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CONTINENTAL, LOTS 64-95
Lots 64–95
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64 SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776.
2 vols. 4to, rebound in quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, renewed endpapers. Housed in brown cloth slipcase. First edition, with half-title in volume II only as issued and publisher’s advertisement to verso of p. 587 at end of volume II.
This is the first edition of “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought.” (PMM) In it, Adam Smith discusses the division of labor, productivity, and free markets. “The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status, meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading, critical and adulatory, long after the circumstances which prompted it have become the object of historical enquiry. As philosopher Smith had taken up the challenge of providing an ‘imaginary machine’ that would render coherent the everyday appearances of an emerging world.” (Oxford D.N.B.)
Fading and light wear to slipcase; ex-library copy with “Library University of Illinois, Urbana” blind-stamp to title page, contents leaves A2-A3, B1, pp. 147-154, and pp. 499-510, vol. 1, and title page and B1, vol. 2; inventory stamp in green to A2, vol. 1 and B1, vol. 2; contents leaves A2-A3 detached from vol. 1; minor chipping at gutter of title page, vol. 1; half-title creased with two 2-inch tears along fold, vol. 2; 5-1/4 x 2-inch tear to bottom right corner of p. 67, vol. 1; intermittent light brownspotting; text block leaning, vol. 2; darkening to some leaves at extremities. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan Literature: PMM 221; Grolier, 100; English, 57; Kress 7261; Rothschild 1897; Sabin 82303, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. $60,000-80,000
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64A BACON, FRANCIS Sylva Sylvarum, or, A Natural History. In Ten Centuries. Together with The New Atlantis; a Work Unfinished. London: J.H. for William Lee, 1631.
[10], 258, [8], [4], 48. 4to, contemporary mottled calf ruled in blind, rebacked and restored, retaining portions of original giltlettered spine, original placeholder ribbon, frontispiece portrait, engraved title page, engraved head-pieces. Third edition of Bacon’s scientific experiments and observations in natural history, which he intended to be the final portion of his vast unfinished philosophical work, “Instauratio Magno.” It was published posthumously a year after his death in 1627, with his incomplete utopian work, “New Atlantis,” which has a separate title page. Corners bumped; bookplate John T. Aiton and “Book Searchers” sticker tipped to front pastedown; a few corners creased; some light staining to portrait and engraved title page and a few scattered brown stains, but otherwise internally clean; small manuscript notation to title page. $600-800
65 BURGUNDIUS, NICOLAI Historia Belgica, ab anno MDLVIII. Ingolstadt: Joannem Bayr for Wilhelm Ederi, 1629.
8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, giltstamped monogram (unidentified) to boards. First edition, with errata leaf, blanks laid in. Text in Latin. Boards worn and threatening to detach; title page marginally chipped; scattered light brownspotting. $300-500
66* CRATANDRUM, ANDREAM, ed. Theophylacti archipiscopi Bulgariae, in quatuor evangelia enarrationes, diligenter recognitae. Basil: Andream Cratandrum, 1527.
Folio, half blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, metal clasps. Title page with decorative woodcut borders. Rubbing and wear to boards with some loss to lower right corner, upper board; wormholing affecting boards and some leaves; bookplate tipped to f.f.e.p.; manuscript notations to endpapers and marginalia throughout; scattered light foxing. Property from the Estate of Drs. George I. and Stanka K. Paprikoff, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
67 (JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS) WHISTON, WILLIAM, trans. The Complete Works. London: The London Printing Company, n.d.
4to, 3/4 modern brown morocco over marbled boards, renewed endpapers. With numerous engraved plates and in-text engravings. $80-120
68 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO The Florentine Historie. London: Printed by Thomas Creede for William Ponsonby, 1595.
(1) [6] 1-222, (1). 4to, contemporary full vellum. First English edition. With title page within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, final blank leaf present. Soiling to boards; spine chipped with some loss; contemporary signature of Henry Parkerson to f.f.e.p. and contemporary manuscript notation to final blank leaf; 3-inch tear to upper right hand corner of title page; scattered light brownspotting. $2,000-4,000
69 MELANCHTHON, PHILIP Loci communes theologici, summa cura ac diligentia postremum recogniti, aucti, per Philippum Melanthonem... [Bound with:] Annotationes Locorum communium doctrinae Christiana philippi Melanchthonis, pr Leonardum Steckelium Barphensis scholae Rectorem conscriptae. [Bound with:] another copy of Annotationes... Basil: Joannem Oporinum, 1561.
3 works in one. 8vo, blind-stamped vellum with metal clasps, ex-libris stamp to top edge, title in manuscript to spine. Light soiling to boards; edgewear and some chipping to spine; contemporary marginalia throughout. $300-500

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70 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. London: Printed for J. and H. Richter, by T. Spilsbury and Son, 1794.
