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
1945		PAMPHLETS. Miscellaneous and Scientific			USD -	Unknown
1946	PANCKOUCKE, C. L. F.	Bibliotheque Latine Francaise	Paris	1838	USD -	Unknown
1947	Louis Fagan	PANIZZI, Sir Anthony. Life of	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
1948		PANORAMA of the Thames from London to Richmond, with a General view of London	London		USD -	Unknown
1949		PARIS. The Ins and Outs of Paris...			USD -	Unknown
1950	PARKER, J. H.	Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture	Oxford	1874	USD -	Unknown
1951	PARKER, Theodore	Views of Religion	Boston	1885	USD -	Unknown
1952	PARRY, Emma L.	Life among the Germans	Boston	1887	USD -	Unknown
1953	PARSONS, Albert R.	New Life in the Great Pyramid; the astronomical-geographical system of the ancients recovered and applied	New York	1893	USD -	Unknown
1954	[PARSONS, Philip]	Dialogues of the Dead with the Living	London	1779	USD -	Unknown
1955	PARTHEY, G.	Deutscher Bildersaal	Berlin	1863	USD -	Unknown
1956	PARTINGTON, C. F.	Illustrated History of London and its Environs	London		USD -	Unknown
1957	PARTINGTON	National History and Views of London and its Environs	London		USD -	Unknown
1958	PARTON, J.	Humorous Poetry of the English Language from Chaucer to Saxe	Boston	1870	USD -	Unknown
1959	Louis de Montalte	PASCAL. Les Provinciales ou les Lettres Ecrites	Paris	1851	USD -	Unknown
1960	PASSAVANT, J. D.	Le Peintre-Graveur	Leipsic	1860	USD -	Unknown
1961	PATTERSON, R. H.	State, Poor and the Country; including suggestions on the Irish question	Edinburgh	1870	USD -	Unknown
1962	PAUL, Hermann	Deutsches Worterbuch	Halle	1897	USD -	Unknown
1963	PAULY, August	Real Encyclopadie de classischen Alterthumswissenschaft	Stuttgart	1839	USD -	Unknown
1964		PAYNE'S Royal Dresden Gallery	Dresden		USD -	Unknown
1965	PEABODY, William B. O.	PEABODY, William B. O. Literary Remains of	Boston	1850	USD -	Unknown
1966	PEACHAM, Henry	The Compleat Gentleman	London	1661	USD -	Unknown
1967	PEARCE, W. B.	Practical Bookbinding	London		USD -	Unknown
1968	PEARS, Charles	From the Thames to the Netherlands; a voyage in the waterways of Zealand and down the Belgian coast	New York	1914	USD -	Unknown
1969	PECAUT, E., et Baude, C.	L'Art Simples Entretiens a l'Usage de la Jeunesse	Paris		USD -	Unknown
1970	PEDRICK, Gale	Manual of Heraldry	Philadelphia		USD -	Unknown
1971	PEIXOTTO, Ernest	Through the French Provinces	New York	1909	USD -	Unknown
1972	PELLICO, Silvio	Mes Prisons, suivies du discours sur les Devoirs des Hommes	Paris	1843	USD -	Unknown
1973	PELOUZE, M.	Secrets Modernes des Arts et Metiers	Paris	1840	USD -	Unknown
1974	PENLEY, Aaron	English School of Painting in Water Colours; its theory and practice	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
1975	PENNELL, Joseph	Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen; their work and their methods	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
1976	PENNELL, Joseph and Elizabeth R.	The Canterbury Pilgrimage	London	1885	USD -	Unknown
1977		PENNY Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	London	1833	USD -	Unknown
1978		PENNY Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	London	1832	USD -	Unknown
1979		PENNY Magazine	London	1832	USD -	Unknown
1980	PEPYS, Samuel	PEPYS, Samuel. Diary and Correspondence of	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
1981	PERCIVAL, James G.	Elegant Extracts; or, useful and entertaining passages from the best English authors and translations	Boston	1842	USD -	Unknown
1982	PERKINS, Charles C.	Historical Handbook of Italian Sculpture	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
1983	PERNETY, A. J.	Dictionnaire Portatif de Peinture, Sculpture et Gravure	Paris	1757	USD -	Unknown
1984	PERNOT, Hubert	En Pays Turc. L'lle de Chio	Paris	1903	USD -	Unknown
1985	PETERS, Carl	The Eldorado of the Ancients	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
1986	PETERS	England and the English	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
1987	PETHERBRIDGE, Mary	The Technique of Indexing	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
1988	PETIN, L'Abbe	Dictionnaire Hagiographique ou Vies des Saints et des Bienheureux	Paris	1850	USD -	Unknown
1989	PETITOT, Jean	Les Emaux de Petitot du Musee Imperial du Louvre	Paris	1862	USD -	Unknown
1990	PETITOT	Repertoire du Theatre de Francois	Paris	1819	USD -	Unknown
1991	Rime di F.	PETRARCH. Petrarca col comento di G. Biagioli	Parigi	1821	USD -	Unknown
1992	Mrs. Dobson	PETRARCH. Life of	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
1993	PETRIE, W. M. F.	Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
1994	PETRIE	Egyptian Tales	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
1995	PETRIE	The Hawara Portfolio: Paintings of the Roman Age	London	1913	USD -	Unknown
1996	PETROCCHI, P.	Nouveau Dizionario Universale della Lingua Italiana	Milano	1902	USD -	Unknown
1997	PETRONJ, S. E., and Davenport, G.	Nouvo Dizionario Italiano-Inglese-Francese	Londri	1836	USD -	Unknown
