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