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
392	Salmasius, editor	BALLOONING:--BALDINUS de Calceo et Nigronius de Caliga Veterum		1711	USD -	Unknown
393	BALMES (Rev. J.)	BALLOONING:--Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on civilization in Europe	Balt.	1851	USD -	Unknown
394	McJilton (Arthur)	BALTIMORE:--The Baltimore monument	Baltimore	1839	USD -	Unknown
395		BALTIMORE:--Baltimore literary and religious magazine	Baltimore	1835	USD -	Unknown
396	Bell (G. M.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Philosophy of joint stock banking	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
397		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Duncombe, Essay on free banking, &c.	Cleveland	1841	USD -	Unknown
398	Francis (J.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Chronicles and characters of the stock exchange	Boston	1850	USD -	Unknown
399	Gilbart (J. W.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--History and principles of banking		1837	USD -	Unknown
400	Gilbart (J. W.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Practical treatise on banking	N. Y.	1851	USD -	Unknown
401	Gilbart (J. W.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Practical treatise on banking	Philadelphia	1855	USD -	Unknown
402		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Hardcastle's banks and bankers	Lond.	1843	USD -	Unknown
403	Johnson (A.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Inquiry into the nature and value of capital, government loans, banking, &c.	N. Y.	1813	USD -	Unknown
404	Lawson (W. J.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--History of banking	Lond.	1850	USD -	Unknown
405	Raguet (C.)	BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--On currency and banking	Philadelphia	1840	USD -	Unknown
406		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--United States bank, reports on		1832	USD -	Unknown
407		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Bank of the United States		1832	USD -	Unknown
408		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Bank documents and papers relating to			USD -	Unknown
409		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Pamphlets: chiefly reports on banking in the South, &c.		1848	USD -	Unknown
410		BANKING, CURRENCY, &C.:--Week in Wall street	New York	1841	USD -	Unknown
411		BARBADOES:--Memoirs of the first settlement of Barbadoes and other of the Caribbee Islands	London	1743	USD -	Unknown
412		BARBADOES:--Sketches and tales of Barbadoes	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
413		BARBADOES:--Desultory sketches and tales of Barbadoes	London	1841	USD -	Unknown
414	Hughes (Rev. Griffith)	BARBADOES:--The natural history of Barbadoes	London	1750	USD -	Unknown
415		BARBADOES:--Poyer, History of Barbadoes from its first discovery to 1801	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
416	BARLOWE (A.)	BARBADOES:--Magnetical advertisements	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
417	BARNUM (P. T.)	BARBADOES:--BARNUM (P. T.), Life of	New York	1855	USD -	Unknown
418	BARNUM (H. L.)	BARBADOES:--The spy unmasked; or, memoirs of Enoch Crosby	Cincinnati	1831	USD -	Unknown
419	BARRINGTON (A.)	BARBADOES:--Physical geography	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
420		BARBADOES:--BATTLES: Plates, maps, plans, &c., illustrative of celebrated battles			USD -	Unknown
420a		BARBADOES:--BAXTER'S practical works, with an essay on his genius, works, and times	London		USD -	Unknown
421		BARBADOES:--BAYLE'S philosophical commentary	London	1708	USD -	Unknown
422		BARBADOES:--BEATTIE'S Minstrel	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
423		BARBADOES:--BEATTIE'S Minstrel			USD -	Unknown
424	Miller (T.)	BARBADOES:--BEATTIE and Collins, poetical works of...	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
425	Headley (Rev.)	BEAUTY:--Power of beauty	N. Y.	1852	USD -	Unknown
426		BEAUTY:--Inquiry concerning beauty, order, and virtue	London	1725	USD -	Unknown
427	Mrs. Kirkland	BEAUTY:--Book of home beauty	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
428	Leonardo da Vinci, Mengs, Winckelmann, Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, and others	BEAUTY:--Walker's analysis of beauty in woman		1836	USD -	Unknown
429	Barbier (M)	BEAUTY:--BEAUVAIS (Le General), Dictionnaire historique ou biographie universelle classique	Paris	1826	USD -	Unknown
430	BEDE (C.)	BEAUTY:--Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
431		BEES:--Bees, pigeons, rabbits, and the Canary birds	New York	1842	USD -	Unknown
432	Miner (T. B.)	BEES:--American bee-keepers' manual	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
433		BEES:--Townley on honey bees	New York	1843	USD -	Unknown
434	BEECHER (H. W.)	BEES:--Star papers; or, experiences of art and nature	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
435	BEECHER (H. W.)	BEES:--Life thoughts	Boston	1858	USD -	Unknown
436	McLeod	BEES:--BELMONT'S daughter	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
437	BELL (H.)	BEES:--Classical arrangement of fugitive poetry		1789	USD -	Unknown
438		BEES:--BELLE, blue, and bigot		1841	USD -	Unknown
439	BENNETT (F. D.)	BEES:--Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
440	BENTON (T.)	BEES:--Abridgment of the debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
441	BENTON (T.)	BEES:--Thirty years' view, or a history of the American government for 30 years	N. Y.	1858	USD -	Unknown
442	BENYOWSKI (Count)	BEES:--Memoirs and travels in Kamtschatka, Japan, China, Madagascar, &c.	Dublin	1790	USD -	Unknown
443		BEES:--BERLIN, mysteries of; from the papers of a Berlin criminal officer	New York	1845	USD -	Unknown
444	BERNARD (P.)	BEES:--Examples of the ancient sages	London	1761	USD -	Unknown
445		BEES:--BIBLE question fairly tested	New York		USD -	Unknown
446	Rev. Dr. Bliss, editor	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bibliographical miscellanies		1813	USD -	Unknown
447		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bohn's illustrated library of standard authors	London		USD -	Unknown
448		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bouterwek's history of Spanish literature			USD -	Unknown
449	Brenton (J. J.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Voices from the press	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
450	Brunet (Jacq. Ch.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres	Paris	1814	USD -	Unknown
