Sale 861: Rare and Antiquarian Books - History of Science - Fashions & Fashionings (#861) 04/16/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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  • Heading
    (Aldine Press)
  • Author
    Machiavelli, Niccolo
  • Headline
    The Prince by Machiavelli, 1540 Aldine Edition
  • Publisher
    [Sons of Aldo]
  • Date Published
    [1540]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$46,875
StatusSold
11
  • Heading
    (Allen Press)
  • Author
    Herodotus
  • Headline
    Allen Press, Herodotus on Egypt
  • Publisher
    Allen Press
  • Date Published
    [1989]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
12
  • Author
    Allen, Thomas
  • Headline
    Extra-illustrated History of London 1827
  • Publisher
    Cowie and Strange
  • Date Published
    1827
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
13
  • Author
    Ammianus Marcellinus
  • Headline
    Ammianus's Rerum Gestarum, 1693
  • Publisher
    Apud Petrum Vander
  • Date Published
    1693
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
14
  • Heading
    (Aristotle)
  • Author
    Taylor, Thomas
  • Headline
    Early 19th century work on Aristotle
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection
  • Publisher
    Printed by A.J. Valpy
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
15
  • Author
    Artaud de Montor, Chevalier
  • Headline
    Fine Binding Roman Papal History
  • Provenance
    Morris-Levin
  • Publisher
    Alfred Mame et Fils
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Basilio, Sancho de Sana Justa y Rufino
  • Headline
    Early Manila rice paper, archbishop's address
  • Publisher
    En la Imprenta del Seminario Eclesiastico
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
39
  • Heading
    (Cameron, Julia Margaret, photographer)
  • Author
    Ritchie, Anne Thackeray
  • Headline
    Cameron's Tennyson & His Friends portraits
  • Publisher
    T. Fisher Unwin
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$500
StatusSold
44
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Bredon, Juliet
  • Headline
    Peking by Bredon, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Kelly and Walsh, Limited
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
47
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Chi, Chu
  • Headline
    Famous monuments of Nanking, Chu Chi
  • Publisher
    The Commercial Press
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
48
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Couvreur, Seraphin
  • Headline
    Couvreur's Chou King, 1934
  • Publisher
    Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
51
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    de Groot, J.J.M.
  • Headline
    de Groot's Sectarianism in China, 1903-4
  • Publisher
    Johannes Muller
  • Date Published
    1903-1904
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
56
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    Beijing photographed by Donald Mennie
  • Publisher
    A.S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
57
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Mennie, Donald, photographer
  • Headline
    Picturesque China photographed by Mennie
  • Publisher
    A.S. Watson & Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
58
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Scenic China photos of the Shandong province
  • Publisher
    Commercial Press, Limited
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
61
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Promotional Chinese culture photo book 1915
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
63
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Views of China, scarce 1915
  • Publisher
    Commercial Press
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
69
  • Author
    Cobbett, William
  • Headline
    2 by Cobbett on America
  • Publisher
    C. Clement; B. Bensley
  • Date Published
    1821; 1828
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Cobbett, William
  • Headline
    Cobbett, w/ Rural Rides Riviere bound
  • Publisher
    Reeves and Turner; The Folio Society
  • Date Published
    1893; 1968
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
72
  • Author
    Cobbett, William
  • Headline
    Cobbett's Sermons w/ 2 copies of Cottage Econ.
  • Publisher
    John Doyle; Anne Cobbett; Douglas Pepler
  • Date Published
    1844; 1850; 1916
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
73
  • Author
    Cobbett, William
  • Headline
    Works by Cobbett's Peter Porcupine pseud.
  • Publisher
    Thomas Bradford; The Nonesuch Press
  • Date Published
    1796; 1927
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
75
  • Author
    Davila, Henrico Caterino
  • Headline
    History of the Civil Wars of France, 1647 trans.
  • Publisher
    Printed by R. Raworth
  • Date Published
    1647
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
76
  • Author
    Davis, Richard Harding
  • Headline
    9 works by journalist Richard Harding Davis
  • Publisher
    Various publishers
  • Date Published
    1894-1907
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
87
  • Heading
    (Elizabeth I)
  • Headline
    On Elizabeth I's love life, 1695
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Will with the Wisp
  • Date Published
    1695
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$375
StatusSold
95
  • Author
    Foy-Vaillant, Jean
  • Headline
    Foy-Vaillant's numismatics of antiquity
  • Publisher
    G. Gallet
  • Date Published
    1701
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
96
  • Author
    Frazer, J.G.
