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Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Books

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 573		*(17th Century Manuscript Of A Young Jesuit Student).* Apparently the workbook of a young Spanish student (Don José de Olivart y de Blay) attending a Jesuit academy, approximately 190pp, in Latin, old vellum covers, 8¼" x 6". There are eight engraved plates, two of them hand-colored, and six full-page original drawings. Translation of the title page is "Universal Philosophy Under the Immaculate Auspices with Suitable Explanation, Introduction." The manuscript seems to be both dictated material and original material, and some parts seem to be exercises or summations of earlier material. A second writer contributed several sections, as the handwriting is different. The student mentions Franciscus Xaverius (1506-1552), who was one of the original members of the Jesuit community and took vows along with Loyola to teach (1534). The community was active in Spain until 1767 when King Charles III expelled them, although some Jesuits were allowed to continue teaching as secular clergy. The subjects covered are philosophy/logic and astronomy. the subject matter is handled in the style of Thomas Aquinas (referred to as Doctor Angelicus) with questions, responses and arguments. The sections on astronomy discuss the Ptolomeic and Copernican systems and describe our planetary system as having seven planets naturally. There is an engraving of an armillary sphere (earth centered), which was considered an accurate depiction of our system up to the end of the 17th century by nonscientists. The writer refutes the Copernicus system as contrary to scripture, and mentions Galileo's report (in Sidereus Nuncius, 1645) that the luminosity on the moon is due to the sun. There is also a picture dating from about 1645 showing the phases of the moon and how they are created. Vellum covers are worn and toned; minor varmint damage in blank upper left corner of first five pages and the last two pages; a faint damp stain is present at upper left corner on most pages, not affecting legibility. One page is totally separated from the spine and several are loosening; nonetheless, the script is bold and beautifully penned. An excellent research tool for scholars. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,370
Lot 574		Bradley, Richard. New Improvements in Planting and Gardening. London, printed by W. Mears, 1719, 3rd edition, 7¾" x 5". Over 340 pages. Original lightly-decorated leather binding with gilt spine lettering. Some minor margin notes contemorary to the book. Light foxing and normal age toning to pages; missing three plates. The book also includes Bradley's :The Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar" for 1720, inscribed by Bradley himself. An interesting book on English garden methods. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 575		Dibdin, Charles. A Complete History of the English Stage. London: C. Dibdin, n.d. (c. 1800), 5 vol. set, 8vo., total of 2,023 pages. Old 1/2 calf with marbled boards; gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Covers are worn and scuffed, with the spines darkened. All boards are present and attached but some are fragile; scattered light toning and foxing of pages. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 576		Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol and The Cricket on the Hearth. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. Early American edition., 8vo. Plain beige contemporary wrappers. Text in two columns; 31 pp but p. 3/4 is misnumbered (5)6. Lacking first leaf (ads and blank verso). There are a few small edge tears and the.tips of 13/14 and 15/16 missing. Light foxing throughout. A good copy. With The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. First American Edition, 8vo. Plain beige contemporary wrappers. Text in two columns; 32 pp., lacking end papers and ads. Light foxing throughout. Better than good. Edgar 7 Vail call it "probably the first American edition," over that of Wiley. Edgar & Vail, p. 23. Podeschi A 93. Vanderoel B403. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 577		Eaton, John Henry. Leben des Generals-Majors Andreas Jackson…. First and only edition. Reading, Pa: Johann Ritter und Co., 1831, 419pp, 8vo. A translation by Gottleib F.J. Jäger of U.S. Brig. Gen. Eaton's biography of Jackson, made for the German American population in Pennsylvania. The book covers "…the Commencement of the Creek Campaign to the Termination of Hostilities Before New Orleans," plus a short history of the war against the Seminoles. With 1828 portrait frontis of Jackson engraved by CG Childs of Philadelphia. Mounted to rear endpaper is a folding, hand-colored 11¼" x 8¾" map by A. Finley of the U.S. at that time; overall toning. Hard cover, marbled boards with leather spine and tips. Considerable wear; bindings are tight. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 578		Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Reineke Fuchs. J.G. Gotta: Stuttgart und Tübinger, 1846, 257pp. First edition. Illustrations by Wilhelm von Kaulbach; steel engravings by Rahn and Schleich. Engraved title page, frontispiece and 35 plates; suppressed plate after p. 42. Printer's guide at back. Some foxing. Large folio, decorated red calf over boards; loose at spine; covers worn and bumped. Rümann 1094. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 579		Lamartine, Alphonse de. Souvenirs, impressions, pensées et paysages, pendant un voyage en Orient (1832-1833) ou notes d'un voyageur. Brussels: Louis Hauman et Cie, 1835, 4 vols. 6½" x 4¼", 321pp, 405pp, 362pp, and 308pp. With two folding engraved maps and one folding table. Full 19th century leather covers with gilt lettered spines and marbled end papers, bound by Todd and Son, Easingwold. Covers are worn; heavy wear to spines, with chipping; and beginning to crack along seams; back cover of Vol. 1 is separated. Text is tight and clean with very minor foxing. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 580		Lesage, Alain-René. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris: Didot Jeune, an III (1795, 4 vol. set, 8vo. 100 engravings by Bornet, Charpentier and Duplessis-Bertaux. Gilt calf over marbled boards and page ends, with gilt title and volume numbers. Some rubbing to covers and minor toning. Sander #1191. (Ex Libris). Recounting the adventures of the picaresque figure Gil Blas de Santillane. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 581		*Louvain Bible, 1599.* Venice: Damianum Zenarum. Title page reads, in part: "Biblia, Ad Vetvstissima Exemplaria Nunc recens castigata. In Qvibvs, Praeter Ea Qvae subsequens Praefatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincta sunt…." Elaborately decorated title page with a woodcut border. 1,126 pp with 600 text woodcut illustrations based on designs by Hans Holbein, Bernard Salomon, and Pierre Eskrich. 8vo, green and black marbled boards with black leather binding, having four raised bands with "BIBLIA 1599 embossed in gold. Two pages are loose; varied toning throughout. Cover have some dings and scratches. This Renaissance imprint is a scarce reissue of the Louvain Bible, copying the preface of the Belgian editor Johannes Hentenius Mechliniensis (1547), followed by the various prefaces prepared by Hieronymus. Divided into the text proper (pp1-1050), the Hebraicarum et Chaldaicarum nominum interpretatio (pp1051-56), an Index rerum (pp1057-1106), and the Index epistolarum (liturgical calendar, pp1107-26). There are 341 woodcuts in the Old Testament and Apocrypha and 259 woodcuts in the New Testament. (Ex Libris). Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 582		Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. First Edition, first issue, New York: The MacMillan Company, May 1936. In first dust jacket, which has some edge chips & tears, and a few rub marks. Cloth covers have some sunning to spine and edges. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,000
Lot 583		Ogilby, John. The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro. London: Printed for Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in S. Paul's Church-yard, 1665. 5¾" x 3½". Original edition of the translation of Virgil by Ogilby (1600-1676), who was cosmography to the king, and a noted 17th century mapmaker, as well as a talented linguist.An old biographical note on Ogilby is affixed to inside cover. Covers reattached; scuffed and worn. Text is lightly toned. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 584		Pezay, Le Marquis de. La Nouvelle Zélis au Bain, Poème en Six Chants. Geneva & Paris: Chez Merlin, 1768, 78pp, 8vo. Full modern red leather covers, gold embossed, with marbled end papers. Full gilt top, side, and bottom ends. 1st of this illustrated edition. 1 title, 6 figures, 6 engravings and 6 culs-de-lamps. Engravings by C. Baquoy after designs by Ch. Eisen. Lewine, p.580. Very fine Sander #1539. (Ex Libris). Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 585		Sheridan, Philip H. Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan. General United States Army. New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1888. 