Parke Bernet: Four Centuries of French Literature, mainly in superb bindings by old and modern masters illuminated manuscripts, Incunabula Drawings, Miniatures, Americana and other choice items. Collection of Mrs Henry Walters. Public Sale April 23, April 24, April 25., 278,

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 23, 1941 - April 23, 1941
Page Size: 1267 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 BOSWELL, JAMES The Life of Samuel Johnson . . . with numerous additions and notes, by the Right Hon. John Wilson ... London

1851

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202 Pierre de Nolhac [BOUCHER, FRANCOIS]. Francois Boucher, Premier Peintre du Roi, 1703-1770. Paris

1907

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203 BOURCHIER, LORD BERNERS, JOHN The History of the Valiant Knight, Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. London

1814

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204 BOURGES, ELEMIR Le Crepuscule des Dieux. Paris

1905

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205 BOURGET, PAUL Pastels: Dix Portraits de Femmes. Paris

1895

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206 BOURSAUT, EDME Le Prince de Conde, Roman Historique. Paris

1792

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207 BOUTET, HENRI Almanach pour 1887-1895. Paris

[1886-93]

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208 Leon Maillard [BOUTET, HENRI] Etudes sur Quelques Artistes originaux: Henri Boutet, Graveur et Pastelliste. Paris

1894

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209 BOUTET, HENRI Echange de Cartes, by H. Devillers Boutet embete par Courtry. Paris

1896

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210 BOUTET, HENRI Autour d'Elles. Parts I-IV. Paris

1897-8

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211 BOUTET, HENRI Pointes Seches. Paris

[1898]

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212 BRANTOME, PIERRE DE BOURDEILLES, SIEUR DE Les Vies des Dames Galantes. Paris

1879

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213 BRANTOME, PIERRE DE BOURDEILLES, SIEUR DE Les Sept Discours touchant les Dames Galantes du Sieur de Brantome publies Sur les manuscrits de la ... Paris

1882

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214 BRATHWAITE, RICHARD The English Gentleman: Containing Sundry excellent Rules or exquisite Observations, tending to ... London

1630

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215 [BREMOND, G.] Le Cocu Content, ou le veritable Miroir des Amoureux. Amsterdam

1702

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216 [BRET, A.] Lycoris, ou La Courtisane Grecque. Amsterdam

1746

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217 BRILLAT-SAVARIN, JEAN ANTHELME Physiologie du Gout de Brillat-Savarin. Paris

1889

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217a BRITISH AUTHORS. Works (Burke), 9 vols., London, 1854; Vivien Grey (Disraeli), London, n.d ...

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218 BROWN, GLENN History of the United States Capitol. Washington

1900

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219 BROWNE, SIR THOMAS Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries Into very many Received Tenents And commonly presumed Truths ... London

1672

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220 BROWNING, ELIZABETH B. Sonnets from the Portuguese. [East Aurora]

[1898]

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221 BROWNING, ROBERT Poems by Robert Browning. London

1897

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222 BRY, THEODOR DE Emblemata Nobilitati Et Vvlgo Scitv Digna-Stam Vnd Wapenbuchlein: Kunstliche Figuren, sampt ... Frankfurt

1593

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223 BRYAN, MICHAEL Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. London

1893

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224 BULLEN, A. H. England's Helicon. A Collection of Lyrical and Pastoral Poems. London

1887

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225 BULWER, EDWARD, LORD LYTTON The Works of Lord Lytton. Philadelphia

n. d.

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226 BURLESQUE TRANSLATION OF HOMER, A (Brydges), 2 vols., London, 1797; Works (Sterne), 4 vols., London ...

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227 BURTON, SIR RICHARD F. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. London

1894

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228 BURTON, SIR RICHARD F. The Kasidah (couplets) of Haji Abdu Al-Yazdi . . . London

1894

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229 [BURTON, ROBERT] The Anatomy of Melancholy. Boston

1861

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230 BURY, RICHARD DE The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury . . . New York

1889

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231 BUSSY-RABUTIN, ROGER Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules. N. p.

