Lots 101 - 110

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

Lot #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

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