Leavitt & Co.: CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRARY, COMPRISING AN EXTENSIVE AND SELECT COLLECTION OF CHOICE BOOKS, IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE, Embracing Fine London Editions of the Best Standard Works, and an immense number of Rare, Curious, and Recherche Boo, 18590516,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 16, 1859 - May 16, 1859
Page Size: 5010 items in 51 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
902 COOPER (J. Fennimore) CONSTITUTION:--COOPER (J. Fennimore) Novels

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903 COOPER (J. Fennimore) CONSTITUTION:--The ways of the hour N. Y.

1850

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904 COOPER (Thos.) CONSTITUTION:--Wise saws and modern instances London

1845

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906 CORNEILLE (E.) CONSTITUTION:--Chefs d'oeuvres de Paris

1834

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907 CONSTITUTION:--CORNELIUS Nepos, Lives of the excellent commanders London

1797

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908 CORNWALL (Barry) CONSTITUTION:--Marcian Colonna, and other poems London

1820

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909 CONSTITUTION:--CORONAL and the mistletoe

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910 CORTEZ (Hernando) CONSTITUTION:--CORTEZ (Hernando), Despatches of New York

1843

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911 COSTELLO (L. S.) CONSTITUTION:--Jacques Coeur, the French argonaut London

1851

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912 COSTELLO (Miss) CONSTITUTION:--Specimens of the early poetry of France, from the time of the troubadours London

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913 COSTUME:--Book of costume, or annals of fashion from the earliest period London

1847

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914 COSTUME:--Differentshabillemens des troupes legeresetranges, a series of beautifully colored plates of military costume

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915 Hope (Thomas) COSTUME:--The costume of the ancients Lond.

1841

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916 Stone (Mrs.) COSTUME:--Chronicles of fashion from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the 19th century, in manners, amusements, banquets, costume, &c. London

1845

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917 Smith (Col. H.) COSTUME:--The ancient costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 7th to the 16th century London

1850

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918 COTTON:--Cotton, from the pod to the factory N. Y.

1845

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919 Montgomery (Jas.) COTTON:--A practical detail of the cotton manufactures of the United States Glasgow

1840

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920 Scott's (R.) COTTON:--Practical cotton spinner and manufacturer, corrected and enlarged by Oliver Byrne Phil.

1851

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921 White (G. S.) COTTON:--Memoir of S. Slater, and the rise and progress of cotton manufacture Phil.

1836

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922 COWLEY (A.) COTTON:--COWLEY (A.), Works Lond.

1688

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923 COWLEY (Abram) COTTON:--COWLEY (Abram), Works London

1721

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924 COWPER COTTON:--COWPER'S Works

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925 COWPER COTTON:--COWPER Poems

1817

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926 COTTON:--Task, Table-talk, and other poems New York

1854

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927 COTTON:--COWPER illustrated by a series of views in or near the park of Weston Underwood Bucks

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928 COWPER (W.) COTTON:--The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer London

1818

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929 COXE (A. C.) COTTON:--Saul, a mystery N.Y.

1854

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930 COXE (P. R.) COTTON:--Compendium of arts and sciences Philadelphia

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931 CRABBE'S (Dr. G.) COTTON:--CRABBE'S (Dr. G.) Poetical works London

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932 CRABBE'S (Rev. G.) COTTON:--Borough, a poem London

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933 COTTON:--CRABBE, Heber, and Pollok's works Philadelphia

1839

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934 Bates (W.) CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Mysterious stranger, or memoirs of Henry More Smith, a notorious criminal and jail breaker New Haven

1817

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935 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Beccaria on crimes and punishments, attributed to Voltaire London

1770

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936 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Brooke's book of pirates Philadelphia

USD - Unknown
937 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Criminal calendar of the United States, as an awful warning to the youth of America Boston

1833

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938 Fielding (H.) CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Life of Jonathan Wild, the great London

1856

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939 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Howard's history of Virgil Stewart, and his adventures in the capture of Murrel New York

1836

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940 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Johnson's lives of English highwaymen, pirates, and robbers

1840

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942 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Macfarlane's lives of banditti and robbers London

1833

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943 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Martin Faber, the story of a criminal N. Y.

1832

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944 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--CROCKETT'S (Col. David) life and travels, north and east New York

1848

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945 CROLY (Rev. G.) CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--CROLY (Rev. G.), Poetical works of London

1830

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946 CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--CROLY'Ssalathiel N. Y.

1833

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947 CROLY (G.) CRIMES AND CRIMINALS:--Memoirs of a statesman

1845

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949 CROMWELL:--Russell's life of Oliver Cromwell New York

1838

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950 CROMWELL:--Wilson's Oliver Cromwell London

1854

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951 CROMWELL:--CROSBY'S merchant's and tradesman's pocket dictionary London

1808

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952 CROSWELL'S (Dr.) CROMWELL:--CROSWELL'S (Dr.) memoirs New York

1854

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953 CROMWELL:--CROWD'S light and darkness, &c.

