Pagés (1701) Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Pagés (1701) Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 03, 2018
Almanack. Almanach Royal, année commune MDCCXCI présente a sa majesté pour la premiere sois en 1699, par Laurent d'Houry, Éditeur, Paris: d'Houry, [1791],
Est: £150 - £250
folding engraved map frontispiece, calendar pages interleaved with blanks, front free blank with engraved stationer's bookplate dated Paris 1756, pale blue silk endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary terracotta brown morocco, elaborate foliate & floral gilt decoration to boards, gilt decorated spine incorporating fleur-de-lis motifs, with small repair at foot of spine, 8vo - Quantity (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 19, 2018
[SELLER], A POCKET BOOK, [C.1706?]
Est: £300 - £500
8vo, engraved title, first 84 pages letterpress, remainder (erratically numbered 85 to 297) engraved, including some double-page illustrations and 6 double-page maps, 1 page of manuscript notes (L3), most pages numbered in manuscript, old heraldic shield in ink on front flyleaf, with explanation of colours, contemporary calf, a few leaves trimmed, binding slightly worn; sold not subject to return
Sotheby's
Mar. 08, 2018
CONGREVE, WILLIAM. The Mourning Bride, A Tragedy. 1697
Est: $250 - $350
CONGREVE, WILLIAM. The Mourning Bride, A Tragedy. [12], 56, 65-74, [2] pages, including half-title and final epilogue leaf. 4to, 216x159 mm, mottled sheep gilt by Wallis, joints worn and starting; contents washed with light residual toning, small stain in lower margin of title. Signature of Alfred White Weld dated 1948 (purchased at Swann sale 216, 21 October 1948, lot 127). London: Jacob Tonson, 1697
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 08, 2018
ANTONIO, NICOLÁS. Bibliotheca Hispana vetus. 2 vols. 1696
Est: $250 - $350
ANTONIO, NICOLÁS. Bibliotheca Hispana vetus. xl, [8], 410; [20], 286, [62] pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. Folio, 335x240 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine titles in ink and remnants of thong ties; occasionally severe browning, marginal dampstaining through much of the second volume, monastic ownership inscription on half-titles. Rome: Antonio de Rossi, 1696
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 17, 2017
MEDICINE MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia. 2 vols. 1687 + De structura glandularum conglobatarum. 1690 + Opera posthuma. 1698
Est: $800 - $1,200
MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. Opera omnia. 118 engraved plates. [16], 170, [22]; 379, [37] pages, including etched allegorical additional title. 2 volumes. bound with his: De structura glandularum conglobatarum consiliumque partium epistola. 16 pages. and his: Opera posthuma. 19 folding engraved plates. [16], 387 pages. Together, 4 volumes in one. 4to, 237x195 mm, contemporary vellum with spine title in ink and blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers, somewhat soiled and discolored, spine darkened, covers warped; varying marginal toning or foxing, occasional soiling, vertical crease in Opera omnia additional title, small hole in ²Y2 affecting a few letters, dampstain in outer margin of plates in Opera posthuma. Stamp of the Bohemian-Dutch composer Johann Andreas Kauchlitz Colizzi (d. 1808) on verso of Opera omnia title. Amsterdam: Petrus Vander Aa, 1687; 1690; Georgius Gallet, 1698
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 27, 2017
TANS'UR, William. (1706-83). [A Compleat Melody: Or, The Harmony of Sion]. [No place, pub, date. c.æ1730's]. Oblong 8vo. Engraved music printed to one side only. (Lacking title page and all before Psalm II, first few pages chipped with loss to text). Boards (lacking calf that it was originally bound). Provenance: manuscript verse copied in ink on verso ofælastæleaf. Sold not subject to return.
Est: £70 - £100
TANS'UR, William. (1706-83). [A Compleat Melody: Or, The Harmony of Sion]. [No place, pub, date. c.æ1730's]. Oblong 8vo. Engraved music printed to one side only. (Lacking title page and all before Psalm II, first few pages chipped with loss to text). Boards (lacking calf that it was originally bound). Provenance: manuscript verse copied in ink on verso ofælastæleaf. Sold not subject to return.
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 26, 2017
TANS'UR, William. (1706-83). [A Compleat Melody: Or, The Harmony of Sion]. [No place, pub, date. c. 1730's]. Oblong 8vo. Engraved music printed to one side only. (Lacking title page and all before Psalm II, first few pages chipped with loss to text). Boards (lacking calf that it was originally bound). Provenance: manuscript verse copied in ink on verso of last leaf. Sold not subject to return.
