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AuthorAlunno, FrancescoHeadlineThe Language of Boccaccio by Alunno, 1543Publisher[colophon: In casa de Figliuoli di Aklo]Date Published[1543] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #7 Elemens de perspective à l'usage des elèves de l'Académie de Dessin, Peinture & Architecture de la ville de Gand Heading(Art - Perspective)HeadlineLessons in perspective for art students, 1800PublisherChez Bermard PoelmanDate Published[c.1800] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #20 Le Livre facile pour apprendre l'arithmetique de soy mesme et sans maistre: Par des méthodes si courtes si claires et si bien ordonnées qu'il ne s'en est point veu de pareilles AuthorBarrême, FrançoisHeadline17th century mathematics & accountingPublisherChez l'AutheurDate Published1672 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #24 Complete texts of the First and Second Books of Maccabees - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineMaccabees from 1566 Great BiblePublisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 Complete texts of The Third and Fourth Books of Esdras - from the Great Bible of 1566 Heading(Bible in English)Headline3rd & 4th Books of Esdras Great Bible 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #27 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] Heading(Bible in Hebrew)HeadlineFinal volume of 3rd Bomberg Bible 1548PublisherDaniel BombergDate Published[1548] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #28 Eight Drawings to Illustrate Milton's Comus AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blakes illustrations for Milton's ComusPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #29 Il Decameron di Messer Giouanni Boccacci Cittadino Fiorentino [bound with] Annotationi et Discorsi Sopra Alcuni Luoghi del Decameron di M. Giovanni Boccacci AuthorBoccacio, Giovanni; V. Borghini, A. Benivieni, S. Antinori and A. Guicciardini.HeadlineExpurgated edition of the Decameron, 1573PublisherNella Stamperia de i GiuntiDate Published1573; 1574 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #31 Un Teatro de Arte in España 1917-1925 AuthorBorras, [Thomas] and others.HeadlineScarce record of the G. Martinez Sierra theatrePublisher[G. Martinez Sierra]Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #36 Articles on the Barometer, Baroscope, and other matters by Robert Boyle, in two issues of Philosophical Transactions AuthorBoyle, RobertHeadlineRobert Boyle on the barometer, 1666PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate Published1666 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #38 Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe. AuthorBrune, Johan deHeadlineWith 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch lifePublisherAbraham LathamDate Published[c. 1688] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #40 The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'diPublisherPhilip Allan & Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #41 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineDuncan's Caesar with plates & maps, 1753PublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #45 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineHunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #48 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English, 1652,PublisherPrinted by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew CrookeDate Published1652 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated Don Quixote 1756 in 2 volumesPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1756 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #53 Faust Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorGoethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]HeadlineSigned by illustrator Harry ClarkePublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #57 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #59 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #67 Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum. AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineWith 64 engraved caricatures by Da VinciPublisherJohn ClarkeDate Published1786 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #73 Four Christmas Books by Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas books in original clothPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1845] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #74 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #77 Our Mutual Friend AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend, first ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse...Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus AuthorDryden, John, translatorHeadlineDryden translation of Juvenal and Flaccus 1693PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #85 Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineOne of 750 signed by artist Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #86 The Bells and Other Poems Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #94 Tristram and Iseult: A Play Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)AuthorHare, AmoryHeadlineSigned by Wharton Esherick and Amory HarePublisherThe Slide Mountain PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #95 Song of Solomon Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)HeadlineCentaur Press Song of Solomon, Esherick woodcutsPublisher[Centaur Press]Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #104 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artistPublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #105 Historia Di M. Bernardo Giustiniano Gentiluomo Vinitiano. Dell Origine de Vinegia, & Delle Cose Fatte da Vinitiani. Nella Quale Anchora Ampiamente Tradotta da Lodovico Domenichi AuthorGiustiniani, BernardoHeadlineGiustiniani's History of Venice, 1545Publisher[Bernardo Bindoni]Date Published[1545] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #110 General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World... AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineJohn Hill A General Natural History 1748-52PublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1748, 51, 52 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #112 North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineHolbrook's expanded N. American HerpetologyPublisherJ. DobsonDate Published1842 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #113 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #117 Selected Pictures From the Book of Gold of Victor Hugo AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWith 12 illustrations from Hugo's Book of GoldPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #119 Four volumes with color lithography reproducing illuminated manuscripts Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineIlluminated works in chromolithographyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Naturalist's Library AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #134 The Comic History of England Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineWith five hand-colored plates by John LeechPublisherPunch OfficeDate Published[c. 1847-1848] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #136 Anti-Goeze... D.I. Nothgedrungener beytraege zu den Freywillingen betraegen des hrn. past. Goeze. AuthorLessing, Gotthold EphraimHeadlineLessing debates Goeze, 1778Publisher[Waisenhausbuchhandlung]Date Published1778 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #141 The first published work on blood transfusion, in two issues of Philosophical Transactions Heading(Medical)AuthorBoyle, Robert & Richard LowerHeadline1st published account of blood transfusionsPublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate Published1666-1667 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #146 Dissertatio medica inauguralis de partu humano quaedam complectens. Quam, annuente summo numine... D. Georgii Baird S.S.T.P. academiae Edinburgenae praefecti... pro gradu