Sale 785: Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Science, Medicine & More (#785) 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT


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101 The Republican Court or American Society in the Days of Washington. Griswold, Rufus Wilmot Early Women of the American Establishment [1856] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
102 James I. and VI. Henderson, T.F. Sumptuous biography of King James I & VI 1901 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
103 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer Homer Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, finely bound 1905 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $550
(2 bids)
104 The Complete Opera Book Kobbé, Gustave Nicely bound illustrated Opera history [1937] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
105 The Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon Landon, Letitia Elizabeth The Poems of Letitia Landon, nicely bound 1864 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
106 Books and Bookmen Lang, Andrew Lang's Bookmen finely bound LP copy 1886 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
107 Calendario de las Señoritas Megicanas para el Año 1838 Galvan Rivera, Mariano, editor (Mexico – Gift Book Almanac) Rare Mexican gift book in fine binding 1837-1838 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
108 Select Views in Great Britain. Middiman, Samuel, engraver With 53 engraved views of Great Britain [1830] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
109 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Poe, Edgar Allan Annabel Edition of Poe's Works, nicely bound 1902 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
Current absentee: $500
(1 bid)
110 The Works of Alexander Pope; With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem, by the Rev. G. Croly, LL.D. Pope, Alexander The Works of Alexander Pope, nicely bound 1835 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
111 The Works of William H. Prescott Prescott, William H. Works of W.H. Prescott finely bound [1904] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
112 The Living Female Writers of the South. [Raymond, Ida, editor] Female Writers of the American South 1872 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
113 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Boswell, James (Riviere) Boswell's Life of Johnson, bound by Riviere [1831] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
114 Charles I Skelton, Sir John (Riviere) Charles I by Skelton, bound by Riviere & Son 1898 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
115 The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (Root & Son) 3 Root & Son fine bindings 1847-1848 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
116 The Hesperides & Noble Numbers Herrick, Robert (Root & Son) Works of Robert Herrick, bound by Root & Son 1891 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
117 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone Morley, John (Samford, P.B.) Illustrated, nicely bound by P.B. Samford 1903 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
118 Madeleine: A Story of French Love Sandeau, Jules Madeleine by Sandeau, bound by Ringer 1891 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
119 Ladies Fair and Frail:Sketches of the Demi-Monde During the Eighteenth Century Bleackley, Horace (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) Nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
120 The Perfect Courtier Baldassare Castiglione His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 Cartwright, Julia (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) Nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe 1927 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
121 Eleven volumes of Sir Walter Scott's Poetry from the library of Edward Smith-Stanley Scott, Sir Walter Edward Smith-Stanley's copies of Scott's poetry 1851-1854 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
122 The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley, Percy Bysshe Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely bound 1888 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
123 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition Stevenson, Robert Louis Excellently bound set of Stevenson's Works [1921] $3,000 - $5,000
Starting bid:
$1,500
124 The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence Symonds, John Addington Nicely bound biography of Michelangelo [1893] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
125 The Life and Letters of John Hay Thayer, William Roscoe Thayer's biographical work, nicely bound [1916] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
126 The Writings of Mark Twain [with] Autograph letter, signed by Samuel Clemens Twain, Mark Twain signed letter w/ 25 vol. deluxe set of Twain 1899 $2,000 - $3,000
Starting bid:
$1,000
127 The Works of Oscar Wilde Wilde, Oscar Oscar Wilde's Works, bound by Brentanos [1909] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
128 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. Wright, G.N. With numerous engravings of French architecture [c. 1845] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
129 The Art of Breguet Daniels, George (Zaehnsdorf) Exquisite Zaehnsdorf binding 1975 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
130 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels Ingoldsby, Thomas (Zaehnsdorf) Illustrated by Rackham, bound by Zaehnsdorf 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
131 Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays Stevenson, Robert Louis (Zaehnsdorf) Across the Plains, bound by Zaehnsdorf 1887; 1892 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
132 Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honor to Catherine II. Empress of all the Russias: Written by Herself: Comprising Letters of the Empress, and Other Correspondence. Vorontsova-Dashkova, Yekaterina Romanovna (Zaehnsdorf) Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf 1840 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
133 Eight miniature almanacs (Almanacs) Eight miniature almanacs 1883-1914 1883-1914 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
