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
1910 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Cooke's Picturesque scenery of London and its vicinity Lond.

USD - Unknown
1911 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Cooke's Views of Rome, comprising all its principal edifices and its surrounding scenery Lond.

USD - Unknown
1912 Gilpin (W.) LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Observations relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772 Lond.

1788

 USD - Unknown
1913 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Green's views of the lakes

USD - Unknown
1914 Kennion (E.) LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Essay on trees in landscape; or an attempt to show the propriety and importance of characteristic expression in this branch of art and the means of producing it Lond.

1844

 USD - Unknown
1915 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Prout's Castles and abbeys of Monmouthshire Lond.

USD - Unknown
1916 Turner (J. M. W.) LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Liber Fluviorum, or river scenery of France

1853

 USD - Unknown
1916a FISH (B. F.) LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Greek grammar Bost.

1838

 USD - Unknown
1917 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--FISHER'S dial of the seasons, or a portraiture of nature Phila.

1845

 USD - Unknown
1918 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--FIRST LOVE Lond.

1801

 USD - Unknown
1919 FLANDERS (H.) LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--Lives and times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Phila.

1858

 USD - Unknown
1920 LANDSCAPE SCENERY, SHIPPING, &C.:--FLYING Dutchman

1840

 USD - Unknown
1921 Irving (Thos.) FLORIDA:--The conquest of Florida by De Soto N. Y.

1851

 USD - Unknown
1922 Latour (Morgan) FLORIDA:--Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 Phila.

1816

 USD - Unknown
1923 Sprague (J. T.) FLORIDA:--Origin, progress, and conclusion of the Florida war N. Y.

1848

 USD - Unknown
1924 Vignoles (Charles) FLORIDA:--Observations upon the Floridas N. Y.

1823

 USD - Unknown
1925 FOLEY (S.) FLORIDA:--Romance of the Ocean Phila.

1850

 USD - Unknown
1926 FOLLIN (C.) FLORIDA:--FOLLIN (C.), Works, with a memoir of his life Bost.

1842

 USD - Unknown
1927 Rutter (John) FOOTHILL ABBEY:--Delineations of Fonthill and its abbey Lond.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1929 Soyer (A.) FOOD:--Pantropheon, or history of food and its preparation from the earliest ages of the world Lond.

1853

 USD - Unknown
1930 Thomson (R. D.) FOOD:--On the food of animals and man N.Y.

1846

 USD - Unknown
1931 FORBIN (Count de) FOOD:--FORBIN (Count de), Memoirs of Lond.

1734

 USD - Unknown
1932 FOOD:--FOSBROOKS'S Encyclopedia of antiquities, and elements of archaeology, classical and mediaeval

1825

 USD - Unknown
1933 FOOD:--FORESTI'S Italian reader N. Y.

1846

 USD - Unknown
1934 FOSTER (John) FOOD:--Life and correspondence N. Y.

1846

 USD - Unknown
1935 FOOD:--FOUQUE'S Romantic tales, Sintram, and Undine Lond.

USD - Unknown
1936 Fox (Sir Stephen) FOOD:--Life of with a portrait Lond.

1717

 USD - Unknown
1937 FOOD:--FRANK FAIRLEGH, or scenes from the life of a private pupil Lond.

1850

 USD - Unknown
1938 FRANCE:--Abbott's History of Josephine N.Y.

USD - Unknown
1939 FRANCE:--Anquetil, L'intrigue du cabinet, sous Henry IV. et Louis XIII., terminee par La Fronde Paris

1780

 USD - Unknown
1940 FRANCE:--Beaumarchais and his times

1856

 USD - Unknown
1941 FRANCE:--Bertrand de Moleville, memoirs of the last year of the reign of Louis XVI Lond.

1797

 USD - Unknown
1942 Blanc (Louis) FRANCE:--The history of ten years, 1830--1840 Lond.

1844

 USD - Unknown
1943 FRANCE:--Blessington (Countess of), Idler in France Lond.

1842

 USD - Unknown
1944 Campan's (Madame) FRANCE:--Memoirs of Marie Antoinette

1843

 USD - Unknown
1945 Campan's (Madame) FRANCE:--Private journal of; comprising original anec dotes of the French court Lond.

