Bangs: Catalogue of Large and Valuable Library of L. D. Alexander, Esq. Part the First. To Be Sold At Auction, Monday and Five Following Days, March, 25-30, 1895 By Bangs & Co. 91 & 93 Fifth Avenue, New York, 25Mar1895,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 25, 1895 - March 25, 1895

Page Size: 2396 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1802		ENGLISH FORESTS AND FOREST TREES. Historical, Legendary and Descriptive	Lond.	1853	USD -	2.75
1803		ENGLISH RETRACED; or, Remarks, Critical and Philological, founded on a Comparison of the Breeches Bible with the English of the Present Day	Cambridge and Lond.	1862	USD -	Unknown
1804		ENGLISH SACRED LYRICS	Lond.	1884	USD -	5.25
1805		ABBEY OF KILKHAMPTON (THE); or, Monumental Records for the Year 1980	Lond.	1780	USD -	Unknown
1806		ABBEY OF KILKHAMPTON (THE) Revived; or, Monumental Records for the Year 1980	Lond.	1822	USD -	Unknown
1807	Dr. Johnson	A COLLECTION of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions-Historical, Biographical, Literary and Miscellaneous	Lond.	1806	USD -	3.75
1808		A COLLECTION of Memorials, Inscribed to the Memory of Good and Faithful Servants	Lond.	1826	USD -	1.62
1809	A Clergyman	A GENERAL VOLUME of Epitaphs, Original and Selected	Lond.	1840	USD -	1.38
1810	ALDEN, REV. TIMOTHY	A Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions, with occasional Notes	N. Y.	1814	USD -	9.37
1811		AN ESSAY towards a Collection of Books relating to Proverbs, Emblems, Apophthegms, EPITAPHS and Ana. Being a Catalogue of those at Kew	Lond.	1860	USD -	2.00
1812		AN ORIGINAL COLLECTION of Extant Epitaphs, Gathered by A. Commercial in Spare Moments	Lond.	1870	USD -	Unknown
1813		ANTIQUITIES (THE) OF ST PETER'S; or, The Abbey Church of Westminster: containing all the Inscriptions and Epitaphs upon the Tombs and Gravestones	Lond.	1722	USD -	Unknown
1814		A SELECT COLLECTION of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions	Ipswich	1806	USD -	2.00
1815	BOOKER, REV. LUKE	Tributes to the Dead: consisting of more than Two Hundred Epitaphs	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
1816	BOOTH, REV. JOHN (Editor)	Metrical Epitaphs, Ancient and Modern			USD -	1.25
1817	BOWDEN, JOHN	The Epitaph Writer. Upwards of Six Hundred Original Epitaphs, Moral, Admonitory, Humorous and Satirical	Chester	1791	USD -	1.50
1818	BRIDGMAN, THOMAS	Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave Yards of Northampton, and of other Towns in the Valley of the Connecticut. With brief Annals of Northampton	Northampton, Mass.	1850	USD -	1.70
1819	BRIDGMAN, THOMAS	Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave Yards of Northampton, and of other Towns in the Valley of the Connecticut	Northampton	1850	USD -	1.65
1820	BRIDGMAN, THOMAS	Memorials of the Dead in Boston: containing exact transcripts of Inscriptions on the Sepulchral Monuments in the King's Chapel Burial Ground in the City of Boston	Bost.	1853	USD -	1.75
1821	BROWN, JAMES	The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh	Edin.	1867	USD -	3.63
1822	BROWN, JAMES	The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh	Edinburgh	1867	USD -	1.62
1823	CALDWELL, THOS.	A Select Collection of Ancient and Modern Epitaph and Inscriptions	Lond.	1796	USD -	Unknown
1824	CAMDEN, WM.	Reges, Reginae, Nobiles, et alij in Ecclesia Collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterii Sepulti vsque ad Annum reparate salutis 1606	Londini	1606	USD -	1.13
1825	CAUSICK, FREDK. T.	A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs, copied from the Monuments of Distinguished and Noted Characters in Ancient Church and Burial Ground of St. Pancras, Middlesex	Lond.	1869	USD -	1.37
1826	CAUSICK, FREDK. T.	A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs of St. Pancras	Lond.	1872	USD -	2.25
1827	CAUSICK, FREDK. T.	A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs, from Churches and Churchyards of Hornsey, Tottennam, Edmonton, Enfield, Friern, Burnet, and Hadley, Middlesex	Lond.	1875	USD -	1.00
1828	CARY, ALPHEUS	A Collection of Epitaphs suitable for Monumental Inscriptions	Bost.	1865	USD -	1.00
1829	CLARK, EDWARD L.	A Record of the Inscriptions on the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia	Phil.	1864	USD -	1.85
