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
2176 LANDSEER (Thomas) "HOLY FAMILY," after CORREGGIO

USD - 0.30
2177 LANSYER (Emanuel, Born 1835) "THE FOUNTAIN"

USD - 0.25
2178 LARMESSIN (Nicholas de, the younger, Born 1684 and Died 1755) "WILLIAM COUSTON, SCULPTOR TO THE KING," after LIEN

USD - 1.25
2179 LAUGIER (Jean Nicholas, Born 1785) "SAPPHO," after A. J. GROS

USD - 3.75
2180 LAURENS (Jean Paul) "THE BABY OF YPORT"

USD - 0.30
2181 LAW (David) "FISHING BOATS OFF WHITBY"

USD - 2.50
2182 LE BAS (James Philip, Born 1708 and Died 1782) "DAPHNIS AND CHLOE,"after BOUCHER

USD - 3.00
2183 LECOMPTE (Felix, Born 1737 and Died 1817) "MADONNA DI SAN SISTO," after RAPHAEL

USD - 0.30
2184 LEFMAN (F.) "THE SMOKER," after VETTER

USD - 0.30
2185 LEFEVRE (Achille Desire, Born 1798) "GENERAL FOY," after HORACE VERNET

USD - 5.00
2186 LE GRAND (L.) "To PROMISE IS ONE THING; TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE ANOTHER," after EISEN

USD - 7.00
2187 LEGROS (Alphonse) "CHARITY"

USD - 2.25
2188 LEGROS "THE DISABLED WAGON"

USD - 1.25
2189 LEROLLE (H.) "REST"

USD - 2.25
2190 LEROUX "ST. JEROME," after DOMENICHINO

USD - 0.30
2191 LESSURE (H. E.) "VICTOR HUGO"

USD - 0.60
2192 L'HULLIER (J. D.) "SURPRISE"

USD - 2.25
2193 LELOIR (Alexander Louis) "UN GENTILHOMME"

USD - 6.00
2194 LELOIR (Maurice) "THE TRUMPETER"

USD - 0.70
2195 LEMPEREUR (Louis Simon, Born 1725) "AFTER THE BATH," after TRINGUESSE

USD - 1.25
2196 LE RAT (P.) "THE LOVER'S GIFT," after BOUCHER

USD - 2.50
2197 [? LERIGUE] "MARSHAL TURENNE AT THE SIEGE OF TURIN"

USD - 0.30
2198 LEVASSEUR (Jean Charles, Born 1734 and Died 1816) "THE DELUGE," after VERONESE

USD - 6.00
2199 LLOYD (W.) "LANDSCAPE, WITH TREES"

USD - 9.00
2200 LONGHI (Giuseppe, Born 1766 and Died 1831) "BONAPARTE AT THE BATTLE OF ARCOLE," after GROS

USD - 4.50
2201 LONGHI (Giuseppe, Born 1766 and Died 1831) "THE MAGDALEN," after CORREGGIO

USD - 40.00
2202 LOUIS (Aristide) "NAPOLEON I," after PAUL DELAROCHE

USD - Not Sold
2203 LOVEWELL (R.) "SHIPPING IN HARBOUR"

USD - 0.50
2204 LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (Born 1494 and Died 1533) "ECCE HOMO"

USD - 32.00
2205 LUCAS VAN LEYDEN "THE CRUCIFIXION"

USD - 33.00
2206 MANDEL (Johann August Eduard, Born 1809) "LA MADONNA DELLA SEDIA," after RAPHAEL

USD - 90.00
2207 MARSHALL (William E., Born 1836) "GENERAL GRANT"

USD - 5.00
2208 MARTIAL (A. P.) "A WOMAN CHURNING BUTTER," after J. F. MILLET

USD - 2.00
2209 MARTIAL "OLD OAKS AT BAS-BREAU"

USD - 1.75
2210 MARTIAL "RIVER THROUGH THE WOODS"

USD - 0.58
2211 MARTIAL "THE FOREST OF PIERREFONDS"

USD - 2.00
2212 MARTIAL "WINTER IN THE FOREST"

USD - 0.50
2213 MARTIAL "THE RENDEZVOUS"

USD - 0.60
2214 MARVY (Louis) "LANDSCAPE, WITH COTTAGES," after REMBRANDT

USD - 1.35
2215 MASQUELIER (Louis Joseph, Born 1741 and Died 1811) ILLUSTRATIONS TO SWIFT'S "TRAVELS OF GULLIVER," after LE FEBVRE. (10)

USD - 1.50
2216 MASQUELIER "JEAN BENJAMIN DE LABORDE," after DENON

USD - 4.00
2217 MASQUELIER (Nicolas Francois Joseph, Born 1760 and Died 1809) "Corps-De-Garde Hollandais," after LE DUC

USD - 1.25
2218 MASSARD (Jean Baptiste Raphael, Born 1775) "ATALA," after GIRODET

USD - 0.50
2219 MASSARD (Jean, Born 1740 and Died 1822) "ST. PAUL HEALING THE SICK," after LE SUER

USD - 0.60
2220 MASSARD (L.) "ADOLPHE THIERS," after BONNAT

USD - 0.70
2221 MASSON (A.) "PORTRAIT OF MLLE. ARTUS," after CHAPLIN

USD - 1.70
2222 MEEKER (E. J.) "YE BIBLIOPHILE"

USD - 40.00
2223 MEISSONIER (Jean Louis Ernest, Born 1813) "LE RAPPORT"

USD - 1.25
2224 MEISSONIER "LE RAPPORT"

