Anderson Galleries: THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF M. PIERRE BUTTNER late of Strasburg, Alsace-Lorraine. Embracing a Remarkable Collection of Scarce Works on Costumes with thousands of Colored Plates; Finely Illustrated Works; Typography, Bibliography and Engraving; Curious and Out-, 692,

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 12, 1908 - June 12, 1908

Page Size: 355 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101		CURIOUS. Correspondence of Theodosius and Constantia, with the Letters Which Passed between Them after Constantia Had Taken the Veil.	London	1799	USD -	Unknown
102		CURIOUS. Les Crimes des Reines de France, depuis le commencement de la Monarchie jusqu'a Marie-Antoinette.	Londres	1792	USD -	Unknown
103		CURIOUS. Discours sur la nudite des mammelles des femmes, par un Reverend Pere Capucin; publie pour la premiere fois, d'apres un manuscrit du 18e Sieele, avec une preface et une ...	Gand	1857	USD -	Unknown
104		CURIOUS. The Fashionable World Displayed.	New York	1806	USD -	Unknown
105		CURIOUS. Flogel's Geschichte des Grotesk-Komischen. Neu bearbeitet von Dr. F. W. Ebeling.	Leipzig	1862	USD -	Unknown
106		CURIOUS. La France foutue. Tragedie lubrique et royaliste. Reimpression textuelle fait sur l'edition rarissime et unique de 5796 (vers 1800).	Strasbourg	1871	USD -	Unknown
107	A. de la Fizeliere	CURIOUS. Histoire de la crinoline au temps passe.	Paris	1859	USD -	Unknown
108	Antony Meray	CURIOUS. Les libres precheurs devanciers de Luther et de Rabelais. Etude historique, critique et anecdotique sur les XIVe, XVe. et XVIe. Siecles.	Paris	1860	USD -	Unknown
109		CURIOUS. Mes Fantaisies. 3e. ed. Considerablement augmentee.	La Haye	1770	USD -	Unknown
110	[le Marquis de Peszay.]	CURIOUS. Les Soirees Helvetiennes, Alsaciennes, et Fran-Comtoises.	Amsterdam	1771	USD -	Unknown
111		CURIOUS. Speculum Cornelianum. 122 quaint plates.	Strasburg	1618	USD -	Unknown
112	Alex. Walker	CURIOUS. Woman Physiologically Considered, as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce.	New York	1840	USD -	Unknown
113		CURIOUS. The Slang Dictionary of New York, London and Paris.	New York	[1881]	USD -	Unknown
114	C. W. Gardner	CURIOUS. The Doctor and the Devil; or, Midnight Adventures of Dr. Parkhurst.	New York	1894	USD -	Unknown
115		CURRAN, Grattan, Erskine and Burke. Speeches.	New York	1809	USD -	Unknown
116		DANCE OF DEATH (The), Painted by H. Holbein and engraved by W. Hollar.	London	1804	USD -	Unknown
117		DANCE OF DEATH (The), From the Original Designs of Hans Holbein.	London	1816	USD -	Unknown
118		DANSES DES MORTS (Les). Dissertations et recherches historiques, philosophiques, litteraires et musicales. . . . accompagnees de la Danse Macabre, etc.	Paris	1852	USD -	Unknown
119		[DEFOE] A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True Born Englishman.	London	1705	USD -	Unknown
120	DICKENS.	A Christmas Carol.	Boston	1869	USD -	Unknown
121	H. A. Taine	DORE A Tour through the Pyrenees.	New York	1875	USD -	Unknown
122		DRAMA. The Old English. A Selection of Plays from the Old English Dramatists.	London	1825	USD -	Unknown
