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
1591	BONNER (Sherwood)	Suwanee River Tales	Boston	1884	USD -	0.15
1592	BOSSUET (Jacques Benigne, Bishop of Meaux, etc.)	\| Oraison Funebre \| de tres-Haute \| et Tres-Puissante PRINCESSE ANNE DE GONZAGUE \| DE CLEVES, \| Princesse Palatine			USD -	16.00
1593	BOSSUET	\| Oraison Funebre \| des Tres-Haut \| et Puissant Seigneur \| Messire \| MICHEL LE TELLIER, \| Chevalier, \| Chancelier de France. \| Prononcee dans l'Eglise Paroissiale de Saint Gervais	Paris	1686	USD -	10.00
1594	BOTTIGER (K. W.)	Geschichte des Deutschen Volkes	Leipzig	1835	USD -	0.35
1595	BOURDALOUE	\| Eloge Funebre \| de Tres-Haut, Tres-Puissant \| et Tres-Excellent PRINCE \| HENRI DE BOURBON \| PRINCE DE CONDE, \| et Premier PRINCE DU SANG	Paris	1684	USD -	16.00
1596		BROCKHAUS'S Conversations-Lexikon	Leipzig	1875-79	USD -	8.25
1597	BRONTE (Charlotte)	Jane Eyre	Phila.	1884	USD -	12.00
1598	BROWN (Robert, M. A.)	Countries of the World, being a Popular Description of the Various Continents	London	n. d.	USD -	4.80
1599	BSCHEIDER (G.)	Das Heilige Land	Augsburg	1794	USD -	0.10
1600	BUNNER (H. C.)	The Midge	N. Y.	1886	USD -	0.15
1601	BUNYAN (John)	The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream wherein is discovered the Manner of his Setting-out	Cambridge	1862	USD -	3.25
1602	BURNET (Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury)	THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION of the Church of England	Oxford	1816	USD -	7.50
1603	CABLE (George W.)	The Creoles of Louisiana	N. Y.	1884	USD -	1.13
1604	CADART (A.)	Catalogue Complet d'Eaux-Fortes Originals	Paris	1873-78	USD -	0.86
1605	CAMPBELL (John, Lord)	Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England			USD -	2.50
1606		CARICATURES. TEGG'S CARICATURE MAGAZINE, OR HUDIBRASTIC MIRROR	London	1807-19	USD -	60.00
1607	CARLYLE (Thomas)	COMPLETE WORKS--EDITION-DE-LUXE	Boston	1884	USD -	50.00
1608	CARLYLE	COMPLETE WORKS--THE STERLING EDITION	Boston	1885	USD -	32.50
1609	CARLYLE (Jane Welsh)	CARLYLE (Jane Welsh). Letters and Memorials of	London	1883	USD -	6.00
1610		CASSELL'S Technical Educator, an Encyclopaedia of Technical Education	London	n. d.	USD -	3.50
1611		CELEBRITES CONTEMPORAINES	Paris	1883	USD -	0.70
1612	PENNELL (H.)	CHOLMONDELEY-From Grave to Gay, Being a Volume of Selections from his Complete Poems	London	1884	USD -	0.35
1613	PENNELL (H.)	CHOLMONDELEY-From Grave to Gay, Being a Volume of Selections from his Complete Poems			USD -	0.50
1614	PENNELL (H.)	CHOLMONDELEY-From Grave to Gay, Being a Volume of Selections from his Complete Poems			USD -	0.25
1615	CINNAMUS (J.)	De Rebus Gestis Imperat. Constantinop. IOANNIS et MANUELIS COMMENORUM Historiar	Utrecht	1652	USD -	4.00
1616	CLUVER (Philip)	Introdvctionis in Vniversam Geographiam, Tabulis aeneis	Amsterdam	1686	USD -	0.35
1617		CODES FRANQAIS et Lois Usuelles Decrets	Paris	1884	USD -	4.00
1618	COLUMBUS (Fernando)	Historie del CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO suo Padre e dello scoprimento	Venice	1685	USD -	7.00
1619	CONSTANTIN (Aime)	Etudes sur le Patois Savoyard	paris	1878	USD -	0.05
1620	COOK (James, Captain)	Narrative of Voyages round the World	London	1883	USD -	0.20
1621	COOPER (J. Fenimore)	Precaution, a Novel	N. Y.	1863	USD -	2.00
1622	COOPER	The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.80
1623	COOPER	The Bravo. Steel front	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.50
1624	COOPER	The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.50
