Sothebys: CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE LIBRARY OF Ancient & Modern Printed Books. (ENGLISH AND FOREIGN), and Illuminated & other Manuscripts OF THE LATE WILLIAM WHEELER SMITH, ESQ. of New York City, U.S.A. (SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS) COMPRISING, MANUSCRIP, Dec131909,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 13, 1909 - December 13, 1909

Page Size: 1019 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
401	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliophobia: Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade		1832	GBP -	Unknown
402	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliophobia: Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade		1832	GBP -	Unknown
403	Dibdin (T. F.)	Reminiscences of a Literary Life (with Index)		1836	GBP -	Unknown
404	Dibdin (T. F.)	Roxburghe Revels and other relative Papers; including Answers to the Attack on the Memory of the late Joseph Hasle-wood	Edinb.	1837	GBP -	Unknown
405	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliographical and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland		1838	GBP -	Unknown
406	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliomania, or Book Madness, a Bibliographical Romance		1842	GBP -	Unknown
407	Dibdin (T. F.)	Bibliomania, or Book-Madness, a Bibliographical Romance illustrated with cuts		1842	GBP -	Unknown
408	Dibdin (T. F.)	Cranmer; a Tale of Modern Times		1843	GBP -	Unknown
409	Dibdin (T. F.)	The Old Paths; Two Sermons preached in Advent in S. Mary's Church, Bryauston Square		1844	GBP -	Unknown
410	Dibdin (T. F.)	A Collection of Twenty-one interesting Autograph Letters of the Great Bibliophile			GBP -	Unknown
411	Dibdin (T. F.)	Lord Spencer's Library; a Sketch of a Visit to Althorp		1870	GBP -	Unknown
412		Dibdin. Althorp the Home of the Spencers		n. d. (1884)	GBP -	Unknown
413	DICKENS (CHAS.)	WORKS		1881-82	GBP -	Unknown
414	Didot (A. F.)	Etude sur Jean Cousin, suivie de Notices sur Jean Leclerc et Pierre Woeiriot	Paris	1872	GBP -	Unknown
415	Diogenes Cynicus	[Epistolae]. (Begins) " Ad beatissimu & clementissimu patre & dominvi Pium Secundu Pontifice maximu in Dio-genis Philozophi epistolas Francisci Aretini Prefacio"		[c. 1480]	GBP -	Unknown
416	Dionysius Alexandrinus	" Eloquentissimi viri Antonii Bechariae Veronensis Proemium in Dionysii traductionem de Situ Orbis habitabilis ad . . Hieronymum de leonaris"	Venetiis	1478	GBP -	Unknown
417	Dobson (Austin)	Horace Walpole, a Memoir; with an Appendix of Books printed at Strawberry Hill	New York	1890	GBP -	Unknown
418	Dolet (Etienne)	The Martyr of the Renaissance		1880	GBP -	Unknown
419	Donaldson (T. L.)	Handbook of Specifications; or Practical Guide to the Architect, Engineer, Surveyor and Builder		n. d.	GBP -	Unknown
420	Donne (Dean John)	Poems		1633	GBP -	Unknown
421	Dorat (C. J.)	Les Baisers, precedes du Mois de Mai (title in black only)	La Haye et a Paris	1770	GBP -	Unknown
422	Drake (Nathan)	Shakespeare and his Times		1817	GBP -	Unknown
423	Drayton (Michael)	Endimion and Phoebe. Ideas Latmus		(1594) [18--]	GBP -	Unknown
424	Drayton (Michael)	Poems		1637	GBP -	Unknown
425		DRAWINGS. A Collection of Three Hundred and Ninety-eight Original Drawings			GBP -	Unknown
426	Drexelius (Hieron.)	Aeternitatis Prodromus Mortis Nuntius, quem sanis, aegrotis moribundis sistit	Monachii	1628	GBP -	Unknown
427	Drexelius (Hieron.)	Considerations upon Eternity		1672	GBP -	Unknown
428		[Duclos]. Dictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
429	Dugdale (Sir Wm.)	History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, from its Foundation untill these Times		1658	GBP -	Unknown
430	Duplessis (Georges)	Histoire de la Gravure en Italie, en France, dans les Pays-Bas, en Angleterre et en France	Paris	1880	GBP -	Unknown
431	Dupont (Paul)	Histoire de rimprimerie	Paris	1854	GBP -	Unknown
432		Early Newspapers and Essayists; Catalogue of the Collection formed by the late J. T. Hope, Esq.	Oxford	1865	GBP -	Unknown
