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
201	NAPOLEON ANA	Tasckenbuch fur die neuste Geschichte [1799 and 1800]. Neat portrait of Napoleon [as First Consul, 1799], and numerous other Napoleonic portraits and plates on copper.	Nurnberg	1799-1800	USD -	Unknown
202	NAPOLEON ANA	Vie de Lazare Hoche, General des Armees de la Republique.	Paris	1800	USD -	Unknown
203	le General Gourgand	NAPOLEON et la Grande Armee en Russie, ou Examen critique de l'ouvrage de M. le Comte Ph. de Segur.	Paris	1825	USD -	Unknown
204	F. Loraine Petre	NAPOLEON'S CONQUEST OF PRUSSIA, 1806.	London	1907	USD -	Unknown
205		NAPOLEON. Circular Stipple Portrait. Dessine par J. Guerin. Grave par Tapinois.		[1793]	USD -	Unknown
206		NAPOLEON. Elegant engraved portrait on copper, Napoleon I.er Empereur de France et Roi d'ltalie.			USD -	Unknown
207	Page (F. R.)	NEWFOUNDLAND. A Concise History and Description of Newfoundland.	London	1860	USD -	Unknown
208	Horatio Gates Spafford	NEW YORK: A Gazetteer of the State of.	Albany	1813	USD -	Unknown
209	W. W. Waldron	NEW YORK: Huguenots of Westchester and Parish of Fordham.	New York	1864	USD -	Unknown
210	Henry O'Reilly	NEW YORK: Settlement in the West. Sketches of Rochester, with Incidental Notices of Western New York.	Rochester	1838	USD -	Unknown
211	Wm. H. Hoyt	NORTH CAROLINA. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.	New York	1907	USD -	Unknown
212		NUMISMATICS. Sylloge Numismatum Elegantiorum, etc.	Agentinae	1620	USD -	Unknown
213		NUMISMATICS. Versuch einer Munzgeschichte des Elsasses, Von. Aug. Frhrn. von Berstett.	Freiburg	1840	USD -	Unknown
214	Karl Anderson	OCCULT. The Astrology of the Old Testament; or, The Lost Word Regained.	Boston	1892	USD -	Unknown
215	M. Scheie de Vere	OCCULT. Modern Magic.	New York	1873	USD -	Unknown
216	Eusebe Salverte	OCCULT SCIENCES (The). The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles.	London	1846	USD -	Unknown
217	Price (George)	OLD LOCKS AND KEYS. A Treatise on Fire-and Thief-Proof Depositories and Locks and Keys.	London	1856	USD -	Unknown
218	G. Hines	OREGON: Its History, Condition and Prospects; Personal Adventures among the Indians.	Auburn	1851	USD -	Unknown
219		OTWAY. Plays.	London	1736	USD -	Unknown
220	Chosen and edited by A. T. Quiller-Couch	OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE (The), 1250-1900. Chosen and edited by A. T. Quiller-Couch.	Oxford	1904	USD -	Unknown
221	C. Morfit	PERFUMERY: its Manufacture and Use.	Philadelphia	1847	USD -	Unknown
222	[POMPADOUR (MADAME DE).]	Histoire de Suger, Abbe de S. Denis, Ministre d'Etat, et Regent du Royaume sous le regne de Louis le Jeune.	Paris	1721	USD -	Unknown
223	Wm. R. Wagstaff	QUAKERS. History of the Society of Friends.	New York	1845	USD -	Unknown
224	RECLUS (ELISEE)	The Earth.	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
225	REYNOLDS (FREDERICK--[Dramatist])	Life and Times.	Philadelphia	1826	USD -	Unknown
226	Eva Scott	RUPERT (PRINCE) PALATINE.	Westminster	1900	USD -	Unknown
227		SAINT-PIERRE. Paul et Virginie.	Londres	1803	USD -	Unknown
228		[SAINT-SIMON (THE DUKE OF).] Offices tires de l'Ecriture Sainte.	Paris	1743	USD -	Unknown
229	SHERIDAN (THOMAS)	Dictionary of the English Language.	London	1797	USD -	Unknown
230	Paul Konewka	SILHOUETTES. Falstaff u. Seine Gesellen.	Lahr	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
231		SILHOUETTES. Allerlei, von Heinrich Braun, etc.; Ernst und Scherz, von Heinrich Braun.	Berlin	1884	USD -	Unknown
232		SILHOUETTES. Das Schwarze Bilderbuch von Paul Konewka.	Munchen	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
233	Edited by John Graham	SONGS. The Flowers of Melody: a Select Collection of Scottish, English, Irish and American Songs; with Notes.	New York	1833	USD -	Unknown
234	Montague (G. H.)	STANDARD OIL CO. The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Co.	New York	1904	USD -	Unknown
235		STRASBURG. Ausfuhrliche und richtige Erzehlung Aller feyerlichen Zurustungen und Lustbarkeiten, Welche vor und bey der Ankunft, . . . Ludwig des Funfsehenden, Konigs in Franckreich ...	Straszburg	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
236		STRASBURG. Les armes de la ville de. 20 planches d'apres les documents des diverses epoques.	Strasbourg	1878	USD -	Unknown
