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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
601	M[ILTON] J[OHN.]	The Readie & Easie Way to Establish A Free Commonwealth, and The Excellence thereof Compar'd with ...	London	1660	USD -	Unknown
602	MILTON, JOHN	Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books.	London	1669	USD -	Unknown
603	MILTON, JOHN	Paradise Lost.	London	1674	USD -	Unknown
604	MILTON, JOHN	Paradise Lost.	London	1692	USD -	Unknown
605	MILTON, JOHN	Paradise Lost: a Poem. In Twelve Books.	London	1794	USD -	Unknown
606	MILTON, JOHN	Paradise Lost.	London	1794	USD -	Unknown
607	MILTON, JOHN	Poetical Works.	[London]	1904	USD -	Unknown
608	[MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES, BARON DE.]	De l'Esprit des Loix.	Geneva	[1798]	USD -	Unknown
609	MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DE.	L'Antiquite Expliquee, et Representee en Figures.	Paris	1719-24	USD -	Unknown
610	Austen H. Layard	MONUMENTS. The Monuments of Nineveh.	London	1849-53	USD -	Unknown
611	MOORE, THOMAS	Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems.	London	1806	USD -	Unknown
612	MORE, SIR THOMAS	De Optimo, Reip., Statu Dque nova insula Utopia libellus ve re aureaus, nec nimus salutaris quam ...	[Basileae]	[1518]	USD -	Unknown
613	MORE, SIR THOMAS	Epigrammata . . .	Basileae	[1520]	USD -	Unknown
614	MORRIS, REV. F. O.	A History of British Birds.	London	1895-7	USD -	Unknown
615	MORRIS, REV. F. O.	A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland.	London	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
616	MORRIS, WILLIAM	Autograph Manuscript of Socialism from the Root Up, signed in three places.			USD -	Unknown
617	MORRIS, WILLIAM	The Life and Death of Jason, 1867; The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs ...	London	1867-77	USD -	Unknown
618	MORRIS, WILLIAM	The Earthly Paradise. A Poem.	London	1868-70	USD -	Unknown
619	MORRIS, WILLIAM	The Manifesto, 1885; new edition; True and False Society, 1888; Useful Work v. Useless Toil, 1885 ...	London	1885-90	USD -	Unknown
620	MORRIS, WILLIAM	The Odyssey of Homer. Done into English Verse.	London	1887	USD -	Unknown
621	MORRIS, WILLIAM	The Odyssey of Homer. Done into English by William Morris, 2 vols, 1887; Signs of Change, 1888; A ...	London	1887-8	USD -	Unknown
622	Alexandre Laborde	MOSAICS. Description d'un pave en Mosaique decouvert dans l'Ancienne Ville d'Italica aujourd'hui le ...	Paris	1802	USD -	Unknown
623		MOSAICS, etc. I Mosaici della Cupola nella Capella Chigiana de S. Maria del Popolo in Roma invetate ...			USD -	Unknown
624	J. O. Westwood	MOTHS. British Moths and their Transformations.	London	1849	USD -	Unknown
625		MUSAEUM HERMETICUM Reformatum et Amplificatum . . .	Francofurti	1678	USD -	Unknown
626		MUSEE FRANCAIS, LE, Recueil Complet des Tableux, Statues et Bas-Reliefs, 5 vols, 1803-9; one title- ...	Paris	1803-18	USD -	Unknown
627		MUSEO BRESCIANO ILLUSTRATO.	Brescia	1838	USD -	Unknown
628		MUSEO CAPITOLINO, DEL. Contenente Immagini d'Vomini Illustri.	Roma	1741-82	USD -	Unknown
629	Marcus Meibomius	MUSIC. Antiqvae Mvsicae Avctores Septem. Graece et Latine. Marcvs Meibomivs Restituit ac Notix ...	Amstelodami	1652	USD -	Unknown
630	NAPOLEON I.	L.s. Napoleon.			USD -	Unknown
