Incunabula & Early Books

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Lot 1
Aesop (c. 620-564 BCE)
Fables with his Life in English, French & Latin.

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Lot 2
Alamanni, Luigi (1495-1556)
La Coltivazione & le Api del S. Giovanni Rucellai.

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Lot 3
Amelot de La Houssaye, Sieur Abraham-Nicolas (1634-1706)
The History of the Government of Venice.

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Lot 4
Antiphonal Manuscript in Wooden Boards.
Missa de Pentecostes.

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Lot 5
Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)
La Prima [-Seconda] Parte de Ragionamenti.

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Lot 6
Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)
La Prima [-Seconda] Parte de Ragionamenti.

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Lot 7
Aristaenetus (fl. circa 5th or 6th CE)
Epistolae Graecae. Cum Latina Interpretatione & Notis. Tertia Editio Emendatior & Auctior.

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Lot 8
Ars Memorandi; Johannes Host von Romberch (c. 1480-c. 1533)
Congestorium Artificiose Memorie.

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Lot 9
Art Collection Catalogues, Four Examples.

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Lot 10
Benigni, Fortunato. Author's Presentation Copy with ALS.
Lettera Sugli Scavi Fatti nel Circondario dell'Antica Treja.

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Lot 11
Berenger, Richard (1720-1782)
The History and Art of Horsemanship.

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Lot 12
Berthault, Pierre (1600-1681)
Liber Singularis de Ara.

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Lot 13
Bible, English, Miniature.
The Thumb Bible. Verbum Sempiternum.

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Lot 14
Bible, German, trans. Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Biblia das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch.

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Lot 15
Bible, Illustrated, French & English.
Pictures of the Old and New Testaments, Showing the Most Nottable Historys, in 150 Copper Platis. [sic]

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Lot 16
Bible, Illustrated, Italian.
Historia del Testamento Vecchio e Nuovo, Rappresentata con Figure in Rame.

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Lot 17
Bible, New Testament, Greek.
Nouum Iesv Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.

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Lot 18
Bible, Psalms in English. trans. George Wither
The Psalmes of David Translated into Lyrick-Verse.

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Lot 19
Bible, Psalms in English. trans. William Alexander (1567-1640)
The Psalmes of King David translated by King James.

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Lot 20
Bodin, Jean (1529-1596)
De la Demonomanie des Sorciers.

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Lot 21
Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521)
Stultifera Navis.

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Lot 22
Budé, Guillaume (1467-1540)
De Asse, et Partibus eius, Libri V.

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Lot 23
Buonaventura, Federico (1555-1602)
Anemologiae Pars Prior. Id est Affectionibus, Signis, Cavsisque Ventorum ex Aristotle, Theophrasto, ac Ptolomeo Tractatus.

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Lot 24
Capiferreus, Franciscus Magdalenus (d. 1632); Council of Trent.
Elenchus Librorum Omnium tum in Tridentino.

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Lot 25
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)
The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha.

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Lot 26
Children's Chapbooks, Two 18th Century English Examples.

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Lot 27
David, Joannes (1545-1613)
Occasio Arrepta Neglecta Huius Commoda: Illius Incommoda.

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Lot 28
De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo (1742-1831)
Bibliotheca Judaica Antichristiana qua Editi et Inediti Judaeorum adversus Christianam Religionem Libri Recensentur.

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Lot 29
De Rossi, Giovanni Gherardo (1754-1827)
Scherzi Poetici e Pittorici.

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Lot 30
Dell'Ottonaio, Giovanni Battista (1482-1527)
Canzoni, o Vero Mascherate Carnascialesche.

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Lot 31
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)
The Bibliomania; or, Book Madness.

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Lot 32
Dubouchet, Pierre (1737-1818)
Au Nom de la Republique Française, Une et Indivisible. Dubouchet Représentant du Peuple, aux Administrateurs du District de Provins.

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Lot 33
Dutch Gilt or Brocade Decorative Paper.

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Lot 34
Early Books, Dutch Imprints, Five Titles in Four Volumes.

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Lot 35
Early Polish Imprints, Two Examples, 1692 and 1745.

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Lot 36
Estienne, Charles (1504-1564)
De Vasculis Libellus, Adulescentulorum Causa ex Bayfio Decerptus, Addita Vulgari Latinarum Vocum Interpretatione.

