Sale 748: Rare Books with Science, Medicine & Natural History

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	1	Descrittione di tvtta Italia	Alberti, Leandro		Leandro Alberti's descritions of Italy 1557	1557	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600	CLOSED!
	3	The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber: containing, Great Variety of Choice Secrets in Medicine and Alchymy in the Working of Metallick Mines, and the Separation of Metals	Glauber, Johann Rudolf	(Alchemy)	The Works of John Rudolph Glauber, 1689	[1689]	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,700	CLOSED!
	4	The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, called Paracelsus the Great.	Paracelsus	(Alchemy)	The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus	1894	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720	CLOSED!
	5	A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. To which is added a Treatise of Sulphur: Written by Micheel Sandivogius... Also Nine Books of the Nature of Things, written by Paracelsus... Also a Chymicall Dictionary...	Sendivogius, Michael	(Alchemy)	Famous work by Polish alchemist, 1650	1650	$4,000 - $6,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,900	CLOSED!
	6	The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monke of the Order of St. Bennet... To Which is added Two Treatises. The First declaring his Manual Operations. The Second shewing things Natural and Supernatural	Valentinus, Basilius	(Alchemy)	Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine	1671	$1,000 - $1,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,400	CLOSED!
	7	Traité Général des Horloges	Allexandre, Jacques		art of time-pieces 27 folding plates	1734	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $270	CLOSED!
	9	The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours	Ammianus Marcellinus		The first edition in English, 1609	1609	$2,000 - $3,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	11	Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata...	Apianus, Petrus		Apianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574	1574	$3,000 - $5,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,800	CLOSED!
	12	Birds of the Pacific Slope	Grayson, Andrew Jackson	(Arion Press)	The Audubon of the West from Arion Press	1986	$1,500 - $2,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,140	CLOSED!
	13	Grammaire Générale Et Raisonnée: Contenant Les Fondemens De L'art De Parler Expliqués D'une Manière Claire Et Naturelle...	Arnauld, Antoine		French Grammar 1780	1780	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	18	[Genethlialogia, or, the doctrine of nativities: containing the whole art of directions, and annual revolutions... also, tables for calculating the planets places for any time, either past, present, or to come; together with the doctrine of horarie questions...	Gadbury, John	(Astrology)	17th century astrology	1658-[1661]	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	19	The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories	Audubon, John James		First octavo edition of Audubon's masterpiece	1840-1844	$60,000 - $90,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $36,000	CLOSED!
	22	An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England.	Bakewell, Robert		Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, 1st edition	1813	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $660	CLOSED!
	23	An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England.	Bakewell, Robert		Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, 2nd edition	1815	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $480	CLOSED!
	25	Thomae Bartholini Archiatri Danici Anatome	Bartholin, Thomas		Thomas Bartholin's Anatomy 1677	1677	$600 - $900	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840	CLOSED!
	29	[Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica]		(Bible in Hebrew)	16th Century Bomberg Bible with Prophets	c.1547-49	$1,500 - $2,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900	CLOSED!
	30	Bible in Romanian		(Bible)	18th century Bible in Romanian	[c. 1794]	$800 - $1,200	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $480	CLOSED!
	32	Consolationis Philosophiae Libri V	Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus		Consolations of Philosophy 1671	1671	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	33	The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine - annuals from 1837 and 1842	Harrison, Joseph	(Botanical - Gardening)	Includes William Cox's copy, eminent gardener	1837; 1842	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	34	The Illustrated Botany	Comstock, J.L., editor	(Botanical)	With color litho plates, some hand-colored	1850	$400 - $600	Unsold	CLOSED!
	35	Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, ou Descriptions et Figures des Plantes les Plus Rares et les Plus Méritantes - Volume I	Van Houtte, Louis	(Botanical)	Volume I of van Houtte's lovely botany series	1845	$600 - $900	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $360	CLOSED!
	36	The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine	Boyle, Robert		Works of Robert Boyle 3 vols.1738	1738	$800 - $1,200	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,020	CLOSED!