USD - 6.50
2225 MEISSONIER "PUNCHINELLO

USD - 5.00
2226 MEMPES (M. L.) "A SABOT SHOP"

USD - 1.25
2227 MERYON (Charles, Born 1821 and Died 1868) THE OLD LOUVRE"

USD - 15.40
2228 MERYON "PASSERELLE PONT AU CHANGE"

USD - 3.75
2229 MERYON "TOURELLE RUE DE L'ECOLE DE MEDECINE"

USD - 4.00
2230 MERYON "LA POMPE NOTRE DAME"

USD - 3.00
2231 MERYON "SAN FRANCISCO"

USD - 14.50
2232 MERYON "THE APSE OF NOTRE DAME OF PARIS"

USD - 6.50
2233 MILLET (Jean-Francois, Born 1814 and Died 1875) "MOTHER FEEDING HER CHILD"

USD - 6.00
2234 MILLET "THE SPINNING WHEEL"

USD - 5.25
2235 MILLSPAUGH (J. H.) "LANDSCAPE"

USD - 7.75
2236 MONGIN (A.) "PANSIES.--" THINK OF ME'"

USD - 4.00
2237 MONGIN "ALEXANDER DUMAS," after MEISSIONIER

USD - 1.25
2238 MORAN (Peter, Born 1842) "ON THE ROAD"

USD - 3.50
2239 MORAN "FARM BUILDINGS AND TREES"

USD - 2.25
2240 MORDANT (Daniel) "A YOUNG GIRL AT PRAYERS," after JEAN BERAUD

USD - 1.00
2241 MORGHEN (Raphael Sanzio, Born 1758 and Died 1833) "MADONNA DEL GRAN DUCA," after RAPHAEL

USD - Not Sold
2242 MORGHEN "THE VIRGIN AND THE SLEEPING CHRIST

USD - 5.50
2243 MORGHEN "APOLLO AND THE MUSES ON MOUNT PARNASSUS," after MENGS

USD - 13.00
2244 MORGHEN "THE TRANSFIGURATION," after RAPHAEL

USD - 75.00
2245 MORGHEN "THE HOLY FAMILY REPOSING IN EGYPT," after POUSSIN

USD - 5.00
2246 MORGHEN (" Raphael et Antonius") "THE TRANSFIGURATION," after RAPHAEL

USD - 14.00
2247 MORIN (Francois-Gustave, Born 1809) "A SENTIMENTAL WALK"

USD - 1.25
2248 MULLER (H. C.) "PSYCHE CARRIED OFF BY THE ZEPHYRS," after PRUDHON

USD - 3.50
2249 MULLER "CARL. DE SECONDAT MONTESQUIEU"

USD - 0.50
2250 MURRAY (C. O.) "SAVED," after NAPIER HENRY

USD - 2.75
2251 MURRAY "WHEN THE KYE COME HOME," after MARK FISHER and J. D. WATSON

USD - 6.00
2252 NAEGLE (Victor) "THE SPIRIT OF THE CRUSADES"

USD - 8.00
2253 NANTEUIL (Robert, Born 1630 and Died 1678) "Louis XIV"

USD - 20.00
2254 NANTEUIL "PIERRE DU CAMBOUT DE COISLIN, BISHOP OF ORLEANS"

USD - 5.50
2255 NANTEUIL "JEAN FRANCOIS SARRASIN"

USD - 0.50
2256 NANTEUIL (Celessin, Born 1813 and Died 1873) "THE BLOOD OF THE GIANTS"

USD - 1.75
2257 OSBORNE (H. F.) "A WALK THROUGH THE WOODS"

USD - 1.25
2258 OSTADE (Adrian Van, Born 1610 and Died 1685) "LE JOUEUR DE VIOLON"

USD - 0.70
2259 OSTADE "LES MUSICIENS AMBULANTS"

USD - 0.20
2260 OSTADE "THE QUARREL"

USD - 0.60
2261 PANNIER "THE MARRIAGE OF THE VIRGIN," after RAPHAEL

USD - 1.50
2262 PEARCE (E. L.) "A RUSTIC BRIDGE"

USD - 1.25
2263 PERELLE (Gabriel, Born 1610 and Died 1680) "LANDSCAPES WITH RUINS AND FIGURES" (2)

USD - 1.00
2264 PICART (Etienne, called the Roman, Born 1631 and Died 1721) "THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHARINE," after CORREGGIO

USD - 20.00
2265 PICART (Bernard, Born 1663 and Died 1738) "DUTCH PEASANT"

USD - 1.50
2266 PICART "THE TRIUMPH of PAINTING"

USD - 0.25
2267 PICCINNI (A.) "A SOUVENIR OF ROME"

USD - 0.80
2268 PICGUENOT (Euphrasie) "SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS"

USD - 0.25
2269 PIGLHEIN (Bruno) "A SPANISH DANCER"

USD - 0.25
2270 PIGLHEIN "A FRENCH-WOMAN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY"

USD - 4.00
2271 PIRANESI (Giovanni Battista, Born 1713 and Died 1778) VIEW OF THE CAMPO VACCINO

USD - 0.25
2272 PIRANESI "VIEW OF THE PORTICO OF OCTAVIA, ROME"

USD - 0.25
2273 PIRANESI "THE CURIA OSTILIA, ROME"

USD - 0.25
2274 PIRANESI "VIEW OF THE GOLDEN PALACE OF NERO, COMMONLY CALLED THE 'TEMPLE OF THE SUN"

USD - 0.20
2275 POPE (John M.) "THE REPRIMAND"

USD - 0.30
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