doctoris... Heading(Medical)AuthorCoutto, Josephus Antonius deHeadlineDissertation on human birth, 1794PublisherCum privilegio Typis Gulielmi CreechDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #150 De ortu animae humanae libri tres Heading(Medical)AuthorLiceti, FortunioHeadlineFortunio Liceti on formation of the soul, 1602PublisherIn Aedibus Iosephi PavoniiDate Published1602 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #151 Magni Hippocratis coi Opera Omnia Graece & Latine Edita, Et ad omnes alias Editiones accomodata. Heading(Medical)AuthorLinden, Joan Antonidae Vander, editorHeadlineHippocrates' Works in Greek and Latin, 1665PublisherApud Danielem, Abrahamum & AdrianumDate Published[1665] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #155 A Series of Anatomical Plates; with References and Physiological Comments, Illustrating the Structure of the Different Parts of the Human Body. Heading(Medical)AuthorQuain, Jones; William James Erasmus WilsonHeadlineSeries of Anatomical Plates of the Human BodyPublisherG.N. LoomisDate Published[1842] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #160 Nine original printed leaves from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica Heading(Medical)AuthorVesaliusHeadlineLeaves from Vesalius' Human Anatomy 1543PublisherJohannes OporinusDate Published1543 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #161 The Works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late Physician to his Majesty; President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Heading(Medical)AuthorWhytt, RobertHeadlineThe Works of neurophysiologist Robert WhyttPublisherPrinted for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt and J. BalfourDate Published[1768] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #162 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineChromolithograph botanical illustrations after LunzerPublisherAmerican Natural History Publishing Co.; Charles Robson & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #172 Histoire Generale de Normandie. AuthorMoulin, Gabriel duHeadlineHistory of Normandy, 1631PublisherJean OsmontDate Published1631 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #174 Natural History of New York Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorSeward, William HenryHeadline18 volumes from Natural History of NYPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1842-54 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #176 One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected AuthorNorthcote, JamesHeadlineNorthcote's One Hundred Fables, 1st seriesPublisherGeo: LawfordDate Published1828 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #177 Three printed and hand-colored leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - from the Latin and German editions Heading(Nuremberg Chronicle)AuthorSchedel, HartmannHeadlineThree leaves from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisher[Koberger, Anton]Date Published[1493] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #178 Rubáiyát. Poeme d'Omar Khayyám AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubaiyat with tipped-in plates by A.N. TagorePublisherEdition du "Studio"Date Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #180 The Faces in the Fire; A Story for the Season. By Redgap Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFaces in the Fire, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilloughby and Co.Date Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #184 White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts AuthorPatri, GiacomoHeadlineWhite Collar, early graphic novel, 1940 editionPublisher[Pisani Printing and Publishing Co.]Date Published[1940] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #185 History of Quadrupeds AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793PublisherPrinted for B. & J. WhiteDate Published1793 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #186 The Workes of that Famous and Worthy Minister of Christ in the Universitie of Cambridge, M. VV. Perkins. Containing his learned expositions of sundry choice places of Scripture... Third and last volume. AuthorPerkins, WilliamHeadlineIncludes sermon on the Damned Art of WitchcraftPublisherPrinted by Cantrell LeggeDate Published1608-1609 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #187 Segmenta Nobilium Signorum e Statuarum AuthorPerrier, FrançoisHeadline100 engravings of Roman statuary, 1638PublisherF. ChereauDate Published1638 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #190 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$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #192 Irish Fairy Tales Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineSigned by artist Arthur RackhamPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1920 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #194 Odes, Cantates, Épîtres et Poésies Diverses de J.B. Rousseau. AuthorRousseau, Jean BaptisteHeadlineFirst Didot Printing of Rousseau's PoetryPublisherChez P. DidotDate Published[1790] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #196 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #204 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. AuthorSigonio, CarloHeadline1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman EmpirePublisherSocietatem Typographiae BononiensisDate Published1578 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #205 Instructions for the Cultivating and Raising of Flax and Hemp: In a Better Manner, than that generally Practis'd in Ireland. [bound with] Observations made by Richard Hall... Hemp and Flax Dresser:... AuthorSlator, Lionel; Richard HallHeadlineIrish and Dutch methods of Hemp cultivationPublisherPrinted by George GriersonDate Published[1724] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #216 Aphrodite Heading(Tice, Clara, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineIllustrated by Clara Tice, nicely boundPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #219 Le Imagini Delle Donne Auguste Intagliate in Istampa di Rame; con le Viteet Ispositioni de Enea Vico, Sopra I Riversi Delle Loro Medaglie Antiche: Libro Primo. AuthorVico, EneaHeadlineWith 61 plates of coins featuring Roman womenPublisherAppresso Enea Vico Parmigiano et Vincenzo ValgrisioDate Published[1557] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #220 The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby AuthorVirgilHeadlineOgilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles IIPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for the AuthorDate Published1654 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #224 Douze Sonnets lascifs pour accompanger la suite d'aquarelles intitulée Les Délassements d'Éros Heading(Wegener, Gerda)AuthorVérineau, Alexandre deHeadlineWith erotica in pochoir by Gerda WegenerPublisherÉrotopolisDate Published1925 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #227 General planer til fem sätesgårdar, uti koppar stuckne, med deras förklaring. Upritade och til en del anlagde af Carl Wijnblad AuthorWijnblad, CarlHeadlineGarden designs for Swedish mansions, 1765PublisherPeter HesselbergDate Published1765 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #230 Opera Omnia, exegetica, didactica, et polemica. Quorum Seriem versa pagina exhibet. Cum indicibus necessariis. AuthorWolzogen, Johann Ludwig vonHeadlineRadical Reformation commentaries from WolzogenPublisher[Frans Kuyper, & Daniel Bakkamude]Date Published1656 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #231 The Masters of Wood-Engraving Heading(Wood Engraving)AuthorLinton, W.J.HeadlineSigned by W.J. LintonPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #235 Tartuffe Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #243 The Book of Job according to the Authorized Version of MDCXI, following the arrangement of the Temple Bible. Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineGrabhorn Press The Book of JobPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next