Sale 509: Fine & Rare Books (#509) 06/27/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/27/2013 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog 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 1-69 of 69. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, nunc demum ex collatione optimorum exemplarium ab infinitis penè mendis repurgatae... AuthorAesopHeadline18th century edition of Aesop's Fables.PublisherH.S. WoodfallDate Published1771 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #3 Three books of occult philosophy, written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa, of Nettesheim, counseller to Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany: and judge of the Prerogative Court. Translated out of the Latin into the English tongue, by J.F. AuthorAgrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich CorneliusHeadlineFirst in English of Agrippa's 3 Books of OccultPublisherPrinted by R. W. for Gregory MouleDate Published1651 [i.e. 1650] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #22 Original printed leaf from the Aldine Press printing of Aristotle's Opera Heading(Aldine Press)AuthorAristotleHeadlineLeaf Aldine Press printing of Aristotle's OperaPublisherAldusDate Publishedc.1498 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #25 True Christian's Love of the Unseen Christ: or A discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians. With an appendix concerning Christ's manifestation of himself to them that love him Heading(American Imprint)AuthorVincent, ThomasHeadlineEarly American Imprint 1739 rarePublisherRe-printed by J. Draper, for D. Henchman, in Corn-HillDate Published1739 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #27 Comoediae Undecim, Graece & Latine, Cum Indice Paroemiarum selectiorum... AuthorAristophanesHeadlineComedy by Aristophanes, 1624PublisherJoannem MaireDate Published1624 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #32 Anacreontis Teii Carmina. Plurimis quibus hactenus scatebant mendis purgavit, turbata Metra restituit, Notasque cum Nova Interpretatione Literali adjecit AuthorBaxter, Willielmus [William]HeadlineThe Anacreontea, in Greek & Latin, 1695.PublisherGualt. KettilbyDate Published1695 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #34 Prose...nelle quali si ragiona della volgar lingua scritte al Cardinale de Medici che poi e stato creato a Sommo Pontefice et detto Papa Clemente Settimo divise in tre libri. AuthorBembo, PietroHeadlineA milestone in the development of the Italian LanguagePublisherGiouan TacuinoDate Published1525 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #35 Origine, Opere, Leggi, e Privilegi Dell' Ospitale Grande de Bergamo, Detto di S. Marco Heading(Bergamo, Italy)HeadlineHistory of the Hospital di San Marco at Bergamo, ItalyPublisherFrancesco TrainaDate Published1764 View details Estimate$200 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #36 Raccolta di Terminazioni ed Ordini Inquisitorial e Decreti Diversi Stabiliti per la Citta', e Territorio di Bergamo Heading(Bergamo, Italy)HeadlineOrders and Decress for Bergamo Italy 1784PublisherFrancesco LocatelliDate Published1784 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #41 Novvm Testamentum Græcvm. Cum vulgata interpretatione Latina Græci contextus lineis inserta... [and Old Testament in Hebrew] Heading(Bible in Greek and Hebrew with interlinear Latin)Headline1609 Bitle in Greek & Hebrew with interlinear LatinPublisherExcudebat Petrus de la RouiereDate Published1609 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #43 Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Heading(Bible in Latin)Author**HeadlineLeaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer BiblePublisher[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]Date Published[1462] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #44 Die 92 Holzschnitte der Lübecker Bibel aus dem Jahre 1494 von einem unbekannten Meister Heading(Bible)AuthorWahl, Hanz, editorHeadlineFacsimile color woodcuts of Lubeck BiblePublisherGustav KiepenheuerDate Published1917 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #50 Proteo Legato Descritto dal Conte Ottavio Brembato. Libri Quattro AuthorBrembati, OttavioHeadlineOn the relationship of astrology and the planting of flowersPublisherMarc Antonio RossiDate Published1649 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #53 Historiae Florentini Populi AuthorBrunus Aretinus, LeonardusHeadlineRare incunable history of the FlorentinesPublisherBartolommeo di LibriDate Published5 June 1492 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #55 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries wiht 85 superb copperplatesPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #56 Commentaria Reverendissimi Partris Fratris Thome de Vio Caietani... AuthorCajetan, Thomas de Vio GaetaniHeadlineWritting of Thomas de Vio Gaetani Cajetan 