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AuthorAristotleHeadlineTaylor translation of Aristotle, 11 volumesPublisherPrinted for the Translator... by Robert WilksDate Published1812 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #6 A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of The Milky Way Heading(Astronomy)AuthorBarnard, Edward EmersonHeadlineE.E. Barnard's photographic celestial atlas, 1927PublisherCarnegie Institution of WashingtonDate Published1927 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #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 AuthorCamerarius, JoachimHeadline400 engraved emblems of biology, 1605PublisherTypis VoegelinianisDate Published1605 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #21 Atlante Generale della Anatomia Patologica del Corpo Umano AuthorCruveilhier, Jean and Pietro BanchelliHeadlineFirst Italian ed. of Cruveilhier's pathology atlasPublisherVincenzo BatelliDate Published1843 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #23 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd ed., superb copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #27 Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein wins Nobel for photon paper, 1905PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. (Mit Nachtrag.) AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein offprint on General Relativity, 1915PublisherVerlag der Königlichen Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1915 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #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. AuthorEuclidHeadlineHandsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705PublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1705 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #40 Ichthyology of South Carolina AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineA sharp copy of Holbrook's Ichthyology of SCPublisherJohn RussellDate Published1855 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #46 Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... Tractatum luculentum de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos AuthorKepler, JohannesHeadlineFirst edition of Kepler's 1st optical work, 1604PublisherClaudius Marnius & heirs of Joannes AubriusDate Published1604 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #47 Opera Omnia AuthorKepler, JohannesHeadlineOpera Omnia of Johannes Kepler, 9 volumesPublisherHeider & ZimmerDate Published1858-1871 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 Four works by Robert Fludd bound together, three are on medicine Heading(Occult Medicine)AuthorFludd, RobertHeadlineRare medical works by occultist Robert FluddDate Published1629-1633 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #71 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson Heading(Ornithology)AuthorBonaparte, Charles LucienHeadlineBonaparte continues Wilson's OrnithologyPublisherSamuel Augustus Mitchell; Carey, Lea & Carey; Carey & LeaDate Published1825-1833 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #72 American Ornithology, or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates engraved and colored from original drawings from nature Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, Alexander & Charles Lucian BonaparteHeadlineAtlases to 1871 edition of American OrnithologyPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published[1871] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #73 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineWilson's Ornithology with 76 colored platesPublisherBradford & InskeepDate Published1808-1814 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #75 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 in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #86 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #87 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #89 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #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 AuthorWillughby, FrancisHeadlineWillughby's Ornithology 1st in EnglishPublisherPrinted by A[ndrew] C[larke] for John MartynDate Published1678 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next