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Previous|1234|Next Lot #301 A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in Which They are Described According to Their Anatomical Characters, and Their Diagnosis Established on a New Principle by Means of Acoustick Instruments AuthorLaennec, R.T.H.HeadlineLaenec's Treatise on the Diseases of the ChestPublisherJames WebsterDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #302 De L'Auscultation Mediate ou Traite du Diagnostic des Maladies des Poumons et du Coeur, Fonde Principalement sur ce Nouveau Moyen d'Exploration. AuthorLaennec, Rene Theophile HyacintheHeadlineDe L'Auscultation Mediate 1st ed., LaennecPublisherJ.-A. BrossonDate Published1819 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #303 Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIX Heading(Leibniz, G.W.)HeadlineActa Eruditorum journal with papers by Leibniz, 1689PublisherProstant apud. J. Grossium & J.F. GleditschiumDate Published1689 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #304 Note sur la fonction L (w, x, s) AuthorLerch, M.HeadlineInscribed Lerch on his function, 1887PublisherF. & G. BeljerDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #305 History of the Origins of Medicine: An Oration... AuthorLettsom, John CoakleyHeadlineLettsom's oration on the history of medicinePublisherPrinted by J. Phillips for E. and C. DillyDate Published1778 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #306 Cursus Mathematicus. Mathematical Sciences, in Nine Books Heading(Mathematics)AuthorLeybourn, WilliamHeadlineLeybourn's textbook of arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, astronomy, 1690PublisherThomas Bassett, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John ChurchillDate Published1690 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #307 Acta Mathematica Heading(Mathematics)AuthorMittag-Leffler, Magnus Gustaf, editorHeadlineSigned by Mittag-Leffler, with important paper by PoincaréPublisherF.&G. Beijer; Mayer & Müller; A. HermannDate Published1882 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #308 The London Practice of Physic Heading(Medical)HeadlineThe London Practice of Physic 1769PublisherW. Johnston, and Robinson and RobertsDate Published1769 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #309 Researches upon the Venoms of Poisonous Serpents AuthorMitchell, S. Weir and Reichert, Edward T.HeadlineMitchell & Reichert on snake venomPublisherThe Smithsonian InstituteDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #310 Cytoarchitecture of the Human Brain Stem AuthorOlszewski, Jerzy and Baxter, DonaldHeadlineCytoarchitecture of the Brain StemPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #311 Modern Medicine: Its Theory and Practice in Original Contributions by American and Foreign Authors AuthorOsler, William, editorHeadlineOsler's Modern Medicine: Its Theory and Practice, 1925PublisherLea & FebigerDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #312 The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine AuthorOsler, WilliamHeadlineOsler's important medical textbook 1896PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #313 "Memoire sur la Fermentation Alcoolique" in: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances se L'Academie des Sciences, Tome XLV, No. 25 AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlinePasteur's first note on alcoholic fermentationPublisherMallet-BachelierDate Published1857 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #314 "Memoire sur la Fermentation Appellee Lactique" in: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances se L'Academie des Sciences, Tome XLV, No. 22 AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlinePasteur's seminal work on bacteriologyPublisherMallet-BachelierDate Published1857 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #315 Collected Scientific Papers AuthorPauli, WolfgangHeadlineCollected Scientific Papers of Nobel laureate Wolfgang PauliPublisherInterscience Publishers / John Wiley & SonsDate Published1964 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #316 The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants. Containing all such English and Foreign Herbs, Shrubs and Trees, as are used in Physick and Surgery... AuthorPechey, JohnHeadlinePechey's 1694 Compleat HerbalPublisherPrinted for Henry BonwickeDate Published1694 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #317 Eight volumes of Annalen der Physik from the Fourth Series Heading(Physics)HeadlineEight issues of Annalen der Physik's Fourth SeriesDate Published1904; 1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #318 Theorie du Potentiel Newtonien: Lecons professees pendant le premier semestre 1894-1895 AuthorPoincare, H.HeadlinePoincare's Newtonian potential, 2 copiesPublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #319 Results of an experiment on radiation in soil for growing vegetables Heading(Radiation)AuthorBerthelot, DanielHeadlineRadiation in soil experiments, letters & photosDate Published1925 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #320 Physiologie du Laboratoire AuthorRichet, CharlesHeadlineRichet signed Physiologie