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Rare Books & Manuscripts
1:00 PM PT - Feb 22nd, 2007

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129 Items

Lot Description Estimates
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1001 Lot 1001

Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human B
Author: Albinus, Bernard Siegfried
[47] text leaves (incl...

2,000
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3,000
1002 Lot 1002

Dogs of Character
Author: Aldin, Cecil
vii, [1], 116. [2] pp. With 2 insert...

1,000
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1,500
3 Bids
1003 Lot 1003

The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in
Author: Lane, Edward William, translator
3 volumes. xxxii...

500
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800
1 Bid
1004 Lot 1004

The Adventures of Hunch-Back, and the Stories Con
Author: **
[2], 99, [1] pp. With 17 hand-colored aquatint...

1,500
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2,000
1 Bid
1005 Lot 1005

Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script
Author: **
16 lines on each side of 14¼x10½" sheet of vel...

1,000
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1,500
1006 Lot 1006

Manuscript leaf on vellum, in Kufic Arabic Script
Author: **
10 lines on each side of 9¾x7½" sheet of vellu...

1,000
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1,500
1007 Lot 1007

De Categoriae [and] De Interpretatione
Author: Aristotle
[bound with] Boethius. Liber de Divisio...

80,000
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120,000
1008 Lot 1008

A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle
Author: Berners, Dame Juliana
With full-page illustration...

1,000
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1,500
14 Bids
1009 Lot 1009

The Quadrupeds of North America
Author: Audubon, John James and John Bachman
3 volumes. v...

7,000
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10,000
1010 Lot 1010

Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini parentis Institut
Author: Bartholin, Thomas
[16], 592, [13] pp. With 65 num...

500
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800
7 Bids
1011 Lot 1011

Biblioglyphé sive Icones Biblicae, Arte Chalcogra
Author: Ammon, Johan, editor
3 parts in 1. [10], 147, [1]...

6,000
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9,000
1012 Lot 1012

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament, and
Author: **
Unpaginated A8, A-Sss8 (no Hhh). With two engr...

1,000
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1,500
2 Bids
1013 Lot 1013

Sonnets
Author: Various authors
238, [2] pp. 11½x7¾, custom-bound...

1,000
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1,500
22 Bids
1014 Lot 1014

The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain
Author: Birch, Thomas
[4], 216 pp. With 108 copper-engrav...

3,000
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5,000
1 Bid
1015 Lot 1015

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending
Author: Boswell, James
2 volumes. [i-ii], [ix]-xii, [iii]...

4,000
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7,000
1 Bid
1016 Lot 1016

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Author: Boswell, James
4 volumes. With engraved frontispi...

2,000
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3,000
3 Bids
1017 Lot 1017

Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bel
Author: [Bronte, Charlotte]
3 volumes. [2], 302 [of 304];...

7,000
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10,000
1018 Lot 1018

Les Regles du Dessein et du Lavis, pour les Plans
Author: Buchotte, M., Ingenieur du Roi
[20], 130, [6] pp....

800
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1,200
1 Bid
1019 Lot 1019

Three items that once belonged to Jean Armour, wi
Author: **
Includes: Handerchief once owned by Jean Armou...

1,500
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2,500
1020 Lot 1020

The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commo
Author: Byron, John
[4], viii, 257 pp. Copper-engraved fr...

500
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800
8 Bids
1021 Lot 1021

Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Anc
Author: Catherwood, Frederick
Image is 10¼x14¼, on card s...

3,000
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5,000
1022 Lot 1022

Hand-colored lithographed plate from Views of Anc
Author: Catherwood, Frederick
Image is 10¼x14¼, on card s...

3,000
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5,000
1023 Lot 1023

De Oratore, Ciceronis ad Q. Fratrem Libri III. Co
Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
136 [i.e. 137], [1] leaves...

500
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800
5 Bids
1024 Lot 1024

Marcus Tullius Ciceroes three bookes of duties to
Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
[10], 56, 55-62, [1], 66-1...

1,000
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1,500
5 Bids
1025 Lot 1025

Cast iron copy press from 1865
Author: **
Cast iron press with ornamental dolphins. Appr...

