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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Manuscript Document Signed by Charles Biddle as Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, presided over by Benjamin Franklin, offering aid to Chinese sailors in U.S. Heading(1785 First Chinese immigrants to the new American nation)AuthorBiddle, CharlesHeadlineMss doc signed about early Chinese 1786Date PublishedMay 30, 1786 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #25 The Fables of Æsop Paraphras’d in Verse, and adorn’d with Sculpture, by John Ogilby Heading(Aesop)AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineEarly edition of Ogilby's AesopPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for Andrew CrookDate Published1651 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #26 Exercitaciones anatomicas y esenciales operaciones de cirugia, con un breve resumen de los instrumentos y vendages. El modo de circular la sangre y un riñon extraordinario y algunos remedios; con las laminas finas y mas essenciales de la anatomia è instrumentos de las operaciones AuthorBeaumont, BlasHeadlineEarly Spanish medical instrumentsPublisherConvento de Nuestra Señora de la MercedDate Published1728 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #27 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, from the Book of Ezekiel Heading(Bible - Polyglot)Headline2 leaves from Complutensian Polyglot BiblePublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #28 The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, as may appeare in the epistle to the reader Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLargest 16th century English BiblePublisherChristopher BarkerDate Published1583 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #29 The first [seconde] booke of the Machabees - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Machabees 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #30 The first booke of Esdras [bound with] The second book of Esdras, otherwyse called the booke of Nehemia [bound with] The booke of Esther Heading(Bible in English)Headline3 books from 1574 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #31 Three books an early folio edition of the Bishops' Bible, 1574 Heading(Bible in English)Headline3 books from 1574 Bishop's BiblePublisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$600 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #32 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] Heading(1568 Bible in Hebrew)Headline1516 Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel BombergPublisherBomberg PressDate Published[1568] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #36 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #48 An Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall, of Late Times by Some Chalenged, and Also Diversly by Them Impugned. By Which Apologie (in Their Severall Due Places) All the Reasons and Allegations Set Downe as Well in a Treatise, as in Certaine Notes (That Goe From Hand to Hand) Both Against Proceeding Ex Officio, and Against Oaths Ministred to Parties in Causes Criminall... Author[Cosin, Richard]HeadlineAn Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings 1593PublisherThe Deputies of Christopher BarkerDate Published1593 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #50 The comical history of the states and empires of the worlds of the moon and sun. Written in French by Cyrano Bergerac. And newly Englished by A. Lovell, A.M AuthorCyrano de Bergerac, Savinien deHeadline17th cent. SciFi by Cyrano de BergeracPublisherPrinted for H[enry] RhodesDate Published1687 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #58 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 Heading(Federalist)Author[Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 The firste[-Laste] volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. Conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest. The description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde. 1571. The description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare. 1547. Faithfully gathered and set forth, by Raphaell Holinshed AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineHolinshed's Chronicle 1577PublisherLucas HarrisonDate Published1577 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #82 Odyssey - Book XVII - Complete text from the first printed edition AuthorHomerHeadline1488 printing of Homer's Odyssey, Book 17PublisherBernardus Nerlius & D. DamilasDate Published1488 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 [The arte of warre, written in Italian by Nicholas Machiauel, and set foorth in English by Peter VVithorne, stude[n]t at Graies Inne: vvith other like martial feates and experiments, as in a table in the ende of the booke may appeare] AuthorMachiavelli, NiccolòHeadlineMachiavelli's Art of War 1573Publisher[VV. VVilliamson: for Ihon VVight]Date Published[1573 & 1574] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #101 Vocabvlario en Lengva Castellana y Mexicana... / Vocabvlario en Lengua Mexicana y Castellana... AuthorMolina, Alonso deHeadline1st Spanish-Aztec Dictionary 1571PublisherEn casa de Antonio de SpinosaDate Published1571 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #102 Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto’s to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world. Whereby is discovered what is signified by every honourable partition, ordinary, or charge, usually born in coat-armour, and mythologized to the heroical theam [sic] of Homer on the