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
2906 Kames (Lord) MAN:--Sketches of the history of man Edinb.

1778

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2907 MAN:--Helvetius' Treatise on man, his intellectual faculties and education Lond.

1812

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2908 Dunbar (Dr.) MAN:--Essays on the history of mankind in rude and cultivated ages Lond.

1781

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2910 Morton (Samuel George) MAN:--Crania Americana; or, a comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America Phila.

1829

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2911 Morton (Samuel George) MAN:--Types of mankind; or ethnological researches, based upon the ancient monuments, paintings, sculptures, and crania of races, and upon their natural, geographical, philological, and biblical history Phila.

1854

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2911a Gregory (J.) MAN:--Comparative of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world Lond.

1777

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2911b Latham (Dr.) MAN:--Varieties of the human species Lond.

1856

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2912 Nott (Dr.) and Gliddon MAN:--Indigenous races of the earth; or new chapters of ethnological inquiry, &c. Phila.

1857

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2913 MAN:--De Pauw, Recherches philosophiques sur les Americains, &c., &c., ou memoires interessans pour servir a l'histoire de l'espece humaine Paris

1799

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2914 MANZONI (A.) MAN:--The betrothed N. Y.

1845

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2915 Hanson (J. W.) MAINE:--History of Gardiner, Pittston, and West Gardiner Gardiner

1852

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2916 Williamson. (William D.) MAINE:--The history of Maine, from its discovery, A.D. 1602, to 1820 Hallowell

1829

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2917 MAINE:--Maine boundary, public documents relating to

1830

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2918 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--Art treasures of the united kingdom. Consisting of examples selected from the Manchester art treasures' exhibition in 1857 Lond.

1857

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2919 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--MANDEVILLE, Fable of the bees; or, private vices public benefits Lond.

1723

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2920 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--MANDEVILLE, Course of reading N. Y.

1816

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2921 MANLY (C. W.) MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--Tom Racquet and his three maiden aunts Lond.

1848

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2922 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--MAPS. A very extensive miscellaneous collection of scarce and curious old maps and charts

USD - Unknown
2923 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--MAPS of the United States, Mexico, &c.

USD - Unknown
2924 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--Idem, a large lot of, in cases, about 20 maps of Mexico, &c.

USD - Unknown
2925 H. Murray MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--MARCO POLO'S Travels Edinb.

1844

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2926 MANCHESTER EXHIBITION:--MARLEY; or, a planter's life in Jamaica Glas.

1828

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2927 Melville's (H.) MARQUESAS ISLAND:--Typee; a residence in the Marquesas N. Y.

USD - Unknown
2928 Bouvier (J. B.) MARRIAGE:--Dissertatio de matrimonio Mechlinia

USD - Unknown
2929 Carriere (Jos.) MARRIAGE:--De matrimonie Par.

1842

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2930 Hutchinson (P. O.) MARRIAGE:--Chronicles of Gretna Green Lond.

1843

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2931 Nichols (Dr.) MARRIAGE:--Marriage; its history, character, and results, its sanctities and its profanities, &c.

USD - Unknown
2932 Ryan (M.) MARRIAGE:--Philosophy of marriage Phila.

1857

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2933 MARRIAGE:--MARRYAT'S Pirate and the Three Cutters

1854

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2934 MARRIAGE:--MARRYAT'S (Capt.), Little savage N. Y.

1849

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2935 MARRIAGE:--Masterman Ready Lond.

1841

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2936 MARRIAGE:--MARTEL'S Second love N. Y.

1851

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2937 MARTINET (Abbe) MARRIAGE:--Religion in society N. Y.

1850

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2938 MARRIAGE:--MARTIN'S Milton's Paradise lost. L. P.

USD - Unknown
2939 MARYLAND:--Laws of Maryland at large, with proper indices Annapolis

1765

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2940 Bozman (J. L.) MARYLAND:--History of Maryland Balt.

1837

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2941 MARYLAND:--Griffith's Sketches of the early history of Maryland, and annals of Baltimore Balt.

1821

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2942 Hawks (F. L.) MARYLAND:--Contributions to the ecclesiastical history of Maryland N. Y.

1839

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2943 MARYLAND:--A complete collection of the laws of Maryland, with an index and marginal notes Annapolis

1727

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2943a Mcsherry (James) MARYLAND:--History of Maryland Balt.

1852

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2943b MARYLAND:--Papers relating chiefly to the Line of Maryland during the revolution Phila.

1857

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2944 D. Olmsted MARYLAND:--MASON (E. P.), Life and writings of N. Y.

1842

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2944a MARYLAND:--MASPETH, Poems, illustrated N. Y.

1837

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2945 MASSACHUSETTS:--Acts and laws of the General Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from 1692 to 1719 Lond.

1724

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2945a Buckingham's (Joseph L.) MASSACHUSETTS:--Annals of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Bost.

1853

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2945b MASSACHUSETTS:--Debates, resolutions, and other proceedings of the commonwealth of Massachusetts on the constitution, at Boston, 1788 Lond.

1808

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2945c Hutchinson (Thos.) MASSACHUSETTS:--History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from the first settlement thereof, in 1628 Lond.

