Christies: The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, Part 1, 8854,

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Auction Date
March 18, 1998 - March 18, 1998
Page Size: 234 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99 FRANCO, Pierre (1500-1561). Traite des hernies. Lyons

1561.

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 9,200.00
101 GALENUS, Claudius (129-ca. 200/216) Edited by Augustinus Gadaldinus (1515-1575). Omnia quae extant opera, in Latin. Venice

1550.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 6,900.00
102 GEMINUS, Thomas (ca. 1510-1562). Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, acre exarata. London

October 1545.

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 40,250.00
103 GEMINUS, Thomas (1510-1562). Translated by Nicholas Udall (1505-1556). Compendiosa totius anatomic delincatio, acre exarata, in English. London

[1553].

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 90,500.00
104 GUAZZO, Francesco Maria (fl. 1608), editor. Compendium maleficarum. Milan

1608.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,370.00
105 GUIDI, Guido (1508-1569). De anatome corporis humani libri VII. Venice

1611

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 6,900.00
106 GUILLEMEAU, Jacques (1550-1613). Tables anatomiques. Paris

1586

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 3,220.00
107 GUINTERIUS, Johannes, of Andernach (1505-1574). - THEOPHILUS Protospatarius (fl. 7th century A.D.)- HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.) Translated by Giunius Paulus Crassus (ca. 1500-1575), and all three texts edited by him. Anatomicarum institutionum, ex Galeni sententia libri 1111. De corporis humani fabrica libri V. De medicamentis purgatoriis libellus. Lyons

1541

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,150.00
108 GUY DE CHAULIAC (1300-1368). Chirurgia. Venice

21 November 1498.

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109 HERY, Thierry de (ca. 1500-1599). La methode curatoire de la maladie Venerienne. Paris

1552

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 4,370.00
110 HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Octoginta volumina. The Hippocratic corpus translated from Greek into Latin by Marcus Fabius Calvus (ca. 1440-1527). Rome

1525

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 40,250.00
111 HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Edited by Franciscus Asulanus. Omnia opera Hippocratis in Greek. Venice

May 1526

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 32,200.00
112 HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Edited and translated by Anutius Foes (1528-1595). Opera omnia quac extant, in Greek and Latin. Frankfurt am Main

1595

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,450.00
113 HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Translated by Anutius Foes. Opera omnia quac extant. Frankfurt am Main

1596.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 690.00
114 HIPPOCRATES (pseudo-). Translated from Greek into Latin by Rinucius Aretinus (fl. first half of the 15th century). - Theodorus ULSENIUS (fl. 1486-1508). De insania Democriti philosophi facetum epistolium. - Carmina. [Augsburg]

[not before July 1503].

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,380.00
115 [HORTUS SANITATIS] ‘Tractatus de Urinis’ extracted from an edition of Hortus Sanitatis. [Strassburg]

[ca. 1499?]

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,955.00
116 HUNDT, Magnus, the elder (1449-1519). Antropologium de hominis dignitate, natura, et proprietatibus de elementis. Leipzig

I501.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 85,000.00
117 INGRASSIA, Giovanni Filippo (ca. 1510-80). Quaestio de purgationc per medicamentum, atque obiter etiam de sanguinis missione, an sexta morbi die fieri possint. - Venice

1568.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 6,325.00
118 JOHN XXI (Petrus Hispanus, Pope). translated by Hu[m]phre Lloyd.. . with the Aphorismes of Hipocrates. The treasuri of helth contaynynge many profytable medicines, gathered out of Hipocrat[es], Gale[n] & Avicenus].. [London]

[ca. 1556].

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 8,625.00
119 KETHAM, Johannes de (fl. 14SS-1470). - PETRUS DE TUSSIGNANO -(fl. 1400). - MUNDINUS (ca. 1275-1326). Edited by Petrus Andrea Morsiano. Fasciculus medicinae. - Gonsilium pro peste evitanda. - Anatomia. Venice

15 October 1495

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 25,300.00
120 LANFRANCHI, Guido, of Milan (fl. 1290-1296), and others. Wundartznei, und der Ghirurgen Handtwirckung. Zu allem gebrechen des gantzen Leibs. Frankfurt

1534

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121 LEONICENO, Niccolo (1428-1524). Libellus de Epidemia, quam vulgo morbum Gallicum vocant. Venice

June 1497

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 20,700.00
122 MAIMONIDES [Moses ben Maimon] (113S-1204). - [MESUE (ca. 777-8S7)I. - RHAZES (ca. 854-925). - HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni. - Aphorismijohannis Damasceni. - Liber de secretis in medicina. - Prognostica. Bologna