123		DRAMA. A Collection of Playbills, Programmes, Scenes from Plays, Portraits of Eminent Actors and Actresses, etc.			USD -	Unknown
124	James Rees	DRAMATIC AUTHORS OF AMERICA (The).	Philadelphia	1845	USD -	Unknown
125		DRUMMOND (WILLIAM), of Hawthornden. Poems. With Memoir.	London	1790	USD -	Unknown
126	Bowles (S)	EARLY WEST. Our New West. Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific--over the Plains, etc.	Hartford	1869	USD -	Unknown
127		EMBLEMS. Andreae Alciati V. C. Emblemata.	Lugduni	1600	USD -	Unknown
128	M. Claude	EMBLEMS. Devises heroiques.	Gazeau	1557	USD -	Unknown
129		EMBLEMATA FLORENTII SCHOONHOVI. 74 extremely quaint copper-plates.	Goudae	1618	USD -	Unknown
130	Edwin Johnson	ENGLISH CULTURE, The Rise of.	London	1904	USD -	Unknown
131	J. Bigland	ENGLAND, History of, to 1812.	New York	1814	USD -	Unknown
132	Hannis Taylor	ENGLISH CONSTITUTION, Origin and Growth of the.	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
133	[Jansen.]	ENGRAVING. Essai sur l'origine de la gravure en bois et en taille-douce, et sur la connoissance des estampes des XVe et XVIe Siecles; Cartes a jouer; Cartes geographiques; l' ...	Paris	1808	USD -	Unknown
134	ERASMUS.	Eloge de la folie. Traduit par M. de la Veaux.	Basle	1780	USD -	Unknown
135	EYTINGE (ROSE)	Memories.	New York	1905	USD -	Unknown
136		FASHIONABLE TOUR (The) in 1825. An Excursion to the Springs, Niagara, Quebec and Boston.	Saratoga Springs	1825	USD -	Unknown
137	Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison and Mr. Jay	FEDERALIST (The).	Hallowell [Me.]	1826	USD -	Unknown
138	FISKE (JOHN)	Life Everlasting.	Boston	1901	USD -	Unknown
139		FRANCE. Dissertation historique et critique pour servir a PHistoire des premiers tems de la Monarchie FranÃ§oise.	Colmar	1754	USD -	Unknown
140	F. de Mezeray	FRANCE. Histoire de, depuis Faramond jusqu' au regne de Louis le Juste.	Paris	1685	USD -	Unknown
141	H. P. de Luniers	FRANCE. Histoire du regne de Louis XIV. 2e ed.	Amsterdam	1718	USD -	Unknown
142	Henri Van Laun	FRENCH LITERATURE, History of.	New York	1876-7	USD -	Unknown
143	Paul Albert	FRENCH LITERATURE. La litterature franÃ§aise des origines au XVIIIe Siecle.	Paris	1891	USD -	Unknown
144		FRENCH REVOLUTION. 8 broadsides, being Proclamations, and 9 pamphlets, all relating to the history of the Revolution in Strasburg.			USD -	Unknown
145	Helen Maria Williams	FRENCH REVOLUTION. Letters containing a Sketch of the Politics of France from May 31, 1793, to July 28, 1794; Scenes in the Prisons of Paris; etc.	London	1795	USD -	Unknown
146		FRENCH REVOLUTION. Memoirs of the Count de Cartrie; Extraordinary Events of a French Royalist in La Vendee, etc., with Introduction, Appendices and Notes.	Loud.	1906	USD -	Unknown
147	Mme. Tussaud	FRENCH REVOLUTION. Memoirs and Reminiscences of the.	Philadelphia	1839	USD -	Unknown
148		FRENCH REVOLUTION. Nouvel, Almanach Republicain, annee 2e de la Republique franÃ§oise une et indivisible.	Strasbourg	[1793]	USD -	Unknown
149		FRENCH REVOLUTION. Recueil de pieces authentiques servant a l'histoire de la Revolution a Strasbourg.	Strasbourg	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
