Bangs: CATALOGUE OF THE Library, Engravings, Oil paintings, AND MUSIGAL INSTRUMENTS. BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, RICHARD GRANT WHITE Esq., OF NEW YORK. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, Monday, November 16th, and following days, 1885, BY BANGS & CO., 739-741 B, Nov161885,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 16, 1885 - November 16, 1885

Page Size: 2057 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1101	MARSHALL (Fred.)	International Vanities	Edinburgh	1875	USD -	Unknown
1102	MARSTON (Philip Bourke)	Song-Tide, and other Poems	Boston	1871	USD -	Unknown
1103	MARTIALIS (M. V.)	Epigrammatom libri 14 summa diligentia Castigati			USD -	Unknown
1104		MARTIAL. OEuvres Completes avec la traduction de MM. Verger, Dubois et Maugeart	Paris	1864	USD -	Unknown
1105	MARTIN (L. A.)	Histoire de la Condition des Femmes chez les peuples de l'Antiquite	Paris	1839	USD -	Unknown
1106	MARTINEAU (Harriet)	Forest and Game-Law Tales	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
1107	MARY (John)	A New French and English Grammar, wherein the Principles are Methodically digested, with useful Notes, etc.	Boston	1784	USD -	Unknown
1108	MASSINGER (Philip)	MASSINGER (Philip). The Plays of	London	1805	USD -	Unknown
1109	MASSON (Gustave)	La Lyre Franaise	London	1867	USD -	Unknown
1110		MATANSIUS. Le Chef d'oeuvre d'un Inconu, Poeme, heureusement decouvert & mis au jour, avec des Remarques savantes & recherchees par M. le Docteur Chrisostome Matansius	A la Haye	1714	USD -	Unknown
1111	MATHEWS (William)	Words; their Use and their Abuse	Chicago	1876	USD -	Unknown
1112	MATTHIAE (Augustus)	A Copious Greek Grammar	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
1113	[MATHIAS (T. J.)]	The Pursuits of Literature, a Satirical Poem, with Notes	London	1798	USD -	Unknown
1114	MATTHEWS (J. Brander)	French Dramatists of the 19th Century	New York	1881	USD -	Unknown
1115	MAUDSLEY (Henry)	Body and Mind: an inquiry into their connection and mutual influence	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
1116	MAUGIN (J. C.) et W. MAIGNE	Nouveau Manuel Complet du Luthier contenant la construction intrieure et exterieure des instruments a archet; le violon, etc.	Paris	1869	USD -	Unknown
1117	MAURICE (F. D.)	The Workman and the Franchise	London and New York	1866	USD -	Unknown
1118	MAURICE	Sociel Morality. Twenty-one lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
1119	MAY (Thomas)	The History of the Parliament of England: which began November the third, M.DC.XL	London	1647	USD -	Unknown
1120	MAYOR (Prof. J. B.)	English Metre	London	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1121	MEADOWS (J. C.)	French and English Pronouncing Dictionary	New York	1838	USD -	Unknown
1122	MEINERS (C.)	History of the Female Sex	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
1123		MENANDRI ET PHILEMONIS Reliquiae. Greece et Latine, cum notis Hugonis Grotti et Joannis Clerici	Amstelodami	1709	USD -	Unknown
1124	MENDELSSOHN (Moses)	Phaedon; or, the Death of Socrates	London	1789	USD -	Unknown
1125		MEN OF THE TIME: a Dictionary of Contemporaries, containing biographical notices of Eminent Characters of Both Sexes	London and New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
1126	MEREWETHER (H. A.)	By Sea and By Land; being a trip through Egypt, India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand and America all round the World	London	1874	USD -	Unknown
1127	MERRIFIELD (Mrs.)	Dress as a Fine Art	London	1854	USD -	Unknown
1128	MERY (M. C. De)	Histoire Generale des Proverbcs, Adages, Sentences, Apophthegmes	Paris	1828	USD -	Unknown
