Swann Galleries: SWANN GALLERIES, INC., AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS OF Books, Autographs, Prints, Literary Properties. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 1971 at 2 PM, Exhibition from February 16th to Time of Sale. BOOKS ABOUT GEMS, [ITEM 1--157]. The fine collect, 841,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 18, 1971 - February 18, 1971
Page Size: 333 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 G. N. Wright CHINESE EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED London

1860

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202 Eugene Jaquet and Alfred Chapuis CLOCKS & WATCHES. Technique and History of the Swiss Watch, from its Beginnings to the Present Day Bern

1953

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203 COLLIER, JOHN Gemini: Poems London

1931

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204 Mudie, Robert COLORED BIRD PLATES. The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands London

1861

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205 (COLQUHOUN, PATRICK) A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis . . . suggesting Remedies London

1796

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206 CRABBE, GEORGE The Village: a Poem, in Two Books London

1783

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207 (CRUIKSHANK and LEECH). Jerrold. The Life of George Cruikshank...

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208 CURIOSA. Allmacht Weib: Erotische Typologie der Frau... Wien/Leipzig

1928

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209 CURIOSA. Schidrowitz. Sittcngeschichte des Gcheimen und Verbotenen...

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210 CURRIER & IVES. Clipper Ship Prints... New York

1930

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211 Charles Tomlinson, editor CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL ARTS, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering London & New York

1862

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212 DANTE: con l'Espositione di M. Bernardino Daniello da Lucca . . . nuovamente stampato & posto in luce Venetia

1568

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213 DARWIN, CHARLES The Descent of Man and Selection in relation to Sex New York

1871

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214 DAVILA, ENRICO CATERINO The Historie of the Civill Warres of France London

1647

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215 Boissard, J. J. DE BRY COPPERPLATES. Antiquitatum Romanarum: Inscnptionum & Monumentorum, quae Romae in saxis Er marmoribus Visuntur Francfurt

1600

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216 DE KOONING, WILLEM DE KOONING, WILLEM. Drawings New York

1967

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217 DIBDIN, T. F. Bibliomania, or Book-Madness: a Bibliographical Romance London

1876

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218 DICKSON, R. W., M.D. Practical Agriculture, or a Complete System of Modem Husbandry, with the Methods of Planting, and the Management of Live Stock London

1805

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219 DOWNING, ANDREW J. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, adapted to North America... New-York

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220 J. C. LOUDON ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AGRICULTURE London

1839

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221 Greville Bathe ENGINEER'S NOTE BOOK St. Augustine, Fla.

1955

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222 Ralph Ginzburg, editor EROS New York

1962

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223 Cicero ESTIENNE PRINTING. Rhetorica; De Inventione; De Oratore; De Claris Oratoribus; etc. Parishs

1544

USD - Unknown
224 Gourmont, Jean de ETCHINGS. La Toison d'Or Paris

1925

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225 FIRE-MAKING. The Bryant and May Museum of Fire-Making Appliances London

1926

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226 FLOOD CONTROL. Capra, Domenico Bologna

1685

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227 Van Benschoten, W. H. GENEALOGY. Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America: a Genealogy and Brief History N. Y.

1907

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228 Horace H. Hayden GEOLOGICAL ESSAYS: or an Inquiry into some of the Geological Phenomena to be found in Various Parts of America, and Elsewhere Baltimore

1820

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229 GERRARD, ERNEST A. Elizabethan Drama and Dramatists, 1583-1603

1928

USD - Unknown
230 GREGO, JOSEPH A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days London

1886

USD - Unknown
231 Fay, Bernard GROLIER CLUB. Notes on the American Press at the End of the Eighteenth Century New York

1927

USD - Unknown
232 GUTENBERG BIBLE. Facsimile of the complete Bible, with 8 color plates in the New Testament volume New York

1968

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233 Geoffrey Keynes HARVEY, WILLIAM: Bibliography of the Writings of ...

1953

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234 HERALDRY. Bound volume containing 124 magnificently hand-colored plates from the Heraldry section of Wilkes's Encyclopaedia Londinensis...

