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,

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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
1745 MIERIS, Frans Beschryving der Stad Leyden Leyden

1762

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1746 MIGNE, L'Abbe Encyclopedie Theologique Paris

1846

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1747 MIJATOVIES, C. Serbian Folk Lore London

1874

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1748 MILES, Eustace A Boy's Control and Self Expression Cambridge

1904

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1749 MILES, Henry D. Book of English Country Life, in which is included a Treatise on the Rifle and Rifle Practice London

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1750 MILLHOUSE, John New Pronouncing and Explanatory English-Italian and Italian-English Dictionary London

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1751 MILLIN, A. L. Galerie Mythologique recueil de Monuments Paris

1811

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1752 MILLS, Abraham Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland New York

1851

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1753 MILLS, C. B. B. The Indian Saint; or Buddha and Buddhism; a sketch historical and critical Northampton

1876

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1754 MILLS, James D. The Art of Money Making; or, the road to fortune New York

1872

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1755 MILTON, John Angli pro Populo Anglicano Defensio Londini

1651

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1756 MILTON Paradise Lost London

1827

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1757 MILTON Le Paradis Perdu Paris

1863

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1758 David Masson MILTON. Life of, narrated in connexion with the Political Ecclesiastical and Literary History of his time Cambridge

1859

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1759 MINIATURES. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures on Loan at South Kensington Museum, June 1865 London

1865

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1760 MINUTOLI, Heinrich F. Raise zum Tempel des Jupiter Ammon in der Libyschen Wuste und nach Ober Aegypten Berlin

1824

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1761 MITCHELL, Arthur The Past in the Present New York

1881

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1762 MITCHELL, D. G. Dream Life, 1851...

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1763 [MITCHELL] Pictures of Edgewood in a Series of Photographs New York

1869

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1764 MITCHELL, H. G. The World before Abraham Boston

1901

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1765 MITCHELL, Lucy M. History of Ancient Sculpture New York

1894

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1766 MOHR, F. A. Taschenworterbuch der danis chen und deutschen Sprache Berlin

1911

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1767 MOLIERE MOLIERE. Works of London

1748

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1768 MOLIERE MOLIERE. OEuvres de Paris

1819

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1769 MOLIERE OEuvres de. Avec les notes de tous les Commentateurs

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1770 MOLIERE OEuvres de Paris

1819

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1771 MOLIERE OEuvres Completes Paris

1821

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1772 MOLIERE Chefs d'OEuvre Londres

1836

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1773 MOLIERE OEuvres Completes, avec un Discours et une Vie de Moliere, par Auger Paris

1838

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1774 E. de la Bedolliere MOLIERE. OEuvres Completes. D'une vie de Moliere Paris

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1775 MOLIERE MOLIERE. Dramatic Works of London

1876

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1776 MOLLOY, J. F. Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington London

1897

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1777 MOLTKE, Count von The Franco-German War of 1870-71 New York

1892

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1778 Friedrich A. Dressler MOLTKE in his Home New York

1906

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1779 MONCRIEFF, A. R. H. London London

1910

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1780 MONROE, W. S. Sicily, the Garden of the Mediterranean; the people, institutions and geography of the Island Boston

1909

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1781 MONSTROSITIES Prodigiorum Atque Ostentorum tam Coelestium quam Terrestrium Chronicon, ab exordiomundi usoe ad nostra tempora Basileae

1557

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1782 MONTABERT, Paillot de Traite Complet de la Peinture Paris

1829

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1783 MONTAGU, Basil Essays and Selections London

1837

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1784 MONTAIGNE, Michael de The Essayes or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses London

1603

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1785 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essayes London

1613

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1786 MONTAIGNE Essayes; or, Morall Politik and Militarie Discourses London

1632

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1787 MONTAIGNE Les Essais de Paris

1650

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1788 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essays of London

1693

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1789 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essais de Londres

1724

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1790 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essays of London

1776

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1791 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essays of London

1811

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1792 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essays of London

1811

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1793 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essais de Paris

1818

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1794 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Essais de Paris

1865

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1795 Alphonse Leveaux MONTAIGNE. Etude sur les Essais de Montaigne Paris

1870

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1796 MONTAIGNE. Journal of Travels in Italy by way of Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581 London

1903

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1797 MONTAIGNE, Michael de MONTAIGNE, Michael de. Complete Works of London

1842

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1798 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Complete Works of Philadelphia

1849

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1799 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Complete Works of London

1845

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1800 MONTAIGNE MONTAIGNE. Works of London

1865

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1801 J. F. Payen MONTAIGNE. Notice Bibliographique Paris

1837

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1802 Edith Sichel MONTAIGNE, Michel de Montaigne New York

1911

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1803 MONTAIGNE. Documents Inedits ou Peu Connus...

