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 1-63 of 63. Previous|1|Next 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 #11 Egypt Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHerodotusHeadlineAllen Press, Herodotus on EgyptPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #12 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827PublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #13 Ammiani Marcellini Rerum Gestarum...Libri XVIII AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineAmmianus's Rerum Gestarum, 1693PublisherApud Petrum VanderDate Published1693 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #14 The Rhetoric, Poetics, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek Heading(Aristotle)AuthorTaylor, ThomasHeadlineEarly 19th century work on AristotleProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by A.J. ValpyDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold 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 #20 Alocucion Que en el Dia Veinte de Enero del Año Mile Setecientos Ochenta y Tres, Cumpleaños del Rey Nuestro Señor D. Carlos III... AuthorBasilio, Sancho de Sana Justa y RufinoHeadlineEarly Manila rice paper, archbishop's addressPublisherEn la Imprenta del Seminario EclesiasticoDate Published1783 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 Chronological and Historical Retrospect of the Memorable Events of the War in the Peninsula [bound with] Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, Made during the Campaign, and on the Route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1909... [and] The Costume of the Netherlands Displayed in Thirty Coloured Engravings after Drawings from Nature by Miss Semple AuthorBradford, Rev. Guillaume; Miss SempleHeadlineBradford & Miss Semple's color-plate booksPublisherPrinted for John Booth; Ackermann'sDate Published1812; 1813; 1817 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #39 Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends. A Series of 25 Portraits and Frontispiece in Photogravure from the Negatives of Mrs. Julia Margaret Cameron and H.H.H. Cameron. Reminiscences by Anne Thackeray Ritchie Heading(Cameron, Julia Margaret, photographer)AuthorRitchie, Anne ThackerayHeadlineCameron's Tennyson & His Friends portraitsPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #44 Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest Heading(China)AuthorBredon, JulietHeadlinePeking by Bredon, 1st editionPublisherKelly and Walsh, LimitedDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #48 Chou King: Texte Chinois avec une double traduction en Francias et en Latin... Heading(China)AuthorCouvreur, SeraphinHeadlineCouvreur's Chou King, 1934PublisherImprimerie de la Mission CatholiqueDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #51 Sectarianism and Religious Persecution in China Heading(China)Authorde Groot, J.J.M.Headlinede Groot's Sectarianism in China, 1903-4PublisherJohannes MullerDate Published1903-1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Punishments of China Heading(China)Author[Mason, George Henry]HeadlinePunishments of China w/ 22 hand-colored platesPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #69 The American Gardener; or, A Treatise [with] A Year's Residence in the United States of America AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadline2 by Cobbett on AmericaPublisherC. Clement; B. BensleyDate Published1821; 1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold 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 #72 Thirteen Sermons [with] Cottage Economy [and] Cottage Economy AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineCobbett's Sermons w/ 2 copies of Cottage Econ.PublisherJohn Doyle; Anne Cobbett; Douglas PeplerDate Published1844; 1850; 1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #73 The Works of Peter Porcupine [with] Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine AuthorCobbett, WilliamHeadlineWorks by Cobbett's Peter Porcupine pseud.PublisherThomas Bradford; The Nonesuch PressDate Published1796; 1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #75 The History of the Civil Wars of France AuthorDavila, Henrico CaterinoHeadlineHistory of the Civil Wars of France, 1647 trans.PublisherPrinted by R. RaworthDate Published1647 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #76 9 works by Richard Harding Davis AuthorDavis, Richard HardingHeadline9 works by journalist Richard Harding DavisPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1894-1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. Elizabeth and the E. of Essex. The First Part Heading(Elizabeth I)HeadlineOn Elizabeth I's love life, 1695PublisherPrinted for the Will with the WispDate Published1695 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #95 Historia Ptolemaeorum Aegypti regum, ad fidem numismatum accommodata AuthorFoy-Vaillant, JeanHeadlineFoy-Vaillant's numismatics of antiquityPublisherG. GalletDate Published1701 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #96 Pausanias's Description of Greece AuthorFrazer, J.G.Headline2nd ed. of Frazer's PausaniasPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #103 Géographie des Grecs analysée; ou les systêmes d'Eratosthenes, de Strabon et de Ptolémée comparés entre eux et avec nos connoissances modernes AuthorGossellin, Pascal François JosephHeadlineGeography of the ancient GreeksPublisherDe l'Imprimerie de DidotDate Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #107 Twenty-two lithograph portraits of leaders in the Greek War of Independence Heading(Greek War of Independence)AuthorFriedel, Adam deHeadline22 Adam de Friedel portraits from the Greek RevolutionPublisherA. FriedelDate Published1825-1826 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #121 British Government in India. The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses Heading(India)AuthorCurzon, George NathanielHeadlineDeluxe limited edition of Curzon's British Government in IndiaPublisherCassell & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #124 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with other pieces on various subjects Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl ofHeadlineLetters from Chesterfield 1st ed. 1774PublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published1774 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #129 The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior, Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1848PublisherGrigg, Elliot & Co.Date Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #136 A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake Which Happen'd at Lima, the Capital of Peru, and the Neighbouring Port of Callao, on the 18th of October, 1746 Author[Lozano, Pedro]HeadlineLozano's 1748 Earthquake of PeruPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1748 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #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 #166 The Lives of the Nobel Grecians & Romans... AuthorPlutarchHeadline1676 Plutarch's Lives of Grecians & RomansPublisherJohn Hayes for George SawbridgeDate Published1676 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #167 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineNorth's Plutarch, 4th ed. 1612 & 1610PublisherPrinted by Richard FieldDate Published1610-1612 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Oeuvres Complettes de P. Poivre, Indendant des Isles de France et de Bourbon, correspondant de l'academie des sciences, etc;... AuthorPoivre, PierreHeadlinePoivre's complete works, travels etc. 1797PublisherChez FuchsDate Published1797 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #171 [Polybiou