451	Brydges (Sir Egerton)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Res literariae, bibliographical and critical	Rome, Naples, and Geneva	1820	USD -	Unknown
452	De Bure (G. F.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bibliographic instructive ou traits de la connoisance des livres rares et singuliers	Paris	1768	USD -	Unknown
453	De Bure (G. F.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Catalogue des livres de la bibliotheque de la Duc de la Valliere	Paris	1783	USD -	Unknown
454	Corwin (E. B.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Catalogue of the rare, curious, and valuable collection of books, &c.	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
455	Carey (H. C.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Letters on international copy-right	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	Unknown
456	The Rev. John Forster	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Churchman's guide, a copious index of sermons and other works	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
457		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Index to the sermons published since the restoration	London	1751	USD -	Unknown
458		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Critical and historical account of all the celebrated libraries in foreign countries	London	1739	USD -	Unknown
459		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Dibdin's library companion, or the young man's guide and the old man's comfort in the choice of a library	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
460		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Dibdin, Introduction to the knowledge of rare and valuable editions of the Greek and Latin classics	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
462		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Dupin, Nouvelle bibliotheque des auteurs ecclesiastiques	Paris	1690	USD -	Unknown
463	Farnham (L.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Glance at private libraries	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
464	Guild (R. A.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Librarian's manual: a treatise on bibliography, to which are added sketches of public libraries	New York	1858	USD -	Unknown
465		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Halliwell's (J. O.) catalogue of the contents of the Codex Holbrookianus	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
466		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Halliwell's (J. O.) account of European manuscripts in the Chetham library, Manchester	Manchester	1842	USD -	Unknown
467	Harles (T. C.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Supplementa ad breviorem notitiam litteraturae Romanae in primis scriptorum Latinorum	Lipsiae	1799	USD -	Unknown
468	Harwood (E.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Lives and characters of the Greek and Roman classics	London	1778	USD -	Unknown
469		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Haym bibliotheca, &c.			USD -	Unknown
470	Archibald Bower, editor	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Historia literaria, or an account of valuable books	London	1731	USD -	Unknown
471		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Index expurgatorius	Dublin	1837	USD -	Unknown
472		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Ludewig's (H. E.) literature of American local history: a bibliographical essay	New York	1846	USD -	Unknown
473	Fournier	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Nouveau dictionnaire portatif de bibliographie	Paris	1809	USD -	Unknown
474		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Reuss's register of authors living in Great Britain, &c., from 1770 to 1790	Berlin	1791	USD -	Unknown
475		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Ritson's bibliographia poetica: catalogue of English poets of the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, interleaved with fine writing paper	Lond.	1802	USD -	Unknown
476	Rich (O.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bibliotheca Americana nova: a catalogue of books relating to America	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
477	Roorbach (O. A.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of American publications	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
478	Wallace (J. W.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--The reporters, chronologically arranged, with occasional remarks upon their respective merits	Philadelphia	1845	USD -	Unknown
479		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Walpole's catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England	London	1793	USD -	Unknown
480	Savage (Jam.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--The librarian	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
481		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Thomas's history of printing in America	Worcester	1810	USD -	Unknown
483		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Trubner's bibliographical guide to American literature	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
484		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Appleton's library manual, a catalogue of 12,000 books	New York	1847	USD -	Unknown
485		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Bibliotheca Parisiana, a catalogue of books formed by a gentleman	Paris	1791	USD -	Unknown
486		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Catalogues of curious and scarce books, including the library of Dr. Adam Clarke			USD -	Unknown
487		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Catalogue of 500 celebrated authors of Great Britain	London	1788	USD -	Unknown
488	Reed (Isaac)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Catalogue of the curious and extensive library	London	1807	USD -	Unknown
489		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Rodd's collection of books, sold 1849-'5O	London		USD -	Unknown
490	Stevens (Henry)	BIBLIOGRAPHY:--Catalogue of his English library collected and described, privately printed, and very scarce	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
491		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--BICHENOS (J.) signs of the times...		1794	USD -	Unknown
492		BIBLIOGRAPHY:--BIELFELD'S (Baron) elements of universal erudition	London	1770	USD -	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.