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Previous|1|Next Lot #17 Ars Anatomica: A Medical Fantasia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBaskin, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Baskin Ars AnatomicaPublisherMedicina RaraDate Published[1972] Lot #24 Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 4 gouache paintings and leather traveling case View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Bible - Coptic)Author**HeadlineEthiopian Coptic Bible With 4 Gouache PaintingsDate Published[mid 19th century?] Lot #25 The Making of the King James Bible: A Monograph, with Comparisons from the Bishops Bible and the Manuscript Annotations of 1602, with an original leaf from the great "She" Bible of 1611. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bible - Leaf Book)Author**HeadlineThe Making of the King James Bible 1611PublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1956 Lot #30 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Book of Job 1 of 65 copies Trianon PressPublisherWilliam Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] Lot #31 Atlas of Human Anatomy, with Explanatory Text View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBock, C.E.HeadlineAtlas of Human Anatomy by Bock 38 plates 1879PublisherWilliam WoodDate Published1879 Lot #45 Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorCasserius, JuliusHeadlineTabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu TabulaePublisherEditions Medicina RaraDate Published[c. 1971] Lot #46 Don Quichotte de la Manche View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCervantes de [Saavedra], Michel [Miguel]HeadlineDon Quichotte de la Manche 1799 editionPublisherDe L'Imprimerie de Didot L'AineDate PublishedAn VII [1799] Lot #53 Original drawing by Jean Cocteau for Vanity Fair View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorCocteau, JeanHeadlineOriginal drawing by Jean Cocteau for Vanity FairDate Published[1912] Lot #54 Original drawing by Jean Cocteau for Vanity Fair View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorCocteau, JeanHeadlineOriginal drawing by Jean Cocteau for Vanity FairDate Published1912 Lot #56 Fishing Boats at the entrance to a harbour (original watercolor) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorCopley-Fielding, Anthony VandykeHeadlineWatercolor by A.V. Copley-FieldingDate PublishedNo date Lot #62 The Tragedie of Anthony and Cleopatra View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDoves Press Tragedie of Anthony & CleopatraPublisher[Doves Press]Date Published[1912] Lot #65 History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Collected and Arranged by the Best Authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A.HeadlineHistory of the World 4 vols by Duyckinck 1871-73PublisherJohnson, Fry and CompanyDate Published[1871-1873] Lot #75 Daphnis and Chloe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Elston Press)Author[Longus]HeadlineDaphnis and Chloe Elston Press 1/160 1904PublisherElston PressDate Published1904 Lot #85 Evenings at Haddon Hall View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCalabrella, E. C. de, Baroness, editorHeadlineEvenings at Haddon Hall finely boundPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1846 Lot #92 Life of Michael Angelo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrimm, HermanHeadlineLife of Michael Angelo 2 vols fine binding 1909PublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1909 Lot #95 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineLongfellow, Poetical Works, 2 vols., full moroccoPublisherHoughton, Osgood [&] Houghton MifflinDate Published1879-80 Lot #108 Cape Cod View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineCape Cod finely bound in 2 vols. Thoreau, illus.PublisherHouHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1896] Lot #112 Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology - With a fore edge painting View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorPaxton, JamesHeadlineFore Edge Painting of SouthamptonPublisherJ. VincentDate Published1826 Lot #113 The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineDivine Comedy by Dante with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherGeorge RoutledgeDate Published[c. 1880] Lot #118 Glue and Lacquer: Four Cautionary Tales View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)Author**HeadlineGlue and Lacquer 1 of 30 special copiesPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1941] Lot #125 Disputationes ad Morborum Historiam et Curationem Facientes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadline7 volumes about disease, in Latin 1757-1760PublisherBousquetDate Published1757-1760 Lot #130 Leben und Leyden Unsers Einigen Heylands und Erlosers Jesu Christi und Mariae, Seiner Hochgebenedeyten Mutter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHerlet, FriedrichHeadlineHerlet's Life of Jesus and MaryDate PublishedNo date [mid 18th century] Lot #136 Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata. The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorHunter, WilliiamHeadlineuterus anatomy w/34 engravings, complete! 1774PublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1774 Lot #139 The Great Antiphons - Illuminated manuscript on vellum View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)AuthorIbbs, Edith A., illuminatorHeadlineThe Great Antiphons Illuminate by Edith IbbsPublisherWritten out & illuminated by Edith A. IbbsDate Published1905 Lot #145 Original bifolium from the Kelmscott printing of the Canterbury Tales View details Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineOriginal bifolium from the Kelmscott ChaucerPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1896 Lot #146 Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineKelmscott Press Coleridge's Poems Finel BoundPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1896] Lot #147 Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, William, translatorHeadlineOf the Friendship of Amis and Amile KelmscottPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #148 The Nature of Gothic View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineKelmscott Press Nature of GothicPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1892 Lot #149 Candide View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorVoltaire, Jen Francois Marie Arouet deHeadlineCandide with Illustrations by Kent 1 of 95 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1928 Lot #161 Daphnis and Chloe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Maillol, Aristide)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe illustrated by Maillol 1 of 250Publisher[A. Zwemmer]Date Published1937 Lot #179 The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFurther Adventures of the Little Traveller 1857PublisherJames BlackwoodDate Published[1857] Lot #185 The Necropolis of Ancon in Peru. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of the Culture and Industries of the Empire of the Incas, Being the Results of Excavations Made on the Spot View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorReiss, W. & A. StubelHeadlineThe Necropolis of Ancon in Peru Fabulous PlatesPublisherA. Asher & Co.Date Published1880-1887 Lot #190 Medical Caricatures View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Rowlandson Medical CaricaturesPublisherEditions Medicina RaraDate Published[1971] Lot #197 The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America, Described and Illustrated: Together with an Account of the American Whale-Fishery View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorScammon, Charles M.HeadlineScammon's Marine Mammals of NW Coast 1874PublisherJohn H. CarmanyDate Published1874 Lot #200 Anataomie ComparéeTranscendante. Principes d'Embryogénie, de Zoogénie et de Tératogénie View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorSerres, [Antoine Étienne Renaud Augustin]HeadlineAnataomie ComparéeTranscendante 1859PublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1859 Lot #211 Gründungsfeier der Stadt Bern, 1191-1891: Offizielles Festalbum des Historischen Zuges, 14-17 August 1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Switzerland)Author**HeadlineFabulous lithograph historical panoramaPublisherW. Kaiser, et alDate Published1891 Lot #212 Panorama vom Gurten... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Switzerland)Author**HeadlineLithograph panorama of Gurten SwitzerlandPublisherJ.R. DillDate Published[c. 1860] Lot #214 Three original pencil drawings by John Tenniel View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTenniel, JohnHeadlineThree pencil drawing by John TennielDate Published1867, 1872 & n.d. Lot #222 The Adventures of His Men Ching View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Wang, Feng-Chow]HeadlineThe Adventures of His Men ChingPublisherThe Library of Facetious LoreDate Published[1927] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next