134 Four Tiny Books from The American Tract Society Frost, S. Annie (American Tract Society) 4 Tiny Books from American Tract Society [1881] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
135 Miniature Broadsides: Designed and Printed by the Black Cat Press (Black Cat Press) Miniature Broadsides from Black Cat Press 1962 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
136 Sixty-two miniature books from the Black Cat Press (Black Cat Press) 62 miniature books from the Black Cat Press 1960-1984 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
137 Twelve micro-miniature books from the Borrower's Press (Borrower's Press) 12 mini books from the Borrower's Press 1974-1979 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
138 No. V-109: The Biography of a Printing Press Morris, Henry (Bromer, Anne & David) Henry Morris No. V-109 Bird & Bull Checklist 1978 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
139 Illustrated Chinese Maxims: Or Known as Family Rules of Conduct. Illustrated in 60 color Pictures. (Chinese Maxims) 60 Illustrated Chinese Maxims [c.1930?] $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
140 Fifty Cracker Jack miniature books (Cracker Jack Miniatures) 50 Cracker Jack miniature books 1960s $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
141 Four From Only in America Golden, Harry (D'Ambrosio Studio) Harry Golden Only in America Joe D'Ambrosio 1995 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
142 Miniature Books Koopman, Harry Lyman (Dawson's Book Shop) Last book designed by Bruce Rogers 1968 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
143 Don Quijote de la Mancha Cervantes, Miguel de (Ediciones Castilla) Don Quijote in miniature 1952 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
Current absentee: $100
(1 bid)
144 Kwaidan Hearn, Lafcadio (Garden View Press) Miniature Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn 1969 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
145 Seven Kate Greenaway miniature titles Greenaway, Kate Seven Kate Greenaway miniature titles Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
146 Thirty-four titles published by the Hillside Press (Hillside Press) 37 titles published by the Hillside Press 1964-1980 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $250
(1 bid)
147 Eleven miniatures and micro-miniatures by Jack Levien or his Trader's Press (Levien, Jack R. - Trader's Press) 11 miniature books from Jack R. Levien Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
148 The Book of Lambspring: Concerning the Philosophical Stone (Lilliput Press) Lilliput Press 1/100 [1980s] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
149 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There Carroll, Lewis (Minia Press) Alice's Adventures miniature 1950 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
150 Four nineteenth-century miniature illustrated chapbooks (Miniature Books - 19th Century) Four 19th century miniature illustrated chapbooks Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
151 Selection of children's and miscellaneous miniatures (Miniature Books - Children) Children's & miscellaneous miniatures Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
152 Thirteen micro-miniature volumes (Miniature Books - Micro-miniatures) Thirteen micro-miniature volumes Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
153 Collection of miniature pamphlets, catalogs, and related ephemera (Miniature Books - Miscellaneous) Miniature pamphlets, catalogs, and ephemera Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
154 Nineteen miscellaneous miniature titles (Miniature Books - Miscellaneous) 19 miscellaneous miniature titles Various dates $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
155 Four miniature scrolls (Miniature Books - Scrolls) Four miniature scrolls Various dates $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
156 Twelve illustrated accordion-style Japanese miniatures (Miniature Books Japanese) 12 illustrated accordion-style Japanese miniatures No date $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
157 Forty-eight miniature books from various publishers (Miscellaneous Publishers) 48 miniature books from various publishers Various dates $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
158 Fifteen miniature books from the Press of Ward Schori (Press of Ward Schori) 15 miniature books from Ward Schori $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
159 Collection of miniature books and newspapers from Shackman and other publishers (Shackman) Miniature novelty books and newspapers 1960s, mostly $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
160 Thirty-seven miniature books from Achille St. Onge (St. Onge, Achille J.) 37 miniature books from Achille St. Onge 1952-1977 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
161 A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy Sterne, Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey 1828 1827 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
162 Carta pastoral... de la Expulsion de los Regulares de la exinguida Orden de la Compañía Abad Illana, Manuel Spanish King: persecutor of God & Saints, 1775 1775 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
163 Five assorted albums (Albums) Collection of various albums c.1850-1900 $200 - $300
Starting bid:
$100
164 Andreae Alciati Emblematum Libellus Alciati, Andrea Alciati emblem book, 1535 1535 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
165 Epistolae Clarorum Virorum, Selectae de Quamplurimis Optimae, ad Indicandam Nostrorum Temporum Eloquentiam (Aldine Press) Aldine ed. of learned correspondence 1556 1556 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
166 Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum Libri Undeviginti Gellius, Aulus (Aldine Press) One of the last books of Aldus Manutius 1515 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
167 Pomponius Mela. Julius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis Priscano Interprete (Aldine Press) Aldine compilation on geography, 1518 1518 $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
168 Elémens de Musique Théorique et Pratique, suivant les Principes de M. Rameau, éclairis, développées et simplifiés Alembert, Jean le Rond d' Alembert's Elements of Music 1766 1766 $400 - $700
Starting bid:
$200
