Bangs: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE AND SCARCE BOOKS. Standard and Rare Books in the various departments of English Literature, including Works with fine Portraits and Engravings; Americana, including Scarce Maps and Atlases; Napoleonana, and Works on the French Revolu, Mar301896,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 30, 1896 - March 30, 1896
Page Size: 606 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
398 O'SHEA (John A.) Roundabout Recollections London

1892

USD - Unknown
399 OSWEGO A South View of Oswego London

1760

USD - Unknown
400 OUVAROFF (M.) Essay on the Mysteries of Eleusis... London

1817

USD - Unknown
401 OVERTON (P.) New Atlas, consisting of Geographical Maps done from the latest observations of Mons, de Lisle and Messieurs de l'Academie Royale at Paris London and Amsterdam

n. d.

USD - Unknown
402 OXBERRY'S Dramatic Biography, and Histrionic Anecdotes London

1825-'27

USD - Unknown
403 OXFORD AND HARLBIAN COLLECTIONS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS... London

1744-47

USD - Unknown
404 PAINE (Thomas) Portrait on copper by Mutlow, after STOTHARD London

1792

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405 PALAIRET (J.) Atlas Methodique London

1755

USD - Unknown
406 PALATIUS (Joan.) Fasti Ducales Venetorum Venetiis

1696

USD - Unknown
407 PALMER (F. P.) and CROWQUILL (A.) Wanderings of a Pen and Pencil London

1846

USD - Unknown
408 PARKMAN (Francis) Montcalm and Wolfe London and Boston

1888-'87

USD - Unknown
409 PARSONS (Lieut. G. S., R.N.) Nelsonian Reminiscences London

1843

USD - Unknown
410 PATTERSON (Capt. J., the 50th Regiment) Adventures from 1807 to 1821 London

1837

USD - Unknown
411 PAYN (James) Some Literary Recollections London

1884

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412 PELLY (Sir L., translator) The Miracle Play of Hasan and Husian... London

1879

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413 PELTIER (J.) Trial for a Libel against Napoleon Bonaparte London

1803

USD - Unknown
414 PENDEREL (R.) Dick Wylder... London

1894-95

USD - Unknown
415 PENNELL (H. Cholmondeley) Puck on Pegasus London

1874

USD - Unknown
416 PEPYS (S.) Memoirs... London

n. d.

USD - Unknown
417 PERCY (Bp. Thomas) Reliques of Ancient English Poetry London

1765

USD - Unknown
418 PERCY (Bp. Thomas) Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript Ballads and Romances... London

1867-68

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419 PETRONIUS ARBITER Satiricon; cui accedunt diversorum Poetarum Lusus in Priapum, Errones Venerei, Pervigilium Veneris, [etc.]; cum Notis Bourdelotii et Glossario Petroniano Parisiis

1677

USD - Unknown
420 PHILADELPHIA. The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia London

(1761)

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421 PHILLIPS (Catherine, of the Society of Friends, 1726-1794) PHILLIPS (Catherine, of the Society of Friends, 1726-1794) Life London

1797

USD - Unknown
422 [PHILLIPPS (Sir Thomas)] Catalogue of Knights made by Charles I, 1624-1646...

USD - Unknown
423 PHILOSOPHICAL Dictionary (The) London

1786

USD - Unknown
424 [PINKERTON (J.)] Mcdallic History of England London

1802

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425 PIOZZI Glimpses of Italian Society in the Eighteenth Century, from the "Journey" of Mrs. Piozzi London

1892

USD - Unknown
426 PITMAN (R. B.) Succinct View and Analysis of authentic Information extant in original works London

1825

USD - Unknown
427 PLAYS. Sheridan's Pizarro, 1800... London

v. y.

USD - Unknown
428 POLIDORI (Dr. J. W., author of "The Vampire") Ximenes, The Wreath, and other Poems London

1819

USD - Unknown
429 PONCE (N.) Recueil d'Estampes representant les differents Evenemens de la Guerre qui a procure l'Independence aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Paris

[1784, &c.]

