Australian & Historical (#457) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 11-20 of 113. Previous|12345678...12|Next Lot #278 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1669-1675 selection of issues: with issue 982 (Apr.15, 1675) announcing that King Charles II would no longer conduct public healings of The King's Evil (scrofula/tuberculosis) after Apr.30 until further notice, the same issue also carries an Franco-Dutch War report from Brussels stating that troops were beginning to march on all sides, the French to attack, the Confederates in defence commanded by the Prince of Orange; other content mostly concerns fleet movements & sh View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #279 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1675-1678: large group of issues between numb.1079 and 1337: some notable reports include issue 1083 (Apr.3.1676) with news of arrival in Spain of Spanish galleons carrying 25 million pieces of eight, the same issue also carries reports of the trial for treason of Danish statesman Peder Griffenfeld; issue 1093 (May 8, 1676) with reports from Constantinople that the Grand Siegnior is constructing a seraglio (harem) for the women of Adrianople; issue 1134 (Oct 2, 1676) r View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #280 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1679-1684: large group of issues between numb.1449 and 1980: with many articles of interest including issue 1507 (Apr.26, 1680) reports of a "false and dangerous rumour spread abroad" that Charles II is to marry the mother of the Duke of Monmouth; issue 1694 (Feb. 9, 1682) with a report that a "most curious and excellent way of preserving dead bodies from putrefication" had been presented to the King; View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusCLOSED! Lot #281 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1685-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2012 and 2193: plenty of interesting content incl. issue 2012 (Feb.26, 1685) with a notification of alterations to the Book of Common Prayer in relation to prayers dedicated to the new King (James II); issue 2013 (Mar.2, 1685) records addresses made to King James II acknowledging sorrow at the death of Charles II and joy at the succession, other March issues contain dedications of loyalty to the new King; issue 2073 (S View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #282 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1687-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2200 and 2343: plenty of interesting content including issue 2212 (Jan 27, 1687) report from Paris of a Notre Dame thanksgiving for the recovery of King Louis XIV following surgery; issue 2213 (Jan.31,1687) reports of Emeric Thokoly (Prince of Upper Hungary) had joined forces with the Turks against the Habsburgs, this issue also carries notice of an important book sale by William Cowper at the Pelican in London; issue 2 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #283 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1688-1694: large group of issues between numb.2371 and 2998: much of interest including issue 2371 (Aug. 6,1688) with records of addresses to the King and Consort on the birth of the Prince of Wales, the same issue reporting that the King has ordered breast feeding be given to the Prince "with much success"; issue 2384 (Sep.20,1688) with a declaration from James II that no Roman Catholic may be a member of the British House of Commons; View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,600Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #284 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1694-1709: large group of issues between numb.3000 and 4578 with many articles of interest including issue 3003 (Aug.20) which reports the introduction of a superfine gunpowder which does not foul firearms; issue 3030 (Nov.22 1694) with a report from Paris that bread prices are rising, robberies are on the increase and a poll tax is to be levied; issue 3078 (May 9, 1695) reports that coal is being transported from Newcastle to Yarmouth in a fleet of 100 vessels, plus a View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #285 BENJAMIN MARTIN (1704 - 1782) "The Description and Use of both the GLOBES, the Armillary Sphere, and Orrery, exemplified in a large and select variety of problems in Astronomy, Geography, Dialling, Navigation, Spherical Trigonometry, Chronology, &c., also, A New Construction of each Globe, by an Apparatus exhibiting the Phænomena of the Earth and Heavens exactly as they are, and adapting the same to every Age of the World" [London, Benj. Martin, circa 1770] Second edition; 244pp + five plates. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$350StatusSold Lot #286 HAWKESWORTH, John (1715 - 1773) An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; By John Hawkesworth LL.D. Illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts.. View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot #287 THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, AND DAILY ADVERTISER - 1789 - BILL OF RIGHTS: (Oct.6) edition with column headed "Congress of the United States" showing the Twelve Articles of Amendment approved by Congress on September 25, 1789; other contents include a verse dedicated to "The Bastille" (Storming of Bastille took place on July 14, 1789), plus articles on foreign intelligence, as well as ship departure notices and numerous advertisements; condition is quite fine overall with mild uniform aging. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...12|Next123456789101112 Previous 123456789101112 Next Previous 123456789101112 Next
