherEx Typographia SocietatisDate Published1792 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #143 Album du Jeune Voyageur AuthorMöring, MichelHeadlineWith hand-colored lithograph cover after LassalleProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherAlphonse DesessertsDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #152 The One Primeval Language traced experimentally through ancient inscriptions in alphabetic characters of lost powers from the four continents... Heading(Palaeography)AuthorForster, CharlesHeadlineIn search of the Primeval LanguagePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1852-1854 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #153 The Works of William Paley AuthorPaley, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of William Paley 7 volumesPublisherPrinted for J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1814-1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #160 The Epistles of Phalaris. Translated from the Greek. To which are added, Some Select Epistles of the most eminent Greek Writers. AuthorPhalarisHeadlineEpistles of Phalaris, 1749PublisherPrinted for R. FrancklinDate Published1749 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #168 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineLimited Large Paper Library Edition of PoePublisherGeorge Barrie & SonDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #173 Four Stories AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineAllen Press, Pushkin, Four Stories, 1/145 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #179 The History of Reynard the Foxe Heading(Reynard the Fox - Kelmscott Press)AuthorCaxton, WilliamHeadlineHistory of Reynard the Foxe, KelmscottPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1892] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #192 König Wilhelm von Württemberg in seinen ländlichen Beschäftigungen. Mit Illustrationen in Farblithographie und Holzschnitt nach Julius Schnorr und dem Tiermaler Anton Braith, unter technischer und künstlerischer Leitung des Ersteren AuthorSchmidt, Friedrich vonHeadlineKing Wilhelm von Württemberg in Rural PursuitsProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherEbner und SeubertDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #196 Tea Types: An Opera AuthorShire, PeterHeadlinePeter Shire, Tea Types 1/195PublisherTea Garden PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #205 The Philosophy of Spinoza: Unfolding the Latent Processes of his Reasoning Heading(Spinoza, Baruch)AuthorWolfson, Harry AustrynHeadlineWolfson's Philosophy of Spinoza, 1934PublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1934 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #215 Egidius de Vreemdeling Heading(Toorop, J. Th., illustrator)AuthorNouhuys, W.G. vanHeadlineIn illustrated wrappers after TooropProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherDe Erven F. BohnDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #219 La François du Siècle AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineEngravings, binding, & chemise by Eugéne GaujeanProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #220 Son Altesse la Femme AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineVellum Bound Uzanne Fine BindingProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #221 De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus Fabula Anilis Heading(Vale Press)AuthorApuleius, LuciusHeadlineVale Press Cupid and Psyche 1901Publisher[The Vale Press]Date Published[1901] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #223 Valerii Maximi Dictorum et Factorum Memorabilium Libri Novem AuthorValerius MaximusHeadlineNicely bound Valerius Maximus, 1512Date Published1512 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #230 The Smithsonian Series AuthorAbbot, Charles Greeley, ed.HeadlineThe Smithsonian Series, Charles Greeley Abbot EditionPublisherThe Series Publishers, Inc.Date Published[1944] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #231 Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application Heading(Agriculture)AuthorBurbank, LutherHeadlineIllustrated and nicely bound history of Burbank's scientific worksPublisherLuther Burbank PressDate Published1914-1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #292 The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineThe Standard Edition of Sigmund FreudPublisherHogarth PressDate Published[1964-1974] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #303 Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIX Heading(Leibniz, G.W.)HeadlineActa Eruditorum journal with papers by Leibniz, 1689PublisherProstant apud. J. Grossium & J.F. GleditschiumDate Published1689 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #338 English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century AuthorCescinsky, HerbertHeadlineEnglish Furniture of the Eighteenth CenturyPublisherGeorge Routledge & Sons, LimitedDate Published[c. 1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #360 A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood. AuthorMacQuoid, PercyHeadlineMacQuoid's History of English FurniturePublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1904-08 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #362 Perles et parures: Les Parures Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, histoire de la mode par Le Cte Foelix [with] Les Joyaux Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, minéralogie des dames par Le Cte Foelix AuthorMéry, François Joseph Pierre André and Le Comte FoelixHeadlineDecorative Perles et Parures Lace-Cut PlatesProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherG. de GonetDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next