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
1408 FACETIAE:--Apologie des dames appuyeesur l'histoire Paris

1737

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1409 FACETIAE:--Apuleius's Metamorphosis, or golden ass; a romance of the 2d century London

1851

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1410 FACETIAE:--Metamorphosis, or golden ass; and philosophical works London

1822

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1411 FACETIAE:--Aristoenetus's Love epistles London

1771

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1412 FACETIAE:--Atlantis: secret memoirs and manners of several persons of quality of both sexes from the new Atlantis, translated from the Italian London

1736

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1413 Balzack (Monsieur de) FACETIAE:--New epistles London

1638

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1414 Barber (John) FACETIAE:--Barber (John), Life London

1741

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1415 Belle (la) FACETIAE:--Assemblee; being a curious collection of some very remarkable incidents which happened to persons of the first quality in France London

1743

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1415a FACETIAE:--Beppo in London; a metropolitan story London

1819

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1415b Bennett (C. H.) FACETIAE:--Shadows Philadelphia

1859

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1415c FACETIAE:--Bijoux indiscrets, or the indiscreet toys

1749

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1416 FACETIAE:--Boccaccio, Il Decamerone London (Paris)

1757

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1417 FACETIAE:--Bocace, Contes, traductionerancaise par Sebatier de Castres Paris

1801

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1418 FACETIAE:--Boccaccio, Decameron London

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1419 FACETIAE:--Book (the): an inquiry into the proceedings and correspondence consequent upon the matrimonial difficulties between George IV New York

1813

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1420 FACETIAE:--Book (the): or the proceedings and correspondence upon the subject of inquiry into the conduct of the Princess of Wales, under a commission appointed by the king in the year 1806 New York

1813

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1421 Boyle (Robt.) FACETIAE:--Boyle (Robt.), Voyages and adventures of Liverpool

1744

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1422 FACETIAE:--British Apollo London

1726

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1423 FACETIAE:--Brookes' Fool of quality New York

1818

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1424 Brown (S.) FACETIAE:--Fudges in England: being a sequel to the "Fudge Family in Paris" London

1835

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1425 Brown (Tom) FACETIAE:--Brown's (Tom) Works

1730

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1426 Brown. (T.) FACETIAE:--Brown's (T.) Works London

1719

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1427 FACETIAE:--Brown's Estimate of the manners and principles of the times London

1757

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1428 Buckingham (George Villiers, Duke of) FACETIAE:--Buckingham (George Villiers, Duke of), Genuine works Glasgow

1752

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1429 Burrough's (Stephen) FACETIAE:--Burrough's (Stephen) Memoirs Albany

1811

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1430 FACETIAE:--Calipaedia; or the art of getting beautiful children London

1720

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1431 Canning (Elizabeth) FACETIAE:--Canning (Elizabeth), Genuine and impartial memoirs of London

1754

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1432 Carson (Mrs.) FACETIAE:--Memoirs of the celebrated and beautiful London

1839

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1433 Casa (Giovanni della) FACETIAE:--Opere Napoli

1733

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1434 Casanova de Seingalt (J. B.) FACETIAE:--Casanova de Seingalt (J. B.), Memoirs de Paris

1825

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1435 FACETIAE:--Catulli, Tibulli et Propertii Opera London

1774

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1436 FACETIAE:--Charlton's The wife and the mistress London

1803

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1437 FACETIAE:--Child of 36 fathers New York

1809

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1438 Clarke (M. A.) FACETIAE:--Rival princes; or, a faithful narrative of facts relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's political acquaintance with Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd, &c. London

1810

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1439 Clarke (M. A.) FACETIAE:--The rival princes (Duke of York and George IV.), a faithful narrative London

1810

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1441 Clarke (M. A.) FACETIAE:--Clarke (M. A.) Authentic memoirs of New York

1809

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1442 Clarke Robinson (Mrs.), and Mrs. Clarke FACETIAE:--Clarke Robinson (Mrs.), and Mrs. Clarke, Autobiographies of London

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1443 Clarke Taylor (Miss E.) FACETIAE:--Authentic memoirs of Mrs. Clarke, mistress of the Duke of York Lond.

1809

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1444 FACETIAE:--Vita Di Cleopatra Parigi

1798

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1445 Cleveland (Mr.) FACETIAE:--Natural son of Oliver Cromwell London

1760

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1446 Collet (S.) FACETIAE:--Relics of literature, &c. London

1823

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1447 FACETIAE:--Colman's Broad grins and tales in verse London

1819

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1448 FACETIAE:--Colquhon's Treatise on the police of the metropolis London

1797

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1449 FACETIAE:--Confessions (Les) d'un Fat Frankf.

1750

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1450 Congreve (Wm.) FACETIAE:--Congreve (Wm.), Memoir of the life London

1730

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1451 FACETIAE:--Contestheologiquessuivis des litanies des catholiques du dix huitiemesiecle et de poesies Par.

1783

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1452 FACETIAE:--Court of Spain; or modern gallantry of the Spanish nobility unfolded London

1693

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1453 Crockett (David) FACETIAE:--Crockett (David), Narrative of the life of Philadelphia

1834

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1454 Crockett (David) FACETIAE:--Takings, or scenes in the life of an Oxford collegian Lond.

