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
3992 Chambers, (R. & W.) SCOTLAND:--Gazetteer of Scotland Edinb.

1846

 USD - Unknown
3993 Chalmers (G.) SCOTLAND:--Poetic remains of the Scottish kings Lond.

1824

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3995 SCOTLAND:--Costume and history of the Highland clans, from the earliest times Edinb.

1845

 USD - Unknown
3996 Cunningham (A.) SCOTLAND:--Life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots Lond.

USD - Unknown
3997 Gwynne's (John) SCOTLAND:--Military memoirs of the great civil war, and an account of the Earl of Glencairn's expedition in the Highlands of Scotland, in 1653-54 Edinb.

1822

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3998 SCOTLAND:--Jeffrey's Guide to the antiquities and scenery of the Border Edinb.

1838

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3999 SCOTLAND:--Kennedy, Ane oratioune set furth be Master Quintone Kennedy, commendatour of Corsraguell Edinb.

1812

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4000 Klose (C. L.) SCOTLAND:--Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart Lond.

1846

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4001 Klose (C. L.) SCOTLAND:--Idem Lond.

1846

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4002 SCOTLAND:--Laird of Logan (The), or Anecdotes and tales illustrative of the wit and humor of Scotland Glasg.

1845

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4003 SCOTLAND:--Leigh's Guide to the lakes of Scotland Lond.

1835

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4004 Leigh (S.) SCOTLAND:--Road book of Scotland Lond.

1829

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4005 Logan (J.) SCOTLAND:--The Scottish Gael, or Celtic manners, &c.

1843

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4006 SCOTLAND:--Macleay's Memoirs of Rob Roy and the clan Macgregor Phila.

1819

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4007 SCOTLAND:--Macmillan's Guide to the Chapel and Palace of Holyrood Edinb.

1837

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4008 Macpherson (D.) SCOTLAND:--Melodies and Gaelic poems Lond.

1824

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4009 SCOTLAND:--Mary, Queen of Scots. Epistles during her captivity in England Lond.

1822

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4010 SCOTLAND:--Mary, Queen Lettres, instructions, et memoires de Marie Stuart, Reine D'Ecosse Par. and Lond.

1845

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4011 Dr. George Wishart SCOTLAND:--Montrose (James Graham, Marquis of), Memoirs of Edinb.

1819

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4012 SCOTLAND:--Napier's Montrose and the Covenanters

1838

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4013 SCOTLAND:--Ossian's Poems Lond.

1773

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4014 SCOTLAND:--Passages in the life of an English heiress, or Recollections of disruption times in Scotland Lond.

1847

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4015 SCOTLAND:--Pinkerton's Inquiry into the early history of Scotland Lond.

1794

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4016 SCOTLAND:--Reports of the inspectors of prisons in Scotland, 1842 and 1843 Lond.

1843

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4017 Sanderson (Wm.) SCOTLAND:--History of the lives and reigns of Mary, Queen of Scotland, and her son James Lond.

1656

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4018 SCOTLAND:--Scotland illustrated Lond.

1850

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4019 STEWART (Col. D.) SCOTLAND:--Sketches of the character, manners, and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland Edin.

1822

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4020 STUART (Andrew) SCOTLAND:--Genealogical history of the Stuarts

USD - Unknown
4021 STUARTS (G.) SCOTLAND:--History of Scotland, from the reformation till the death of Queen Mary Lond.

1782

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4022 SCOTLAND:--Topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland Edin.

1856

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4023 SCOTLAND:--Tytler's Lives of Scottish worthies Lond.

1832

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4024 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Waverley novels Edin.

1830

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4024a SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Idem Phila.

1857

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4025 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Waverley novels Edin.

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4026 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Waverley novels Edin.

1841

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4027 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--SCOTT (Sir W.), Novels Edin.

USD - Unknown
4027a VIRGINIA:--Map of the gold region of Virginia

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4028 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--SCOTT (Sir W.) Select novels of Par.

1840

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4029 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--SCOTT (Sir W.) Poetical works Edin.

USD - Unknown
4030 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Lady of the lake, a poem Lond.

USD - Unknown
4031 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Lady of the lake Edin.

1853

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4032 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Lay of the last minstrel Phila.

1810

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4033 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Lay of the last minstrel Lond.

USD - Unknown
4034 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Lay of the last minstrel Lond.

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4035 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Marmion, a tale of Flodden Field Lond.

USD - Unknown
4036 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Marmion Lond.

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4037 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Rokeby Lond.

1838

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4038 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Rokeby, a poem in 6 cantos Lond.

USD - Unknown
4039 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Book of Waverley gems Lond.

1852

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4040 SCOTT (Sir W.) SCOTLAND:--Illustrations to the works of Sir W. Scott, landscape, historical, and antiquarian Lond.

1834

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4041 J. G. Lockhart SCOTLAND:--SCOTT (Sir W.), Life of Par.

1838

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4042 SCOTT (General) SCOTLAND:--SCOTT (General), Mansfield's Life of N. Y.