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954 CROMWELL:--GRUDEN'S concordance to the Holy Scriptures Boston

1855

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955 J. Y. A CROMWELL:--CRUIKSHANK, Tales of other days London

1836

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956 CRUSADES:--Michaux's history of the crusades New York

1853

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957 CRUSADES:--Proctor's history of the crusades London

1856

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958 Rattenbury (J. L.) CUBA:--Remarks on the cession of the Floridas to the United States of America, and on the necessity of acquiring the island of Cuba by Great Britain London

1819

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959 Norman (B. M.) CUBA:--Rambles in Cuba and Mexico New York

1845

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960 Turnbull (D.) CUBA:--Travels in Cuba, Porto Rico, &c. London

1840

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961 CUBA:--CURIOSITIES and rarities in nature and art London

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962 CUBA:--CURIOSITIES of biography, or memoirs of extraordinary characters

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963 CURRAN (W. H.) CUBA:--Life of J. P. Curran New York

1820

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964 CURTIS (D.) CUBA:--Western portraiture and emigrant's guide New York

1852

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965 CUBA:--DAGLEY'S death's doings London

1827

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965a D'ACUGNA'S (Father) CUBA:--Voyage up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, in 1639 London

1698

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966 Wilkinson (Sir J. G.) DALMATIA:--History of Dalmatia and Montenegro London

1848

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967 DAMPIER'S (Wm.) DALMATIA:--New voyage round the world London

1729

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968 DANCING:--Durang's Terpsichore or ball-room guide Philadelphia

1848

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969 DANCING:--Cellarius's drawing-room dances London

1847

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970 DANCING:--DANIEL'S my sister Minnie, a novel

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971 D'ARBLAY (Mme.) DANCING:--A memoir of Dr. Burney Philadelphia

1833

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972 DE BERGER DANCING:--Commentatio de Personisvulgolarvissev Mascheris, etc.

1723

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973 DE BOW (J. D. B.) DANCING:--Industrial resources of the Southern and Western States

1852

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974 DANCING:--DE BOW'S commercial review N. Orleans

1853

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975 DE BURY (B. B.) DANCING:--Memory of princess Palatine, princess of Bohemia London

1853

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976 DECATUR:--Mackenzie's life of Stephen Decatur Boston

1846

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977 DE FOE (D.) DECATUR:--Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe New York

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977a DECATUR:--DE BOES Life and adventures of Duncan Campbell Oxford

1841

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977b DECATUR:--DE BOES Memoir of Capt. Geo. Carleton, and the life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies Oxford

1840

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977c DECATUR:--DE BOES Complete English tradesman Oxford

1841

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977d Chalmers (G.) DECATUR:--Life of Daniel De Foe Oxford

1841

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978 DE LA MOTTE (Countess) DECATUR:--DE LA MOTTE (Countess), Memoirs of London

1789

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979 DE LANSEZUE (M.) DECATUR:--Historical geography Lond.

1791

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980 DECATUR:--DELAPLAINE'S Repository of the lives and portraits of distinguished American characters Philadelphia

USD - Unknown
981 Ferris (B.) DELAWARE:--History of the original settlements on the Delaware from its discovery by Hudson to the colonization by W. Penn Wilmington

1846

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982 DE LIGNE (Prince) DELAWARE:--DE LIGNE (Prince) Letters and reflections of Phila.

1809

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983 DELAWARE:--DEMOCRATIC Review, new series New York

1841

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984 DELAWARE:--DE QUINCEY'S opium eater Boston

1841

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985 DELAWARE:--DESULTORIA, The recovered MSS. of an eccentric New York

1850

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986 DE TOCQUEVILLE (A.) DELAWARE:--Democracy in America New York

1845

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987 Hosack (D.) DE WITT CLINTON:--Memoir of De Witt Clinton New York

1829

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988 DE WITT CLINTON:--Renwick's life of De Witt Clinton N. Y.

1840

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989 Wells (W. C.) DEW:--Two essays; one upon single vision with two eyes, the other on dew London

1818

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990 DIALING:--Leybourn's dialing, showing how to make dials London

1682

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991 DIALING:--DIALOGUES of the dead London

1769

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992 DIALING:--DIAMONDS and pearls, Jeffreys on the manufacture of London

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993 DICK (Thos.) DIALING:--DICK (Thos.), Works Hart.

1845

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994 DICK (Dr. J.) DIALING:--On the improvement of society

1830

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995 DIALING:--DICKENS' David Copperfield, &c.

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996 DIALING:--DICKENS' Bleak House and David Copperfield

1853

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997 DIALING:--DICKENS' Dombey and Son New York

1834

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998 DIALING:--DICKENS' Oliver Twist Phila.

1839

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999 DIALING:--DICKENS' Sketches by Boz Phila.

1852

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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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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    December 15, 2025
    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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    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
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