1625	COOPER	Wyandotte, or the Haunted Knoll	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.50
1626	COOPER	The Red Rover	N. Y.	1859	USD -	1.00
1627	COOPER	The Last of the Mohicans, a Narrative of 1757	N. Y.	1859	USD -	0.50
1628	COURCY (M. Pol de)	Le Combat de Trente Bretons contre Trente Anglais d'apres les Documents Originaux des XIVe et XVe Siecles; suivi de la Biographie et des Armes des Combattants			USD -	5.00
1629	CROMWELL (Oliver)	Memoirs of the Life and Actions of, as Delivered in Three Panegyrics of Him Written in Latin	London	printed 1740	USD -	6.00
1629a	CROSS	GEORGE ELIOT'S Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals	Edinburgh	1885	USD -	6.00
1630	ANSTEY (Christopher)	CRUIKSHANK.--The New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family, in a Series of Poetical Epistles	London	1830	USD -	3.25
1630a	GEORGE RAYMOND	CRUIKSHANK.--ELLISTON (Robert William, " Comedian"). Life and Enterprise of	London	1857	USD -	0.60
1631	DANTIER (Alphonse)	Les Femmes dans la Societe Chretienne	Paris	1879	USD -	5.50
1632	DAWSON (Henry B.)	The Sons of Liberty in New York	Poughkeepsie	1859	USD -	0.30
1633	[DE FOE (Daniel)]	The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe	London	1804	USD -	5.00
1634	DEFOE	The Life and Adventures of Robinso Crusoe	London and N. Y.	1881	USD -	0.50
1635	DELANY (Mary Granville)	Autobiography and Correspondence	Boston	1882	USD -	0.80
1636	DE PEYSTER (J. Watts)	History of CARAUSIUS, the First Sailor King of England	Poughkeepsie	1858	USD -	0.05
1637	J. R. FINDLAY	DE QUINCEY (Thomas). Personal Recollections of	Edinburgh	1866	USD -	0.10
1638	DESCHANEL (Emile)	A Batons Rompus Varietes Morales et Litteraires	Paris	1868	USD -	0.10
1639	DESDOUITS	Astronomie. Cuts and plate	Tours	1861	USD -	0.10
1640	DES HOUX (Henri)	Ma Prison	Paris	1887	USD -	0.05
1641	DIERE'VILLE (Monsieur)	Relation du Voyage du Port Royal de l'Acadie ou de la Nouvelle France, etc.	Rouen	1708	USD -	4.00
1642	DRAKE	Our Great Benefactors; Short Biographies of the Men and Women most Eminent in Literature	Boston	1884	USD -	0.55
1643	DRUMONT (Edouard)	La France Juive--Essai d'Histoire Contemporaine	Paris	n. d.	USD -	1.50
1644	DUMAS (Alexandre)	Sa Vie, Son Temps, Son OEuvre par H. BLAZE DE BURY	Paris	1885	USD -	0.10
1645	DUMAS (F. G.)	Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris Salon of 1881, '82 and '83 [French text]	Paris and N. Y.	1881-83	USD -	0.60
1646	DUKES (E. J.)	Every-Day Life in China, or Scenes along River and Road in Fuh-Kien	London	1885	USD -	0.40
1647	[DURAND (Alice Marie Celeste Henri)], i. e., " HENRY GREVILLE"	Le Voeu de Nadia	Paris	1883	USD -	0.70
1648	EDEN	The First Three English Books on America [? 1511]--1555 A.D., being Chiefly Translations, Compilations, etc.	Birmingham	1885	USD -	4.50
1649	ELBORN (Barbara)	Bethesda	N. Y. (London)	1884	USD -	0.10
1650		ETUDES SUR LES PASSIONS	New Orleans	1849	USD -	Not Sold
1651		FAMILIEN BIBEL, oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments ubersetzt und neu revidirt von D. LEANDER VAN Ess	Hildburghausen	1838	USD -	0.10
1652	FENELON	Aventures de Telemaque, avec des Notes Geographiques et Litteraires	Paris	1824	USD -	2.00
1653	FERRY (Gabriel, Louis de Bellemare)	Scenes de la Vie Mexicaine	Paris	1856	USD -	3.00
1654	FIGUIER (Louis)	Vies des Savants Illustres depuis l'Antiquite jusqu'au Dix-neuvieme Siecle	Paris	1876-81	USD -	5.00
1655	FIGUIER	La Terre avant le Deluge	Paris	1879	USD -	0.80
1656	FIGUIER	Connais-toi toi-meme, Notions de Physiologie	Paris	1879	USD -	1.13