1998	PETZHOLDT, Julius	Bibliotheca Bibhographica	Leipzig	1866	USD -	Unknown
1999	PEYRE, J. F. A.	Manuel d'Architecture Religieuse au Moyen Age	Paris	1848	USD -	Unknown
2000		PHENE. Researches for and Examination of Still Existing People, Languages, Customs and Remains Mentioned by Herodotus, Strabo, etc., in India and Western Europe			USD -	Unknown
2001	PHILLIPPS, E.	The New World of Words; or, a general English dictionary	London	1678	USD -	Unknown
2002	PHILLIPS, Lawrence B.	Dictionary of Biographical Reference	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2003	PHILLIPS, P. L.	Check List of Large Scale Maps Published by Foreign Governments in the Library of Congress	Washington	1904	USD -	Unknown
2004		PHOTO Miniature (The); a monthly magazine of photographic information	London	1899	USD -	Unknown
2005		PHYSICAL Education...			USD -	Unknown
2006	PICKERING, Charles	The Races of Man and their Geographical Distribution	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
2007		PICTURES Drawn with Pen and Pencil	London		USD -	Unknown
2008		PICTURES of Society, Grave and Gay. From the pencils of celebrated artists and the pens of popular authors	London	1866	USD -	Unknown
2009	John Muir, editor	PICTURESQUE California; the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
2010	PILES, M. de	Recueil de Divers Ouvrages sur la Peinture et le Coloris	Paris	1775	USD -	Unknown
2011	PILKINGTON, Matthew	General Dictionary of Painters	London	1852	USD -	Unknown
2012	PIOZZI, Hester L.	British Synonymy; or, an attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation	London	1794	USD -	Unknown
2013	PIOZZI	Observations and Reflections made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy and Germany	Dublin	1789	USD -	Unknown
2014	A. Hayward	PIOZZI. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of. Edited, with an account of her life and writings	London	1861	USD -	Unknown
2015	PIROLI, Thomas	Le Jugement Universel, peint par Michel-Ange Bonaroti	Paris	1808	USD -	Unknown
2016	PIRRIE, William	Technical Dictionary English-French and French-English of Sea Terms, Phrases and Words	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
2017		PITT Press Series			USD -	Unknown
2018	PLANCHE, J. R.	Fairy Tales by Perrault, De Villeneuve, De Caylus, etc.	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
2019	Henry Cary	PLATO. Works of. A new and literal version	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
2020	PLATO	The Republic of Plato	Cambridge	1856	USD -	Unknown
2021	PLAUTUS	Comoediae. Curante J. Naudet	Paris	1830	USD -	Unknown
2022	PLINY	C. Plinii Secundi Historia Mundi Denuo Emendata	Basileam	1535	USD -	Unknown
2023	PLINY	Histoire du Monde de C. Pline Second	Paris	1615	USD -	Unknown
2024	PLINY	The Histoire of the World; commonly called the naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus	London	1635	USD -	Unknown
2025	PLINY	C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi. Epistolarum. Addidit N. E. Lemaire	Paris	1822	USD -	Unknown
2026	PLINY	Historiae Naturalis. Curante C. Alexandre	Paris	1827	USD -	Unknown
2027	PLUMPTRE, Charles J.	King's College Lectures on Elocution	London	1883	USD -	Unknown
2028	PLUMPTRE, E. H.	The Bible Educator	London		USD -	Unknown
2029	M. Dacier	PLUTARCH. Les Vies des Hommes Illustres de Plutarque. Revues sur les manuscripts et traduites	Paris	1721	USD -	Unknown
2030		PLUTARCH'S Lives, from the Original Greek	London	1813	USD -	Unknown
2031		PLUTARCH'S Lives. The translation called Dryden's	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
2032		PLUTARCH'S Morals	Boston	1878	USD -	Unknown
2033		POETAE Latini Minores	Paris	1824	USD -	Unknown
2034	POGGENDORFF, J. C.	Biographisch-L terar'sches Handworterbuch	Leipzig	1863	USD -	Unknown
2035	POITEVIN, P.	Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel de la Langue Francaise	Paris	1856	USD -	Unknown
2036	POLENZ, Wilhelm	Das Land der Zukunft	Berlin	1903	USD -	Unknown
2037		POLYGLOTT Lexicon: being a new dictionary in four languages	London	1848	USD -	Unknown
2038	PONTON, Mungo	The Beginning; its when and its how	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
2039	POOLE, Reginald S.	Horae AEgyptiacae; or, the chronology of Ancient Egypt	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
2040	POOLE, Richmond, W. B. and others	Lectures on Art	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
2041	POORE, B. P.	Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, 1774-1881	Washington	1885	USD -	Unknown
2042	POPE, Alexandre	POPE, Alexandre. OEuvres Completes	Paris	1796	USD -	Unknown
2043	William L. Bowles	POPE. Works of, in Verse and Prose. With memoirs of the life of the author	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
2044	Joseph Wharton	POPE. Essay on the Genius and Writings of	London	1806	USD -	Unknown

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.
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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