Sale 553 - Rare Books & Manuscripts with Early Medical Works from the George Bray Collection (At Oakland, Sunday, 8:00 am) (#553) 02/08/2015 8:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/08/2015 8:00 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 1-46 of 46. Previous|1|Next Lot #38 The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin Variation of Animals and Plants Under DomesticationPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #39 Eleven papers on Thermodynamics by Albert Einstein, in four bound volumes of Annalen der Physik AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePapers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der PhysikPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1911 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #72 Twelve mid-19th century works on mathematics Heading(Mathematics)Headline12 early mathematics papersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #108 A Series of Engravings Accompanied with Explanations, which are Intended to Illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body AuthorBaillie, MatthewHeadlineBaillie's Morbid Anatomy 1/520 facsimile copiesPublisherMelbourne University PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #109 Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion AuthorBeaumont, WilliamHeadlineBeaumont on Gastric Juice 1833PublisherF.P. AllenDate Published1833 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #110 These pour le Doctorat en Medecine...Du suc Gastrique et de Son Role dans la Nutrition. AuthorBernard, ClaudeHeadlineBernard on the Gastric Juices in digestionPublisherRignouxDate Published1843 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,993StatusSold Lot #111 Opera Omnia AuthorBernoulli, JeanHeadlineCollected works of Jean BernoilliPublisherMarc-Michel BousquetDate Published1742 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,443StatusSold Lot #112 De Motu Animalium AuthorBorelli, Giovanni AlphonsoHeadlineBorelli on the action of the heart 1680-81PublisherAngeli BernaboDate Published1680-1681 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,883StatusSold Lot #113 Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la medicine operatoire. AuthorBourgery, Jean Baptiste MarcHeadlineMost beautifully illustrated anatomical and surgical treatisePublisherC.-A. DelaunayDate Published1840 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,683StatusSold Lot #114 Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, Espicially The Spirit of That Liquor AuthorBoyle, RobertHeadlineRobert Boyle on Human Blood 1684PublisherSamuel SmithDate Published1684 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$3,993StatusSold Lot #115 Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy AuthorBright, RichardHeadlineBright's Reports of Medical CasesPublisherLongman, Rees, et alDate Published1827 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold Lot #116 Icones Anatomicae AuthorCaldani, Leopoldo Marco Antonio & FlorianoHeadlineCaldani's remarkable anatomical atlasPublisherJosephi PicottiDate Published1801-1813 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #117 Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the Elementary Forms of Disease. AuthorCarswell, RobertHeadlineCarswell's Pathological Anatomy 1838PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1838 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$8,443StatusSold Lot #118 A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth. AuthorChanning, WalterHeadlineAnesthesia in obstetrics 1848 first editionPublisherWilliam D. TicknorDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #119 Anatomia Corporum Humanorum AuthorCowper, GuilielmoHeadlineCowper's Anatomia Corporum Humanorum 1739PublisherJoannem Arnoldum LangerakDate Published1739 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #120 Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and its Respiration AuthorDavy, HumphryHeadlineSir Humphry Davy on Nitrous OxidePublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1800 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Physician's Pulse-Watch; Or, An Essay to Explain the Old Art of Feeling the Pulse, and to Improve it by the Help of a Pulse-Watch AuthorFloyer, JohnHeadlineSir John Floyer The Physician's Pulse-WatchPublisherSam. Smith and Benj. WalfordDate Published1707 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #123 Die Vitamine, ihre Bedeutung fur die Physiologie und Pathologie mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Avitaminosen: (Beriberi, Skorbut, Pellagra, Rachitis). AuthorFunk, CasimirHeadlinePioneer work on the VitaminPublisherJ.F. BergmannDate Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,883StatusSold Lot #124 De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure; Physiologia Noua, Plurimis & Argumentis, & Experimentis Demonstrata AuthorGilbert, William (Guilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici Londinensis)HeadlineGilbert on the Magnet 1600 1st editionPublisherExcudebat Petrus ShortDate Published1600 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #125 Anatomia Hepatis. Cui premittantur Quaedam ad rem Anatomicam universe spectantia... AuthorGlisson, FrancisHeadlineGlisson's anatomy of the liver 1654PublisherOctavian PulleinDate Published1654 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #126 De rachitide sive morbo puerili, qui vulgò the rickets dicitur, tractatus... adscitis in operis societatem Georgio Bate, & Ahasuero Regemortero AuthorGlisson, FrancisHeadline1st book on ricketts 1650PublisherTypis Guil. Du-gardi; impensis Laurentii Sadler & Roberti BeaumontDate Published1650 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,683StatusSold Lot #127 Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables AuthorHales, StephenHeadlineHale's on the physiology of vegetablesPublisherW. InnysDate Published1738, 1733 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #128 De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus, anatomica exercitatio... AuthorHarvey, WilliamHeadlineHarvey on blood 1639 3rd editionPublisherEx officina Joannis MaireDate Published1639 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,243StatusSold Lot #129 De motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus anatomica exercitatio, cui postrema hac editione accesserunt... Iohannis VValaei... Epistolae duae, quibus Harveii doctrina roboratur AuthorHarvey, WilliamHeadlineHarvey on blood 1689 3rd editionPublisherApud CadorinumDate Published1689 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #130 Beschreibung eines Augen-Spiegels zur Untersuchung der Netzhaut im lebenden Auge. AuthorHelmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand vonHeadlineThe invention of the opthalmoscopePublisherA. Forstner'sche VerlagsbuchhandlungDate Published1851 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #131 Handbuch der Physiologischen Optik AuthorHelmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand vonHeadlineHelmholtz on OptiksPublisherLeopold VossDate Published1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #132 Uber die Erhaltung der Kraft AuthorHelmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand vonHeadlineFirst comprehensive statement of the first law of thermodynamicsPublisherG. ReimerDate Published1847 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$24,993StatusSold Lot #133 Corporis Humani Disquisitio Anatomica; in qua Sanguinis Circulationem in Quavis ... AuthorHighmore, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Highmore on the Circulation of BloodPublisherSamuel BrounDate Published1651 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,818StatusSold Lot #134 Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi Tabulis Illustrata. The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures AuthorHunter, WilliamHeadlineAnatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus by HunterPublisherJohn BaskervilleDate Published1774 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #135 An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, a Disease Discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox. AuthorJenner, EdwardHeadlineJenner on the Cow Pox vaccine 1798PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1798 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$17,843StatusSold Lot #136 A Treatise of the Scurvy. In three parts. Containing an inquiry into the nature, causes, and cure of that disease. Together with a critical and chronological view of what has been published on the subject AuthorLind, JamesHeadlineRare work on Scurvy 1753PublisherPrinted by Sands, Murray and Cochran. for A. Kincaid & A.D. DonaldsonDate Published1753 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$60,743StatusSold Lot #137 A Discourse on the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie. Wherein is exactly set downe the definition, causes, accidents, prognostications, and cures of all sorts of diseases, both in generall and particular... AuthorLowe, PeterHeadlineFirst systematic English work on surgery by Peter LowePublisherThomas PurfootDate Published1634 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #138 De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica... Accedit dissertatio eiusdem de polypo cordis AuthorMalpighi, MarcelloHeadlineMalphigi's classic treatise on the kidney 1666PublisherGiacomo MontiDate Published1666 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$11,243StatusSold Lot #139 Tractatus Quinque Medico-Physici, quorum Primus agit da Sal-Nitroet Spiritu Nitro-Aereo; Secundus de Respiratione; Tertius de Respiratione Foetus in Utero et Ovo; Quartus de Motu Musculari et Spiritibus Animalibus; Ultimus de Rhachitide. AuthorMayow, JohnHeadlineFive tracts on medicine by John Mayow 1674PublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1674 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,168StatusSold Lot #140 A Discourse Upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America; Delivered at a Public Anniversary Commencement, Held in the College of Philadelphia May 30 and 31, 1765. With a Preface Containing the Author's Apology for Attempting to Introduce the Regular Mode of Practising Physic in Philadelphia. AuthorMorgan, JohnHeadlineFirst American discourse on Medical SchoolsPublisherWilliam BradfordDate Published1765 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$17,843StatusSold Lot #141 De honesta voluptate: et valitudine AuthorPlatina, BartholomaeusHeadlineFirst cookery book 1480PublisherGerardus de Lisa de FlandriaDate Published1480 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$16,743StatusSold Lot #142 Das Menschenhirn. Studien in der Makroskopischen Morphologie AuthorRetzius, Magnus GustafHeadlineA comparison of the human brain to other primatesPublisherKonigliche Buchdruckerei; P.A.Nordstedt & SonerDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #143 Anaesthesia, or the Employment of Chloroform and Ether in Surgery, Midwifery, etc. AuthorSimpson, James YoungHeadlineSimpson on ChloroformPublisherLindsay & BlakistonDate Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #144 Dissertation Inauguralis Anatomica De Basi Encephali et Originibus Nervorum Cranio Egredientium Libri Quinque AuthorSoemmerring, Samuel ThomasHeadlineFirst accurate enumeration of the cranial nervesPublisherAbr. VandenhoeckDate Published[1778] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,763StatusSold Lot #145 Elementorum myologiæ specimen, seu musculi descriptio geometrica. Cui accedunt canis carchariæ dissectum caput, et dissectus piscus ex canum genere AuthorSteno, Nicolaus [Niels Stensen]HeadlineMuscles & Shark Teeth 1667PublisherEx typographia sub signo StellæDate Published1667 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,893StatusSold Lot #146 De Aure Humana Tractatus AuthorValsalva, Antonio MariaHeadlineValsalva on the Human Ear 1704 first editionPublisherConstantino PisaroDate Published1704 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,993StatusSold Lot #147 Tabulae Nervorum Thoracis et Abdominis. AuthorWalter, Johann GottliebHeadlineTabulae Nervorum Thoracis et AbdominisPublisherGeorge Jacob DeckerDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #148 An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of its Medical Uses, with Practical Remarks on Dropsy, and Other Diseases AuthorWithering, WilliamHeadlineWithering on the Foxglove first editionPublisherPrinted by M. Swinney for G.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1785 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,323StatusSold Lot #149 Esperienze del Dottor Giuseppe Zambeccari Intorno a Diverse Viscere Tagliate a Diversi Animali Viventi e da lui scritte, e dedicate all'illustrissimo Signore Francesco Redi AuthorZambeccari, GuiseppeHeadlineProof of that the spleen is not essential to lifePublisherFrancesco OnofriDate Published1680 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #151 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineSigned by Buzz Aldrin 1 of 500 copies: Magnificent DesolationPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #164 Les loix de la nature, expliquées par le Docteur Richard Cumberland…Traduits du Latin, par Monsieur Barbeyrac…Avec des notes du traducteur AuthorCumberland, RichardHeadline1757 Les loix de la nature by Richard CumberlandPublisherChez Theodore HaakDate Published1757 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next