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Lot 37
Estienne, Robert (1503-1559)
Alphabetum Graecum.

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Lot 38
Euripides, Sophocles, & Aeschylus
A Collection of Greek Tragedies.

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Lot 39
Fénelon, François (1651-1715)
Les Aventures de Télémaque.

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Lot 40
Fontaine, Charles (b. 1514)
Figures du Nouveau Testament.

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Lot 41
Fulgentius of Ruspe (462-533 CE)
Opera.

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Lot 42
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Dialogo.

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Lot 43
Germain, Pierre, le Roman (1703-1783)
Elements d'Orfevrerie Divisés en Deux Parties de Cinquante Feuilles.

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Lot 44
Gervasoni, Carlo (1762-1819)
Esempi della Scuola della Musica.

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Lot 45
Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680)
The Vanity of Dogmatizing: or Confidence in Opinions Manifested in a Discourse of the Shortness and Uncertainty of Our Knowledge.

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Lot 46
Gregorian Chants, Cistercian.
Missae Unica Voce cum Organo, vel since Organo Concinendae loco earum, quae Cantu Gregoriano cantari solent.

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Lot 47
Gutowski, Waleryjan (1629-1693)
Panegiryczne Niektore Dyskursy Duchowne.

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Lot 48
Harrington, Sir James (1611-1677)
The Common-Wealth of Oceana.

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Lot 49
Hieronymus, Saint Jerome (c. 342-420 CE)
Divi Hieronymi in Vitas Patrum Perecelebre Opus.

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Lot 50
Homer. John Ogilby (1600-1676) trans.
Homer his Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations.

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Lot 51
Hope, Thomas (1769-1831)
Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.

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Lot 51
Huttich, Johannes (1480-1544) and Simon Grynaeus (1493-1541)
Novus Orbis Regionum Insularum Veteribus Incognitarum.

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Lot 52
Illustrated Incunabula Fragment.
Mer des Histoires.

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Lot 53
Italian Costume Albums: Three Examples.

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Lot 54
Italian Culinary Manuscript on Paper.
Le Arti del Credenziere, Confetturiere, e Liquorista.

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Lot 55
Italian Manuscript Writing Manual.
Esemplare di Caratteri Moderni.

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Lot 56
Italian Religious Costume Albums, Two Volumes.

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Lot 57
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)
Poëmas de la Unica Poetisa Americana.

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Lot 58
L'Obel, Matthias de (1538-1616)
Plantarum seu Stirpium Icones.

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Lot 59
La Caille, Jean de (1645-1723)
Histoire de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie.

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Lot 60
La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695)
Fables Choisies Mises en Vers.

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Lot 61
Lafreri, Antonio (1512-1577)
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae.

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Lot 62
Lairesse, Gerard de (1641-1711)
Grondlegginge der Teeken-Konst.

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Lot 63
Leutbrewer, Christoph trans. Juan Bautista José de Barry.
El Pecador Arrepentido.

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Lot 64
Limited Edition Illustrated Books, Two Examples.

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Lot 65
Lipsius, Justus (1547-1606)
Epistolarum, (Quae in Centurjis non extant) Decades XIIX. Quibus accedunt Poematia Eivsdem.

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Lot 66
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1796.

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Lot 67
Longus. trans. Jacques Amyot (1513-1593)
Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloe avec Figures.

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Lot 68
Maimbourg, Louis (1610-1686)
Istoria della Crociate per la Liberazione di Terra Santa.

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Lot 69
Maioranis, Franciscus de (1280-1327)
Flores Sancti Augustini ex libris de Civitate Dei Extracti. De Commemoratione Defunctorum.

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Lot 70
Makay, Bela.
Album of Original Illustrations with Text and Music.

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Lot 71
Manuscript in Skull and Crossbones Binding.
Uffizio de Morti.

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Lot 72
Manuscript Notebooks, Two Examples, 1790s & 1824.

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Lot 73
Manuscript on Paper.
Officium de Aeterna Sapientia Editum A.B. Henrico Suso Ordinis Praedicatorum.

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Lot 74
Manutius, Aldus the Younger (1547-1597)
Orthographiae Ratio.