USD - Unknown
430 POPE (A.) Poetical Works... London

1853

USD - Unknown
431 POPPLE (H.) Map of the British Empire in America... London

1733

USD - Unknown
432 PORCACCHI. L' Isole piu famose del Mondo... Venetia

v. y.

USD - Unknown
433 PORTRAITS. Series of "Tete-a-tete Portraits"... London

1774-78

USD - Unknown
434 PORTRAITS. on copper. Benjamin Franklin...

USD - Unknown
435 PORTRAITS. on copper, of Col. Barre, Joseph Thayendaneken the Mohawk Chief...

USD - Unknown
436 PORTRAITS. on copper, of George Prince of Wales, 1779... London

1765-83

USD - Unknown
437 POTEMKIN Memoirs of Prince Potemkin, Field-Marshal London

1813

USD - Unknown
438 [POVEY (C.)] The Visions of Sir Heister Ryley London

1711

USD - Unknown
439 POWER (Tyrone, the actor) Impressions of America, 1833-35 London

1836

USD - Unknown
440 PRAED (William Mackworth) PRAED (William Mackworth) Poems London

1874

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441 PURSH (F.) Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or a systematic Arrangement and Description of the Plants of North America London

1814

USD - Unknown
442 [PUTNAM (Miss Mary Lowell)] Record of an Obscure Man... Boston

1861-62

USD - Unknown
443 QUEBEC. View of Quebec from the Bason London

1760

USD - Unknown
444 RABELAIS. Works London

1784

USD - Unknown
445 RALEIGH A Declaration of the demeanour and cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh... London

1618

USD - Unknown
446 RALEGH EN KEYMIS. Warachtighe ende grondige beschryvinghe van het groot en gout-rijck Coningrijck van Guiana,... Amsterdam

1617

USD - Unknown
447 RAMSAY (Dr. David) History of the American Revolution London

1791

USD - Unknown
448 RANKING (J.) Historical Researches on the Conquest of Peru, Mexico, Bogota, Natchez, and Talomeco, in the XIII century... London

1827

USD - Unknown
449 RAWLINS (H. E.) Catalogue of the Library of John Forster London

1876

USD - Unknown
450 RAYNAL (Abbe W. T.) History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies London

1776

USD - Unknown
451 REEVES (J.) The Rothschilds: the Financial Rulers of Nations London

1887

USD - Unknown
452 RICHARDSON (C.) Memoirs of the Private Life and Opinions of Louisa Queen of Prussia London

1847

USD - Unknown
453 RILEY (H. T., translator) Liber Albus... London

1861

USD - Unknown
454 RIMINI Memoirs of the Baron de Rimini (Griselli de Vezzani): Secret Agent of Napoleon III (1850'58)... London

1888

USD - Unknown
455 RIO (A. F.) The Poetry of Christian Art London

1854

USD - Unknown
456 RISH ALLAH EFFENDI (H.) The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon London

1853

USD - Unknown
457 ROBERTSON (J. P. and W. P.) Letters on Paraguay... London

1838-43

USD - Unknown
458 ROBINSON (J. B.) Gothic Ornament, adapted from Nature with Selections from various ancient and modern edifices London

[1857]

USD - Unknown
459 ROBINSON (J. C.) Italian Sculpture of the Middle Ages and of the Renaissance at the South Kensington Museum London

1862

USD - Unknown
460 ROBINSON (J. R.) The Last Earls of Barrymore, 1769-1824... London

1894

USD - Unknown
461 ROBSON (T.) The History of origin, rise and progress of Heraldry in England and of the various Institutions connected with it Sunderland

1830

USD - Unknown
462 ROGERS (Prof. J. E. Thorold) The First Nine Years of the Bank of England Oxford

1887

USD - Unknown
463 ROGERS [The Story of] Holland London

1888

USD - Unknown
464 CLAYDEN (P. W.) ROGERS (Samuel). The Early Life of Samuel Rogers... London