1825

 USD - Unknown
1946 FRANCE:--Canino, Memoirs of Lucian Bonaparte, Prince of Canino N. y.

1836

 USD - Unknown
1947 FRANCE:--Colbert's (The Famous), Life Lond.

1695

 USD - Unknown
1948 Comines (Philip de) FRANCE:--Comines (Philip de), Lord of Argentin; the memoirs of Lond.

1712

 USD - Unknown
1949 Costello's (Miss) FRANCE:--Memoirs of Jacques Coeur, the French Argonaut, and his times

1847

 USD - Unknown
1951 FRANCE:--Crowe's History of France

USD - Unknown
1952 Dermencourt (Genl.) FRANCE:--Duchess of Berri in La Vendee Lond.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1953 Dumont (E.) FRANCE:--Recollections of Mirabeau and the two first legislative assemblies of France Phila.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1954 Espernon (Duke of, the great favorite of France) FRANCE:--Espernon (Duke of, the great favorite of France), History of the life of Lond.

1670

 USD - Unknown
1955 Fouche (Joseph) FRANCE:--Fouche (Joseph), Minister of police, memoirs of Lond.

1825

 USD - Unknown
1956 FRANCE:--Fleming and Tibben's French and English and English and French Dictionary Philad.

1857

 USD - Unknown
1957 FRANCE:--Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, and Spain, &c. Lond.

USD - Unknown
1958 Gordon (Alex.) FRANCE:--Lives of Pope Alexander II. and his son Don Caesar Borgia, comprehending the wars of Charles VIII. and Louis XII Lond.

1729

 USD - Unknown
1959 Haudricourt (T. d') FRANCE:--Fastes de la nation Francaise Paris

USD - Unknown
1960 FRANCE:--Henry the Great and the court of France Lond.

1824

 USD - Unknown
1962 FRANCE:--History of France from the time the French monarchy was established in Gaul to the death of Louis XIV Lond.

1726

 USD - Unknown
1963 Hue (Fr.) FRANCE:--Last years of Louis XVI Lond.

1806

 USD - Unknown
1964 James (G. P. R.) FRANCE:--Life of Henry IV N. Y.

1847

 USD - Unknown
1965 James (G. P. R.) FRANCE:--Life and times of Louis XIV Lond.

1838

 USD - Unknown
1966 James (G. P. R.) FRANCE:--Lives of Cardinal de Retz, Colbert, &c.

1837

 USD - Unknown
1967 FRANCE:--Lafrage, Memoirs of Madame Lafrage, written by herself Philad.

1841

 USD - Unknown
1968 FRANCE:--Lamartine's History of the Girondists Lond.

1851

 USD - Unknown
1969 Lamballe (Princess) FRANCE:--Secret memoirs of the royal family of France Philad.

1826

 USD - Unknown
1970 FRANCE:--La Valette's Memoirs Philad.

1832

 USD - Unknown
1972 FRANCE:--Letters concerning the present state of the French nation Lond.

1769

 USD - Unknown
1973 Louis XVIII FRANCE:--Louis XVIII., memoirs of Lond.

1832

 USD - Unknown
1974 Maintenon (Mme. de) FRANCE:--Maintenon (Mme. de), Memoirs for the history of Lond.

1757

 USD - Unknown
1976 Mahon (Lord) FRANCE:--Life of the great Conde N. Y.

1851

 USD - Unknown
1977 FRANCE:--Men and women of France during the last century Lond.

1832

 USD - Unknown
1978 FRANCE:--Mercier, Biographie de Pierre Soule Paris

1848

 USD - Unknown
1979 Mezeray (Sieur de) FRANCE:--General chronological history of France Lond.

1683

 USD - Unknown
1980 FRANCE:--Mirabeau, Secret history of the court of Berlin Lond.

1789

 USD - Unknown
1981 FRANCE:--Misfortunes of the Dauphin, an account of the Lond.

1838

 USD - Unknown
1982 Morgan (Lady) FRANCE:--France Philad.

1817

 USD - Unknown
1983 FRANCE:--Murford's Battles of Waterloo, Quatre Bras, and Ligny, and narrative of the campaign in 1815 Lond.