Est: £100 - £200
TANS'UR, William. (1706-83). [A Compleat Melody: Or, The Harmony of Sion]. [No place, pub, date. c. 1730's]. Oblong 8vo. Engraved music printed to one side only. (Lacking title page and all before Psalm II, first few pages chipped with loss to text). Boards (lacking calf that it was originally bound). Provenance: manuscript verse copied in ink on verso of last leaf. Sold not subject to return.
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 09, 2017
[TOLAND, JOHN.] Amyntor; or, A Defence of Milton''s Life. 1699
Est: $400 - $600
[TOLAND, JOHN.] Amyntor; or, A Defence of Milton''s Life. [4], 172 pages. 8vo, 189x121 mm, modern blind-ruled leather in period style, spine faded; marginal browning at beginning and end, worming in blank lower inner corners of opening leaves, dampstain in lower inner corner of gathering E and on free endpapers. London: printed and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1699
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 09, 2017
POLITICAL THOUGHT SIDNEY, ALGERNON. Discourses concerning Government. 1698
Est: $400 - $600
SIDNEY, ALGERNON. Discourses concerning Government. [4], 3-462, [6] pages. Folio, 314x187 mm, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, quite worn, front cover detached; light dampstaining in upper and lower margins throughout, foxing on preliminaries and last 2 leaves of table at end, ink stain in gutter of pages 199-201, 2L2.3 heavily browned. Contemporary signature of Arundell Wastfeild on front flyleaf. London: Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1698
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 09, 2017
MILTON, JOHN. The Works. 1697
Est: $400 - $600
MILTON, JOHN. The Works. [10], 568 pages; lacks final blank. Folio, 301x189 mm, 18th-century marbled boards with modern calf back and corners; margins trimmed without text loss, contents generally clean apart from scattered minor stains. 19th-century armorial bookplate of Ralph Creyke Marton. [London], 1697
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 31, 2017
"Histoire Du Vieux Et Du Nouvaeu Testament", the history of the New Testament, Amsterdam 1700
Est: $700 - $1,000
282 pages, [5] leaves. 45 cm. [Pagination does not include the maps and engravings]. Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament enrichie de plus de quatre cens figures en taille-douce: Book about the Bible and the apocrypha by David Martin, Dutch Protestant theologian, published by Pierre Mortier. This is the first of two sections. The book is replete with engravings of Biblical scenes, beginning with Adam in the Garden of Eden. It additionally includes a number of large, folded maps. Nice leather binding. Very fine condition.
Winner's Auctions LTD
May. 25, 2016
DANET, Pierre (1650-1709). A Complete Dictionary of the Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Nicholson, 1700. 4to. Printed in double column, one folding map only (?of 3), tables, with 4 blank pages of unprinted text [?as issued] (some browning, spotting and staining). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (joints splitting, rubbed, [?]later lettering-piece). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Hans Fellner; William Dodwell 1767 (signature at head of B1). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. William Dodwell (1709-85) was a theological writer and Archdeacon of Berkshire. See DNB. The blank recto of A2 bears a pencil signature "Samuel Johnson 1735." J. D. Fleeman's "Preliminary Handlist of Books Associated with Dr Samuel Johnson" (Oxford, 1984) establishes that Johnson had read the entry under "Amazones" in Danet's Dictionary for his own translation of Guyon's "Histoire des Amazones" in 1741 although the youthful signature is unlikely to be that of the famous lexicographer.
Est: £70 - £100
DANET, Pierre (1650-1709). A Complete Dictionary of the Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Nicholson, 1700. 4to. Printed in double column, one folding map only (?of 3), tables, with 4 blank pages of unprinted text [?as issued] (some browning, spotting and staining). Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (joints splitting, rubbed, [?]later lettering-piece). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Hans Fellner; William Dodwell 1767 (signature at head of B1). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. William Dodwell (1709-85) was a theological writer and Archdeacon of Berkshire. See DNB. The blank recto of A2 bears a pencil signature "Samuel Johnson 1735." J. D. Fleeman's "Preliminary Handlist of Books Associated with Dr Samuel Johnson" (Oxford, 1984) establishes that Johnson had read the entry under "Amazones" in Danet's Dictionary for his own translation of Guyon's "Histoire des Amazones" in 1741 although the youthful signature is unlikely to be that of the famous lexicographer.
