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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Descrittione di tvtta Italia AuthorAlberti, LeandroHeadlineLeandro Alberti's descritions of Italy 1557PublisherPer Domenico de' FarrDate Published1557 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #3 The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber: containing, Great Variety of Choice Secrets in Medicine and Alchymy in the Working of Metallick Mines, and the Separation of Metals Heading(Alchemy)AuthorGlauber, Johann RudolfHeadlineThe Works of John Rudolph Glauber, 1689PublisherPrinted by Thomas MilbourneDate Published[1689] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #5 A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. To which is added a Treatise of Sulphur: Written by Micheel Sandivogius... Also Nine Books of the Nature of Things, written by Paracelsus... Also a Chymicall Dictionary... Heading(Alchemy)AuthorSendivogius, MichaelHeadlineFamous work by Polish alchemist, 1650PublisherPrinted by Richard Cote for Thomas WilliamsDate Published1650 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #6 The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monke of the Order of St. Bennet... To Which is added Two Treatises. The First declaring his Manual Operations. The Second shewing things Natural and Supernatural Heading(Alchemy)AuthorValentinus, BasiliusHeadlineLast Will and Testament of Basil ValentinePublisherPrinted by S.G. and B.G. for Edward BrewsterDate Published1671 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #7 Traité Général des Horloges AuthorAllexandre, JacquesHeadlineart of time-pieces 27 folding platesPublisherHippolyte-Louis GuerinDate Published1734 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #9 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineThe first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #13 Grammaire Générale Et Raisonnée: Contenant Les Fondemens De L'art De Parler Expliqués D'une Manière Claire Et Naturelle... AuthorArnauld, AntoineHeadlineFrench Grammar 1780PublisherDurand neveuDate Published1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 [Genethlialogia, or, the doctrine of nativities: containing the whole art of directions, and annual revolutions... also, tables for calculating the planets places for any time, either past, present, or to come; together with the doctrine of horarie questions... Heading(Astrology)AuthorGadbury, JohnHeadline17th century astrologyDate Published1658-[1661] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #25 Thomae Bartholini Archiatri Danici Anatome AuthorBartholin, ThomasHeadlineThomas Bartholin's Anatomy 1677PublisherSumpt. Joan Ant. HuguetanDate Published1677 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #29 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] Heading(Bible in Hebrew)Headline16th Century Bomberg Bible with ProphetsPublisherDaniel BombergDate Publishedc.1547-49 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #30 Bible in Romanian Heading(Bible)Headline18th century Bible in RomanianDate Published[c. 1794] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #32 Consolationis Philosophiae Libri V AuthorBoethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus SeverinusHeadlineConsolations of Philosophy 1671PublisherEx Officina HackianaDate Published1671 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #36 The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine AuthorBoyle, RobertHeadlineWorks of Robert Boyle 3 vols.1738PublisherW. Innys and R. Manby, and T. LongmanDate Published1738 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #37 Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, And Commonly Presumed Truths AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlinePseudodoxia Epidemica by Thomas Browne 1650PublisherPrinted by A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. EkinsDate Published1650 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #43 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$7,500StatusSold Lot #68 M. Tullii Ciceronis Sententiae Insigniores, et Pia Apophthegmata... [and] Isocratis Atheniensis Oratoris & Philosophi clarisimi... AuthorCicero, Marcus Tullius, Isocrates, et alHeadlineClassical aphorisms 1565PublisherApud Nicolaum BeuilacquamDate Published1565 [and] 1569 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #69 Ten volumes of writings by Cicero published primarily by Sebastianus Gryphius in the mid-16th century AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineScarce 16th century printings of CiceroPublisherApud Seb. Gryphium, etc.Date Publishedc.1546-1567 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation. AuthorDerham, W.HeadlineTwo Editions of Physico-Theology by W. DerhamDate Published1758, 1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #91 Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici AuthorDickinson, EdmundHeadlineThe Syncratic beliefs of Edmund Dickinson, 1702PublisherHenri RibotteauDate Published1702 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Herbarum Imagines Vivae AuthorEgenolff, ChristianHeadlineFacsimile of herbal illustrations from 1535Publisher[Editions Medicina Rara]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #103 La Constitution Française, décrétée par l'Assemblée Nationale constituante, aux année 1789, 1790, 1791 Heading(France)AuthorAssemblée NationaleHeadlineFrench Constitution of 1791Publisherchez GarneryDate Published1791 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #105 Printed leaf from Galen Ascripti Libri Qui Variam Artis Medicae framed with facsimile title page. AuthorGalen [Claudius Galenus]HeadlineFramed w/ facsimile title pagePublisherHieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum EpiscopiumDate Published[c. 1515] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne AuthorGranville, George, Lord LansdowneHeadlineGeorge Granville verse and prose 1732PublisherPrinted for J. Tonson, and L. GilliverDate Published1732 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum AuthorGrotius, HugoHeadlineHugo Grotius' Notes on the Gospels 1641PublisherCornelium BlaeuDate Published1641 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #121 The Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself AuthorHerbert, Edward, Lord of CherburyHeadlineLord Herbert of Cherbury 1770PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1770 