1817

 USD - Unknown
1984 Ney (Marshal) FRANCE:--Ney (Marshal), Memoirs of Lond.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1985 Pardieu (Amb.) FRANCE:--La Colonne de la grande armee d'Austerlitz, ou de la Victoire, etc. Paris

1812

 USD - Unknown
1986 FRANCE:--Phillippart's Life of General Moreau Philad.

1816

 USD - Unknown
1987 FRANCE:--Pictures of travel in France Lond.

USD - Unknown
1988 FRANCE:--Picture of Verdun, or the English detained in France Lond.

1810

 USD - Unknown
1989 FRANCE:--Priest (The) and the Huguenot, or the persecution in the age of Louis XV Bost.

1853

 USD - Unknown
1990 Ranken (Rev. Alex.) FRANCE:--History of France, civil, military, ecclesiastical, political, literary, and commercial Lond.

1801

 USD - Unknown
1991 Record (F. M.) FRANCE:--The youth of Madame de Longueville with revelations of court and convent in the 17th century N. Y.

1854

 USD - Unknown
1992 FRANCE:--Richelieu, Life of the famous Duke de Lond.

1695

 USD - Unknown
1993 Rochejaquelein (Marchioness de la) FRANCE:--Rochejaquelein (Marchioness de la), Memoirs of

USD - Unknown
1994 Segur (Count) FRANCE:--History of Charles VIII. of France Philad.

1842

 USD - Unknown
1995a Sinceri (Jodoci) FRANCE:--Itinerarium Galliae, ita accommodatione et civis ducte mediocri tempore tota Gallia obiri, Anglia et Belgium adiri, &c. Geneva

1627

 USD - Unknown
1995 Siborne (Capt. W.) FRANCE:--History of the war in France and Belgium in 1815 Philad.

1845

 USD - Unknown
1996 Smollett (T.) FRANCE:--Travels through France and Italy Lond.

1766

 USD - Unknown
1997 FRANCE:--Sally's memoirs, containing the history of the life and reign of Henry the Great, and his own administration under him, to which is added the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of the king

USD - Unknown
1997a FRANCE:--Sally's memoirs, containing the history of the life and reign of Henry the Great, and his own administration under him, to which is added the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of the king Lond.

1781

 USD - Unknown
1998 Talleyrand (Prince) FRANCE:--Talleyrand (Prince), Life of Lond.

1834

 USD - Unknown
1999 Tastu (Mme. Amable) FRANCE:--Voyage en France Paris

1852

 USD - Unknown
2000 Thierry (M. A.) FRANCE:--Narratives of the Merovingian era Philad.

1845

 USD - Unknown
2001 Trollope (F.) FRANCE:--Summer in Western France Lond.

1841

 USD - Unknown
2002 FRANCE:--Turner, Rivers of France

USD - Unknown
2003 Vidocq FRANCE:--Vidocq, Memoirs of Philad.

1834

 USD - Unknown
2004 Hazlitt FRANCE:--Vigny (Count de), Cinq-Mars, or a conspiracy under Louis XIII Lond.

1847

 USD - Unknown
2005 FRANCE:--Voltaire, Age of Louis XV

1770

 USD - Unknown
2006 Williams (H. W.) FRANCE:--Political and confidential correspondence of Louis XVI Lond.

1803

 USD - Unknown
2007 FRENCH REVOLUTION:--Bertrand de Moleville's private memoirs of the last year of Louis XVI

1797

 USD - Unknown
2008 Chamier (Capt.) FRENCH REVOLUTION:--France and the French people Lond.

1852

 USD - Unknown
2009 Christie (T.) FRENCH REVOLUTION:--Letters on the revolution of France, and the new constitution Lond.

1791

 USD - Unknown
2010 FRENCH REVOLUTION:--Crawford, Reminiscences of a naval officer during the late war Lond.

1851

 USD - Unknown
2011 Desmoulins (C.) FRENCH REVOLUTION:--Biographie de, Etudes revolutionnaires Lond.

USD - Unknown
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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…
  • <b><center>Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!</center></b>
    Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • <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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.