1514-19PublisherGeorgii ArrivabenuDate Published1514-1519 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #58 [Quaestiones in IV libros Sententiarum, seu Libri IV defensionum theologiae Thomae Aquinatis] AuthorCapreolus, JohannesHeadlineIncunabular defense of St. Thomas AquinasPublisher[Octavianus Scotus]Date Published[1483] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #61 Le Gemme Antiche di Michel Angelo Causeus de la Chausse Paragino Consagrate all' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees AuthorCauseus de la Chausse, Michel Angelo.HeadlineCatalog of carved gems in the collection of Cardinal d'EstreesPublisherGiacomo Komarek Beomo alla Fontana de TreviDate Published1700 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #62 Divi Britannici: Being a Remark Upon the Lives of all the Kings of This Isle, from the Year of the World 2855 Unto the Year of Grace 1660 AuthorChurchill, WinstonHeadline1675 History of the English Kings by Sir Winston ChurchillPublisherTho. RoycroftDate Published1675 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #63 In Omnes de Arte Rhetorica AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero's Art of Rhetoric 1551 Aldine PrintingPublisherAldusDate Published1551 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #64 Orationum Pars I. Com Correctionibus P. Manutii et Annotationib. D. Lambini AuthorCicero, Marcus TulliusHeadlineCicero's Orations Part 1 1570PublisherAldusDate Published1570 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #65 Opera AuthorCicero, M[arcus] T[ullius]HeadlineRobert Estienne Printing of Cicero's Opera 1539PublisherRobert EstienneDate Published1539 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #66 Tres Libri de Officiis, una cum Hieronymi Wolffii Commentariis: quibus ea potissimum tractantur, quae sunt huius argumenti propria, quaeque & a vitiis atque erroribus revocant... AuthorCicero, M[arcus] T[ullius]HeadlineEarly edition of Cicero work in period vellum.PublisherPer Ioannem OporinumDate Published1563 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #67 Opera omnia qvae extant, a Dionysio Lambino Monstroliensi ex codicibus manuscriptis emendata... AuthorCiceroHeadline167 pp. Cicero text: Opera omnia qvae extant.PublisherPer Ioh.I. & Edm.C. [John Jackson & Edmund Bollifant, alias Carpenter]Date Published1585 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in which the whole circle of Human learning is explained... AuthorCroker, Temple Henry, et al.HeadlineDictionary of Arts and Sciences with 146 platesPublisherPrinted for the authorsDate Published1764-1766 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #77 Super Libros Aristotelis De Anima Subtilissimae Quaestiones in Quarum... AuthorDullardus de Gandavo, JohannesHeadlineSuper Libros Aristotelis 1552PublisherHieronymum ScotumDate Published1552 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #82 C. Lulii Caesaris quae exstant, cum selectis variorum commentariis, quorum plerique novi, opera et studio Arnoldi Montani Heading(Elzevir)AuthorCaesar, JuliusHeadline1661 Elzevir work with engraved folding map of Europe.PublisherElzeviriana [Elzevir]Date Published1661 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #83 De regno Daniae et Norwegiae, insulisq. adjacentibus: juxta ac de Holsatia, ducatu Sleswicensi, et finitimis provinclis, tractatus varii Heading(Elzevir)Author[Stephanius Stephan Hansen]Headline1629 Elzevir work with woodcut illustrated title pagePublisher[Elzevir] Officina el ZevirianaDate Published1629 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #84 Iani Nicii Erithraei Pinacotheca imaginum illustrium, doctrinae vel ingenii laude, virorum, qui, auctore superstite, diem suum obierunt AuthorErythraeus, Janus NiciusHeadlineRare latin work 1645PublisherApud Iodocum Kalcovium et sociosDate Published1645 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 [Elements, i.e.] The Elements of Geometrie of the most Auncient Philosopher Euclide of Megara AuthorEuclidHeadlineFirst edition of Euclid in EnglishPublisherIohn DayeDate Published1570 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood AuthorFavine, AndrewHeadlinePrinted by the printer of Shakespeare's first folioPublisherWilliam JaggardDate Published1623 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #114 Decretales D. Gregorii Papae IX AuthorGregory IX, PopeHeadlinePapal Decrees of Pope Gregory IXPublisherApud Socios Aquilae RenouantisDate Published1605 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #117 El Orinoco Ilustrado, Historia Natural, Civil, y Geographica, de este Gran Rio, y de sus caudalosas vertientes: Govierno, usos y costumbres de los Indios sus Habitadores... AuthorGumilla, JoséHeadlineRare history of Orinoco River with mapPublisherPor Manuel FermandezDate Published1741 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 A Brief View and Survey of the Dangerous and Pernicious Errors to Church and State, in