Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE & RARE BOOKS AND Illuminated and other Manuscripts, COMPRISING, WORKS ON AMERICA, EDITIONES PRINCIPES AND INCUNABULA, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS WITH WOODCUTS, COPIES OF THE EARLY FOLIO EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE, AND SHAKESPEAREANA; RARE , Dec111903,

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 11, 1903 - December 11, 1903
Page Size: 1058 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AELIANUS AEliani Variae Historiae libri XIIII

1630

GBP - Unknown
2 AEsop Fables in Russian Krakowie

1721

GBP - Unknown
3 Ainswortli (W. H.) The Tower of London

1840

GBP - Unknown
4 Album Amicorum of John Gastil of Augsburg

GBP - Unknown
5 Alcoran des Cordeliers...

GBP - Unknown
6 [Allot (Robert, Editor of England's Parnassus)] Wits Theater of the little World

1599

GBP - Unknown
7 Almanach Royal... Paris

1757, 1771, 1774-1777

GBP - Unknown
8 Almanach Royal

1781

GBP - Unknown
9 John J. Jacob America. A Biographical Sketch of the Life of the late Captain Michael Gresap (by John J. Jacob) Maryland

1820

GBP - Unknown
10 America. A Narrative of the Indian. Wars in New England from the first planting thereof in the year 1607 to the year 1677 containing a Relation of the Occasion Boston, N.E.

1775

GBP - Unknown
11 AMERICA. COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK. A General Idea of the College of Mariana, &c. New York

1753

GBP - Unknown
12 America. Congratulatory Ode on the late Successes of the British Arms Dublin

1776

GBP - Unknown
13 Mather (Cotton) America. India Christiana Boston, N.E.

1721

GBP - Unknown
14 AMERICA. Nehiro-Iriniui Aramihe Massinahigan Shatshegutsh Misht', Assinitsh Shekutimitsh, Ekuanatsh, &c. &c. Massiuahitsetuau (Quebec)

1767

GBP - Unknown
15 AMERICA. New England. A Declaration of the Warrantable Grounds and Proceedings of the first Associates of the Government of New-Plymouth, &c. Boston

1773

GBP - Unknown
16 [Smith (W.)] America. Etat Present de la Pensilvanie ou l'on trouve le detail de se que s'y est passe depuis la defaite da General Braddock jusqu' a. la prise d'Oswego avec une Carte particuliere de cette Colonie no place (Paris)

1757

GBP - Unknown
17 Anderson (H.) The Court Convert

n. d.

GBP - Unknown
18 ANNALS OF SPOUTING AND FANCY GAZETTE: a Magazine entirely appropriated to Sporting Subjects and Fancy Pursuits...

GBP - Unknown
19 Apulcius L'Ane d'Or, traduction de Savalete, Preface de J. Andrieux Paris

1872

GBP - Unknown
20 Arabic Prayers. MANUSCRIPT

SAEC. XVIII

GBP - Unknown
21 Aretino (P.) Coloquio do las Damas agora nueuamente corregido y emendado

1607

GBP - Unknown
22 Ariosto (Lod.) La Comedie des Supposez Paris

1552

GBP - Unknown
23 Aristotelis. Operum Tomus II

1597

GBP - Unknown
24 Artycles (The) OF THE CHARTOURE AND LYBEUTYES OF ENGLANDE CALLED MAGNA CARTA; THAT is TO SAYE the Great Chartour; with the Chartour of Foresta

(circa 1530)

GBP - Unknown
25 Ascham (Roger) Epistolarum Familiarum lib. III, &c.

1590

GBP - Unknown
26 Aucassin and Nicolete

1887

GBP - Unknown
27 Aylet (Robert) Divine and Moral Speculations in Metrical Numbers upon various subjects London

1654

GBP - Unknown
28 Barbour (John) The Life and Acts of the most Victorious Con-querour Robert Brace, King of Scotland Edinburgh

1648

GBP - Unknown
29 [Barbour (J.)] The Acts and Life of the most victorious Conquerour Robert Bruce King of Scotland Edinburgh

1670

GBP - Unknown
30 [Baron (Robert)] Mirza, a Tragedie really acted in Persia in the last Age

n. d.