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1454a D'Arnay (M.) FACETIAE:--Private life of the Romans Edinburgh

1701

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1455 Decker (T.) FACETIAE:--Gull's hornbook

1812

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1456 De Foe (D.) FACETIAE:--Moll Flanders, Fortunate mistress, and Life of Mrs. Davies Oxford

1840

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1457 De Foe (Daniel) FACETIAE:--Memoir of the life and adventures of Signor Rozelli at the Hague London

1709

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1458 De Genlis (Countess) FACETIAE:--Duchess de la Valliere and Mme London

1837

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1459 De Koch (Paul) FACETIAE:--Andrew the Savoyard London

1851

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1460 De La Motte (Countess) FACETIAE:--De La Motte (Countess), Authentic adventures of London

1787

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1461 De La Motte (H.) FACETIAE:--OEuvres de Paris

1754

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1462 De Monhy FACETIAE:--Injured innocence, being the instructive and diverting memoirs of the Marquess of Fieux London

1745

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1463 De Serviez FACETIAE:--The Roman empresses, or the history of the lives and secret intrigues of the wives of the twelve Caesars and other Roman emperors, with notes, &c. Dublin

1752

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1464 FACETIAE:--Devoires (Les) des grands, par Monseigneur Le Prince De Conty Paris

1667

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1465 FACETIAE:--Devil (The) in love New York

1810

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1466 FACETIAE:--Dodley's Fugitive pieces on various subjects London

1771

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1467 D'Ormoy FACETIAE:--Les malheurs de la jeune Emilie

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1468 FACETIAE:--Dreamer (The) London

1754

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1469 FACETIAE:--Drudge (The), or the jealous extravagant; a piece of gallantry London

1673

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1470 FACETIAE:--Dryden's Miscellaneous poems London

1727

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1471 Dryden's (Jno.) FACETIAE:--Dryden's (Jno.) Miscellaneous works, poems London

1767

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1472 FACETIAE:--Du Ryer'sseneque du Repos Paris

1651

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1473 FACETIAE:--Effusions of love, from Chatelar to Mary, queen of Scotland London

1805

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1474 Egan (Pierce) FACETIAE:--Life in London, or day and night scenes in the British metropolis London

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1475 FACETIAE:--Elizabeth de Bruce New York

1827

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1476 FACETIAE:--Elizabeth (Queen) and Earl of Essex, The secret history of the most renowned

1700

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1477 FACETIAE:--Elizabeth and Essex, Secret history of Cologne

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1478 FACETIAE:--Essaisur l'histoire naturelle de quelquesespeces de moines

1734

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1479 FACETIAE:--Essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting London

1757

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1480 Faublas FACETIAE:--Les amours du Chevalier de Faublas Paris

1821

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1481 Faublas FACETIAE:--Idem New York

1851

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1482 FACETIAE:--Female Convents, secrets of nunneries disclosed New York

1834

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1483 Ferrand (J.) FACETIAE:--A treatise discoursing of the essence, causes, symptoms, &c. Oxford

1640

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1485 FACETIAE:--Fielding's life of Jonathan Wild London

1840

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1486 Fovargue (Stephen) FACETIAE:--New catalogue of vulgar errors Cambridge

1767

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1487 Flight (E. G.) FACETIAE:--The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil London

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1488 FACETIAE:--Gallery of literary morceaux London

1835

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1489 FACETIAE:--Gallick reports, or French criminal cases London

1737

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1490 Gosse (M.) FACETIAE:--The lovers of La Vendee Middletown

1808

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1491 FACETIAE:--Gavarni, Les joyaux et les paruresfantaisie Paris

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1492 FACETIAE:--Glossarium eroticum linguae Latinae, sive theogoniae, legum et morum nuptialium apud Romanos ex interpretatione propria et impropria, et differentiis in significato fere duorum millium sernonum

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1493 Goldsmith (Lewis) FACETIAE:--Crimes of cabinets London

1801

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1494 Grammont (Count) FACETIAE:--Grammont (Count), Memoirs of London

1811

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1495 Grammont (Count) FACETIAE:--Memoir of the court of Charles II London

1846

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1496 Granville (J. J.) FACETIAE:--Metamorphoses du jour Paris

1854

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1497 Gridling (S.) FACETIAE:--The miniature London

1806

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1498 FACETIAE:--Guellette's Mogul tales, or dreams of men awake London

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1499 Guernsey (Countess of) FACETIAE:--Guernsey (Countess of), Death-bed confessions of Philadelphia

1822

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1500 FACETIAE:--Guillaume Le Franc, Parleur, ou observations sur les moeurs Francaises l'an 1800 Paris

1816

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1501 Hamilton (Lady Anne) FACETIAE:--Secret history of the court of England from the accession of George III London

1832

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1504 Hamilton's (Count) FACETIAE:--Fairy tales and romances London

1844

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1505 Hamilton (Lady Emma, wife of Sir W. Hamilton, ambassador to Naples, and friend of Lord Nelson) FACETIAE:--Hamilton (Lady Emma, wife of Sir W. Hamilton, ambassador to Naples, and friend of Lord Nelson), Memoirs of New York

1815

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1506 Hanger (Col. George) FACETIAE:--Hanger (Col. George), Life New York

1801

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1507 Harington (Sir John) FACETIAE:--Nugaeantiquae, being a miscellaneous collection of original papers in prose and verse London

1769

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    December 15, 2025
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