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Date of the auction: 10.12.2008

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Lot number 1
ASSYRIAN, CUNEIFORM -- ADAD-NIRARI I (1305 - 1274 BC). - Palace foundation...

Palace foundation brick with cuneiform describing the reinforcement of a canal.
Assur: c. 1305...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$10,409 - US$14,871
Price realised:
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Lot number 2
BOOK OF HOURS. - Book of Hours. Use of Paris, in Latin and French.

Book of Hours. Use of Paris, in Latin and French.
illuminated manuscript on vellum . [France...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
£6,000
ca. US$8,922
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Lot number 3
KOREAN printing from copper movable type, 1434-50. - XUNG JIE (compilor...

Xinbian yindian xingli qunshu jujie [or] Sinp'yon umjum songni kunso kuhae.
Seoul, Korea: Royal...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
Price realised:
£1,200
ca. US$1,784
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Lot number 4
THOMAS a Kempis, Saint (1380-1471) - [Meditationes] De vita et beneficiis...

Meditationes] De vita et beneficiis salvatoris Jesu Christi devotissime meditationes
Strassburg...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,435 - US$11,897
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n. a.
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Lot number 5
HERODIANUS (c. 180-250). - Historia de imperio post Marcum.

Historia de imperio post Marcum.
Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictus, 31 August 1493. Chancery...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,922 - US$11,897
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 6
MONTI, Pietro (c. 1460-1530). - De unius legis veritate et sectarum falsitate.

De unius legis veritate et sectarum falsitate.
Milan: Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler for the brothers...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,948 - US$8,922
Price realised:
£3,600
ca. US$5,353
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Lot number 7
PLATO. - Opera a Marsilio Ficino traducta: adiectis ad eius vitae & operum...

Opera a Marsilio Ficino traducta: adiectis ad eius vitae & operum enarrationem Axiocho ab Rodulpho...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
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n. a.
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Lot number 8
TERENTIUS Afer, Publius. - Comoediae sex, tum ex Donati commentariis, tum...

Comoediae sex, tum ex Donati commentariis, tum ex optimorum, praesertim veterum, exemplarium...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,189 - US$1,784
Price realised:
£850
ca. US$1,264
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Lot number 9
HERODOTUS. - Libri Novem, quibus musarum indita sunt nomina

Libri Novem, quibus musarum indita sunt nomina
Basel: Officina Hervagina [Joannes Hervagius and...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,189 - US$1,784
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n. a.
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Lot number 10
CALVIN, Jean (1509 - 1564). - Defensio Orthodoxae Fidei de Sacra Trinitate...

Defensio Orthodoxae Fidei de Sacra Trinitate, Contra Prodigiosos Errores Michaelis Serueti Hispani...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$14,871 - US$22,307
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 11
BULLEIN, William (d. 1576). - Bulwarke of defe[n]ce againste all Sicknes...

Bulwarke of defe[n]ce againste all Sicknes, Sornes, and woundes.
London: Jhon Kyngston, 1562. Folio...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,676 - US$3,717
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n. a.
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Lot number 12
CAESAR, Caius Julius - HIRTIUS, Aulus. - [De Bello Gallico, in English...

De Bello Gallico, in English]. The eyght bookes… conteyning his martial exploytes in the Realme of...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$7,435
Price realised:
£4,800
ca. US$7,138
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Lot number 13
ROCCA, Bernardino (1515-1587). - Imprese, stratagemi, et errori militari...

Imprese, stratagemi, et errori militari… [La Seconda Parte del governo della militia… ; La Terze...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,040 - US$1,487
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 14
DIAZ DE LUGO, Juan Bernardo]. - Singularis Et Excellentissima Practica...

Singularis Et Excellentissima Practica Criminalis Canonica Excommunicationis, Irregularitatis...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£1,100
ca. US$1,635
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Lot number 15
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963)] - Torquato TASSO (1544-1595). - Discorsi del...

Discorsi del … Tasso. Dell' Arte Poetica; et in particolare del Poema Heroico … gli uni, e l'altre...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$2,230
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Lot number 16
PLUTARCH (?46-?120). - The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes...

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, compared by … Plutarke … Translated out of Greke into...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
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n. a.
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Lot number 17
PORCACCHI, Thomaso. - L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo.

L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo.
Venice: Simon Galignani, 1590. Folio (290 x 200). With engraved title...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,948 - US$8,922
Price realised:
£4,000
ca. US$5,948
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Lot number 18
PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. - Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae...

Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae absolutissimum opus duobus voluminibus distinctum...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$11,897 - US$17,845
Price realised:
£8,000
ca. US$11,897
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Lot number 19
LIVIUS, Titus (59 B.C.- 17 A.D). - The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius...

The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius of Padua.
London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1600. Translated...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,461 - US$5,948
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n. a.
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Lot number 20
PFLAUMERN, Johann Heinrich von. - Mercvrivs italicvs: hospiti fidus per...

Mercvrivs italicvs: hospiti fidus per Italiae praecipuas regiones et urbes dux indicans, explicans...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,189 - US$1,784
Price realised:
£700
ca. US$1,040
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Lot number 21
BIBLE IN HEBREW - Menasseh BEN ISRAEL (1604 – 1657). - Biblia...

Biblia Hebraica,eleganti charactere impressa. Editio Nova. Ex accuratissima recensione doctissimi ac...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,676 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$2,676
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Lot number 22
HARVEY, William (1578 - 1657). - Manuscript document signed "Will. Harvey...

Manuscript document signed "Will. Harvey" concerning Harvey's lease for "All that new bricke...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$14,871 - US$22,307
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 23
BOYLE, Robert (1627 - 1691). - Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse...

Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy.
Oxford: Henn...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,487 - US$2,230
Price realised:
£800
ca. US$1,189
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Lot number 24
CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de (1547 - 1616)]. - The History of the Valorous...

The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don Quixote, of La Mancha.[Translated by Thomas...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
Price realised:
£2,600
ca. US$3,866
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Lot number 26
FLAMSTEED, John (1646-1719). - The Doctrine of the Sphere, Grounded on the...

The Doctrine of the Sphere, Grounded on the Motion of the Earth, and the Antient Pythagorean or...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$3,569
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Lot number 27
MILTON, John (1608 - 1674). - Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books.
London: Printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Bently, 1688...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,974 - US$4,461
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Lot number 28
HARRIS, John (1667? - 1719). - Lexicon Technicum, or, an Universal English...

Lexicon Technicum, or, an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.
London: Printed for Dan...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$22,307 - US$29,742
Price realised:
n. a.
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Lot number 29
DA VINCI, Leonardo (1452 - 1519). - A Treatise of Painting.

A Treatise of Painting.
London: Printed for J. Senex, 1721. 8vo (185 x 120 mm). Title printed in...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
ca. US$2,676 - US$3,717
Price realised:
£1,600
ca. US$2,379
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Lot number 31
BIBLE IN DUTCH]. - Bybel, dat is, de Gansche H. Schrift … Ouden en Niewen...

Bybel, dat is, de Gansche H. Schrift … Ouden en Niewen Testaments … Staaten General.
Gorinchem...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,487 - US$2,230
Price realised:
£1,000
ca. US$1,487
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Lot number 32
MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat (1689 - 1755). - The Spirit of the Laws.

The Spirit of the Laws.
London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1750. 2 volumes. 8vo (195 x 130 mm). Vol...

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, 10 Dec 2008
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,230 - US$2,974
Price realised:
£2,600
ca. US$3,866
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