Parke Bernet: INCUNABULA MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS, FIRST EDITIONS AND OTHER BOOKS, PROPERTY OF R. H. MULL MRS EDWIN M. BEROL, AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOHN P. C. ALDEN AND OTHER OWNERS. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE FEBRUARY 6 AND 7. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC. 980 MA, 1125,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 06, 1950 - February 06, 1950
Page Size: 661 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 [T. J. Cobden-Sanderson] DOVES PRESS. Amantium Irae. Letters to Two Friends, 1864-1867. [Hammersmith]

1914

USD - Unknown
202 DRAYTON, MICHAEL Poems by Michael Drayton Esquyer. London

[1619]

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203 DRESSER, MATTHAEUS De Partibus Humani Corporis et Animae Potentiis. Leipzig

1593

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204 DURER, ALBRECHT Beschryvinghe van Albrecht Dvrer van de Menschelijcke Proportion . . . In't Latijn en de ... Tot Arnhem

1622

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205 DVORAK, MAX Pierre Bruegel l'Ancien, Trent-Sept Chromophototypographies d'apres ses principales Oeuvres a Vienne ... Vienne

n.d.

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206 EARLY AMERICAN HYMN BOOK. The Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testament ... Boston: N. E.

1758

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207 ELEMENTS OF HERALDRY, THE (Porny), 1765; Foreign Armour in England (Gardner), 1898; Armour & Weapons ...

USD - Unknown
208 M. Legendre and A. Hartman [EL GRECO] Domenico Theotocopouli di El Greco. Paris

[1937]

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209 ELIOT, GEORGE Silas Marner. Edinburgh

1861

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210 ELLIS, HENRY Original Letters, illustrative of English History. London

1824-46

USD - Unknown
211 Dan. Heinsius ELZEVIR PRESS. Poematvm. Editio Nova . . . Lugduni Batavorum

1621

USD - Unknown
212 Dan. Heinsius ELZEVIR PRESS. Tragoediae Constitvtione Liber . . . Lugduni Batavorum

1643

USD - Unknown
213 EMERSON, RALPH W. Complete Works. Boston

n.d.

USD - Unknown
214 EMORY, WILLIAM H. Report of the United States and Mexican boundary Survey. Washington

1857-9

USD - Unknown
215 ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, THE. London

[1936]

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216 ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. The Kingdome of England & Principality of Wales. Exactly ... [London]

1676

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217 ENGLISH AUTHORS. Paradise Lost [and] Paradise Regained (Milton), 2 vols., 1765; A Sentimental ... London

1658-1773

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218 ENGLISH PAINTING (Wilenski), Boston, n.d.; Joshua Reynolds (Osborn), Bielefeld, 1908; German text ...

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219 ENGRAVINGS. A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical (Jackson), London, 1839; first ...

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220 [EPEE, CHARLES-MICHEL, L'ABEE DE] La Veritable Maniere d'Instruire Les Sourds et Muets . . . Paris

1784

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221 ESSAY ON FRIENDSHIP (Montaigne), Boston, 1915; Success (Emerson), Boston, 1912; Walking (Thoreau) [ ...

USD - Unknown
222 ETCHER'S HANDBOOK (Hamerton), London, 1881; Jean-Francois Millet, Peasant and Painter (Sensier ...

USD - Unknown
223 EULER, L. Theoria Motus Lunae exhibens omnes eius inaequalitates. St. Petersburg

1753

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224 EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS, PAMPHILIUS Chronicon. [With the continuations of Prosper and Matthaeus Palmerius. Edited by J. L. Santritter.] Venice

13 September, 1483

USD - Unknown
225 FABLIAUX OR TALES (Le Grand), 3 vols., 1815; History of Charles the Great and Orlando (Turpin), 2 ... London

1812-5

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226 FABRE, PIERRE JEAN Myrothecium Spagiricum; sive Pharmacopoea Chymica. Toulouse

1646

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227 FAIRCHILD, LEE The Tippler's Vow. New York

n.d.

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228 FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. Debates . . . on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (Elliot), 5 vols ...

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229 FENELON, FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE The Adventures of Telamachus, the Son of Ulysses. London

n.d.

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230 FERDINAND and ISABELLA D.s. Yo el Rey and Yo la Reyna.

USD - Unknown
231 FERRARI, G. B., S. J. Flora overo Cultura Di Fiori . . . transportata dalla lingua Latina da Lodov. Aureli Perugino. Rome

1638

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232 FIELD, EUGENE The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac. New York

1896

USD - Unknown
233 FIFTEENTH CENTURY PRINTING. An incomplete volume, apparently a Psalter, comprising 137 printed ...