433	Eastlake (Sir C. L.)	A History of the Gothic Revival		1872	GBP -	Unknown
434		Eastlake (Ch. L.) Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
435	Edwards (Edward)	Memoirs of Libraries, including a Handbook of Library Economy		1859	GBP -	Unknown
436	Edwards (Edw.)	Lives of the Founders of the British Museum...			GBP -	Unknown
437		Elucidarius Carminum et historiarum, vel Vocabularius Poeticus, Continens Fabulas, historias, provincias, urbes, etc.	Hagenaw	1510	GBP -	Unknown
438	Willems (Alphonse)	Elzevir. Les Elzevir; Histoire et Annales Typo-graphiques	Bruwelles, etc.	1880	GBP -	Unknown
439		Emblihnes ou Devises Chretiennes	Utrecht	1697	GBP -	Unknown
440		Emblems. Lieblich ruchende Centifolia; das ist Glorund-Ehrenreiche Verewigiing der hochlobl. Erts-Bruderschafft desz hochheiligsten Sacraments des Altars durch entwurff verschidenen Emblematum oder Sinngemahlen vorgestellt, etc.	Munchen	1709	GBP -	Unknown
441		Encyclopedie d'Architecture	Paris	1850-62	GBP -	Unknown
442		Engravings. A Collection of Seventy-two Prints (with a few Drawings), Portraits, Landscapes, Classical Subjects, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
443		Engravings. A Collection of Eighty-three old Engravings			GBP -	Unknown
444		Engravings. Collection of Seventy-three Prints, Drawings, Etchings, Studies, Sketches, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
445		Engravings. A Collection of Thirty-one Old Prints			GBP -	Unknown
446		Engravings. A Collection of Twenty-five Prints			GBP -	Unknown
447		Epistolae Clarorum Virorum delectae de quam-plurimis optimae	Paris	1556	GBP -	Unknown
448		Epistolae Illustrium Virorum ab Angelo Politiano collectae et a Francisco Sylvio Ambianate diligenter expositae	Paris	1517	GBP -	Unknown
449	Erasmus, etc.	Jo. Frobenius Lectori S. D. Habes iterum Moriae encomium, pro castigatissimo castigatius, una cu Listrii commentariis, & aliis complusculis libellis, non minus eruditis q3 festivis	Basil.	1519	GBP -	Unknown
450	Erasmus	S. Paulus Epistel tot den Romeynen...		[c. 1540]	GBP -	Unknown
451	Erasmus	Les Colloques, nouvellement traduits par Victor Develay, et ornes de vignettes gravees a l'eau forte par J. Chauvet	Paris	1875-76	GBP -	Unknown
452	Erasmus	Eloge de la Folie, traduit par Victor Develay, et accompagne des Dessins de Hans Holbein		1876	GBP -	Unknown
453	Erasmus	The Praise of Folie. Moriae Encomium, a book made in latyne by Erasmus Roterodame		1549 [at end by transposition of figures 1569]	GBP -	Unknown
454	Erasmus (Des.)	Vita; accedunt Epistolae Illustres, P. Scriverii & Fautorum auspiciis		1642	GBP -	Unknown
455	Knight (Dr. S.)	Erasmus. The Life of Erasmus	Cambridge	1726	GBP -	Unknown
456		Esquimaux Language. Pok. Kalalek avalengnek	Nongme (Greenland)	1857	GBP -	Unknown
457	Eszler (Joannes)	Speculum Astrologorum		1508	GBP -	Unknown
458	Falkenstein (Dr. Karl)	Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst; ein Denkmal zur Vierten Sacular-Feier der Erfindung der Typographie	Leipz.	1840	GBP -	Unknown
459		Farmer. Sale Catalogue of the Extensive Library of the Rev. Richard Farmer		1798	GBP -	Unknown
460	Fergusson (James)	History of Architecture in all Countries, from the earliest times to the present day		1874-78	GBP -	Unknown
461	Fergusson (J.)	Blustrated Handbook of Architecture; and History of the Modern Styles of Architecture		1859-62	GBP -	Unknown
462	Fergusson (J.)	An Historical Inquiry into the True Principles of Beauty in Art		1849	GBP -	Unknown
463	Fertel (M. D.)	La Science Pratique de l'Imprimene	Saint Omer	1723	GBP -	Unknown
464		Field (G.) Chromatics, or the Analogy, Harmony and Philosophy of Colours...			GBP -	Unknown
465	Fiske (N. AY.)	Manual of Classical Literature from the German of J. J. Eschenburg	Philadelphia	1878	GBP -	Unknown
466	Flitner (Jo.)	Nebulo Nebulonum; hoc est Joco-Seria Vernaculae	Leovardiae	1634	GBP -	Unknown
467	[Folengus (Theophilus)]	Chaos del Tri per Uno	Vinegia	1527	GBP -	Unknown
468	Fontanini (Giusto)	Delia Eloquenza Italiana libri tre	Venez.	1737	GBP -	Unknown