1657	FIGUIER	Le Lendemain de la Mort	Paris	1872	USD -	0.05
1658	FIGUIER	Le Telephone, son Histoire, sa Description, ses Usages	Paris	n. d.	USD -	0.10
1659	FIGUIER	Primitive Man	N. Y.	1870	USD -	0.10
1660	FISKE (Stephen)	Off-Hand Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers	N. Y.	1884	USD -	0.10
1661	FLECHIER (Esprit)	Oraison Funebre \| de Tres-Haut \| et Puissant Seigneur \| Messire \| MICHEL LE TELLIER	Paris	1686	USD -	6.00
1662	FLEMING and TIBBINS	Royal Dictionary, English and French, and French and English	Paris	1875	USD -	6.25
1663		Fou DE PALERME Nouvelle Sicilienne	New Orleans	1873	USD -	0.02
1664	FOURNIER (Edouard)	Histoire des Enseignes de Paris revue et publiee par LE BIBLIOPHILE JACOB	Paris	1884	USD -	1.00
1665	FOURNIER	Enigmes des Rues de Paris	Paris	1860	USD -	0.50
1666	FOURNIER	Paris Demoli	Paris	1883	USD -	0.10
1667	FOURNIER	Histoire du Pont Neuf	Paris	1862	USD -	0.20
1668	FOURNIER	Le Vieux-Neuf Histoire Ancienne des Inventions et Decouvertes Modernes	Paris	1877	USD -	0.60
1669	FOURNIER	Paris Capitale	Paris	1881	USD -	0.10
1670		FOX.--Memories of Old Friends, being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of CAROLINE FOX, from 1835 to 1871	London	1882	USD -	5.25
1671	FRANKLIN	Life of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN	Phila.	1829	USD -	1.35
1672	FREEMAN (Edward A.)	History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and Results	Oxford	1873-79	USD -	8.40
1673	FROISSART (Sir John)	Chronicles of France, England, Spain, etc.	London	1808	USD -	24.00
1674	GARDNER (Samuel R., LLD.)	History of England from the Accession of JAMES I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642	London	1884	USD -	11.00
1675		GATLING GUNS of Large Calibre. Report on. Plates, etc.	Washington	1864	USD -	0.20
1676	GAYARRE (Charles)	Essai Historique sur la Louisiane	New Orleans	1830-31	USD -	1.00
1677	GAYARRE	Histoire de la Louisiane	New Orleans	1846-47	USD -	0.70
1678	GAYARRE	Creoles of History and Creoles of Romance	New Orleans	1885	USD -	0.05
1679		GEOGRAPHIA NOVISSIMA Asiae, Africae et Americas, also ZEILING'S Lexicon	Frankfort	1708	USD -	0.10
1680	GIRAULT-DUVIVIER (C. P.)	Grammaire des Grammaires sur la Langue Francaise	Paris	1873	USD -	0.20
1681	GONSE (LOUIS, Directeur de la Gazette des Beaux Arts)	L'ART JAPONOIS	Paris	1883	USD -	23.00
1682	GOODALE (George L., M.D., Professor of Botany in Harvard University)	WILD FLOWERS OF AMERICA	Boston	1882	USD -	10.50
1683	GOODRICH (Frank B.)	The Tribute Book, a Record of Munificence, Self-Sacrifice and Patriotism of the American People during the War for the Union	N. Y.	1865	USD -	2.00
1684	GORDON (C. G., General)	GORDON (C. G., General). The Journals of	Boston	1885	USD -	0.50
1685		GRANDS PEINTRES FRANCAIS et Etrangers Ouvrage d'Art, Publie avec le Concours Artistique des Maitres--Texte par les Principaux Critiques d'Art	Paris	1884	USD -	30.00
1686	GRANT (James)	Old and New Edinburgh--Its History, its People and its Places	London	n. d.	USD -	8.25
1687	GRANT (U. S., General)	GRANT (U. S., General). Personal Memoirs of	N. Y.	1885-86	USD -	4.50
1688		GREAT KINGS and Great Preachers	London	n. d.	USD -	0.50

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

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

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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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.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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