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
2045		POPULAR Educator; a complete encyclopaedia...	London		USD -	Unknown
2046	PORTAE, J. B.	De Humana Physiognomonia	Rothomagi	1650	USD -	Unknown
2047	PORTER, Noah	Books and Reading; or, what books shall I read and how shall I read them?	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
2048		PORTRAITS Historiques au dix-neuvieme siecle	Paris		USD -	Unknown
2049		PORTRAITS. A collection of 19 original pencil portraits, French and German			USD -	Unknown
2050	C. Stryienski, editor	POTOCKA, Countess. Memoirs of	New York	1901	USD -	Unknown
2051	M. A. DeW. Howe	POTTER, Alonzo (Bishop of the P. E. Church of Pa.). Memoirs of the Life and Services of	Philadelphia	1871	USD -	Unknown
2052	POTTER, Mary K.	Love in Art	Boston	1906	USD -	Unknown
2053	Binns, W. M.	POTTERY. The First Century of English Porcelain	London	1906	USD -	Unknown
2054	Brongniart, A., et Ricreux, D.	POTTERY. Description Methodique du Musee Ceramique de la Manufacture Royale de Porcelain de Sevres	Paris	1845	USD -	Unknown
2055	Champion, Richard	POTTERY. Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol; being a history of the manufacture of "The True Porcelain." With an account of the delft, earthenware and enameled glass works	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
2056	Deck, Theodore	POTTERY. La Faience	Paris		USD -	Unknown
2057		POTTERY. English China and China Marks; being a guide to the principal marks found on English pottery and porcelain	London		USD -	Unknown
2058	Franks, Augustus W.	POTTERY. Japanese Pottery	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2059	Haines, Flora E.	POTTERY. A Keramic Study; a chapter in the history of half a dozen dinner plates	Bangor	1895	USD -	Unknown
2060	Hearn, George A.	POTTERY. Ancient Chinese Porcelains and other Curios		1894	USD -	Unknown
2061	Jacquemart, Albert	POTTERY. History of the Ceramic Art; a descriptive and philosophical study of the pottery of all ages and nations	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
2062	Janvier, Charles A.	POTTERY. Practical Keramics for Students	London	1880	USD -	Unknown
2063	Jewitt, L.	POTTERY. The Ceramic Art of Great Britain; being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the Kingdom	London	1878	USD -	Unknown
2064	Lamboursain, J.	POTTERY. Traite de la Fabrication et de la Reparation des Faiences et Objects d'Art	Paris		USD -	Unknown
2065	Prime, W. C.	POTTERY. Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations. With factory and artists marks for the use of collectors	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
2066	Ris-Paquot	POTTERY. L'Art de Restaurer soi-meme les Faiences Porcelaines	Paris		USD -	Unknown
2067	Solon, M. L.	POTTERY. Ceramic Literature; an analytical index to the works published in all languages on the history and technology of Ceramic Art	London	1910	USD -	Unknown
2068	Treadwell, John H.	POTTERY. Manual of Pottery and Porcelain for American Collectors	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
2069	Vogt, Georges	POTTERY. La Porcelaine	Paris		USD -	Unknown
2070	Westropp, H. M.	POTTERY. Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain; or, history of those arts from the earliest period	New York		USD -	Unknown
2071	White, Mary	POTTERY. How to Make the Pottery	New York	1904	USD -	Unknown
2072	Wylde, C. H.	POTTERY. How to Collect Continental China	London	1907	USD -	Unknown
2073	Young, Jennie J.	POTTERY. The Ceramic Art; a compendium of the history and manufacture of pottery and porcelain	New York	1878	USD -	Unknown
2074	POUPIN, Theodore	Caracteres Phrenologiques et Physiognomoniques des Contemporains les plus Celebres	Paris	1837	USD -	Unknown
2075	POWELL, J. W. U. S.	Geological Survey	Washington	1882	USD -	Unknown
2076	POWER, John	A Handy-Book about Books, for Book Lovers, Buyers and Sellers	London	1870	USD -	Unknown
2077	PRADEAU, Gustav	Key to the Time Allusions in the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri	London	1902	USD -	Unknown
2078		PRANG'S Standard Alphabets	Boston	1886	USD -	Unknown
2079	[PRENTICE, G. D.]	Prenticeana; or, wit and humor in paragraphs by the editor of the Louisville Journal	New York	1860	USD -	Unknown
2080	PREVOST, A. F.	Histoire Generale des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et Terre	Paris	1746	USD -	Unknown
2081	T. D. Lauder	PRICE, Sir Uvedale. On the Picturesque	Edinburgh	1842	USD -	Unknown
2082	PRICHARD, James C.	Researches into the Physical History of Mankind	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
2083		PRINT Collector (The); an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
2084		PRINTING. Liste des Lieux d'lmpression en Europe, avec dates et noms d'imprimeurs	Paris	1900	USD -	Unknown
2085		PRINTING. Specimens of Book Types	Boston	1894	USD -	Unknown
2086	Tonndorf, Eduard	PRINTING. Der Gold, Relief und Blinddruck	Stuttgart		USD -	Unknown
2087		PROBLEM of Human Life Here and Hereafter	New York	1877	USD -	Unknown
2088	PROKOP, August	Uber Osterreichische Alpen Hotels	Wien	1897	USD -	Unknown
2089		PROOFS from Scribner's Monthly and St. Nicholas	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
2090	PROUT, Samuel	Studies of Boats and Coast Scenery in the Isle of Wight, Deal, Brighton, etc.	London	1816	USD -	Unknown