1887-89

USD - Unknown
465 ROSS (Alex'r) View of all Religions in the World. Also, a Discovery of all known Heresies, and the Lives and Ends of certain notorious Hereticks London

1683

USD - Unknown
466 ROSS (Sir John) Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez London

1838

USD - Unknown
467 RUSCHENBERGER (W. S. W.) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World London

1838

USD - Unknown
468 RUSSELL (Wm. S.) Pilgrim Memorials and Guide for Visitors to Plymouth Village Boston

1851

USD - Unknown
469 RUXTON (G. F.) Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains... London

1847

USD - Unknown
470 RUYSDALE (P.) The Fortunes of a Colonist [in Upper Canada] London

1854

USD - Unknown
471 SAINT-AMAND (Imbert de) Memoirs of the Empress Marie Louise London

1886

USD - Unknown
472 [SAINT-GERMAIN (Chr.)] Two Dialogues in English between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England London

1687

USD - Unknown
473 [SAUNDERS (F.)] Salad for the Solitary London

1853-56

USD - Unknown
474 SAUTHIER (C. J.) Large map on copper of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey London

1776

USD - Unknown
475 SCARRON (P.) The Comical Romance, and other Tales... London

1892

USD - Unknown
476 SCHUMANN Early Letters of Robert Schumann London

1888

USD - Unknown
477 SCOTT (Sir Walter) The Waverley Novels Edinburgh

1870-72

USD - Unknown
478 SCOTT (Sir Walter) SCOTT (Sir Walter) Poetical Works Edinburgh

1847-'51

USD - Unknown
479 SCOTT (Sir Walter) Catalogue of the Exhibition at Edinburgh, 1871 Edinburgh

1872

USD - Unknown
480 SCOTT (Sir Walter) Complete Series of 22 photographs from Hayez's designs illustrating Ivanhoe

USD - Unknown
481 SELLER (J.) Atlas Minimus, or a Book of Geography London

[circa 1680]

USD - Unknown
482 SENIOR (Nassau W.) Historical and Philosophical Essays London

1865

USD - Unknown
483 SEWEL (William) History of the rise, increase, and progress of the people called Quakers London

1722

USD - Unknown
484 SHAKSPEARE SHAKSPEARE. Plays, from the text of G. Steevens and E. Malone London

1827

USD - Unknown
485 SHAKSPEARE. FURNIVALL (F. J.) The Succession of Shakspeare's Works... London, &c.

v. y.

USD - Unknown
486 SHAW (H.) Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices London

1853

USD - Unknown
487 SHEIL (Richard Lalor) Sketches, Legal and Political London

1855

USD - Unknown
488 SHELLEY (P. B.) Queen Mab. Eng'd title New York

1821

USD - Unknown
489 SHELLEY (P. B.) Miscellaneous and Posthumous Poems London

1826

USD - Unknown
490 SHELLEY (P. B.) The Shelley Papers; London

1833

USD - Unknown
491 JEAFFRESON (J. C.) SHELLEY (P. B.) The Real Shelley London

1885

USD - Unknown
492 SHEPARD (Thomas, preacher in New England) The Sound Beleever. A Treatise of Evangelicall Conversion London

1652

USD - Unknown
493 SHILLITOE (Thomas, of the Society of Friends, 1754-1836) SHILLITOE (Thomas, of the Society of Friends, 1754-1836) Journal of Life, Labors, and Travels London

1839

USD - Unknown
494 SHIPP (Lieut. John) The Military Bijou; being the Gleanings of thirty-three years active service London

1831

USD - Unknown
495 SLAVERY. Abridgments of the Minutes of the Evidence on the Slave Trade taken before the Committee of the Whole House [London]

1789-91

USD - Unknown
496 BENEZET (Anthony) SLAVERY. A Caution to Great Britain and her Colonies, in a short Representation of the calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions London

1784

USD - Unknown
497 [CLARKSON (T.)] SLAVERY. Essay on Slavery and the Commerce of the Human Species... London

v. y.

USD - Unknown
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    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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