USD - Unknown
234 FIGDOR COLLECTION. [Sales Catalogue.] Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor-Wein. First Paet, vols. I-II ... Berlin

1930

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235 FISHING. The British Angler's Manual (Holland), 1839; Waltoniana (Shepherd), 1878; The Incompleat ... London

1839-87

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236 FISHING. The Complete Angler (Walton and Cotton), 1797; The same, another edition, n.d.; The Angler' ... London

v.d.

USD - Unknown
237 FISHING. The Angler's Sure Guide (Howlett), London, 1706; The Troller's Guide (Salter), London, 1820 ...

USD - Unknown
238 FISHING. The Angler's Guide (Salter), London, 1833; Jolly Angler, London, n.d.; The Secrets of ...

USD - Unknown
239 FISHING AND COOKERY. Occasional Reflections upon several Subjects (Boyle), London, 1665, First ...

USD - Unknown
240 T. Bartholinus FLAGELLATION. De Usu Flagrorum in Re Medica & Veneria, Lumborumque & Renum officio . . . Frankfort

1670

USD - Unknown
241 FLORENTINE HISTORY (Napier), 6 vols., London, 1846-7; History of England, 4 vols., and, Critical ...

USD - Unknown
242 J. Loudon FLOWERS. British Wild Flowers. London

n.d.

USD - Unknown
243 W. Cooke, Ed. [FOOTE, SAMUEL.] The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote. New Southgate

1889

USD - Unknown
244 FOREIGN SALES CATALOGUES. A collection of 16 Catalogues of Antiques, Rugs, Paintings, Silver, etc. Bruxelles

1937-40

USD - Unknown
245 FORSTER, E. M. A Passage to India. London

1924

USD - Unknown
246 FORTIER, ALCEE A History of Louisiana. New York

1904

USD - Unknown
247 J. Fichard FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN. Consiliorvm Dn. Ioannis Fichardi, I.C. Clarissimi Practici Celeberrimi, et ... Frankfort am Main

1590

USD - Unknown
248 J. F. Boehmer FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN. Codex Diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus. Urkundenbuch der Reichsstadt ... Frankfurt am Main

1836

USD - Unknown
249 FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN. Gedenk-Buch zu Friedrich von Schiller's hundertjahriger Geburtsfeier begangen ... Frankfort am Main

1860-3

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250 FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN IMPRINTS. Un eine hohe Deutsche Bundes-Versammlung. Denkschrift des Yorstandes ... Frankfort am Main

v.d.

USD - Unknown
251 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Complete Works . . . with Memoirs of his Early Life, written by Himself. London

1806

USD - Unknown
252 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Life. Written by Himself. Now first edited . . . by John Bigelow. Philadelphia

1905

USD - Unknown
253 L. S. Livingston [FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.] Franklin and his Press at Passy. New York

1914

USD - Unknown
254 J. J. Foster, ed. FRENCH ART. French Art from Watteau to Prud'hon. London

1905-7

USD - Unknown
255 FRENCH ARTISTS. Dix Reproductions 1933 . . . Introduction by John Becker. Paris and New York

[1933]

USD - Unknown
256 FRENCH ARTISTS. Andre Derain (Faure), [1923]; Georges Seurat (Cousturier), [1921]; limited edition ...

USD - Unknown
257 FRENCH AUTHORS. Romances (Dumas), vols. I-XIX, XXI-XXIX, XXXI-XL, 38 vols., 1893; Works (Hugo), vols ... Boston

1893 and n.d.

USD - Unknown
258 FRENCH PAINTERS. Renoir (Duret), N. Y. [1937]; Manet (Duret), N. Y. [1937]; Cezanne: His Life and ... New York

[1937]

USD - Unknown
259 F. Jourdain FRENCH PAINTERS. Renoir, le Moulin de la Galette [1948]; Cezanne [1948]. colored plates. Paris

[1948]

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260 FRENCH PAINTERS. L'Art et la Vie Modigliani (Pfannstiel), Paris [1929]; A Giverny, chez Claude Monet ...

USD - Unknown
261 FRENCH PAINTERS. Les Grands Maitres Francois. Leur Vie, leurs principales Oeuvres. Paris

n.d.

USD - Unknown
262 FRENCH PAINTERS. Degas (Liebermann), Berlin, 1922; Cezanne (Vollard), Munchen [1921]; Cezanne und ...

USD - Unknown
263 FRENCH PAINTERS. Gaugin (Rey), Paris, 1923; Renoir (Fosca), Paris, 1923; Cezanne (Klingsor), Paris ...

USD - Unknown
264 FRENCH SCULPTURE. La Sculpture Moderne en France (Basler), with 53 full-page reproductions of works ...

