Freemans: Books and Manuscripts, 1797, Philadelphia

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Auction Date
February 06, 2024 - February 06, 2024
Page Size: 138 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Clark, George Rogers

Partially-Printed Document, signed

(Williamsburg), Virginia 1780 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,640.00
2 Daboll, (Nathan)

Daboll's New-England Almanack, For the Year 1775...

New-London, (Connecticut) (1774). USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 396.00
3 Gordon, William

The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies, From Their Origin to That Period

London 1788 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,960.00
4 Jackson, Isaac

A Testimony given forth from our Yearly-Meeting, held at Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey...from the 29th Day of the Ninth Month to the 4th of of the Tenth Month inclusive, 1777

(Philadelphia) 1777 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,452.00
5

Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning the twenty-eighth Day of November, 1776, and Ending the second Day of October, 1781. With the Proceedings of the Several Committees and Conventions, Before and at the

Philadelphia 1782 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
6 Pemberton, John

An Epistle from the Meeting for Sufferings, Held in Philadelphia for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, the 5th Day of the First Month 1775

(Philadelphia) 1775 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 726.00
7 Pemberton, John

To our Friends and Brethren in religious Profession, in these and the adjacent Provinces...

(Philadelphia 1776 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 924.00
8 Waln, Nicholas

From our General Spring Meeting of Ministers and Elders, held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, by Adjournments, from the 21st of the Third-month to the 24th of the same, inclusive, 1778

(Philadelphia) 1778 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 330.00
9

Revolutionary War-Era Sammelband of 4 Connecticut Almanacs

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,696.00
10

Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIX, and of the Independence of the United States the Thirteenth...

Hartford 1791 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 990.00
11 Crabb, G(eorge).W., and J.T. Bradford

The Military Code of the State of Alabama...

Tuscaloosa 1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
12 Anderson, John

Anderson improved: Being an Almanack, and Ephemeris, For the Year of our Lord 1774...

Newport, Rhode-Island (1773). USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
13 Anthony, Susan B.

Autograph Quotation, signed

Rochester, N.Y. 1902 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,188.00
14

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina an

No place no date (ca. 1780s). USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,584.00
15 Bowen, A(bel).

A View of Col. Johnson's Engagement with the Savages (Commanded by Tecumseh) near the Moravian Town, October 5, 1812

(Boston 1828 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 660.00
16 (Baegert, Jacob)

Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien...

Mannheim 1773 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,290.00
17 Otis, F(essenden). N(ott).

View of Culebra or the Summit, The Terminus of the Panama Rail-Road in Dec. 1854

New York 1854 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,320.00
18 Care, Henry, and William Nelson

English Liberties, or the Free-born Subject's Inheritance. Containing Magna Charta...

Providence, Rhode Island 1774 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 858.00
19 (Carey, Mathew)

The American Remembrancer; or, An Impartial Collection of Essays, Resolves, Speeches, &c. Relative, or Having Affinity, to the Treaty with Great Britain

Philadelphia 1795-1796 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 858.00
20 Carver, J(onathan).

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768

London 1778 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,112.00
21

Journal, Acts and Proceedings, of the Convention, Assembled at Philadelphia, Monday, May 14, and Dissolved Monday, September 17, 1787, Which Formed The Constitution of the United States

Boston 1819 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,112.00
22 Urban, Sylvanus (Edward Cave)

The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume LVII. For the Year MDCCLXXXVII

London 1787 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 792.00
23 (Cox, James)

Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory

Saint Louis 1895 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,696.00
24

From the Library of New York Politician, Lawyer, and Leading Anti-Federalist, John Lansing, Jr.

Dallas, A(lexander). USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,452.00
25 (Force, Peter)

In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

Wash(ingto)n., (D.C.) (ca. 1833). USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 29,040.00
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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