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Images et Texte sur la Libririe AuthorTaubert, SigfredHeadlineTaubert, Bibliopola, the book trade 1st Ed. 1966PublisherNew York: R. R. Bowker Co.Date Published[1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #43 Madame de Pompadour AuthorCapefigue, J. B. H. R.HeadlineNicely bound copy of Madame de PompadourPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #58 The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan AuthorKinglake, Alexander WilliamHeadlineKinglake's Invasion of Crimea handsomly boundPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1863-1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #63 Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the Year 1795, Written by Himself: with a Continuation, to the time of his Decease, By his Son, Joseph Priestley... / Four Discourses Intended to Have Been Delivered at Philadelphia... AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineMemoirs of Joseph Priestley bound by BayntunPublisherJ. Johnson; John BinnsDate Published1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #64 Memoirs of the Duc De Saint-Simon on the Times of Louis XIV. and the Regency AuthorSaint-Simon, [Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de]HeadlineMemoirs of Saint-Simon bound by BaytunPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #66 Quo Vadis, roman des temps Néroniens AuthorSienkiewicz, HenrykHeadlineQuo Vadis in French, bound by Flammarion, 1904PublisherErnest FlammarionDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 The Historie of Tvvelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome: VVritten in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a Marginall Glosse, and other briefe Annotations there-upon AuthorSuetonius Tranquillus, CaiusHeadlineSuetonius' Twelve Caesars, 1st in English 1606PublisherPrinted [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew LownesDate Published1606 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #77 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume IV. Heading(American Philosophical Society)HeadlineTransactions of the American Philosophical Society 1802PublisherPrinted and Sold by Thomas DobsonDate Published1802 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #78 The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth. Heading(Americana Manuscripts)Author[Hewlett, W.O., editor]Headline3 vol Manuscripts of the Earl of DartmouthPublisherPrinted for Her Majesty's Stationary Office by Eyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1885-1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #80 A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland, From A.D. 1536, 1784, with Critical Remarks by Hugo Arnot AuthorArnot, HugoHeadlineArnot's Celebrated Scottish Trials, 1785PublisherPrinted for the author by William SmellieDate Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #84 A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James. Whereunto is added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and The First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second... AuthorBaker, Sir RichardHeadlineA Chronicle of the Kings of England 1684PublisherH. SawbridgeDate Published1684 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #87 Le Mareschal Expert, Traitant du naturel, & des marques des beaux & bons Cheuaux, de leurs maladies & remedes dicelles. AuthorBeaugrand, NicholasHeadlineCharming illust. 1600s guide to horse carePublisherClaude la RiviereDate Published1651 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #88 Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum, Discovered at the Foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Ancients. And a short Description of the Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Naples. Author[Bellicard,Jerome Charles & Charles Cochin]HeadlineObservations on paintings and sculpture, 1753PublisherPrinted for D. Wilson, and T. DurhamDate Published1753 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$558.75StatusSold Lot #100 The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation / The Story of Samson and its Place in the Religious Development of Mankind Heading(Bible Myth)Headline2 Historical texts on religious storiesPublisherOpen Court Publishing Company; Grant RichardsDate Published1899, 1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #107 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,003StatusSold Lot #115 Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions Heading(China)AuthorTsien, Tsuen-HsuinHeadlineWritten on Bamboo and Silk, 1st ed in djPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #122 Quintus Curtius, His History of the Wars of Alexander. To which is prefix'd Freinshemius's Supplement AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineDigby Translation of Curtius 1726PublisherBernard LintotDate Published1725 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #124 [Works] AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Darwin. Appleton, 1896PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #137 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry... Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #139 The Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents in the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)AuthorAllen, Thomas George, editorHeadlineThe Egyptian Book of the Dead Documents 131 platesPublisherThe University of Chicago PressDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #140 Die Relativitätstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineDie Relativitatstheorie by Albert Einstein, rare 1925 offprintDate Published1925 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #141 Ernst Mach AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineAuthor's offprint of Einstein eulogy, 1916PublisherDruck von August PriesDate Published1916 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #142 La Géométrie et l'Expérience AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Geometrie und Erfahrung in FrenchPublisherGauthier-Villarset Cie.Date Published1921 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #149 An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineOliver Goldsmith History of the Earth 8 vols. 1779PublisherJ. NourseDate Published1779 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #153 The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Translated from the Text of Heiberg with Introduction and Commentary by Thomas Heath AuthorHeath, Thomas (translator)HeadlineEuclid's 13 Books of Elements in 3 vols, 1926PublisherAt the University PressDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #154 Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion by Nath. Hodges, M.D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the City all that Time... AuthorHodges, Nathaniel & John QuincyHeadlineHodges' account of London's Great PlaguePublisherPrinted for E. Bell & J. OsbornDate Published1720 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #162 Pharmacopoeia Reformata: or, an Essay for a Reformation of the London Pharmacopoeia, by a Set of Remarks on the Draught for a New One, and likewise on the Plan, published by the Committee appointed by the College of Physicians for that purpose. Author[Lewis, William]HeadlineReformation of the London Pharmacopoeia, 1746PublisherPrinted for R. WillockDate Published1746 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #163 Machiavels Discourses upon the First Decade of T. Livius AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineFirst edition of Machiavelli's Discourses in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Thomas Paine for William Hills and Daniel PakemanDate Published1636 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #165 A Manual of Quarternions Heading(Mathematics)AuthorJoly, Charles