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3 |
Astronomicon Caesareum |
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Apianus |
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Superb facsimile of Apianus' Astronomicon |
1967 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Unsold |
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4 |
The Works of Aristotle, translated from the Greek. With copious elucidations from the rest of his Greek commentators, viz. Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Syrianus, Ammonius Hermaeas, Priscianus, Olympiodorus, Simplicius, &c. |
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Aristotle |
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Taylor translation of Aristotle, 11 volumes |
1812 |
$30,000 - $50,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $15,000 |
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6 |
A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of The Milky Way |
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Barnard, Edward Emerson |
(Astronomy) |
E.E. Barnard's photographic celestial atlas, 1927 |
1927 |
$10,000 - $15,000 |
Unsold |
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7 |
Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture and illustrated with Annotations. By John Ogilby |
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Æesop |
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Ogilby's Aesop with 83 copperplates 1665 |
1665 |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,687.50 |
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9 |
The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Maiesties speciall comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches |
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(Bible in English - Great "She" Bible) |
Second issue of King James Bible, 1613-1611 |
1613-1611 |
$60,000 - $90,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $68,750 |
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14 |
Symbolorum et emblematum centuriae tres. I. Ex herbis & stirpibus. II. Ex animalibus quadrupedibus. III. Ex volatilibus & insectis. Editio secunda, auctior & accuratior, accessit noviter centuria IV. Ex aquatilibus & reptilibus, cum figuris aeneis |
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Camerarius, Joachim |
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400 engraved emblems of biology, 1605 |
1605 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,500 |
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21 |
Atlante Generale della Anatomia Patologica del Corpo Umano |
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Cruveilhier, Jean and Pietro Banchelli |
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First Italian ed. of Cruveilhier's pathology atlas |
1843 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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23 |
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
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Darwin, Charles |
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Darwin's Origin of Species, 2nd ed., superb copy |
1860 |
$20,000 - $30,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $12,500 |
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27 |
Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt |
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Einstein, Albert |
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Einstein wins Nobel for photon paper, 1905 |
1905 |
$7,000 - $10,000 |
Unsold |
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28 |
Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. (Mit Nachtrag.) |
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Einstein, Albert |
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Einstein offprint on General Relativity, 1915 |
1915 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $5,625 |
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29 |
[Elements, i.e.] The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarburgh, M.A. |
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Euclid |
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Handsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705 |
1705 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
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31 |
Woodcuts From Books of the 16th Century From German / Swiss / Dutch / French / Spanish And Italian Presses |
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Geisberg, Max |
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100 16th century Leaves with Woodcuts |
1937 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $8,125 |
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34 |
The German Incunabula, The Italian Incunabula, [and] The West European Incunabula |
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Haebler, Konrad |
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Haebler's Incunabula: German, Italian, & European |
1927-1928 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $16,250 |
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41 |
The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman. [bound with] Batrachomyomachia |
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Homer |
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First edition in English of Homer |
[1611-1615?] |
$12,000 - $18,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $12,500 |
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45 |
Victoria Porcheti adversus impius Hebraeos, in quatum ex sacris literis, tum ex dictis Talmud, ac Caballistarum et aliorum omnium authorum, quos Hebraei recipiunt, monstratur veritas catholicae fidei... |
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Porchetus de Salvaticis, Victoria |
(Kabbalah) |
Notorious 16th century anti-semitic polemic |
1520 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Unsold |
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46 |
Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... Tractatum luculentum de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos |
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Kepler, Johannes |
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First edition of Kepler's 1st optical work, 1604 |
1604 |
$12,000 - $18,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $7,500 |
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47 |
Opera Omnia |
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Kepler, Johannes |
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Opera Omnia of Johannes Kepler, 9 volumes |
1858-1871 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Unsold |
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50 |
The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; With Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed, a Preliminary Discourse |
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Sale, George, translator |
(Koran) |
First Sale edition of The Koran 1734 |
1734 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,750 |
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53 |
Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... |
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Lotichius, Joannes Petrus |
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Rare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum Germanicarum |
1646-50 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,750 |
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54 |
The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours |
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Marcellus [Marcellinus Ammianus] |
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Roman History, first edition in English, 1609 |
1609 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
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68 |
Kräuterbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten, 50 Originalblätter aus deutchen, französischen, niederländischen, englischen, italienischen und Schweizer Kräuterbüchern. |
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Nissen, Claus |
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Nissen's 50 Leaves from Early Print Herbals |
1956 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,000 |
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69 |
Tierbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Sechzig originalgraphische Tafeln aus deutchen, französischen, niederländischen, englischen, italienischen und schweizerischen Prachtwerken 1491-1966 |
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Nissen, Claus |
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62 Zoological Plates, Bestiaries to Photography |
1968 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,000 |
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70 |
Four works by Robert Fludd bound together, three are on medicine |
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Fludd, Robert |
(Occult Medicine) |
Rare medical works by occultist Robert Fludd |
1629-1633 |
$7,000 - $10,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,375 |
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74 |
Poiēsis philosophos [in Greek] = Poesis philosophica, vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis... item Heracliti et Democriti loci quidam, et eorum epistolae |
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Estienne, Henri, editor |
(Philosophy |
Rare 1573 printing of Presocratic philosophers |
1573 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,375 |
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75 |
The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke |
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Pliny the Elder |
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Pliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634 |
1634 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Unsold |
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76 |
Προκλου Διαδοχου Πλατωικου εισ την Πλατωνοσ θεολογιαν βιβλια εξ = Procli successoris Platonici in Platonis theologiam libri sex |
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Proclus Diadochu |
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Masterwork of Proclus' Platonic philosophy 1618 |
1618 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Unsold |
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81 |
Woodcuts From Books of the 15th Century Shown in Original Specimens, 55 Leaves Detached From Books Printed in Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, the Netherlands and Italy |
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Schreiber, W.L. |
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55 Inculabula Leaves with Woodcuts |
1929 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $9,375 |
|
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82 |
The history of that great and renowned monarchy of China. VVherein all the particular provinces are accurately described: as also the dispositions, manners, learning, lawes, militia, government, and religion of the people. Together with the traffick and commodities of that countrey |
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Semedo, Alvaro |
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Semedo's History of China 1655 with map |
1655 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Unsold |
|
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96 |
Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional... [with] Observacions astronomica y phisicas...del Peru |
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Ulloa, Antonio de, & Jorge Juan y Santacilla |
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Spanish join Condamine, explore South America |
1749 |
$7,000 - $10,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,687.50 |
|
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98 |
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby |
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Virgil |
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Ogilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles II |
1654 |
$7,000 - $10,000 |
Unsold |
|
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105 |
The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq; fellow of the Royal Society. In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many additions... By John Ray |
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Willughby, Francis |
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Willughby's Ornithology 1st in English |
1678 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,375 |
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