Chiswick Auctions
May. 25, 2016
COMBER, Thomas (1645-99). A Companion to the Altar. London: J. Macock, 1681. 8vo. Imprimatur page, title page printed in red and black (initial pages detached, occasional spotting, lightly browned). Contemporary calf (upper board detached, rubbed). With 3 other miscellaneous works including Matthew Arnold's Schools and Universities on the Continent. London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. 4to. (Occasional spotting.) Original purple cloth (worn). Provenance: Alfred Baldwin (signature and bookplate), with pencil annotation stating "From the library of Stanley Baldwin Prime Minister" and a collection of plays and pamphlets (some defective, general spotting, light browning) including King Henry the VII or The Popish Impostor, A Tragedy. London: R. Francklin, 1746. 8vo. 96-pages (complete), Lethe. A Dramatic Satire. London: Paul Vaillant, 1757. (Complete), William Hay's Deformity: An Essay. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1754. (First page torn with loss, possibly lacking 2 leaves between dedication and page one.) Contemporary calf (calf present on spine, one board lacking, text block split). Sold not subject to return. Robert Southey's The Life of Nelson. London: Gibbings & Company Limited, [n.d]. Small folio. (Some spotting). Original blue cloth (worn). LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST FRANK BRANGWYN OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 49. (4)
Est: £100 - £200
COMBER, Thomas (1645-99). A Companion to the Altar. London: J. Macock, 1681. 8vo. Imprimatur page, title page printed in red and black (initial pages detached, occasional spotting, lightly browned). Contemporary calf (upper board detached, rubbed). With 3 other miscellaneous works including Matthew Arnold's Schools and Universities on the Continent. London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. 4to. (Occasional spotting.) Original purple cloth (worn). Provenance: Alfred Baldwin (signature and bookplate), with pencil annotation stating "From the library of Stanley Baldwin Prime Minister" and a collection of plays and pamphlets (some defective, general spotting, light browning) including King Henry the VII or The Popish Impostor, A Tragedy. London: R. Francklin, 1746. 8vo. 96-pages (complete), Lethe. A Dramatic Satire. London: Paul Vaillant, 1757. (Complete), William Hay's Deformity: An Essay. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1754. (First page torn with loss, possibly lacking 2 leaves between dedication and page one.) Contemporary calf (calf present on spine, one board lacking, text block split). Sold not subject to return. Robert Southey's The Life of Nelson. London: Gibbings & Company Limited, [n.d]. Small folio. (Some spotting). Original blue cloth (worn). LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST FRANK BRANGWYN OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 49. (4)
Chiswick Auctions
May. 24, 2016
H. PURCELL, ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS, 1698 & 1702, TOGETHER WITH BLOW'S SETTING OF DRYDEN'S ODE ON PURCELL, 1696
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
3 volumes in one, FIRST EDITIONS, 30, 248 & 176 pages, folio (30.5 x 19cm), engraved frontispiece portrait (by White after Closterman), titles in red and black, dedications, epistles and poems, Dryden's Ode inserted after c1 in the preliminaries to Book 1, typeset music, contemporary calf, early ownership inscription ("Geo: Sherston"), bookplates of Peter Nouaille (1723-1809) and John Whipple Frothingham, worn, joints weak, browning, some paginations cropped by the binder, small tears
Sotheby's
Dec. 22, 2015
OF THE TERM OF LIFE (TZEROR HA-HAYYIM), MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL, LONDON: J. NUTT, 1699
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
144 pages (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.; 158 x 96 mm). [i-xii], i-xvi, 1-116 pp. Some browning, mostly marginal; corners rounded; pp. 55-58 loose. Early paper boards, title in manuscript on upper board; stained and worn.
Sotheby's
Oct. 27, 2015
VESLING, JOHANN. Syntagma anatomicum . . . editio novissima. 1696
Est: $400 - $600
VESLING, JOHANN. Syntagma anatomicum . . . editio novissima. 52 full-page engraved anatomical illustrations. [14], 560, [16] pages, including engraved portrait of the author and additional title dated 1695. 4to, 229x177 mm, contemporary blind-stamped vellum boards; scattered minor spotting, contemporary owner's signature in lower outer corner of additional title, fore edge of B1 ragged, illustration facing page 588 printed upside down. Utrecht: Anthony Schouten, 1696
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 29, 2015
Petrus Sanctus Bartolus (Italian, 1635-1700) *
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
23 plates from Admiranda romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia... Pages 1-3,5, 13-15, 21, 25, 28, 35-42, 55, 69-71, 73. Etchings on paper. Each sheet size 14 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Notice to bidders: Condition reports and additional photographs are provided by request as a courtesy to our clients, as such any condition report is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, restoration, wear and tear, or the effects of aging. Capo Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission, additionally all lots are sold 'As Is' and in accordance with the conditions of sale.
