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#101: JAMES I (KING OF ENGLAND)
1566 - 1625 - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT ON VELLUM. 20 1/4 X 27
1/4." JULY
1616
Letter patent granting to Robert Honywood of the Manor of
Marks Hall in Essex. Written in brown ink - 44 lines. Large
portrait of James on his throne with large initial "J." Upper
margin decorated with a unicorn and florals. GREAT SEAL -
fine large impression of the Great Seal of James I in brown
wax attached by the original plaited laces. Matted.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $325 |
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#102: (NAPOLEON'S COPY) VITON "HISTOIRE CHRONOLOGIQUE,
GENERALIQUE ET POLITIQUE DE LA MAISON DE BODE" PARIS,
1807. TWO VOLS., 8VO
PROVENANCE - Napoleon's copy. Green gilt morocco with Napoleon's
gilt coat of arms on each board. Spine embellished with two
gilt imperial eagles and two bees. Chipping at top of spines
and small chip under top gilt eagle on volume 2. A few other
minor dings. Housed in a full green morocco top loading slipcase.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 2500.00 Sold at $2000 |
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#103: QUADRILLE MANUSCRIPT - 34 PAGES,
CIRCA 1810. 12 MO
34 pages of Quadrille dance instructions in 144 sections.
All in black ink. 3 pages of French instruction laid in.
Bound in wooden boards covered with marbled paper.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $400 |
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#104: (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED) "HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
MEMOIRS OF GEORGE VILLIERS I. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM" LONDON,
1819. SMALL 4TO
Extra-Illustrated with 25 portrait plates. Bound in full
tan calf. Hinges tender.
Estimate: $ 100.00 - $ 150.00 |
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#105: AMMIRATO, SCIPIONE "ISTORIE
FIORENTINE" FLORENCE, 1647. 4TO
Pages 47/48 and 53/54 suppled in early manuscript. Full vellum
binding professionally repaired. Old spine laid down.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100 |
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#106: TALLEYRAND, CHARLES M. "AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED",
12/11/1829
Concerning the "Glaciers of Voluscay." Postcript
on verso. Framed with portrait of Talleyrand.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $75 |
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#107: (FACSIMILE) FOUR FACSIMILES OF CLASSIC TITLES,
ALL FINELY PRINTED AND IN NICE BINDINGS
(1) Brunschwig, Hieronymus "Das Buch der Ciruirgia" Strassburg,
1497 (Munich, 1911). Illustrated. 1 folding plate. 1/2 morocco.
(2) (1 of 100) "Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines",
1784 (1920). 50 erotic plates. Beautifully bound in tan morocco
with gilt design, purple marbled paper. Fine copy in glassine
wrapper. (3) (Binding) Beel, Friebel, "Pragensia" 1621
(Prague, 1922). 1 of 400 copies. Plates (most folding) 8VO.
Binding - full gilt vellum. Some spotting on the binding.
(4) "Ob Einen Ehrlichen Mann..." 1740 (Darmstadt,
1929). 1 of 400 copies. 1/4 vellum. Fine copy.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 |
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#108: (EROTICA) "BILDER LEXIKON - EROTIK" VIENNA,
1928 - 31. FIRST EDITION, 4TO. FIVE VOLUMES
Standard history and description of erotica. Beautifully
illustrated with facsimiles and plates (many in color). Fine
set in publishers 1/2 suede. Plain DJ's and publishers cardboard
cases.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $250 |
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#109: (EROTICA) ENGLISCH, DR. PAUL "IRRGARTEN DER
EROTIK" LIEPZIG (1931). FIRST EDITION, 4TO
40 full page illustrations (some in color) and over 100 text
illustrations. Standard reference on erotic literature and
illustration. Full limp red morocco with gilt illustration.
Pictorial dust jacket chipped and torn.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 250.00 |
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#110: (EROTICA) MIRABEAU, HONARE-GABRIEL "ERROTIKA
BIBLION" ROME, 1783. FIRST EDITION, 8VO
A scarce study of erotic practices. Bound in 1/2 stained
calf.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $150 |