Mr. Hobbes's Book, Entitled Leviathan. Heading(Hobbes, Thomas)AuthorClarendon, Edward Earl ofHeadlineThe Earl of Clarendon on Hobbes's LeviathanPublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1676 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #122 Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineFirst edition of Hobbes' Leviathan 1651PublisherPrinted for Andrew CrookeDate Published1651 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #123 Certaine Sermons or Homilies Appoynted to be Read in Churches. In the Time of the Late Queene Elizabeth of Famous Memory. And Now Thought Fit to be Reprinted by Authority from the Kings Most Excellent Majesty Heading(Homilies)HeadlineCertaine Sermons or Homilies 1635PublisherPrinted by John Norton, for Joyce Norton and Richard WhitakerDate Published1635 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #125 Opera AuthorHoraceHeadlineFirst illustrated edition of HoracePublisherJohann Reinhard GruningerDate Published12 March 1498 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #126 Q. Horatius Flaccus Cum commentariis selectissimis Variorum: & Scholiis integris... AuthorHoratius FlaccusHeadlineHoratius Flaccus work, 1653.PublisherFranciscum HackiumDate Published1653 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #134 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 1755 1st Ed.PublisherPrinted by W. Strahan, for J. & P. Knapton, et al.Date Published1755 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #146 Fables, Of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions AuthorL'Estrange, RogerHeadline1704 edition of Aesop's fablesPublisherR. Sare, A. and J. ChurchilDate Published1704 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #149 Het Leven van Filips den II, Koning van Spanje AuthorLeti, GregorioHeadlineHistory of Philip II King of Spain 1733PublisherJanssoons van WaesbergeDate Published1733 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #150 Two treatises of government: in the former, the false principles, and foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and his followers, are detected and overthrown. The latter is an essay concerning the true original, extent, and end of civil government Author[Locke, John]HeadlineLocke on English constitutional Law 1690PublisherPrinted for Awnsham ChurchillDate Published1690 View details Estimate$10,000 - $20,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #153 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-BarDate Published1675 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #154 The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits. With an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools. And A Search into the Nature of Society Author[Mandevill, Bernard de]HeadlineAn 18th century classic of scepticismPublisherJ. Tonson [and] J. RobertsDate Published1724 [and] 1729 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #195 [El Olimpo d]el Sabio Instruido de la Naturaleza... three volumes Heading(Morals)AuthorGarau, FranciscoHeadline3 volumesPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1690-1702 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #196 The History of the Life of Peter the First, Emperor of Russia. Containing, a Description of Russia or Muscovy, Siberia, Crim Tartary, &c. Author[Mottley, John]HeadlineHistory of Peter 1 of Russia, 1739.PublisherBooksellers in Town and CountryDate Published1739 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #198 A Collection of Papers...between Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke, in the Years 1715 and 1716. Relating to the Principles of Natural Philosophy and Religion Heading(Newton and Leibnitz)AuthorClarke, SamuelHeadlineLeibnitz on Newton, 1717PublisherJames KnaptonDate Published1717 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #201 Il Zodiaco over idea di perfettione de prencipi, formata dall'heroiche virtu dell'Illustriss. Et Eccellentiss. Signore D. Antonio Alvarez di Toledo Duca d'Alba Vicere Di Napoli. Rapresentata come un trionfo dal fidelissimo popolo Napoletano AuthorOrilia, Francesco.HeadlineRare history of a 17th century festival for the Duke of AlbaPublisherOttavio BeltranoDate Published1630 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #202 Advice to a Son. Or Directions For your better Conduct, Through the various and most important Encounters of this Life...