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Lot 75
Masserano, Italy.
Instrumenta Conventionum Sequta inter Illustrissimos Dominos de Flisco Dominos Messerani ac Communitatem.

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Lot 76
Medieval Manuscript and Early Printed Book Leaves.

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Lot 77
Medina, Balthasar de (1634-1697)
Vida, Martyrio, y Beatificacion del Invicto Proto-Martyr de el Japon San Felipe de Jesus, Patron de Mexico.

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Lot 78
Mela, Pomponius; Julius Solinus, et alia.
De Situ Orbis and Other Works.

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Lot 79
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflöte eine Grosse Oper in Zwey Aufzügen fürs Clavier oder Pianoforte.

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Lot 80
Nider, Johannes (c. 1380-1438)
Praeceptorium Divinae Legis, sive Expositio Decalogi.

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Lot 81
Orationes Horum Rhetorum.

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Lot 82
Panvinius, Onuphrius (1529-1568)
Reipublicae Romanae Commentariorum Libri Tres.

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Lot 83
Papal Publications and Broadsides, Six Examples.

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Lot 84
Paris, Food Safety and Fair Practices, 1711-1739.
Four Broadsides Admonishing Bakers, Butchers, and Fishmongers.

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Lot 85
Percier, Charles & Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine.
Recueil des Decorations Interieures.

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Lot 86
Phaedrus (c. 444-393 BCE)
Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque.

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Lot 87
Plutarch (46-119 CE)
Lives Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch.

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Lot 88
Plutarch (46-119 CE)
Septem Sapientum Convivium, Gulielmo Plantio Cenomanno Medico Interprete.

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Lot 89
Plutarch (46-119 CE) trans. Jacques Amyot (1513-1593)
Les Vies des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains.

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Lot 90
Plutarch, Pliny, Catullus, [and] Pomponius Laetus (1425-1497)
Post-Incunabula Sammelband, 1508 & 1510.

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Lot 91
Pop-up Peepshow [Kullisentheater] Slides.
The Shepherd Walking his Sheep.

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Lot 92
Pope Clement V (c. 1264 -1314)
Singulares Constitutionu[m] Textus.

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Lot 93
Rabus, Pieter, ed. (1660-1702)
De Boekzaal van Europe.

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Lot 94
Raffald, Elizabeth (1733-1781)
The Experienced English House-keeper.

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Lot 95
Rittmeyer, Johann (1636-1698)
Him[m]lisches Freuden-Mahl der Kinder Gottes auf Erden.

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Lot 96
Rodotà, Pietro Pompilio (1707-1770)
De' Giuochi d'Industria, di Sorte, e Misti di Quello in Particolare, che si Denomina Lotto di Genova.

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Lot 97
Roper, William (1496-1578)
Vita D. Thomae Mori.

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Lot 98
Sammelband of English Chapbooks, Sixteen Titles Bound Together.
1796-c. 1812.

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Lot 99
Sardi, Pietro (mid-17th century)
Corno Dogale della Architettura Militare.

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Lot 100
Sarpi, Paolo (1552-1623)
Discorso dell'Origine, Forma, Leggi, ed Uso dell'Ufficio dell'Inquisitione nella Citta, e Dominio di Venetia.

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Lot 101
Savius, Aurelius David (fl. circa 1546)
In Pandectarum Titulum de Verb. & Re. Signifi. Tractatus Isagogicus.

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Lot 102
Scamozzi, Vincenzo (1548-1616)
L’Idea Della Architettura Universale.

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Lot 103
Serlio, Sebastiano (1475-c. 1554)
Incomple Fragments of Libro d'Architettura.

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Lot 104
Solís y Rivadeneira, Antonio de (1610-1686)
Historia de la Conquista de Mexico.

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Lot 105
Stanhope, Eugenia (d. 1783)
The Deportment of a Married Life.

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Lot 106
Surius, Laurentius (1523-1578)
Commentarius Brevis Rerum in Orbe Gestarum, ab Anno Salutis MD. usque in Annum M.D. LXXIIII.

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Lot 107
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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Lot 108
Tempesta, Antonio (1555-1630)
Twenty Engravings from Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata.