Megalopolitou istoriōn biblia 5, kai epitomai 12] / Polybij Megalopolitani Historiarum libri priores quinque AuthorPolybiusHeadlinePolybius' history in Greek and Latin, 1549PublisherPer Ioannem Heruagium / Johannes HerwagenDate Published[1549] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #178 Citoyens Revolutionnaires! Heading(Republic of Geneva)AuthorCommission RevolutionnaireHeadlineGenevan revolutionary broadside, 1794PublisherEgalite GenevoiseDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #190 The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands: With a Complete History to date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions AuthorRothschild, WalterHeadlineAvifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring IslandsPublisherR. H. PorterDate Published1893-1900 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #191 An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling and Tumbling...The Annals of Horsemanship Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorGambado, Geoffrey [pseud. of Bunbury, Henry William]HeadlineRowlandson's Academy for Grown HorsemenPublisherVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, et alDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #208 Enquiry into the Foundation of the English Constitution; or, an Historical Essay upon the Anglo-Saxon Government... AuthorSquire, SamuelHeadlineSquire on Anglo-Saxon governmentPublisherPrinted by W. BowyerDate Published1745 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #210 The Chronicle of England AuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineStrutt's Chronicle of England, 2 vols., 18th c.PublisherPrinted by Joseph CooperDate Published1777-1778 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #213 A Narrative of a Journey into Persia, and Residence at Teheran: Containing a Descriptive Itinerary from Constantinople to the Persian Capital; Also a Variety of Anecdotes,... AuthorTancoigne, Joseph MichelHeadlineTancoigne's Persia, with folding mapPublisherPrinted for William WrightDate Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #297 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadline17 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's LibraryPublisherLizars, et al.Date Published[c.1833-1843] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #298 The Boyhood of an Inventor AuthorJenkins, C. FrancisHeadlineInscribed by one of the inventors of televisionPublisher[C. Francis Jenkins]Date Published1931 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #323 The Illustrated Book of the Dog...With an Appendix on Canine Medicine and Surgery AuthorShaw, VeroHeadlineShaw illustrated Book of the Dog 1881PublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #341 Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain [with] Sketches of Military Costume in Spain and Portugal Heading(Costume - Portugal and Spain)AuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford's Portugal & Spain with 53 hand-colored aquatintsPublisherJohn BoothDate Published1809-10 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #342 The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria / Costumes des États héréditaires de la Maison d'Autriche... Heading(Costume)AuthorBertrand De Moleville, [Antoine François]HeadlineWith 50 hand-colored aquatints of Austrian costumePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #344 The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings Heading(Costume)HeadlineThe Costume of the Russian Empire w/ 73 hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for William Miller by William BulmerDate Published1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #345 The History of the Feminine Costume of the World, From the Year 5318 B.C. to Our Century Heading(Costume)AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis DeHeadlineWith 200 pochoir plates of feminine fashionsPublisherForeign PublicationsDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #346 Costumes Européens du XVIIe au XIXe siècle tirés des documents les plus authentiques Heading(Costume)AuthorJob et HérouardHeadlineWith 60 color plates of Baroque EurofashionPublisherLibrairie Centrale d'Art et d'Architecture / Ancienne Maison MorelDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #347 Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 Heading(Costume)AuthorPorter, Robert KerHeadlinePorter's Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, with 41 platesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1813 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #350 Recuil de tous les Costumes Monastiques Religieux et Militaires de toutes les Nations; Avec un Abrégé historique et Chronologique Enrichi de notes et de planches coloriées par M. Bar. Tome 2 Heading(Fashion)AuthorBar, Jacques CharlesHeadlineWith numerous hand-colored plates of Monastic costumesPublisherJ. Ch. BarDate Published1779 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #351 The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French Heading(Fashion)Author[Dalvimart, Octavien]HeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Turkish Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for William Miller by Howlett and BrimmerDate Published[1823] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #352 Galerie Royale de Costumes Heading(Fashion)HeadlineWith over 200 hand-colored lithographs of fashionPublisherAubert & Cie.Date Published[1842-1843] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #353 The History of French Masculine Costume: Gaul - Middle Ages - Renaissance - Louis XIII - Louis XIV - Louis XV - Louis XVI - Revolution - First Empire - Restoration - Second Empire Heading(Fashion)AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis DeHeadline100 pochoir plates of French fashion throughout the agesPublisherReign Publications.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #354 The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: with Explanations in English and French Heading(Fashion)AuthorMason, George HenryHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Chinese Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for W. MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #355 Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English [with] The Costume...of Austria Heading(Fashion)HeadlineWith 100 hand-colored plates of English and Austrian fashion c. 1800PublisherJohn Murray; William MillerDate Published[1821; 1835] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #356 The Costume of Indostan, Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken 1798 and 1799. Heading(Fashion)AuthorSolvyns, BalthazarHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Indian Fashion, c. 1800PublisherPublished by Edward OrmeDate Published[1823] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #357 L'Histoire du Costume Féminin Français AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis deHeadlinePochoir plates of French fashion from Middle Ages to Second EmpirePublisherEditions NilssonDate Published1922-23 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #358 85 hand-painted armorial crests of Italian noble families Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineBook of hand-painted Italian crestsDate Publishedc. 1825 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #366 The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, Selected from Rare Specimens in the Possession of the Author, and Accompanied with Suitable Descriptions and Illustrations AuthorSmith, Charles HamiltonHeadlineSmith's Improved Costumes of Ancient BritainPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1815] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next