CF Libbie: AUCTION SALE: WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, NOV. 8-9, 1916. Each day at 10 and 2 o'clock, PART III, SECTION II, M to Z, CATALOGUE OF THE EXTENSIVE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOHN B. PEARSE of Roxbury, Mass., COMPRISING, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN LITERATURE. I, 1916Nov08,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 08, 1916 - November 08, 1916

Page Size: 1165 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1645	MABERLY	The Print Collector; an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
1646	MACAULAY, T. B.	Critical and Miscellaneous Essays...	New York	1857	USD -	Unknown
1647	MACAULAY	History of England from the Accession of James II	Philadelphia	1857	USD -	Unknown
1648	McCABE, James D.	Great Fortunes and How they Were Made; or, the struggles and triumphs of our self made men	Philadelphia	1871	USD -	Unknown
1649	MCCARTHY, Justin	History of Our Own Times	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
1650	M'CAUSLAND, D.	Adam and the Adamite; or, the harmony of scripture and ethnology	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
1651	M'CAUSLAND	The Builders of Babel	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
1652	M'CLINTOCK, John, and Strong, James	Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature	New York	1867	USD -	Unknown
1653		McCLURE'S Magazine	New York	1900	USD -	Unknown
1654	M'COLLESTER, S. H.	After-Thoughts of Foreign Travel in Historic Lands and Capital Cities	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
1655	McCORMICK, A. D.	An Artist in the Himalayas	New York	1895	USD -	Unknown
1656	McCRACKAN, W. D.	The Fair Land of Tyrol	Boston	1905	USD -	Unknown
1657	McCRINDLE, J. W.	Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian	London	1877	USD -	Unknown
1658	McCRINDLE	Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea; being a translation of the Periplus Maris Erythraei	London	1897	USD -	Unknown
1659	M'CRINDLE	The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
1660	M'CULLOCH, J. R.	Dictionary of the Various Countries, Places and Principal Natural Objects in the World	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
1661	McCURDY, James F.	Aryo-Semitic Speech; a study in linguistic archaeology	Andover	1881	USD -	Unknown
1662	M'DERMOT, M.	Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
1663	McGREGOR, J.	The Rob Roy on the Jordan; a canoe cruise in Palestine and Egypt and the waters of Damascus	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
1664	McGREGOR	A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe...	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
1665	MACLEAN, J. P.	Historical, Archaeological and Geological Examination of Fingal's Cave in the Island of Staffa	Cincinnati	1890	USD -	Unknown
1666	MACLISE, Daniel	Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters, 1830-38	London		USD -	Unknown
1667	McQUADE, James	Cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
1668	MACQUOID, Katherine S.	Pictures in Umbria	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
1669	MACQUOID	Through Brittany...	London		USD -	Unknown
1670	MACQUOID, K. S. and G. S.	In the Volcanic Eifel	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
1671	MACQUOID, Thomas and Katherine	Pictures and Legends of Normandy and Brittany	London	1879	USD -	Unknown
1672	MAIGNE D'ARNIS, W. H.	Lexicon Manuale ad Scriptores Mediae et Infinae Latinitatis	Paris	1866	USD -	Unknown
1673	MAIRE, F.	Modern Painter's Cyclopaedia	Chicago	1910	USD -	Unknown
1674		MALERISCHE und Romantische Deutschland	Leipzig		USD -	Unknown
1675	MANGIN, Edward	View of the Pleasures Arising from a Love of Books	London	1814	USD -	Unknown
1676	Ball, B. L.	MANILLA. Rambles in Eastern Asia, including China and Manilla	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
1677	MANSFIELD, Robert B.	Log of the Water Lily during three cruises on the Rhine, Neckar, Main, etc.	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
1678		MANUALI Hoepli	Milano	1913	USD -	Unknown
1679		MAPS of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
1680		MAPS. Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales	London		USD -	Unknown
1681	MARAT, J. P.	Esprit Politique	Paris	1880	USD -	Unknown
1682	MARCEL, J. J.	Contes du Cheykh El-Mohdy	Paris	1835	USD -	Unknown
1683	MARCHANGY, M. de	La Gaule Poetique ou l'Histoire de France	Paris	1815	USD -	Unknown
1684	MARCHANT, W. T.	In Praise of Ale; or, songs, ballads, epigrams and anecdotes relating to beer, malt and hops	London	1888	USD -	Unknown
1685	MARCHMONT, Frederick	Concise Handbook of Ancient and Modern Literature	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
1686	MARETZ, M.	Eloge Historique der Callot, Graveur Lorrain	Nancy	1828	USD -	Unknown
1687	MARIE, Adrien	Une Journee d'Enfant	Paris	1883	USD -	Unknown
1688	Madame Campan	MARIE Antoinette. Memoirs of the Private Life of; with recollections, sketches and anecdotes	London	1823	USD -	Unknown
1689	Mme. Campan	MARIE Antoinette. Memoirs sur la Vie Privee	Paris	1823	USD -	Unknown
1690	Frederic Masson	MARIE Louise. L'Imperatrice Marie-Louise	Paris	1902	USD -	Unknown
1691	MARKHAM, Clements	Life of Lazarillo de Tormes; his fortunes and adversities	London	1908	USD -	Unknown
1692		MARLBOROUGH'S Self-Taught Library. Swedish, Russian and Danish	London		USD -	Unknown
