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Auction Details

Auction Date
December 19, 1985 - December 19, 1985
Page Size: 414 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
402 PICART, BERNARD Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Uitwendige Godtsdienst-Plich-ten, Kerk-Zeden en Gewoontens van Alle Volkeren der Waereldt. Volumes 2-4 (of 6) * The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World. The Hague, etc., London

1727-29, 1733-34

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 350.00
403 William Cullen Bryant PICTURESQUE AMERICA. New York

1872, 1874

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 225.00
404 Bayard Taylor PICTURESQUE EUROPE. With numerous engraved plates and hundreds of wood engravings. New York

1875-79

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 120.00
405 Bayard Taylor PICTURESQUE EUROPE. Illustrated with 30 fine engravings, and a profusion of wood engravings in the text. New York

1877-79

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 60.00
406 Bayard Taylor PICTURESQUE EUROPE. 20 fine engraved plates, including engraved title, profusion of wood engravings in the text. New York

1879

 USD 50.00 - 75.00 50.00
407 PINELLI, BARTOLOMEO Raccolta di No. 100 Soggetti Li Piu Rimarchevoli dell'Istoria Greca. Rome

1821

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 275.00
408 Kennett, Basil (ROME.) Romae Antiquae Notitia: or the Antiquities of Rome, in Two Parts. London

1746

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
409 RUSSELL, JOHN A Complete and Useful Book of Cyphers. London

1770?

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 110.00
410 SARTAIN, SAMUEL Mezzotint Collection Engraved by Samuel Sartain. Philadelphia

late 19th century

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 30.00
411 SHILLIBEER, LT. JOHN A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage, to Pitcairn's Island... London

1817

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 50.00
412 (WESTERN RAILROAD SURVEYS.) Reports of Explorations and Surveys ... for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C.

1855-57

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 400.00
413 WILLETTE, ADOLPHE, Montorgueil, Georges Paris Dansant. Paris

1898

 USD 100.00 - 150.00 40.00
414 WILSON, ALEXANDER; and BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. New York

1877

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 325.00
415 (WORLD HISTORY.) Bound volume of approximately 300 engraved plates, images approximately 105x140 mm; wide margins.

17th century

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 175.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
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