Bangs: Catalogue of a Library of Classical and General Literature. CRITICAL and Elegant Editions of the Famous Greek and Latin Authors; Specimens from the Aldine, Elzevir and many other well-known Printing Presses; Good Old Bindings; also American and English Bo, Dec051899,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 05, 1899 - December 05, 1899

Page Size: 989 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ADAMS, REV. J.	Flowers of Modern History	Phil.	1813	USD -	0.38
2		AELIANI DE VARIA Hist. libri XIIII...			USD -	0.50
3	AEMYLE, PAUL	Deux Livres de L'Hist. de France	Paris	1556	USD -	0.35
4		AESCHINIS Socratici Dialogi tres, Gr. et Lat. notis J. Clerici	Amstel.	1711	USD -	0.25
5		AESCHYLI Tragoediae VII. Greek Text and notes in Greek		1557	USD -	1.50
6	F. J. G. De La Porte Du Theil	AESCHYLI Tragoediae. Greek Text, traduit avec des notes et discours critiques	Paris	1795	USD -	0.12
7		AEsopi FABULAE cum elegantissimis iconibus	Lug.	1605	USD -	2.25
8	AGRICOLA, J.	In Evangelium Lucae Annotationes	Vindel	Aug. 1525	USD -	0.75
9	AGUESSEAU (CHANCELIER)	Discours de	Paris	1783	USD -	0.10
10		ALBUM. Chefs-D'OEuvre de Peinture des Musees D'Italie			USD -	4.00
11		ALBUM. Westmoreland, Cumberland, etc.		1833	USD -	0.65
12	C. Minoem	ALCIATUS. Emblemata Elucidata doct. Cl. Minois commentariis, et Notae Posteriores	Lug.	1614	USD -	2.25
13	C. Minoem et Fed	ALCIATUS. Emblemata, cum comment	Paris	1618	USD -	1.12
14	ALDRICH, T. B.	The Stillwater Tragedy	Bost.	1880	USD -	0.88
15		ALEXANDRI AB ALEXANDRO, Genialium Dicrum, libri sex, varia ac recondita eruditione referti			USD -	2.25
16		ALEXANDRI AB ALEXANDRO, nunc postremum infinitis mendis--perpurgati, etc.	Paris	1579	USD -	1.00
17		ALEXANDRI AB ALEXANDRO, accesserunt Animadversiones per Nic. Mercerium Rhotomagensen	Paris	1586	USD -	0.75
18		ALEXANDRI AB ALEXANDRO, cum comment. And Tiraquelli...	Hackiana	1673	USD -	0.75
19		ALMANACK DE DAMES pour l'An 1824	Paris		USD -	0.75
20		AMERICA. Voyage D'Un Suisse dans differentes Colonies D'Amerique pendant la derniere guerre	A Neuchatel	1785	USD -	0.50
21		AMERICA. Lettres sur les Etats-Unis--Ecrites en 1832-33 par J. M. B. de****	Paris	1835	USD -	0.15
22		AMERICA. L'Amerique Septentrionale et Meridionale	Paris	1835	USD -	0.45
23		AMERICA. and the Americans from a French Point of View	N. Y.	1897	USD -	0.30
24		AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. Rerum gestarum libri XVIII	Paris	1544	USD -	0.88
25	ANACREON ET SAPHO	Les Poesies de, traduites avec des re marques par Mlle Le Fevre	Paris	1681	USD -	1.45
26	ANACREON ET SAPHO	Les Odes en vers Francois par le Poete sans Fard (Fr. Gacon)	Rotterdam	1712	USD -	0.30
27	Thos. Moore	ANACREON. Odes in English Verse	Lond.	1815	USD -	0.20
28	J. B. De Saint-Victor	ANACREON. Odes, en vers	Paris	1818	USD -	0.50
29	ANDREW, W. P.	India and Her Neighbours	Lond.	1878	USD -	0.40
30		ANECDOTES ECCLESIASTIQUES. La Police et la Discipline de L'Eglise; Les Intrigues des Eveques de Rome, etc.	Amster.	1738	USD -	0.75
31		ANGOLA, histoire Indienne--(humorous)	A Agra	1776	USD -	0.15
32		ANNUNZIO. The Triumph of Death	N.Y.		USD -	0.15
33		ANΘOAOΓIA ΔIAΦOPΩN EΓIΓRAMMATΩN, cum indice	Venetiis	MDL	USD -	2.25
34	ANTONINUS (Imperator)	De Seipso et ab Seipsum lib. XII. Greek and Latin Text. G. Xylander edidit; notas adjecit M. Casaubonus	Lond.	1643	USD -	0.20
35		APHTHONII PROGYMNASMATA, cum Scholiis R. Lorichii, noviss	Amster.	1649	USD -	1.75
36		APHTHONII PROGYMNASMATA		1651	USD -	0.70
37		APPIANI ALEXANDRINI Historia Romana...	Amstel.	1670	USD -	0.75
38		APPIANI ALEXANDRINI traduict en Francoys par Claude Seyffel	Paris	1559	USD -	1.25
39		APOLLODORI Atheniensis de Deorum origine, Libri III. Gr. et Latin		1599	USD -	1.00
40	APULEII	Metamorphoseos sive lusus Asini, libri XL, etc.	Venetiis	1521	USD -	2.75
41	APULEII	Metamorphoseos, cum notis & amplissimo indice	Goudae	1650	USD -	Not Sold
42	APULEII	La Metamorphose, ou L'Asne D'Or. (Trad. Par J. de Monteyard)			USD -	2.50
43	APULEII	Opera	Biponti	1788	USD -	0.62
44	APULEII	L'Asino d'Oro, traslatato del Firenzuola		1819	USD -	0.50
45	APULEII	Apologia, I. Casaubonus recensuit		1594	USD -	0.35
46		ARCHITECTURAL RECORD (THE)	N. Y.	1891-98	USD -	1.50
47	ARCHENHOLZ, J. W. VON	Geschichte des Siebenjahrigen Krieges	Leipzig		USD -	0.15
48	ARIOSTO	Orlando Furioso, ornato di varie figure con alcune stanze, et cinque canti d'un nuovo libro--expo-sitione di tutti i vocaboli et luoghi difticili che nel libro si trovano	Vinegia	1550	USD -	3.25
49		ARISTJENETI Epistolae Graece, cum Latina interp	Paris	1596	USD -	0.30
50		ARISTOPHANIS Facetissimi Comoediae	Venetiis	1538	USD -	0.88
51		ARISTOPHANIS Comoediae in Latinum ad verbum translatae, Andrea Divo Justinapolitano interprete	Basileae	1552	USD -	0.50
52		ARISTOPHANIS Comoediae novem cum comment	Basileae	1547	USD -	1.40
53		ARISTOPHANIS Comoediae undecim, nunc primum cum Latina interpre	Aureliae Allobrogum	1608	USD -	0.30
54	R. F. P. Brunck, editor	ARISTOPHANIS Comoediae undecim	Oxon	1810	USD -	0.10
55		ARISTOTELIS Organum, Gr. et Lat., Jul Pacio a Beriga interprete	Francofurti	1591	USD -	0.50
56	ARNISTEI, H.	Doctrina Politica in Generinam Methodum quae est Aristotelis reducta, etc.	Amstel.	1651	USD -	0.62
57	ARNOLD, SIR ED	The Light of Asia	Lond.	1889	USD -	0.35
58	ARNOLD, MATTHEW	Literature and Dogma	Lond.	1891	USD -	0.50
59		ARRIANI NICOMEDENSIS De rebus gestis Alex			USD -	0.25
60		ASMODEUS IN NEW YORK	N. Y.	1868	USD -	0.15
61	ASTOR, WM. W.	Valentino: an Historical Romance	N. Y.	1885	USD -	0.15
62		ATHENES, Anc. et Nouvelle		1675	USD -	0.20
63	AUBERY, LOUIS	Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de Hollande et des autres Provinces-Unies	Paris	1688	USD -	Not Sold
64	AUGUSTINE (ST.)	Opuscula divi Augustini			USD -	1.75
65	AUGUSTINE (ST.)	Confessiones. Engraved title	Coloniae	1629	USD -	1.10