GBP - Unknown
31 Bartholomeus Saligniacus Itinerarii Terro Sancte Lugduni

1525

GBP - Unknown
32 Beaumarchais (P. A. Caron de) La Folle Journeo ou le Mariago de Figaro, Comedie en cinq actes en prose Paris

1785

GBP - Unknown
33 Bedford (Arthnr) A Serious Remonstrance in Behalf of the Christian Religion

1719

GBP - Unknown
34 Bembus (Potrus) Opera, in unum Corpus Collecta...

GBP - Unknown
35 BIULIA SACUA LATINA cum prologis S. Hieronymi

SAEC. XIV

GBP - Unknown
36 BIBLIA SACUA LATINA

SAEC. XV

GBP - Unknown
37 BIBLIA. MANUALNJK to gest BIBLI SWATA...

1623

GBP - Unknown
38 Bible. The Holy Bible

1618

GBP - Unknown
39 Bible Illustrations. A Series of 112 fine Plates illustrating the New Testament Paris

s. d.

GBP - Unknown
40 Bible Illustrations. Upwards of 600 Dutch Copper-plate Engravings of Biblical Subjects Amst.

1673, &c.

GBP - Unknown
41 Bibliotheque do Carabas. COMPLETE SET

1887-96

GBP - Unknown
42 BINDING. A Book of blank leaves

1607

GBP - Unknown
43 BINDING. Mother o' Pearl Counters. A Box representing an 8vo. volume and

GBP - Unknown
44 [Blackmore (R.D.)] The Bugle of the Black Sea, or the British in the East (in Verse) original picture boards

1855

GBP - Unknown
45 Blackmore (R. D.) The Georgics of Virgil

1871

GBP - Unknown
46 Bodenham (John) Politcuphnia, Wits Commonwealth

(circa 1630)

GBP - Unknown
47 Bodenham (J.) Politeuphnia

1647

GBP - Unknown
48 Bodenham (J.) Politeuphnia

1650

GBP - Unknown
49 Boccaccio (J.) Cento Novelle. Hundert neuwer historien Frankfurt am Mayn

1593

GBP - Unknown
50 Boisard. Fables Paris

1777

GBP - Unknown
51 Bonafons. Le Parterre du Parnasse Francois; ou Nouveau Recueil des Pieces les plus rares et les plus curieuses des plus celebres Poetes francois depuis Marot Amst.

1709

GBP - Unknown
52 Bonaventura (S.) Meditationes devotissime totius vite domini nostri Jesus Christi Venet

1512

GBP - Unknown
53 Bonus Accursius Pisanus Index locorum in Commentariis Cocsaris sine nota [sed Ferrara]

[c. 1474]

GBP - Unknown
54 S. C. Hall, editor Book of Gems (The): Poets and Artists of Great Britain

1836-7

GBP - Unknown
55 Boscan. Les Obras de Boscan y algunas de Garcillaso de la Vega En Leon

1549

GBP - Unknown
56 Boston, Mass. Verba Opportuna. The Circumstances of Boston Considered Boston

1715

GBP - Unknown
57 Brathwaif (Richard) A Strappado for the Divell. Epigrams and Satyres alluding to the time London

1615

GBP - Unknown
58 BREVIARIUM SEU PORTIFORIUM AD USUM ECCLESIAE SARISBERIENSIS (cum Calendario)

SAEC. XV

GBP - Unknown
59 Breviarum secundum usum Romanum cum Calendario. A beautifully written manuscript on 271 leaves of vellum

circa 1460

GBP - Unknown
60 [Brome (Alexander)] The Poems of Horace, consisting of Odes, Satyres, and Epistles

1671

GBP - Unknown
61 Brown (E.) The Letters of the Reverend Father Paul, Counsellor of State to the most Serene Republick of Venice; and Author of the Excellent History of the Council of Trent

1693

GBP - Unknown
62 Budaeus (Guliel.) Summaire ou Epitome du Livre de Asse faict par le Commandemont du Roy

s. d.

