Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps, 24pb04, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 06, 2024 - December 06, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | J.W. [=WHITE, JOHN] | John White's Rich Cabinet, with a section on legerdemain |
London | 1677 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,995.00 |
| 652 | COLLINS, JOHN | John Collins on salt and fisheries, with an interesting section of recipes |
London | 1682 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 997.50 |
| 653 | CHARLETON, WALTER | Walter Charleton on nutrition |
London | 1680 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 731.50 |
| 654 | (ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO) WALLER, RICHARD---trans. | Rare English translation of early experimental science |
London | 1684 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 532.00 |
| 655 | PLUMIER, CHARLES | Plumier on the lathe, with superb plates |
Paris | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 432.25 | |
| 656 | [EUCLID] | The most elegant edition of Euclid in English |
Oxford | 1705 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 657 | [LAW, JOHN] | The Great Mirror of Folly, with superb plates |
Amsterdam | 1720 on title but likely 1721 or after. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 658 | DEFOE, DANIEL | Defoe on conjugal relations |
London | 1727 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,263.50 |
| 659 | [DEFOE, DANIEL] | Defoe on Stockjobbing |
London | 1701 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,987.50 |
| 660 | Six lives of rogues, rascals and rapscallions |
London | 1732 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,261.00 | |
| 661 | [SWIFT, JOHNATHAN] | Swift's satire of the upper-class polite conversation |
London | 1738 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 798.00 |
| 662 | STEPHENSON, DAV.[ID] | A profoundly curious and slightly eccentric work |
London | 1744 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 665.00 |
| 663 | FIELDING, HENRY. | Fielding's satirical novel about the London criminal Jonathan Wild, a stand-in for Robert Walpole |
London | 1754 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 565.25 |
| 664 | [DODSLEY, ROBERT] AESOP. | The Baskerville Aesop in a binding for Jonas Hanway |
Birmingham | 1764 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,596.00 |
| 665 | FREDERICK II [FREDERICK THE GREAT] | A document signed by Frederick the Great on a financial matter |
Potsdam | 27 December 1776. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,064.00 |
| 666 | Three works from Matthew Boulton's Library |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 266.00 | |||
| 667 | [JUDAICA] | Exceptional manuscript with genealogies and lists of rulers |
Perhaps Paris | after 1780. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 997.50 |
| 668 | SMITH, ADAM | Smith's Wealth of Nations in original boards |
Glasgow | 1805 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 669 | FERGUSON, JAMES and Sir DAVID BREWSTER, editor | Ferguson's Lectures on Physics and related fields |
Edinburgh | 1806 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 598.50 |
| 670 | MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT | MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT |
London | 1814 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,657.50 |
| 671 | JOHNSON, SAMUEL | The first American edition of Johnson's Dictionary, scarce in original boards |
Philadelphia | 1818 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,325.00 |
| 672 | DE QUINCEY, THOMAS | De Quincey on Political Economy, in original cloth |
Edinburgh and London | 1844 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 798.00 |
| 673 | JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY | A group of works by Stanley Jevons |
London | 1864 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,660.00 |
| 674 | BECQUEREL, ALEXANDRE-EDMOND | Becquerel's La Lumiere, with a major section on photography |
Paris | 1867--68. | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 675 | GEORGE, HENRY | The true first edition of Henry George's Progress and Poverty, an inscribed copy |
San Francisco | 1879 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 14,630.00 |