Capo Auction
May. 30, 2015
Petrus Sanctus Bartolus (Italian, 1635-1700) *
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
23 plates from Admiranda romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia... Pages 1-3,5, 13-15, 21, 25, 28, 35-42, 55, 69-71, 73. Etchings on paper. Each sheet size 14 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Notice to bidders: Condition reports and additional photographs are provided by request as a courtesy to our clients, as such any condition report is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, restoration, wear and tear, or the effects of aging. Capo Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission, additionally all lots are sold 'As Is' and in accordance with the conditions of sale.
Capo Auction
Apr. 09, 2015
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Othello. 1705
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Othello. [4], 75, [1] pages. 4to, 226x165 mm, disbound, side-stitched with modern thread; dampstaining in upper outer corner through first half of volume. London: R. Wellington, 1705
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 09, 2015
LOCKE, JOHN. Two Treatises of Government. 1698
Est: $800 - $1,200
[LOCKE, JOHN.] Two Treatises of Government. [6], 358 pages; lacks the final blank. 8vo, 196x124 mm, 20th-century buckram, worn, with call number on spine; occasional toning, gathering M browned, dampstaining in upper inner and lower outer corners at beginning. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1698
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 09, 2015
CONGREVE, WILLIAM. The Way of the World, A Comedy. 1700
Est: $400 - $600
CONGREVE, WILLIAM. The Way of the World, A Comedy. [10] (of [12]), 89, [3] pages; lacks the half-title. 4to, 218x166 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf, worn; contents browned with dark stain in outer margins, title heavily soiled. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 28, 2015
Petrus Sanctus Bartolus (Italian, 1635-1700)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
23 plates from Admiranda romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia... Pages 1-3,5, 13-15, 21, 25, 28, 35-42, 55, 69-71, 73. Etchings on paper. Each sheet size 14 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Notice to bidders: Condition reports and additional photographs are provided by request as a courtesy to our clients, as such any condition report is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, restoration, wear and tear, or the effects of aging. Capo Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission, additionally all lots are sold 'As Is' and in accordance with the conditions of sale.
Capo Auction
May. 01, 2014
KÖNIG, EMANUEL. Georgica Helvetica Curiosa. 1706
Est: $800 - $1,200
KÖNIG, EMANUEL. Georgica Helvetica Curiosa. German text. Woodcut text illustrations. [16], 1080, [24] pages, including double-page additional title within woodcut historiated border including vignettes of seasonal labors and zodiac signs. 8vo, 164x92 mm, later 18th-century 1/2 sheep, worn; margins trimmed just touching text on title, contents browned, dampstaining in upper outer corners through much of volume, scattered other stains. Basel: Emanuel König the Elder, 1706
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2013
KEILL, JOHN. Introductio ad veram physicam. 1705
Est: $250 - $350
KEILL, JOHN. Introductio ad veram physicam. Woodcut text diagrams throughout. [16], 270, [2] pages, including initial and final blanks. 8vo, 187x113 mm, modern 1/4 calf gilt; contents contemporary calf, rebacked; contents toned, occasional dampstaining in outer margins. Oxford: at the Sheldonian Theater for Thomas Bennet, London, 1705
