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
1491		MYSTERES DES THEATRES 1852 par EDMOND DE GONCOURT, JULES DE GONCOURT et CORNELIUS HOFF	Paris	1853	USD -	2.50
1492	NODIER (Charles)	Poesies, Recueillies et Publiees par N. DELANGLE	Paris	1829	USD -	0.65
1493		OPERA (L'). EAUX FORTES ET QUATRAINS PAR " UN ABONNE	Paris	1876	USD -	1.50
1494	OSSIAN (Fils de Fingal, Barde du 3e Siecle)	Poesies Galliques traduites sur l'Anglais de MACPHERSON par LETOURNEUR	Paris	1810	USD -	0.90
1495	OUTREPONT (Charles D')	La Mort de CHARLES I., Roi d'Angleterre, Drame en Quarante-deux Scenes	Paris	1827	USD -	0.80
1496		PARNASSE CONTEMPORAIN, Recueil de Vers Nouveaux 1866	Paris	1866	USD -	2.00
1497	PEELE (George)	PEELE (George). DRAMATIC WORKS	London	1829-39	USD -	22.50
1498	PENNELL (H. Cholmondeley)	PENNELL (H. Cholmondeley). From Grave to Gay: a Vollume of Selections from the Complete Poems of	London	1884	USD -	0.50
1499		PERCY SOCIETY'S Publications, Complete, Comprising an Extraordinary Collection of Early and Rare Specimens of English Poetry	London	1840-52	USD -	101.25
1500	H. PENE DU BOIS and L. J. HUKING, JR, editors	PLAYBILL of the Gilbert Dramatic Association	Brooklyn	1885-86	USD -	1.00
1501	POE (Edgar Allan)	The Works of--the Amontillado Edition	N.Y.	1884	USD -	22.00
1502	POE	The Raven	N. Y.	1884	USD -	1.00
1503	POPE	OEuvres Complettes d'ALEXANDRE POPE, Traduites en Francois--Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigee, augumentee du Texte Anglois mis a cote des Meilleures Pieces	Paris	1779	USD -	4.00
1504	POUGIN (Arthur)	Figures d'Opera Comique--MADAME DUGAZON, ELLEVION, LES GAVAUDAN	Paris	1875	USD -	0.35
1505	PRAED (Winthrop Mack worth)	PRAED (Winthrop Mack worth). Poems	N. Y.	1865	USD -	1.00
1506	[RACHEL]	Phedre, Tragedie de RACINE--Nouvelle Edition Conforme & la Representation	Paris	1818	USD -	4.50
1507	[RACHEL]	Les Nombres d'Or par L. BELMONTET	Paris	1845	USD -	1.00
1508	CUSTINE (Le Marquis de)	[RACHEL.]--. La Russie en 1839	Paris	1843	USD -	2.00
1509	RACINE (J.)	OEuvres Completes, avec les Notes (choisies) de tous les Commentateurs	Paris	1820	USD -	3.00
1510	RENAN (Ernest, de l' Academie Pranpaise)	L'Eau de Jouvence, suite de Caliban	Paris	1881	USD -	1.00
1511	REVUE D'ART DRAMATIQUE	Directeur, EDMOND STOULLIG	Paris	1886	USD -	0.20
1512	ROOSEVELT (Blanche)	Stage-Struck	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.30
1513	ROUSSEAU (J. B.)	OEuvres Choisies	Amsterdam	1777	USD -	0.30
1514	ROYER (Alphonse)	Histoire du Theatre Contemporain en France et a l'Etranger, depuis 1800 jusqu'a 1875	Paris	1878	USD -	2.00
1515	ST. CERAN (Tulius)	Les Louisianaises, Poesies Nouvelles	New Orleans	1840	USD -	0.30
1516	BEUVE (C. A.)	SAINTE-. Poesies Completes	Paris	1869	USD -	0.60
1517	SARRAZIN (Gabriel)	Poetes Modernes de l'Angleterre	Paris	1885	USD -	1.25
1518	SCHILLER (Friedrich Von)	Sammtliche Werke	Stuttgart	1835-36	USD -	3.00
1519	SCHILLER	Jungfrau von Orleans, Berlin, 1802			USD -	0.15
1520	SCUDO (P.)	Critique et Litterature Musicales, First and Second Series; also--L'Annee Musicale par P. SCUDO, First, Second and Third Years	Paris	1856-62	USD -	0.75
1521	SECOND (Alberic) et BEAUVALLET (Leon)	La Vicomtesse Alice, Drame	Paris	1885	USD -	0.13
1522	SHAKESPEARE (William)	PLAYS AND POEMES WITH THE PUREST TEXT AND BRIEFEST NOTES, EDITED BY J. PAYNE COLLIER	London	1875-78	USD -	120.00