1830		COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. A Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions, interesting either from Historical Associations or Quaintness of Wording	Edinburgh	1885	USD -	1.00
1831		COLLECTION of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, chiefly in Scotland	Glasgow	1834	USD -	Unknown
1832		COLLECTION of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, chiefly in Scotland	Glasgow	1884	USD -	1.20
1833	COLLISON, GEORGE	Cemetery Interment: containing a concise History of the Modes of Interment practised by the Ancients	Lond.	1840	USD -	Unknown
1834	CUMMINGS, J. W.	The Silver Stole: being a Collection of One Hundred Texts of Scripture and One Hundred Original Epitaphs	N. Y.	1859	USD -	1.13
1835	CUTTS, REV. EDWARD L.	A Manual for the Study of the Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses of the Middle Ages	Lond.	1849	USD -	1.00
1836		DEALINGS WITH THE DEAD	Bost.	1856	USD -	2.30
1837	Editio Secvnda	D. EMMANVELIS THESAVRI Comitis & Maiorum Insignium Equitis Inscriptiones	Tavrini	M.DC.LXVI.	USD -	1.62
1838	DOBREE, SAMUEL (Editor)	The Book of Death	Lond.	1819	USD -	8.50
1839	DUNCAN, ANDREW	Elogiorum Sepulchralium Edinensium Delectus	Edinburgh	1815	USD -	Unknown
1840	EASSIE, WM.	Cremation of the Dead: its History and Bearings upon Public Health	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
1841		EMBLEMS OF MORTALITY, representing, by numerous engravings, DEATH seizing all ranks and conditions of people	Charleston	1846	USD -	2.00
1842		EPITAPHS. A Collection of, Epitaphs and Inscriptions...			USD -	2.75
1843	Dr. Johnson	EPITAPHS. A Collection of, and Monumental Inscriptions, and an Essay on Epitaphs by Dr. Johnson	Lond.	1806	USD -	3.25
1844		EPITAPHS. A Collection of Memorials inscribed to the Memory of Good and Faithful Servants, copied from Various Cemeteries	Lond.	1826	USD -	Unknown
1845		EPITAPHS AND ELEGIES	N. Y.	1816	USD -	1.20
1846		EPITAPHS AND ELEGIES, cuts, N. Y. 1816..	v. s.		USD -	1.20
1847		EPITAPHS AND MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, with Anecdotes of Distinguished and Extraordinary Persons	Ipswich	1806	USD -	1.25
1848		EPITAPHS AND EPIGRAMS. Curious, Quaint and Amusing	Lond.	1869	USD -	1.50
1849		EPITAPHS. Collected from Holy Writ and our Best Authors on Sacred Subjects	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1850		EPITAPHS. Inscriptions from the Old Burying Grounds in Worcester, Mass., from 1727 to 1859, with Biographical and Historical Notes	Worcester	1878	USD -	Unknown
1851		EPITAPHS. The Pirates: a Tale for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth	Phil.	1813	USD -	Unknown
1852	W. Fairley	EPITAPHIANA; or, The Curiosities of Churchyard Literature: being a Collection of Miscellaneous Epitaphs	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
1853	FAIRLEY, W.	Epitaphiana; or, The Curiosities of Churchyard Literature: being a Miscellaneous Collection of Epitaphs	Lond.	1873	USD -	Unknown
1854		FRANCISCA. The Story of Ida	Orpington	1883	USD -	1.63
1855		FROBISHER'S New Select Collection of Epitaphs	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1856	GIBSON, JAS	Inscriptions on the Tombstones and Monuments erected in Memory of the Covenanters	Glasgow	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1857	GILMAN, CAROLINE	Record of Inscriptions in the Cemetery and Building of the Unitarian, formerly denominated the Independen Church, Archdale St., Charleston, S. C, from 1777 to 1860	Charleston	1860	USD -	Unknown
1858	GODWIN, WILLIAM	Essay on Sepulchres; or, a Proposal for Erecting some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in all Ages	Lond.	1809	USD -	Unknown
1859	GRAHAM, WILLIAM	A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions	Carlisle	1821	USD -	Unknown
1860	GRAHAM, WILLIAM	A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern,	Lond.	1823	USD -	1.50
1861	GREEN, SAM'L A.	Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Mass., with Notes and an Appendix	Bost.	1878	USD -	1.50
1862	GROSE, FRANCIS	The Olio, being a Collection of Essays, Epigrams, Epitaphs, &c	Lond.	1796	USD -	1.10
1863	HACKETT, JOHN	Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on illustrious and other persons in several parts of Europe	Lond.	1757	USD -	Unknown
1864	HALE, C. H.	The Graves of our Fathers	Lond.	1858	USD -	Unknown