2091		PROVERBS of All Nations...			USD -	Unknown
2092	PSALMANAAZAAR, George	Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa	London	1704	USD -	Unknown
2093		PUBLIC Libraries in the United States; their history, condition and management	Washington	1876	USD -	Unknown
2094	PUIBUSQUE, Adolfe de	Histoire Comparee des Litteratures Espagnole et Francaise	Paris	1844	USD -	Unknown
2095	PUIBESQUE, Madame	Catalogue des Gravures Historiques	Paris	1866	USD -	Unknown
2096	PUTNAM, G. H. and G. P.	Authors and Publishers; a manual of suggestions for beginners in literature	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
2097	PUTNAM, G. P.	Book Buyer's Manual	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
2098	PUTNAM	Manual of the Fine Arts	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
2099	PUTNAM	The World's Progress; an index to universal history and a cyclopaedia of facts, dates, etc.	New York	1883	USD -	Unknown
2100	PUTNAM, and Jones, L. E.	Tabular Views of Universal History	New York	1891	USD -	Unknown
2101	PUTNAM, J. P.	The Open Fireplace in All Ages	Boston	1881	USD -	Unknown
2102	PUTZEL, Charles and Bahr, H. A.	Commercial Precedents	Hartford	1883	USD -	Unknown
2103	PYCROFT, James	Oxford Memories; a retrospect after fifty years	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
2104	PYNE	Artistic and Picturesque Groups for the Embellishment of Landscape	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
2105	QUALTROUGH, E. F.	Sailor's Handy Book and Yachtsman's Manual	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
2106	QUARITCH, Bernard	General Catalogue of Books, 1874, with Supplement, 1875-77	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
2107	QUERARD, J. M.	Les Supercheries Litteraires Devoilees	Paris	1869	USD -	Unknown
2108	QUERARD	Les Supercheries Litteraires Devoilees	Paris	1869	USD -	Unknown
2109	QUICHERAT, L., et Daveluy, A.	Dictionnaire Latin-Frangaise	Paris	1844	USD -	Unknown
2110	QUIN, M. J.	Steam Voyages on the Seine, Moselle and the Rhine	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
2111	QUINTILIAN	De l'Institution de l'Orateur	Paris	1810	USD -	Unknown
2112	QUINTILIAN	De Institutione Oratoria	Paris	1821	USD -	Unknown
2113	RABELAIS, Francois	OEuvres de	Paris	1799	USD -	Unknown
2114	RABELAIS	OEuvres de	Paris	1845	USD -	Unknown
2115	RABENTLOW, Graf	Die Deutsche Flotte, ihre Entwickelung und Organisation	Zweibrucken	1901	USD -	Unknown
2116	M. Petitot	RACINE, J. OEuvres de	Paris	1813	USD -	Unknown
2117	RACINE	OEuvres Poetiques	Paris	1824	USD -	Unknown
2118	RACINE	OEuvres de	Londres	1834	USD -	Unknown
2119	RACINE	Chefs d'OEuvre	Londres	1836	USD -	Unknown
2120	RACINE	OEuvres de	Paris	1837	USD -	Unknown
2121	RACINE	OEuvres Completes	Paris	1838	USD -	Unknown
2122	Saint-Marc Girardin	RACINE. OEuvres Completes, avec une Vie de l'Auteur	Paris	1869	USD -	Unknown
2123	RADFORD, William A.	Practical Barn Plans; being a complete collection of plans of barns, etc.	Chicago	1909	USD -	Unknown
2124		RAILROADS. First Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the National Land and Improvement Co., Jan. 1,1873	Philadelphia	1873	USD -	Unknown
2125		RAILROADS. New York State Engineer and Surveyor. Annual Report on Railroads, 1860, '62, '64, '66, '67, '70 and '73			USD -	Unknown
2126		RAILROADS. Pennsylvania. Annual Report of the Auditor General on Railroad, Canal and Telegraph Companies for 1872	Harrisburg	1873	USD -	Unknown
2127	M. T. S. Raimbach, editor	RAIMBACH, Abraham (Engraver). Memoirs and Recollections of, including a memoir of Sir David Wilkie	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
2128	RAMAGE, C.T.	Beautiful Thoughts from Greek, Latin, German and French Authors, etc.	Liverpool	1868	USD -	Unknown
2129	Sir Archibald Geikie	RAMSAY, Sir Andrew C. Memoir of	London	1895	USD -	Unknown
2130	RANK, Josef	Neues Taschenworterbuch der bohmischen und deutschen Spracht	Prag	1895	USD -	Unknown
2131	Chapron	RAPHAEL. La Bible de Raphael			USD -	Unknown
2132	Mary E. Williams	RAPHAEL. The Hours of Raphael in Outline	Boston	1891	USD -	Unknown
2133	Q. De Quincy	RAPHAEL. Histoire de la Vie et des Ouvrages de Raphael	Paris	1833	USD -	Unknown
2134		RAPIN'S History of England	London	1732	USD -	Unknown
2135	RAPIN	History of England	London	1732	USD -	Unknown
2136	RAPIN	Histoire d'Angleterre	A la Haye	1727	USD -	Unknown
2137	RAU, Charles	Early Man in Europe	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
2138	RAUMER, Friedrich	England in 1835	Leipzig	1836	USD -	Unknown
2139	RAVEN, J. J.	The Bells of England	New York	1906	USD -	Unknown
2140	RAWLINSON, George	RAWLINSON, George. Works of	New York		USD -	Unknown
2141	RAWLINSON	Ancient Egypt	London	1889	USD -	Unknown
2142	RAWLINSON	Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World	New York	1871	USD -	Unknown
2143	RAWLINSON	History of Ancient Egypt	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
2144	RAWLINSON	History of Herodotus	London	1880	USD -	Unknown

Sotheby’s
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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.

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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.