66	AUGUSTINS (LES)	Contes Nouveaux en vers	A Rome	1779	USD -	1.62
66a	AULNETTE, C.	Reflexions sur les Evenements de 1870 a 1874			USD -	0.15
67		AURELII VICTORIS Hist. Romanae Breviarium, cum Schotti, Machanei, etc., notis	Lug.-Batav.	1670	USD -	0.15
68	S. Pitiscus, editor	AURELII VICTORIS Hist.	Rhenum	1696	USD -	0.30
69		AURELII PRUDENTII Clementis Viri Consularis, Opera, cum scholiis per J. Sichardum	Basileae	1527	USD -	1.25
70		AUSONII Opera	Biponti	1785	USD -	0.20
71	BACON, FRANCIS	Operum Moralium et Civilium Tomus qui continet Hist. Reg. H. Sept. Sermones fideles...			USD -	3.00
72	BACON, FRANCIS	Opera Omnia, cum indice rerum ac verborum--auctoris vita	Francofurti	1665	USD -	0.50
73	BACON, FRANCIS	Historia Ventorum, engraved title...			USD -	0.25
74	BACON, FRANCIS	Sermones Fideles, etc.	Lag.-Bat.	1644	USD -	0.30
75	BACON, FRANCIS	De Augmentis Scientiarum lib. IX...			USD -	1.10
76	BACON, FRANCIS	Sylva Sylvarum et Novus Atlas	Amstel.	1648	USD -	1.00
77	BACON, FRANCIS	De Ventis		1662	USD -	1.25
78	BACON, FRANCIS	Historia Regni Hen.	Amstel.	1662	USD -	2.00
79	BACON, FRANCIS	Sermoni	Napoli	1833	USD -	0.10
80	BACON, FRANCIS	Moral and Historical Works	Lond.	1873	USD -	0.25
81	BADEAU, A.	Aristocracy in England	N. Y.		USD -	0.15
82	BALDWIN, WM.	(Surgeon in U. S. Navy)	Phil.	1843	USD -	0.60
83	BALLANTINE	Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life	Lond.	1882	USD -	0.20
84	BALZAC	Les Contes Drolatiques	Paris		USD -	0.90
85	BARCLAY, J.	Argenis. Editio III	Paris	1623	USD -	1.38
86	BARCLAY, J.	Argenis, cum clave nominum	Lug.-Batav.	1630	USD -	0.60
87	BARCLAY, J.	Argenis, traduction nouvelle de M. G.	Paris	1633	USD -	0.55
88	BARCLAY, J.	Argensis, nunc prium illustrata (cum notis)	Lud.-Batav.	1659	USD -	0.40
89	BARCLAY, J.	Satyricon: accessit conspiratio Anglicana	Lug.-Batav.	1637	USD -	1.70
90	BARCLAY, J.	Satyricon: accessit conspiratio Anglicana	Lug.-Batav.	1655	USD -	0.50
91	BARLAEUS, C.	Poematum editio nova	Lug.-Batav.	1631	USD -	0.70
92	BARRETT, PAUL	Mademoiselle Javotte ouvrage moral; suivi de Les Amours du Comte di C***	Bruxelles	1883	USD -	0.25
93	BARVILLE	La Morale des Sens, ou L'Homme du Siecle	Bruxelles	1882	USD -	0.10
94	BARETTI, G.	Dictionary Ital.-Engl. and Engl.-Ital.	Lond.	1839	USD -	0.30
95	BARETTI, G.	The Italian Library	Lond.	1757	USD -	0.25
96	BARKER (LADY)	A Year's Housekeeping in South Africa	Lond.	1879	USD -	0.80
97	BARTHOLINUS, T.	De Cruce Christi, et Nic. Fontani Re-sponsum	Amstel.	1670	USD -	1.50
98	BASSOMPIERRE	Ambassade en Espagne fan 1621; en Suisse l'an 1625	A Cologne	1668	USD -	0.20
99		BATAILLE DE DORKING, en Angleterre		1871	USD -	0.05

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
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.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.

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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.