1865	HARRIS, JAS	Copies of the Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral, Cloisters, and Cemetery	Salisbury	1825	USD -	Unknown
1866	HARRIS, WILLIAM T.	Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge, with Notes	Cambridge, Mass.	1845	USD -	1.75
1867	HARRIS, WM. T.	Epitaphs from the Burying Ground in Watertown, with Notes by Edward D. Harris	Bost.	1869	USD -	1.00
1868	HAWEIS, REV. H. R.	Ashes to Ashes: a Cremation Prelude	Lond.	1875	USD -	Unknown
1869	HENNEY, WM.	A Collection of Moral and Interesting Epitaphs, and Remarkable Monumental Inscriptions, with Miscellaneous Poems	Lond.	1814	USD -	Unknown
1870	HENNEY, WM.	An entire new and improved edition of Moral and Interesting Epitaphs	Lond.	1830	USD -	Unknown
1871	HOLBEIN, HANS	The Dance of Death	Lond.	1825	USD -	1.10
1872	JONES, JR., CHAS. C.	Monumental Remains of Georgia, Part I	Savannah	1861	USD -	2.70
1873	KELKE, WM. H.	Notices of Sepulchral Monuments in English Churches...		v. y.	USD -	2.13
1874	KELKE, W. H.	The Churchyard Manual	Lond.	1851	USD -	1.25
1875	KINNERSLEY, T.	A Selection of Sepulchral Curiosities, with a Biographical Sketch on Human Longevity, containing the most Sublime, Singular and Authentic Epitaphs	N. Y.	1823	USD -	1.12
1876	KIPPAX, JOHN R.	Churchyard Literature: a Choice Collection of American Epitaphs, with Remarks on Monumental Inscriptions	Chicago	1877	USD -	Unknown
1877		LONDON AND WESTMINSTER. An Historical Account of the Curiosities of	Lond.	1769	USD -	1.80
1878	MACGREGOR, MAJ. ROBT. G.	Epitaphs from the Greek Anthology	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.00
1879	MADDEN, R. R.	The Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World	London	1851	USD -	1.80
1880	MCCAUL, REV. JOHN	Christian Epitaphs of the Six Centuries	Lond.	1869	USD -	2.75
1881		MEMORANDA, Illustrative of the Tombs and Sepulchral Decorations of the Egyptians, with a Key to the Egyptian Tomb now Exhibiting in Piccadilly; also, Remarks on Mummies	Lond.	1822	USD -	Unknown
1882		MISERRIMUS, on a Gravestone in Worcester Cathedral, with neither name nor date, comment nor text	N. Y.	1833	USD -	Unknown
1883	MAGRIDGE, G.	The Church Yard Lyrist	Lond.	1860	USD -	1.30
1884	MONTAGU, BASIL	The Funerals of the Quakers	Lond.	1840	USD -	2.00
1885	NORTHEND, CHARLES	A Book of Epitaphs, Amusing, Curious and Quaint	N. Y.	1873	USD -	Unknown
1886	ODINFELLS, GABRIEL	Monumental Inscriptions; or, A Collection of near five hundred Epitaphs, serious and humorous	Lond.	1742	USD -	2.50
1887		ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN SEPULCHRAL MOTTOES	Lond.	1820	USD -	Unknown
1888	ORCHARD, ROBERT	A New Selection of Epitaphs	Lond.	1827	USD -	1.38
1889	PALLISER, F. AND M. A.	Mottoes for Monuments; or, Epitaphs selected for Study or Application	Lond.	1872	USD -	Unknown
1890	PETTIGREW, THOMAS JOSEPH	Chronicles of the Tombs	Lond.	1864	USD -	1.40
1891		PLEASING MELANCHOLY; or, A Walk Among the Tombs in a Country Churchyard in the Style of Hervey's Meditations, to which are added Epitaphs, Elegies and Inscriptions	Lond.	1793	USD -	1.20
1892	POPHAM, EDVARDUS (Edidit)	Illustrium Virorum Elogia Sepulchralia	Londini	1778	USD -	Unknown
1893	PULLEYN, WM.	Church-yard Gleanings, and Epigrammatic Scraps: being a remarkable Collection of Epitaphs and Epigrams	Lond.	n. d.	USD -	1.05
1894	RAVENSHAW, THOS. F.	Antiente Epitaphes (from A. D. 1250 to A. D. 1800)	Lond.	1878	USD -	Unknown
1895	RICHINGS, REV. BENJAMIN	A General Volume of Epitaphs	Lond.	1840	USD -	Unknown
1896	RICHINGS, REV. BENJAMIN	Voices from the Tombs; or, Epitaphs, original and selected	Lond.	1858	USD -	Unknown
1897	ROBINSON, JOS. B.	Epitaphs. Collected from the Cemeteries of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Derby, &c	Lond.	1859	USD -	1.75
1898	ROBINSON, W.	God's Acre Beautiful; or, Cemeteries of the Future	Lond.	1880	USD -	Unknown
1899	ROGERS, REV. CHAS	Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland	Lond.	1871	USD -	3.20
1900		RURAL CEMETERIES. Greenwood and Mount Auburn			USD -	Unknown
1901		SCULPTORES LATINE. Thesaurus Epitaphiorum Veterum ac Recentium Selectorum	Parisciis	1686	USD -	Unknown

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December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

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