	37	Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, And Commonly Presumed Truths	Browne, Thomas		Pseudodoxia Epidemica by Thomas Browne 1650	1650	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $450	CLOSED!
	38	Natural History, General and Particular	Buffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Le Comte de		A handsome set of Buffon's Natural History, 1785	1785	$1,500 - $2,500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	41	Songs of Nature	Burroughs, John, editor		Inscribed with signature by John Burroughs	1901	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	43	The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War	Caesar, Caius Julius		Caesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplates	1753	$10,000 - $15,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $7,200	CLOSED!
	68	M. Tullii Ciceronis Sententiae Insigniores, et Pia Apophthegmata... [and] Isocratis Atheniensis Oratoris & Philosophi clarisimi...	Cicero, Marcus Tullius, Isocrates, et al		Classical aphorisms 1565	1565 [and] 1569	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	69	Ten volumes of writings by Cicero published primarily by Sebastianus Gryphius in the mid-16th century	Cicero, Marcus Tullius		Scarce 16th century printings of Cicero	c.1546-1567	$3,000 - $5,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	70	Leçons Elémentaires sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. [with] Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique.	Chenu, Jean Charles	(Conchology)	With thousands of illustrations of Mollusca	1847-1862	$400 - $600	Unsold	CLOSED!
	71	L'Histoire Naturelle Éclaircie dans Deux de ses Parties Principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont l'une Traite des Pierres et l'autres des Coquillages...	[Dezalllier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph]	(Conchology)	With 32 copper-engraved plates of Mollusca	1762	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	72	A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells.	Forbes, Edward & Sylvanus Hanley	(Conchology)	With 64 lithographic plates of Mollusca	1853	$400 - $600	Unsold	CLOSED!
	73	Four works of Conchology		(Conchology)	With numerous lithograph plates of Mollusks	c. 1830s-1880s	$400 - $600	Unsold	CLOSED!
	74	Prodrome de Malacologie Française. Catalogue General des Mollusques Vivants de France - Mollusques Marins	Locard, Arnould	(Conchology)	Catalogue of French Mollusks, 1886	1886	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	75	Illustrated Index of British Shells.	Sowerby, George Brettingham	(Conchology)	Profusely illustrated w/ hand-colored plates	1859	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	76	Three volumes of British Conchology		(Conchology)	Three volumes of British Conchology	1854-1866	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	77	Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to the Linnean System; With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found.	Wood, W.	(Conchology)	Profusely illustrated w/ hand-colored plates	1825	$400 - $600	Unsold	CLOSED!
	78	Key to North American Birds Containing a Concise Account of Every Species of Living and Fossil Bird	Coues, Elliott		First edition by the noted American ornithologist	1872	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	83	The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years 1832-1836	Darwin, Charles, editor		Facsimile limited edition, one of 750 copies	1980	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	84	A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos; With Remarks on Their Origin, Their Chemical Phaemonmena, and the Character of Their Products	Daubeny, Charles		Daubeny- Description of Active & Extinct Volcanos	1826	$800 - $1,200	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780	CLOSED!
	87	Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation.	Derham, W.		Two Editions of Physico-Theology by W. Derham	1758, 1798	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	91	Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici	Dickinson, Edmund		The Syncratic beliefs of Edmund Dickinson, 1702	1702	$1,000 - $1,500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	94	Herbarum Imagines Vivae	Egenolff, Christian		Facsimile of herbal illustrations from 1535	[1985]	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	96	Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise	Elliot, Daniel Giraud		Deluxe facsimile of Birds of Paradise	[1977]	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $510	CLOSED!
	98	Lathams Falconry: Or The Faulcon's Lure and Cure: in Two Books	Latham, Symon	(Falconry)	Signed by S. Kent Carnie at preface	[1957]	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $450	CLOSED!
