Swann Galleries: 18th CENTURY LITERATURE. SETS & BINDINGS, CURIOSA., 1693,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 18, 1995 - May 18, 1995
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | DICKENS, CHARLES | Illustrations of Master Humphrey's Clock | London | 1842 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 115.00 |
| 203 | DISRAELI, ISAAC | Curiosities of Literature | London | 1863 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 172.00 |
| 204 | DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH | Royal Windsor | London | 1879-80 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 205 | DORE, GUSTAVE | The Legend of the Wandering Jew | New York | circa 1860 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 206 | DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, Fils | Affaire Clemenceau, Memoire de l'Accuse | Paris | 1909 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 207 | Ebers, G. | Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque | London | 1885 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 208 | Maspero, G. | Histoire Ancienne des Peuples de L'Orient Classique | Paris | 1895-99 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 209 | ELIOT, GEORGE | Romola | London | 1863 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 92.00 |
| 210 | EMERSON, RALPH WALDO | The Conduct of Life | Boston | 1860 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 115.00 |
| 211 | EMERSON, RALPH WALDO | Letters and Social Aims | Boston | 1876 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 138.00 |
| 212 | EMERSON, RALPH WALDO | Society and Solitude | Boston | 1870 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 213 | EVELYN, JOHN | Memoirs ... Second Edition | London | 1819 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 214 | EXHIBITION OF 1851 | London | circa 1851 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 | |
| 215 | FIELDING, HENRY | The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon | Cambridge | 1902 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 216 | FLAXMAN, JOHN | Lectures on Sculpture | London | 1838 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 690.00 |
| 217 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William | FORE-EDGE PAINTING. | London | 1846 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 632.00 |
| 218 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William | The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New | Cambridge | 1786 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 517.00 |
| 219 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William [Home, George.] | Letters on Infidelity FIRST EDITION * A Letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his Friend David Hume Esq. ... Second Edition | Oxford | 1784; 1777 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 402.00 |
| 220 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William, Macdiarmid, John | Lives of British Statesmen ... New Edition | London | 1838 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 920.00 |
| 221 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William; Scott, Sir Walter | Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border ... Fourth Edition | Edinburgh | 1810 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 345.00 |
| 222 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William, Segur, Philippe-Paul de | Histoire de Russie et de Pierre-le-Grand | Paris | 1829 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 230.00 |
| 223 | Beattie, James; and Collins, William; Thomson, James | The Seasons | London | 1793 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 224 | FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY | Short Studies on Great Subjects | London | 1879-1897 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 161.00 |
| 225 | FUCHS, EDUARD | Die Juden in der Karikatur | Munich | 1921 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 149.00 |
| 226 | FUCHS, EDUARD | Die Karikatur der Europaischen Volker | Munich | 1921 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | GALT, JOHN | Annals of the Parrish: or, The Chronicle of Dalmailing; During the Ministry of the Reverend Micah Balwhidder. Written by Himself | Edinburgh | 1821 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 258.00 |
| 228 | GASKELL, ELIZABETH C. | Cranford | London | 1853 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 201.00 |
| 229 | GIBBON, EDWARD | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ... New Edition | London | 1809 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 231 | GOLDSMITH, OLIVER | The Vicar of Wakefield | Boston | nd |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 232 | GRANDVILLE, J. J.; Forgues, Paul Emile Durand | Petites Miseres de la Vie Humaine by Old Nick and Grandville | Paris | 1843 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 161.00 |
| 233 | GRESSET, JEAN BAPTISTE LOUIS | Oeuvres | Paris | 1811 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 234 | GRONOW, CAPTAIN | Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gro-now. | London | 1892 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 235 | HAMMER-PURGSTALL, JOSEPH, Freiherr von | Geschichte der Schoenen Redekuenste Persiens, mit einer Bluethenlese aus zweyhundert persischen Dichtern | Vienna | 1818 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.00 |
| 236 | HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL | The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table | Boston | 1858 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 92.00 |
| 237 | KEEPSAKE FRANCAIS, ou Souvenir de Litterature Contemporaine | Paris | 1831 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 201.00 | |
| 238 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Captains Courageous | London | 1897 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 431.00 |
| 239 | KIPLING, RUDYARD | Just So Stories for Little Children | London | 1902 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 |
| 240 | LACROIX, PAUL | Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance | Paris | 1848-51 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 230.00 |
| 241 | LAVATER, JOHANN KASPAR | The Whole Works ... on Physiognomy | London | circa 1800? |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 |
| 242 | LEECH, JOHN | Pictures of Life and Character from the Collection of Mr. Punch. | London | 1887 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 243 | Daniel-Rops | LE LIVRE d'HEURES du DUC LOUIS de SAVOIE | Np | 1959 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 69.00 |
| 244 | Engraved illustrations. | London | 1841-43 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 316.00 | |
| 245 | LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH | The Courtship of Miles Standish | Boston | 1858 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 862.00 |
| 246 | LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH | The Masque of Pandora and other Poems | Boston | 1875 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 488.00 |
| 247 | MADDEN, RICHARD ROBERT | The Mussulman | London | 1830 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 248 | MARTIN, H. BRADLEY | The Library | New York & Monaco | 1989-90 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 126.00 |
| 249 | MAUPASSANT, GUY de | En Famille | Paris | 1905 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 250 | MAYHEW, AUGUSTUS | Paved with Gold; or, The Romance and Reality of the London Streets. An Unfashionable Novel | London | 1857-58 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 251 | MAYHEW, HENRY | London Labour and the London Poor | London | 1861-62 |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 252 | MELVILLE, HERMAN | The Piazza | New York | 1856 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 1,035.00 |