1846

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4043 SCOTLAND:--SCOTTISH Songs set to music, a collection of Edin.

1856

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4043a SCOTLAND:--SCOTTISH Songs

USD - Unknown
4044 SCOTLAND:--SCOTTISH Tourist and itinerary Edin.

1830

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4045 SCOTLAND:--SCRAP BOOK of engravings

USD - Unknown
4046 SCOTLAND:--SCRAP BOOK Of fancy colored paper

USD - Unknown
4047 SCOTLAND:--SCRAP BOOK Containing the most popular statesmen's portraits

USD - Unknown
4048 SCOTLAND:--SCRAP prints, a collection of

USD - Unknown
4049 SCOTLAND:--SCRAP prints, Book of cuttings

USD - Unknown
4050 SCOTLAND:--SCRAP prints, Royal

USD - Unknown
4051 SCUDERY (Mons.) SCOTLAND:--Clelia, an excellent new romance Lond.

1856

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4052 SCOTLAND:--SEALSFIELD'S Novels, &c.

USD - Unknown
4053 SCOTLAND:--SEALSFIELD'S Life in the new world, or sketches of American society N. Y.

USD - Unknown
4054 SCOTLAND:--SEARLES'S Chapters in the history of a life Lond.

1849

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4055 SECRET SOCIETIES:--Memoirs of the secret societies of the South of Italy, particularly the Carbonari Lond.

1821

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4056 SECRET SOCIETIES:--Secret societies of the middle ages Lond.

1837

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4056a SELECT novels N. Y.

1845

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4057 SEDGWICK (G. M.) Married or single life N. Y.

1857

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4058 SENECA (A. L.) De quartuor virtutibus. De moribus, tres oraciones habite in senatu Atheniensi de recipiendo Alexandro magno vel armis repellendo, &c.

USD - Unknown
4059 Sir Roger L'Estrange SENECA'S Morals Bost.

1800

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4060 SEPULTURE:--Extramural sepulture, Parliamentary report on Lond.

1850

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4061 M. Suard SEPULTURE:--SEVIGNE'S (Madame de) Lettres Par.

1849

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4062 SEWELL (Miss) SEPULTURE:--Gertrude N. Y.

USD - Unknown
4063 SEWELL (Jonathan and John Adams) SEPULTURE:--Novanglus and Massachusettensis Bost.

1819

 USD - Unknown
4064 SEWERAGE:--Metropolitan Sewerage Manure Company, Parliamentary report on

1846

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4065 SEWARD'S (A.) SEWERAGE:--Letters, written between the years 1784 and 1807 Edinb.

1811

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4066 C. H. Bennett SEWERAGE:--SHADOWS

USD - Unknown
4067 SHAFTESBURY (Earl of) SEWERAGE:--Characteristics

1732

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4068 SHAKERS:--Summary view of the Millennial Church, or United Society of Believers, commonly called Shakers Albany

1848

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4069 SHAKSPEARE'S (W.) SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE'S (W.) DRAMATIC WORKS Dub.

1791

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4071 SHAKSPEARE'S (W.) SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE'S (W.) DRAMATIC WORKS Lond.

1788

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4072 SHAKSPEARE:--Cornwall's (Barry) edition Cleveland

1857

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4073 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE, Lansdowne edition (text of Collier) Lond.

1852

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4074 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE, Pickering's beautiful miniature edition

1825

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4075 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE, Stebbing (H), with original introductions and notes to each play, and a biographical sketch of his life

USD - Unknown
4076 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE, Valpy's cabinet pictorial edition of Shakspeare's plays and poems Lond.

1851

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4077 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE, With life, notes, &c. Bost.

1854

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4078 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE, Illustrated Lond.

USD - Unknown
4079 SHAKSPEARE:--SHAKSPEARE Lond.

1853

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4080 SHAKSPEARE:--Shakspeare's Dramatische Werke Berlin

1850

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4081 C. Armitage Brown SHAKSPEARE'S POEMS:--Autobiographical poems Lond.

1850

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4082 Bell., editor SHAKSPEARE'S POEMS:--Poems Lond.

1855

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4083 SHAKSPEARE'S POEMS:--Poems Lond.

1840

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4084 SHAKSPEARIANA (see also STRATFORD):--Boydell's Graphic illustrations to the dramatic works of Shakspeare

1803

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4085 SHAKSPEARIANA (see also STRATFORD):--CHANDOS PORTRAIT, Correspondence between P. Cunningham and H. Rodd regarding the

USD - Unknown
4086 Clarke (Mrs. Cowden) SHAKSPEARIANA (see also STRATFORD):--Concordance to Shakspeare Bost.

1857

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4087 SHAKSPEARIANA (see also STRATFORD):--Dictionary of Shakespearian quotations Phil.

1854

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4088 SHAKSPEARIANA (see also STRATFORD):--Dodd's Beauties of Shakspeare Lond.

1850

 USD - Unknown
4089 Douce's (Francis) SHAKSPEARIANA (see also STRATFORD):--Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of ancient manners Lond.

1839

 USD - Unknown
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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.
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