1754

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232 BUTLER, CHARLES The Life of Erasmus. London

1825

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233 Thomas Moore BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD. The Works of Lord Byron: with his Letters and Journals, and his Life, by ... London

1832-3

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234 [BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD] Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. London

1833-4

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235 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. London

1855

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236 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. London

1855-6

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237 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD Fugitive Pieces by George Gordon, Lord Byron. London

1886

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238 [BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD] Mme. la Baronne de Stael Holstein. De l'Allemagne. Paris

1813

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239 Martial. M.Val BYRON'S COPY, LORD. Martialis Epigrammata in XII. Libros. Digesta: ut uni, sic omnibus poetis, facem ... Londini

1783

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240 CABINET (LE) DE LAMPSAQUE, ou Choix d'Epigrammes erotiques des plus celebres Poetes Francois. Paphos

1784

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241 CABINET (LE) SATYRIQUE ou Reveil Parfait des vers piquans & gaillards de ce temps. [Leyden]

1666

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242 Comte Francois De Salverte CABINETMAKERS. Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Siecle leurs Oeuvres et leurs Marques. Paris

1927

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243 CALENDRIER PARISIEN, 1886. Douze sonnets, d'Ern, d'Hervilly. Illustrated by Boutet. [1885]. One of ... Paris

v. d.

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244 CALHOUN, JOHN C. The Works of John C. Calhoun. New York

1854

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245 CALLOT, JACQUES Amico de Gallipoli. Bernardino. Trattato delle Piante & Immagini de sacri Edifizi di Terra Santa ... Florence

1620

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246 CALLOT, JACQUES Les Gueux (Capitano di Baroni). Nancy

[1622]

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247 CALLOT, JACQUES Les Fantaisies. [Nancy]

[1624-33]

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248 CALLOT, JACQUES La vie de l'Enfant Prodigue-Le Petite Passion-Le Nouveau Testament. [Nancy]

[1624-35]

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249 CALLOT, JACQUES La Vie de la Sainte Vierge--Les Mysteres de la Passion. [Nancy]

[1631-3]

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250 CALLOT, JACQUES Les Miseres et les Mal-heures de la Guerre. Paris

1633

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251 CALLOT, JACQUES Collection of 84 etchings by J. Callot, mounted in one vol., 4to, crimson straight-grain morocco ... Nancy

1635 etc.

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252 CALLOT, JACQUES Les Miseres de la guerre. Paris

1636

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253 CALLOT, JACQUES Images des Saints.

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254 CALLOT, JACQUES La Grande Passion, and other etchings by J. Callot. Nancy

v. d.

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255 CALLOT, JACQUES Les Geux (Capitano di Baroni). Nancy

undated

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256 CALLOT, JAQUES Les quatre banquets, Les Grands Apotres and other plates. Nancy

v. d.

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257 CALVERT, FREDERICK, SEVENTH BARON BALTIMORE Gaudia Poetica. Latina, Anglia, et Gallica Lingua composita Ao*** 1769. Augustae

1770

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258 [CAMBRY, JACQUES] Essais sur la Vie et sur les Tableaux du Poussin. Rome

1783

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259 Lord Viscount Strangford CAMOENS, LUIZ DE. Love Poems from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens. Privately Printed

1886

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260 CAREY, DAVID Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity ... London

1822

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261 CARLYLE, THOMAS History of Friedrich II., 4 vols.; Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, 2 vols.; The French ... Philadelphia

n. d.

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262 CATULLUS, etc. Catvllvs. Tibvllvs. Propetivs [sic]. [Venetiis]

[1502]

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263 CAUWET, PIERRE Poesies. San Francisco

1867

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264 [CAVICEO, GIACOMO] Dialogue treselegant intitule le Peregrin, traictant de lhonneste et pudique amour concilie par pure ... Paris

[May 25, 1527]

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265 CAYLUS, A. C. P. DE TUBIERES, COMTE DE Oeuvres Badines, Complettes, du Comte de Caylus. Amsterdam

1787

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266 CAZOTTE, JACQUES Le Diable Amoureux. Avec la Preface de Gerard de Nerval. Paris

1883

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267 Eugene Plon [CELLINI, BENVENUTO]. Benvenuto Cellini, Orfevre, Medailleur, Sculpteur. Paris

1883

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268 Eugene Plon [CELLINI, BENVENUTO] Benvenuto Cellini. Nouvel Appendice aux Recherches sur son Oeuvre et sur les ... Paris

1884

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269 CENTRE (LE) DE L'AMOUR, Decouvert soubs Divers Emblesmes Galans et Facetieux. Paris

n. d. [circa 1700]

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270 Theodore Deck CERAMIC BINDING. La Faience. Paris

n. d.