150		FRENCH REVOLUTION. Revolutions Almanach von 1793, '4, '6, '7, '8, 1802, '3 and '4. Numerous dainty copper-plates and scarce portraits of Washington, Napoleon, Josephine, Dumas ...	Gottingen	v. d.	USD -	Unknown
151	J. Fievee	FRENCH REVOLUTION. of 1830. N. L. Lemercier a ses concitoyens sur la Grande Semaine. Causes et consequences de evenements du mois de Juillet, 1830.	Paris	1830-1	USD -	Unknown
152	M. A. de Salvandy	FRENCH REVOLUTION. of 1830. Vingt mois ou La Revolution de 1830 et les Revolutionnaires.	Paris	1832	USD -	Unknown
153	FULLER (S. M.)	Stammer on the Lakes, in 1843.	Boston	1844	USD -	Unknown
154	GALT (JOHN)	Lives of the Players.	Boston	1831	USD -	Unknown
155		GERMAN LITERATURE. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte von Robert Koenig. 43 colored and other folding facsimiles of MSS. and 254 text illusts. Zehnte Auflage.	Bielefeld	1881	USD -	Unknown
156		GERMAN LITERATURE (EARLY). Deutsche Gedichte des Mittelalters, Herausgegeben von F. H. von der Hagen und Dr. J. G. Busching.	Berlin	1808	USD -	Unknown
157		GERMAN LITERATURE (EARLY). Literarischer Grundrisz zur Geschichte der Deutschen Poesie von der altesten Zeit bis in das sechzehnte Jahrhundert, durch F. H. von der Hagen und J. G. Busching.	Berlin	1812	USD -	Unknown
158		GERMAN LITERATURE (EARLY). Sammlung von Minnesingern aus dem Schwaebischen Zeitpuncte CXL Dichter Enthaltend; durch Ruedger Manessen. Aus der Handschrift der Koeniglich- ...	Zurich	1758	USD -	Unknown
159		GOETHE. Mon Journal. Traduit par un Strasbourgeois.	Nancy	1881	USD -	Unknown
160	HALTER (EDOUARD)	Die Kleinen Lieder.	Straszburg	1886	USD -	Unknown
161		HARTE. In the Carquinez Woods.	Bost	1884	USD -	Unknown
162		HERALDIC DESIGNS. 2 folio vellum book covers, painted on which are 2 large original designs, handsomely colored and illumed.			USD -	Unknown
163	HOLMES	Elsie Venner.	Boston	1861	USD -	Unknown
164	Lord Roberts	INDIA, Forty-One Years in.	London	1897	USD -	Unknown
165		IRVING. Astoria. 28 choice plates after J. C. Beard, etc.	New York	1897	USD -	Unknown
166	Sitgreaves (Capt. L.)	INDIANS. Report of an Expedition Down the ZuÃ±i and Colorado Rivers.	Washington	1854	USD -	Unknown
167	Nelson (William)	INDIANS. The Indians of New Jersey: their Origin, Manners, Customs, etc.	Paterson, N. J.	1894	USD -	Unknown
168	[IRVING AND PAULDING.]	Salmagundi. New Edn., Corrected.	New York	1835	USD -	Unknown
169	JAMES (HENRY)	The Ambassadors.	New York	1903	USD -	Unknown
170	E. F. Fenollosa	JAPANESE ART. The Masters of Ukioye. A Complete Historical Description of Japanese Paintings and Color Prints of the Genre School.	New York	1896	USD -	Unknown
171	JOSEPHUS	Works. Whiston and Burder, Editors.	New York	1823	USD -	Unknown
172		JUNIUS, The Letters of.	Philadelphia	1804	USD -	Unknown
173		JUSTINIAN. Institutionum. Latin and English Text.	Oxford	1890	USD -	Unknown
174	W. H. Hooper and W. C. Phillips	KERAMICS. Manual of Marks on Pottery and Porcelain.	London	1886	USD -	Unknown
175	Ignatius Loyala Robertson	[KNAPP (SAML. L.).] Sketches of Public Characters, etc.	New York	1830	USD -	Unknown
176		KORAN. Selections from the Kur-an, with Commentary.	London	1843	USD -	Unknown