GBP - Unknown
63 BUNYAN (JOHN) A Discourse upon the Pharisee and the Publicane

1685

GBP - Unknown
64 BURNEY (MISS) (Madame D'Arblay) The Wanderer or Female Difficulties

1814

GBP - Unknown
65 Butler (Samuel) Hudibras. The First Part

1663

GBP - Unknown
66 Butler (S.) Hudibras. The Third and last Part

1678

GBP - Unknown
67 Byron (Lord) A Political Ode (written in 1812, immediately after his maiden speech in the House of Lords)

1880

GBP - Unknown
68 Campbell (T.) Poetical Works

1828

GBP - Unknown
69 Cary (Henry, Earl of Monmouth) The Use of Passions written in French by J. F. Senault and put into English by Henry Earl of Monmouth

1649

GBP - Unknown
70 Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles (Les dix dizaines des). reimprimees par les soins de D. Jouaust Paris

1874

GBP - Unknown
71 Chalkhill (John) Thealma and Cloarchus: a Pastoral History in smooth and easie verse written long since by John Chalk-hill, Esq.

GBP - Unknown
72 Charles IX Ordonnanees du Roy Charles IX Paris

1572

GBP - Unknown
73 CHINA. Dell' Historia della China doscritta nella lingua Spagnuola dal P. Maestro Giouanni Gonzalez; di Mendozza dell' ord. di S. Agostino In Venetia

1586

GBP - Unknown
74 [Clarke (John)] Poroemiologia Anglo-Latina in usum Scholarnm concinnata Kynaston

1639

GBP - Unknown
75 Cleveland (John) Poems

1665

GBP - Unknown
76 Cocles (Earth.) Barptolomaei Coclitis Bononiensis

1534

GBP - Unknown
77 Coleridge (S. T.) The Plot Discovered; or an address to the People against Ministerial Treason Bristol

1795

GBP - Unknown
78 Coleridge (S. T.) Conciones ad Populum; or Addresses to the People Bristol

1795

GBP - Unknown
79 Coleridge (S. T.) New Version of the Psalms of David

1805

GBP - Unknown
80 [Colville (Samuel)] Mock Poem or Whig's Supplication

1681

GBP - Unknown
81 Combe (William) The Tour of Dr. Syntax, in search of the Picturesque: a Poem

GBP - Unknown
82 Comenius (Joh. Amos) Orbis Sensualium Pictus. Hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in Mundi Rerum

1685

GBP - Unknown
83 Comtesse de Ponthieu (La) Roman de Chevalerie inedit publie avec Introduction et Traduction par Alf. Delvau Paris

1865

GBP - Unknown
84 Coulon (L.) Lexicon Homericum seu accurata vocabulorum omnium quae in Uomero continentur explanatio Parisiis

1643

GBP - Unknown
85 [Corbet (Richard, Bishop of Norwich)] Pootica Stromata, or a Collection of Sundry Peices (sic) in Poetry

1648

GBP - Unknown
86 Cormon (J. L. B.) Dictionnaire Espagnol-Francais et Francais-Espagnol

1800

GBP - Unknown
87 Cornelius Nepos Vitae Excollentium Imperatorum ed. R. Keuchenius

1658

GBP - Unknown
88 Culman (Leonard) Sententiae pueriles Anglo-Latinae. Sentences for Children BOSTON

1723

GBP - Unknown
89 Danse des Morts (La) de la Ville de Basle, dessinee et gravee sur l'Original de feu Matthieu Merian

1744

GBP - Unknown
90 Defoe (Dan.) The Comploat English Gentleman

1890

GBP - Unknown
91 Deloney (Thomas) The Garland of Good-Will: Divided into Three Parts. Containing many Pleasant Songs and Poems. With a Table to find the names of the Songs

(circa 1680)

GBP - Unknown
92 Denise (N.) Tractatus super quattuor novissimis Parisius

1507

GBP - Unknown
93 Dennis (Mr.) The Usefulness of the Stage

1698

GBP - Unknown
94 Dialogue sur la Musique des Anciens a Monsieur do * * * Paris

1725

GBP - Unknown
95 Diario Ecclesiastico para O Reino do Portugal principalemente para a Cidade de Lisboa para o Anno de 1807 Lisboa

1807

GBP - Unknown
96 Dickens (C.) Mr. Nightingale's Diary Boston

1877

GBP - Unknown
97 Dickons (C.) Is she his Wife? or, Something Singular, a Comic Burletta Boston

1877

GBP - Unknown
98 Dickons (C.) The Charles Dickons Series of Character Sketches

n. d.

GBP - Unknown
99 Diether (Andr.) Flores seu Sententiae Morales ex Ovidii Operibus

1548

GBP - Unknown
100 [Disraeli (Benj. Earl of Beaconsfield)] The Tragedy of Count Alarcos

1839

GBP - Unknown
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