PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian Books with Illustrated & Children's Books, and the Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz , 855, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026
Page Size: 391 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Epitome Instituti Societatis Iesu

Rome 1689 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
52 Higden, Ranulph

Two printed leaves from the Polycronicon

[Westminster] [1495] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
53 [Dodsley, Robert]

The Oeconomy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written by an Ancient Bramin. To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Manner in Which the Said Manuscript was Discovered. In a Letter from an English Gentleman Now Residing in China to the E

London 1795 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
54 John, of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres

Joannes Saresberiensis Metalogicus

Paris 1610 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
55 Boswell, James

Dr. Johnson's Table-Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life and Manners; With Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Selected and Arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson.

London 1798 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
56 Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Ne

London 1799 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
57 Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Ne

London 1791 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
58 Browne, Thomas

Christian Morals...With a Life of the Author by Samuel Johnson

London 1756 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
59 [Burney, Fanny] Madame d'Arblay

Memoirs of Doctor Burney, Arranged From His Own Manuscripts...

London 1832 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
60 Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl of

Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with other pieces on various subjects

London 1774 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
61 Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl of

Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield...

London 1777 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
62 Dodsley, Robert

The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning Are Laid Down in a Way Most Suitable for Trying the Genius, and Advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts...

London 1748 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
63 [Garrick, David]

Lilliput. A Dramatic Entertainment. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

London 1757 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
64 Garrick, David

The Dramatic Works of David Garrick, Esq. to Which is Prefixed a Life of the Author in Three Volumes

London [1798] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
65 Goldsmith, Oliver

The Diverting History of the Life, Memorable Exploits, Pranks, and Droll Adventures of the Most Heroic, Valiant and Renowned Sir John Falstaff of Facetious Memory...To which is added A Short Dissertation on His Character, and the History of the Boar's Hea

London 1789 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
66 [Hawkesworth, John]

Almoran and Hamet: An Oriental Tale. In Two Volumes

London 1761 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
67 Kennedy, John

A New Method of Stating and Explaining the Scripture Chronology, Upon Mosaic Astronomical Principles, Mediums and Data, As laid down in the Pentateuch.

London 1751 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
68 [Lennox, Charlotte]

Henriette. En Deux Volumes. Traduit de L'Anglois

Amsterdam 1760 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
69 Linneus [Linnaeus, Carl]

A System of Vegetables, According to Their Classes, Genera, Orders, Species, With Their Characters and Differences...Translated from the Thirteenth Edition (as Published by Dr. Murray) of the Systema Vegetabilium of the Late Professor Linneus; And from th

Lichfield 1783 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
70 [Piozzi, Hester Lynch]

Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi Written When She Was Eighty to William Augustus Conway

London 1843 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
71 [Johnson, Samuel]

Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces

London [1773; 1774] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
72 Johnson, Samuel

Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane.

London 1749 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
73 Johnson, Samuel

The Life of Mr. Richard Savage [with] Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson

London 1769; 1850 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
74 Johnson, Samuel

The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. with the Life of the Author [bound with] The Poetical Works of William Collins with the Life of the Author

Philadelphia 1805 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
75 Johnson, Samuel

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Oxford 1825 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
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