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
3199 MISSALS: LIVRE D'HEURES d'apres les manuscrits de la bibliotheque royale Paris

1846

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3200 MISSALS: MISSALE EOMANUM

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3201 MISSALS: MISSAL. A missal of very early date, with capitals richly embossed and floreated borders, with a calendar

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3202 MISSALS: MISSALE A L'USAGE DE ROME Par.

1502

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3203 MISSALS: PROCESSIONALE secundum usum sacrum, MS. Sec. XV

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3204 MISSALS: PSALTERIUM DAVIDIS LATINUM, a beautifully written MS. on vellum

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3205 MISSALS: RUBRICS. A manuscript on paper, commencing "In prohemio Gregoriano"

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3206 MISSALS: BIBLIA. A VERY EARLY AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BIBLE IN LATIN

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3207 MISSALS: Preces Sancti Nersetis, Clajensis Armemorum patriarchae, viginti quatuor linguis editae

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3208 MISSISSIPPI:--Beltramis' Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the discovery of the Mississippi and Bloody River Lond.

1828

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3209 MISSISSIPPI:--Emigrants' and travellers' guide through the valley of the Mississippi Phila.

1832

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3210 Flint's (Timothy) MISSISSIPPI:--Geography and history of the Western States and the Mississippi Valley Cinn.

1828

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3211 Monette (J. W.) MISSISSIPPI:--History of the discovery and settlement of the valley of the Mississippi N. Y.

1848

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3212 Schoolcraft (H. R.) MISSISSIPPI:--Expedition through the Upper Mississippi on Lake Itasca in 1832 N. Y.

1834

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3213 Schoolcraft (H. R.) MISSISSIPPI:--Travels in the central portions of the Mississippi Valley N. Y.

1825

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3214 Shea (John G.) MISSISSIPPI:--Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley N. Y.

1852

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3215 Wilmer (L. A.) MISSISSIPPI:--Life, travels, and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, discoverer of the Mississippi Phila.

1858

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3216 Wetmore (A.) MISSOURI:--Gazetteer of the State of Missouri St. Louis

1837

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3217 MISSOURI:--MISCELLANEOUS Tracts Lond.

1732

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3218 MISSOURI:--MISTLETOE (The), A tale Lond.

1847

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3219 MISSOURI:--MODERN Traveller Lond.

1825

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3220 MISSOURI:--MOLIERE, OEuvres completes de

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3221 MISSOURI:--MONARDES (Dr. Nicolas de), Dos libros de todas las cosas que traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales Sevilla

1569

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3222 MONARDES MISSOURI:--"Joyful news out of the new found world, wherein are declared the rare and singular virtues of divers herbs, trees, plants, oyles, and stones, &c. Englished by John Frampton, from the Spanish of Dr. Monardez, Physitian in Seville" Lond.

1596

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3223 MONCRIEFF'S (W. T.) MISSOURI:--MONCRIEFF'S (W. T.) Poems

1829

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3224 MISSOURI:--MONET'S Jesus tempted in the wilderness

1851

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3225 Hazlett MISSOURI:--MONTAIGNE'S Works Phila.

1856

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3226 MISSOURI:--MONTESQUIEU'S Spirit of the laws Lond.

1759

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3227 MISSOURI:--Miscellaneous pieces Lond.

1759

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3228 MISSOURI:--MONTGOMERY'S Complete poetical works Phila.

1850

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3229 MISSOURI:--MONTEITH'S Latin, French, and Spanish, without a master N. Y.

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3230 MONTGOMERY (Dan. J.) MISSOURI:--Bernardo del Carpin N. Y.

1834

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3231 MONTGOMERY (Dan. J.) MISSOURI:--Eagle pass N. Y.

1852

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3232 MOODIE (Mrs.) MISSOURI:--Mark Hurdlestone N. Y.

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3233 MOORE (M.) MISSOURI:--Ariana and Maud Lond.

1803

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3234 MOORE (Thos.) MISSOURI:--MOORE (Thos.), Poetical works

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3235 MOORE (T.) MISSOURI:--Balla Rookh Phila.

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3236 MOORE (T.) MISSOURI:--Irish melodies Lond.

1853

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3237 MOORE (T.) MISSOURI:--Loves of the angels N. Y.

1823

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3238 MOORE (T.) MISSOURI:--MOORE (T.), Lord John Russell's memoirs, journals, and correspondence of Lond.

1853

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3239 MOORE (T.) MISSOURI:--Notes from the letters of, to his music publisher, "honest James Power" N. Y.

1853

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3240 Holmes (John) MORAVIANS:--Historical sketches of the missions of the United Brethren among the heathen Dub.

1818

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3241 MORAVIANS:--Geschichte der mission der Evangelischen Bruder Boroy

1789

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3242 MORAVIANS:--Rimius' History of the Moravians, and other tracts on the history of America Lond.

1754

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3243 B. La Trobe MORAVIANS:--Spangenberg, Exposition of Christian doctrine, with a preface Lond.

1784

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3244 Spangenberg MORAVIANS:--Zinzendorf (Count), Life of Lond.

1838

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3245 MORAVIANS:--MORALITY, Cudworth (R., D.D.) On Lond.

1731

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3246 MORAVIANS:--MORAY, Survey of the province of Aberdeen

1790

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3247 MORAVIANS:--MORE'S Utopia and Bacon's new atlantis Lond.

1852

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3248 MORETON (A. H.) MORAVIANS:--On civilization Lond.

