Lot 163

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English . Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

Lot 163

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English. Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

Status:

Open

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

Status

Open

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English. Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

2 volumes in one, folio (470 x 298 mm). Half-title; allegorical frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, with engraved vignette, 130 half-page copper engravings by Bernard Picart, Charles Le Brun, Maas, Romain, and others, woodcut head and tail pieces, and initials. (Light marginal spotting.) Contemporary calf, all edges stained red (rebacked, preserving original endpapers). Provenance: John Peachey (armorial bookplate); James Hale Bates (bookplate); Newsell's Library (label).

FIRST PICART EDITION, considered the most beautiful edition of Ovid’s epic of transformation, which Brunet says is sought after because of the wonderful plates by Picart. Brunet IV, p.285; Cohen-De-Ricci, pp.348-349 (“a magnificent work”); Lowndes III, p.1744.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia . London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Lot 263

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Estimate$10,000 - $15,000

Current Bid$5,000

Status

Open

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four . London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Lot 162

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Estimate$8,000 - $12,000

Current Bid$4,000

Status

Open

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula . Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Lot 201

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf . Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Lot 78

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . London: Macmillan, 1936.

Lot 62

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Estimate$5,000 - $7,000

Current Bid$2,500

Status

Open

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath . New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

Lot 198

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

Estimate$4,000 - $6,000

Current Bid$2,000

Status

Open

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English. Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

This lot is located in Chicago.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English. Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

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Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English. Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

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[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

Ovid (46 BCE-17/18 CE). Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin and English. Translated into English by Dryden, Addison, Pope, Gay, and other “eminent hands”. Amsterdam: for Wetsteins and Smith, 1732.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

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Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.