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 101-129 of 129. Previous|12|Next 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 #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 #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 #200 Formulas for Bookbinders Heading(Roycroft Shop)AuthorKinder, Louis H.HeadlineLouis Kinder Formulas for BookbindersPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 #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 #218 Familiar Wild Birds AuthorSwaysland, W.HeadlineProfusely illustrated w/ full-page color platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Publishedc. 1883-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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