USD - Unknown
265 FROISSART, SIR JOHN Chronicles of England, France, Spain . . . Translated . . . By Thomas Johnes. London

1842

USD - Unknown
266 W. Nutting FURNITURE. Furniture Treasury. New York

1948

USD - Unknown
267 E. Molinier FURNITURE. Le Mobilier au XVIIe et au XVIIIe Siecle et Pendant les Premieres Annees du Ier Empire. Paris

n.d.

USD - Unknown
268 D. Roche FURNITURE. Le Mobilier Francais en Russie. Meubles des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles et du Commencement du ... Paris

n.d.

USD - Unknown
269 FURNITURE. The Encyclopaedia of Furniture (Aronson), N. Y., n.d.; English Furniture from Gothic to ...

USD - Unknown
270 FURNITURE. The Practical Book of American Furniture and Decoration, Colonial and Federal (Holloway ...

USD - Unknown
271 FURNITURE. The Practical Book of Period Furniture (Eberlein and McClure), Phila., n.d.; The Story of ...

USD - Unknown
272 FURNITURE. Genuine Antique Furniture (de Bles), Garden City, n.d.; Early American Furniture Makers ...

USD - Unknown
273 FURNITURE AND ARCHITECTURE. Die Italienischen Hausmobel der Renaissance (Bode), Leipzig, n.d.; L' ...

USD - Unknown
274 FURNITURE AND ENGRAVING. Der Stil Louis XVI Mobiliar und Raumkunst (De Ricci), Stuttgart [1913 ...

USD - Unknown
275 C. Percier and P. F. L. Fontaine FURNITURE AND DECORATION. Innendecorationen Moebel und Geraethe. Berlin

1888

USD - Unknown
276 E. Williamson FURNITURE, etc. Les Meubles d'Art du Mobilier National. Paris

n.d.

USD - Unknown
277 FURNITURE, etc. [Art Sales Catalogues.] A collection of 15 Art Sales Catalogues of Furniture ...

USD - Unknown
278 GALERIE VERO-DODAT, Musee Aubert, No. 1. Au Bureau du Journal La Caricature. Dessine par Bouchot ... Paris

1832

USD - Unknown
279 GALFRIDUS. MONEMUTENSIS. Britanie utriusqz regu r pricipu Origo r gesta insignia . . . [Paris]

[1508]

USD - Unknown
280 GALILEO. Dialogo . . . sopra i due massimi Sistemi del Mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. Florence

1710

USD - Unknown
281 GANYMED-MAPPE. Erste Ganymed-Mappe.

USD - Unknown
282 J. Knight [GARRICK, DAVID.] David Garrick. London

1894

USD - Unknown
283 P. C. Morice GAUGUIN, Paul Gauguin. Paris

1919

USD - Unknown
284 GELLIUS, AULUS Avli Gellii viri Disertis. Simi Noctim Attica . . . Woodcut initials.

[1512]

USD - Unknown
285 GEMS OR DEVICE BOOK (Knight), London, n.d.; Cabinet Gallery of Pictures of the First Masters of the ...

USD - Unknown
286 GERMAN ART from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century. An Exhibition . . . under the auspices of ...

USD - Unknown
287 GIBBONS, EDWARD The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London

1862

USD - Unknown
288 GIUNTA PRESS. Pliny. C. Plinii Caecilii Secvudi . . . epistolae omnium . . . Panegyricus Traiano ... Florentae

1515

USD - Unknown
289 GLASS. American Glass (McKearin), n.d.; American Glass (Northend), n.d.; and Old Glass, European and ... New York

n.d.

USD - Unknown
290 GODWIN, WILLIAM St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century. London

1799

USD - Unknown
291 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER Essays. London

1765

USD - Unknown
292 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER Poems and Plays. To which is prefixed the Life of the Author. London

1780

USD - Unknown
293 GOOD-BYE MY FANCY (Whitman), Phila., 1891; Mark Twain's Sketches (Clemens), Hartford, 1875, second ...

USD - Unknown
294 GORIS, GERHARDT Mercurius Triumphator . . . in Luis Venerae Curatione . . . Leyden

1717

USD - Unknown
295 V. Von Loga [GOYA, FRANCISCO.] Francisco de Goya. Berlin

1921

USD - Unknown
296 GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS. The Classics: Greek and Latin . . . New York

n.d.

USD - Unknown
297 GREEN, JOHN R. History of the English People. London

1877-80

USD - Unknown
298 J. Meier-Graefe [GUYS, CONSTANTIN.] Weltliche Legenden. Munchen

1920

USD - Unknown
299 HADEN, SEYMOUR About Etching. Part I. Notes by Mr. Seymour Haden on a Collection of Etchings and Engravings by the ... [London]

1879

USD - Unknown
300 HAKLUYT, RICHARD The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation, made by Sea or ouer Land ... London

1589

USD - Unknown
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