1836

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3250 MORGAN (Lady) MORAVIANS:--Woman and her master Phila.

1840

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3251 MORIER (J.) MORAVIANS:--Adventures of Hajji Baba Lond.

1833

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3252 Bennett (J. C.) MORMONS:--History of the saints; an expose of Joe Smith and Mormonism Bost.

1842

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3253 MORMONS:--Female life among the Mormons; a narrative of many years' personal experience N. Y.

1855

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3254 MORMONS:--MORNING watch (The); a narrative N. Y.

1850

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3255 MORRIS:--Sparks (Jared), The life of Governeur Morris Bost.

1832

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3256 MORRIS:--Morris & Willis, Prose and Poetry of Europe and America N. Y.

1853

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3257 MORRIS:--MORSE'S General atlas of the world N. Y.

1856

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3258 MORRIS:--Moscow, or the grandsire; an historical tale Lond.

1822

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3259 MORRIS:--MOTHERWELL'S Poems Bost.

1841

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3260 MORRIS:--MOTHER Teresa of Jesus, Life of. Written at the command of her confessarius Lond.

1589

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3261 MUNN (Lewis C.) MORRIS:--The American orator Worcester

1855

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3262 MURRAY (W. R.) MORRIS:--Cyclopaedia of useful and entertaining knowledge Bost.

1857

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3264 MURRAY (Rev. Jas.) MORRIS:--Sermons to asses and to doctors in divinity Phila.

1770

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3265 Calvert Music:--Anthems used in her Majesty's Chapel, the Temple, and the College Chapels in England and Ireland

1844

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3266 Brown (Dr.) Music:--Dissertation on the rise, union, and power, &c., of poetry and music Lond.

1763

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3267 Busby (Dr. Thomas) Music:--General history of music Lond.

1819

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3268 Music:--Concert room and orchestra. Anecdotes of music and musicians, ancient and modern Lond.

1825

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3269 Cope (Rev. W. H.) Music:--Collection of Anthems

1849

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3270 Dana's (Mrs.) Music:--Southern harp. Original, sacred, and moral songs for the piano-forte and guitar Bost.

1841

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3272 Music:--Framery et Guinguene (MM.), Musique, from the Encyclopedie methodique Par.

1791

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3273 Grassineau (James) Music:--Musical dictionary, a collection of terms and characters used in ancient and modern music Lond.

1740

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3274 Music:--Hawkins's General history of the science and practice of music

1776

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3275 Music:--Hogarth's Memoirs of the musical drama Lond.

1838

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3276 Hoyle (John) Music:--Dictionarium musica, being a complete dictionary or treasury of music Lond.

1770

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3277 Music:--Hunten's Instructions for the pianoforte Bost.

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3277a Kingsley's (G.) Music:--Social choir. Oblong Bost.

1844

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3278 Loder (G.) Music:--Philadelphia and New York glee book Philad. &c.

1857

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3279 Music:--Malcolm's Treatise on music, speculative, practical, and historical Lond.

1779

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3280 Music:--Musical biography, or memoirs of the lives and writings of the most eminent musical composers and writers Lond.

1819

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3281 W. Ayrton, editor Music:--Musical library: a selection of the best vocal music, both English and foreign, comprehending more than 400 pieces of music Lond.

1834

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3282 Root (G. F.) Music:--Young ladies' choir N. Y.

1846

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3283 Rousseau (J. J.) Music:--Dictionnaire de musique Par.

1768

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3284 Music:--Richardson's Essay on poetry and music, as they affect the mind

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3285 Shaw's (O.) Music:--Sacred melodies, with original compositions for the pianoforte or organ Providence

1818

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3286 Zink (G. W.) Music:--Musikalischer Hausschatz der Deutschen: eine Sammlung von 1000 Liedern und Gesangen, mit Singweisen und Klavierbegleitung Leipz.

1845

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3287 Bryant (Jacob) MYTHOLOGY:--Ancient mythology

1807

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3288 Keightley (Thos.) MYTHOLOGY:--Fairy mythology, illustrative of the romance and superstitions of various countries Lond.

1850

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3289 Pococke (E.) MYTHOLOGY:--India in Greece, or truth in mythology

1856

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3290 Smith's (W.) MYTHOLOGY:--Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

1849

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3291 MYRTLE (Mrs. H.) MYTHOLOGY:--Ocean child, or showers and sunshine Lond.

1857

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3292 MYTHOLOGY:--MY Sister Minnie: a novel

1851

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3293 Abbott (J. S. C.) NAPOLEON:--Napoleon at St. Helena

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3294 D'Arantes (Duchess, Madame Junot) NAPOLEON:--Memoirs of Napoleon, his court and family Lond.

1827

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3295 NAPOLEON:--Anecdotes of the court and family of Napoleon Lond.

1818

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3296 NAPOLEON:--Antommarchi's Memoirs of the last years of Napoleon's exile, with his conversations on a variety of subjects connected with his life, &c.

1826

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3297 Barre (W.) NAPOLEON:--Rise, progress, decline, and fall of Bonaparte, emperor of France Lond.

1805

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3298 NAPOLEON:--Bonaparte's confidential correspondence with his brother Joseph, some time king of Spain N. Y.

1856

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3299 NAPOLEON:--Bonaparte, and the French people under his consulate Lond.

1804

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3300 NAPOLEON:--Bourienne's Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Lond.

1855

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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.