1129	MEURSIUS (I.)	Gulielmus Auriacus, Sive De rebus toto Belgio libri X. Lugduni Batavorum, Apud I....			USD -	Unknown
1130	MICHELET (J.)	L'Amour	Paris	1859	USD -	Unknown
1131	MIDDLETON (Thomas)	MIDDLETON (Thomas). The Works of; now first collected, with some account of the author	London	1840	USD -	Unknown
1132	MIEGE (Guy)	A New Dictionary, French and English	London	1679	USD -	Unknown
1133		MIGNE. Dictionnaire d'Ethnographie Moderne, ou Recueil de Notions sur les Moeurs, Usages et Caracteres des Peuples existants sur le Terre, etc.	Paris	1853	USD -	Unknown
1134	MILLER (Alexander)	A Concise Grammar of the English Language	New York	1795	USD -	Unknown
1135	MILLIN (A. L.)	Galerie Mythologique: Recueil de Monuments pour servir a l'etude de la Mythologie, de l'Histoire de l'Art, de l'Antiquite Figuree, et du Langage Allegorique des Anciens	Paris	1811	USD -	Unknown
1136	MILLOT (L'Abbe)	Elemens de l'Histoire de France, depuis Clovis jusqu'a Louis XV	Paris	1821	USD -	Unknown
1137	MILMAN (Rev. H. H.)	MILMAN (Rev. H. H.). Poetical Works of	London	1839	USD -	Unknown
1138	MILNER (John)	The End of Religious Controversy	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1139	MILTON (John)	MILTON (John). Poetical Works of	London		USD -	Unknown
1140	MILTON	Paradise Lost	London	1873	USD -	Unknown
1141	MILTON	MILTON. The Poetical Works of	London	1874	USD -	Unknown
1142	MILTON	Paradise Lost; with Explanatory Notes	Boston	1880	USD -	Unknown
1143	MILTON	Tractate on Education	Cambridge	1883	USD -	Unknown
1144	MILTON	Selected Prose Writings	New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
1145	MILTON	MILTON. Prose Works	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
1146	James Paterson, M.A. and Philologist	MILTON. A Complete Commentary, with Etymological, Explanatory, Critical and Classical Notes on Milton's Paradise Lost	London	1744	USD -	Unknown
1147	MILTON	A Verbal Index to Milton's Complete Poetical Works	Philadelphia	1868	USD -	Unknown
1148	Joseph Addison	MILTON. Criticism on Milton's Paradise Lost	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
1149	David Masson	MILTON. Life of Milton in Connexion with the History of his Time	London and New York	1871-80	USD -	Unknown
1150	MILTON	Life of Milton in Connexion with the History of his Time		1871	USD -	Unknown
1151	Solomon Grildrig	MINIATURE (The)	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
1152	MINSHEN (John, Professor of Languages in London)	A Dictionarie in Spanish and English			USD -	Unknown
1153	MINSHEN	The Guide into the Tongues	London	1627	USD -	Unknown
1154		MIRROR OF THE GRACES; or, The English Lady's Costume	New York	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
1155		MISCELLANY. The Court and Character of King James...			USD -	Unknown
1156		MISCELLANY. Doctor Oldham...			USD -	Unknown
1157		MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. A volume so labeled			USD -	Unknown
1158	MITCHELL, (D. G.)	The Lorgnette; or Studies of the Town	New York	1851	USD -	Unknown
1159	[MITCHELL]	The Lorgnette	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
1160	MITCHELL (S. Wier)	The Hill of Stones, and other Poems	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
1161	MITFORD, (Mary R.)	Belford Regis; or, Sketches of a Country Town	Philadelphia	1835	USD -	Unknown
1162		MODERN FLASH DICTIONARY (The)	London	[1825]	USD -	Unknown
1163		MODERN THINKER (The), an Organ for the most advanced Speculations	New York	1870	USD -	Unknown
1164	MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de)	Les OEuvres de. A Amsterdam, chez Jaques le Jeune, 1675			USD -	Unknown
1165	MOLIERE	Les OEuvres de. Nouvelle edition, enrichie de figures en taille-douce	Paris	1730	USD -	Unknown
