Auction details
Rare Books, including a Botanical Library
1:00 PM PT - Sep 13th, 2007
offered by
PBA Galleries
San Francisco, CA 94108

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
20% up to 100000
15% above 100001
Bid Increments
| From | Increment |
| 0 | 10 |
| 200 | 25 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 250 |
| 5000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2500 |
| 50000 | 5000 |
| 100000 | 10000 |
| 1000000 | 10001 |
| 10000000 | 10002 |
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Tuesday, September 11, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Wednesday, September 12, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday, September 13, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
176 Items
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| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 1051 |
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Works of William H Prescott 15 Leather Bound Vols |
1,200 - 1,800 |
7 Bids
|
| 1052 |
|
Works of Shakespeare - Full Leather 1854 |
500 - 800 |
8 Bids
|
| 1053 |
|
Thoreau's Writings Manuscript Edition |
12,000 - 18,000 |
2 Bids
|
| 1054 |
|
Tacitus and Racine in Period Fine Bindings |
800 - 1,200 |
9 Bids
|
| 1055 |
|
Walton's Complete Angler Finely Bound |
300 - 500 |
8 Bids
|
| 1056 |
|
Small Group of Finely Bound Books |
800 - 1,200 |
7 Bids
|
| 1057 |
|
Small Group of Finely Bound Books |
600 - 900 |
15 Bids
|
| 1058 |
|
Small Group of Finely Bound Books |
800 - 1,200 |
10 Bids
|
| 1059 |
|
Fox's Book of Martyrs with engraved plates |
1,000 - 1,500 |
|
| 1060 |
|
Galen's commentaries on Hippocrates, 1633 |
1,500 - 2,500 |
1 Bid
|
| 1061 |
|
Law, Art & Science of the Ancients, 1758 |
500 - 800 |
8 Bids
|
| 1062 |
|
Harirs's Astronomical Dialogues, 1729 |
500 - 800 |
|
| 1063 |
|
Life of Gustavus Adolphus, 1759 |
500 - 800 |
16 Bids
|
| 1064 |
|
Hayward's Lives of Norman Kings, 1613 |
600 - 900 |
10 Bids
|
| 1065 |
|
First Complete Edition of Herodotus in English |
6,000 - 9,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1066 |
|
16th century works of Herodotus and Thucydides |
5,000 - 8,000 |
|
| 1067 |
|
Ogilby edition of Homer's Odyssey, 1669 |
1,500 - 2,000 |
2 Bids
|
| 1068 |
|
Horace's Poetry, 1567 |
600 - 900 |
6 Bids
|
| 1069 |
|
Palmistry by Jean Indagine, 1662 |
500 - 800 |
4 Bids
|
| 1070 |
|
Index of Prohibited Books, 1570 |
2,000 - 3,000 |
7 Bids
|
| 1071 |
|
The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands |
1,000 - 1,500 |
22 Bids
|
| 1072 |
|
Josephus' Works with plates & maps, 1733 |
800 - 1,200 |
|
| 1073 |
|
Kelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas More |
5,000 - 8,000 |
|
| 1074 |
|
Kepler's Epitome Astronomiae, 1618-1622 |
30,000 - 50,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 1075 |
|
La Chau's Venus, 1776, with engravings |
600 - 900 |
4 Bids
|
| 1076 |
|
Laleu's Mathematics with Occult engravings 1638 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
13 Bids
|
| 1077 |
|
Daugis on Magic and Sorcery, 1732 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
3 Bids
|
| 1078 |
|
Del Rio's Magic in Six Books, 1657 |
700 - 1,000 |
11 Bids
|
| 1079 |
|
Jean Filesac on Idolotry & Magic, 1609 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
13 Bids
|
| 1080 |
|
Glanvill's Witches & Apparitions, 1668 |
1,500 - 2,500 |
2 Bids
|
| 1081 |
|
Hutchinson on Witchcraft, 1720 |
500 - 800 |
8 Bids
|
| 1082 |
|
Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft 1584 |
5,000 - 8,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1083 |
|
Original Bernard Maybeck Watercolor Painting |
1,500 - 2,500 |
|
| 1084 |
|
Milton Paradise Lost 1st Edition 1668 Title Page |
6,000 - 9,000 |
11 Bids
|
| 1085 |
|
Milton's Paradise Regain'd First Edition 1671 |
3,000 - 5,000 |
9 Bids
|
| 1086 |
|
Rare Large Paper Copy of Newton's Principia 1726 |
20,000 - 30,000 |
6 Bids
|
| 1087 |
|
Isaac Newton's Principia in English, 1803 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
20 Bids
|
| 1088 |
|
The First British Gemological Book 1652 |
3,000 - 4,000 |
3 Bids
|
| 1089 |
|
Illustrated History of the War Against Russia |
400 - 700 |
3 Bids
|
| 1090 |
|
Peale on Preserving Health, with ms. recipes |
3,000 - 5,000 |
|
| 1091 |
|
Pettigrew's Egyptian Mummies with tinted plates |
700 - 1,000 |
16 Bids
|
| 1092 |
|
Double Issue of Verve - Pablo Picasso |
2,000 - 3,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 1093 |
|
Plato's Works in French, 1699 |
400 - 600 |
2 Bids
|
| 1094 |
|
Plato's Phaedrus in English, 1792 |
500 - 800 |
4 Bids
|
| 1095 |
|
18th century edition of Plato in English |
400 - 600 |
5 Bids
|
| 1096 |
|
Pliny's Natural History, 1601 |
3,000 - 5,000 |
|
| 1097 |
|
Manuscript prayerbook with original art 1793 |
4,000 - 6,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1098 |
|
Advice on Marriage, 1579 |
700 - 1,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 1099 |
|
Rantzau's Astrology, 1593 |
1,500 - 2,500 |
15 Bids
|
| 1100 |
|
Richard Verstegen on English Antiquities, 1605 |
1,000 - 1,500 |
5 Bids
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