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2013
SOUTHERNE, THOMAS. Oroonoko: A Tragedy. 1696
Est: $250 - $350
SOUTHERNE, THOMAS. Oroonoko: A Tragedy. [8], 84, [2] pages. 4to, 216x160 mm, modern crude wrappers; contents toned, dog-eared at beginning and end, scattered minor stains, crude repairs on title and next leaf not affecting text. London: H. Playford et al., 1696
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2013
PUFENDORF, SAMUEL. The Compleat History of Sweden. 1702
Est: $300 - $500
PUFENDORF, SAMUEL. The Compleat History of Sweden. [8], 624, [8] pages. 8vo, 189x118 mm, modern russet niger; some gatherings browned; board slipcase. London: Printed by J. Brudenell for Joseph Wild, 1702
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 12, 2013
DILKE, THOMAS. The Pretenders; or, The Town Unmaskt. A Comedy. 1698
Est: $400 - $600
DILKE, THOMAS. The Pretenders; or, The Town Unmaskt. A Comedy. [8], 48 pages. 4to, 216x159 mm, brown levant gilt by Riviere & Son with silk doublures and endleaves, joints rubbed and starting, top of spine chipped; contents toned, title and last page soiled. Bookplate of George A. Zabriskie. London: Peter Buck, 1698
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 12, 2013
Germany Unused Used Stamp Collection SCV.$1700+
Est: $250 - $400
Many hundred stamps 1875-1975, hinge mounted on Scott pages, with unused and used singles, partial sets and complete sets. Much in the $1-10 range with good post war so there are many better stamps as well. Whether you are just getting into this area of collecting or have been here for a while, there is much or use for every collector level. Take a look. Owner's 2013 SCV.$1700++
Fusco Auctions
Feb. 28, 2013
FREIND, JOHN. Emmenologia: in qua fluxus muliebris menstrui phaenomena . . . exiguntur. 1703
Est: $200 - $300
FREIND, JOHN. Emmenologia: in qua fluxus muliebris menstrui phaenomena . . . exiguntur. [12],194, [14] pages, including final blank. 8vo, contemporary calf, bottom of spine chipped, cover corners worn; contents clean. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre for Thomas Bennet, 1703
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 18, 2012
Louis-Alexandre de GIRARDIN, marquis de VAUVRAY (1698-1782) conseiller au Parlement de Paris. L.A.S., Paris 15 août 1734, au Président de MONTESQUIEU à Paris ; 2 pages in-4, adresse. [CM 406]
Est: €400 - €500
Louis-Alexandre de GIRARDIN, marquis de Vauvray (1698-1782) conseiller au Parlement de Paris. L.A.S., Paris 15 août 1734, au Président de Montesquieu à Paris ; 2 pages in-4, adresse. [CM 406] « Je me flattois, mon cher President, qu'à cause de la proximité de l'académie vous pouriés, comme vous me l'aviés fait espérer, venir prendre quelque fois chés moy un leger repas de philosophe mais vous m'estes tout à fait cruel, je n'en ressents que plus vivement le desir de vous voir et de causer avec vous, et si c'est à l'exemple des coquettes, qui refusent pour irriter les desirs, vous réussissés à merveilles. Mais il y a un accommodement, et si je ne puis avoir le plaisir de vous voir, que jaye au moins celuy de m'entretenir avec vous, et de vous entendre penser, sans vous donner la peine de venir chés moy. Envoyés moy vostre dernier ouvrage, je ne suis pas indigne de cette faveur, par la veritable estime, et par le plaisir que me fait ce qui sort de votre plume. Je me consoleray en vous attendant. Je jouiray de vous à tout moment, sans crainte que vous ne me quittiés au moment peutestre que je serois le plus attaché à vous entendre. [...] Je vous demande donc monsieur le president de Montesquieu relié et attaché, car pour l'autre, qui pouroit le retenir, auroit fait plus que le grand aeüvre »...
