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A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library (at Forum Auctions)
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A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library (at Forum Auctions)

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There are 380 lots within this auction
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θ Donne (John) LXXX Sermons... [&] Fifty Sermons, 2 works in 1, contemporary panelled calf, 1640-49.
0 GBP
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θ Botany.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or, an Herball of a Large …
1,700 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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θ Military.- Rohan (Henri, Duc de) The Complete Captain, or, An Abbridgement of Cesars …
650 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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θ Naunton (Sir Robert) Fragmenta Regalia, first edition, no printer, 1641.
180 GBP
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θ Mathematics.- Pitiscus (Bartholomaeus) Trigonometry: or, the Doctrine of Triangles, third …
2,000 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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θ English Civil War.- Resolution of the Round-Heads (The): Being a Zealous Declaration of the …
220 GBP
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θ Greville (Fulke, Lord Brooke).- [? Wilson (Arthur)] The Five Yeares of King Iames, or, The …
450 GBP
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θ Warfare.- Felton (Edmond) Engins invented to save much Blood and Moneyes (in these times of …
450 GBP
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θ Corbet (John) An Historicall Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester: From the …
200 GBP
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θ Astrology.- Lilly (William) A Collection of Ancient and Moderne Prophesies Concerning these …
500 GBP
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θ Astrology.- Wharton (George) An Astrologicall Judgement upon His Majesties Present March [with …
700 GBP
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θ Shakespeare, Bacon inter alia.- Wither (George) The Great Assises Holden in Parnassus by Apollo …
1,800 GBP
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θ Richard III.- Buck (Sir George) The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard The Third, first …
800 GBP
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θ Leighton (Alexander) An Epitome or Briefe Discoverie, from the Beginning to the Ending, of the …
420 GBP
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θ Prynne (William) Canterburies Doome. Or the First Part of a Compleat History of The Commitment, …
500 GBP
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θ Sarbiewski (Maciej Kazimierz) The Odes of Casimire, first edition in English, translated by G. …
2,400 GBP
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θ The Irish Rebellion of 1641.- Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion: or, An History of the …
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θ Workman (Giles) Private-men no Pulpit-men: or, A Modest Examination of Lay-mens Preaching..., …
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θ Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de) The History of Polexader, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, …
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θ Civil War.- Kings Majesties Prophecie concerning the Army (The), first edition, 1648.
1,300 GBP
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θ Wilkins (John) Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders That may be performed by Mechanicall …
2,200 GBP
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θ Poetry.- Charles I, King of England.- [Cleveland (John)] Monumentum Regale or a tombe, erected …
650 GBP
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θ Gauden (John) Eikon Basilike [graece]. The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes …
1,500 GBP
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θ Human Rights.- Lilburne (John) The Triall of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne, By and …
700 GBP
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θ Military.- Elton (Richard) The Compleat Body of the Art Military, first edition, for Robert …
700 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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θ Raleigh (Sir Walter) Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, By that Renowned and Learned …
1,300 GBP
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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θ Alchemy.- Sendivogius (Michael) A New Light of Alchymie...to which is added a Treatise of …
1,300 GBP
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θ Cartwright (William) Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with other Poems, first edition, for Humphrey …
450 GBP
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θ Glauber (Johann Rudolf) A Description of New Philosophical Furnaces, first edition in English, …
800 GBP
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θ Italy.- Venice.- Howell (James) S.P.Q.V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, first edition, for …
450 GBP
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θ Husbandry.- Hartlib (Samuel) His Legacie: or An Enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry Used …
400 GBP
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θ [La Calprenede (Gauthier de Costes de)] Cassandra: The Fam'd Romance, 5 parts in 1, first …
260 GBP
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θ Famous Women.- Le Moyne (Pierre) The Gallery of Heroick Women, first edition in English, R. …
2,600 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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θ Spain.- Sandoval (Prudencio de) The Civil Wars of Spain...put into English by Captain J[ames]. …
380 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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θ Howell (James) A German Diet: or, the Balance of Europe, first edition, Printed for Humphrey …
480 GBP
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θ Hebraica.- Robertson (William) A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English, first …
320 GBP
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θ Waterhouse (Edward) An humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men, first edition, T[homas]. …
180 GBP
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θ [Ainsworth (Henry)],
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θ [Fuller (Thomas)] Ephemeris Parliamentaria...in the third and fourth years of the reign of our …
180 GBP
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θ Tennis.- Markham (Gervase) Country Contentments: or, the Husbandmans Recreations, seventh …
380 GBP
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θ Italy.- Naples.- Mazzella (Scipione) Parthenopoeia, or The History of the Most Noble and …
280 GBP
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θ [Ward (Seth)] Vindiciæ Academiarum Containing Some briefe Animadversions upon Mr. Websters Book, …
380 GBP
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θ Wirtzung (Christopher) The General Practise of Physick, fourth edition, translated by Jacob …
220 GBP
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θ Digges (Sir Dudley) The Compleat Ambassador..., first edition, Tho. Newcomb, for Gabriel Bedell …
500 GBP
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θ China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, 2 parts in 1 …
4,000 GBP
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θ White (Thomas) The Grounds of Obedience and Government, first edition, J. Flesher, for Laurence …
280 GBP
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θ Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, Thomas …
0 GBP
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θ Finett (Sir John) Finetti Philoxenis: Some Choice Observations of....Ambassadors in England, …
130 GBP
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θ [Gauden (John)] A Discourse of Auxiliary Beauty, or Artificiall Hansomenesse. In point of …
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θ Husbandry.- Plattes (Gabriel) Practicall Husbandry Improved: or, A Discovery of infinite …
1,200 GBP
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θ Cromwell (Oliver).- Act (An) For the Security of His Highnes the Lord Protector His Person, And …
180 GBP
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θ Moulin (Peter du) Of Peace and Contentment of Minde, first edition, Printed for Humphrey …
400 GBP
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θ Bees.- Purchas (Samuel) A Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects, 2 parts in 1, first edition, …
1,700 GBP
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θ Browne (Sir Thomas) Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately …
1,000 GBP
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θ Roman Britain.- Burton (William) A Commentary on Antoninus His Itinerary, or Journies of the …
420 GBP
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θ Lemnius (Levinus) The Secret Miracles of Nature, first edition in English, Jo. Streater, 1658.
500 GBP
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θ Ovidius Naso (Publius) Ovid's Invective or Curse Against Ibis, translated by John Jones, J.G. …
550 GBP
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θ Sundials.- Thompson (Anthony) The Whole Art of Reflex Dialling, first edition, for William …
650 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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θ Reptiles.- Topsell (Edward) The History of Serpents, E. Cotes, 1658.
1,600 GBP
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θ Tobacco.- Everard (Giles) Panacea, or The Universal Medicine, Being a Discovery of the …
1,000 GBP
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