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
301 (ROPS, FELICIEN) Naturalia

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302 Prudhomme, Joseph (ROPS, FELICIEN). Die Lesbierinnen: ein Dialog. Erste und Vollstaendige Uebertragung, von Paul Marein Leipzig

1909

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303 RUMPHIUS, GEORG EVERARDUS Thesaurus Imaginum Piscium Testaceorum . . . ut et Cochlearum; quibus accedunt Conchylia Hagae-Comitum

1739

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304 SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIANS. Collection of Tracts relating to the Late and Present State of Scotland London

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305 SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES. The Poetical Works, and his Speeches in Parliament, with Large Additions never before made Publick London

1707

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306 SENECA Opera, qua: Exstant Omnia, a Justo Lipsio emendata et Scholiis illustrata Antverpiae

1615

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307 Guy Francis Laking SEVRES PORCELAIN OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND WINDSOR CASTLE London

1907

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308 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies New Haven

1954

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309 Brown, Thomas SHELLS. The Elements of Conchology, or Natural History of Shells according to the Linnean System London

1816

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310 SIGNED MODERN POETRY. Baxter, Charles. Chameleon...

1969

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311 SIGNED MODERN POETRY. Ciardi. An Alphabestiary...

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312 SIGNED MODERN POETRY. Williams, Jonathan. An Ear in Bartram's Tree...

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313 SIQUEIROS: Introductor de Realidades. Por Raquel Tibol...

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314 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Annual Reports, for 1908-1922, plus 9 later and 4 earlier years Washington

1888

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315 SOYER, RAPHAEL A Painter's Pilgrimage... New York, etc.

1962

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316 Nevill, Ralph SPORTING PRINTS. Old English Sporting Prints and their History London

1923

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317 Sonrel, Pierre STAGE DESIGN. Traite de Scenographie: Evolution du Materiel Scenique . . . Paris

1943

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318 Reginald Heber TAYLOR, JEREMY. The Whole Works: with a Life, etc. London

1854

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319 TEMPLEMAN, PETER Curious Remarks and Observations in Physics, Anatomy, Chirurgery, Chemistry, Botany, and Medicine, extracted from the History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris London

1753

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320 TERENCE Comoediae, ex Recensione D. Heinsii, collata ad Antiquissimos MSS Codices Bibliotheca Vaticanae . . . et Italica Versione. Recensuit, etc., Carolus Cocquelines Romae

1767

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321 Farrer, Reginald TIBET. On the Eaves of the World London

1926

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322 TYL EULENSPIEGL Ulenspiegel: 68 seiner Geschichtcn nach den Aeltestcn Drucken, herausgegeben von Konrad F. Bauer Hamburg

1948

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323 UPDIKE, DANIEL BERKELEY Printing Types: their History, Forms, and Use Cambridge

1922

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324 VALERIUS MAXIMUS Opuscula Oliverii Commentariis ex prima eius editione integra & syncera dcscriptis . . . addite sunt in fine opcris ASCENSII Familiaria . . . Mediolani

1513

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325 VALLEMONT, ABBE DE Curiositez de la Nature et de l'Art sur la Vegetation, ou l'Agriculture et le Jardinage dans leur Perfection Bruxelles

1708

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326 VERINI, UGOLINO Libri Tre in Versi Originali Latini De Illustratione Urbis Florentiae, con la Versione Toscana Parigi

1790

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327 VOLTAIRE La Pucelle d'Orleans: Poeme en Vingt-Un Chants, avec des Notes Londrcs

1780

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328 WALCOTT, MARY VAUX Illustrations of North American Pitcherplants Washington

1935

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329 WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL The Geographical Distribution of Animals New York

1876

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330 WASHINGTON, GEORGE Letters on Agriculture, to Arthur Young and Sir John Sinclair Washington

1847

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331 WATELET and LEVESQUE Dictionnaire des Arts de Peinture, Sculpture et Gravure Paris

1792

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332 WAUGH, EVELYN Basil Seal Rides Again, or The Rake's Regress Boston

1963

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333 King, Thos. Starr (WHITTIER, JOHN G.). Patriotism, and Other Papers Boston

1864

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