Le Brech & Associés
Dec. 18, 2012
Denis DODART (1698-1775) intendant de la généralité de Bourges, ami et correspondant de Montesquieu. L.A.S. et L.A., Bourges 24 juillet et 8 août 1734, à MONTESQUIEU ; 2 pages in-4 chaque. [CM 402 et 405]
Est: €500 - €700
Denis DODART (1698-1775) intendant de la généralité de Bourges, ami et correspondant de Montesquieu. L.A.S. et L.A., Bourges 24 juillet et 8 août 1734, à Montesquieu ; 2 pages in-4 chaque. [CM 402 et 405] Bel échange avec un ancien ami autour des Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence. 24 juillet. Il déplore le relâchement de leur commerce : « je vous suis tout aussy veritablement attaché que je l'étois dans les temps où j'avois le bonheur de vous voir tous les jours »... Il prie son ami de lui « procurer un exemplaire de l'édition de Hollande de l'ouvrage que vous venez de donner au public. L'amitié seule pourroit me déterminer à estre très empressé de voir un ouvrage de vous, mais les suffrages du public et de gens dont vous respectez le jugement augmentent fort le desir que j'en ay. Peutestre trouverez-vous la proposition de voir une édition revue par Mrs les Censeurs Royaux autre que celle qu'ils ont approuvée un peu hardie, mais mettez vous à ma place, je me mets à la vostre : Je fais un livre que je crois bon puisque je le rends public, je prends la liberté d'y penser à mon aise, je suis obligé par complaisance d'y faire quelques corrections, vous me le demandez tel que je lay fait dabord. Je vous connois assez pour estre sûr que je ne seray point compromis, et [...] pour que l'on ne scache point qui l'a mis à la poste »... 8 août. Il voulait attendre, pour remercier Montesquieu, d'avoir « leu le livre tout entier. Il ne m'a pas encore été possible de le faire parce que tout le monde me l'a arraché des mains. [...] J'en suis aux causes de la Decadence. Je ne doute point que cette partie ne soit aussy interressante que l'autre. Je ne scay même si l'histoire n'y fournit pas plus de détails et de réflexions. D'ailleurs les révolutions qui se font presque toujours assez brusquement sont aussi marquez par des circonstances plus éclatantes que l'accroissement de la puissance qui se fait insensiblement et par le concours d'une infinité de circonstances grandes et petites qui se succèdent dans une longue suite de temps. Quoy qu'il en soit, je ne demende à cette seconde partie que de me faire le même plaisir que m'a fait la première. Me permettez vous cependant de vous demander sur cette première si vous n'avez pas regardé la politique des Romains au sujet de la religion comme un des grands moyens qui ayent été employez pour reunir à eux tous les peuples. Machiavel qui a traité à peu près le même sujet que vous insiste sur ce point. Il me semble aussy qu'il mérite quelqu'attention, je le trouve susceptible de belles et grandes ideez, on pourroit même y en ajouter de fines dont l'application sourde au système actuel de l'Europe feroit effet »...
Le Brech & Associés
Jun. 19, 2012
WILLIAM III (1650-1702), king of England. Letter signed ('Guilelmus R') and subscribed in autograph to Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine, Camp on the River Main, 2 June 1692, in Latin, 2 pages, folio (integral leaf excised).
Est: - £1,375
WILLIAM III (1650-1702), king of England. Letter signed ('Guilelmus R') and subscribed in autograph to Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine, Camp on the River Main, 2 June 1692, in Latin, 2 pages, folio (integral leaf excised). The announcement of the decisive naval victory in the combined battles of Barfleur and La Hogue, the 'stupendous success' which has shattered the French fleet with 'almost incredible slaughter': 'For in the fight which began on the 19th of last month and was continued at close quarters for six hours the enemy fleet was at last put to flight and pursued for four whole days, during which time above twenty of their foremost and heaviest vessels, carrying their picked troops, were either burnt or sent to the bottom'.
Christie's
Jun. 14, 2012
Sayings of the Imam 'Ali, copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi Persia, written at Isfahan, dated AH 1118/AD 1706-07
Est: £800 - £1,200
Arabic manuscript on paper, in concertina form, 6 album pages, 7 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink, interlinear gilt cloudband decoration, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, one illuminated rectangular panel with a central gilt cartouche left blank, some soiling, ownership seal impression of Muhammad Amin al-Husaini dated AH 1155/AD 1742-43, and that of Ghaleb 'Ali Khan dated AH 1147/AD 1734-35, brown morocco with stamped central medallions decorated with stylised flowerheads and serrated leaves, inner margins tooled in gold, damage to small areas of the surface album page 203 x 133 mm.
Bonhams
May. 15, 2012
POLINIÈRE, PIERRE. Elemens des Mathematiques. 1704
Est: $100 - $200
POLINIÈRE, PIERRE. Elemens des Mathematiques. Woodcut text diagrams throughout. [32], 612, [2] pages, including engraved portrait of the author. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints starting; contents generally clean. Paris: Jean de Laulne & Jacques Quillau, 1704
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 15, 2012
BROWN, THOMAS. Amusements Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London. 1700
Est: $200 - $300
BROWN, THOMAS. Amusements Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London. [2], 160 pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, worn, spine defective, contents loose; marginal foxing and soiling, dark stain in gutter of opening leaves. London: John Nutt, 1700
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 17, 2011
An original 'Rolls-Royce' instruction book for 40/50 H.P. six cylinders, chassis 1700-2699
Est: $300 - $400
embossed hard cover, published by Rolls-Royce Limited, 148 pages, in good order.