600
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900
22 Bids
1026 Lot 1026

Punch and Judy, with Illustrations Drawn and Engr
Author: Collier, John Payne
[2], 141, [1], [6] pp. With 2...

500
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800
3 Bids
1027 Lot 1027

The Comic Almanack...an Ephemeris in Jest and Ear
Author: Cruikshank, George
13 volumes. Each with 12 engra...

500
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800
6 Bids
1028 Lot 1028

David
Author: D'Ambrosio, Joe & Michelangelo Buonarroti
Illustr...

600
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900
2 Bids
1029 Lot 1029

[Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighie
Author: Dante Alighieri
4 volumes including: Inferno. * P...

1,000
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1,500
15 Bids
1030 Lot 1030

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Author: [De Quincey, Thomas]
183 pp. 6x3½, original board...

500
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800
6 Bids
1031 Lot 1031

The Storm: or, a Collection of the most Remarkabl
Author: [Defoe, Daniel]
[16], 272 pp. Folding table. (8vo...

500
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800
12 Bids
1032 Lot 1032

Bleak House
Author: Dickens, Charles
2 volumes, bound from the origin...

800
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1,200
15 Bids
1033 Lot 1033

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story
Author: Dickens, Charles
[8], 166 + [2] ad pp. Illustrate...

10,000
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15,000
6 Bids
1034 Lot 1034

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Author: Dickens, Charles
xiv, [2], 609 pp. With 77 total ...

700
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1,000
1 Bid
1035 Lot 1035

Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life,
Author: Dickens, Charles
viii, 377 + [19] ad pp. Illustra...

5,000
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8,000
1036 Lot 1036

A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Dickens, Charles
viii, 254, [2] pp. Illustrated w...

1,500
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2,500
18 Bids
1037 Lot 1037

The Village Coquettes. A Comedy with Songs. In Tw
Author: Dickens, Charles
[3]-54, [1] pp. 5x3½, later clot...

500
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800
8 Bids
1038 Lot 1038

Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected
Author: Humphreys, H. Noel
With illuminated added title-p...

1,000
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1,500
1 Bid
1039 Lot 1039

Myographiae Comparatae Specimen, or, A Comparativ
Author: Douglas, James
xxxvi, 216, 16 pp. A12, a6, A-K12,...

700
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1,000
1 Bid
1040 Lot 1040

Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem
Author: Dryden, John
[blank leaf], [4], 32 pp. (folio) 11...

500
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800
12 Bids
1041 Lot 1041

Epicurus's morals, collected partly out of his ow
Author: Epicurus
[44] (incl. copper-engraved frontispiece...

1,500
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2,000
1 Bid
1042 Lot 1042

Shakespeare's Works
Author: Shakespeare, William
7 volumes. 11¼x7½, quarter t...

4,000
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6,000
5 Bids
1043 Lot 1043

[Elements, i.e.] The Elements of Geometrie of the
Author: Euclid
[26 (of 28)], 452 (of 464 [i.e. 463]) leav...

10,000
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15,000
1 Bid
1044 Lot 1044

Granite & Cypress
Author: Jeffers, Robinson
33 leaves. 12¾x17¼, full Naturg...

6,000
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9,000
1 Bid
1045 Lot 1045

Introduction à la Geographie avec une Descr
Author: Fer, Nicolas de
[2], 197, [9] pp. With 6 folding ...

2,500
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3,500
1 Bid
1046 Lot 1046

Printed Pages from English Literature: A Portfoli
Author: Brown, G.M.L.
15 printed folders, each containing...

500
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800
10 Bids
1047 Lot 1047

Printed Pages from European Literature: A Portfol
Author: Brown, G.M.L.
15 printed folders, each containing...

500
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800
23 Bids
1048 Lot 1048

Specimens of Oriental MSS and Printing: A Portfol
Author: Brown, G.M.L.
15 printed folders, each containing...

700
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1,000
4 Bids
1049 Lot 1049

Specimens of Woodcuts and Engravings: A Portfolio
Author: Brown, G.M.L.
15 printed folders, each containing...

700
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1,000
10 Bids
1050 Lot 1050

Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Gui
Author: James, John Angell
324 pp. 6¼x3¼, full polished b...

500
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800
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