| 253 | MILL, JOHN STUART | The Subjection of Women | New York | 1869 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 254 | MINIATURE | Serments d'amour | Zurich | 1953 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 57.00 |
| 255 | MINIATURE | A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible; or, select passages in the Old and New Testaments represented with Emblematical Figures for the Amusement of Youth | London | 1822 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 103.00 |
| 256 | MISSALE ROMANUM | Kempten | 1841 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 316.00 | |
| 257 | NUMISMATICS | Tableau des Monnaies d'Or et d'Argent des Principaux Etats du Monde | Paris | mid-19th century |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 |
| 258 | ONWHYN, THOMAS; Cockton, Henry | George St. George Julian, the Prince | Philadelphia | 1842 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 259 | ONWHYN, THOMAS; Cockton, Henry | Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist | London | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 |
| 260 | ONWHYN, THOMAS | Group of 4 booklets with engraved comic illustrations by Onwhyn | London | vd |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 126.00 |
| 261 | PAGE, THOMAS NELSON | The Works | New York | 1906-09 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,725.00 |
| 262 | PASCAL, BLAISE | Moralistes Francais. Pensees de Blaise Pascal; reflexions et maximes de La Rochefoucauld | Paris | 1855 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 263 | PASCAL, BLAISE | Texte Primitif des Lettres Provinciales de Blaise Pascal | Paris | 1867 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 264 | Boaden, James | The Life of Mrs. Jordan (PERFORMING ARTS.) | London | 1831 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 265 | Duchartre, Pierre Louis | La Comedie Italienne (PERFORMING ARTS.) | Paris | 1925 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 172.00 |
| 266 | Soulie de Morant, George | Theatre et Musique Modernes en Chine. Avec une Etude Technique de la Musique Chinoise et Transcriptions pour Piano par Andre Gailhard(PERFORMING ARTS.) | Paris | 1926 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 267 | PICTURESQUE AMERICA | New York | 1872 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 268 | PICTURESQUE AMERICA | New York | 1872-74 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | |
| 269 | PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil | New York | 1875-79 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 138.00 | |
| 270 | PICTURESQUE PALESTINE SINAI AND EGYPT | New York | 1881 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 201.00 | |
| 271 | POE, EDGAR ALLAN | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | New York | 1838 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 |
| 272 | POE, EDGAR ALLAN | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840 | Philadelphia | 1839 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 126.00 |
| 273 | POLLARD, ALFRED W. | Henry VIII. | London | 1902 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 274 | PORTRAITS | Album du Rappel | Paris | circa 1872? |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 138.00 |
| 275 | PORTRAITS | Galerie des Charges et Croquis des celebrites de l'epoque | Paris | 1839 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 201.00 |
| 276 | PORTRAITS | Societe Montyon et Franklin 1833-1834: Portraits et Histoire des hommes utiles | Paris | 1833-35 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
| 278 | PRESCOTT, WILLIAM. H. | Works | London | late 19th century |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 632.00 |
| 279 | RAMSAY, ALLAN | The Poems of Allan Ramsay | London | 1800 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 280 | ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; Combe, William | The First [-Third] Tours of Doctor Syntax | London | 1812-21 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 805.00 |
| 281 | ROWLANDSON, THOMAS; Combe, William | he First [-Third] Tours of Doctor Syntax | London | 1823 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 402.00 |
| 282 | ROWLANDSON, THOMAS | The Grand Master: or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan ... by Quiz | London | 1816 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 258.00 |
| 283 | RUSKIN, JOHN | The Works | London | 1903-12 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 258.00 |
| 284 | RUSSIAN REVOLUTION | Private News Letter. No. 556 | St. Petersburg | 1917 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 284A | SARCEY, FRANCISQUE | Le Theatre | Paris | 1893 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.00 |
| 285 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies | London | 1623; 1632; 1664; 1685 [i.e. Methuen, 1904-10] |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 402.00 |
| 286 | SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | The Works of Shakespeare with notes by Charles Knight | London and New York | circa 1885 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.00 |
| 287 | SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD | Collected Works | New York | 1930-32 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 258.00 |
| 288 | SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE | The Carl Pforzheimer Library: Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822 | Cambridge | 1961 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 289 | SMOLLETT, TOBIAS | The Regicide: or, James the First of Scotland. A Tragedy | London | 1749 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 290 | SOPHOCLES | Tragoediae | Leipzig | 1825 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 201.00 |
| 291 | SOUTHEY, ROBERT | The Doctor | London | 1834-47 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 488.00 |
| 292 | SPENCER, HERBERT | Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical | New York | 1861 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 46.00 |
| 293 | STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS | When the Devil was Well | New York | 1921 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 46.00 |
| 294 | STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER | Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly | Boston | 1852 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 1,610.00 |
| 295 | SURTEES, ROBERT SMITH | Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities ... Third Edition | London | 1869 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 172.00 |
| 296 | SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON | The Renaissance in Italy | London | 1906-07 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 230.00 |
| 297 | THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE | The History of Henry Esmond | London | 1852 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | THOREAU, HENRY DAVID | Excursions | Boston | 1863 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 |
| 299 | TUCKERMAN, BAYARD | Life of General Lafayette | London | 1889 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 316.00 |
| 300 | TUER, ANDREW | The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs ... of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter | London | 1893 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 258.00 |
| 301 | TURNER, J. M. W., Ritchie, Leitch | Turner's Annual Tour | London | 1833-35 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 |
| 302 | TURNER, J. M. W. | Turner's Celebrated Landscapes | London | 1870 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