169 Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Shakespeare, William (Austen, John, illustrator) Hamlet, illustrated by John Austen [1922] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
Current absentee: $425
(2 bids)
170 Apuntamientos para la Historia Natural de los Quadrúpedos del Paragüay y Rio de la Plata Azara, Félix de Mammals of Paraguay & Rio de la Plata 1802 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
171 An Universal Etymological English Dictionary Bailey, Nathan Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1753 1753 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)
172 Imperiale e Reale Galleria di Firenze Bartolini, L.; G. Bezzuoli and S. Jesi, editors Paintings at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence [1841] $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
173 Die Gegenstandslose Welt Malewitsch, Kasimir (Bauhaus) The Non-objective world of Bauhaus art, 1927 [1927] $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
174 Gynaeciorum Sive de Mullerum Affectious Commentarri... [Bauhin, Caspar, editor] Gynecology & Obstetrics in 16th century 1586 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Stevenson, Robert Louis (Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator) Beaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcase [1930] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
176 Leonora Bürgher, Gottfried Augustus (Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator) Leonora, illustrated by Diana Beauclerc 1796 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
177 A System of Operative Surgery, Founded on the Basis of Anatomy Bell, Charles Operative surgery by Charles Bell 1812 1812 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
178 Prose di Monsignor Bembo Bembo, Pietro Pietro Bembo's paean to the Italian vernacular 1540 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
179 A Treatise on Mensuration, both in Theory and Practice Hutton, Charles (Bewick, Thomas, illustrator) Thomas Bewick's first book illustrations 1770 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
180 Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, Complectens Textus Originals Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Caldaicum, Graecum. Versionumque antiquarumm Samaritano, Graecae LXXII Interp., Caldaicae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Persicae, Volg. Lat... Walton, Brian (Bible - Polyglot) Walton Polyglot Bible 1657, vol. 2 1655 [i.e. 1657] $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
181 The Fyfth Booke of Moses, Called in the Hebrue: Ellehaddebarim, and in the Latyn, Deuteronomium - from the Great Bible of 1566 (Bible in English) Deuteronomy from Great Bible of 1566 [1566] $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
182 Twelve leaves from the "Great Bible" of 1540, Gospel of Luke (Bible in English) 1540 Gospel of Luke 3:1-22:54 in English [1540] $800 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$400
183 Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, Sixti V. Pontificis Max. Jussu Recognita... (Bible in Latin) 1532 Vulgate Bible with woodcut illustrations 1732 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
184 Sanctus Hieronymus interpres biblie: Biblia cum concordantijs veteris et noui testamenti et sacrorum canonum, necnon et additionibus in marginibus varietatis diuersorum textuum... (Bible in Latin) 1515 Bible with hand-colored woodcuts 1515 $15,000 - $20,000
Starting bid:
$7,500
185 Severino Boetio De Conforti Pholosophici Boethius, Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius Consolation of Philosophy, Italian 1550 1550 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
186 An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land Cooper, Frederic Taber, editor (Bransom, Paul, illustrator) Signed large paper edition, in jacket & box [1921] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
187 Buda Citerioris Hungariae Caput Regni avita sedes. vulgo Ofen. (Braun, G., and F. Hogenberg) c.1617 View of Budapest, featuring battles 1617 $700 - $1,000
Starting bid:
$350
188 Black and White Brown, Margaret Wise First Edition from author of Goodnight Moon 1944 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
189 A compendious system of astronomy in a course of familiar lectures... Also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a key to the ephemeris, and a vocabulary of the terms of science used... Bryan, Margaret Astronomy textbook for young women, 1797 1797 $1,000 - $1,500
Starting bid:
$500
190 The Liturgy of Funerary Offerings: The Egyptian Texts with English Translations Budge, E.A. Wallis Egyptian Funerary Offerings, English trans. 1909 $400 - $600
Starting bid:
$200
191 Two titles on Italian sepulchers (Burial Practices) 2 engraved books on Italian sepulchers 1639-1727 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
192 Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poëmatum, sive, Catalecta Poëtarum Latinorum Burmannus, Petrus, editor Collection of Latin poetry 1759-1773 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
193 Farmacopea Veterinaria y Formulario Magistral, con unos preceptos generales sobre el arte de formular... Casas de Mendoza, Nicolás Spanish veterinary manual, 1843 1843 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Don Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis Translation 1742 $1,500 - $2,500
Starting bid:
$750
195 Pharmacopee Royal Galenique et Chymique... Charas, Moyse Famous French Pharmacist, 16893 1693 $600 - $900
Starting bid:
$300
196 Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with other pieces on various subjects Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Stanhope's copy of Chesterfield's Letters [1774] $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
197 Five Chinese paper-cut books (China - Paper-cuts) Collection of Chinese paper-cut art c.1960-70s $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
198 Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-6 (China) Large Chinese Art exhibition in London [1936] $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
199 Shaoyang Xian Zhi = 邵陽雜志; Gazetteer of Shaoyang County (China) Rare record of Shaoyang county, China 1875 $500 - $800
Starting bid:
$250
200 The Artist: A Monthly Lady's Book (Chromolithography) Fashion magazine with early chromolithography 1843 $300 - $500
Starting bid:
$150
Current absentee: $150
(1 bid)