177	LACROIX (PAUL)	Vie militaire et religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance. 14 choice colored and illumined plates; 410 wood engravings.	Paris	1879	USD -	Unknown
178		LAMB. Essays of Elia. 9 fine etchings, China proofs.	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
179	H. S. Mame	LAW, Ancient: Its Connection with the Early History of Society, etc.	New York	1888	USD -	Unknown
180	Geo. Lippard	LEGENDS OF MEXICO.	Philadelphia	1848	USD -	Unknown
181	LE SAGE.	Asmodeus. 200 wood engravings, after Tony Johannot.	London	n. d. [circa 1830]	USD -	Unknown
182	LINCOLN	Life of Abraham Lincoln: his early History, etc.	Philadelphia	1865	USD -	Unknown
183		LINCOLN. The Lincoln Monument in Memory of Scottish-American Soldiers.	Edinburgh	1893	USD -	Unknown
184		LONGFELLOW. Poetical Works. Hundreds of choice wook engravings by the best American artists.	Boston	1879	USD -	Unknown
185	LONGHI (GIUSEPPE)	Della Vita delle Opere ed Opinioni del Cavaliere. Commentario dell' allievo Giuseppe Beretta.	Milano	1837	USD -	Unknown
186		METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER (U. S. Army), 1826-30.	Philadelphia	1840	USD -	Unknown
187		MEXICO. The Prisoners of Perote: a Journal by William P. Stapp, who was Captured by the Mexicans Dec. 25, 1842, and Released May 16, 1844.	Philadelphia	1845	USD -	Unknown
188	Paul Deroulede	MILITARY. Chants du Soldat.	Paris	1888	USD -	Unknown
189	R. P. G. Daniel, S. J.	MILITARY. Histoire de la Milice FranÃ§oise.	Amsterdam	1724	USD -	Unknown
190		MILITARY. Recits de Guerre. Souvenirs du Capitaine Parquin, 1803-14. 183 full-page colored plates and smaller half tones, after F. de Myrbach, H. Dupray, Walker, etc.	Paris	1892	USD -	Unknown
191		MINIATURE EDITION. Mathiae Casimiri Sarbievii Lyricorum Libri IV. Epodon Lib. Unus Alterq. Epigramatum.	Lutetiae Parisiorum	1647	USD -	Unknown
192		MISSISSIPPI, View of the Valley of the; or, The Emigrant's and Traveller's Guide to the West.	Philadelphia	1834	USD -	Unknown
193	MONTAGU (EDWARD WORTLEY)	Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks.	London	1778	USD -	Unknown
194	Pratt (P. P.)	MORMONS. A Voice of Warning and Instruction to all People, containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormons.	New York	1837	USD -	Unknown
195	Nehemiah Grew	MUSEUM. Regalis Societatis; or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge.	London	1681	USD -	Unknown
196	NAPOLEON ANA	Confidential Correspondence of Napoleon with his Brother Joseph.	New York	1856	USD -	Unknown
197	NAPOLEON ANA	Histoire des Campagnes de la. 21e Demi-Brigade, actuellement 21e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere.	Paris	1803	USD -	Unknown
198	NAPOLEON ANA	Histoire de Napoleon et de la Grande Armee pendant 1812, par M. le Comte de Segur.	Paris	1825	USD -	Unknown
199	NAPOLEON ANA	Memorial de Sainte-Helene par le Comte de Las Cases, avec de nombreuses corrections et additions, 8 vols; Complement du Memorial de Sainte-Helene, Napoleon en exile par Barry E. O' ...	Paris	1824-3	USD -	Unknown
200	Eugene Labaume	NAPOLEON ANA. Relation Circonstanciee de la Campagne de Russie.	Paris	1814	USD -	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

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