2 vol. set, 500 and 486pp. First Edition, no jacket. Brown, half leather covers with gilt trim and lettering; five raised ribs on spine; four gold starts in a box represent Sheridan's rank as a four-star genenral. Cover has gilt image of Sheridan on his horse. Paste-downs are marbled. Frontispiece of Sheridan in both volumes, first as Brevet 2nd Lt., then as Lt. Gen. Vol 1 has an 8" x 7" fold-out map showing the field of operations of the Army of the Cumberland in 1862-63. Vol. 2 has an 18½" x 21½" fold-out map of the Battlefield of Winchester, 19 Sept. 1864. Minor rubbing to spine ends, corners, and book faces. Bindings are tight and text is lightly toned but clean and unmarked. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 586		Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman Written By Himself. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1875, 2 vol. set, 405 and 409pp. With large folding map at back of vol. 2, 30" x 46½" titled, showing the military marches made by Sherman and his forces 1863-65. Bound in the original bright blue cloth binding, stamped in gilt and black. Bindings are tight, with some light wear, largely at the spine ends and corners, with some scuffing on the covers; otherwise a very good set. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $368
Lot 587		Suetonius Tranquillus, C. De XII Caesaribus Libri VIII. Geneva: Excudebat Stephanus Gamonetus, 1605, 9¼" x 6¾". 40pp including title, preface and Index, 191 pp, 315pp, 12pp, 32pp, 20 page index. Decorative topographical publisher mark on title page and numerous engraved initials. Extensive marginal notes in the first section. Bound in early vellum covers with some soiling. Sound. (Ex Libris). Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 588		Turchi, Fr. Adeodato. Raccolta di 2 Editti, 1 Giubileo, 4 Indulti, 1 Notificazione, 1 Pastorale e 2 Omelie. Complessivamente 11 Opuscoli, ognuno col suo titolo e adorno di Stemma gravato. Parma: ex Regio Tipographeo, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1 vol., 11½" x 8¾", 16pp, 46pp, 8pp, 72pp, 16pp. Bodoni Imprint. 1/2 calf binding with marbled boards; some scratches and discolorations on boards; text is fine. (Ex Libris). Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 589		Twain, Mark. Christian Science. With Notes Containing Corrections to Date, New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1907, 362pp, 8" x 5¾". Full red cloth with blind-stamped, gilt medallion of corn and the initials MT on the cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Hardcover, first edition early mixed state with the following indicators present: frontispiece dated 1907 rather than 1906; copyright boxed advertisements list 17 titles; six lines used for the illustrtions page; page 3 line 9 has "r" missing in "farmhouses"; the "W" in "Why" is standard; page 123, line has the uncorrected misspelling "autobiograyhy." The top edge is a bit dust stained; spine is sunned, and some uneven light spotting to the cover gutters; otherwise very good; Ex Libris. Small inked image transfer across pp 2-3. BAL 3497; McBride, W.: Mark Twain, A Bibliography, p.228. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 590		Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. First American Edition, first issue with Franklin Press slug on copyright page dated 1881, 8¾" x 7". In publisher's original green cloth binding, gilt stamped with gilt pictorial decoration. Illustrated throughout with 192 images and has 411/412 pages, plus blank page at the end. First state/first printing with uncorrected text as follows: p. 124, line 1, reads "estate" rather than the correct "state"; p. 263, nine lines up from the bottom, reads "Marry I do not think" rather than the later "Marry I do think"; p. 362, three lines up from the bottom, the first word is "reigned" rather than the later corrected "reined." There is rubbing to edges and corners, some rubs and light staining to cover; spine gilding in VG condition but showing wear, with minor losses to the top and bottom of the spine cloth. The book is clean and reasonably tight. Overalll a good copy of a highly collectible Twain. BAL 3402, Fox 204 (Ex Libris). Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660
Lot 591		Zacharie, Just F.W. Les Quatre Parties du Jour. Paris: J.B. G. Musier Fils, 1769,163pp, 8vo. "Poème Traduit de l'Allemand de M. Zacharie." Engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, 4 engraved pictorial headpieces, and woodcut vignette on title and tailpieces. 1/3 morocco, gilt spine, gilt top. Overall in good condition, with minor wear to cover and light toning to text. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold