Sale 748: Rare Books with Science, Medicine & Natural History (#748) 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-151 of 151. Previous|12|Next Lot #170 An Introduction to Natural Philosophy. Illustrated with copper plates AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineNicholson's Natural Philosophy 1782 two volumesPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1782 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #171 Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineUnique selecrtion of works by William NicholsonDate Publishedc. 1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #172 I Rimedi D'amore di Ovidio AuthorOvidHeadlineOvid's Remedia Amoris 1584PublisherNella Stamperia NouaDate Published1584 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #174 Select Views of London; With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings AuthorPapworth, John B.Headline76 aquatints of London 1816PublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1816 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #175 Organic Remains of a Former World. An Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World, Generally termed Extraneous Fossils AuthorParkinson, JamesHeadlineHand-colored plates of fossils 3 vols.PublisherNattaliDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #176 Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris Heading(Pasteur, Louis)AuthorPetit, Pierre, photographerHeadlinePhotograph of Louis Pasteur in ParisPublisherPierre PetitDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #177 Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris Heading(Pasteur, Louis)HeadlinePhotograph of Louis PasteurPublisherJ. Peterson & SonDate Publishedno date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #178 Études sur le Vin: Ses Maladies Causes qui les Provoquent Procedes Nouveaux pour le Conserver et pour le Vieillir AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlinePasteur's Seminal Work on Fermentation in WinePublisherL'Imprimerie ImperialeDate Published1866 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #179 Studies on Fermentation, the Diseases of Beer, their Causes and the Means of Preventing them. AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlineThe Diseases of Beer and how to Prevent themPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #180 The Silent Friend, A Medical Work on Human Frailty, Onanisn and its Dreadful Consequences and on Venereal and Syphilitic Disease AuthorPerry, R. and L. & Co.HeadlineWith 5 color plates of disease symptomsPublisherPublished by R. and L. Perry & Co.Date Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #181 La Chiromance, la Physionome, et la Geomance, avec la Signification des Nombres et l'Usage de la Roue de Pytagores AuthorPeruchio, sieur deHeadlineFrench Text on Chiromancy, Physiognomy, & GeomancyPublisherGuillaume de LuyneDate Published1663 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #183 L' Africa Del Petrarca In Ottava Rima Insieme Col Testo Latino AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePtutrarch's Africa 1570Publisherappresso Domenico FarriDate Published1570 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #184 A Treatise of the Plague AuthorA Physician in YorkHeadline1721 Treatise on the PlaguePublisherJ. OsbornDate Published1721 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #185 Epistle of Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, to Sygerus of Foncaucourt, Soldier, concerning the Magnet Heading(Physics)AuthorPetrus PeregrinusHeadlineEarly work on the magnet, finely printed 1/240PublisherCharles Whittingham at the Chiswick PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #186 Two 19th century works on physics Heading(Physics)HeadlinePhysics in 1st half of 19th centuryDate Published1834 & 1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #187 [Opera, i.e. Omnia Platonis opera] AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst Plato in Greek 1513Publisher[In aedib. Aldi, et Andreae Soceri]Date Published[1513] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History with rare variant title pagePublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1635-1634 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe first complete version of Plutarch in EnglishPublisherPrinted by George Miller...sold by Robert AllottDate Published1631 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #190 Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, hoc Primo Epitomes eruditionis volumine breviter dilucide que comprehensa AuthorPomey, FranciscoHeadlineThe Mythical Pantheon 1752PublisherGeorg. Christoph WeberDate Published1752 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #197 Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans AuthorRamazzini, BernardinoHeadlineOn Diseases of Craftsmen 1777PublisherMoutardDate Published1777 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #198 The Geology of the Island of Arran, From Original Survey. AuthorRamsay, Andrew CrombieHeadlinePresentation copy of Tour in Arran w/ color mapPublisherRichard Griffin & CompanyDate Published[1841] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #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. AuthorRiverius, Lazarus, Nicholas Culpeper, and Abdiah ColeHeadline1658 Practice of PhysickPublisherPeter ColeDate Published1658 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #201 Mycenæ; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineSchliemann in Mycenae, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #202 Tiryns: The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The Results of the Latest Excavations AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineScliemann at Tiryns, first American editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #203 Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate. AuthorSchröder, Johann; Friedrich Hoffman; George Daniel KoschwitzHeadlineFramed w/ facsimiles of title page and woodcutPublisherJ. HoffmansDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #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 AuthorScrope, G. PoulettHeadlineConsiderations on Volcanos, Sen. Rensselaer's copyPublisherW. PhillipsDate Published1825 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #206 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Henry VIII from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #207 The Plays of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineJohnson's Shakespeare 8 vols. 1768PublisherH Woodfall et al.Date Published1768 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #211 Four imprints on Space-Suit requirements Heading(Space Flight)HeadlineSpace Suits from imagination to realityDate Published1950-1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #215 Three imprints on World War II Rocketry Heading(Space Flight)HeadlineWorld War II rocketry developmentDate Published1946-1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #216 Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind, or Insanity. AuthorSpurzheim, Johann GasparHeadlineDeranged Manifestations of the Mind 1833PublisherMarsh, Capen & LyonDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorStanley, ThomasHeadlineStanley's History of Philosophy, 1687PublisherPrinted for Thomas Bassett, et al.Date Published1687 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #220 The Entire Works of Dr Thomas Sydenham, Newly made English from the Originals: Wherein the History of Acute and Chronic Diseases, and the Safest and most Effectual Methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delivered. AuthorSydenham, ThomasHeadlineMedical Works of Thomas SydenhamPublisherEdward CaveDate Published1749 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #221 The Journal of Symbolic Logic Heading(Symbolic Logic, Journal of)AuthorChurch, Alonzo, et al., editorsHeadline75 years of the Journal of Symbolic LogicPublisherThe Association of Symbolic LogicDate Published1936-2010 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFirst edition in English of Thucydides, 1550Publisher[William Tylle]Date Published1550 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #224 The Theory of the Relativity of Motion AuthorTolman, Richard C.HeadlineSigned by Nobel laureate Edwin McMillanPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1917 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #226 A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's; in Which the Principles of the Science are Investigated Anew, and its Applications to the Phenomena of Nature, Medicine, Mineralogy, Agriculture, and Manufactures, Detailed. AuthorUre, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Ure's updated Dictionary of ChemistryPublisherPrinted for Thomas & George Underwood et al.Date Published1821. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #227 The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God, Eight Authors in Twelve Volumes. AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBridgewater Treatises - Science and TheologyPublisherWilliam PickeringDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #228 On Dreams Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne On Dreams, 1/21 copies on vellumPublisherPublished by Alexander Moring Limited, the De La More PressDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #230 Two Anatomical Plates from Vesalius's De Humani Corporis AuthorVesalius, AndreasHeadlineAnatomical Plates from VesaliusDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video AuthorVidal, Emeric EssexHeadlineRare color plate book on Argentina 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #235 Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems AuthorWeismann, AugustHeadlineEssays Upon Heredity & Kindred Biological ProblemPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #236 The Mansions of England. One Hundred and Forty-Six Coloured Engravings of County Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry. AuthorWestall, William, et al.HeadlineMansions of England 146 color platesPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c.1830s?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #237 Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology AuthorWhewell, WilliamHeadlineTheological perspectives on Astronomy & PhysicsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #238 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864 AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's Geological Survey of CaliforniaPublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next