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271 M. A. Darcel, and M. Henri Delange CERAMICS. Recueil de Faiences Italiennes des XVe, XVIe, et XVIIe Siecles. Paris

1869

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272 CERAMICS. Collection Sigismond Bardac Faiences Italiennes du xve Siecle. Objets de Haute Curiosite ... Paris

1913

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273 R. L. Hobson and Edward S. Morse CERAMICS. Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries. New York

1914

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274 CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE The Troublesome and Hard Adventures in Love. Lively setting forth, The Feavers, the Dangers, and the ... London

1652

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275 CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE L'Histoire de Don Quichotte de La Manche. Paris

1884

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276 CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE Rinconete et Cortadillo, Nouvelle. Paris

1891

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277 CESARINE (Richepin), Paris, 1888, First Edition. One of 20 copies on Holland paper.; L'Opera (Anon ...

USD - Unknown
278 [CHAMPFLEURY, JULES HUSSON, DIT.] Les Chats: Histoire, Moeurs, Observations, Anecdotes. Paris

1869

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279 CHAMPFLEURY [JULES HUSSON, DIT.] Le Violon de Faience. Paris

1885

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280 CHAMPIER, SYMPHORIEN Liber de quadruplici vita Theologia Asclepij hermetis trismegisti discipuli cum commentariis eiusdem ... Lyons

August 1507

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281 CHANSONNETTES RIMEES. Mises en Musique. A Quatre parties. [Part 4 of Bassus only.] Paris

1594

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282 CHANSONS FOLASTRES et Prologuestant superlifiques que drolatiques des comediens Francois, par ... Brussels

1864

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283 CHANTS ET CHANSONS POPULAIRES DE LA FRANCE. Paris

1843

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284 CHAP BOOKS. The Doge of Venice (Byron), London, n.d.; Rugantino (Lewis), London, n.d.; The ...

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285 CHAP BOOKS, etc. The Most Famous History of the Valiant London 'Prentice, Leicester, n.d.; Robin- ...

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286 CHAPELAIN, JEAN La Pucelle, ou la France Delivree. Poeme Heroique. Suiuant la Copie imprimee a Paris [Amsterdam]

1656

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287 CHAPELET (LE) DE VIRGINITE dit damours spirituelles faict et copose par maistre Pelerin de ... [Paris]

[circa 1500?]

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288 CHAPMAN, GEORGE The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts In his Iliads, and Odysses. At London

[1616]

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289 CHARLES II. [Articles of Peace. (Vide infra)] London and In the Savoy.

1667

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290 CHARRON, PIERRE De la Sagesse. Amsterdam

1662

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291 CHARTIER, ALAIN Les Oevvres feu maistre Alain chartier en son viuant Secretaire du feu roy Charles septiesme du non. Paris

1529

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292 CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD L. de La Saussaye: Le Chateau de Chambord. Lyon

1859

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293 CHATTERTON, THOMAS The Works of Thomas Chatterton. London

1803

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294 CHAUCER, GEOFFREY The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer. London

1913

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295 [CHAUSSARD P. JEAN-BAPTISTE] Fetes et Courtisanes de la Grece Supplement aux Voyages d'Anacharsis et d'Antenor, etc. Paris

1821

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296 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE (Byron), London, 1881; Venetian Life (Howells), Leipzig, 1883; Ore Pie ... V. p.

1775-1886

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297 Una Pope-Hennessy CHINESE JADE. Early Chinese Jades. London

1923

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298 Arthur Waley CHINESE PAINTING. An Introduction to the study of Chinese Painting. London

1923

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299 CHOISY, ABBE DE Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de Louis XIV. Utrecht

1747

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