469	Foppens (Jo. Fr.)	Bibliotheca Belgica; sive Virorum in Belgio Vita	Bruxelles	1739	GBP -	Unknown
470	Fournier le Jeune	Dissertation sur l'Origine et les Progres de l'Art de Graver en Bois pour eclaircir quelques traits de l'Histoire de l'Imprimerie & prouver que Guttenberg n'en est pas l'Invonteur	Paris	1758	GBP -	Unknown
471	Fournier (Fr. Ign.)	Nouveau Dictionnaire Portatif de Bibliographie...			GBP -	Unknown
472	Franciscus Assissiensis (Beatus)	Vita Beati Francisci per Bonaventuram Card		SAEC. XIV	GBP -	Unknown
473	Francis (St.)	" Hier beghint sinte franciscus levon; also alst die eersamighe vader sinte bonaventura vergadert ende bescrevem heefb"; etc.		1504	GBP -	Unknown
474	Frascatorius (Hieron.)	Syphilis, ou le Mal Venerien, Poeme Latin, avec la traduction en Francois et des notes	Paris	1796	GBP -	Unknown
475		Freytag (F. G.) Analecta Literaria de Libris Rarioribus...			GBP -	Unknown
476	Freytag (F. G.)	Adparatus Literarius ubi Libri partim antiqui partim rari recensentur	Lipsiae	1752-55	GBP -	Unknown
477	Fry (John)	Bibliographical Memoranda; in illustration of Early English Literature	Bristol	1816	GBP -	Unknown
478	Foxe (John)	A Sermon of Christ Crucified, preached at Paules Crosse the Friday before Easter		1570	GBP -	Unknown
479	GAILHABAUD (JULES)	Monuments anciens et modernes, Collection formant une Histoire de l'Architecture des differents Peuples a toutes les Epoques	Paris	1855	GBP -	Unknown
480	Galle (Theodore)	Typus Occasionis; in quo receptae commoda	Antw.	1603	GBP -	Unknown
481	[Gascoigne (George)]	The Wyll of the Devill	[Edinburgh]	n. d. [1825]	GBP -	Unknown
482		Gastronomiana, ou Recueil Curieux et Amusant d'Anecdotes, Bons-Mots, Plaisanteries, etc.	Paris	s. d. (c. 1780)	GBP -	Unknown
483		Gazette des Architectes et Du Batiment; Revue bi-Mensuelle publtee sous la Direction de E. Viollet-le-Duc fils	Paris	1863-4	GBP -	Unknown
484	[Geiler von Keysersperg (Jo.)]	De text des Passions oder leydens Christi ausz den vier evangelisten zusanimen in ein sinn braeht mit schbnen figuren	Straszburg	1507	GBP -	Unknown
485		Gems in the Imperial Cabinet of Vienna	[Paris]	[1828]	GBP -	Unknown
486	Gent (Thos. printer, of York)	Life		1832	GBP -	Unknown
487	Gilinus	Coradinus gilinus arctium (sic) & medicinae doctor de morbo quem gallicum nuncupant (sic) ad illustrissimum D. Sigis-mundez Osten		[c. 1497]	GBP -	Unknown
488	Giovio (Paolo)	Dialogo dell' Impresse Militari et Amorose; et del Gab. Symeoni; con un ragionamente di Lodovico Domenichi, etc.	Lyone	1574	GBP -	Unknown
489	Glanvil (Jos. D.D.)	Saducismus Triumphatus: or a full and Plain Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions		1681	GBP -	Unknown
490	[Glanvil (Jos. D.D.)]	Lux Orientalis, an Enquiry into the Opinion of the Eastern Sages concerning the praeexistence of Souls		1682	GBP -	Unknown
491	Godwin (G.) and John Britton	The Churches of London		1838-39	GBP -	Unknown
492	Goldsmid (Edm.)	Explanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards temp. Charles II	Edinb.	1886	GBP -	Unknown
493	Gordon of Gordonstoun (Sir Robert)	Sale Catalogue of his Singular and Curious Library		1816	GBP -	Unknown
494	Gotch (J. A.)	Architecture of the Renaissance in England		1894	GBP -	Unknown
495	Graesse (J. G. Th.)	Trevor de Livres Rares et Precieux; ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique (avec le Supplement)	Dresde	1859-69	GBP -	Unknown
496	Granger (Rev. James)	Biographical Dictionary of England		1824	GBP -	Unknown
497	Griffiths (A. F.)	Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: or Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Onne and Brown		1815	GBP -	Unknown
498	Griffith (A. F.)	Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: a Descriptive Catalogue of Early English Poetry		1815	GBP -	Unknown
499		GROLIER CLUB. Effigies of the most famous English Writers from Chaucer to Jonson	New York	1891	GBP -	Unknown
500		Grolier Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Illuminated and Painted MSS. etc.		1892	GBP -	Unknown

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