2 vols. 4to, contemporary black straight-grain morocco with scrolling border stamped in gilt and blind to boards, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g. With engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication leaf, 12 engraved plates, and illustrations throughout by J. Richter after H. Richter. Minor wear to boards; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; offsetting from plates; scattered brownspotting. $300-500
71 RALEGH, SIR WALTER The History of the World in Five Books. London: Robert White, John Place, and George Dawes, 1666.
[58], 1143, [53]. Folio, rebound in speckled and panelled calf, gilt-decorated and -lettered spine, title in red and black. Seventh edition. Complete with engraved frontispiece, six double-page maps, two double-page plates and 26 chronological tables. Scattered brownspotting; minor marginal dampstaining affecting some leaves; pp. 1141-1143 detached and crudely pinned in. $800-1,200 72 WATTS, ISAAC The Glory of Christ as God-Man Display’d, In Three Discourses. London: Printed for J. Oswald, 1746.
8vo, original calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. First edition, reissue of the Oswald/Buckland edition with a cancel title page with the addition of the author’s name. Light wear to boards; minor wormholing affecting bottom right corner of first 20 leaves; pp. xvii-xx misbound at rear; marginal dampstaining to rear endpapers. $100-200
73 (FRANCE. BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) SLOANE, WILLIAM MILLIGAN Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century, 1896.
3 vols. Folio, 3/4 purple calf over cloth, gilt-lettered tan leather spine labels. Illustrated. Light wear to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown all vols. $100-200

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74 (FRANCE, MILITARY) BUCQUOY, EUGENE LOUIS, et al. Over 1,000 color cards illustrating French military uniform from Les Uniformes du premier empire, [c. 1920], comprising series 1-226 by Bucquoy, Rousselot, Hilpert, Toussaint, Benigni, Feist and others. Housed in four modern wooden boxes. [Together with:] Les Chaseurs a cheval de la Garde Imperiale, 1800-1815. By E.L. Bucquoy, et. al. Strassbourg: Impremerie Alsacienne, 1926. Small 8vo, printed wraps. Worn. $500-700
75 (FRANCE, SUEZ CANAL) DE LESSEPS, FERDINAND Autographed letter signed (“Ferd. De Lesseps”), one page, on official Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez letterhead, Paris, May 6, 1885, to Monsieur Lebeque. In French. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. $100-200
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76 (FRANCE) GAUTIER, THEOPHILE A group of three works with inlaid leather binding, comprising Jean and Jeannette; King Candaules; and The Last Abbe. Paris: Societe des Beaux-Arts, n.d. [c. 1900]
3 vols. 8vo, finely bound in brown morocco bordered with inlaid scrolling floral motif in gilt and green, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, inner-dentelles gilt-stamped with flowers to four corners, t.e.g. Illustrated by Lalauze and Avril, Salon editions, each number 58 of 550 copies, with numerous etched plates, some hand-colored, reproducing in-text vignettes, with tissue guards. Light offsetting from plates to tissue guards; front hinge King Candaules cracked. $800-1,200
77 (FRANCE) GROUCHY, VICOMTE DE Journal inedit de Duc de Croy, 1718-1784. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1906.
4 vols. 8vo, publisher’s printed wraps. With portrait frontispiece to vol. 1. Marginal chipping to wraps; glassine chipped and torn; toning to leaves. $100-200 78* (FRANCE) NOLHAC, PIERRE DE La Dauphine. Marie-Antoinette. Paris: Boussod, Valadon, n.d. [1896]
Folio, bound by Durvan in full red morocco with gilt-stamped coat-of-arms and foliate border to boards, gilt-stamped fleursde-lis in compartments to spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, hand-colored portrait frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue guards. Limited edition, number XXIX of 75 copies on Japon with an additional suite of plates in bistre. Light edgewear and some darkening to binding; chipping to head of spine. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $100-200
79* (FRANCE) MARMONTEL, J.F. The Restorer of the French Estate. Discovering the true Causes of the Sevvarres in France & other countries, and delivering the right course of restoring peace and quiet to all Christendome. London: Richard Field, 1589.
8vo, full mottled calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered black leather spine label. Wear to boards; title page repaired; contemporary marginalia throughout. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $300-500
80 (FRANCE) MILLET, L’ANGELUS DE Le livre d’or de l’Angelus de Millet par un ancien ami. Paris: Georges Chamerot, n.d.
Folio, publisher’s printed stiff wrappers. With 10 (of 17) original etchings by Frederic Jacque. Light soiling and rubbing to wraps; text block split into fourths. $200-400 81* (GENEALOGY) A group of four works pertaining to genealogy, in six volumes, together with one other work.
Genealogische Beschreibung. Tubingen: Johan Georg Cotten, 1695. Wappen Buch. Nurnberg: Rudolph Johann Helmers, 1699. Genealogische Tabellen... By Johann Hubners. Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditschens, 1737. 4 vols. Nicephori Gregoae, Romanae, hoc est Byzantinae historiae Libri XI... Basil: Ioannem, 1562. Property from the Estate of Drs. George I. and Stanka K. Paprikoff, Chicago, Illinois $300-500
82 (GERMANY, MSS BOOK) Three manuscript works in one volume, comprising The Life of Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar. By Johann Caspar Wiltheim. Hadamar., c. 1653. Historia... Hadamar, c. 1773. Festo SS Corporis Christi in Theophoria Hadamariae. Hadamar, n.d.
