Parke Bernet: ORNITHOLOGICAL BOOKS INCUNABULA, PRESS PUBLICATIONS FIRST EDITIONS, STANDARD SETS ORIENTAL & OTHER MANUSCRIPTS MANY IN FINE BINDINGS. COLLECTED BY THE LATE ALBERT MAY TODD, KALAMAZOO, MICH. SOLD BY ORDER OF THE HEIRS OF HIS ESTATE THE PRESENT OWNERS. PUBL, 313,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 1941 - November 12, 1941

Page Size: 975 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201		CHRISTIAN YEAR, THE. Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year.	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
202	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	De Officiis. Libri iii; De Inventione Rhetorica. Libri ii; De Partitione Oratoria.	Italy?	late xv or early xvi century	USD -	Unknown
203	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Rhetorica Vetus et Nova.	Venice	October 31, 1483	USD -	Unknown
204	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	De Oratore.	[Venetiis]	[1488]	USD -	Unknown
205	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Opera Omnia. [Edited by Alexandras Minutianus.]	[Milan]	[1498]	USD -	Unknown
206	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Macrobii in Somnivm Scipionis ex Ciceronis . . .	[Venetiis]	[1528]	USD -	45.00
207	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	M. Tvllii Ciceronis Opera Omnivm . . .	Venetiis	1534-7	USD -	Unknown
208	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Orationes.	Parisiis	1534-47	USD -	Unknown
209	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	M. Tvllii Ciceronis Opera Omnia qvae exstant, a Dionysio Lambino Monstroliensi.	Lvtetiae	1565-6	USD -	Unknown
210	CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS	Opera. Cum Indicibus et Variis Lectionibus.	Oxonii	1783	USD -	Unknown
211		CLASSICS. Anacreontis Teij odae, Lutetiae, 1554; Demetrii Phalerei de Elocutione, Glasguae, 1743 ...			USD -	Unknown
212		CLASSICS. Pausaniae, Graciae Descriptio Accurata, Lipsiae, 1696; De Rerum Natura (Lucretius ...			USD -	Unknown
213		CLASSICS. Publii Vergilii Bucolica, Georgica Aeneis [Venetiis, 1507]; Ilias & Odyssea (Homer ...			USD -	Unknown
214		CLASSICS. L. Annaeus Seneca M. Antonio Mureto Correctus et Notis Illustratus, n.p., 1594; Callimachi ...			USD -	Unknown
215		CLASSICS. Dionysius Alexandrinus. De situ orbis libellus, Eustathii Thessalonicensis archiepiscopi ...			USD -	Unknown
216		CLASSICS. Institutione Oratoria (Quintilian), Lugduni Batavorum, 1720; Q. Horatius Flaccus, Cum ...			USD -	Unknown
217		CLASSICS. Aristophanis facetissimicomi comoedie nouem [Paris, 1528]; Libri de re Rustica M. Catonis ...			USD -	Unknown
218		CLASSICS. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandrae, Basileae [1546]; Olympia Pindari, Lutetiae, 1575 ...			USD -	Unknown
219		CLASSICS. Poetarum Omnium Seculorum Longe Principis Homeri Ilias, Basileae [1540]; Virgilius ...			USD -	Unknown
220		CLASSICS. Opera (Ovid), 3 vols., Leyden, 1629; Aphorisms [in Greek] (Hippocrates) [Lugduni, 1532 ...			USD -	Unknown
221		CLASSICS. Titi Livii Patavina Historiarum, 4 vols., Edin., 1751; Odysseae Homeri libri xxiiii ...			USD -	Unknown
222		CLASSICS. The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. Plates; offsets. 9 vols ...			USD -	Unknown
223		CLASSICS, etc. Tragedies [Greek Text] (Aeschylus), Parisiis, 1552; Apolldori Atheniensis ...			USD -	Unknown
224	CLEMENS V.	Constitutiones cum apparatu, vita, etc.	Paris	July 1513	USD -	Unknown
225		CODEX. Bibliorum Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus.	Petropoli	1862	USD -	Unknown
226		CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. Vetus Testamentum Graecum e Codice MS. Alexandrino . . . Cura et labore Henrici ...	Londini	1816-28	USD -	Unknown
227		CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. Facsimile of the Codex Alexandrinus. New Testament and Clementine Epistles.	[London]	1879	USD -	Unknown
228		CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. New Testament and Clementine Epistles.	London	1909	USD -	Unknown
229		CODEX SINAITICUS PETROPOLITANUS. The New Testament, the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of ...	Oxford	1911	USD -	Unknown
230	COLONNA, FRANCESCO	Poliphili Hypnerotomachia.	[London]	[1904]	USD -	Unknown
231		COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer commonly called The First Book of Queen Elizabeth printed ...	London	1844	USD -	Unknown
232		CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, 53rd Congress, 1st Session, vol. 25, nos. 31-41, Sept. 12-23, 1893; 55th ...			USD -	Unknown
233		CONSTITUTIONS of the Several Independent States of America, engraved portrait of Washington by Sharp ...	V.p.	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
234		CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775.	Philadelphia: Printed; London: Reprinted	1776	USD -	Unknown
235	COOK, CAPT. JAMES	Account of the Voyages for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed ...	London	1773-84	USD -	Unknown
236	Captain James Cook and Captain James King	COOK, CAPT. JAMES. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.	London	1784	USD -	Unknown
237	COSTELLO, LOUISA S.	The Rose Garden of Persia.	London	1845	USD -	Unknown
238	Joseph Strutt	COSTUMES. A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England.	London	1796-9	USD -	Unknown
239		CRIME. A Complete Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings for High-Treason, and other Crimes and ...	London	1776-81	USD -	Unknown
240	CROWE, SIR JOSEPH A. and G. B. CAVALCASELLE	A New History of Painting in Italy, 3 vols., 1864; A History of Painting in North Italy, 2 vols ...	London	1864-77	USD -	Unknown
241		CRUIKSHANK ILLUSTRATIONS, GEORGE. The Universal Songster.	London	1825-8	USD -	Unknown
242	CUVIER, G. L. BARON	The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its Organization.	London	1827-35	USD -	Unknown
243	DAHLGREN, J. A.	Boat Armament of the U. S. Navy.	Philadelphia	1856	USD -	Unknown
244	DANTE ALIGHIERI	[La Divina Commedia. With the Commentary of Christophoro Landino.]	[Firenze]	[1481]	USD -	Unknown
245	DANTE ALIGHIERI	Convivio.	[Florence]	[1490]	USD -	Unknown
246	DANTE ALIGHIERI	Comedia del Divino Poeta Danthe . . .	Vinegia	1536	USD -	Unknown
247	DANTE ALIGHIERI	La Divina Commedia, con varie Annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata . . . dal Conte don Cristoforo ...	In Venezia	1757-8	USD -	Unknown
248	DARWIN, CHARLES	The Zoology of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N ...	London	1839-43	USD -	Unknown
249	DARWIN, CHARLES	The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.	London	1868	USD -	Unknown
250	DARWIN, CHARLES	The Descent of Man.	London	1871	USD -	Unknown
251	DAVIES, GERALD S.	Hans Holbein the Younger.	London	1903	USD -	Unknown
252	DA VINCI, LEONARDO	Imitations of Original Designs by Leonardo da Vinci . . .	London	1796	USD -	Unknown
253	DE BURE, GUILLAUME-FRANCOIS	Bibliographie Instructive: ou Traite de la Connoissance des Livres Rares et Singuliers.	Paris	1763-8	USD -	Unknown
254		DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum, January to July ...	Philadelphia	1776	USD -	Unknown
255		DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC, THE (Long), 5 vols., 1864; Miscellaneous Works (Gibbon), 5 ...	London	1814-64	USD -	Unknown
256		DECORATION. Divers of Early Masters of Christian Decoration.	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
257	Prisse d'Avesnes	DECORATION. La Decoration Arabe.	Paris	1885	USD -	Unknown
258	DEMOSTHENES	Orationes duae & sexaginta. Libanii sophistae in eas ipsas orationes argumenta. Vita Demosthenis per ...	[Venice]	[November 1504]	USD -	Unknown
259	DEMOTHENES	Orationes duae & sexaginta. Libanii sophisae in eas ipsas orationes argumenta. Vita Demosthenis per ...	[Venice]	[November 1504]	USD -	Unknown
260	DEMOSTHENES	Orationes [with other tracts].	[Venetiis]	[1504]	USD -	Unknown
261	DEMOSTHENES	[This portion of title in Greek.]	Venetiis	1543	USD -	Unknown
262		DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION. The Masterpieces in the Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Pictures.	London	1901	USD -	Unknown
263	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	An Introduction to the knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics.	London	1808	USD -	Unknown
264	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	Typographical Antiquities; or the History of Printing in England, Scotland and Ireland.	London	1810-9	USD -	Unknown
265	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	Bibliotheca Spenceriana, with Supplement. 5 vols, 1814-22; Aedes Althorpianae, 1822. Illustrated, a ...	London	1814-22	USD -	Unknown
266	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	The Bibliographical Decameron.	London	1817	USD -	Unknown
267	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.	London	1821	USD -	Unknown
268	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	The Library Companion.	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
269	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	The Library Companion.	London	1824	USD -	Unknown
270	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	An Introduction to the knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics.	London	1827	USD -	Unknown
271	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	An Introduction to the knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics.	London	1827	USD -	Unknown
272	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	An Introduction to the knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics.	London	1827	USD -	Unknown
273	DIBDIN. THOMAS F.	An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics.	London	1827	USD -	Unknown
274	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	An Introduction to the knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics.	London	1827	USD -	Unknown
275	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in ...	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
276	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in ...	London	1838	USD -	Unknown
277	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	Bibliomania; or Book-Madness.	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
278	DIBDIN, THOMAS F.	Bibliomania; or Book-Madness.	London	1876	USD -	Unknown
279	DICKENS, CHARLES	Bleak House.	London	1853	USD -	Unknown
280	DICKENS, CHARLES	Our Mutual Friend.	London	1865	USD -	Unknown
281		DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveurs de tous les ...	Paris	1911	USD -	17.50
282		DICTIONARIES, etc. A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English. (Richardson), London, 1829; Lexicon ...			USD -	Unknown
283		DICTIONARY of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, A (Smith), 3 vols., London, 1873; Nineveh and ...			USD -	Unknown
284	DIO CASSIUS	[portion of title in Greek.] Dionis Romanarum historiarum . . .	Lvtetiae	1548	USD -	Unknown
285	DIODORUS SICULUS	Bibliothecae Historicae libri vi.	Venice	September 20, 1496	USD -	Unknown
286	DIODORUS SICULUS	[Portion of title in Greek.] Diodori Sicvli Historiarvm Libri Aliqvot qvi extant, opera & studio ...	Basileae	[1539]	USD -	Unknown
287	DIODORUS SICULUS	[This portion of title in Greek.] Bibliothecae historicae . . .	[Paris:]	1559	USD -	Unknown
288	DIOGENES LAERTIUS	De Vita Philosophorum et Moribus Veterum.	Probably France	xv century	USD -	Unknown
289	DIOGENES LAERTIUS	De Vitis, Decretis et Responsis celebrium Philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi. [Greek ...	Basle	1533	USD -	Unknown
290	DIOGENES LAERTIUS	De Vitis, Decretis et Responsis celebrium Philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi. [Greek ...	Basle	1533	USD -	Unknown
291	DIOGENES LAERTIUS	[Portion of title in Greek.]	Basileae	1533	USD -	Unknown
292	DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSUS	[Portion of title in Greek.] Antiquitatum Romanarum. Lib. X.	Lvtetiae	1546	USD -	Unknown
293	DIOSCORIDES, PEDACIO	Acerca de la Materia Medicinal y de los Venenos Mortiferos.	Valencia	1636	USD -	Unknown
294	John Milton	DOVES PRESS. Paradise Lost. A Poem in xii Books.	Hammersmith	1902	USD -	Unknown
295		DOVES PRESS. [Genesis i] In Principio.	[Hammersmith]	[1911]	USD -	Unknown
296	DOYLE, JAMES E.	A Chronicle of England. B.C. 55- A.D. 1485.	London	1864	USD -	Unknown
297	DRAKE, FRANCIS	Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, from its Origin to the Present Times.	London	1736	USD -	Unknown
298		DRESDEN GALLERY. Recueil d'Estampes d'apres les plus Celebres Tableaux de la Galerie Royale de ...	Dresden.	1753-7	USD -	Unknown
299		DRESDEN GALLERY. Die Vorzuglichsten Gemalde der Koniglichen Galerie in Dresden. Nebst Erklarungen in ...	Dresden	1836	USD -	Unknown
300		DRESDEN GALLERY. Die Vorzuglichsten Gemalde Koniglichen Galerie in Dresden.	Dresden	n.d.	USD -	Unknown

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