Leavitt & Co.: The Library and Art Collection of Henry de pene du Bois, of New york, Author of--"An Historical Essay on the Art of Bookbinding," American Correspondent of "Le Livre" (Octave Uzanne, Editor), etc., etc. NEW YORK: GEORGE A. LEAVITT AND , 18870613,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 13, 1887 - June 13, 1887

Page Size: 2524 items in 26 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1294		TRIUMPHE de Haulte et Puissante Dame Verolle et le Pourpoint Fermant a Boutons	Paris	1874	USD -	25.00
1295	UZANNE (Octave)	Les Surprises du Cceur	Paris	1881	USD -	1.13
1296		UZANNE. SON ALTESSE LA FEMME	Paris	1885	USD -	2.00
1297		UZANNE. Les Moeurs Secretes du XVIIIe Siecle	Paris	1883	USD -	13.00
1298		UZANNE. Les Moeurs Secretes du XVIIIe Siecle	Paris	1883	USD -	21.00
1299		UZANNE. Le Calendrier de Venus. Erotic and etched title by PERRET	Paris	1880	USD -	4.75
1300	UZANNE	L'Ombrelle, Le Gant, Le Manchon	Paris	1883	USD -	3.25
1300a	UZANNE	L'Ombrelle, Le Gant, Le Manchon	Paris	1883	USD -	5.00
1301	VECCHI (Alessandro de)	Aggivnta alla Qvarta Parte dell' Indie del SIG. GIOVANNI BOTERO BENESE di Mostri e Vsanze di quelle Parti, e di quei Recon le sue Figure al Naturale, Raccolte Novamente da ALESSANDRO DE VECCHI	Venice	1618	USD -	4.25
1302		VENUS LA POPULAIRE, ou Apologie des Maisons de Joie	Brussels	1881	USD -	2.75
1303	VAUX (Baron de)	Les Hommes d'Epee, preface par AURELIEN SCHOLL	Paris	1882	USD -	2.00
1304	[VIAU (Theophile de, dit vulgairement "Theophile ")]	Le Parnasse Satyrique du SIEUR THEOPHILE	Gand and Paris	1861	USD -	2.00
1305	[VIAU]	Le Parnasse Satyrique du SIEUR THEOPHILE			USD -	5.00
1306		[VIAU.] Another edition of the above described numbers	[Brussels]	1864	USD -	11.50
1307		VIE ELEGANTE (La). Profusely illustrated with page plates	Paris	1882	USD -	5.75
1308	VIRMOND (Loudolphe de)	Les Cent Manieres d'Aimer Dediee aux Deux Sexes	Paris	1882	USD -	4.50
1309	[VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet de)]	LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS, Poeme Divise en Vingt Chants, avec des Notes	n.p.	1762	USD -	1.50
1310	VOLTAIRE	La Pucelle d'Orleans	A Londres	1764	USD -	15.00
1311	VOLTAIRE	La Pucelle d'Orleans, Poeme en Vingt-un Chants	Paris	an VII.	USD -	1.13
1312	VOLTAIRE	La Pucelle d'Orleans--Poeme en Vingt et un Chants	Rouen	1880	USD -	7.50
1313	VOLTAIRE	La Henriade--Nouvelle Edition	Paris	1770	USD -	2.25
1314	VOLTAIRE	La Henriade, Poeme	Paris	1836	USD -	12.00
1315	VOLTAIRE	Candide ou l'Optimisme Edition Originale suivie d'une Lettre de M. DEMAD et de Notes et Variantes	Paris	1869	USD -	0.70
1316	[VOLTAIRE]	Lettre de M. de V * * *, avec Plusieurs Pieces Galantes et Nouvelles de Differens Auteurs	La Haye	1744	USD -	3.00
1317	"J. J. E. G Avocat"	VOLTAIRE. Recherches sur les Ouvrages de	Paris	1817	USD -	2.75
1318	ZICK (Alexandre)	L'Age d'Or	Paris	n. d.	USD -	0.05
1319	ZOLA (Emile)	Pot Bouille	Paris	1882	USD -	5.00
1320	ZOLA	L'Assommoir	Paris	n. d.	USD -	0.25
1321	ZOLA	Le Ventre de Paris	Paris	n. d.	USD -	0.50
1322		ACTRICES DE PARIS.--Texte par EMILE BERGERAT, DANIEL BERNARD, EMILE BLEMONT, JULES CLARETIE, PIERRE ELZEAR, MAURICE GUILLEMOT, GUY DE MAUPASSANT, ERNEST D'HERVILLY, LOUIS LEROY, FRANCISQUE SARCEY, SAINT-JURS, and VICTOR WILDER	Paris	1882	USD -	1.50
1323	AICARD (Jean)	La Chanson de l'Enfant	Paris	1884	USD -	3.50
1324	AMPERE (J. J.)	SIGURD, Tradition Epique Selon l'Edda et les Niebelungs Restitutee precedee d'une Notice pour Servir a l'Histoire de la Tradition	Paris	1832	USD -	4.00