Bonhams
Apr. 11, 2011
TOLAND, JOHN. Letters to Serena. 1704
Est: $300 - $500
TOLAND, JOHN. Letters to Serena. [52], 239 pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed; contents toned or browned, occasional early underscoring and marginalia, minor restoration along fore edge of title and next leaf; blank lower outer corner excised from H5. London: Bernard Lintot, 1704
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 11, 2011
SPINOZA, BARUCH. Colerus, Johann. La Vie de B. de Spinoza. 1706 + La Vérité de la Resurrection de Jésu Christ. 1706
Est: $400 - $600
(SPINOZA, BARUCH.) Colerus, Johann. La Vie de B. de Spinoza. 188 pages * La Vérité de la Resurrection de Jésu Christ défendue contre B. de Spinoza. [8], 80 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, cover corners worn through; small stain on opening leaves of first work, 19th-century owners' notes on front free endpaper. The Hague: T. Johnson, 1706; 1706
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 11, 2011
CHETHAM, JAMES. The Angler's Vade Mecum. 1700
Est: $300 - $500
[CHETHAM, JAMES.] The Angler's Vade Mecum. 2 engraved plates. [8], 326, [6] pages. Small 8vo, old calf, cover corners worn through, rebacked, endpapers renewed; scattered marginal foxing, title reinforced in gutter. London: William Battersby and William Brown, 1700
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 12, 2010
SIDNEY, ALGERNON, Sir. Discourses on Government. 1704
Est: $200 - $300
SIDNEY, ALGERNON, Sir. Discourses on Government. [8], 424 [i. e., 420], [48] pages. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends chipped, joints reinforced; contents clean. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Cope, Bart. London: J. Darby, 1704
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 12, 2010
SERGEANT, JOHN. The Method to Science. 1696
Est: $500 - $750
[SERGEANT, JOHN.] The Method to Science. By J. S. [72], 173, 222-352, 351-429 pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends chipped, joints restored, cover corners worn through; occasional toning and minor spotting. London: W. Redmayne for the Author and Thomas Metcalf, 1696
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 12, 2010
ECONOMICS NEALE, THOMAS. A Proposal for Amending the Silver Coins of England. 1696
Est: $250 - $350
[NEALE, THOMAS.] A Proposal for Amending the Silver Coins of England. [2], 60 pages. 8vo, later 19th-century 1/2 morocco, spine rubbed; contents early inscription in lower margin of title. NYPL bookplate (Gordon Lester Ford collection) and duplicate stamps. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by R. Baldwin, 1696
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 16, 2008
Lettre autographe à son neveu, l'abbé Bossuet de Savigny, à Rome. Datée « à Versailles, 24 fév[rier] 1698 ». , Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne
Est: €13,000 - €18,000
8 pages in-8 (208 x 157 mm), à l'encre brune sur deux doubles feuillets de papier vergé filigrané, montés ensemble par un cachet de cire. Excellent état (minimes marques et salissures).
Sotheby's
Jun. 17, 2008
NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727, knighted 1705). "A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton... Containing his New Theory about Light and Colors." In: Philosophical Transactions . Volumes 5-6, numbers 57-80, pages 3075-3087. London: John Martyn, 25 March 1670-19
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
NEWTON, Sir Isaac (1642-1727, knighted 1705). "A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton... Containing his New Theory about Light and Colors." In: Philosophical Transactions. Volumes 5-6, numbers 57-80, pages 3075-3087. London: John Martyn, 25 March 1670-19 February 1672. 2 volumes in one, 4o (213 x 159 mm). 11 engraved folding plates, woodcut diagrams, illustrations, head-pieces and initials, letterpress tables (plate for Transaction 57 torn at the gutter not affecting image). (Pages 2069 forward wormed in the gutter, only affecting text from page 3081.) Contemporary English speckled calf, red gilt lettering-piece on spine (extremities rubbed, head of spine scuffed, joints starting); quarter morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance: contemporary annotation recording dates of volumes front pastedown. "I PROCURED ME A TRIANGULAR GLASS-PRISME, TO TRY THEREWITH THE CELEBRATED PHAENOMENA OF COLOURS" (Newton, p.3075) FIRST EDITION OF NEWTON'S FIRST SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION, one of his most important, leading to his great work on Opticks, 1704. In his initial experiment Newton describes how he darkened "my chamber and made a small hole in my window-shuts, to let in a convenient quantity of the Suns light, I placed my Prisme at his entrance, that it might be thereby refracted to the opposite wall. It was at first a very pleasing divertissement, to view the vivid and intense colours produced thereby; but after a while applying myself to consider them more circumspectly, I became surprised to see them in an oblong form; which, according to the received laws of Refraction, I expected should have been circular" (Newton, pp. 3075-3076). "A second, inverted prism restored the refracted light into a white ray. He concluded that sunlight (or white light) was composed of a mixture of light of many colors, each having its own degree of refrangibility and that none could be converted into another" (Dibner). Babson 165; Dibner Heralds of Science 144; Grolier Science 79a; Wallis 231.