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #122 Harivansa ou Histoire de la Famille de Hari, ouvrage formant un appendice du Mahabharata... Heading(Hindu Mythology)HeadlineFirst printing of the Harivansa in any languagePublisherOriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and IrelandDate Published1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #123 The Hindu Pantheon Heading(Hindu Mythology)AuthorMoor, EdwardHeadlinePantheon of Hindu Gods with over 100 platesPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1810 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #127 Examen de Ingenios: or, the Tryal of Wits. Discovering the great Difference of Wits among Men, and what Sort of Learning suits best with each Genius. AuthorHuartes, JuanHeadlineExplaining the mind through the Humors, 1698PublisherRichard SareDate Published[1698] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #128 The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688 AuthorHume, DavidHeadlineHume's History of England, 1779PublisherT. CadellDate Published1789 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #129 Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from the Bohun Bible, mid-14th century Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Bible Leaf)Headline14th century illuminated Bible leafDate PublishedMid-14th century View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #130 Chiromantia Metoposcopia and Physiognomia Odeer Kurtze Anweisung, Wieman Aus Denen Vier Haupt-Lineen in der Hand AuthorIngebern, JohannHeadlineIllustrated guide to palm reading, 1724PublisherWilhelm ForsterDate Published1724 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #145 Pharsalia sive de Bello Civili Caesaris et Pompeii Libri X AuthorLucanus, Marcus AnnaeusHeadlineLucan's Pharsalia 1614PublisherEx officina Plantiniana RaphelengiiDate Published1614 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #146 Zacuti Lusitani Medici, et Philosophi praestanssimi. De medicorum principum historia... AuthorLuisitannis, ZacutusHeadlineZacutus Lusitanus 1638PublisherSumpt. Henr. LaurentiiDate Published1638 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #156 Illustrations of the Bible AuthorMartin, JohnHeadlineMartin's mezzotint illustrations for the BiblePublisherCharles TiltDate Published1838 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #163 Dell'arte Di Vedere Nelle Belle Arti Del Disegno Secondo I Principii Di Sulzer E Di Mengs - Opera AuthorMilizia, FrancescoHeadlineFrancesco Militia on drawing 1798PublisherNella stamperia di Pietro Qm. Gio. Batta PasqualiDate Published1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #172 I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Remedia Amoris 1584PublisherNella Stamperia NouaDate Published1584 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #183 L' Africa Del Petrarca In Ottava Rima Insieme Col Testo Latino AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePtutrarch's Africa 1570Publisherappresso Domenico FarriDate Published1570 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #187 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri]Date Published[1513] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History with rare variant title pagePublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1635-1634 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #189 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, Compared together by that grave learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot... and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe first complete version of Plutarch in EnglishPublisherPrinted by George Miller...sold by Robert AllottDate Published1631 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #190 Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, hoc Primo Epitomes eruditionis volumine breviter dilucide que comprehensa AuthorPomey, FranciscoHeadlineThe Mythical Pantheon 1752PublisherGeorg. Christoph WeberDate Published1752 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #192 Handsomely bound eighteenth-century Dutch prayer book Heading(Prayer Book)HeadlineHandsome Dutch prayer book 1714Date Published1714 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #197 Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans AuthorRamazzini, BernardinoHeadlineOn Diseases of Craftsmen 1777PublisherMoutardDate Published1777 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #199 The Practice of Physick in Two Volums, Very much Enlarged. Wherein is plainly set forth, The Nature, Cause, Differences, and Several Sorts of Signs: Together with the Cure of all Diseases in the Body of Man. In Twenty and Four Books. AuthorRiverius, Lazarus, Nicholas Culpeper, and Abdiah ColeHeadline1658 Practice of PhysickPublisherPeter ColeDate Published1658 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #203 Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate. AuthorSchröder, Johann; Friedrich Hoffman; George Daniel KoschwitzHeadlineFramed w/ facsimiles of title page and woodcutPublisherJ. HoffmansDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #206 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #207 The Plays of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768PublisherH Woodfall et al.Date Published1768 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #217 History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. Illustrated with the Effigies of divers of Them AuthorStanley, ThomasHeadlineStanley's History of Philosophy, 1687PublisherPrinted for Thomas Bassett, et al.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #223 The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls citezeine and goldesmyth of London AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFirst edition in English of Thucydides, 1550Publisher[William Tylle]Date Published1550 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #225 The Altar Book: Containing the Order for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist According to the Use of the American Church: MDCCCXCII. By Authority Heading(Updike, Daniel Berkeley/ Merrymount Press)HeadlineThe Altar Book Merrymount Press 1/350Publisher[Merrymount Press]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #237 Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology AuthorWhewell, WilliamHeadlineTheological perspectives on Astronomy & PhysicsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next