1325		ANCIENS POETES DE LA FRANCE	Paris	1859-70	USD -	0.50
1326	ANDRIEUX (G. S.)	LUCIUS JUNIUS BRUTUS, Tragedie	Paris	1830	USD -	12.50
1327	ARNOLD (Edwin)	The Secret of Death, from the Sanskrit	Boston	1885	USD -	0.35
1328	ARIOSTO	Orlando Furioso di LODOVICO ARIOSTO	Paris	1795	USD -	0.20
1329	[AUBIGNE (Agrippa d')]	\| Les Tragiqves \| Donne; av pvbiic par \| le larcin de Promethee	[Geneva]	1616	USD -	14.00
1330	AUGIER (Emile)	La Cigue, Comedie	Paris	1844	USD -	21.00
1331	AYTOUN (William Edmonstone, D.C.L.)	Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems	Edinburgh and London	1870	USD -	1.38
1332	BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules)	Poesies, Commentees par lui-meme	Brussels	1870	USD -	9.00
1333	BANVILLE (Theodore de)	Poesie Frangaise	Paris	n. d.	USD -	3.75
1334		BEAUMARCHAIS (Pierre Augustin Caron de).-- \| La \| Folle Journee, \| ou \| le Mariage de Figaro, \| Comedie \| en Cinq Actes, en Prose...			USD -	0.20
1335	BEAUMARCHAIS	Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Precaution Inutile Comedie en Quatre Actes par M. DE BEAUMARCHAIS...	Paris	1775	USD -	25.00
1336	BEAVMONT (Francis) and FLETCHER (lohn)	COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES	London	1647	USD -	3.75
1337	BEETON (S. O.)	Great Book of Poetry from CAEDMON and KING ALFRED'S BCETHIUS to BROWNING and TENNYSON, also a Separate Selection of American Poems	London	n. d.	USD -	20.00
1338	BERENGER (L. P.)	Poesies	A Londres	1785	USD -	2.50
1339	BERQUIN (Arnaud)	Idylles	Paris	1775	USD -	0.90
1340	BLANCHEMAIN (Prosper)	Poemes et Poesies	Paris	1845	USD -	9.00
1341		BLUTHEN UND PERLEN, Deutscher Dichtung	Hanover	1880	USD -	0.75
1342		BODONI.-- \| GABRIELIS \| FAERNI \| Cremonensis \| Fabvlae Centvm \| ex \| Antiqvis Avctoribvs \| Delectae \| Carminibvsqve Explicate, \| eteivsdem \| Carmina Varia	Parma	1793	USD -	1.75
1343	BOIGNE (Charles de)	Petits Memoires de l'Opera	Paris	1857	USD -	7.50
1344	BOIGNE	Petits Memoires de l'Opera	Paris	1857	USD -	1.00
1345	DESPREAUX (Nicolas)	BOILEAU-OEuvres de, avec des Eclaircissemens Historiques donnes par lui-meme et rediges par M. BROSSETTE...	Paris	1747	USD -	0.15
1346	BRAZIER (Nicolas)	Histoire des Petits Theatres de Paris depuis leur Origine	Paris	1838	USD -	2.00
1347	BRIET et CERFBEIR	Tribulations d'un Esculape, Vaudeville	Paris	1886	USD -	1.80
1348		BRITISH THEATRICAL GALLERY	London	1825	USD -	0.05
1349	BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett)	BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett). Poetical Works	N. Y.	1884	USD -	7.25
1350	BUNNER (H. C.)	Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere	N. Y.	1884	USD -	15.00
1351		BURNS (Robert). Works.--The Library Edition...	Edinburgh	1877-79	USD -	9.00
1352	WILLIAM L. KEESE	BURTON (William E., Actor, Author and Manager) Sketch of his Career, with Recollections of his Performances	N. Y.	1885	USD -	0.20
1353	CANONGE (L. Placide)	France et Espagne, ou la Louisiane en 1768 et 1769, Drame	New Orleans	1850	USD -	0.80
1354	CANONGE	Le Comte de Carmagnola--Drame en Cinq Actes, Dix Tableaux et Deux Epoques	New Orleans	1856	USD -	0.15
1355	CARCASSONE (Adolphe)	Nouvelle Pieces a Dire	Paris	1884	USD -	0.15
1356	[CASTEL (Louis)]	Memoires d'un Claqueur...	Paris	1829	USD -	0.30
1357	CASTIL-BLAZE	L'Opera Italien de 1548 a 1856	Paris	1856	USD -	2.75
1358	CASTIL-BLAZE	L'Academic Imperiale de Musique...	Paris	1855	USD -	0.35