19 May 1489.

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 36,800.00
123 MALFI, Tiberius (fl. 1626). Il barbiere. Naples

1626

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 12,650.00
124 MASSA, Niccolo (1489-1569). Liber de morbo gallico. Venice

1536.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
125 Edited by Melchisedec Thevenot (1620?-1692), Philippe de la Hire (1640-1718) and Jean Boivin (1665-1726). [MATHEMATICS]. Veterum mathematicorum Athenaci, Apoiiodori, Philonis, Bitonis, Heronis, et aliorum opera, Gracce et Latine pleraquc nunc primum edita. Paris

1693

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 6,325.00
126 ARETAEUS of Cappadocia (fl. ca. A.D. 5O). De causis et signis acutorum ef diuturnorum morborum, libri quatuor. Oxford

1723.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,495.00
127 GALENUS, Claudius (129-ca. 200/216). De ossibus ad tyrones. Lyons

1551

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,760.00
128 BOTALLO, Leonardo (ca. 1519-1587/88). Gommentarioli duo, alter de medici, alter de aegroti munere. Lyon: Venice: London

1565;1601;1888

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,955.00
129 MERCURIALI, Girolamo (1530-1606). Artis gymnasticae apud antiquos celeberrimac, nostris temporibus ignoratae. Libri sex. Venice

1569

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,530.00
130 MERCURIALI, Girolamo (1530-1606). De morbis cutancis et omnibus corporis humani excrementis tractatus. Venice

1572.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 14,950.00
131 MERCURIALI, Girolamo (1530-1606). Edited by Jan H. Chrosczieyoioskii. De Morbis puerorum tractatus. Venice

1583

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 805.00
132 MIZAULD, Antoine (ca. 1S1O-1578). Phaenomena. Paris

1546

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,035.00
133 MOFFET, Thomas (1553-1604). Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum. London

1634.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 6,900.00
134 MOLITORIS, Ulricus (d. 1492). De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus. Cologne

ca. 1500.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 17,250.00
135 [MONARDES, Nicolasj (1493-1588). Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found Worlde. London

1596.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 7,475.00
136 MONTANA DE MONSERRATE, Bernardino (ca. 1480-1551). Libro de la Anothomia dei hombre. Valladolid

2 November 1551.

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 46,000.00
137 MONTIS, Petrus de (ca. 1460-ca. 1530). Translated by Gonsalvo Ayora. De dignoscendis hominibus. Milan

17 December 1492.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 8,050.00
138 MULLER, Johann (called Regiomontanus) (1436-76) and Georg PEURBACH (1423-61). Edited by Caspar Grosch and Stephan Romer. Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaci. Venice

31 August 1496

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 65,200.00
140 NEMESIUS, Bishop of Emesa (fl. 400). Divini gregorii Nyssae episcopi quifuitfrater Basilii Magni libri octo [Strassburg

May 1512].

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,600.00
141 NERI, Antonio (1576-ca. 1614). L’arte Vetraria distinta in libri sette. Florence

1612

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 9,200.00
142 NERI, Antonio (1576-ca. 1614). The Art of Glass, wherein Arc shown the wayes to make and colour Glass, Pastes, Enamels, Lakes, and other Curiosities. London

1662.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 5,520.00
143 [NICETAS]. Translated from Greek into Latin by Vidus Vidius [ca. 1500-69). Chirurgia. Paris

30 April 1544.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 10,350.00
144 PALISSY, Bernard de (ca. 1510-ca. 1590). Discours admirables, de la nature des eaux et fontaines, tant naturelles qu’artificielles, des metaux, des sels & salines, des pierres, des terres, dufeu & des emaux. Paris

1580.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 40,250.00
145 PALISSY, Bernard de (ca. 1510-ca. 1590). Edited by Barthelemy Faujas de Saint Fond and Nicolas Gobet. Oeuvres. . .revues sur les exemplaires de la Bibliotheque du Roi. Paris

1777.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,300.00
146 PARACELSUS (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, ca. 1493- 1541). Phi[lo]sophiae ad Athenienses, drey Bucher. Cologne

1564.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,680.00
147 PARACELSUS (ca. 1493-1541). Von den Kranckheyten so die vernunfft berauben als da sein S. Veyts Thantz. Basel

1567

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 10,925.00
148 PARACELSUS (ca. 1493-1541). Edited by A. von Bodenstein. Septem libri de gradibus, de compositionibus, de dosibus receptorum ac naturalium. Basel

1568.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 12,650.00
149 PARACELSUS (ca. 1493-1541). Edited by Johannes Albertus Wimpineus. Archidoxa. ..zwolff Bucher darin alle Gehaimnuss der Natur eroffnet. Munich