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Lot 109
Terence [aka] Publius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185-c. 159? BCE)
In Quem Triplex Edita est P. Antesignani Rapistagnensis Commentatio.

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Lot 110
The Conjuror's Magazine, or Magical and Physiognomical
Mirror. Including a Superb Edition of Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy.

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Lot 111
The First Spelling Primer; or an Easy Introduction to the
Art of Reading Adorned with Emblematic Pictures.

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Lot 112
The Wren; or, the Fairy of the Green-House Consisting of
Song, Story, and Dialogue.

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Lot 113
Torricelli, Evangelista (1608-1647)
Lezioni Accademiche.

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Lot 114
Tschudi, Aegidius (1505-1572)
Chronicon Helveticum. Oder Gründliche Beschreibung der So wohl in dem Heil.

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Lot 115
Vendramenus, Franciscus (circa 1608)
Ordo Rituum, & Ceremoniarum Suscipiendi Habitum Monialem tam pro una Novitia seorsim, quam pro pluribus coniunctim.

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Lot 116
Verdizzotti, Giovanni Maria (1525-1600)
Le Vite de' Santi Padri Insieme Col Prato Spirituale.

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Lot 117
Voltaire (1694-1778)
Letters Concerning the English Nation.

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Lot 118
Zanadio, Francesco Maria (fl. circa 1675)
Scuola Celeste Aperta da Maria Madre dell'Eterna Sapienza all'Anime sue Divote.

Travel Books

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Lot 119
Breton de la Martinière, Jean-Baptiste
China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c.

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Lot 120
Bridgens, Richard (fl. circa 1830)
Sketches Illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of France, Switzerland, and Italy.

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Lot 121
Cook, James (1728-1779)
A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World.

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Lot 122
Costumes et Plantes de L'Hindoustan.
Manuscript on Paper.

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Lot 123
Denon, Dominique-Vivant (1747-1825)
Egypt, a Series of One Hundred and Ten Engravings, Exhibiting the Antiquities, Architecture, Inhabitants, Animals,

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Lot 124
Dielmann, Bamberger, & Wegelin.
Der Rheinische Tourist.

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Lot 125
Illustrated Travel, Two 18th Century Imprints.

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Lot 126
Justel, Henri ed. (1619-1693)
Recueil de Divers Voyages Faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique.

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Lot 127
Kippis, Andrew (1725-1795) trans. Cesareo de Nava Palacio.
Historia de la Vida y Viages del Capitan Jaime Cook. Obra Escrita en Ingles.

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Lot 128
Lafitau, Joseph François (1681-1746)
Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps.

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Lot 129
Luard, Major John (1790-1875)
Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature and on Stone.

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Lot 130
Mariette-Bey, Auguste (1821-1881)
Album du Musée de Boulaq.

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Lot 131
Mayer, Luigi (1755-1803)
Views in Egypt, from the Original in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, Taken during his Embassy to Constantinople.

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Lot 132
Perry, Matthew Calbraith (1794-1858) ed. Francis L. Hawks (1798-1866)
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas & Japan.

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Lot 133
Smith, Charles Hamilton (1776-1859)
Views in Northern Africa, a Collection of Watercolor Drawings.

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Lot 134
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689)
The Six Voyages [...] through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies.

Scientific Books

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Lot 135
Agricola, Georgius (1494-1555) ed. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
De Re Metallica.

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Lot 136
Ango, Pierre (1640-1694)
L'Optique Divisée en Trois Livres.

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Lot 137
Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Of Microscopes and the Discoveries Made Thereby. Illustrated with Many Copper-Plates.

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Lot 138
Bekker, Balthasar (1634-1698)
Ondersoek van de Betekeninge der Kometen.

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Lot 139
Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832)
Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains.

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Lot 140
Blankaart, Steven (1650-1704)
De Nederlandschen Herbarius of Kruid Boek.

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Lot 141
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals.

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Lot 142
Desaguliers, John Theophilus (1683-1744)
A Course of Experimental Philosophy.

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Lot 143
Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph (1680-1765)
L'Histoire Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses Parties Principales, L'Oryctologie, qui Traité des Pierres, des Métaux, & des Minéraux.

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Lot 144
Dutch Sammelband, Two Mid-18th Century Titles.

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Lot 145
Early Continental Science, Four Titles in Six Volumes.

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Lot 146
Early Continental Science, Three Titles in Four Volumes.

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Lot 147
Eigenmann, Carl (1863-1927) & Rosa Eigenmann (1858-1947)
Large Archive of Correspondence, 1883-1930.

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Lot 148
Fisher, Irving (1867-1947)
Stabilizing the Dollar: A Plan to Stabilize the General Price Level without Fixing Individual Prices.

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Lot 149
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Oeuvres.

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Lot 150
Gervais, Jean-Antoine & Elisabeth Gervais (fl. circa 1820)
Opuscule sur la Vinification, Traitant des Vices des Méthodes Usitées pour la Fabrication des Vins,

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Goring, C.R. (1792-1840) and Andrew Pritchard (1804-1882)
Micrographia: Containing Practical Essays on Reflecting, Solar, Oxy-Hydrogen Gas Microscopes; Micrometers; Eye-Pieces.

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Lot 152
Heisenberg, Werner (1901-1976)
The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory.

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Lot 152
Jevons, William Stanley (1835-1882)
Investigations in Currency and Finance.

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Lot 153
Keeler, James Edward (1857-1900)
Publications of the Lick Observatory, Volume VIII.

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Lot 154
Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946)
A Tract on Monetary Reform. [and] A Treatise on Money.

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Lot 155
Kützing, Friedrich Traugott (1807-1893)
Tabulae Phycologicae.

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Lot 156
Lafond, Joseph-Aignan Sigaud de (1730-1810)
Three Titles in Four Volumes, 1767-1779.

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Lot 157
Malpighi, Marcello (1628-1694)
Anatomes Plantarum Pars Altera; [bound with] Appendix Ovo Incubato.

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Lot 158
Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766-1834)
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness.

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Lot 159
Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)
The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants.

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Lot 160
McCulloch, John Ramsay (1789-1864)
The Principles of Political Economy.

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Lot 161
Mosquera, Dionisio de (b. circa 1681)
Litho-Statica, o Theorica y Practica de Medir Piedras Preciosas.

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Lot 162
Musschenbroek, Pieter van (1692-1761)
Elementa Physicae Conscripta in Usus Academicos.

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Lot 163
Natural Philosophy & Physics.
In Physicam; Latin Manuscript on Paper.

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Lot 164
Schmiedel, Kasimir Christoph (1718-1792)
Erz Stuffen und Berg Arten mit Farben Genau Abgebildet.

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Lot 165
Senebier, Jean (1742-1809)
Two Titles in Five Volumes, 1775 & 1782.

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Lot 166
Smith, Adam (1723-1790)
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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Lot 167
Smith, William (1808-1857)
A Synopsis of the British Diatomaceae.

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Lot 168
Starkey, George (1628-1665) aka Eirenaeus Philalethes
A True Light of Alchymy.

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Lot 169
Starkey, George [aka] Eirenaeus Philalethes (1628-1665)
Philaletha Illustratus, sive Introitus Apertus ad Occlusum Regis Palatium.

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Lot 170
Swammerdam, Jan (1637-1680)
The Book of Nature; or the History of Insects.

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Lot 171
van Leeuwenhoek, Antonie (1632-1723)
Continuatio Epistolarum Datarum ad Longe Celeberrimam Regiam Societatem Londinensem.

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Lot 172
van Swinden, Jean Henri (1746-1823)
Mémoire sur les Observations Météorologiques.

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Lot 173
Youmans, Edward (1821-1887)
Chemical Atlas; or, the Chemistry of Familiar Objects: Exhibiting the General Principles of Science in a Series of Beautifully Colored Diagrams.

Medical Books

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Lot 174
Bourgeois [aka] Boursier, Louise (1563-1636)
Observations Diverses sur la Sterilité, Perte de Fruict, Foecondité, Accouchements, et Maladies des Femmes et Enfants Nouveaux Naiz.

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Lot 175
Castelli, Bartholomeo (16th century)
Lexicon Medicum Graeco-Latinum. Ex Hippocrate et Galeno Desumptum.

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Lot 176
Celsus, Aulus Cornelius (c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE)
De Re Medica Libri Octo.

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Lot 177
Celsus, Aurelius Cornelius (c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE)
De Re Medica Libri Octo.

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Lot 178
Coskery, William (d. 1830)
Manuscript Notebook of a Maryland Physician & Apothecary.

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Lot 179
Cullen, William (1710-1790)
Lectures on the Practice of Physic, Three Volumes of Manuscript Notes.

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Lot 180
Curio, Johannes, Jacob Crell, et alia.
De Conservanda Bona Salernitanae, ad Regem Angliae.

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Lot 181
Davidge, John Beale (1768-1829)
Dr. Davidge's Lectures on the Institutes [and] Physiology. Manuscript Student's Notes.

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Lot 182
Descartes, René (1596-1650)
L'Homme et la Formation du Foetus.

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Lot 183
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)
Chirurgie & Anatomie [extracted sections from the Dictionnaire Universel de Medicine.

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Lot 184
Embryology, Two Titles in Three Volumes.

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Lot 185
Epidemiology, Two Titles.

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Lot 186
Fabricius, ab Aquapendente (1533-1619)
Opera Anatomica.

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Lot 187
Frick, George (1793-1870)
A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye.

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Lot 188
Galen (129-circa 210 CE)
De Compositione Medicamentorum per Genera Libri Septem.

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Lot 189
Galen (129-circa 210 CE)
De Ratione Curandi ad Glauconem Libri Duo.

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Lot 190
Guillemeau, Jacques (1550-1613)
Les Oeuvres de Chirurgie.

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Lot 191
Hippocrates (c. 460-c. 370 BC)
Opera Omnia Graece & Latine.

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Lot 192
Hunter, William (1718-1783)
Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi.

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Lot 193
Jenner, Edward (1749-1823)
On the Varieties and Modifications of the Vaccine Pustule, Occasioned by an Herpetic State of the Skin, Author's Presentation Copy.

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Lot 194
Lancisi, Giovanni Maria (1654-1720)
De Noxiis Paludum Effluviis, eorumque Remediis Libri Duo.

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Lot 195
Maygrier, Jacques-Pierre (1771-1834)
Nouvelles Demonstrations d'Accoucemens.

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Lot 196
Medical Imprints, English, Four Examples.

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Lot 197
Medical Works, Three Continental Examples, Late 17th Century.

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Lot 198
Medicine, Four Titles in Four Volumes, 18th-19th Century.

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Lot 199
Migliavacca, Joseph (fl. circa 1746)
Manuscript Dissertation: De Aorte Aneuriismate.

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Lot 200
Monro, Alexander (1733-1817)
A Description of all the Bursae Mucosae of the Human Body.

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Lot 201
Monro, Alexander (1733-1817)
Observations on the Structure and Functions of the Nervous System.

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Lot 202
Paré, Ambroise (1510?-1590)
The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey.

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Lot 203
Physician's Commonplace Book, Manuscript on Paper.

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Lot 204
Physician's Commonplace Notebook.

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Lot 205
Potter, Nathaniel (c. 1770-1843) & Samuel Mainster (c. 1830)
Mainster's Manuscript Notes on Dr. Potter's Medical Lectures.

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Lot 206
Reward Poster, Missing Dentist.
$250 Reward! for the Discovery of Frank Austin Roy, M.D., DD.S., Practicing Dentistry.

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Lot 207
Rostow, Walt Whitman (1916-2003)
The Stages of Economic Growth, a Non-Communist Manifesto.

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Lot 208
Rush, Benjamin (1745-1813)
Student Lecture Notes on Rush's The Theory and Practice of Physic.

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Lot 209
Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813)
Lectures on the Institutes and Practice of Physic, Manuscript on Paper.

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Lot 210
Ruysch, Frederik (1638-1731)
Dilucidatio Valvularum in Vasis Lymphaticis, et Lacteis. Cum Figuris Aeneis.

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Lot 211
Small Pox and Cow Pox: Three American Titles.

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Lot 212
Smith, John (1630-1679)
The Pourtract of Old Age.

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Lot 213
Swammerdam, Jan (1637-1680)
Miraculum Naturae sive Uteri Muliebris Fabrica.

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Lot 214
Sydenham, Thomas (1624-1689)
Methodus Curandi Febres, Propriis Observationibus Superstructa.