	103	La Constitution Française, décrétée par l'Assemblée Nationale constituante, aux année 1789, 1790, 1791	Assemblée Nationale	(France)	French Constitution of 1791	1791	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	105	Printed leaf from Galen Ascripti Libri Qui Variam Artis Medicae framed with facsimile title page.	Galen [Claudius Galenus]		Framed w/ facsimile title page	[c. 1515]	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	108	Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807. Volume the First.		(Geological Society of London)	Transactions of the Geological Society Vol. I	1811	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	109	Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical, and Scenographical....	Various authors	(Geology)	Geological report on Vermont w/ maps	1861	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	112	The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne	Granville, George, Lord Lansdowne		George Granville verse and prose 1732	1732	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	113	Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum	Grotius, Hugo		Hugo Grotius' Notes on the Gospels 1641	1641	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	115	A New Model of the Universe - finely bound by Philip Smith	Ouspensky, P.D.	(Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich)	A magnificent custom binding by Philip Smith	1948	$1,500 - $2,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,680	CLOSED!
	121	The Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself	Herbert, Edward, Lord of Cherbury		Lord Herbert of Cherbury 1770	1770	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	124	Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: In Four Parts: I. Economical Geology. II. Scenographical Geology. II. Scientific Geology. IV. Elementary Geology	Hitchcock, Edward		Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts	1841	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $330	CLOSED!
	127	Examen de Ingenios: or, the Tryal of Wits. Discovering the great Difference of Wits among Men, and what Sort of Learning suits best with each Genius.	Huartes, Juan		Explaining the mind through the Humors, 1698	[1698]	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720	CLOSED!
	128	The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688	Hume, David		Hume's History of England, 1779	1789	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $540	CLOSED!
	130	Chiromantia Metoposcopia and Physiognomia Odeer Kurtze Anweisung, Wieman Aus Denen Vier Haupt-Lineen in der Hand	Ingebern, Johann		Illustrated guide to palm reading, 1724	1724	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600	CLOSED!
	133	Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania.	Johnston, Robert Mackenzie		Illustrated Account of the Geology of Tasmania	1888	$800 - $1,200	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $480	CLOSED!
	134	The Owls of North America (North of Mexico)	Karalus, Karl E. and Allan W. Eckert		Signed by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. Eckert	1974	$400 - $600	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $270	CLOSED!
	139	Journal of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c.	Lear, Edward		Edward Lear's travels and paintings in Albania	1851	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $450	CLOSED!
	145	Pharsalia sive de Bello Civili Caesaris et Pompeii Libri X	Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus		Lucan's Pharsalia 1614	1614	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	146	Zacuti Lusitani Medici, et Philosophi praestanssimi. De medicorum principum historia...	Luisitannis, Zacutus		Zacutus Lusitanus 1638	1638	$500 - $800	Unsold	CLOSED!
	148	The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, With Remarks on Theories of The Original of Species by Variation.	Lyell, Charles		Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man	1863	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	149	A Geological Classification of Rocks, with Descriptive Synopses of the Species and Varieties, Comprising the Elements of Practical Geology.	MacCulloch, John		MacCulloch's Geological Classification of Rocks	1821	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	151	Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains.	Mantell, Gideon Algernon		Early geological travel guide by Mantell	[1847]	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $192	CLOSED!
	152	The Geology of the South-East of England	Mantell, Gideon Algernon		Geology of South-East of England w/ color map	1833	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $570	CLOSED!
	153	Thoughts on a Pebble; or a First Lesson in Geology.	Mantell, Gideon Algernon		A First Lesson in Geology from Gideon Mantell	1842	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	154	The Wonders of Geology	Mantell, Gideon Algernon		With six color lithographed plates	1839	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	159	The Botanic Garden Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain with Their Classification, History, Culture and Other Interesting Information	Maund, Benjamin		First four volumes of Maund's Botanic Garden	1825-32	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720	CLOSED!
	163	Dell'arte Di Vedere Nelle Belle Arti Del Disegno Secondo I Principii Di Sulzer E Di Mengs - Opera	Milizia, Francesco		Francesco Militia on drawing 1798	1798	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	171	Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts.	Nicholson, William		Unique selecrtion of works by William Nicholson	c. 1806	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	172	I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio	Ovid		Ovid's Remedia Amoris 1584	1584	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300	CLOSED!