237		STRASBURG. Die Bull Ineffabilis vom Bapst Pius IX. uf Stroszburjer Dytsch.	Strassburj	1879	USD -	Unknown
238		STRASBURG. Code historique et diplomatique de la ville de.	Strasbourg	1843	USD -	Unknown
239		STRASBURG. Correspondance politique addressee au Magistrat de Strasbourg par ses agents a Metz [1594-1683], publiee pour la premiere fois.	Paris	1882	USD -	Unknown
240		STRASBURG. Le Courrier du Bas-Rhin.	Strasbourg	1870	USD -	Unknown
241	Joseph Schweighheuser	STRASBURG. Description nouvelle de la Cathedral, et de sa fameuse Tour, etc.	Strasbourg	1770	USD -	Unknown
242		STRASBURG. Description nouvelle de la Cathedral de, etc.	Strasbourg	n. d.	USD -	Unknown
243		STRASBURG. Dyas Orationum de Ritu Depositionis.	Argentorati	1666	USD -	Unknown
244		STRASBURG. Journal des mois d'Aout et Septembre 1870, etc.	Paris	1874	USD -	Unknown
245		STRASBURG. Local-Geschichte der Stadt. Herausgegeben von Johann Andreas Silbermann.	Straszburg	1775	USD -	Unknown
246	F. Reiber	STRASBURG. Note sur la Zoologie de la Cathedrale de.	Colmur	1878, etc.	USD -	Unknown
247	Jean-Fred. Hermann	STRASBURG. Notices historiques, statistiques et litteraires, sur la ville de.	Strasbourg	1817	USD -	Unknown
248		STRASBURG. Pieces et documents relatifs au Siege de, 1870.	Strasbourg	1870	USD -	Unknown
249	M. Coste	STRASBURG. Reunion de Strasbourg a la France. Documents, pour la plupart inedits.	Strasbourg	1841	USD -	Unknown
250	Gustave Fishback	STRASBURG. Le Siege et le bombardement de.	Strasbourg	1871	USD -	Unknown
251		STRASBURG. Das Zunftwesen in. Herausgegeben von F. C. Hertz.	Straszburg	1856	USD -	Unknown
252	Karl Bernbard	STRASZBURGERS, Gedichte eines.	Straszburg	1860	USD -	Unknown
253		STRASSBURGER Gassen und Hauser-Namen in Mittelalter.	Strassburg	1871	USD -	Unknown
254	Jules Froelich	STROSBURJER Holzhauerfawle. (Poems.)	Nancy	1885	USD -	Unknown
255	SYMONS (ARTHUR)	Aubrey Beardsley. 3 portraits and 6 plates after Beardsley.	London	1898	USD -	Unknown
256		TONSORIAL. Histoire des Modes FranÃ§aises, ou Revolutions du Costume en France. Contenant tout ce qui concerne la tete des FranÃ§ais, avec des recherches sur l'usage des Chevelures ...	Amsterdam	1773	USD -	Unknown
257		TYPOGRAPHY. De l'invention de l'imprimerie, ou Analyse des deux ouvrages publies sur cette matiere, par M. Meerman. Plate.	Paris	1809	USD -	Unknown
258	Ch. Paeile	TYPOGRAPHY. Essai historique et critique sur l'invention de l'imprimerie.	Paris	1859	USD -	Unknown
259	J. H. Hessels	TYPOGRAPHY. Gutenberg: Was he the Inventor of Printing? An Historical Investigation embodying a Criticism of Dr. Van der Linde's Gutenberg.	London	1882	USD -	Unknown
260	Thos. Lawson, Surgeon-General	UNITED STATES ARMY, Statistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality in the.	Washington	1840	USD -	Unknown
261	VATTEL (M. D.)	The Law of Nations.	Northampton, Massachusetts	1805	USD -	Unknown
262	Thomas Jefferson	VIRGINIA, Notes on the State of.	New York	1801	USD -	Unknown
263	WALKER (JOHN)	Dictionary of the English Language.	New York	1831	USD -	Unknown
264	WALTON and COTTON	The Complete Angler. Copious Notes, mostly Original, Bibliographical Preface, and Notice of Cotton by the American Editor (Geo. W. Bethune, D.D.)	New York	1880	USD -	Unknown
265	F. L. Clarke and William Dunlap	WELLINGTON (ARTHUR), Marquis and Earl of. Life.	Hartford	1814	USD -	Unknown
266	Samuel R. Brown	WESTERN GAZETTEER (The); or, Emigrant's Directory: Description of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, etc., etc.	Auburn	1817	USD -	Unknown
267		WESTERN TRAVELLER'S POCKET DIRECTORY and Stranger's Guide (Canal and Stage Routes, Rail Roads, Broken Banks, Tolls, etc., etc.)	Schenectada (sic)	1836	USD -	Unknown
268		WEST POINT. Regulations of the U. S. Military Academy at.	New York	1832	USD -	Unknown
269	[WHISTLER.]	The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, etc.	New York [London]	1906	USD -	Unknown
270	[WHITMAN.]	Voices from the Press; Essays, etc. [containing The Tomb Blossoms, by W. W.].	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
271	A. F. Didot	WOOD ENGRAVING. Essai typographique et bibliographique sur l'histoire de la gravure sur bois.	Paris	1863	USD -	Unknown