1359		CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS ad Optimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recensiti cum MSS. Codicum Variis Lectionibus Margini Appositis	Paris	1723	USD -	0.20
1360	CENTLIVRE (Mrs. Susanna)	CENTLIVRE (Mrs. Susanna). DRAMATIC WORKS	London	1760-61	USD -	1.75
1361	CHANSON DE ROLAND	Traduction Nouvelle Rhythmee et Assonancee avec une Introduction et des Notes par L. PETIT DE JULLEVILLE	Paris	1878	USD -	12.75
1362		CHANTS ET CHANSONS POPULAIRES DE LA FRANCE	Paris	1854	USD -	0.90
1363	CHARLES II.	Sereniss. Principi CAROLO SECUNDO Mag. Brit. Fran, et Hib. Regi Votum Candidum Vivat Rex Avtore MAURITIO NEOPORTO Anglo	London	1676	USD -	4.50
1364	CHAULIEU (G. A. de)	Poesies	Paris	1803	USD -	1.25
1365	CLAIRVILLE (L. F. N.)	Chansons et Poesies	Paris	1853	USD -	0.70
1366	CLEMENT (Felix) LAROUSSE (Pierre)	Dictionnaire Lyrique ou Histoire des Operas	Paris	n. d.	USD -	1.75
1367	CLEVELAND (Rose Elizabeth)	GEORGE ELIOT'S Poetry and other Studies	N. Y.	1885	USD -	1.00
1368	COLOMBIER (Marie)	Le Voyage de SARAH BERNHARDT en Amerique, avec Preface par ARSENE HOUSSAYE	Paris	n. d.	USD -	0.25
1369		COMEDIE FRANCAISE (La), a Londres (1871-1879)	Paris	1880	USD -	0.70
1370	CONGREVE (William)	CONGREVE (William). Works of	Birmingham	1761	USD -	0.35
1371	DANTE ALIGHIERI	La Divine Comedie, Traduction Nouvelle par FRANCISQUE REYNARD	Paris	1877	USD -	36.00
1372	DANTE ALIGHIERI	Vision of Purgatory and Paradise	London	n. d.	USD -	5.25
1373	DANTE ALIGHIERI	The Divine Comedy	Boston	1881	USD -	3.75
1374	DAUDET (Alphonse)	Le Roman du Chaperon Rouge, Scenes et Fantaisies	Paris	1862	USD -	5.63
1375	DELILLE (Jacques)	L'lmagination, Poeme	Paris	1806	USD -	2.70
1376	DELPIT (Albert)	Le Repentir, Recit d'un Cure de Campagne, Poeme Couronne par l'Academic Francaise	Paris	1873	USD -	1.00
1377		DENNIS (George). The Cid, a Short Chronicle, founded on the Early Poetry of Spain...	London	1845-46	USD -	0.30
1378	DESARBRES (Neree)	Deux Siecles a l'Opera 1689-1868,--Chronique Anecdotique, Artistique, Eccentrique, Pittoresque et Galante...	Paris	1868	USD -	0.60
1379	DESCOURBES (Gaspar)	Annecy soit les Marquisats en 1820, Poeme Descriptif-Philosophique	Annecy	1866	USD -	0.65
1380	DES HOULIERES (Madame et Mdlle)	OEuvres de	Paris	1753	USD -	0.05
1381	DINAUX (Arthur Martin)	Les Trouveres Artesiens; les Trouveres Cambrdsiens and les Trouveres de la Flandre et du Tournaisis; les Trouveres Brabancons, Hainuyers, Liegeois et Namarois	Paris	1837-63	USD -	0.30
1382	DOMETT (Alfred)	"It was the Calm and Silent Night," a Christmas Hymn	N. Y.	1884	USD -	4.20
1383	JAMES MAIDMENT and W. H. LOGAN, editors	DRAMATISTS OF THE RESTORATION	London	1872-75	USD -	0.30
1384	DREYFUS (Abraham)	Comment se fait une Piece de Theatre	Paris	1884	USD -	28.00
1385		OUGUE (Charles Oscar, of New Orleans). Homo, Poeme Philosophique...			USD -	0.60
1386		ENGLISH POETS.--The Works of the English Poets from CHAUCER to COWPER...	London	1810	USD -	0.20
1387	ERNST (Alfred)	L'CEuvre Dramatique de H. BERLIOZ	Paris	1884	USD -	29.40
1388	EPHRAIM et ADERER	La Premiere du Misanthrope, Comedie	Paris	1886	USD -	0.05
1389	FEUILLET (Octave)	La Tentation	Paris	1860	USD -	0.05
1390		FILLE DE MME. ANGOT--Opera Comique en Trois Actes. Paroles de CLAIRVILLE, SIRAUDIN et KONING, Musique de C. LECOCQ et Notice Historique par JULES CLARETIE	Paris	1875	USD -	2.13
1391	JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER, M.D.	FOLK SONGS	N. Y.	1867	USD -	5.25
1392	FORD (John)	FORD (John). Works	London	1869	USD -	2.50

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