1523	SHAKESPEARE	The Dramatic Works of SHAKESPEARE	Edinburgh	1883	USD -	9.00
1524	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Works	London	1825	USD -	5.85
1525	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Plays of	London	1807	USD -	16.50
1526	SHAKESPEARE	SHAKESPEARE. Works	Boston	1883	USD -	4.20
1527	SHAKESPEARE	The Royal SHAKESPEARE	London	n. d.	USD -	3.75
1528	SHAKESPEARE	Dramatische Werke ubersetzt von AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL und LUDWIG TIECK	Berlin	1851-52	USD -	2.10
1529	J. PARKER NORRIS	SHAKESPEARE. The Portraits of SHAKESPEARE	Phila.	1885	USD -	8.00
1530	BLACK (William)	SHAKESPEARE.--JUDITH SHAKESPEARE	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.30
1531	SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe)	The SHELLEY Birthday Book and Calendar	London	1885	USD -	0.20
1532	SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley)	SHERIDAN (Richard Brinsley). The Dramatic Works	N. Y.	1883	USD -	7.50
1533		SOIREES PARISIENNES par " Un Monsieur de l'Orchestre," for the Years 1874 to 1883, inclusive	Paris	1874-83	USD -	1.00
1534	SPIELHAGEN (Friedrich)	Was die Schwalbe Sang, and Ultimo by SPIELHAGEN	Leipzig	1877	USD -	0.30
1535	STEDMAN (Edmund Clarence)	Poets of America	Boston	1885	USD -	2.25
1536	STORY (William Wetmore)	STORY (William Wetmore). Poems	Boston	1886	USD -	1.20
1537	SURVILLE (Marguerite Eleonore Clotilde de Vallon-Chalys, Madame de)	POESIES, i. e.: I. POESIES de, Poete Francais du XVe Siecle--Nouvelle Edition pub-liee par CH. VANDERBOURG...			USD -	28.00
1538	SURVILLE	Poesies de--Nouvelle Edition par CH. VANDERBOURG	Paris	1824	USD -	2.25
1539	TASSO (Torquato)	Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem	London	1803	USD -	7.50
1540	TASSO	La Jerusalem Delivree en Vers Francois par L. P. M. F. BAOUR-LORMIAN	Paris	1796	USD -	8.50
1541	TASSO	Jerusalem Delivree, Poeme du TASSE	Paris		USD -	4.00
1542	TASSO	Jerusalem Delivree, Poeme du TASSE, Nouvelle Traduction	A Londres	1780	USD -	0.30
1543	TAYLOR (Tom)	Ballads and Songs of Brittany	London	1865	USD -	11.50
1544	TENNYSON (Alfred, Lord)	Idylls of the King--Vivien and Guinevere	London	1867-68	USD -	14.00
1545	TENNYSON	TENNYSON. Works	N. Y. (London)	1884	USD -	0.35
1546	TENNYSON	The Cup and the Falcon	N. Y. (London)	1884	USD -	0.30
1547	TENNYSON	TIRESIAS and other Poems	London	1885	USD -	0.10
1548	TENNYSON	TENNYSON. Lyrical Poems	London	1885	USD -	0.50
1549	TERENCE	Les Comedies de, avec la Traduction et les Remarques de MADAME DACIER	Rotterdam	1717	USD -	6.00
1550		THEATRE FRANCAIS, public par C. SCHUTZ--Quatrieme Serie	Bielefeld	1846	USD -	0.10
1551	THEURIET et LYON	La Maison des Deux Barbeaux, Comedie	Paris	1885	USD -	0.05
1552	THEDORA	Notes et Croquis	Paris	1886	USD -	0.40
1553		THREE HUNDRED ENGLISH SONNETS	Edinburgh	1884	USD -	3.50
1554	TIERCELIN (Louis)	CORNEILLE et ROTROU, Comddie	Paris	1884	USD -	0.05
1555	TOWNSEND (George Alfred, "Gath")	PRESIDENT CROMWELL--a Drama in Four Acts	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.70
1556	VIRGIL	L'Eneide di VIRGILIO del Commendatore ANNI-BAL CARO	Paris	1760	USD -	8.00
1557	[VITET (Louis)]	Les Barricades Scenes Historiques Mai 1588	Paris	1826	USD -	0.60
1558	VITU (Auguste)	Les Mille et Une Nuits du Theatre	Paris	1885	USD -	1.00
