Forum Auctions: A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library, 1177, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 19, 2025 - June 19, 2025
Page Size: 380 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Moulin (Peter du)

Directions for the Education of a Young Prince. Till Seven Years of Age. Which will serve for the Governing of Children of all Conditions. Translated out of French

1673 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
227

Relation (A) Of the Engagement of His Majesties Fleet With the Enemies

Edinburgh 1673 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 352.80
228 [Charleton (Walter)]

Natural History of the Passions

1674 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 403.20
229 [Cotton (Charles)]

Burlesque Upon Burlesque: or, the Scoffer Scoft.

1675 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
230 Kepler (Johannes)

Tabulae Rudolphinae, or the Rudolphine Tables

1675 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,016.00
231 Mace (Thomas)

Profit, Conveniency, and Pleasure

1675 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
232 Procopius Caesariensis.

The Secret History of the Court of the Emperor Justinian

1674 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 945.00
233 Settle (Elkanah)

The Conquest of China, By the Tartars. A Tragedy

1676 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 504.00
234 Walton (Izaak)

and Charles Cotton. The Universal Angler

1676 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,654.00
235 Drugs and medicinal plants.- Blagrave (Joseph)

Blagrave's Supplement; or

1677 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 302.40
236 Davenant (Charles)

Circe, a Tragedy

1677 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 277.20
237 Hale (Sir Matthew)

The Primitive Origination of Mankind...

1677 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 478.80
238 Herbert (Sir Thomas)

Some Years Travels into Divers Parts of Africa and Asia the Great

1677 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 567.00
239 [Rawlins (Thomas)]

Tom Essence: or, The Modish Wife. A Comedy

1677 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 352.80
240 Sandford (Francis)

A Genealogical History of Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain

1677 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 630.00
241 [Vesling (Johann)]

The Anatomy of the Body of Man: Wherein is exactly described every Part thereof

1677 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 819.00
242 Prophecies.- Fortune of France (The)

from the Prophetical Predictions of Mr. Truswell, the Recorder of Lincoln

1678 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 302.40
243 Otway (Thomas)

Friendship in Fashion. A Comedy

1678 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
244 [Winstanley (William)]

Poor Robins Perambulation from Saffron-Walden to London

1678 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
245 Badcock (William)

A New Touch-Stone for Gold and Silver Wares

1679 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
246 Barlow (Thomas)

The Gunpowder-Treason: With a Discourse of the Manner of its Discovery...

1679 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 214.20
247 [Casa (Giovanni della)]

The Refin'd Courtier...

1679 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 352.80
248 Forestry.- Cook (Moses)

The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit-Trees...

1679 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
249 Dryden (John)

Secret-Love, or The Maiden-Queen:

1679 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 352.80
250

Full and True Relation (A) of a Comet or Blazing-Star

1679 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
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