shield of Achilles... By Sylvanus Morgan arms-painter AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlineMorgan's Armilogia, the Language or Arms, 1666PublisherPrinted by T. Hewer for Nathaniel BrookDate Published1666 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #119 Poems on Several Occasions AuthorPrior, MatthewHeadlineMatthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions Large PaperPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #131 Book in Russian: [“Jewry is Satanism"] Heading(Russian)AuthorKovgan, Prokopiĭ StepanovichHeadlineRare Post-Revolution Russian workPublisher["The Worker-Peasant-Cossack Opposition, Russian Fascists"]Date Published1927 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #132 Arte Nueva de Escribir, Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morarante, e Ilustrada con Muestras Nuevas, y Varios Discursos Conducentes al Verdadero magisterio de Primeras Letras AuthorSantiago Palomares, Francisco Xavier deHeadlineArte Nueva de Escribir 1776PublisherD. Antonio de SanchaDate Published1776 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #133 Genesis / Exodo - illustrated collector's edition limited to 40 copies AuthorScavino, Alicia [and] Kupferminc, MirtaHeadlineGenesis / Exodo 1/40 illus by Alicia ScavinoPublisherEdiciones Dos AmigosDate Published2001 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Life of King Henry the Fift AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePlay from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #137 A Midsommer Nights Dreame AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePlay from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #138 [Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies] AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineSecond Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Works 1632Publisher[Printed by Tho. Cotes...]Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #141 Traite de l'Apparition des Esprits. A scavoir des ames separees, fantosmes, prodiges & accidens merveilleux, qui precedent quelquefois la mort des grands personnages, ou signifient changemens de la chose publique. AuthorTaillepied, NoëlHeadlineRare early work on ghosts and extraordinary phenomenaPublisherChez Jean OsmontDate Published1602 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #145 De re Militari Libri Quatuor. Sextus Julius Frontini viri consularis de stragematis libri totidem; Aelianus: de instruendis aciebus liber unus; Modesti de vocabulis rei militaris liber item unus. Item picturae bellicae CXX passim Vegetio adiectae. Collata sunt omnia ad antiquos codices, maxime Budaei quod testabitur Aelianus AuthorVegetius Renatus, FlaviusHeadline16th century Military treatise with woodcutsPublisherChristianum WechelumDate Published1532 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #159 Le Livre des compte-faits, ou tarif general des monnoies AuthorBarreme, Francois Bertrand deHeadlineRare Handbook on Exchange RatesPublisherChez les Libraires AssociesDate Published1771 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #160 Histoire de la Reformation de L'Englise D'Angleterre AuthorBurnet, GilbertHeadlineBurnet's History of the Reformation, Church of EnglandPublisherChiswel & PittDate Published1683 & 1685 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #163 Les loix de la nature, expliquées par le Docteur Richard Cumberland…Traduits du Latin, par Monsieur Barbeyrac…Avec des notes du traducteur AuthorCumberland, RichardHeadline1757 Les loix de la nature by Richard CumberlandPublisherChez Theodore HaakDate Published1757 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #174 In Auli Persii Flacci Satyras commentarius, ad Petrum Ramum, eloquentiae & philosophiae Regium Lutetiae professorem AuthorFouguelin, AntoineHeadline1st Ed of the very rare commentary on Satires of PersiusPublisherA. WechelDate Published1555 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #175 Euclidis Elementorum libri XV Graecè & Latinè: Quibus, cum ad omnem Mathematicae scientiae partem, tum ad quam libet Geometriae tractationem, facilis comparatur aditus… AuthorGracilis, Stephanus; Jean MagnienHeadlineSecond Edition of Euclidis Elementorum libri XVPublisherApud viduam & Gulielmum Cauellat, sub Pellicano, monte D. HilarijDate Published1598 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #183 Alea, Sive De Curanda Ludendi In Pecuniam Cupiditate AuthorJoostens, PaquierHeadlineAlea, Sive De Curanda Ludendi In Pecuniam CupiditatePublisherJoannem OporinumDate Published[1561] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #184 Satyre, cum annotat, Th. Farnabii (Comm. Thomas Farnaby) AuthorJuvenal & PersiusHeadlineWith an interesting provenancePublisherJ. BlaeuDate Published1668 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #189 Chaney's Primer of Astrology and American Urania: Old Rules Simplified, New Rules Added, with Improved Nomenclature and Numerous Tables Never before Published. Heading[London, Jack]Author[London, Jack], Chaney, W.H.HeadlineChaney's Primer of Astrology and American UraniaPublisherMagic Circle Publishing Co.Date Published1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #211 Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, Beginning Michaelmas Term, 25 Geo. 2 [i.e. 1751], Ending Trinity Term, 29 & 30 Geo. 2 [i.e., 1756]. AuthorSayer, JosephHeadline1775 Reports of Cases Adjudged by Joseph SayerPublisherPrinted by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall…for P. Uriel…and T. CadellDate Published1775 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next