631	NAPOLEON I.	Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte ...			USD -	Unknown
632	NAPOLEON I.	Recueil de Decrets, Ordonnances, Traites de Paix, Manifestes, Proclamations, Discours, &c. &c. de ...	A Londres	1813-6	USD -	Unknown
633	NAPOLEON I.	Code Napoleon Explique . . . par J. A. Rogron.	Paris	1866	USD -	Unknown
634		NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS. A.L.s. Ney. One page, folio, Frybourg, An 11. About 150 words in French; L.s ...			USD -	Unknown
635	NATALIBUS, PETRUS DE.	Catalogus Sanctorum et gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus collectus.	Lyons	December 9, 1514	USD -	Unknown
636	NATALIS, HIERONYMUS	Evangelicae Historiae Imagines . . .	Antuerpiae	1593	USD -	Unknown
637	Edited by S. C. Hall	NATIONAL GALLERY; comprising the Pictures known as the Vernon Collection.	London	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
638		NEW ENGLISH THEATRE, THE . . .	London	1776-7	USD -	Unknown
639		NEW TESTAMENT. [Portion of title in Greek.] Nouum Testamentum.	Lvtetiae	1549	USD -	Unknown
640		NEW TESTAMENT. Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ.	Paris	1813	USD -	Unknown
641		NEW TESTAMENT. Novum Testamentum Sinaiticum sive Novum Testamentum cum Epistula Barnabae et ...	Lipsiae	1863	USD -	Unknown
642		NEW TESTAMENT. 1864; Large Paper edition; Another Edition; 1864; two copies. All with the same ...	London	1864-5	USD -	Unknown
643	NEWTON, ALFRED, and OTHERS	A Dictionary of Birds.	London	1896	USD -	Unknown
644	NEWTON, SIR ISAAC	Opera quae exstant Omnia.	London	1779-85	USD -	Unknown
645		NOBILITAS POLITICA VEL CIVILIS (Milles), Londini, 1608; A Proposal Humbly offered to the Parliament ...			USD -	Unknown
646	NOLHAC, PIERRE DE.	J.-H. Fragonard. 1732-1806.	Paris	1906	USD -	Unknown
647		NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRAECUM. [Portion of title in Greek.] Nouum lesv Christi D.N. Testamentum.	Lvtetiae	1550	USD -	Unknown
648		ODD VOLUMES. Commentaries on the Laws of England (Blackstone), vol. i and ii only, Oxford, 1766 ...			USD -	Unknown
649	OMAR KHAYYAM	The Quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour, now first completely done into English . . . by John ...	London	1898	USD -	Unknown
650	OMAR KHAYYAM	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.	[London]	[n.d.]	USD -	Unknown
651		OMNIA QVAM ANTEHAC EMENDATIORA Annotationes Des. Erasmi & Egnatij cognitu dignae C. Suetonius ...	Basileae	1533	USD -	Unknown
652		OPERA Philosophica (Descartes), Amstelodami: Blaviana, 1685; De Architectura (Vitruvius), Lvgdvni ...			USD -	Unknown
653	OPPIANUS	[Portion of title in Greek.] Oppiani de Natvra sev venatione Piscivm Libri Qvinqve.	[Florentiae]	[1515]	USD -	Unknown
654		ORATORES ATTICI. Ex Recensione Immanuelis Bekkeri.	Oxford	1822-8	USD -	Unknown
655		ORATORES GRAECI. Orationes. Parts I and II. Almost entirely in Greek.	[Venetiis]	[1513]	USD -	Unknown
656	Frederick Sander	ORCHIDS. Reichenbachia. Orchids Illustrated and Described.	St. Albans	1888-94	USD -	Unknown
657		ORIBAS II SARDIANI COLLECTORUM MEDICINALIUM, Parisiis, 1555; De Symbolis Heroicis Libri ix (Petra ...			USD -	Unknown
658		AL-QUR'AN.		[A. H. about the third century]	USD -	15.00
659		AL-QUR'AN.		Early xix century	USD -	12.00
660		FIRDAUSI.			USD -	220.00
661	HAFIZ	Diwan.		A.H. 819 [1416 A.D.]	USD -	20.00
