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
1208	Williams (J. B.)	ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING, RAILROADS, &C.:--Practical geodesy	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
1208a	Colquhoun (Dr.)	ENGLAND--On the wealth, power, and resources of the British empire, in every quarter of the world	London	1815	USD -	Unknown
1209		ENGLAND--Delolme on the constitution			USD -	Unknown
1210		ENGLAND--Hereditary right of the crown of England asserted, the history of the succession, and the English constitution vindicated from the misrepresentations of Dr. Higden		1713	USD -	Unknown
1211	Mcculloch, (J. R.)	ENGLAND--Descriptive and statistical account of the British empire	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1212		ENGLAND--Natural and constitutional rights of Britons, &c.	London	1795	USD -	Unknown
1213		ENGLAND--Oldfield's representative history of Great Britain and Ireland			USD -	Unknown
1214	Plowden's (F.)	ENGLAND--British empire	Philadelphia	1794	USD -	Unknown
1215	Sinclair (J.)	ENGLAND--History of the public revenue of the British empire	Dublin	1785	USD -	Unknown
1216	Bulwer (E. L.)	ENGLAND MANNERS SOCIETY &C.:--England and the English	New York	1833	USD -	Unknown
1217	Stewart (C. J.)	ENGLAND MANNERS SOCIETY &C.:--Sketches of society in Great Britain and Ireland	Philadelphia	1834	USD -	Unknown
1218		ENGLAND MANNERS SOCIETY &C.:--Heads of the people, or portraits of the English			USD -	Unknown
1219	Baker (Sir Richard)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Romans to 1658			USD -	Unknown
1220		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Belsham's history of Great Britain, from the revolution, 1688, to the treaty of Amiens, 1802		1806	USD -	Unknown
1221		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Cries of royal blood, a history of the kings and queens of England who were murdered	London	1722	USD -	Unknown
1221a	Ferguson (R.)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--New and popular history of England	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1222		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Goldsmith's England	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
1223		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Hume's History of England, Bowyer's splendid national edition	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
1224	Hume's (David, Esq.)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--History of England			USD -	Unknown
1225		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Hume's history of England	London	1803	USD -	Unknown
1226		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Hume, Smollet, and Farr's history of England	London		USD -	Unknown
1227		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Heightley's history of England	New York		USD -	Unknown
1228	Lingard (Dr.)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--History of England	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
1229	Macaulay (Catherine)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--History of England, from James I		1763	USD -	Unknown
1230	Macaulay (T. B.)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--History of England, from the accession of James II	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
1231	Mahon (Lord)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--History of England from the peace of Utrecht to the peace of Versailles, 1713-'83	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
1232		CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Pictorial history of England, being a history of the people as well as a history of the kingdom		1838	USD -	Unknown
1233	Walter (Rev. Henry)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--History of England, from the earliest period to the passing of the reform bill in 1832, in which it is intended to consider men and events on Christian principles			USD -	Unknown
1235	Whitaker (Rev.)	CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES:--Genuine history of the Britons asserted, in answer to Mcpherson's Great Britain and Ireland	London	1772	USD -	Unknown
1236	Hall (Mrs.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--The queens before the conquest, with fine portraits uniform with Miss Strickland's lives of the queens	London	1855	USD -	Unknown
1237		LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Howitt's lives of the British queens, or royal book of beauty		1852	USD -	Unknown
1238	Strickland (Agnes)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Lives of the queens of England from the Norman conquest	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
1239	Roscoe (T.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Lives of the kings of England			USD -	Unknown
1240		LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Berington's history of the reign of Henry II., and of Richard and John, his sons		1790	USD -	Unknown
1241	James (G P. R.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--History of the life of Richard Coeur de Lion	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
1242	Howard (Sir E.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Historical observations upon the reigns of Edward I., II., III., and Richard II	London	1689	USD -	Unknown
1243		LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Edward II., History of the life			USD -	Unknown
1244	Barnes (J.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--History of the most victorious monarch Edward III., king of England and France and lord of Ireland, and first founder of the order of the garter, together with that of his renowned son, surnamed the Black Prince	Cambridge	1688	USD -	Unknown
1245	James (G. P. R.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--History of the life of Edward the Black Prince	Philadelphia	1847	USD -	Unknown
1246	Halsted (C. A.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Richard III., as duke of Gloucester and king of England	London		USD -	Unknown
1247	Halstead (C. A.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Richard III	Philadelphia	1844	USD -	Unknown
1248	Walpole (Horace)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III	London	1768	USD -	Unknown
1249	Tytler (F.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Life of Henry the Eighth	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1250	Benger (Miss)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Memoirs of the life of Anne Boleyn	Philadelphia	1822	USD -	Unknown
1251	Von Raumer (F.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Elizabeth and Mary	Lond.	1836	USD -	Unknown
1252	Birch (Dr. Thos.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Life of Queen Elizabeth	London	1754	USD -	Unknown
1253	Hood (E. P.)	LIVES OF KINGS AND QUEENS:--Golden days of Queen Bess	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1254		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Aikin's memoirs of the court of Charles I		1833	USD -	Unknown
1255		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Brodie's history of the British empire, from the accession of Charles I. to the restoration, with an introduction tracing the progress of society and of the constitution from the feudal times		1822	USD -	Unknown
