Sale 776: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#776) 11/17/2022 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/17/2022 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized 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 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next 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 #22 Imperiale e Reale Galleria di Firenze AuthorBartolini, L.; G. Bezzuoli and S. Jesi, editorsHeadlinePaintings at the Uffizi Gallery in FlorencePublisherLa Società EditriceDate Published[1841] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #60 The Art of Walter Crane Heading(Crane, Walter)AuthorKonody, P.G.HeadlineThe Art of Walter Crane, deluxe edition of 100PublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #139 Baharestan: A Doorway to Persian Rugs AuthorMalool, GholamaliHeadlineIllustrated history of Persian rug-makingPublisherZarrin & SiminDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #210 The Wallace Collection at Hertford House AuthorTemple, A.G.; Émile MolinierHeadlineMammoth catalog of the Wallace CollectionPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1902; 1903 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold 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 #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