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235 Shakespeare, William HERITAGE PRESS. Shakespeare, William. Comedies: Tragedies; Histories New York

1958

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236 HOGARTH, WILLIAM HOGARTH, WILLIAM. Works London

1812

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237 HOGARTH, WILLIAM HOGARTH, WILLIAM. Complete Works

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238 HOGARTH'S WORKS: with Life and Anecdotal Descriptions of his Pictures by John Ireland and John Nichols Edinburgh

1883

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239 Robichon de la Gueriniere, Francois HORSEMANSHIP. Ecole de Cavalerie, contenant la Connoissance, l'Instruction, et la Conservation du Cheval Paris

1769

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240 Sainbel, Charles Vial de HORSESHOEING. Lectures on the Elements of Farriery, or the Art of Horse-Shoeing, and on the Diseases of the Foot London

1793

USD - Unknown
241 HUTTON, CHARLES Tracts on Mathematical and Philosophical Subjects London

1812

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242 Mundy, Captain G. C. INDIA. Pen and Pencil Sketches, being the Journal of a Tour in India London

1832

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243 Burgess, Fred. W. JEWELRY. Antique Jewellery and Trinkets New York

1919

USD - Unknown
244 Reland, Hadrian JUDAICA. Analecta Rabbinica ... in usum Collegii Rabbinici Trajecti ad Rhenum

1723

USD - Unknown
245 JUDAICA. [Alexander] Harkavy's American Letter Writer, with Useful Information and a Treatise on Book Keeping, English and Yiddish New York

1902

USD - Unknown
246 JUVENAL. Opus, quidem divinum antea impressorum vitio . . . Commento scribente Joanne Britannico, viro eruditissimo Venetiis

1510

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247 LAGHI, NICOLA, da Lugano I Miracoli del Santissimo Sacramento. Con nuova aggiunta di Molte Historie, Avertcnze, & Instruttioni Venetia

1599

USD - Unknown
248 Hoffmann, E. T. A. (LANDAU, JACOB). Hoffmann, E. T. A. Selected Tales Chicago

1969

USD - Unknown
249 LANGLAND, WILLIAM The Vision of William concerning Piers Plowman London

USD - Unknown
250 John E. Semmes LATROBE, JOHN H. B.: AND HIS TIMES, 1803-1891 Baltimore

1917

USD - Unknown
251 LIMITED EDITIONS. Du Maurier. Trilby...

USD - Unknown
252 Coster, Charles de LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. The Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel

1934

USD - Unknown
253 La Fontaine, Jean de LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. The Fables

1930

USD - Unknown
254 La Motte Fouque, F. de LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Undine

1930

USD - Unknown
255 Lee, James (LINNVEUS). An Introduction to Botany . . . extracted from the works of Dr. Linnaeus London

1765

USD - Unknown
256 LIVY Titus Livius, dat is de Raemschc Historic oft Gesten, . . .nu eerstmael in onser Nederlantscher spraken ghedruckt Tantwerpen

1541

USD - Unknown
257 LOCKE, JOHN LOCKE, JOHN. Works London

1824

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258 LUCRETIUS and MANILIUS Lucretius his Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy, and Manilius his Five Books containing a System of the Ancient Astronomy and Astrology, together with the Philosophy of the Stoicks London

1700

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259 MAITTAIRE, MICHAEL Annales Typographici, ab Artis Inventae Origine ad Annum MD. 1719...

USD - Unknown
260 MARINE. Histoire de la Marine: par Toudouze, La Ronciere, Tramond, Rondeleux, Dollfus, Dubard Paris

1966

USD - Unknown
261 Bres, Louis MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY. Ships and Shipping: a Collection of Pictures including many American Vessels painted by ANTOINE ROUX and his Sons Salem

1925

USD - Unknown
262 MARIVETZ, BARON DE; AND GOUSSIER Physique du Monde Paris

1780

USD - Unknown
263 Scharf, J. Thomas MARYLAND. History of Baltimore City and County Philadelphia

1881

USD - Unknown
264 MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Baltimore

USD - Unknown
265 Smith, David Eugene MATHEMATICS. Rare Arithmetica: a Catalogue of the Arithmetics written before 1601, with a Description of those in the Library of G. A. Plimpton Boston

1908

USD - Unknown
266 METCALF, SAMUEL L. A New Theory of Terrestrial Magnetism New York

1833

USD - Unknown
267 Arrighi, Antonio MILITARY. De Vita et Rebus Gestis Francisci Mauroccni Peloponnesiaci, Principis Venetorum ad Senatum, Libri IV Patavii

1749

USD - Unknown
268 MILLER, HENRY Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel (Tucson)

1966

USD - Unknown
269 MILMAN, HENRY HART History of Latin Christianity ... to the Pontificate of Nicholas V London