JasperHeadlineCharles Joly's Manual on Quarternions, 1905PublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #166 The Mathematical Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton Heading(Mathematics)HeadlineMathematical Papers of W. R. Hamilton 2 VolsPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1931 & 1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #167 The Historie of All the Romane Emperors, Beginning with Caius Julius Caesar, and Successively Ending with Rodulph the Second Now Raigning AuthorMexia, PedroHeadlinePedro Mexia's History of the Roman Emperors, 1604PublisherMatthew LownesDate Published1604 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Lot #171 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #173 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #174 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #178 Oeuvres de Pasteur. Réunies par Pasteur Vallery-Radot AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlineThe Works of Louis PasteurPublisherMasson et CieDate Published1922-1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #181 Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy; with Sketches of Early Medical Practice AuthorPeters, HermannHeadlineIllustrated history of Pharmacology, 1889PublisherG.P. Engelhard & CompanyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #185 Collection of French Consulate plays, many by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt Heading(Pixérécourt, René-Charles Guilbert de)AuthorVarious authorsHeadline2 volumes of Consulate era French TheatrePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1801-1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #186 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612; 1610 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #187 The Worthies of the World, or, The Lives of the most Heroick Greeks and Romans compared, to which are added More Lives, out of Aemilius Probus and others AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, 1665 editionPublisherPrinted for John Williams, William Gilbertson, and Henry MarshDate Published1665 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #191 Discourses on the Evidence of Revealed Religion. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Discourses on Revealed ReligionsPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #194 Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, and Other Branches of Natural Philosophy. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's experiments with gases and oxygen 1790PublisherT PearsonDate Published1790 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #196 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherWhite & ByrneDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #197 Lectures on History, and General Policy: to which is prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life. and an Additional Lecture on the Constitution of the United States AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Lectures on History and EducationPublisherPrinted for P. ByrneDate Published1803 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #198 Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its Neighbourhood, on Subjects Interesting to the Author, and to Them. AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestley's Letters to Northumberland, 1801PublisherPrinted by John Bioren for John Conrad; M. & J. Conrad; Rapine, Conrad & Co.Date Published1801 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #199 Three works by Joseph Priestley AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlineJoseph Priestley, memoirs, lectures, lettersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1791-1809 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #200 WITHDRAWN - The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort Compiled Under The Direction of Her Majesty The Queen - presentation copy inscribed by Queen Victoria Heading(Queen Victoria)AuthorGrey, Lieut-General The Hon C.HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #201 Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Complete English Dispensatory, in Four Parts. AuthorQuincy, JohnHeadlinePharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea 1730PublisherJ Osborn and T LongmanDate Published1733 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #202 Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Complete English Dispensatory, in Four Parts. AuthorQuincy, JohnHeadlinePharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea 1730PublisherA. Bell, W. Taylor, & J. OsbornDate Published1719 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 In the Evening of His Days, a Study of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, With Some Account of St. Deiniol's Library and Hostel Heading(Rackham, Arthur, artist)Author[Friederichs, Hulda]HeadlineStudy of Mr. Gladstone in Retirement, 1896Publisher"Westminster Gazette"Date Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #208 The Stars, How to Know Them, and Use Them... AuthorRosser, W.H.HeadlineWith 4 maps of the stars, 1866PublisherJames Imray and SonDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #211 Seplasium. The Compleat English Physician: or, the Druggist's Shop Opened. AuthorSalmon, WilliamHeadlineSalmon's Compleat English Physician 1693PublisherPrinted for Matthew GilliflowerDate Published1693 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #212 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, large paper edition, 1/500PublisherShakespeare Head Press for Houghton MifflinDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #220 Idea del Giardino del Mondo di m. Thomaso Thomai da Rauenna, Fisico, & Academico innominato, oue, oltre molti secreti marauigliosi di natura, sono posti varij, et soauissimi frutti curiosissimi, secondo la diuersita del gusto de gli huomini. AuthorTomai, TommasoHeadlineTommaso Tomai's Garden of the World, 1593PublisherAppresso S. AlbertiDate Published1593 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #226 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1745 AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadline1745 Magazine w/ early article on electricityPublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #227 The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle for the Year 1791 AuthorUrban, SylvanusHeadlineThe Gentleman's Magazine for 1791PublisherJohn NicholsDate Published1791 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #228 Oeuvres de É. Verdet. Publiées par les Soins de ses Éleves AuthorVerdet, ÉmileHeadlineComplete works of French physicist Émile VerdetPublisherVictor Masson et FilsDate Published1868-1872 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #230 Die Mutationstheorie AuthorVries, Hugo M. deHeadlineHugo M. de Vries Die Mutationstheorie 1st ed 1901PublisherVeitDate Published1901-03 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #232 Lectures on Diet and Regimen: Being a Systematic Inquiry into the Most Rational Means of Preserving Health and Prolonging Life: Together with Physiological and Chemical Explanations... AuthorWillich, A.F.M.HeadlineEarly work concerning smallpox vaccinationsPublisherPrinted by A. StrahanDate Published1800 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #233 A Lecture on Quack Medicines, Delivered to the Wakefield Mechanics' Institution, February 20th, 1843. AuthorWright, T.G.HeadlineWright's Lecture on Quack Medicine, 1843PublisherR. Groombridge; Simpkin Marshall, & othersDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #234 Theses de catarrhis et quae in capite oriuntur fluxionibus, deque suppullulantibus ex his morbis & symptomatis ... AuthorZeidler, AdamHeadlineMedical thesis from University of Basel, 1580PublisherBasileae Helveticorum, Leonardus OsteniusDate Published1580 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next