1693	MARRYAT, Frederick	The Pirate and the Three Cutters	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
1694	Florence Marryat	MARRYAT. Life and Letters of Capt. Frederick Marryat	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
1695	MARSDEN, J. B.	Dictionary of Christian Churches and Sects from the Earliest Ages of Christianity	London		USD -	Unknown
1696	MARSDEN, William	Travels of Marco Polo in the 13th Century; being a description by that early traveler of remarkable places and things in the Eastern parts of the world	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
1697	[MARSHALL, Frederick]	French Home Life	Edinburgh	1873	USD -	Unknown
1698	MARSHALL	The Scenery of London	London	1905	USD -	Unknown
1699	MARTIAL, M. V.	Epigrammata	Paris	1825	USD -	Unknown
1700	MARTIN, Ernest	Histoire des Monstres depuis l'Antiquite jusqu'a nos Jours	Paris	1880	USD -	Unknown
1701	MARTIN, George A.	The "Undercliff" of the Isle of Wight; its climate, history and natural productions	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
1702	MARTIN	Canada	London	1907	USD -	Unknown
1703	MARTINEAU, Harriet	History of England During the Thirty Years Peace, 1816-46	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
1704	MASON, Otis T.	Woman's Share in Primitive Culture	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
1705	MASPERO, G.	The Dawn of Civilization: Egypt and Chaldea	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
1706	MASPERO	Egyptian Archaeology	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
1707	MASPERO	The Struggle of the Nations, Egypt, Syria and Assyria	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
1708	MASSEY, Gerald	The Natural Genesis...	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
1709	MASSEY, W.	Origin and Progress of Letters	London	1763	USD -	Unknown
1710	MASSON, David	British Novelists and their Style	Cambridge	1859	USD -	Unknown
1711	MASSON, Gustave	La Lyre Francaise	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
1712	MASTERS, Ellen P.	100 Useful Things and how to Make Them; a hand book for women's home work	London	1908	USD -	Unknown
1713	[MATHIAS, Thomas J.]	The Pursuits of Literature; a satyrical poem	London	1812	USD -	Unknown
1714	MAUPERT	OEuvres de	Lyon	1768	USD -	Unknown
1715	MAXIM, Hudson	The Science of Poetry and Philosophy of Language	New York	1910	USD -	Unknown
1716	MAXIME	Valerius Maximus et Julius Obsequens	Paris	1823	USD -	Unknown
1717	MAYHEW, Henry	Heads of the People; or, portraits of the English	London		USD -	Unknown
1718	MAYHEW, Henry	London Labour and the London Poor	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
1719	MAYHEW	London Labour and the London Poor	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
1720	MAYHEW	London Labour and the London Poor	London	1862	USD -	Unknown
1721	MAYO, W. S.	Kaloolah, the Adventures of Jonathan Romer	New York	1887	USD -	Unknown
1722	A. Von Reumont	MEDICI. Lorenzo de'Medici, the Magnificent	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
1723	MELZI, B.	Nuovo Dizionario Inglese-Italiano et Italiano-Inglese	Milano	1908	USD -	Unknown
1724	MENAGIO, Egidio	Le Origini della Lingua Italiana	Geneva	1685	USD -	Unknown
1725	MENZEL, W.	German Literature	Oxford	1840	USD -	Unknown
1726	MENZEL	German Literature	Boston	1840	USD -	Unknown
1727	MENZEL	Geschichte der Deutschen	Stuttgart	1855	USD -	Unknown
1728		MERCANTILE Speller	Philadelphia	1899	USD -	Unknown
1729	MERIMEE, J. F. L.	The Art of Painting in Oil and in Fresco; being a history of the various processes and materials employed	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
1730	MERRIFIELD, Mrs.	The Art of Fresco Painting as Practiced by the old Italian and Spanish Masters	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
1731	MERRIFIELD	Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
1732	MERRITT, Anna L.	A Hamlet in Old Hampshire	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
1733	MERRITT, Henry	Pictures and Dirt Separated in the Works of the Old Masters	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1734	MERRYWEATHER, F. S.	Bibliomania in the Middle Ages; or, sketches of bookworms, collectors, Bible students, scribes and illuminators	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
1735	MERRYWEATHER	Glimmerings in the Dark; or, lights and shadows of the olden time	London	1850	USD -	Unknown
1736	METCALFE, Frederick	The Oxonian in Thelemarken; or, notes of travel in Southwestern Norway in 1856-57	London	1858	USD -	Unknown
1737	METTERNICH, Prince de	Memoires, Documents et Ecrits Divers	Paris	1881	USD -	Unknown
1738		MEXICO. Instruciones acerca de las Obligaciones de la Infanteria Ligera en Campana	Mexico	1826	USD -	Unknown
1739		MEXICAN Imprints. Manual del Militar...			USD -	Unknown
1740		MEYERS Hand-Lexikon des allgemeinen Wissens	Leipzig	1883	USD -	Unknown
1741	MEZIERES, M. L.	Histoire Critique de la Literature Anglaise	Paris	1834	USD -	Unknown
1742	MICHAELIS, H.	Dizionario Complete Italiano Tedesco e Tedesco-Italiano	Lipsia	1892	USD -	Unknown
1743	MICHAELIS et Passy, P.	Dictionnaire Phonetique de la Langue Frangaise	Hanovre	1897	USD -	Unknown
1744	MICHEL, Karl	Die Sprache des Korpers	Leipzig	1910	USD -	Unknown

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.
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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.