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1804 MONTELIUS, Oscar The Civilization of Sweden in Heathen Times London

1888

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1805 MONTESQUIEU MONTESQUIEU. OEuvres Completes Paris

1819

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1806 MONTESQUIEU MONTESQUIEU. OEuvres Completes Paris

1839

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1807 MONTGOMERY'S Sacred Gift; a series of meditations upon Scripture subjects London

1842

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1808 MONTOLIEU Le Robinson Suisse, ou Journal d'un Pere de Famille Naufrage avec ses Enfants Paris

1826

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1809 MOODY, Sophy What is Your Name? A popular account of the meanings and derivations of Christian names London

1863

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1810 MOOKERJI, R. Indian Shipping; a history of the Seaborne trade in maritime activity of the Indians from the earliest times Bombay

1912

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1811 Samuel Smiles MOORE. George Moore, Merchant and Philanthropist London

1878

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1812 MOORE, Thomas A History of Ireland London

1835

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1813 [MORE, Hannah] Coelebs in Search of a Wife London

1809

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1814 de Beauchant MOREAU, V. Politique, Militaire et Privee Paris

1814

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1815 MORELL, Charles Tales of the Genii; or, the delightful lessons of Horam the Son of Asmar London

1781

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1816 MORGHEN, Raffaello Opere d'lntaglio Firneze

1824

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1817 MORISON, Margaret C. A Lonely Summer in Kashmir London

1904

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1818 MORRIS, Charles The World's Best Knowledge and How to Use It

1902

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1819 MORRIS, Johnson, A., and others Home Cyclopaedia of Necessary Knowledge

1902

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1820 MORRISON, Alfred Collection of Engravings formed between 1860-68

1868

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1821 MORSE, Edward S. Japanese Homes and their Surroundings Boston

1886

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1822 J. C. Nott and G. R. Gliddon MORTON, Samuel G. Types of Mankind; or, ethnological researches based upon the ancient monuments, paintings, sculptures and crania of races Philadelphia

1854

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1823 MORYSON, Fynes Itinerary Containing his Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Switzerland, Netherland, etc. Glasgow

1907

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1824 MOSELEY, Walter M. Essay on Archery, describing the Practice of that Art in all Ages and Nations Worcester

1792

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1825 MOSS, Joseph W. Manual of Classical Bibliography London

1837

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1826 MOULTON, Richard G. Literary Study of the Bible London

1906

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1827 MOUREK, V. E. Pocket Dictionary of the Bohemian and English Languages Leipzig

1896

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1828 MUCH, M. Die Trugspiegelung Orientalischer Kultur in Nord und Mittel Europas Jena

1907

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1829 MUCKLEY, William J. Handbook for Painters and Art Students on the Character and Use of Colours London

1880

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1830 MUDIE Catalogue of the Principal Books in Circulation at Mudie's Selected Library, 1885 London

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1831 MULCASTER, Richard Positions wherein those Primitive Circumstances be Examined which are Necessarie for the Training up of Children Reprinted: London

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1832 MULER, Max Chips from a German Workshop New York

1869

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1833 MULLER, F. M. The German Classics from the 4th to the 19th Century New York

1886

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1834 MULLER, George Mentone and its Neighborhood; the past and the present London

1910

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1835 MULLER, Jean de Histoire Universelie Bruxelles

1846

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1836 MULREADY, William MULREADY, William. Pictures London

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1837 MUMMIES. Sulle Mummie di Venzone Memoria di F. M. Marcolini Milano

1831

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1838 MURET-SANDERS'S Encyclopaedic English German and German-English Dictionary Berlin

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1839 MURPHY, J. M. Nautical Routine and Stowage New York

1849

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1840 MURR, C. G. Beschreibung der Vonehmsten Merkwurdigkeiten in Nurnberg Nurnberg

1728

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1841 MURRAY, A. H. H. Sketches on the Old Road through France to Florence London

1904

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1842 MURRAY, Alexander S. Manual of Mythology, Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, etc. Philadelphia

1895

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1843 MURRAY, J. A. H. New English Dictionary on Historical Principles Oxford

1884

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1844 MURRAY, Lindley Memoirs of the Life and Writings of York

1827

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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
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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.
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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.