Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, SENATE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 17, 1969 - February 17, 1969
Page Size: 445 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Abbot (George, Archbishop of Canterbury) A Briefe Description of the Whole World

1664

USD - 108.00
2 Ambrose (Saint) Saint Ambrose his Christian Offices

1637

USD - 100.80
3 ANDREWES (LANCELOT, Dean of Westminster, and successively Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester) The Copie of the Sermon preached on Good-Friday before the Kings Maiestie

USD - 300.00
4 Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh

1622

USD - 28.80
5 Barclay (John) Barclay his Argenis

1636

USD - 48.00
6 Bernard (Richard) Rhemes against Rome

1626

USD - 91.20
7 BERRY (WILLIAM) AND NICOLAS SANSON ATLAS

1680-89

USD - 768.00
8 [Beze (Theodore de)] The Iudgement of a most Reverend and Learned Man from beyond the Seas

USD - 768.00
9 Bible Zurich

1543

USD - 108.00
10 Bible

1572

USD - 57.60
11 Bible Paris

1621

USD - 144.00
12 Blackmore (Sir Richard) Essays upon Several Subjects

1716-17

USD - 216.00
13 Blackmore (Sir Richard) A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects

1718

USD - 312.00
14 Blackmore (Sir Richard) A True and Impartial History of the Conspiracy against the Person and Government of King William III

1723

USD - 288.00
15 Blackmore (Sir Richard) Alfred, an Epick Poem

1723

USD - 264.00
16 Blount (Sir Henry) A Voyage into the Levant

1664

USD - 96.00
17 BLOME (RICHARD) THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION

1710

USD - 624.00
18 Blow (Dr. John) Amphion Anglicus

1700

USD - 100.80
19 BOURNE (VINCENT) POEMATIA Latine partim reddita

1734

USD - 168.00
20 Brightman (Thomas) A Revelation of the Revelation that is the Revelation of St. John opened clearely with a logical Resolution and Exposition Amsterdam

1615

USD - 62.40
21 BRODRICK (THOMAS) A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS

1713

USD - 408.00
22 Browne (Robert) A Booke which sheweth the Life and Manners of all true Christians, partly black letter

USD - 91.20
23 Bruyn or Le Brun (Cornelius) Voyage au Levant Paris

1714

USD - 408.00
24 Calvin (John) Sermons of Master John Calvin

1574

USD - 139.20
25 Calvin (John) The Commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Actes of the Apostles

1585

USD - 168.00
26 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) BRITANNIA

[c. 1726-29]

USD - 588.00
27 Carleton (George) An Examination of those Things wherein the Author of the late Appeale

1626

USD - 120.00
28 C[artwright] (T[homas]) A Commentary upon the Epistle of Saint Paule written to the Colossians

1612

USD - 48.00
29 Cartwright (Thomas) A Confutation of the Rhemists Translation

1618

USD - 108.00
30 [CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE)] HISTOIRE DE L'ADMIRABLE DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHE Amsterdam

1696

USD - 180.00
31 Cervantes (Miguel de) The Life and Exploits of the ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

1742

USD - 115.20
32 Charron (Pierre) Of Wisdome Three Bookes

6th November 1612

USD - 264.00
33 CHURCHILL (AWNSHAM AND JOHN, publishers) A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS

USD - 672.00
34 CIBBER (COLLEY) AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF MR. COLLEY CIBBER

1740

USD - 408.00
35 Clarendon (Edward, Earl of) The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon

1759

USD - 156.00
36 Comines (Philippe de) The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight

1596

USD - 67.20
37 Croy (Francois de) The Three Conformities

1620

USD - 91.20
38 Culpeper (Nicholas) A Physical Directory: or a Translation of the Dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physitians of London

1650

USD - 264.00
39 Curtius Rufus (Quintus) The Life of Alexander the Great

USD - 84.00
40 Davenant (Sir William) Works

1673

USD - 216.00
41 DAVISSON (WILLIAM) PHILOSOPHIE PYROTECHNICA Paris

1641

USD - 840.00
42 Downame (John) The Second Part of the Christian Warfare

1611

USD - 108.00
43 Du Moulin (Pierre) A Treatise of Peace and Contentment of Mind

1671

USD - 76.80
44 DURFEY (THOMAS) SONGS COMPLEAT

1719-20

USD - 768.00
45 Dyke (Daniel) The Mystery of Selfe-Deceiving

1615

USD - 156.00
46 ELLIS (HENRY) A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S-BAY

1784

USD - 528.00
47 Evelyn (John) Kalendarium Hortense

1652

USD - 14.40
48 Feltham (Owen) Resolves

1628

USD - 38.40
49 Filmer (Sir Robert) Patriarchat or the Natural Power of Kings

1685

USD - 110.40
50 Fitz-Simon (Henry, S. J., of Dublin) A Catholike Confutation of M. John Riders Clayme of Antiquitie