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Lot 215
Sylvius, Jacobus [aka Jacques Dubois] (1478-1555)
Medicae Rei apud Parrhisios Interpretis Regii Commentarius in Claudii Galeni Duos Libros de Differentiis Febrium.

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Lot 216
Turnbull, William (c. 1729-1796)
An Inquiry into the Origin and Antiquity of the Lues Venerea; with Observations on its Introduction and Progress in the

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Lot 217
Van Helmont, Jan Baptist (1580-1644)
Ortus Medicinae id est Initia Physicae Inaudita.

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Lot 218
Weyer [or] Wier, Johann (1515-1588)
Opera Omnia.

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Incunabula & Early Books

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1

Aesop (c. 620-564 bce)
Fables with his Life in English, French & Latin.

Estimate

$2,000 – $2,500

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2

Alamanni, luigi (1495-1556)
La Coltivazione & le Api del S. Giovanni Rucellai.

Estimate

$300 – $500

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3

Amelot de la houssaye, sieur abraham-nicolas (1634-1706)
The History of the Government of Venice.

Estimate

$300 – $500

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4

Antiphonal manuscript in wooden boards.
Missa de Pentecostes.

Estimate

$4,000 – $6,000

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5

Aretino, pietro (1492-1556)
La Prima [-Seconda] Parte de Ragionamenti.

Estimate

$700 – $900

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6

Aretino, pietro (1492-1556)
La Prima [-Seconda] Parte de Ragionamenti.

Estimate

$300 – $400

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7

Aristaenetus (fl. circa 5th or 6th ce)
Epistolae Graecae. Cum Latina Interpretatione & Notis. Tertia Editio Emendatior & Auctior.

Estimate

$400 – $600

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8

Ars memorandi; johannes host von romberch (c. 1480-c. 1533)
Congestorium Artificiose Memorie.

Estimate

$1,000 – $1,500

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9

Art collection catalogues, four examples.

Estimate

$300 – $400

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10

Benigni, fortunato. author’s presentation copy with als.
Lettera Sugli Scavi Fatti nel Circondario dell’Antica Treja.

Estimate

$300 – $500

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11

Berenger, richard (1720-1782)
The History and Art of Horsemanship.

Estimate

$600 – $900

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12

Berthault, pierre (1600-1681)
Liber Singularis de Ara.

Estimate

$300 – $500

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13

Bible, english, miniature.
The Thumb Bible. Verbum Sempiternum.

Estimate

$400 – $600

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14

Bible, german, trans. martin luther (1483-1546)
Biblia das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch.

Estimate

$800 – $1,200

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15

Bible, illustrated, french & english.
Pictures of the Old and New Testaments, Showing the Most Nottable Historys, in 150 Copper Platis. [sic]

Estimate

$600 – $800

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16

Bible, illustrated, italian.
Historia del Testamento Vecchio e Nuovo, Rappresentata con Figure in Rame.

Estimate

$800 – $1,200

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17

Bible, new testament, greek.
Nouum Iesv Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.

Estimate

$6,000 – $8,000

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18

Bible, psalms in english. trans. george wither
The Psalmes of David Translated into Lyrick-Verse.

Estimate

$800 – $1,200

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19

Bible, psalms in english. trans. william alexander (1567-1640)
The Psalmes of King David translated by King James.

Estimate

$600 – $900

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20

Bodin, jean (1529-1596)
De la Demonomanie des Sorciers.

Estimate

$2,000 – $2,500

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21

Brant, sebastian (1458-1521)
Stultifera Navis.

Estimate

$15,000 – $20,000

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22

Budé, guillaume (1467-1540)
De Asse, et Partibus eius, Libri V.

Estimate

$800 – $1,200

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23

Buonaventura, federico (1555-1602)
Anemologiae Pars Prior. Id est Affectionibus, Signis, Cavsisque Ventorum ex Aristotle, Theophrasto, ac Ptolomeo Tractatus.

Estimate

$300 – $500

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24

Capiferreus, franciscus magdalenus (d. 1632); council of trent.
Elenchus Librorum Omnium tum in Tridentino.

Estimate

$300 – $400

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25

Cervantes saavedra, miguel de (1547-1616)
The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha.

Estimate

$2,000 – $3,000