[bound with] Political Reflections upon the Government of the Turks... AuthorOsborn, FrancisHeadlineEarly advice to a son, plus Political ReflectionsPublisherPrinted by H.H. for Tho. RobinsonDate Published1658 [and] 1662 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #203 Bemerkungen auf einer Reise in die Sudlichen Statthalterschaften des Russischen Reichs in den Jahren 1793 und 1794 AuthorPallas, P[eter] S[imon]HeadlineNotes on a trip to Russia with copper-engraved plates.PublisherGottfried MartiniDate Published1799-1801 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #204 Adversus Paganos (Quo Vocant) Historiarum Libri Septem AuthorPaulus OrosiusHeadlineOrosius' History of the Pagans 1536 printingPublisherEuchariiDate Published1536 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #207 Historia Florentina AuthorPoggius FlorentinusHeadlinePoggio's History of FlorencePublisherBartolommeo di LibriDate Published3 Sept. 1492 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #209 Abregé de L'Histoire de Port Royal AuthorRacine, [Jean]HeadlineFirst Edition of Jean Racine's final workPublisherAu depens de la CompagnieDate Published1742 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #212 Trenta Novelle Dilettevoli ed Instruttive sopra i Costumi e la Religione degl' Italiani AuthorRodoni, GiovanniHeadlineItalian & French dual-language book, 30 stories.PublisherThe AuthorDate Published1782 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #215 Omnia Opera AuthorSaint AmbroseHeadlineWorks of Saint Ambrose 1529 editionPublisherChevallonDate Published1529 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #216 Verdaderos Entretenimientos del Glorioso Senor S. Francisco de Sales AuthorSaint Francis de SalesHeadlineSpiritual writings of Saint Francis de SalesPublisherAndres OrtegaDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #218 Lo Spirito Della Guerra o Sia L'Arte da Formare Mantenere e Disciplinare la Soldatesca: Presto Intraprendere o Sostener con Vigore la Guerra AuthorSanchez de Luna, AlonsoHeadlineAlonso Sanchez de Luna on the Spirit of War 1760PublisherStamperis SimonianaDate Published1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #220 [Nuremberg Chronicle – Liber Chronicon, i.e.] Register des Buchs der Croniken und Geschichten mit Figure und Pildnussen von Anbegin der Welt bis auf dise unsere Zeit AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineFirst German language edition of Nuremberg Chronicle.PublisherAnton KobergerDate Published23 December 1493 View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000Sold for$40,625StatusSold Lot #224 The Life and Death of King Richard the Second AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's King Richard 2nd, 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #225 The Merry Wives of Windsor AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Wives of Windsor 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #226 The second Part of King Henry the Sixt. with the death of the Good Duke Humfrey AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's 2nd part Henry 6th 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #227 The third Part of King Henry the Sixt. with the death of the Duke of Yorke AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's 3rd part Henry 6th 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #241 Epitome Topographica Totius Orbis... AuthorVadianus, JoachimHeadline1535 work with reference to America.PublisherI. G. [Ioannes Grapheus]Date Published1535 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #242 Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora, a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos AuthorVaillant, Jean [Foy]HeadlineNumismata Imperatorum Romanorum PraestantioraPublisherRobert de NinvilleDate Published1674 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #243 Habiti Antichi E Moderni AuthorVecellio, CesareHeadlineA large fragment of Vecellio's famous coustume bookPublisherSessaDate Published1598 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #245 Le Vray Theatre d'Honneur et de Chevalerie, ou le Miroir Heroique de la Noblesse. AuthorVulson de la Colombiere, Marc deHeadlineRare early work on chivalry, tournaments, etc.PublisherAugustin CourbeDate Published1648 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #246 Wol-Geschliffener Narren-Spiegel. Worinnen Hundert und Vierzehen Arten Allerlay Narren ihr Eben Bild und Ungestaltes Wesen Ersehen AuthorWahrmund, Jocoserius [pseudonym Sebastian Brant]HeadlineBrant's Book of Fools with Matthaeus Merian engravingsDate Published[no date] View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000StatusUnsold Lot #249 The Ornithology...Wherein All the Birds Hitherto Known, Being Reduced into a Method Suitable to Their Natures, are Accurately Described...To Which are Added, Three Considerable Discourses...by John Ray AuthorWillughby, FrancisHeadlineFirst English edition of Willougby's OrnithologyPublisherPrinted by A.C. for John MartynDate Published1678 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #252 Xenophontis de Cyri Institutione Libri octo: Juxta Exemplar Etonense..[bound with] Xenophontis Philosophi et Imperatoris Clarissimi Historiarum de Cyri Majoris Institutione Libri Octo... AuthorXenophonHeadlineXenophon's work in both Greek & Latin bound togetherPublisherGuliel RedmayneDate Published1698 [and] 1703 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next