Sold20231702 OVID 3 VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED antique VELLUM BOUNDOvid OPERUM Complete works divided into three volumes, Amsterdam, 1702 vellum bound. Engraved portrait, 3 engraved titles, 15 full page copper engravings Size 5 by 8 1/4" text in Latin ex-library VerySee Sold Price
Sold2021Works of Jonathan Swift, 1803Swift, Jonathan. THE WORKS... IN TWENTY-FOUR VOLUMES. London: for J. Johnson, 1803. 12mo. 24 volumes, with engraved portrait of Swift to first volume. Bound in 20th c. 1/4 morocco over boards, gilt leSee Sold Price
Sold2021Works of John Dryden, 1760THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN. London: Tonson, 1760. 8vo. 4 v. set. First volume with engraved portrait frontis and several engraved illustrations in-text. A handsome set, bound in period fulSee Sold Price
Sold2023Paracelsus (1493-1541) Opera Omnia.Paracelsus (1493-1541) Opera Omnia. Geneva: Ioan. Antonii & Samuelis De Tournes, 1658.Thick folio comprising three parts in one volume with divisional title pages; engraved portrait frontispiece boundSee Sold Price
Sold2021(DUTCH WARS.) Des Verunruhigten Holländischen(DUTCH WARS.) Des Verunruhigten Holländischen Löwens. Siebenter Theil. Engraved emblematic folding frontispiece, [vii], 452 pages, 6 engraved folding maps, 2 engraved portrait plates. BoundSee Sold Price
Sold2022[Bindings, Presentation] Lodge's PortraitsLodge, Edmund. PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF GREAT BRITAIN. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-50. 8 vol. set. Heavily illustrated with engraved portraits throughout. Bound by Haufmann in period 1/2See Sold Price
Sold2022Franklin (Benjamin) Works, 2 vol., Edinburgh, D. Schaw, 1803.Franklin (Benjamin) Works, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, ink ownership inscription front endpapers, vol. 1 title top fore-edge corner clipped, and small stain to lower, vol. 2 title remnantsSee Sold Price
Sold2022Balfour (James) The Historical Works, 4 vol., Edinburgh, W. Aitchson, 1824.Balfour (James) The Historical Works, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate to vol.1 pastedown, light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with burgundy and brown moSee Sold Price
Sold2022Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Analysis of the Game of Chess; A New Edition,Chess.- Philidor (François-André Danican) Analysis of the Game of Chess; A New Edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (not called for) bound before half-title, 3ff. "Rules of the Game" at eSee Sold Price
Sold2022The Druid Set of 3, Silk & Scarlet, The Post & The Paddock, Field & Fern 1865Henry Hall Dixon / The Druid, Set of three, Silk and Scarlet, The Post and The Paddock, Field and Fern. Published London: Rogerson & Tuxford 1859-1865. Bound by Zaehinsdorf. Engraved portraits on fronSee Sold Price
Sold2022Davenant (William) The Works of Sr William Davenant Kt,Davenant (William) The Works of Sr William Davenant Kt, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, small marginal paper defect to first T2, tiny marginal rust holes to second T3, contemporarySee Sold Price
Sold2022SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works... with notes... by Mr. Theobald, 7 vol., A. Bettesworth and C. ...SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works... with notes... by Mr. Theobald, 7 vol., engraved portrait, half-titles to volumes 2-7 (all correctly numbered, not present in volume 1), occasional soiling and lightSee Sold Price
Sold2023Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, last black-letter edition, 1687.Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works, largely printed in black letter, double column, engraved portrait frontispiece, c1 (mis-signed d1) with large woodcut arms on recto, 7-line cancel slip pasted over bottomSee Sold Price
Sold2022Works of Benjamin Franklin, 1806Franklin, Benjamin. THE COMPLETE WORKS… NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND ARRANGED. London: for J. Johnson and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. 8vo. 3 vol. set. Complete with engraved portrait, 3 addSee Sold Price