1166	MOLMENTI (P. G.)	La Vie Privee a Venise depuis les premiers temps jusqu'a la Chute de la Republique	Venise	1882	USD -	Unknown
1167	MONK	The Life of General Monk: late Duke of Albemarle; from an Original Manuscript of Thomas Skinner, M.D....	London	1723	USD -	Unknown
1168	MONTAGU (Lady Mary W.)	Letters written during her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa	London	1763	USD -	Unknown
1169		MONTAIGNE. Les Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montagne...			USD -	Unknown
1170	MONTAIGNE	Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne, with Marginal Notes and Quotations, and an Account of the Author's Life	London	1711	USD -	Unknown
1171	MONTEMAYOR	Diana of George of Montemayor, translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong, of the Middle Temple, Gentleman			USD -	Unknown
1172	MOON (G. Washington)	Bad English Exposed: a series of criticisms on Lindley Murray and other Grammarians	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
1173	MOORE (Thomas)	Odes of Anacreon	London	1820	USD -	Unknown
1174	MORE (Sir Thomas)	A most pleasant, fruitful, and witty Work of the best State of a Public Weal, and of the new Isle called Utopia			USD -	Unknown
1175	MORE	The History of King Richard the Third		1821	USD -	Unknown
1176	MORFORD (Henry)	Rhymes of an Editor	London and New York	1873	USD -	Unknown
1177	MORGHEN	Opere d'lntaglio del Cav. Raffaello Morghen raccolte ad illustrate da Niccolo Palmerini	Firenze	1824	USD -	Unknown
1178	MORLEY (H.)	Of English Literature in the Reign of	Leipzig	1881	USD -	Unknown
1179	MORRIS (Lewis)	The Epic of Hades	Philadelphia	1876	USD -	Unknown
1180	MORRIS (Mowbray)	Essays in Theatrical Criticism	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
1181	MORRIS (Richard)	Historical Outlines of English Accidence	London	1872	USD -	Unknown
1182	MORRIS	Elementary Lessons in Historical English Grammar	London	1874	USD -	Unknown
1183	MORRIS (William)	Grettis Saga. The Story of Grettis the Strong	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
1184	MORRIS (William)	The Earthly Paradise: a Poem, in four parts	Boston	1868-71	USD -	Unknown
1185	MORRIS	The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems	London	1875	USD -	Unknown
1186	MORSE (John T.)	American Statesmen, John Quincy Adams	Boston	1882	USD -	Unknown
1187	MOSCHZISKER (Fr. A.)	A Guide to German Literature; or, Manual to facilitate an acquaintance with the German Classic Authors	London	1850	USD -	Unknown
1188		MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES; or, Songs for the Nursery	Boston	1879	USD -	Unknown
1189	MOTLEY (John Lothrop)	The Rise of the Dutch Republic	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
1190	MOUHY (Chevalier de)	Memoires d'une Fille de Qualite qui ne s'est point retiree du Monde	Amsterdam	1747	USD -	Unknown
1191	MOXON (Edward)	Sonnets	London	1837	USD -	Unknown
1192	MULLER (F. Max)	Lectures on the Science of Language	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
1193	MULLER	Chips from a German Workshop	New York	1876	USD -	Unknown
1194	MULLIGAN (John)	Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
1195	[MULOCK (Miss.)]	Romantic Tales	Leipzig	1861	USD -	Unknown
1196	MURRAY (Lindley)	An English Grammar	York	1824	USD -	Unknown
1197	MURRAY (J. A. H., Editor)	A New English Dictionary	Oxford and New York	1884	USD -	Unknown
1198		MURRAY'S Modern Cookery Book	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
1199	[MURRAY (H.)]	Adventures of British Seamen in the Southern Ocean	Edinburgh	1827	USD -	Unknown
1200	MUSSET (Alfred De)	Nouvelles de	Paris	1857	USD -	Unknown

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