Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Maps & Books

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 580		1756, A Map of the World on Mercators Projection. An 8 x 12 inch map from Gentleman's Magazine (London) naming New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Part of central Africa is "Negroland" and the south of Africa is "Hottentots." The south of South America is "Magelane," Australia is "New Holland," and there are many other interesting early names. Light toning and two vertical folds. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 581		*The Story of Mulla Nasruddin.* Persian manuscript from the late 18th or early 19th century, Kashmir. 180 pages, hand-decorated, handwritten, gilt-illuminated throughout. Includes 16 magnificent color and gold hand-painted miniatures illustrating the narrative. 7½ x 4½ inch contemporary, hand-decorated boards, worn with damage to back board corners (partial loss). Interior four -edge corners of manuscript often repaired, not affecting text or illustrations. Binding loose with partial repair. A rare volume with magnificent hand-drawn and painted illustrations. Mulla Nasruddin is claimed by several countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkey. The stories are comic tales with a hidden meaning or moral. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 582		The Count de las Cases. Memorial de Sainte Hélène. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena. London: Printed For Henry Colburn and Co., 1823, 4 volumes, 1452 pp. Bound in morrocco red buchram, with matching gold-lined leather spines and corners; pages are gilt-edged. In addition to the title and author, the spines have "N" at top and bottom, encircled by a wreath; an eagle and a scarab appear separately, all in gold. Vol I. has a fold-out map of the Island of Saint Helena; Vol. II has a fold-out map of the Campaign of Italy. Cover of Vol. IV is separated, and all covers are rubbed. Interiors are tight and complete with minor toning. Inside cover of each volume has a bookplate from an earlier owner. Las Cases was a French historian who emigrated to England in 1790 and lived there until 1802. He published Atlas historique in 1802, was made a member of the council of state in 1809, and created count by Napoleon in 1810. He accompanied Napoleon to Saint Helena and for eighteen months recorded his conversations with the man he considered "the most extraordinary man of modern times." The publication of these volumes established the Napoleonic legend in Europe. A must-have for the student of Napoleon or of military history. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 583		Sloane, William Milligan & Kennedy, General Sir James Shaw. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (and) Notes on the Battle of Waterloo. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte consists of 4 volumes (New York: The Century Co., 1901), originally published in 1894, total of 1149 pp. Burgundy buchram covers with gilt lettering on spine and Napoleon's coat of arms on covers. Numerous plates illustrating people and events in Napoleon's life. Covers are bumped and rubbed, with some loosening at spines; however, interiors are clean and in fine condition. Each volume has the bookplate of a former owner. Together with Notes on the Battle of Waterloo by General Sir James Shaw Kennedy (London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1865), 199 pp Green buchram with darker green leather spine and corners; gilt title against burgundy background, and marbled end pages. Covers are bumped and rubbed; interior is tight and clean. Fold-out map of the battle has a fold split and edge tear. The author was at Waterloo with Wellington, "Acting at the Time of The Battle on the Quartermaster-General's Staff of the Third Division of the Army," and played an important role in the battle. His "Autobiographical Memoir" is also in this volume. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 584		Duncan, Andrew. The Edinburgh New Dispensatory. First American edition, published in Philadelphia, "Printed by T. Dobson, at the Stone-House…in Second-Street," 1791. Leather-bound volume, 624 pages, plus an additional English and Latin index. An in-depth dispensatory containing the elements of pharmaceutical chemistry, materia medica, and pharmaceutical preparations and medicinal compositions. Includes copper plates of the most convenient furnaces and principal pharmaceutical instruments. Overall light toning; a small burn hole affects some of the text of eight pages in the center of the volume. Covers are rough; otherwise, sound and readable throughout. Originally published in Edinburgh in 1788. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 585		*Early Ethiopian Christian Book.* Late 18th or early 19th century handwritten religious book written in the Ge'ez language, in black and red ink on vellum pages, approximately 4-2/3 x 6-2/3 x 2¾ inches. The script consists of the "Psalms of David" with additional commentary. It consists of approximately 135 leaves, hand sewn into original wood board binding, and almost all with writing on both sides. Accompanying the book is its original, beautifully hand-sewn leather carrying case with very long original shoulder strap. The book also carries, as a sort of frontispiece, a fascinating primitive brush-pen drawing of a figure standing beside a radiant sun with his hands outstretched. Condition of both items is fine. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold