Sale 723: PBA Platinum - Rare Books & Manuscripts (#723) 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-33 of 33. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon... Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #3 Il Genio Vagante, Biblioteca Curiosa di Cento e piu Relazioni di Viaggi Stranieri de Nostri Tempi. Parte II AuthorAnzi, Aurelio DegliHeadlineWith early map of Louigiana in New FranciaPublisherL. M. RoinetiDate Published1691 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur with Aubrey Beardsley illustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #7 Album of Thomas Bewick vignettes or 'tale-pieces', presented to Richard Arkwright Heading(Bewick, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineThomas Bewick vignettes inscribed by the artistDate Published[1824] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #8 A Concordāce, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned Heading(Bible - Concordance)AuthorMarbecke, JohnHeadlineFirst Concordance in English to Bible, 1550PublisherRichardus Grafton]Date Published1550 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #9 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #14 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... [with] Supplemental Nights AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineBurton's Arabian Nights finely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885-1888 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #17 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice in Wonderland, first edition, second issuePublisherD. AppletonDate Published1866 [1865] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #23 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineFirst issue of Two Years Before the Mast finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #24 La Divina Comedia di Dante, di nuovo alla sua vera lettione ridotta con lo aiuto di molti antichissimi esemplari AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineIllustrated edition of Dante's Divine Comedy 1555PublisherApresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, et FratelliDate Published1555 [colophon dated 1554] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #37 Le Morte DArthur: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte DArthur, full vellumPublisherPhilip Lee Warner / Medici Society Ltd.Date Published1910-11 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #38 The History of Little Goody Twoshoes; otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes Heading(Goody Two-shoes)HeadlineFirst Worcester Edition of Little Goody Twoshoes 1787PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1787 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #39 Les Fleurs Animées [bound with] Botanique des Dames [and] Culture des Fleurs: Horticulture des Dames Heading(Grandville, J.J.)AuthorDelord, TaxileHeadlineGrandville's Les Fleurs Animées 1847PublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published1847 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #40 Scenes de la vie Privee et Publique des Animaux AuthorGrandville, [J.J.]HeadlineAn anthropomorphic classic by Grandville, 1842PublisherJ. HetzelDate Published1842 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #42 Amor und Psyche. Eine Dichtung in Sechs Gesängen AuthorHamerling, RobertHeadlineIn a lovely German publisher's binding, 1882PublisherAdolf TitzeDate Published[1882] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... Heading(Jesuit letters)HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #51 Arithmologia sive, De abditis numerorum mysterijs qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur; abditæ eorundem proprietates demonstrantur; fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur; denique post Cabalistarum, Arabum, Gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera & licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher examines mystical numerology, 1665PublisherEx typographia VaresijDate Published1665 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #55 Set of twenty-four first editions by Andrew Lang, including all of his Fairy Books AuthorLang, AndrewHeadline24 Andrew Lang First Editions Finely BoundPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1889-1912 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #57 Nicholas Machiavel's Prince. Also, The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. And the meanes Duke Valentine us'd to put to death Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto of Fermo Paul, and the Duke of Gravina. Translated out of Italian into English; by E[dward] D[acres]. With some animadversion noting and taxing his errours AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineMachiavelli's Prince, 1st in English 1640PublisherR. Bishop for Wil. Hils, and to be sold by Daniel PakemanDate Published1640 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #58 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperor, His Meditations Concerning Himselfe: Treating of a Naturall Mans happinesse; Wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations of Marcus Aurelius, 1st edition in EnglishPublisherPrinted by M. Flesher, for Richard MynneDate Published1634 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold Lot #63 The House at Pooh Corner [with] autograph letter signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard and addressed to an American admirer AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineSigned by A.A. Milne, with Ernest H. Shepard ALSPublisherMethuenDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #64 Philosophical Poems AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineThe collected poetry of Henry More, 1647PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #68 Fairy Tales Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)AuthorAndersen, Hans ChristianHeadlineSigned by Kay Nielsen, 1/500PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #69 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #70 Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia AuthorOrta, Garcia de, et al.HeadlineBotany of East & West Indies, 1593PublisherEx officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem MoretumDate Published1593 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #80 Aesop's Fables [with] original ink drawing by Arthur Rackham Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorAesopHeadlineSigned by Rackham with an original ink drawing laid inPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Sleeping Beauty Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorEvans, C.S.HeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/625PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #82 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorGrimm BrothersHeadlineSigned by Arthur Rackham, 1/750PublisherConstable & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #83 The Ingoldsby Legends Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorIngoldsby, Thomas [pseud. of Richard Barham]HeadlineSigned by Rackham, large paper edition, 1/560PublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #84 A Midsummer-Night's Dream Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMidsummer-Night's Dream with Rackham illustrationsPublisherHeinemann / Doubleday, PageDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #88 Demonstratio Et Constructio Horologiorum Novorum. Radio Recto; Refracto in Aqua; Reflexo in Speculo; solo Magnete Horas Astronomicas, Italicas, Babylonicas indicantium AuthorSchönberger, GeorgHeadlineScarce study of horology, 1622PublisherApud Ioannem StrasserumDate Published1622 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #110 Elements of Bacchus: or, Toasts and Sentiments, given by Distinguished Characters. Illustrated with forty portraits in aqua tinta, of the most celebrated bon vivants in Great Britain. With a variety of anecdotes and remarkable traits, prefixed to each portrait. Written and designed by George Murgatroyd [sic] Woodward AuthorWoodward, George MoutardHeadlineColored aquatint plates of inebriated Britons, 1792PublisherPublished by William HollandDate Published1792 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next