Christie's
Dec. 19, 2007
De la Divina Providencia ... Tratado Theologico Dividido en dos Dialogos.(On Divine Providence ...a Theological Treatise Divided into Two Dialogues) David Nieto, London: James Dover, 1704
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
2 leaves+ 90 pages (8 1/2 x 6 in.; 215 x 155 mm). Lightly browned at edges; title page with some soiling and minor losses. All edges decorated. Contemporary calf, scuffed; rebacked.
Sotheby's
Dec. 04, 2007
Feuillet, Raoul-Auger. , Recüeil de contredanses mises en chorégraphie, Paris: chez l'autheur, 1706
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
first edition, 8vo ( c. 14.2 x 9.2cms), [32], 192 pages, engraved throughout, music and choreographical notation throughout, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, repaired and restored at head of spine, staining to first three leaves
Sotheby's
Jul. 03, 2007
TERSTEEGEN, Gerhard (1697-1769). Autograph manuscript, [c.1757], a poem, 'Jesus, das Leben in uns Melod. Seelen Bräutigam oder Psalm 40. Lobw[asser]', 30 lines on 1½ pages, 8vo , authentication by Tersteegen's biographer Gerhard Kerlen, noting
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
TERSTEEGEN, Gerhard (1697-1769). Autograph manuscript, [c.1757], a poem, 'Jesus, das Leben in uns Melod. Seelen Bräutigam oder Psalm 40. Lobw[asser]', 30 lines on 1½ pages, 8vo , authentication by Tersteegen's biographer Gerhard Kerlen, noting that the manuscript was found in an edition of 1757 where the poem was also printed, and that the exemplar was intended for Gertrude Klockhaus (some staining to right margin). A hymn on the search for union with Christ: 'Jesu, nimm mich dir, Gib dich selber mir, Nicht nur Blicke, nein, im Wesen, Mir zum gründlichen genesen: Gib dich, weil ich dann Heilig leben kann'. The poem is printed as no.104 in Tersteegen's Drittes Büchlein . Initially the apprentice to a merchant, Tersteegen's pietistic inclinations led him to withdraw from all secular pursuits in 1728 and devote himself entirely to religious work.
Christie's
Jul. 03, 2007
BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704, preacher and theologian). Autograph letter signed (as bishop of Meaux, 'J Bénigne de Meaux'), to [Henriette-Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes], Paris, 24 November 1691, 4 pages, 8vo (slightly browned, 3 small nicks
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704, preacher and theologian). Autograph letter signed (as bishop of Meaux, 'J Bénigne de Meaux'), to [Henriette-Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes], Paris, 24 November 1691, 4 pages, 8vo (slightly browned, 3 small nicks in lower margins, tiny splits in edge in horizontal folds, stitch holes at central vertical fold). Advice to a nun on her confession of certain troubles which must not keep her from communion and should be made to himself alone and in person. 'Vous aves tres bien fait de communier sans vous confesser de ces peines: M. le curé a toujours les mesmes approbations; mais ie vous ai défendu et ie vous défends de vous confesser de ces peines a luy ou a dautres'; this is to be his last letter on the subject; if she writes of it again he will burn her letter unread, being aware of the effect of allowing her always to return to it. Bossuet, the most famous preacher of his day and an important figure at the court of Louis XIV, was the author of many works defending or expounding the catholic faith. He was bishop of Meaux from 1681 until his death. Madame d'Albert de Luynes (1664-1699), daughter of the Duc de Luynes, was one of his chief protégées as her spiritual father and confessor. With her sister, known as Madame de Luynes, she was educated at Port Royal and in 1664 they both entered the convent at Jouarre. Approximately 280 of Bossuet's letters to her are known ( Correspondance , ed. E.Levesque, 1911, vol.IV, no. 659)
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