1760

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2945d Hutchinson (Thos.) MASSACHUSETTS:--History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from 1749 to 1774, comprising a detailed narrative of the origin and. early stages of the American revolution

1828

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2946 MASSACHUSETTS:--Journal of the convention for forming a constitution of government for the State of Massachusetts Bay Bost.

1832

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2946a MASSACHUSETTS:--Massachusetts convention, held in the year 1788 Bost.

1856

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2947 MASSACHUSETTS:--Massachusettensis: a series of letters

1776

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2948 Minot (G. R.) MASSACHUSETTS:--History of the insurrection in Massachusetts Bost.

1810

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2949 MASSACHUSETTS:--Stone's History of Beverley, Mass. Bost.

1843

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2950 Young (Alex.) MASSACHUSETTS:--Chronicles of the first planters of Massachusetts Bay Bost.

1846

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2950a MATHEMATICS:--Arithmetics, various

USD - Unknown
2951 MATHEMATICS:--Burns's Illustrated practical geometry Lond.

1853

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2952 Cox (H.) MATHEMATICS:--On integral calculus Lond.

1852

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2953 MATHEMATICS:--De Morgan on probability Lond.

USD - Unknown
2954 MATHEMATICS:--Howison's Grammar of infinite forms, or the mathematical elements of ancient philosophy and mythology Edinb.

1853

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2955 MATHEMATICS:--Kendal (Jno.), Tabulae equationes Lond.

1684

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2956 MATHEMATICS:--Lardner's arithmetic Lond.

1834

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2957 Leybourn (Wm.) MATHEMATICS:--Cursus mathematicus Lond.

1790

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2958 Ozanone (M.) MATHEMATICS:--Dictionnaire mathematique, ou idee gendrale des mathematiques Amst.

1691

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2959 MATHEMATICS:--Pike's Illustrated descriptive catalogue of optical, mathematical, and philosophical instruments N. Y.

1848

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2960 Reid (Hugo) MATHEMATICS:--First lessons in arithmetic Lond.

1853

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2961 MATHEMATICS:--Something new in the science of numbers N. Y.

1848

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2962 Simms (F. W.) MATHEMATICS:--Treatise on mathematical instruments Lond.

1838

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2963 Woolhouse (W. S. B.) MATHEMATICS:--Elements of the differential calculus Lond.

1854

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2964 MATHEMATICS:--MAUNDER'S Treasury of knowledge Lond.

1831

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2965 MATHEMATICS:--MAUNDER'S Treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, &c. Lond.

1856

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2966 MATHEMATICS:--MAVOR'S Universal history, ancient and modern Lond.

1802

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2967 MATHEMATICS:--MAXWELL'S Novels

USD - Unknown
2968 MAXCY (Rev. J.) MATHEMATICS:--Literary remains N. Y.

1844

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2969 MAYO (Dr. W. S.) MATHEMATICS:--Kaloolah N. Y.

1850

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2970 MAXWELL (Col. M.) MATHEMATICS:--My adventures Lond.

1855

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2971 MATHEMATICS:--MCCONNELL'S Western characters

USD - Unknown
2972 Cole (G.) MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Contractor's book of working drawings of tools and machines used in constructing canals, railroads, and other works Buffalo

1856

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2973 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Kelt's Mechanic's text book and engineer's pocket guide Bost.

1849

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2974 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Practical examples of modern tools and machines Lond.

USD - Unknown
2975 Nerman (F.) MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Mechanics for millwrights, machinists, &c. Philad.

1851

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2976 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Mechanics, Patent Office report thereon

1852

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2977 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Mechanics' companion Lond.

1829

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2978 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Mill work and other machinery Lond.

1842

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2979 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, from 1783 to 1800

USD - Unknown
2980 Venturoli (G.) MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Elements of practical mechanics Cambridge

1823

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2981 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Turner's (the) companion Phila.

1856

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2982 Whipple (F. H.) MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--The mechanic Prov.

1842

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2983 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--Wright's Young mechanic N. Y.

1843

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2984 MECHANICS AND MACHINERY:--MEDICI, series of Italian prose N. Y.

1845

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2985 Blumenbach's (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Elements of physiology Phila.

1795

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2986 MEDICINE:--Boswick on seminal diseases N. Y.

1849

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2987 MEDICINE:--Bouchet's Family dentist Phila.

1850

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2989 Behr (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Handbook of human anatomy Lond.

1846

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2990 Biggs (Noah) MEDICINE:--On the vanity of the craft of physic, or a new dispensatory, wherein is dissected the ignorance and impostures, &c. Lond.

1651

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2991 Coxe's (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Inquiry into the claims of Dr. William Harvey to the discovery of the circulation of the blood Phila.

1834

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2992 Dickson (Dr. S.) MEDICINE:--Fallacies of the faculty N. Y.

1854

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2993 MEDICINE:--Dickson's Fallacies of the faculty N. Y.

1850

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2994 MEDICINE:--Flagg on ether and chloroform Phila.

1851

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2995 Fontaine's (Dr.) MEDICINE:--Book of prudential revelations Bost.

1845

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2996 MEDICINE:--Family Doctor, a counsellor in sickness, pain, and distress, &c. Phila.

1858

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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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