1570

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 14,950.00
150 PARACELSUS (ca. 1493-1541). Edited by Joannes Albertus Wimpineus. Etliche Tractetlein zur Archidoxa gehorig Munich

1570

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 805.00
151 PARE, Ambroise (1510-1590). La methode curative des playes, & fractures de la teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des instruments necessaires pour la curation d’icelles. Paris

28 February 1561

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 112,500.00
152 PARE, Ambroise (1510-1590). Translated from Latin and French by Thomas Johnson. The Workes. London

1634.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 11,500.00
153 PELETIER, Jacques (1517-1582). L'Algebre. Lyon

1554.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 4,370.00
154 PEURBACH, Georg (142 3-1461). Tabulae Eclypsium. - Johann MULLER (called Regiomontanus) (1436-1476). Edited by Georg Tannstetter. Tabulae Eclypsium. - Tabula primi niobilis. Vienna

1514.

USD 3,000.00 - 40.00 6,325.00
155 PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro (1508-1578). De la sfera del moody. Venice

1559.

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 1,955.00
156 PINDER, Ulrich (d.1510 or 1519). Epiphanie medicorum. Speculum videndi urinas hominum. Clavis aperiendi portas pulsuum. Berillus discernendi causas & differentias febrium. [Nuremberg]

1506]

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,325.00
157 PINEAU, Severin (ca. 1550-1619). - Luigi BONACIOLI. - Felix PLATTER (1536- 1614). - Pierre GASSENDI (1592-1655). De interitatis & corruptionis virginum notis: De graviditate & partu naturali mulierum. - Enneas muliebris. - De origine partium, earumque in utero consormatione. - Elegans de septo cordis pervio observatio. Leiden

1639.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 978.00
158 ‘PLATO (427-347 B.C.). - DIOGENES Laertius (1st half of the 3rd century A.D.). Omnia opera, in Greek. Edited by Marcus Musurus (ca. 1470-1517). - Timaeus Locrus, in Greek [Hellenistic paraphrase of the Timaeus in Doric dialectj. - Vita Platonis, in Greek. Venice

September 1513

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 63,000.00
159 PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius (ca. 23-79 A.D.). Translated into English by Philemon Holland. The Historic of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historic of C. Plinius Secundus. London

1601

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 3,680.00
160 PORTA, Giovanni Battista della (1535-1615). De humana physiognomonia libri IIII. Vico di Sorrento

1586.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 5,750.00
161 PORTA, Giovanni Battista della (1535-1615). Phytognomonica. Naples

1588.

USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 9,200.00
162 PORTA, Giovanni Baptista della (1535-1615). De distillationc lib. IX. Rome

1608.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 10,925.00
163 PORTA, Giovanni Baptista della (1535-1615). Natural Magick. London

1658.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 6,325.00
164 PRATIS, Jason a (1486-1558). De cerebri morbis. Basel

1549.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 3,680.00
165 Probier buchlein auff Gold Silber Kupffer und Bley. [Augsburg]

[after 1524].

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 90,500.00
166 PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (ca. 100-ca. 170). Translated from Greek into Latin by Georgius Trapezuntius (1396-1472), edited by Luca Gaurico (1476-1558). Almagestum seu magnac constructionis mathematicae opus. Venice

1528

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 7,475.00
167 PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (ca. 100-ca. 170). Edited by Simon Grynaeus (d. 1541). -THEON Alexandrinus (fl. A.D. 364). Edited by Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574). Magnac constructionis, id est perfectae coelestium motuum pertractionis, lib. XIII, in Greek. - In Claudii Ptolemaci magnam constructionem commentariorum lib. XI, in Greek. Basel

1538.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 13,800.00
168 RAMELLI, Agostino (ca. 1531-after 20 August 1608). Le diverse et artificiose machine ... nellequali si contengono varij et industriosi movimenti ... Composte in lingua Italiana ct Francesc. Paris

1588.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 200,500.00
169 RAUWOLF, Leonhard (1535-1596). Aigentliche bcschreibung der Raiss so er vor diser zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgcnlander. Lauingen

1582.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,760.00
170 RECORDE, Robert (ca. 1510-1558). The Castlc of Knowledge. London

1556.

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 29,900.00
171 RECORDE, Robert (ca. 1510-155 8). The whetstone of witte, whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmetike. London

1557

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 27,600.00
172 [REGIMEN SANITATIS SALERNITANUM]. - Regimen sanitatis cum expositionc magistri ‘Arnaldi de Villanova. [Lyons]

[about 1500].