662	'Ali Al-Wa 'iz Al-kashfi	HUSAIN B.		A.H. 1214 [1799 A.D.]	USD -	17.50
663	JALAL AL-DIN RUMI	Masnavi.		A.H. 1000 [1591 A.D.]	USD -	17.50
664	JALAL AD-DIN RUMI	Masnavi.		A.H. 1053 [1643 A.D.]	USD -	40.00
665	JAMI	Diwan.		A.H. 863 [1458 A.D.]	USD -	20.00
666	JAMI	Yusuf u Zulaikha.		A.H. 945 [1538 A.D.]	USD -	15.00
667		KALILAH AND DAMNAH.		A.H. 1258 [circa 1842]	USD -	250.00
668		KORAN, THE.		Late viii or early ix century	USD -	65.00
669		KORAN, THE. Al-Qur'an.		A.H. 953 [1546 A.D.]	USD -	22.00
670		KORAN, THE.		A.H. 964 [1555 A.D.]	USD -	70.00
671		KORAN, THE. [Commentary on the Qur'an.]		A.H. 1178	USD -	25.00
672		KORAN, THE.		A. H. 1259 [1843 A.D.]	USD -	25.00
673		KORAN, THE.		Probably xvi century	USD -	70.00
674		KORAN, THE.		Apparently late xviii or early xix century	USD -	27.00
675		KORAN, THE.		Early xix century	USD -	12.00
676		KORAN, THE.		Recent	USD -	Unknown
677		KORAN, THE. Lithographed in Arabic, on tinted background. Persian and Hindustani text, with Arabic ...			USD -	Unknown
678		MUHAMMAD Ibn Faramarz Ibn 'Ali Mulla Khusrau. Durar Al-Hukkam Fi Sharh Shurar Al-Ahkam.		Late xvi century A.D.	USD -	12.00
679	MUHAMMAD RUMI	Dilayil-Khayrat.		A. H. 1178 (?)	USD -	17.00
680	NIZAMI	Khamsah.		Early xix century	USD -	140.00
681		ORIENTALIA. [An example of Japanese printing and binding.] N.p., n.d.; The Koran. Arabic manuscript ...			USD -	Unknown
682		PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT.	[Persia (?)]	[late xviii century]	USD -	27.00
683		QUR'AN.		Middle xviii century, A.D.	USD -	27.00
684		SA'DI AL-DIN AL-TAFTAZANI SHARH TALKHIS AL-MIFTAT.		Late xvi century, A.D.	USD -	7.50
685		SA'DI. Gulistan and Bustan.		A.H. 1006 [circa 1600 A.D.]	USD -	27.50
686	SA'DI KULLIYYAT	[Complete Works.]		A.H. probably x century	USD -	17.50
687		SA'DI KULLIYYAT. [Complete Poems.]		Early xvii century, A.D.	USD -	12.00
688		'URFI. Diwan.		A.H. 1035 [1625 A.D.]	USD -	10.00
689		ORIENTALIA. Diwan (Hafiz), Cawnpore, 1830; Gulistan (Sa'di), Bombay, 1873; Boostan (Sheik ...			USD -	Unknown
690		ORLEANS GALLERY. Galerie Lithographiee de Son Altesse Royale, Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans.	Paris	n.d.	USD -	Unknown
691	Henry Shaw	ORNAMENT. The Encyclopedia of Ornament.	London	1842	USD -	Unknown
692	Owen Jones	ORNAMENT. The Grammar of Ornament.	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
693		ORNAMENT, ILLUMINATION, etc. The Grammar of Ornament (Jones), 1868; with 112 plates in colors; [The ...	London	18[60-]70	USD -	Unknown
694	William Yarrell	ORNITHOLOGY. A History of British Birds.	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
695	John Whitehead	ORNITHOLOGY etc. Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo.	London	1893	USD -	Unknown
696	ORPHEUS	[Argonautica; Hymni.]	[Florentie]	[1500]	USD -	Unknown
697	OSSIAN	The Poems of Ossian, in the Original Gaelic, with a Literal Translation into Latin, by the late ...	London	1807	USD -	Unknown
698	OTTLEY, WILLIAM Y. and PELTRO W. TOMKINS	Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London.	London	1818	USD -	Unknown
699	OVERBEKE, B. and M.	Reliquiae Antiquiae urbis Romae.	Amstelaedami	1708	USD -	Unknown
700	OVID	P. Ouidii Metamorphosis . . .	[Venice]	[1497]	USD -	Unknown

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