  • Headline
    2nd ed. of Frazer's Pausanias
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
103
  • Author
    Gossellin, Pascal François Joseph
  • Headline
    Geography of the ancient Greeks
  • Publisher
    De l'Imprimerie de Didot
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
107
  • Heading
    (Greek War of Independence)
  • Author
    Friedel, Adam de
  • Headline
    22 Adam de Friedel portraits from the Greek Revolution
  • Publisher
    A. Friedel
  • Date Published
    1825-1826
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
121
  • Heading
    (India)
  • Author
    Curzon, George Nathaniel
  • Headline
    Deluxe limited edition of Curzon's British Government in India
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Co. Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [1925]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
124
  • Heading
    (Johnson, Samuel)
  • Author
    Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl of
  • Headline
    Letters from Chesterfield 1st ed. 1774
  • Publisher
    J. Dodsley
  • Date Published
    1774
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
129
  • Author
    Josephus, Flavius
  • Headline
    The Works of Flavius Josephus 1848
  • Publisher
    Grigg, Elliot & Co.
  • Date Published
    1848
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
132
  • Heading
    (L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres)
  • Headline
    Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Depuis son Establissement jusqu'à présent
  • Publisher
    L'Imprimerie Royale
  • Date Published
    1736-
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
152
  • Heading
    (Palaeography)
  • Author
    Forster, Charles
  • Headline
    In search of the Primeval Language
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1852-1854
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
160
  • Author
    Phalaris
  • Headline
    Epistles of Phalaris, 1749
  • Publisher
    Printed for R. Francklin
  • Date Published
    1749
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
161
  • Heading
    (Photo Album)
  • Headline
    English, Scottish, Italian churches & scenes
  • Date Published
    [c. 1890]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
166
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    1676 Plutarch's Lives of Grecians & Romans
  • Publisher
    John Hayes for George Sawbridge
  • Date Published
    1676
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
167
  • Author
    Plutarch
  • Headline
    North's Plutarch, 4th ed. 1612 & 1610
  • Publisher
    Printed by Richard Field
  • Date Published
    1610-1612
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
169
  • Author
    Poivre, Pierre
  • Headline
    Poivre's complete works, travels etc. 1797
  • Publisher
    Chez Fuchs
  • Date Published
    1797
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
171
  • Author
    Polybius
  • Headline
    Polybius' history in Greek and Latin, 1549
  • Publisher
    Per Ioannem Heruagium / Johannes Herwagen
  • Date Published
    [1549]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
178
  • Heading
    (Republic of Geneva)
  • Author
    Commission Revolutionnaire
  • Headline
    Genevan revolutionary broadside, 1794
  • Publisher
    Egalite Genevoise
  • Date Published
    1794
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
208
  • Author
    Squire, Samuel
  • Headline
    Squire on Anglo-Saxon government
  • Publisher
    Printed by W. Bowyer
  • Date Published
    1745
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
210
  • Author
    Strutt, Joseph
  • Headline
    Strutt's Chronicle of England, 2 vols., 18th c.
  • Publisher
    Printed by Joseph Cooper
  • Date Published
    1777-1778
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
213
  • Author
    Tancoigne, Joseph Michel
  • Headline
    Tancoigne's Persia, with folding map
  • Publisher
    Printed for William Wright
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
231
  • Heading
    (Agriculture)
  • Author
    Burbank, Luther
  • Headline
    Illustrated and nicely bound history of Burbank's scientific works
  • Publisher
    Luther Burbank Press
  • Date Published
    1914-1915
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
297
  • Author
    Jardine, William, editor
  • Headline
    17 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's Library
  • Publisher
    Lizars, et al.
  • Date Published
    [c.1833-1843]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
298
  • Author
    Jenkins, C. Francis
  • Headline
    Inscribed by one of the inventors of television
  • Publisher
    [C. Francis Jenkins]
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
350
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    Bar, Jacques Charles
  • Headline
    With numerous hand-colored plates of Monastic costumes
  • Publisher
    J. Ch. Bar
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
352
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Headline
    With over 200 hand-colored lithographs of fashion
  • Publisher
    Aubert & Cie.
  • Date Published
    [1842-1843]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
353
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Author
    Giafferri, Paul Louis De
  • Headline
    100 pochoir plates of French fashion throughout the ages
  • Publisher
    Reign Publications.
  • Date Published
    [1927]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
355
  • Heading
    (Fashion)
  • Headline
    With 100 hand-colored plates of English and Austrian fashion c. 1800
  • Publisher
    John Murray; William Miller
  • Date Published
    [1821; 1835]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
357
  • Author
    Giafferri, Paul Louis de
  • Headline
    Pochoir plates of French fashion from Middle Ages to Second Empire
  • Publisher
    Editions Nilsson
  • Date Published
    1922-23
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
358
  • Heading
    (Heraldry)
  • Headline
    Book of hand-painted Italian crests
  • Date Published
    c. 1825
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
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