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
4290 SPORTS AND GAMES:--Radcliff's Noble science (fox-hunting), for the use of the rising generation of sportsmen Lond.

1852

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4291 SPORTS AND GAMES:--Sportsman (The) and his dog, or hints on sporting Lond.

1850

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4292 SPORTS AND GAMES:--Stonehenge's Manual of British rural sports Lond.

1857

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4328 STERNE (L.) SPORTS AND GAMES:--Life and adventures of Tristram Shandy, and Sentimental journey Lond.

1832

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4328a STERNE (L.) SPORTS AND GAMES:--Sentimental journey through France and Italy Lond.

1768

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4329 STERNE (L.) SPORTS AND GAMES:--OEuvres completes de par.

1803

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4330 SPORTS AND GAMES:--STEWART'S Adventures in the capture of Murrell N. Y.

1836

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4331 STONE (W. L.) SPORTS AND GAMES:--Tales and sketches, such as they are N. Y.

1834

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4332 STONE (W. L.) SPORTS AND GAMES:--Matthias and his impostures N. Y.

1835

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4333 SPORTS AND GAMES:--Fisher's Series of ancient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings, discovered on the walls of the chapel belonging to the guild of the Holy Cross at Stratford-upon Avon Lond.

1836

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4334 STRATFORD ON-AVON:--STORY of a family, &c.

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4335 STRICKLAND (A.) STRATFORD ON-AVON:--Pilgrims of Walsingham N. Y.

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4336 STRATFORD ON-AVON:--STRUTHERS' Poetical works of John Struthers Edin.

1850

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4337 SUE (Eugene) STRATFORD ON-AVON:--SUE (Eugene), Novels, various

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4338 SUE (Eugene) STRATFORD ON-AVON:--Paula Monti Lond.

1845

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4339 SUE (Eugene) STRATFORD ON-AVON:--Le Juif Errant Brussels

1844

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4340 SUE (Eugene) STRATFORD ON-AVON:--Wandering Jew Lond.

1844

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4340a Gellert (C. F.) SWEDEN:--Life of the Swedish Countess de G * * * Lond.

1776

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4341 SUGAR:--Bache & M'Culloch, Reports on sugar and hydrometers

1848

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4341a Harte's (Rev. W.) SWEDEN:--History of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, surnamed the Great

1767

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4342 SUGAR:--Bache's Report and other tracts

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4342a Jerrold's (W. B.) SWEDEN:--Travels in Sweden and Norway, or notes from the north Lond.

1854

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4343 SUGAR:--Evans' Sugar planter's manual Phila.

1848

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4343a Philippart (J.) SWEDEN:--Memoirs and campaigns of Charles John, Prince of Sweden Balt.

1815

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4344 Kerr (Th.) SUGAR:--On the cultivation of the sugar cane Lond.

1851

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4344a Voltaire (M.) SWEDEN:--History of Charles XII

1847

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4345 Wray (Leon) SUGAR:--Practical sugar planter. A complete account of the manufacture of the sugar cane Lond.

1848

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4345a Swedenborg (E.) SWEDENBORG:--True Christian religion Lond.

1795

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4346 SUICIDE:--Moore's Inquiry into the subject of suicide Lond.

1790

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4346a Swedenborg (E.) SWEDENBORG:--On the earths in the universe Bost.

1839

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4347 Stedman's (C.) SURINAM:--Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam in Guiana, South America, from 1772 to 1777 Lond.

1806

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4347a SWEDENBORG:--Barrett's Lectures on Swedenborg N. Y.

1842

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4348 SURINAM:--Von Sack's Voyage to Surinam, and return to Europe by way of North America Lond.

1810

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4348a SWEDENBORG:--Swedenborgian tracts, Various

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4349 SURREY (Earl of) SURINAM:--SURREY (Earl of), Poetical works Lond.

1854

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4349a SWIFT (Dean) SWEDENBORG:--SWIFT (Dean), Works Lond.

1801

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4350 SWIFT (Dean) SWEDENBORG:--SWIFT (Dean), Works N. Y.

1812

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4351 SWIFT (Dean) SWEDENBORG:--Gulliver's travels Lond.

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4352 John, Earl of Orrery SWEDENBORG:--SWIFT (Dean), Remarks on his life and writings Dub.

1752

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4353 SWIFT (Dean) SWEDENBORG:--Letters to several of his friends, from 1703 to 1740 Lond.

1766

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4354 SWITZERLAND:--Downes' Guide to Switzerland and Savoy Par.

1837

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4355 Vieusseux (A.) SWITZERLAND:--The history of Switzerland, from the first irruption of the northern tribes to the present time Lond.

1846

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4356 Yates (Mrs. A.) SWITZERLAND:--Journey to Switzerland Lond.

1843

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4357 SWITZERLAND:--SYLVESTRE'S Universal paleography; or a collection of facsimiles of the writings of every age and nation

1841

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4357a SWITZERLAND:--TACITUS translated by Murphy Lond.

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4358 TAGGART (Guthra) SWITZERLAND:--TAGGART (Guthra), Poems

1834

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4359 SWITZERLAND:--TALES from the Eastern Land

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4360 SWITZERLAND:--TALES of the Genii; or the delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar Lond.