1867

USD - Unknown
270 MINIATURE CURIOSA Baguette de Liliput, ou Choix des Chansons Tres Facetieuses et Bachiques Paris

1850

USD - Unknown
271 MINIATURE PAINTING. L'Ecole de la Miniature, ou l'Art d'apprendre a Peindre sans Maitre, et les Secrets pour faire les plus belles Couleurs Paris

1769

USD - Unknown
272 MONOGRAMS. A New Book of Cyphers, wherein the Various Combinations of the Alphabet are Ornamentally dispos'd in the present Taste London

1800

USD - Unknown
273 MOORE, HENRY Heads, Figures, and Ideas London & Greenwich

1958

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274 MOORE, MARIANNE Tell Me, Tell Me New York

1966

USD - Unknown
275 MORGAN, GEORGE CADOGAN Directions for the Use of a Scientific Tablc, in the Collection and Application of Knowledge London

1826

USD - Unknown
276 MORRIS, WILLIAM MORRIS, WILLIAM: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist... New York

USD - Unknown
277 Dante NASH PRINTING. The Inferno San Francisco

1929

USD - Unknown
278 NAVAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE QUASI-WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE. Naval Operations, from February 1797 to December 1801 Washington

USD - Unknown
279 Sackheim, Eric, Editor NEGRO SONGS. The Blues Line: a Collection of Blues Lyrics (New York)

1969

USD - Unknown
280 NEWTON, A. EDWARD A Magnificent Farce, and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector Boston

1922

USD - Unknown
281 NEWTON, SIR ISAAC The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy London

1729

USD - Unknown
282 NOGUCHI, ISAMU A Sculptor's World New York

1968

USD - Unknown
283 NUMISMATICS. Rawlings. Ancient, Medieval, Modem Coins...

1960

USD - Unknown
284 Lewis, G. Griffin ORIENTAL RUGS. The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs Philadelphia

1920

USD - Unknown
285 ORIGEN. Tertius et Quartus Tomi Operum Origenis Adamantii (Paris)

1512

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286 Metamorphoseon, Libri XV, R. OVID. Regii Volatcrrani Luculcntissima Explanatio . . . Omnia nunc postrcmo a multis crroribus & mendis purgata, summaq: cura excusa Venetiis

1586

USD - Unknown
287 OXFORD. Plausus Musarum Oxoniensium, sive Gratulatio Academiae Ob Res Prospere Terra Marique Gestas, in Comitiis Philologicis Habitis in Theatro Shcldoniano, Calendis Januarii 1704 Oxonii

1704

USD - Unknown
288 OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE. 1906...

USD - Unknown
289 NATHANIEL WHITTOCK OXFORD DRAWING BOOK, or the Art of Drawing, and the Theory and Practice of Perspective London

USD - Unknown
290 PARKMAN, FRANCIS PARKMAN, FRANCIS. Works Boston

USD - Unknown
291 PEPYS, SAMUEL PEPYS, SAMUEL. Diary and Correspondence London

USD - Unknown
292 Binyon, Laurence PERSIAN ILLUMINATIONS. The Poems of Nizami Described London

1928

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293 (Dubrueil, Jean) PERSPECTIVE. The Practice of Perspective, or an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects according to the Rules of Art London

1749

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294 PETRARCH Il Petrarcha, con l'Espositione d'Allesandro Vellutello, e con Molte Altre Utilissime Cosi . . . nuovamenta da lui aggiunte Vinegia

1528

USD - Unknown
295 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL. The Illustrated Historical Register of the United States Centennial Exposition, 1876 New York

1877

USD - Unknown
296 (PICCOLOMINI, ALESANDRO) De le Stelle Fisse: Libro Uno, dove di Tutte le XLVIII Immagin Celesti Minutissimamente si tratta . . . Venetia

1548

USD - Unknown
297 J. H. Beckmann and I. Schroth, editors PICTURE BIBLE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES Kostanz

1960

USD - Unknown
298 Mawe, John PRECIOUS STONES. A Treatise on Diamonds and Precious Stones . . . with Some Account of the Best Methods of Cutting and Polishing Them London

1813

USD - Unknown
299 PRESS BOOKS. Musset. Fantasio...

USD - Unknown
300 Barreme, M. READY RECKONER. Le Livre des Comptes-Faits, ou Tarif General des Monnoies Avignon

1762

USD - Unknown
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