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
3301 Bussey (G. M.) NAPOLEON:--History of Napoleon Lond.

1840

 USD - Unknown
3302 NAPOLEON:--Ceremonies et fetes du sacre et couronnement de Napoleon I Par.

1806

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3302a Chateaubriand (F. A.) NAPOLEON:--De Bonaparte des Bourbons Par.

1814

 USD - Unknown
3303 NAPOLEON:--Cunningham's Anecdotes of Napoleon Bonaparte and his times Lond.

USD - Unknown
3304 NAPOLEON:--Eton's History of the people of Malta: authentic documents, and correspondence of the Marquis of Wellesley, and Bonaparte's Russian bulletins Lond.

1802

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3305 Excellman (Baron) NAPOLEON:--The eventful life of the Emperor Napoleon Lond.

1828

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3306 NAPOLEON:--Facts illustrative of the treatment of Napoleon in St. Helena Lond.

1819

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3307 NAPOLEON:--Gallery, or illustrations of the life and times of the emperor of France Lond.

1852

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3308 Gourgaud (Gen.) NAPOLEON:--Napoleon and the grand army in Russia Philad.

1825

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3309 Hazlitt (Wm.) NAPOLEON:--Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, edited by his son, with portraits, vignettes, &c.

USD - Unknown
3310 NAPOLEON:--Histoire de l'expedition de Russia Par.

1823

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3311 NAPOLEON:--History of the amours of Napoleon Bonaparte Lond.

1816

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3312 NAPOLEON:--Intercepted letters and despatches of Napoleon Lond.

1816

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3313 NAPOLEON:--Ireland's Napoleon anecdotes Bost.

1830

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3314 NAPOLEON:--Island empire, or the scenes of the first exile of the Emperor Napoleon I Philad.

1855

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3315 NAPOLEON:--Letters written by an Englishman at Paris during the last reign of Napoleon Philad.

1816

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3316 NAPOLEON:--Life and campaigns of Napoleon Bost.

1857

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3317 NAPOLEON:--Las Casas' Life, exile, and conversations of Napoleon N. Y.

1853

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3318 Langon's (Baron) NAPOLEON:--Evenings with Prince Cambaceres, second consul

1837

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3319 Maitland (Capt.) NAPOLEON:--Narrative of the surrender of Bonaparte Lond.

1826

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3320 NAPOLEON:--Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, brother of the Emperor Napoleon Lond.

1838

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3321 NAPOLEON:--Memoirs of the Duke of Kovigo (M. Savary) Lond.

1828

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3322 NAPOLEON:--Memoirs of France under the reign of Napoleon Lond.

1823

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3323 NAPOLEON:--Mitchell's Fall of Napoleon, an historical memoir Lond.

1846

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3324 NAPOLEON:--Montholon's (General Count) History of the captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena N.Y.

1848

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3325 NAPOLEON, CORONATION DE NAPOLEON:--Le sacre de l'empereur Napoleon, le grand dans l'eglise de Notre Dame, &c. Par.

1804

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3326 NAPOLEON:--Napoleon, Medallic history of: a collection of all coins, medals, and jettons relating to his actions and reign Lond.

USD - Unknown
3326a NAPOLEON:--Napoleon and the marshals of the empire Philad.

1848

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3327 NAPOLEON:--Napoleon's own historical memoirs, dictated by him at St. Helena to Counts Montholon, Gourgaud, &c. Lond.

USD - Unknown
3328 Gen. Gourgaud NAPOLEON:--Napoleon and the grand army of Russia Philad.

1825

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3329 NAPOLEON:--Napoleon his own historian Lond.

1818

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3330 NAPOLEON:--Napoleon in exile, or a voice from St. Helena: being the reflections and opinions of Napoleon on the most memorable and important events of his life and government Lond.

1827

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3331 NAPOLEON:--Napoleon and the campaigns of Italy Par.

1806

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3332 Napoleon NAPOLEON:--Napoleon. Secret memoir of Lond.

1815

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3333 NAPOLEON:--Napoleon III., Life, political and historical writings of, &c. Lond.

1852

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3334 Normand (Mlle. Ch.) NAPOLEON:--Normand (Mlle. Ch.), Historical and secret memoirs of the Empress Josephine Phil.

1848

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3335 NAPOLEON:--Norvins, Histoire de Napoleon Par.

1827

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3336 Peck (Frances) NAPOLEON:--Napoleon, or the mysteries of the 100 days Lond.

1826

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3338 Arthur (W.) NAMES:--Etymological dictionary of family and Christian names, with an essay on their derivation and import N. Y.

1856

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3339 Longley's (E.) NAMES:--Pronouncing vocabulary of geographical and personal names Cincin.

1858

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3340 NARES (Dr.) NAMES:--Thinks I to myself, and Romance of the forest

1833

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3341 NAMES:--NARRAGANSET chief N.Y.

1832

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3342 NAMES:--NASH'S Old mansions of England, the four series complete

1839

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3343 NAMES:--NATIONAL Cyclopaedia of useful knowledge, arranged alphabetically

1847

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3344 NATURAL HISTORY:--Ackman's Natural history of birds, beasts, and fishes Lond.

1854

 USD - Unknown
3345 NATURAL HISTORY:--Audubon and Bachman, Quadrupeds of North America Lond.

1847

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3346 Audubon (J. J.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Ornithological biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of America Edinb.