1604

USD - 28.80
51 Fonseca (Christoval de) Devout Contemplations expressed in Two and Fortie Sermons upon all ye

1629

USD - 132.00
52 FREART (ROLAND, Sieur de Chambray) A PARALLEL OF THE ANTIENT ARCHITECTURE WITH THE MODERN

1664

USD - 312.00
53 GAY (JOHN) THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK

1714

USD - 480.00
54 Gay (John) Poems on Several Occasions

1720

USD - 192.00
55 GHEYN (JAQUES DE) MANIEMENT D'ARMES D'ARQUEBUSES The Hague

1608

USD - 1,560.00
56 Graunt (Capt. John, F.R.S.) Natural and Political Observations mentioned in a following Index

1665

USD - 192.00
57 GUILLIM (JOHN) A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY

1697

USD - 120.00
58 Hakluyt (Richard) The Principal Navigations

1599

USD - 912.00
59 Halfpenny] (J[ohn]) and others The Gentleman's Jockey

1717

USD - 48.00
60 Hamilton (Robert) Schediasmata Libero-Philosophica

1668

USD - 252.00
61 HARRIS (JOHN) LEXICON TECHNICUM

1704

USD - 432.00
62 Harris (Richard) The English Concord

1614

USD - 96.00
63 HARTLEY (JOHN) CATALOGUS UNIVERSALIS LIBRORUM

1699

USD - 216.00
64 [Heigham (John)] Via Vere Tuta

1631

USD - 192.00
65 [Heylyn (Peter)] France Painted to the Life

1657

USD - 84.00
66 Heylyn (Peter) Aerius Redivivus: or the History of the Presbyterians

1672

USD - 180.00
67 Heylyn (Peter) Cosmographie

USD - 28.80
68 Heywood (Thomas) The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels

1635

USD - 288.00
69 Holies (Denzil, first Baron Holies of Ifield) Lord Hollis his Remains

1682

USD - 96.00
70 H[owell] (J[ames]) Dendrologia

1640

USD - 264.00
71 H [owlet] (R[obert]) The School of Recreation: or, the Gentleman's Tutor

1684

USD - 180.00
72 James I (King) Workes

1616

USD - 192.00
73 James (Thomas) A Treatise of the Corruption of Scripture

1612

USD - 84.00
74 John Chrysostom (Saint) An Expositionlfupon the Epistle of S. Paule the Apostle to the Ephesians

24th Dec, 1581

USD - 216.00
75 Killigrew (Thomas) Chit-Chat

[1719]

USD - 360.00
76 Kirwan (Richard) Geological Essays

1799

USD - 144.00
77 Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes

1638

USD - 144.00
78 Lambard (William) Eirenarcha

1619

USD - 76.80
79 LANGLEY (B. AND T.) GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

1747

USD - 240.00
80 La Primaudaye (Pierre de) The Second Part of the French Academie

1594

USD - 240.00
81 [Lechmere (Edmund)] A Disputation of the Church

1632

USD - 100.80
82 Lemery (Louis) A Treatise of Foods in General

1704

USD - 192.00
83 Lewis (Thomas) Origines Hebraas

1724

USD - 216.00
84 Lindsay (David, Bishop of Brechen, late of Edinburgh) A True Narration of all the Passages of the Proceedings in the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland

1621

USD - 84.00
85 Livy

1600

USD - 384.00
86 Locke (John) Works

1727

USD - 139.20
87 MACE (THOMAS) MUSICK'S MONUMENT

1676

USD - 288.00
88 MARKHAM (GERVASE) HUNGERS PREVENTION

1621

USD - 480.00
89 Marvell (Andrew) The Rehearsall Transpros'd: the Second Part

1673

USD - 84.00
90 Meager (Leonard) The New Art of Gardening

1697

USD - 204.00
91 Moffet or Muffet (Thomas) Health's Improvements

1746

USD - 120.00
92 MOLL (HERMAN) THE WORLD DESCRIBED

1708-20

USD - 1,392.00
93 More (Henry) A Modest Enquiry into

1664

USD - 67.20
94 Napier (John, Laird of Merchistori) A Plaine Discovery

1611

USD - 60.00
95 Opera et Fragmenta Veterum Poetarum Latinorum Profanorum et Ecclesiasticorum

1713

USD - 43.20
96 Oppian

1722

USD - 156.00
97 OWEN (LEWIS) THE UNMASKING OF ALL POPISH MONKS

1628

USD - 312.00
98 PALLADIO (ANDREA) THE FIRST BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE

1668

USD - 528.00
99 PAMPHLETS

USD - 576.00
100 PAMPHLETS

USD - 552.00
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