1559	VOLTAIRE (F. M. A. de)	VOLTAIRE (F. M. A. de). The Dramatic Pieces of	London	1769-74	USD -	2.10
1560	VOLTAIRE	Le BRUTUS de MONSIEUR DE VOLTAIRE, avec un Discours sur la Tragedie	Paris	1731	USD -	0.15
1561	WEBSTER (John)	WEBSTER (John). The Works of	London	1830	USD -	34.00
1562	WHITTIER (John Greenleaf)	WHITTIER (John Greenleaf). Poetical Works of	Boston	1885	USD -	1.50
1563	WINTER (William)	"HENRY IRVING." Portraits	N. Y.	1885	USD -	0.25
1564	WORDSWORTH (William)	WORDSWORTH (William). Poetical Works of	Edinburgh	1882-86	USD -	34.00
1565		WORLD'S CHRISTMAS HYMN (The), a Song of Songs	N. Y.	1883	USD -	0.25
1566	ABOUT (Edmond)	Rome Contemporaine	Paris	1861	USD -	2.25
1567	ABOUT	Germaine	Paris	1872	USD -	0.60
1568	AESOP	FRANCISCI-JOSEPHI DESBILLONS Fabulae ZESOPLE curis posterioribus omnes fere Emendatae quibus Accesserunt plus quam CLXX	Paris	1769	USD -	0.80
1569	A'KEMPIS (Thomas)	L'lmitation de JESUS CHRIST, Traduction Inedite du XVIIIe Siecle avec le Texte Latin en Regard Dediee a N. S. P. LE PAPE PIE IX	Paris	1870	USD -	3.25
1570	ALEXANDRE (C.)	Dictionnaire Grec-Francais	Paris	1850	USD -	0.40
1571		AMERICA. An Account of the European Settlements in. Maps	London	1757	USD -	1.10
1572		AMERICAN ARCHIVES. Consisting of a Collection of Authentic Records, State Papers, Debates, Letters, and other Notices of Public Affairs	Washington	1837-53	USD -	13.50
1573		AMERICAN STATE PAPERS.--Documents Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States from the First Session of the First Congress	Washington	1832-34	USD -	26.25
1574		AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ART: Conducted by PROF. SILLIMAN and JAMES A. DANA	New Haven	1846-50	USD -	0.45
1575	ANDERSON (John J.)	Did the Louisiana Purchase Extend to the Pacific Ocean and our Title to Oregon	San Francisco	1880	USD -	0.40
1576		ANGLO-SAXON ORTHOGRAPHY. Handbook of	N. Y.	1853	USD -	0.20
1577		ANGLING. FISHING WITH THE FLY	Troy	1885	USD -	0.40
1578	ANTON (C. G.)	Destruccion de los Templaros	N. Y.	1828	USD -	0.10
1579		AQUARELLISTES FRANCAIS, SOCIETE DE, OU-VRAGE D'ART PUBLIE AVEC LE CONCOURS ARTISTIQUE DE TOUS LES SOCIETAIRES, TEXTE PAR LES PRINCIPAUX CRITIQUES D'ART	Paris	1883	USD -	30.00
1580	ATKINSON (T. W.)	Oriental and Western Siberia, Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures	N. Y.	1858	USD -	0.60
1581		ATWATER'S Manual of Logic...			USD -	0.16
1582	BACON (Edwin M.)	Dictionary of Boston	Cambridge	1883	USD -	0.40
1583	BAILLY (Anatole)	Racines Grecques et Latines....			USD -	0.15
1584	BAIRD (Charles W., DD.)	History of the Huguenot Emigration to America	N. Y.	1885	USD -	3.80
1585	BARR (M.)	Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimatation	Tours	1867	USD -	0.05
1586	BASKERVILLE.	PUBLII TERENTII AFRI Comoediae	Birmingham	1772	USD -	1.75
1587	BELL (Sir C.)	THE HAND; Its Mechanism and Vital' Analysis, as evincing design, and illustrating the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, with Notes, etc.	London	1877	USD -	0.15
1588	BLACK (William)	Adventures in Thule	London	1883	USD -	0.35
1589	BOECE	Consolation de la Philosophie	Paris	[1639]	USD -	0.20
1590		BONAPARTE (Lucien), et ses Memories 1775-1840	Paris	1882-83	USD -	4.50

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

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