1256		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Cattermole's Illustrated history of the great civil war of the times of Charles I. and Cromwell		1852	USD -	Unknown
1257		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Clarendon's History of the rebellion and civil wars in England	Oxford	1704	USD -	Unknown
1258		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Clarendon's History of the rebellion and civil wars in England	Oxford	1816	USD -	Unknown
1259		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Clarendon's History of the rebellion, abridged	London	1703	USD -	Unknown
1260		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--History of England under the House of Stuart	London		USD -	Unknown
1261		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Oldmixon, history of England during the reign of the Stuarts	London	1730	USD -	Unknown
1262	Symmons (Edward)	CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Vindication of King Charles		1648	USD -	Unknown
1262a	Whitelocke (Lord Chancellor)	CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Memorials of the English affairs from Charles I. to the happy restoration of Charles II	Oxford	1852	USD -	Unknown
1263		CHARLES I.--CIVIL WAR AND COMMONWEALTH:--Poems on affairs of state from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of King James II		1703	USD -	Unknown
1264		Charles II:--Grammont's Memoirs of the court of Charles II	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
1265	Jameson (Mrs.)	Charles II:--Beauties of the court of Charles II	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
1266	Macintosh (Sir T.)	Charles II:--History of the revolution in England in 1688	Philadelphia	1835	USD -	Unknown
1267	Sidney (Hon. H.)	Charles II:--Diary of the times of Charles II	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
1268	Jesse (J. H.)	Charles II:--Memoirs of the court of England from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George II	Philadelphia	1843	USD -	Unknown
1269		Charles II:--Court and Times of George I. Diary and memoirs of Sophia Dorothea		1848	USD -	Unknown
1271		Charles II:--Court and times of George II. and his consort, Queen Caroline	London	1850	USD -	Unknown
1272	Walpole (Horace)	Charles II:--Memoirs of the reigns of George II. and George III	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
1273		Charles II:--Jesse's Memoirs of the pretenders and their adherents	Philadelphia	1846	USD -	Unknown
1274		Charles II:--Historical memoirs of his royal highness William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland	London	1767	USD -	Unknown
1275		Charles II:--Macfarlane's History of the first ten years of the reign of George III		1783	USD -	Unknown
1276	Walpole (Horace)	Charles II:--Memoirs of the reign of George III	Philadelphia	1845	USD -	Unknown
1277	Croly (Rev. G.)	Charles II:--Life of George IV	New York	1845	USD -	Unknown
1278		Charles II:--Diary illustrative of the times of George IV., and letters of Queen Caroline		1838	USD -	Unknown
1279		Charles II:--Coronation of George IV			USD -	Unknown
1280		Charles II:--Huishs's Memoirs of Charlotte Princess of Wales	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
1281		Charles II:--Bose of Clermont (History of Princess Charlotte, Queen Caroline, Prince Leopold, &c.	London		USD -	Unknown
1282	Hamilton (Lady Anne)	Charles II:--Secret history of the court of England	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
1283	Barwick (P.)	Charles II:--Life of Dr. J. Barwick, Dean of Durham and St. Paul's, temp. Charles II		1724	USD -	Unknown
1284	Brougham (Lord)	Charles II:--Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in the time of George III	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
1285	Brougham (Lord)	Charles II:--Historical sketches of statesmen who flourished in time of George III	Philadelphia	1840	USD -	Unknown
1286		Charles II:--Letters and speeches on various subjects	Philadelphia	1849	USD -	Unknown
1287	Cary (Earl of Monmouth)	Charles II:--Cary (Earl of Monmouth), Memoirs written by	Edinburgh	1808	USD -	Unknown
1288	Digges (Dudley)	Charles II:--The faithful ambassador: or treaties on the intended marriage of Queen Elizabeth, letters of negotiation, &c. &c.	London	1655	USD -	Unknown
1289	Dudley (Robt. Earl of Leycester)	Charles II:--Correspondence during his government of the low countries in the years 1585 and 1586	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
1290	Evelyn (John)	Charles II:--Diary and correspondence, to which is added the private correspondence between King Charles I		1857	USD -	Unknown
1291		Charles II:--Fenn's Paston letters	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
1292	Forster (J.)	Charles II:--Statesmen of the commonwealth of England	New York	1846	USD -	Unknown
1294	Hutchinson's (Col., Parliamentary Governor of Nottingham)	Charles II:--Hutchinson's (Col., Parliamentary Governor of Nottingham), Memoirs	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
1295	Lodge (Edm.)	Charles II:--Illustrations of British history, biography, and manners, in the reigns of Henry VIII	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
1296	Nares (Dr. E.)	Charles II:--Memoirs of the life and administration of William Cecil, Lord Burghley	London	1828	USD -	Unknown
1297		Charles II:--NELSON. Clarke and Mcarthur's life of Admiral Lord Nelson	London	1809	USD -	Unknown
1298		Charles II:--Old England's worthies, a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, &c.	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
1299		Charles II:--Royal letters; letters of the kings of England (Richard I. to Charles I.) now first published from the originals		1846	USD -	Unknown
1300	Taylor (W. C.)	Charles II:--Modern British Plutarch	New York	1846	USD -	Unknown
1301	Walpole (Horace)	Charles II:--Walpole (Horace), Letters	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
1302	Williams (C. V.)	Charles II:--Life and administration of Spencer Percival, and detail of his assassination			USD -	Unknown
1303		ARMY AND NAVY:--Field of Mars; being an alphabetical account of the principal naval and military engagements in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and particularly of Great Britain and her allies, from the ninth century to 1801			USD -	Unknown
1304		ARMY AND NAVY:--Hutton's history of the battle of Bosworth field	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
1305		ARMY AND NAVY:--Macfarlane's great battles of the British army			USD -	Unknown
1306		ARMY AND NAVY:--Martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies, from 1799 to 1815	London		USD -	Unknown
1307		ARMY AND NAVY:--Naval chronicle; a complete set from the commencement in 1799		1799	USD -	Unknown

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.
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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
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.

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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