DECEMBER 4 | From the William Roberts Library 2025-12-04 Auction - 301 Price Results - Briggs Auction, Inc. in PA - Page 8
[Law] Jure Balli ac Pacis Libri Tres[Music] Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Facsimile[Poetry] Stevens Wallace Ideas of Order
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Garnet Valley, PA, United States
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DECEMBER 4 | From the William Roberts Library

A fine estate collection drawn from the imposing Rittenhouse Square townhouse-turned-private library of the late Bill Roberts, longtime partner at Blank Rome, we offer a selection of the high points of his favorite subjects: Music, Classics, Botany, Poetry, Art and Law. Music is represented by volumes on Baroque music, the lute, violins and violin-making; Classics by a selection of early editions of Virgil and a variety of standard references and foundational texts; Botany by good 18th and 19th C. titles in the field, especially those focused on Mosses; Poetry by a fine collection of first editions of the works of Wallace Stevens; Art by volumes focused on the Italian Renaissance and the art of the 20th century; Law by choice 18th and early 19th century American law books. These are surrounded and supported by a potpourri of other fine and select titles.
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[Music] Italian Violin Makers: Hamma, Walter & Blum, Josef-Stefan. Italian Violin Makers. Wilhelmshaven: Florian Noetzel, 1993. 8th edition. Parallel text in German, English, French and Italian. | You have additional shipping
0169: [Music] Italian Violin MakersEst. $150-$250
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[Music] Stradivarius Violins: Doring, Ernest. How Many Strads? Our Heritage from the Master. Chicago: Bein & Fushi, 1999. Library edition, in red cloth, unnumbered. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to
0170: [Music] Stradivarius ViolinsEst. $150-$250
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[Music] Stradivarius Violins: Sacconi, Simone. The "Secrets" of Stradivari: with a catalogue of the Stradivarian relics contained in the Civic Museum. Cremona: Libreria del Convegno, 1979. | You have additional shipping options,
0171: [Music] Stradivarius ViolinsEst. $100-$200
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[Music] Violin Makers & Players of Venice: [2 vols] Pio, Steffano, Liuteri Sonadori Venezia 1750-1870: Violin Makers and Players Venice 1750-1870, Venice: Venice Research, [2002]. Two copies. | You have additional shipping options, and are
0172: [Music] Violin Makers & Players of VeniceEst. $200-$400
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[Music] Violin Makers & Players of Venice: Pio, Staffano. Liuteri Sonadori: Violin Makers and Players 1750-1870. Venice: Venice Research, 2002. First edition, in publisher's plain card slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and are
0173: [Music] Violin Makers & Players of VeniceEst. $150-$250
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[Music] Bowmakers Peccatte Family: [2 vols] Childs, Paul. The Bowmakers of the Peccatte Family. Montrose: Magic Bow Publications, 1996. #403 & #2375 from a limited edition of 2500 copies. Two copies. | You have additional shipping
0174: [Music] Bowmakers Peccatte FamilyEst. $300-$500
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[Music] Bows for Musical Instruments: Roda, Joseph. Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family. Chicago: William Lewis & Son, 1959. A copy of the "Library Edition" of 3000 copies (printed in addition to the de luxe edition of 200
0175: [Music] Bows for Musical InstrumentsEst. $100-$200
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[Music] Jean Pierre Persoit Violin Bows: Childs, Paul, Jean Pierre. Persoit: His Life and Work. Montrose: Magic Bow Publications, 1993. Text in English and French. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live
0176: [Music] Jean Pierre Persoit Violin BowsEst. $100-$200
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[Music] Pajeot Violin Bow Makers: Bowden, Sidney. Pajeot: Bow Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries. London: Ealing Strings, 1991. Green quarter leather, in publisher's slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and are not
0177: [Music] Pajeot Violin Bow MakersEst. $300-$500
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[Music] Madrigals: Einstein, Alfred. The Italian Madrigal. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949; complete in three volumes, in publisher's red paper-covered slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and
0180: [Music] MadrigalsEst. $150-$250
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[Music] Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Facsimile: Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu. Valencia: Vicent Garcia Editores, 2007. This lot consists of a facsimile reproduction of the famous heart-shaped chansonnier, bound in red
0181: [Music] Le Chansonnier Cordiforme FacsimileEst. $1,000-$1,500
[Music] Italian Music Incunabula: Duggan, Mary Kay. Italian Music Incunabula: Printers and Type. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992 (First edition, first printing with full number line). | You have additional shipping
0182: [Music] Italian Music IncunabulaEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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[Music] Claudio Monteverdi: Monteverdi, Claudio. Selva Moreale e Spirituale. Cremona: Fondazione Claudio Monteverdi, 1998; two volumes, in publisher's thin card slipcase. | You have additional shipping options, and are not
0183: [Music] Claudio MonteverdiEst. $400-$600
[Music] French 16th Century: Leisure, Francois. Musique et Musiciens Français du XVIe Siècle, Geneva: Minkoff Reprint, 1976. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional
0184: [Music] French 16th CenturyEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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[Music] JS Bach Complete Piano Works: [4 vols] Bach, Johann Sebastian. Samtliche Klavierwerke Band 1-4 / The Complete Piano Works Vol 1-4. Kassel: Barenreiter, 2000. Four volumes in publishers slipcase, text in German and English. | You
0185: [Music] JS Bach Complete Piano WorksEst. $150-$250
[Music] Josquin: [3 vols] Fallows, David. Josquin. Paris: Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance, [nd]; Sherr, Richard. The Josquin Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000; first edition, one first
0186: [Music] JosquinEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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[Music] Josquin: [4 vols] Fallows, David. Josquin. Turnhout: Brepols, 2009 (2 copies); Sherr, Richard. The Josquin Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000; First edition, one first printing copy, one second
0187: [Music] JosquinEst. $200-$400
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[Music] Franz Schubert Complete Songs: [3 vols] Johnson, Graham. Franz Schubert: The Complete Song Volume One-Three. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Commentary on Schubert's songs, complete in three volumes. | You have additional
0189: [Music] Franz Schubert Complete SongsEst. $300-$500
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[Music] German & Austrian Violin-Makers: Jalovec, Karel. German and Austrian Violin-Makers. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. First edition. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional third-party
0190: [Music] German & Austrian Violin-MakersEst. $100-$200
[Music] L'Art de Bien Chanter: Massip, Catherine. L'Art de Bien Chanter: Michel Lambert. Paris: Societe Francaise de Musicologie, 1999. Trade paperback. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live
0191: [Music] L'Art de Bien ChanterEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
[Music] Schubert Schwanengesang: Schubert, Franz. Schwanengesang: Facsimiles of the Autograph Score and Sketches and Reprint of the First Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. | You have additional shipping options, and
0192: [Music] Schubert SchwanengesangEst. $100-$200Lot Passed