Sold2022SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works... Carefully Revised and Corrected by the Former Editions, 6 vol...SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) The Works... Carefully Revised and Corrected by the Former Editions, 6 vol., engraved portrait, some foxing, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, slight wear to heaSee Sold Price
Sold2023Works of Sir Francis Bacon, 5 vol. set. London: A. Millar, 1765. Quarto. Full leather binding withWorks of Sir Francis Bacon, 5 vol. set. London: A. Millar, 1765. Quarto. Full leather binding with gilt decorated ribbed spines. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Shelf wear. Hinges worn with cracking.See Sold Price
Sold20221662 POETRY by Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn ANTIQUE VELLUM BOUND 17th CENTURYBoxhornius, M.Z. Epistolae & poemata. Amsterdam, C. Commelin, 1662. Size 3 1/4 by 5 1/4" 237, 216 pp. Original vellum binding. Engraved portrait & title. Text in Latin Very good condition ------------See Sold Price
Sold2023THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). The Works of… Lon...THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). The Works of… London and Philadelphia: Smith, Elder & Co.; J.B. Lippincott, 1876. 12 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. I, numerSee Sold Price
Sold2021[Bindings] Works of Beaumont & FletcherTHE WORKS OF BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER… WITH NOTES… BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE. IN ELEVEN VOLUMES. London: Edward Moxon, 1843–1846. 11 vols. 8.75" x 5.5". Engraved portrait frontispieceSee Sold Price
Sold2022[BINDINGS]. A pair of 19th century works, including: BAXTER...[BINDINGS]. A pair of 19th century works, including: BAXTER, Richard. The Divine Life. London: J. Owen, 1825. 2 volumes in one, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece (some foxing, offsetting from plateSee Sold Price
Sold2022TILLOTSON, John (1630–1694). Works of the Most Reverend Dr…...TILLOTSON, John (1630–1694). Works of the Most Reverend Dr… London: for B. Aylmer et al, 1696. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece engraved by P. Vanderbank after Maria Beal (some marginSee Sold Price
Sold2022Walpole (Horace) The Works, 5 vol., first collected edition, first issue, 1798; and 2 others by theWalpole (Horace) The Works, 5 vol., first collected edition, first issue with half-titles watermarked 1797 (lacking half-title in vol. 5), engraved portrait, title vignettes and plates, some folding,See Sold Price
Sold2024[First American Legal Work, Maryland, 1774]Vallette, Elie. THE DEPUTY COMMISSARY'S GUIDE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND. Annapolis: Ann Catharine Green and Son, 1774. [2], iv, 248, [12] pp. + 1 engraved plate; title is engraved. Bound in modeSee Sold Price
Sold2022SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) [Works] Bell's Edition of Shakspere, 20 vol., John Bell, 1788SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) [Works] Bell's Edition of Shakspere, 20 vol., half-titles, engraved portraits and plates (a few cropped), occasional stains and foxing, contemporary tree calf, sides with gilt GSee Sold Price
May 30Forum AuctionsDickens' bookplate.- Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1 vol. bound in£400
4 days LeftJasper521747 POLYMETIS by J. Spence WORKS of ROMAN POETS FULLY ILLUSTRATED antique FOLIOUS$380
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Swann Auction GalleriesWollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797) & William Godwin. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of Women.US$425
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May 30Forum AuctionsJudiaica.- Immortality of the Soul.- ben Israel (Menasseh) Nishmath Chaim, Amsterdam, Samuel Soeiro,£9,000
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May 30Forum AuctionsDickens (Charles).- Mackenzie (R. Shelton) Life of Charles Dickens, 1 vol. bound in 2,£300
1818 AuctioneersAntiquarian. Shakespeare. The Works of William Shakespear. In Which The Beauties Observed by Pope,£46
May 23Potter & Potter AuctionsCOCKBURN, Admiral Sir George (1772-1853). Buonaparte’s Voya...US$80
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