Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana and Duplicates from the Burndy Library (Sale #1677)

by Christie's New York

First Edition

Price: $25.00
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Book desription: New York: Christie's New York, 2006. Cover shows light shelf wear. Pages clean, bright, and well bound. 2006 Catalogue to accompany the June 2006 auction. 617 items in the auction, many pictured in color. With detailed descriptions and price estimates of each. Includes realized sale prices each item. The first session of the auction focused on the history of technology - duplicates from the Burndy Library at the Dibner Institute. ITEMS INCLUDED: 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain' by James Ralfe, 'A Voyage of Discovery...for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay' by Sir John Ross, letters from and photograph of Ulysses S. Grant, 'The Family Book' by Arnaud Berquin, documents signed by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas McKean, 'Jihannuma' by Katib Celebi, lithographs by John Gould, works by Daniel Defoe and Lewis Carroll, a letter written by Marc Chagall, a 15-volume set of 'Days of the Dandies', mathematical principles of Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein's first published paper, works by Marie Curie, 'The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon' by Francis Bacon, 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America' by Thomas McKenney, a letter written by Catherine de Medici, a 1538 copy of 'Iliad' & 'Odyssey' and much more. Ephemera also included: Henry James, Washington Irving, William Jardine, William Somerset Maugham, Rainerius de Pisis, Jacques Emmanuel de Aranda, Benjamin Franklin, Gwinn Harris Heap, Emperor Hirohito, Cotton Mather, James Madison, Samuel Morse, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edmund Randolph, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, and many more. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.25" x 10.75". Auction Catalog. Technology dibner Institute Ralfe Norse Hirohito Pisis.

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