3 works in one. 8vo, bound in contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Three manuscript works, in German. Rubbing to boards; scattered brownspotting. $200-400 83 (GERMANY) ROWE, NICHOLAS Sammelband of six plays, comprising The Ambitious Step-Mother. A Tragedy, [1714]; The Fair Penitent. A Tragedy, [1714]; Tamerlane. A Tragedy, [1717]; The Royal Convert. A Tragedy, [1714]; Ulysses. A Tragedy, [1714]; The Tragedy of Jane Shore, [1714].
6 vols. in one. 8vo, rebound in contemporary panelled calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Wear to boards; scattered light brownspotting. $100-200
84 (GERMANY) ZIMMERMANN, WILLIAM A Popular History of Germany. New York: Henry J. Johnson, (1877).
4 vols. 4to, gilt-stamped black morocco, a.e.g. With over 600 illustrations. Wear to boards; minor dampstaining to lower quarter of leaves, most vols. $100-200

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85 (GREECE) WALSH, ROBERT Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, Illustrated. London: Fisher, Son, n.d. [c. 1839]
Vol. 2 (of 2). 4to, 3/4 brown morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. Second series, with 48 engraved plates by Thomas Allom and fold-out map. Wear to boards; scattered brownspotting. $200-400
86 (ITALY) BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON Ataviae Regiae: Consisting of Sixty Copies Only, Compiled for Private Use. Florence: Printed by J. Marenigh, April, 1820.
Folio, rebacked in brown morocco over gilt-bordered calf boards, a.e.g. Inscribed and signed by Brydges on the title page (“S.E.B. / 23 April, 1820”). Minor wear to boards; evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown; intermittent foxing. $100-200 87* (ITALY) GRAHAM, MARIA Three Months Passed in the Mountains East of Rome, During the Year 1819. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821.
8vo, quarter calf, printed paper spine label. Second edition, with frontispiece and five engraved plates. Light wear to boards, intermittent brownspotting. Property from the Collection of A. Casperson Books, Niles, Michigan $200-400
88* (ITALY. PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA) YOUNG, WILLIAM, ed. Roman Architecture, Sculpture, and Ornament Selected From Examples from Piranesi’s Monumental Work First Published in Rome 1756. [London:] s.n., [1900]
Portfolio, contents loose as issued in original gilt-lettered cloth folding case with string ties. With 179 (of 200) plates in facsimile reproduced from the originals. Soiling to boards; spine chipped with some loss; title page horizontally split and marginally chipped; chipping to edges of most leaves. Property from the Collection of Orlando R. Cabanban, Chicago, Illinois $200-400




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89 (ITALY) TRIGGS, H. INIGO The Art of Garden Design in Italy. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1906.
Folio, quarter red morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. First edition, with numerous plates and illustrations. $200-400
90 (ITALY) TROLLOPE, THOMAS ADOLPHUS Italy From the Alps to Mount Etna. New York: D. Appleton, 1880.
Folio, publisher’s 3/4 brown morocco over red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. With 72 wood-engraved plates. $50-100
91 (ITALY) WEY, FRANCIS Rome. London: Bickers and Son, n.d.
Folio, full red morocco with decorative gilt borders to boards, gilttooled and -lettered spine, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Boards rubbed; ends bumped; scattered light foxing. $50-100
92 (RUSSIA) GORBACHEV, MIKHAIL Russian newspaper Pravda, no. 314, 1990, signed (“M. Gorbachev”) on upper left border of front cover, which features his photograph. Folded in quarters. Toning to edges. $200-400 93 (RUSSIA) PINKERTON, ROBERT Russia: or, Miscellaneous Observations on the Past and Present State of that Country and its Inhabitants. London: Seeley & Sons, 1833.
8vo, 3/4 red calf over cloth, gilt-stamped green spine labels. First edition. Complete with eight hand-colored aquatint plates. Light wear to boards; scattered brownspotting. $100-200
94 (SPAIN) HERRERA, ANTONIO DE Historia general de los hechos, de los Castellanos, en las islas y tierra firme del mar oceano. Madrid: Rodriguez Franco, 1726.
Volumes 3-4 (of 8) only, bound in one. Folio, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Second edition. With engraved title pages, initials and head-pieces. Minor edgewear; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; light offsetting from bookplates. $200-400
95 (SPAIN) CALVERT, ALBERT F. Spain: An Historical and Descriptive Account of its Architecture, Landscape, and Arts. London: B.T. Batsford, 1924.
2 vols. Folio, 3/4 purple morocco over cloth, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, t.e.g. With over 1,700 illustrations, including 46 colored plates. Light fading to boards; scattered brownspotting heaviest at endpapers. $50-100