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AuthorAristotleHeadlineTaylor translation of Aristotle, 11 volumesPublisherPrinted for the Translator... by Robert WilksDate Published1812 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #18 Draft Chinese Civil Code: First Book. General Principles. Presented by the Ministry of Justice to the Chief Executive of the Republic of China for promulgation on the 23rd day of the 11th month of the 14th year of the Republic (Nov. 23rd, 1925) Heading(China)HeadlineScarce Chinese draft civil code 1926PublisherCommission on ExtraterritorialityDate PublishedFebruary 1926 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 The Works of Hesiod, translated from the Greek. By Mr. Cooke AuthorHesiodHeadlineAncient epics of Hesiod in English, 1728PublisherPrinted by N. Blandford for T. GreenDate Published1728 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #45 Victoria Porcheti adversus impius Hebraeos, in quatum ex sacris literis, tum ex dictis Talmud, ac Caballistarum et aliorum omnium authorum, quos Hebraei recipiunt, monstratur veritas catholicae fidei... Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorPorchetus de Salvaticis, VictoriaHeadlineNotorious 16th century anti-semitic polemicPublisher[Francisci Regnault]Date Published1520 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 China Monumentis, qua Sacris qua Profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineWonders in China, First Edition, A. KircherPublisherApud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum WeyerstraetDate Published1667 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #49 La Chine D'Athanase Kirchere...Illustrée de Plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacrés que Profanes AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineFirst French edition of Kircher's work on ChinaPublisherJan Jansson and the heirs of Elive WeyerstraetDate Published1670 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; With Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse Heading(Koran)AuthorSale, George, translatorHeadlineFirst Sale edition of The Koran 1734PublisherPrinted by C. Ackers for J. WilcoxDate Published1734 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #74 Poiēsis philosophos [in Greek] = Poesis philosophica, vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis... item Heracliti et Democriti loci quidam, et eorum epistolae Heading(PhilosophyAuthorEstienne, Henri, editorHeadlineRare 1573 printing of Presocratic philosophersPublisherExcudebat Henr. StephanusDate Published1573 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #76 Προκλου Διαδοχου Πλατωικου εισ την Πλατωνοσ θεολογιαν βιβλια εξ = Procli successoris Platonici in Platonis theologiam libri sex AuthorProclus DiadochuHeadlineMasterwork of Proclus' Platonic philosophy 1618PublisherEt prostant Francofurti apud RulandiosDate Published1618 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #90 Manuscript fragment from "The history and fate of sacrilege discover'd by examples of scripture, of heathens, and of Christians..." AuthorSpelman, HenryHeadlineMS fragment of Henry Spelman's SacrilegeDate Published[c.1632] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China... AuthorStaunton, Sir George [Leonard]HeadlineStaunton's Embassy to China, told by StauntonPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 The Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of "The Old Philosopher," Lau-Tsze Heading(Tao te Ching)AuthorLao TzuHeadlinePresentation copy, first Englished Tao te ChingPublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #99 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior AuthorVon Neumann, John and Oskar MorgensternHeadlineInscribed first edition of Theory of Games...PublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1944 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next