1831

 USD - Unknown
3347 NATURAL HISTORY:--Archie's Bird fancier and other tracts

USD - Unknown
3348 Bochart (Sam.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Hierozoicon, sive de animalibus sacrae Scripturae Franeq.

1692

 USD - Unknown
3349 Bonaparte's (C. L.) NATURAL HISTORY:--American ornithology, or the natural history of birds inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson Phila.

1825

 USD - Unknown
3350 Smellie's (W.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Buffon. Natural history Lond.

1791

 USD - Unknown
3351 NATURAL HISTORY:--Carpenter's Elements of Zoology Lond.

1823

 USD - Unknown
3352 NATURAL HISTORY:--Cassin's Mammalogy and ornithology of the United States exploring expedition under Commodore Wilkes Phila.

1858

 USD - Unknown
3353 Cheever (H. T.) NATURAL HISTORY:--The whale and its captors N.Y.

1850

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3354 Chenu (Le Dr.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Coldopteres, &c. Par.

1851

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3354a Chenu (Le Dr.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Papillon and Papillons nocturnal Par.

1851

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3354b NATURAL HISTORY:--Dana's Crustacea of the United States exploring expedition Phila.

1852

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3355 Darwin (Dr.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Zoonomia, or the laws of organic life Lond.

1801

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3356 Draper (B. H.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Juvenile naturalists N. Y.

1842

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3357 NATURAL HISTORY:--Edinburgh Journal of natural history and the physical sciences

1839

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3358 NATURAL HISTORY:--Feathered favorites

USD - Unknown
3359 NATURAL HISTORY:--Gardens and menagerie of the zoological society delineated

1830

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3360 Lieut. J. M. Gilliss NATURAL HISTORY:--Gilliss. U. S. naval astronomical expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the years 1849, '50, '51, '52 Phila.

1857

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3361 NATURAL HISTORY:--Girard's Herpetology of the United States exploring expedition under Commodore Wilkes Phila.

1859

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3362 Goldsmith (O.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Animated nature

USD - Unknown
3363 Godman (Dr.) NATURAL HISTORY:--American natural history Phila.

1826

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3364 NATURAL HISTORY:--Gould's Library of natural history Bost.

1856

 USD - Unknown
3365 Hjuge (J. J.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Naturhistorische Alpenreise Leipzig

1830

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3366 NATURAL HISTORY:--Handbuch des naturgeschichte zu Schmidt Erfurt

1840

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3367 Landseer's (Sir Edwin) NATURAL HISTORY:--Etchings of carnivorous animals

USD - Unknown
3368 NATURAL HISTORY:--Linkii de Stellis Marinis, liber singularis, &c. Leipz.

1733

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3369 Le Vaillant NATURAL HISTORY:--Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique Par.

1799

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3370 Loudon (Mrs.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Facts from the world of nature Lond.

1848

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3371 NATURAL HISTORY:--Meyer's British birds and their eggs

1857

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3372 NATURAL HISTORY:--Natural history, annals and magazine of Lond.

USD - Unknown
3373 NATURAL HISTORY:--Natural history of birds and insects N. Y.

1840

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3374 Pallas (Pet. Sim.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine Erlangae

1778

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3375 Ruysch (H.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Theatrum universale omnium animalium, piscium, avium, quadrupedum, exanguium, aquaticorum, insectorum, et angium Amst.

1718

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3376 NATURAL HISTORY:--Quadrupeds, Popular introduction to the study of Lond.

USD - Unknown
3377 NATURAL HISTORY:--Sketches of natural history Lond.

1844

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3378 NATURAL HISTORY:--Swainson's Animals in menageries Lond.

1838

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3379 NATURAL HISTORY:--SELBY'S MAGNIFICENT WORK ON ORNITHOLOGY

USD - Unknown
3379a NATURAL HISTORY:--SELBY'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY

USD - Unknown
3380 Walton (W.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Alpaca, &c. Lond.

1844

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3381 White's (Gilbert) NATURAL HISTORY:--Natural history of Selbourne Hants

1843

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3382 Wilson (Alexander) NATURAL HISTORY:--American ornithology; or, the natural history of the birds of the United States Phila.

1808

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3383 Wilson (Alexander) NATURAL HISTORY:--American ornithology; or, natural history of the birds of the United States

1832

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3384 Wood's (J. C.) NATURAL HISTORY:--Anecdotes of animal life Lond.

1855

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3385 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Adams' Lectures on natural and experimental philosophy Phila.

1806

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3386 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Brewster's Natural philosophy N. Y.

1840

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3387 Comstock (J. L.) NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Natural philosophy N. Y.

1844

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3388 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Joyce's Letters on natural and experimental philosophy Lond.

1821

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3389 Martin's (William) NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Natural philosophy Lond.

USD - Unknown
3390 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Natural phenomena. A series of colored plates illustrative of various singular phenomena Lond.

USD - Unknown
3391 Olmstead's (D.) NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:--Natural philosophy N. Y.

1843

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3392 NAVIGATION:--Blunt's American coast pilot N. Y.

1850

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3393 Blunt's (D.) NAVIGATION:--Nautical tables N. Y.

1821

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3394 NAVIGATION:--Lives of the early navigators N. Y.

USD - Unknown
3395 NAVIGATION:--Mariner's (The) Compass rectified Lond.

1741

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3396 Beards (J. R.) NEGRO:--Life of Touissant, L. Overture, the negro patriot of Hayti Lond.

1853

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