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,760.00
173 Translated by Thomas Paynell. [REGIMEN SANITATIS SALERNITANUM]. - Regimen Sanitatis Salerni. This booke teachyng all people to governe the[m] in health. London

1557

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 4,370.00
174 RHAZES - GALENUS - MESUE - HIPPOCRATES - Liber ad Almansorem. Milan

14 February 1481.

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 36,800.00
175 RHAZES [Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakkariyya al-Razi] (ca. 854-925). Liber nonus adAlmansorum. Translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerard of Cremona (ca. 1114-1187). With the commentary by SYLLANUS DE NIGRIS (fl. 1398). - PETRUS DE TUSSIGNANO (fl. 1364-1401) Receptac supra nonum ad Almansorem. Venice

30 March 1483.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 16,100.00
176 RHAZES (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi] (ca. 854-925). Translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerard of Cremona (ca. 1114-1187) and Giorgio Valla. - Andreas VESALIUS (1514-1564). Edited by Alban Thorer (1489-1550). Ob usum expericntiamque multiplicem, et ob certissimas ex demonstrationibus logicis indicationes, ad omnes practer naturam affectus, atquc etiam propter rcmediorum uberrimam materiam, summi medici opera exquisitiora. - Paraphrasis in nonum librum Rhaz Basel

March 1544.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,185.00
177 RIES, Adam (1592-1559). Rechenung nach der lenge, auff der Linihen und Feder. Leipzig

1550.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,025.00
178 RODRIGUES, Joao (1511-1568). Curationum medicinalium centuriac quatuor, quarum duac priores ab auctore sunt recognite, due posteriores nunc primum edite. Basel

1556

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 2,070.00
179 ROESSLIN, Eucharius (d. 1526). De partu hominis, et quae circa ipsum accidunt. Frankfurt

1544

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 2,530.00
180 [ROESSLIN, Eucharius (d. 1526).] Translated by Thomas Raynalde (fl. 1546). The byrth of mankynde, otherwyse named the woman’s booke. Newly set furth, corrected and augmented. London

1545

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 14,950.00
181 RONDELET, Guillaume (1507-1566). Libri de Piscibus Marinis. - Universae aquatilium Historiae pars altera. Lyon

1554-55.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 5,520.00
182 RUEFF, Jacob (15Q0-1558). De conceptu et generatione hominis. Zurich

1554.

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 18,400.00
183 RUEL, Jean (1479-1537). De Natura stirpium libri tres. Paris

1536.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,830.00
184 RUINI, Carlo (ca. 1530-1598). Dell’anotomia, et dell’infirmita Del cavallo. Bologna

1598

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 29,900.00
185 [RUSCELLI, Girolamo.J] Secreti del reverendo donno Alessio Piemontese. Venice

1555.

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186 SCOTUS, Michael (before 1200 - ca. 1235). Liberphysiognomiac. [Venice]

1477

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 12,650.00
187 SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE. Edited by Filippo Beroaldo (1453-1505). Opera agricolationum: Columellac: Varronis: Catonisquc: nec non Palladii. Reggio Emilia

20 November 1499.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,325.00
188 SOPHOCLES (ca. 496-406 B.C.) Edited by John Gregoropoulos of Crete. Tragaediae septem cum commentariis, in Greek. Venice

August 1502 [or the following winter].

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 25,300.00
189 SPACH, Israel (1560-1610). GynacciOrum sive de mulicrum tum communibus, tum gravidarum, parientium, et puerparum affectibus et morbis. Strassburg

1597

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 3,450.00
190 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. [Speier]

[ca. 1490]

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 23,000.00
191 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. [Speier]

[1492?].

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 5,175.00
192 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. Cologne

24 January 1494

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193 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. Nuremberg

17 March 1494.

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194 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. [Nuremberg]

[17 January 1496].

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195 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum. Cologne

1520

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196 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum [with other works], Frankfurt-am-Main

1580.

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197 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). - Joannes NIDER. Hieronymus MENGO. Fustus dacmonum. -Flagellum dacmonum. - Formicarium de maleficiis Lyons

1604.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 8,050.00
198 SPRENGER, Jakob (1436-1495) and Heinrich KRAMER (ca. 1430-1505). Malleus maleficarum, - Malleus maleficarum [with other works], Lyons, Lyons

23 February 1519; 1669.

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199 STIFEL, Michael (ca. 1487-1567). Preface by Philip Melanchthon. Arithmetica integra. Nuremberg

1544.

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200 TAGLIACOZZI, Gaspare (1545-1599). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem. Venice

1597.

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    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.
  • 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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