	180	The Silent Friend, A Medical Work on Human Frailty, Onanisn and its Dreadful Consequences and on Venereal and Syphilitic Disease	Perry, R. and L. & Co.		With 5 color plates of disease symptoms	[c.1840]	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180	CLOSED!
	181	La Chiromance, la Physionome, et la Geomance, avec la Signification des Nombres et l'Usage de la Roue de Pytagores	Peruchio, sieur de		French Text on Chiromancy, Physiognomy, & Geomancy	1663	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $330	CLOSED!
	183	L' Africa Del Petrarca In Ottava Rima Insieme Col Testo Latino	Petrarca, Francesco		Ptutrarch's Africa 1570	1570	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $192	CLOSED!
	187	[Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera]	Plato		First Plato in Greek 1513	[1513]	$12,000 - $18,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $9,600	CLOSED!
	188	The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke	Pliny the Elder		Pliny's Natural History with rare variant title page	1635-1634	$10,000 - $15,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $6,000	CLOSED!
	189	The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, Compared together by that grave learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot... and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight	Plutarch		The first complete version of Plutarch in English	1631	$600 - $900	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720	CLOSED!
	190	Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, hoc Primo Epitomes eruditionis volumine breviter dilucide que comprehensa	Pomey, Francisco		The Mythical Pantheon 1752	1752	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	197	Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans	Ramazzini, Bernardino		On Diseases of Craftsmen 1777	1777	$800 - $1,200	Unsold	CLOSED!
	198	The Geology of the Island of Arran, From Original Survey.	Ramsay, Andrew Crombie		Presentation copy of Tour in Arran w/ color map	[1841]	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $360	CLOSED!
	199	The Practice of Physick in Two Volums, Very much Enlarged. Wherein is plainly set forth, The Nature, Cause, Differences, and Several Sorts of Signs: Together with the Cure of all Diseases in the Body of Man. In Twenty and Four Books.	Riverius, Lazarus, Nicholas Culpeper, and Abdiah Cole		1658 Practice of Physick	1658	$800 - $1,200	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,800	CLOSED!
	203	Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate.	Schröder, Johann; Friedrich Hoffman; George Daniel Koschwitz		Framed w/ facsimiles of title page and woodcut	1693	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	204	Considerations on Volcanos, the Probable Causes of Their Phenomena, the Laws Which Determine Their March, the Disposition of Their Products, and Their Connexion with the Present State and Past History of the Globe; Leading to the Establishment of a New Theory of the Earth	Scrope, G. Poulett		Considerations on Volcanos, Sen. Rensselaer's copy	1825	$800 - $1,200	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,280	CLOSED!
	206	The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight	Shakespeare, William		Shakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632	[1632]	$6,000 - $9,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,600	CLOSED!
	207	The Plays of William Shakespeare	Shakespeare, William		Johnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768	1768	$2,000 - $3,000	Unsold	CLOSED!
	217	History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. Illustrated with the Effigies of divers of Them	Stanley, Thomas		Stanley's History of Philosophy, 1687	1687	$1,500 - $2,500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900	CLOSED!
	218	Familiar Wild Birds	Swaysland, W.		Profusely illustrated w/ full-page color plates	c. 1883-1903	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $192	CLOSED!
	223	The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls citezeine and goldesmyth of London	Thucydides		First edition in English of Thucydides, 1550	1550	$2,000 - $3,000	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,160	CLOSED!
	227	The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God, Eight Authors in Twelve Volumes.	Various authors		Bridgewater Treatises - Science and Theology	Various dates	$300 - $500	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $270	CLOSED!
	237	Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology	Whewell, William		Theological perspectives on Astronomy & Physics	1834	$300 - $500	Unsold	CLOSED!
	238	Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864	Whitney, J. D.		Whitney's Geological Survey of California	1865	$500 - $800	Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $570	CLOSED!