272		WOOD ENGRAVING. Titus Livius und Lucius Florus. Engraved title and many initial letters, and numerous spirited engravings on wood.	Strassburg	1581	USD -	Unknown
273	J. M. Papillon	WOOD ENGRAVING. Traite historique et pratique de la gravure en bois.	Paris	1766	USD -	Unknown
274		ZURICH. Neujahrsblatt herausgegeben von der Stadtbibliothek in, 1849 und 1850. 3 plates; letter inserted.	Zurich.		USD -	Unknown
275		BOOKCASE. Combination Desk and Bookcase in Black Walnut.			USD -	Unknown
276		BIBLE. The Holy Bible, with Notes by Chr. Wordsworth.	London	1869	USD -	Unknown
277	BREWER (E. C.)	Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama.	New York	1892	USD -	Unknown
278	BURTON (CAPT. R. F.)	Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah.	London	1857	USD -	Unknown
279	GREEN (J. R.)	History of the English People.	New York	1879	USD -	Unknown
280	HALL (JOSEPH)	The Works of.	Oxford	1837	USD -	Unknown
281	HAWTHORNE (NATHANIEL)	Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: a Romance. Ed. by Julian Hawthorne.	Boston	1883	USD -	Unknown
282	KIPLING (RUDYARD)	Writings in Prose and Verse.	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
283	KIPLING (RUDYARD)	First and Second Jungle Books.	New York	1898	USD -	Unknown
284	MAPIAN (CAPT. A. T.)	The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire.	Boston	1898	USD -	Unknown
285		ODD VOLUMES. Stanley's Jewish Church, Vol. 2; Perone on the Psalms, Vol. 1; Von Doren's St. Luke, Vol. 2 and St. John, 2 vols.; and others.			USD -	Unknown
286		ODD VOLUMES. Cervantes' Don Quixote, Vols. 1-3 (lacks Vol. 4), Lond. 1895, 8vo, cloth; Lubke's History of Art, Vol. 1, illusts.; and others.			USD -	Unknown
287		ODD VOLUMES. Symonds Carlo Gozzi, first edn., Vol. 1,1890; Three Years of Arctic Service [Greely], vol. 1, 1886; Dante's Divine Comedy, Vol. 1, transl. by Longfellow, 1867; and others.			USD -	Unknown
288		ODD VOLUMES. The Treasury of David [Spurgeon], Vols. 1, 4-5; The Expositor, Vols. 4, 7-8; History of Modern Europe [Fyffe], Vol. 1, 1881; and others.			USD -	Unknown
289		ODD VOLUMES. Smith's History of the Christian Antiquities, Vol. 1, and Dictionary of Christian Biography, Vols. 1-2; Schaff's History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3; and others.			USD -	Unknown
290		ODD VOLUMES. Lecky's History of England, Vols. 7-8; Spooner's Anecdotes of Painters, Vols. 1 and 3, 1865; The Message of the Books [Farrar]; and others.			USD -	Unknown
291		ODD VOLUMES. Blaine's Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1; Lowell's Prose Works, Vols. 1-4; Thomson's Land and the Book (So. Palestine Complete); and others.			USD -	Unknown
292		ODD VOLUMES. Godet on St. Luke, Vols. 1-2; Reuss' History of Christian Theology, Vol. 1; Delitzsch on Genesis, Vol. 1; and others.			USD -	Unknown
293		ODD VOLUMES. Shakespeare, 10 vols.; Bohn's Library, 4 vols.; Contemporary Pub., Vol. 1; and others.			USD -	Unknown
294		ODD VOLUMES. De Quincey's Writings, 10 vols.; Hallam's Middle Ages, Vol. 2; Spurgeon's Tabernacle Pulpit, 1883-4; and others.			USD -	Unknown
295		ODD VOLUMES. Green's History of England, illustrated edition, Vol. 4; Life and Letters of Benj. Jowett [Abbott and Campbell], Vol. 2; Revolutions in English History [Vaughan], Vol. 1; and others.			USD -	Unknown
296		BIBLIOGRAPHY. American Bibliopolist, Vols. 1-7, and parts of Vols. 8 and 9 (pages 23-24 of Vol. 1, containing adverts., missing).	New York	1869-77	USD -	Unknown
297		BIBLIOGRAPHY. American Bookseller's Guide (vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (in 4 vols.); The Book Buyer, Vols. 1-3; and others.			USD -	Unknown
298		BIBLIOGRAPHY. American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, Vols. 1-18 (in 9 vols.); Public Libraries of the United States, 2 vols.; and others.			USD -	Unknown
299		BIBLIOGRAPHY. American Periodical Literature, 1873; Cooperative Index to Periodicals, 1888-9; and others.			USD -	Unknown
300	Bartlett (J. R.)	BIBLIOGRAPHY. Bibliography of Rhode Island.	Providence	1864	USD -	Unknown

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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.

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