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To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPeacham, HenryHeadlineThe Compleat Gentleman 1661PublisherPrinted by E. Tyler, for Richard ThraleDate Published1661 Lot #190 A System of Chronology: Containin, 1. An Explanation of the Principles of this Science... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorPlayfair, JamesHeadlineSystem of Chronology by James Playfair 1784PublisherPrinted for William CreechDate Published1784 Lot #191 The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, Being an Essay toward the Natural History of England View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorP[lot], R[obert]HeadlineNatural History of Oxford-Shire by R.P. 1677PublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1677 Lot #192 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines ... Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot ... and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Live 1st complete edition in EnglishPublisherRichard Field for Thomas WightDate Published1603 Lot #193 Pontificale Romanum ad omnes Pontificias ceremonias, quibis nunc vtitur sacrosancta Romana Ecclesia, accomodatum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Pontificale Romanum)Author**HeadlinePontificale Romanum 1572PublisherGuintaDate Published1572 Lot #194 An Easy and Compendious Inrtoduction[sic] For Reading all sorts of Histories. Contrived in a more facile way then heretofore hath been published...[with] A Synopsis of Councels View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorPrideaux, MathiasHeadlineEasy and Compendious Intro to Histories PrideauxPublisherLeon, LichfieldDate Published1682 Lot #215 The Historie of the World,...by Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, Walter, SirHeadlineThe Historie of the World,...by Sir Walter RaleghPublisherGeorge DawesDate Published1671 Lot #217 A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs; Also the most celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, And other Languages [with] A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorRay, J[ohn]HeadlineCollection of English Proverbs by Jay 1768PublisherW. OtridgeDate Published1768 Lot #218 A view of the civile and ecclesiasticall law: and wherein the practice of them is streitned and may be relieved within this land. Written by Sr Thomas Ridley Knight, and Doctor of the civile law. The third edition, by J.G. Mr. of Arts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorRidley, ThomaHeadlineRidley's Civil Law 1662PublisherPrinted by W. Hall for John ForrestDate Published1662 Lot #220 A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities. Concerning the most noble, and renowned English Nation. By the study, and travell of R.V. Dedicated unto the Kings most excellent Majesty View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Rowlands, Richard, alias Verstegan]HeadlineRowlands Restitution of Decayed Intelligence 1634PublisherPrinted by Iohn Norton, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard WhitakerDate Published1634 Lot #221 The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorRoy, WilliamHeadlineThe Military Antiquities of the Romans in BritainPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1793 Lot #222 Historical Collections. Of Private Passages of State. Weighty Matters in Law. Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618. And ending the Fifth Year of King Charles, Anno 1629. Digested in Order of Time, And now Published View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorRushworth, JohnHeadlineHistorical Collections King James & Charles 1659PublisherGeorge ThomasonDate Published1659 Lot #224 The Works of Aristotle, in Four Parts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Salmon, William]HeadlineWorks of Aristotle by Wm Salmon Best Ed 1791PublisherPrinted for, and sold by all the BooksellersDate Published1791 Lot #227 Scriptores historiae Augustae View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Scriptores...)Author**HeadlineScriptores historiae Augustae 1489Publisher[Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis and] Bernardinus Rizus, NovariensisDate Published1 Oct. 1489 Lot #228 Titles of Honor View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSelden, JohnHeadlineJohn Selden Titles of Honor 1672 3rd EditionPublisherPrinted for E. Tyler & R. Holt, for John LeighDate Published1672 Lot #229 [Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies] View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio edition of Shakespeare’s Works 1632Publisher[Printed by Tho. Cotes...]Date Published[1632] Lot #230 M. Tullii Ciceronis Consolatio: Liber, quo seipsum de Filiae morte consolatus est. Nunc primum repertus, & in lucem editus View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSigonio, Carlo [Pseudo-Cicero]HeadlineFamous literary hoax Cicero's Consolatio 1583Date Published1583 Lot #231 The common-wealth of England, and the maner of governement thereof. Compiled by the honourable Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, Doctor of both lawes, and one of the principall secretaries vnto two most worthy princes, King Edward, and Queene Elizabeth. With new additions of the chiefe courts in England, and the offices thereof by the said author. Also a table added thereto, of all the principall matters contained in this treatise View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Thomas, SirHeadlineThomas Smith Commonwealth of England 1621PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Iohn SmethwickeDate Published1621 Lot #232 The History of Great Britaine Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Their originals manners...and Issues of the English Monarchs, from Julius Caesar, to our most gratious Soveraigne King James View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSpeed, JohnHeadlineHistory of Great Britaine by John Speed 1627Date Published1627 Lot #234 Polymetis: or, An Enquiry concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, And the Remains of the Antient Artists View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorSpence, [Joseph]HeadlineSpence's Polymetis 1747PublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1747 Lot #235 The History of the Royal-Society of London, For the Improving of Natural Knowledge View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSprat, Tho[mas]HeadlineHistory of the Royal-Society of London 1667PublisherPrinted by T.R. for J. MartynDate Published1667 Lot #236 [The Tatler] The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Steele, Richard & Joseph Addison]HeadlineThe Tattler first octavo edition 1710PublisherCharles Lillie and John MorphewDate Published1710-11 Lot #237 Annales, or, a generall chronicle of England. Begun by Iohn Stow: continued and augmented with matters forraigne and domestique, ancient and moderne, vnto the end of this present yeere, 1631. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineGenerall Chronicle of England 1631PublisherRichardi Meighen [printed by John Beale, Bernard Alsop, Thomas Fawcett, and Augustine Mathewes]Date Published1631 [but, 1632] Lot #238 The Survey of London: Contayning the Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, Methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser Acts of Charity...As Also all the Ancient and Moderne Monuments erected in the Churches, not onely of those two famous Cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) Foure miles compasse... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineSurvey of London by John Stow 1633 edPublisherPrinted by Elizabether PurslowDate Published1633 Lot #239 A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. Written at first in the Year MDXCVIII. By John Stow...Since Reprinted and Augmented by the Author...and Others...Now Lastly Corrected, Improved and very much Enlarged...to the Present Time; by John Strype View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineA Survey of the Cities of London and WestminsterPublisherA. Churchill, J. Knapton, et alDate Published1720 Lot #240 The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: Containing, in a Compleat Series, The Representation of all the English Monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eight. Together with Many of the Great Persons that were eminent, Under their several Reigns... View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorStrutt, JosephHeadlineRegal & Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England1773PublisherPublished for the Author, by J. ThaneDate Published1773 Lot #241 Genealogical History of the Stewarts, from the Earliest Period of Their Authentic History to the Present Times View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorStuart, AndrewHeadlineGenealogical History of the Stewarts 1798PublisherA. Strahan and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. DaviesDate Published1798 Lot #243 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel Gulliver View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan]HeadlineGulliver's Travels Fourth Edition 1742PublisherCharles BathurstDate Published1742 Lot #244 La Gierusalemme Liberata View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTasso, TorquatoHeadlineLa Gierusalemme Liberata by Tasso 1726PublisherGiacob Tonson & Giovanni WattsDate Published1724 Lot #250 [Historiae Romanae] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorVelleius Paterculus, CaiusHeadlineHistoriae Romanae by Paterculus 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevierianaDate Published1639 Lot #252 An Attempt Towards Recovering an Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England...in the late Times of the Grand Rebellion: Occasion'd by the Ninth Chapter (now the Second Volume) of Dr. Calamy's Abridgment of the Life of Mr. Baxter... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWalker, JohnHeadlineChurch of England, John Walker 1714PublisherPrinted by W.S. for J. Nicholson, et. al.Date Published1714 Lot #253 War With France! Or, Who Pays the Reckoning? In an Appeal to the People of England! View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(France)Author**HeadlineWar With France! Or, Who Pays the Reckoning?PublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1793 Lot #255 The court and character of K. James. Written and taken by Sir A.W. being an Eye, and Ear witness... Published by authority View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorW[eldon], A[nthony], SirHeadlineCourt and character of King James 1650PublisherPrinted by R[obert] I[bbitson]Date Published1650 Lot #256 Memorials of the English Affairs: Or, An Historical Account of What passed from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration. Containing the Publick Transactions, Civil and Military... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Author[Whitelocke, Sir Bulstrode]HeadlineMemorials of the English Affairs Whitelocke 1682PublisherNathaniel PonderDate Published1682 Lot #257 A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, and Bristol View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorWillis, BrowneHeadlineWillis's Survey of Cathedrals 1727PublisherR. GoslingDate Published1727 Lot #258 The history of Great Britain, being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, ArthurHeadlineLife of King James I, 1653PublisherRichard LowndsDate Published1653 Lot #260 England's Worthies. Select Lives of the most Eminent Persons from Constantine the Great, to the death of Oliver Cromwel late Protector View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorWinstanley, WilliamHeadlineEngland's Worthies by Wm Winstanley 1660PublisherNath. BrookeDate Published1660 Lot #261 Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops Who have had their Education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, From...1500, to...1690 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Wood, Anthony]Headlinehistory of writers from Oxford 1691PublisherTho. BennetDate Published1691 Lot #262 The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWood, AntonyHeadlineHistory & Antiquities of Oxford Antony Wood, 1786PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1786 Lot #263 The Lives of those eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood; with An authentick Account of their respective Writings and Publications, from Original Papers. In which are occasionally inserted, Memoirs relating to many eminent Persons, and various Parts of Literature. Also, Several Engravings of Antiquity, never before published View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading[Wood, Anthony]Author**HeadlineJohn Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a WoodPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1772 Lot #264 La Cyropedie de Xenophon, de la Vie & Institucion de Cyrus Roy des Perses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorXenophonHeadlineLa Cyropedie de Xenophon 1555PublisherIan De TournesDate Published1555 Lot #265 Large shelf of mostly eighteenth and nineteenth century books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Shelf lot)Author**HeadlineLarge shelf of mostly eighteenth century booksDate PublishedVarious places Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next