1764

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4361 SWITZERLAND:--TALES of the Genii; or the delightful lessons of Horam, the son of Asmar Lond.

1824

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4362 SWITZERLAND:--TAMMANY Society, Brief account of the origin and progress of N. Y.

1838

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4363 TARLETON (Lieut. Col.) SWITZERLAND:--A history of the campaign of 1780 and 1781 in the southern provinces of North America Lond.

1787

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4364 R. Mackenzie SWITZERLAND:--TARLETON (Col.), History, Strictures on Lond.

1787

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4365 R. H. Wilde SWITZERLAND:--TASSO, Bove, madness, and imprisonment of N. Y.

1842

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4366 SWITZERLAND:--TATLER (The). With prefaces and notes by Chalmers Lond.

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4367 TAYLOR (B.) SWITZERLAND:--Rhymes of travel N. Y.

1849

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4368 TAYLOR (John) SWITZERLAND:--Poems on various subjects Lond.

1827

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4369 TAYLOR (I.) SWITZERLAND:--Physical theory of another life N. Y.

1856

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4370 TAYLOR (I.) SWITZERLAND:--Natural history of enthusiasm Lond.

1844

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4371 TAYLOR (I.) SWITZERLAND:--Spiritual despotism N. Y.

1855

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4372 TAYLOR (I.) SWITZERLAND:--Pocket lacon Lond.

1838

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4373 TENNYSON (Alfred) SWITZERLAND:--Dora Lond.

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4374 TENNYSON (A) SWITZERLAND:--Maud and other poems Bost.

1856

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4375 TENNYSON (A) SWITZERLAND:--In memoriam Bost.

1854

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4376 Bartlett (J. R.) TEXAS:--Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, in 1850-53 N. Y.

1854

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4377 Braman's (D. E. E.) TEXAS:--Information about Texas Phila.

1857

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4378 Cordova's (J. D.) TEXAS:--Texas, her resources and her public men Phila.

1850

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4379 Foote (H. S.) TEXAS:--Texas and the Texans Phila.

1841

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4380 Gouge (Win.) TEXAS:--Fiscal history of Texas Phila.

1852

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4381 TEXAS:--Guide to Texas

1846

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4382 Green (T. J.) TEXAS:--Journal of the Texan expedition against Mier N. Y.

1845

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4383 TEXAS:--Houston's Texas, &c. Phila.

1845

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4384 TEXAS:--Hunt's Guide to Texas N. Y.

1844

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4385 Kennedy (Wm.) TEXAS:--Texas, its historv, &c. N. Y.

1844

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4386 TEXAS:--Texas, The rise, progress, and prospects of Lond.

1841

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4387 Olmstead (F. L.) TEXAS:--Journey through Texas; or a Saddletrip on the South Western frontier N. Y.

1857

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4388 TEXAS:--Parker's Trip to the west and Texas Concord

1835

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4389 TEXAS:--Visit to Texas N. Y.

1834

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4390 Yoakum (H.) TEXAS:--The history of Texas, from its first settlement to the annexation N. Y.

1856

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4391 THACKERAY (Wm.) TEXAS:--Pendennis N.Y.

1855

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4392 THEVET (F. Andre) TEXAS:--Les singolaritez de la France Antarctique Anvers

1558

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4393 TEXAS:--THOMAS A'KEMPIS, Imitation of Christ

1829

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4394 TEXAS:--THOMAS'S Reminiscences of 65 years, and sketches of his own life and times Hart.

1840

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4395 THOMPSON'S (Thomas) TEXAS:--THOMPSON'S (Thomas) Works Edin.

1768

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4396 THUANI (J. A.) TEXAS:--Historia sui temporis (ab anno 1543 ad annum 1607) Lond.

1733

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4397 TEXAS:--TIMB'S Year book of facts

1840

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4398 Brook's (L.) TIME TABLES:--Average time tables

1851

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4399 TOBACCO:--Paper of tobacco Lond.

1839

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4400 TOBACCO:--Lane's Mysteries of tobacco N. Y.

1851

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4401 TOBACCO:--TOKEN and Atlantic souvenir Bost.

1842

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4402 TOMKIN TOBACCO:--TOMKIN'S Poems Lond.

1830

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4403 TONGA ISLANDS:--Mariner's Historical account of the natives of the Tonga Islands Bost.

1825

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4404 TOWERS (Dr.) TONGA ISLANDS:--Tracts on political and other subjects Lond.

1796

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4405 Castell (O. H.) TOXICOLOGY:--On poisons Phila.

1848

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4406 TOXICOLOGY:--Christison's Manual of practical toxicology Balt.

1833

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4407 TOXICOLOGY:--Domestic chemist, or, detector of adulterants and poisons Lond.

1831

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4408 Fontana (F.) TOXICOLOGY:--Treatise on the venom of the viper, on the American poisons, &c. Lond.

1787

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4409 TOXICOLOGY:--Spratt's Table of vegetable poisons, beautifully colored chart Lond.

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4410 Thompson (George) TRACTS:--Speeches on negro slavery... Lond.

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4411 TRACTS:--Address to the Congress of the United States on the utility and justice of restrictions upon foreign commerce Phila.

1809

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4412 TRACTS:--Tracts relating to America Phila.

1783

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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.