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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Letter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companion Heading(African-American, 1817 – Tennessee slaves, Daniel Boone)AuthorPleasant HendersonHeadlineLetter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companionDate PublishedDec. 27, 1817 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #3 Ten vellum antiphonal leaves (i.e. five bifolia) with two inhabited initials and an elaborate title leaf Heading(Antiphonal Leaves)HeadlineLarge vellum antiphonal leavesDate Published1740 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #6 The booke of the preacher, otherwyse called Ecclesiastes, which is Solomon the king [and] The Ballet of Ballets of Solomon, called in Latine, Canticum Canticorum Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBishops' Bible Ecclesiates & Song of Songs 1574Publisher[R. Jugge]Date Published[1574] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #7 The Gospell of Sayncte Mathewe - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineGospel of St. Matthew 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #12 The Four Gospels in the Original Greek Heading(Bible in Greek)HeadlineFour Gospels in Greek from Clarendon PressPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1932 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #13 Regula Beati Augustini. Constitutiones Fratrum Ordinis Prædicatorum. Cum aliis vt in sequenti pagina Heading(Blado, Antonio, printer)HeadlineRules of Augustinian Order 1566PublisherApud Antonium Bladum, Impressorem CameloremDate Published1566 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #19 Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess Heading(Buddhist Manuscript)Headline15th century Buddhist Sutra manuscriptDate Publishedc.1450? View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 Extrauagantes Viginti Joannis Vigesimisecundi una cum Elega[n]ti Apparatu Domini Zenzelini de Cassanis... Heading(Canon Law)HeadlineRare 1549 volume of Canon LawPublisherYolande BonhommeDate Published1549 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #25 Letter from Miguel Costanzo to the Viceroy of New Spain, requesting arms for the cavalry corps of the northern provinces, plus a manuscript payment voucher for Costanzo AuthorCostanzo, MiguelHeadlineLetter from Miguel Costanzo to Viceroy of New SpainDate Published1810 & 1794 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #37 Letter from Albert Einstein expressing regret that he did not have time to contribute to a journal AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Einstein letter signed 1927Date Published1 Sept. 1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #38 Letter from Albert Einstein to physicist, astronomer, and author Kenneth Heuer regarding distribution of heavy metals on the surface of Earth AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein commentson distribution of heavy metalsDate PublishedOctober 20, 1952 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #39 Small group of original signed letters from Albert Einstein to author Max Fishler, an important correspondence about Immanuel Kant and Relativity AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein letters about Kant and RelativityDate Published1949-1954 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$62,500StatusSold Lot #56 Autograph Letter, signed, and a sheet of manuscript musical notations AuthorHalévy, FromentalHeadlineFromental Halevy Letter and Musical ManuscriptDate PublishedOctober, 1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #57 Letter by American woman missionary, Maui, on anti-slavery, "adulterous" natives, and naval threat of French Catholicism Heading(Hawaii, 1840)AuthorMary Kittredge Clark [Mrs. Ephraim Clark]Headline1840 Hawaii letter by American woman missionary - anti-slavery and French Catholic threatDate PublishedJuly 12, 1840 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #58 Letter by anti-missionary British-Hawaiian 49er who acquired Sacramento land from John Sutter and later befriended King Kamehameha Heading(Hawaii, California Gold Rush, 1849)AuthorGeorge S.[eymour] KenwayHeadline1849 Hawaii Letter by an anti-missionary British merchant who visited Gold Rush CaliforniaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1849 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #63 Ejercicios espirituales de nuestro padre San Ignacio, por el padre Sebastian Izquierdo segun se practican en la Casa de Ejercicios de San Felipe Neri de México AuthorIzquierdo, SebastianHeadlineIllustrated Mexican edition of Spiritual ExercisesPublisherImpr. de Luis Abadiano y ValdesDate Published1846 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #67 Institutionum Civilium libri quatuor - manuscript copy AuthorJustinianus I, EmperorHeadlineManuscript copy of the Institutiones of Justinian IDate Published(17th Century?) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #72 Statutes of Venice - manuscript on vellum Heading(Law Manuscript - Venice, Italy, 1580)HeadlineRare manuscript statutes of Venice 1580Date Published1580 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 Manuscript notebook with 39 ink and watercolor drawings in illustration of 39 manuscript limericks AuthorLear, Edward, attrib.HeadlineManuscript Limericks & Drawings with Lear attbutionDate Published19th century View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 Collection of eight directories and calendars of the religious rites of the Franciscan, Augustin and other Orders in Mexico in the 18th century Heading(Mexico)HeadlineRare 18th century Mexican religious calendarsDate Published1784-1789 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #97 Archive of 26 manuscript letters signed by King Philip IV of Spain, to Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste, his Viceroy in New Spain, written from February 1651 to February 1653 AuthorPhilip IV, King of SpainHeadlinePhilip IV writes his Viceroy in New Spain 1651-1653Date Published1651-1653 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #102 The Six Books of Proclus the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato, Translated from the Greek; To Which a Seventh Book Is Added, in Order to Supply the Deficiency of Another Book on the Subject, also, a Translation from the Greek of Proclus' Elements of Theology.... Heading(Philosophy - Neoplatonism)AuthorProclusHeadlineThomas Taylor translation of Proclus 1816PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1816 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #126 Opere di Galileo Galilei nobile fiorentino - signed by Allesandro Volta Heading(Volta, Allesandro)AuthorGalileo GalileiHeadlineVolta's copy of GalileoPublisherDalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani contrada del CappuccioDate Published1811 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #132 Pentateuch (First Five Books of the Bible) Los Cinco Libros de la Ley Divina, de Nuevo Corregidos with Aphtaroth de Todo el Ano. Heading(Bible in Spanish)HeadlinePentateuch and Haphtaroth in SpanishPublisherSalomon ProopsDate Published1718 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #141 Juizio de Los Sacerdotes, Doctrina Practica, y Anatomia de Sus Conciencias, Dispuesta en Seis Platicas, Que Suele Hazer Al Gremio Eclesiastico en Sus Missiones, y una Instruccion que dà À un Ilustrissimo Señor Obispo. AuthorCalatayud, Pedro deHeadline1752 Theological Advice for PriestsPublisherJuan Joseph Gonzales de CossioDate Published1752 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next