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Woodfall for John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1749 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #2 Dogs of Character AuthorAldin, CecilHeadlineLimited edition with original sketch by AldinPublisherEyre & Spottiswoode and Scribner'sDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #3 The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorLane, Edward William, translatorHeadlineThousand and One Arabian Nights leather bound setPublisherCharles KnightDate Published1839-41 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #4 The Adventures of Hunch-Back, and the Stories Connected with it (from the Arabian Nights Entertainments.) With illustrative Prints, engraved by William Daniell, from pictures painted by Robert Smirke, R.A. Heading(Arabian Nights)Author**HeadlineLarge Paper Copy with Hand-Colored PlatesPublisherPrinted for William Daniell...by Thomas DavisonDate Published1814 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #5 Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script Heading(Arabic Manuscript Leaf - 10th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic ScriptDate Publishedc.10th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #6 Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script Heading(Arabic Manuscript Leaf - 14th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic ScriptDate Publishedc.14th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #7 De Categoriae [and] De Interpretatione AuthorAristotleHeadlineRare 13th century manuscript of AristotleDate Published[c.1250] View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000Sold for$57,634.31StatusSold Lot #8 A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorBerners, Dame JulianaHeadlineFine printing of first Angling Book in EnglishPublisher[Ashendene Press]Date Published[1903] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #9 The Quadrupeds of North America HeadingzzcAuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineAudubon's Quadrupeds of North AmericaPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1852-1854 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #10 Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini parentis Institutionibus, omniumque recentiorum & propriis observationibus tertium ad sanguinis circulationem reformata. Cum iconibus novis accuratissimis. Accessit huic postremae editioni Th. Bartholini appendix de lacteis thoracicis & [de] vasis lymphaticis AuthorBartholin, ThomasHeadlineEary anatomical work with engravingsPublisherEx typographia Adriani VlacqDate Published1660 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #11 Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcographica & Poetica praecipues S. Scripturae Historias perquam eleganter representanter. Heading(Bible - Polyglot)AuthorAmmon, Johan, editorHeadlineStriking Biblical engravings, 1643PublisherTypis Caspari Rötelii, impensis Johannis AmmoniiDate Published1643 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special commandment Heading(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineBlack Letter Quarto of King James Bible, 1613PublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #13 Sonnets Heading(Binding - Mary Horstschulze)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBremer Press printing in designer bindingPublisher[Bremer Presse]Date Published[1931] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #14 The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates. Engraved by Mr Houbraken, and Mr Vertue. With their Lives and Characters, by Thomas Birch ... AuthorBirch, ThomasHeadlineEngravings of illustrious BritonsPublisherJohn KnaptonDate Published1756 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #15 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, during Which He Flourished AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's LIfe of Samuel Johnson, first editionPublisherPrinted by Henry BaldwinDate Published1791 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #16 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Johnson with extra-illustrationsPublisherTalboys and WheelerDate Published1826 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #17 Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell Author[Bronte, Charlotte]HeadlineFirst edition of Bronte's Jane EyrePublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1847 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Les Regles du Dessein et du Lavis, pour les Plans Particuliers des Ouvrages & des Batimens, & pour leurs Coupes, Profils, Elevations & Facades, tant de l'Architecture Militaire que Civile... AuthorBuchotte, M., Ingenieur du RoiHeadlineEarly French Architecture BookPublisherClaude JombertDate Published1722 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #19 Three items that once belonged to Jean Armour, wife of Robert Burns Headingzzg(Burns, Mrs. Robert)Author**HeadlineThree items belonging to Mrs. Robert BurnsDate Published18th-19th centuries View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #20 The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, and the manners and customs of the inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager man of war, one of Admiral Anson's squadron AuthorByron, JohnHeadlineAccount of shipwreck on Patagonia, 1768PublisherPrinted for S. Baker and G. Leigh... and T. DaviesDate Published1768 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #21 Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineColored lithograph of Mayan Ruins by CatherwoodDate Published[1844] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan AuthorCatherwood, FrederickHeadlineColored lithograph of Mayan Ruins by CatherwoodDate Published[1844] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #23 De Oratore, Ciceronis ad Q. Fratrem Libri III. Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi Filio AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineAldine Press printing of CiceroPublisher[Apud Aldi Filios]Date Published1546 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #24 Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of duties to Marcus his sonne, tourned out of Latine into English, by Nicolas Grimald. Wherevnto the Latine is adioyned AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineEarly Edition of Cicero's De Officiis, 1596PublisherThomas EsteDate Published1596 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #25 Cast iron copy press from 1865 Heading(Copy Press)Author**HeadlineCast iron copy pressPublisherRussell Erwin Manufacturing Co.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,992StatusSold Lot #26 Punch and Judy, with Illustrations Drawn and Engraved by George Cruikshank. Accompanied by the Dialogue of the Puppet-Show, an Account of its Origin, and of Puppet-Plays in England Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorCollier, John PayneHeadlinePuch and Judy with Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherPrinted for S. ProwettDate Published1828 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #27 The Comic Almanack...an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest... [for 1835 to 1847] AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlineCruikshank, George The Comic Almanack leather setPublisherCharles Tilt, et alDate Published1835-47 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #28 David AuthorD'Ambrosio, Joe & Michelangelo BuonarrotiHeadlineStriking creation by Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published[1993] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #29 [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineNash priting of Dante's Divine ComedyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,524StatusSold Lot #30 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineAmerican edition of De Quncey's Opium-EaterPublisherE. LittellDate Published1823 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #31 The Storm: or, a Collection of the most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters which happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, both by Sea and Land Author[Defoe, Daniel]HeadlineDaniel Defoe's The Storm, 1704PublisherPrinted for G. Sawbridge...and Sold by J. NuttDate Published1704 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #32 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Bleak House bound from original partsPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published[1852]-1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #33 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst Issue of Dickens' Christmas CarolPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,443StatusSold Lot #34 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club bookPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1837 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #35 Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. The Second Series. Complete in One Volume AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Sketches by Boz Second Series first ed.PublisherJohn MacroneDate Published1837 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #36 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Tale of Two Cities, first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #37 The Village Coquettes. A Comedy with Songs. In Two Acts AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Coquettes with signed envelopePublisherPrinted for Hermann HartungDate Published1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #38 Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS. in the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris, and from Other Sources Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHumphreys, H. NoelHeadlineCharles Dickens' copy of Humphreys' FroissartPublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #39 Myographiae Comparatae Specimen, or, A Comparative Description of all the Muscles in a Man and in a Quadruped. Shewing Their Discoverer, Origin, Progress, Insertion, Use, and Difference. To which is added, an Account of the Muscles Peculiar to a Woman... AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineDouglas's description of Muscles, 1707PublisherPrinted by W.B. for George StrachanDate Published1707 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #40 Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition of Dryden PoemPublisherPrinted for J.T. and are to be Sold by W. DavisDate Published1681 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #41 Epicurus's morals, collected partly out of his owne Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the Rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca. And faithfully Englished AuthorEpicurusHeadlineFirst editjon in English of Epicurus' MoralsPublisherPrinted by W. Wilson, for Henry HerringmanDate Published1656 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #42 Shakespeare's Works Heading(Ernst Ludwig Presse)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare fine printing by Ludwig PressePublisherErnst Ludwig PresseDate Published[1925-1931] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #43 [Elements, i.e.] The Elements of Geometrie of the most Auncient Philosopher Euclide of Megara AuthorEuclidHeadlineFirst edition in English of Euclid's ElementsPublisherIohn DayeDate Published1570 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,003StatusSold Lot #44 Granite & Cypress Heading(Everson, William, printer)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineEverson's Granite & Cypress in wood slipcasePublisherUnivsity of Califorina at Santa CruzDate Published1975 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #45 Introduction à la Geographie avec une Description Historique sur touttes les parties de la Terre AuthorFer, Nicolas deHeadline1717 geography by De Fer with 6 mapsPublisherChez le Sr. DanetDate Published1717 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,226StatusSold Lot #46 Printed Pages from English Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Printed Books... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important English LiteraturePublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$558.75StatusSold Lot #47 Printed Pages from European Literature: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Books and Manuscripts... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal leaves from important European printingsPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #48 Specimens of Oriental MSS and Printing: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare Oriental Books and Manuscrpts... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineRare Oriental Manuscripts and Printed LeavesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1938 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #49 Specimens of Woodcuts and Engravings: A Portfolio of Original Leaves taken from Rare and Notable Illustated Books... Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.L.HeadlineOriginal Engravings from 15th-17th centuriesPublisherThe FoliophilesDate Published1926 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #50 Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality Headingzzg(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorJames, John AngellHeadlineWith Fore-edge Painting of ButterfliesPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #51 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward (trans)HeadlineForster's Translation of The Arabian Nights 1802PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 A Collection of Prints, Illustrative of English Scenery from the Drawings and Sketches of Gainsborough AuthorGainsborough, [Thomas]HeadlinePrints Gainsborough Illustrated English SceneryPublisherW.F. Wells & J. LaporteDate Published[1802-05] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,992StatusSold Lot #53 The Wind in the Willows AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineGrahame The Wind in the Willows first editionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,718StatusSold Lot #54 The Lamentations of Jeremiah Heading(Gregynog Press)Author*HeadlineGregynog Press printing of JeremiahPublisherThe Gregynog PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #55 The Rights of War and Peace, in three books. Wherein are explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineGrotius' seminal treatise on International LawPublisherPrinted for W. Innys and R. Manby, et al.Date Published1738 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #56 The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz AuthorHafizHeadlinePersian Poetry from the Villon SocietyPublisherVillon SocietyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #57 An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy, Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages AuthorHall, Manly P.HeadlineManly P. Hall on Masonic ritualsPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #58 The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman AuthorHomerHeadlineFirst edition in English of HomerPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611-1615?] View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer leather setPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,114.50StatusSold Lot #60 De Re Metallica Heading(Hoover, Herbert Clark)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineAgricola - De Re Metallica Ltd Edn 1912PublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #61 Quinti Horatii Flacii Opera: Cum Novo Commentario ad Modum Joannis Bond AuthorHoraceHeadlinephotographsPublisherFermin DidotDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #62 The Romances of Victor Hugo AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineVictor Hugo Works leather bound 14 volume setPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1892-94 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #63 Lot of two works in three volumes, all bound by John Grabau AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineJohn Grabau bindings on George Wharton JamesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,056StatusSold Lot #64 An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers... AuthorJamieson, JohnHeadlineScottish Etymological Dictionary, finely boundPublisherAlexander GardnerDate Published1879-1887 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #65 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's English Dictionary 1755PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$8,443StatusSold Lot #66 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author[Johnson, Samuel]HeadlineSamuel Johson on Scottish IslandsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1775 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #67 The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English PoetsPublisherPrinted for C. Bathurst, et al.Date Published1781 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #68 Illustrations of Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio with Text AuthorJones, Howard and Mrs. N.E. Jones, et alHeadlineornithology, lithographyPublisher[the collaborators]Date Published1886 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,003StatusSold Lot #69 Collection of Works by Jonson, most published 1631 to 1641 AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBen Jonson Collected Works, 1631-1641Date Published1631-1641 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,056StatusSold Lot #70 A Compleat Account of the Portugueze Language: Being a Copious Dictionary of English with Portugueze and Portugueze with English. Together with a Easie and Unerring Method of its Pronunciation by a distinguished Accent, and a Compendium of all the necessary Rules of Construction and Orthography digested into a Grammatical Form Author[Justice, Alexander]. "A.J."HeadlinedictionariesPublisherPrinted by R. Janeway for the AuthorDate Published1701 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #71 Iustini Historici in Trogi Popmeii historias... AuthorJustinus, Marcus JunianusHeadlineThe Historical Writings of Justinus, 1532PublisherEx Officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel FratrumDate Published1532 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #72 Utopia Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, Sir ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press printing of UtopiaPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #73 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #74 [Musurgia universalis, i.e.] Athanasii Kircheri fuldensis e Soc Iesu Presbyteri. Musurgia Universalis sive ars magna consoni et dissoni in X. libros digesta: Qua Vniuersa Sonorum doctrina, & Philosophia, musicaeque tam theoricae, quam practicae scientia, summa varietate traditur... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's Treastise on Music, 1650PublisherEx Typographia Haeredum Francisci CorbellettiDate Published1650 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #75 Handbuch der Edelsteinkunde für Mineralogen, Steinschneider und Juweliere AuthorKluge, Karl EmilHeadlineKarl Kluge's Mineralogy HandbookPublisherF.A. BrockhausDate Published1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #76 The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated from the Arabique into French; by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and Resident for the King of France, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities Heading(Koran in English)Author**HeadlineEarly English version of the Koran, 1649Date Published1649 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #77 The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science, and Industry of the Queen of Gems AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #78 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archæology, and in Science AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on IvoryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #79 Lot of three books by Kunz AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz on precious stones and ringsPublisherLippincottDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #80 Women in Love AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineLawrence Women in Love limited first editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers OnlyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #81 Essais de Theodicée sur la Bonté de Dieu, la Liberté de l'Homme et l'Origine du Mal Author[Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm von]HeadlineLeibniz' Essay on Liberty, first edition, 1710PublisherChez Isaac TroyelDate Published1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,343StatusSold Lot #82 Moreh Nebukim [The Guide of the Perplexed] AuthorMaimonides [Moses Ben Maimon]HeadlineRare Hebrew IncunabulaPublisher[Obadiah?]Date PublishedNo date [circa 1473-75] View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 Samuelis Marolois, Mathematicorum sui saeculi facile principis Geometria theoretica ac practica: continens linearum, superficierum, ac corporum quorumlibet dimensionum regulas, demonstrationes & figuras perfectissimas Studia atque opera Alberti Girardi, Mathematici Cl AuthorMarolois, SamuelHeadlineMathematics, Geometry and Surveying, 1662PublisherJoannis JanssoniusDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #84 Magiciens et Logiciens AuthorMaurois, AndreHeadlineAndre Maurois Magiciens et Logiciens 1/16PublisherEditions Bernard GrassetDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #85 Heads of the People: or, Portraits of the English AuthorMeadows, KennyHeadlineMeadows Heads of the People Portraits DrawingsPublisherRobert TyasDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #86 Moby-Dick; or, the Whale AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's Moby-DickPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$15,643StatusSold Lot #87 [Guide into Tongues, i.e.]: Minshæi Emendatio, vel á mendis Expurgatio, seu Augmentatio sui Ductoris in Linguas, The Guide into Tongues... AuthorMinsheu, JohnHeadline17th Century Etymological DictionaryPublisherPrinted by Iohn HavilandDate Published1627 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Essays of Michael Lord of Montaigne. Written by him in French and done into English by John Florio AuthorMontaigne, Michel Eyquem de.HeadlineBruce Rogers Printing of MontaignePublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1902-1904 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #89 A Treatise on Brewing: Wherein is Exhibited the Whole Process of the Art and Mystery of Brewing the various sorts of Malt Liquor; with Practical Examples upon each Species... AuthorMorrice, AlexanderHeadlineEarly 19th century Treatise on Brewing BeerPublisherFor the Author, sold by H.D. SymondsDate Published1802 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #90 A Tourist In Spite of Himself AuthorNewton, A. EdwardHeadlinePresented by Newton to Flodden HerronPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1930 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #91 Autograph manuscript by Newton, referring to the Nazarenes AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton Manuscript regarding TheologyDate Publishedc.1700 View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, Mathematick Professor in the University of Cambridge; containing his New Theory about Light and Colors... AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineIsaac Newton's First Published Work, on ColorPublisher[For John Martin]Date PublishedFeb. 19, 1671 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 [Works, i.e.] The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press ShakespearePublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,524StatusSold Lot #94 Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in figures AuthorOvidHeadline1632 edition or Ovid's MetamorphosesPublisher[John Lichfield]Date Published1632 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$558.75StatusSold Lot #95 Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles euangelistar[um] figuras AuthorPetrus de RosenheimHeadline16th century emblem bookPublisher[Thomas Badensis]Date Published[1504] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$7,883StatusSold Lot #96 The New World of Words: or, a General English Dictionary AuthorPhillips, EdwardHeadlineEarly English etymological dictionaryPublisherPrinted by W.R. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1678 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #97 The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary AuthorPhillips, EdwardHeadlineEnglish Dictionary 1706PublisherJ. 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