du LaboratoirePublisherFelix AlcanDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #321 Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva AuthorRiepenhausen, Franz and Johannes.HeadlineRipenhausen's life of St. GenevievePublisherVarrentrapp und WennerDate Published1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #322 Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind AuthorRush, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Rush on mania, derangement, psychiatryPublisherJohn RichardsonDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #323 The Illustrated Book of the Dog...With an Appendix on Canine Medicine and Surgery AuthorShaw, VeroHeadlineShaw illustrated Book of the Dog 1881PublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #324 Miscellanea... Medica, cum praestantissimis quinque medicis... AuthorSmetius, HenricusHeadlineSmetius Miscellanea Medica 1611PublisherJonae RhodiiDate Published1611 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #325 Opera Medica; editio novissimia variis variorum Praestantissimorum Medicorum Observationibus quam maxime illustrata & aucta... [bound with] Guilhelmi Musgrave...de Arthritide Symptomatica Dissertatio [and] Guilhelmi Musgrave...de Arthritide Anomala, sive Interna, Dissertatio AuthorSydenham, ThomasHeadlineSydenham's Opera Medici w/ MusgravePublisherApud Gabrielem de Tournes & FiliosDate Published1723 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #326 The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Character, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, Morbid Appearances, and Improved Method of Treating the Diseases of All Climates AuthorThomas, RobertHeadlineThe Modern Practice of Physic 1828PublisherLongman, Reese, Orme, and GreenDate Published1828 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #327 Amphitheatrum Zootomicum Tabulus Aeneis Quamplurimis Exhibens Historiamanimalium Anatomicam... AuthorValentini, Michael BernhardHeadlineMichael Bernhard Valentini's cabinet of natural history wondersPublisherSumptibus Haeredum Zunnerianorum & Joh. Adami JungiiDate Published1720 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #328 Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, V., VI., VII. Heading(Wien, Wilhelm)HeadlineWien on blackbody radiation, 1893PublisherVerlag der Koniglichen Akademie der WissenchaftenDate Published1893 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #329 A Text-Book on Surgery: General, Operative, and Mechanical AuthorWyeth, John A.HeadlineWyeth's textbook on surgery, 1887PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #330 California Redwood "Nature's Lumber Masterpiece." So this is the book about interior trim of genuine California Redwood in modest homes, in elaborate homes, and in public buildings... With the compliments of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, California Heading(Architecture)HeadlineCalifornia Redwood decorative trims, with color platesPublisherCrosby-Chicago, Inc.Date Published1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #331 Three titles on art and design, homes and home life Heading(Art and Design)HeadlineArt & Design of the HomeDate Published1834-1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #332 Ausgeführte Bauornamente: Vierte Serie Heading(Art Nouveau)HeadlineArt Nouveau architecture from Prague and ViennaPublisherEmilio MoncanutDate Published[1900-1915?] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #333 Ornamentale Ideen Skizzen in der Kunstrichtung der Neuzeit. Heading(Art Nouveau)AuthorFiling, H., editor.HeadlineWith 30 plates of decorative motifs including Art NouveauPublisherBruno Hessling View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #334 Decorative Motives of Oriental Art AuthorBall, Katherine M.HeadlineInscribed to Ray Lyman Wilbur, signed by the authorProvenanceRay Lyman WilburPublisherJohn Lane; Dodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #335 Nouveaux Pourtraitz et figures de termes pour user en l'architecture AuthorBoillot, JosephHeadlineBoillot's rare animals in architecture 1592PublisherJehan des PrezDate Published[1592] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #336 Japanese Marks and Seals AuthorBowes, James LordHeadlineJapanese Marks and Seals 1882PublisherHenry Sotheran & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #337 Blueprints for the Torin Corporation building in Van Nuys AuthorBreuer, MarcelHeadlineBreuer blueprints for Van Nuys Torin Corp, 1955Date Published1955 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #338 English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century AuthorCescinsky, HerbertHeadlineEnglish Furniture of the Eighteenth CenturyPublisherGeorge Routledge & Sons, LimitedDate Published[c. 1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #339 The Four Masters of the Ming: Shen Chou, Wen Cheng-Ming, T'ang Yin, Ch'iu Ying Heading(Chinese Art)HeadlineThe Four Masters of the Ming, 1983PublisherNational Museum of HistoryDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #340 Il Costume Popolare in Italia Heading(Costume - Italy)AuthorCalderini, EmmaHeadlineCalderini's survey of folk costume in ItalyPublisherSperling & Kupfer EditoriDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #341 Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain [with] Sketches of Military Costume in Spain and Portugal Heading(Costume - Portugal and Spain)AuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford's Portugal & Spain with 53 hand-colored aquatintsPublisherJohn BoothDate Published1809-10 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #342 The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria / Costumes des États héréditaires de la Maison d'Autriche... Heading(Costume)AuthorBertrand De Moleville, [Antoine François]HeadlineWith 50 hand-colored aquatints of Austrian costumePublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #343 Zur Geschichte der Kostüme Heading(Costume)AuthorBraun, Louis, et alHeadlineZur Geschichte der Kostume - 125 costume platesPublisherBraun & SchneiderDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #344 The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-Three Engravings Heading(Costume)HeadlineThe Costume of the Russian Empire w/ 73 hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for William Miller by William BulmerDate Published1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #345 The History of the Feminine Costume of the World, From the Year 5318 B.C. to Our Century Heading(Costume)AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis DeHeadlineWith 200 pochoir plates of feminine fashionsPublisherForeign PublicationsDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #346 Costumes Européens du XVIIe au XIXe siècle tirés des documents les plus authentiques Heading(Costume)AuthorJob et HérouardHeadlineWith 60 color plates of Baroque EurofashionPublisherLibrairie Centrale d'Art et d'Architecture / Ancienne Maison MorelDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #347 Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 Heading(Costume)AuthorPorter, Robert KerHeadlinePorter's Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, with 41 platesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1813 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #348 Matériaux & Documents d'Art Décoratif: Oeuvres de Décorations Japonaises, Chinoises Heading(East Asia)HeadlineChinese and Japanese decorative art, 1910PublisherArmand GuérinetDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #349 Fans of Imperial China [with] Fans of Imperial Japan Heading(Fans)AuthorIrons, Neville JohnHeadlineFans of China & Japan, 2 vols.PublisherKaiserreich KunstDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #350 Recuil de tous les Costumes Monastiques Religieux et Militaires de toutes les Nations; Avec un Abrégé historique et Chronologique Enrichi de notes et de planches coloriées par M. Bar. Tome 2 Heading(Fashion)AuthorBar, Jacques CharlesHeadlineWith numerous hand-colored plates of Monastic costumesPublisherJ. Ch. BarDate Published1779 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #351 The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French Heading(Fashion)Author[Dalvimart, Octavien]HeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Turkish Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for William Miller by Howlett and BrimmerDate Published[1823] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #352 Galerie Royale de Costumes Heading(Fashion)HeadlineWith over 200 hand-colored lithographs of fashionPublisherAubert & Cie.Date Published[1842-1843] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #353 The History of French Masculine Costume: Gaul - Middle Ages - Renaissance - Louis XIII - Louis XIV - Louis XV - Louis XVI - Revolution - First Empire - Restoration - Second Empire Heading(Fashion)AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis DeHeadline100 pochoir plates of French fashion throughout the agesPublisherReign Publications.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #354 The Costume of China, Illustrated by Sixty Engravings: with Explanations in English and French Heading(Fashion)AuthorMason, George HenryHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Chinese Fashion c. 1800PublisherPrinted for W. MillerDate Published[1834] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #355 Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English [with] The Costume...of Austria Heading(Fashion)HeadlineWith 100 hand-colored plates of English and Austrian fashion c. 1800PublisherJohn Murray; William MillerDate Published[1821; 1835] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #356 The Costume of Indostan, Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engravings; with Descriptions in English and French, Taken 1798 and 1799. Heading(Fashion)AuthorSolvyns, BalthazarHeadlineWith 60 hand-colored plates of Indian Fashion, c. 1800PublisherPublished by Edward OrmeDate Published[1823] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #357 L'Histoire du Costume Féminin Français AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis deHeadlinePochoir plates of French fashion from Middle Ages to Second EmpirePublisherEditions NilssonDate Published1922-23 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #358 85 hand-painted armorial crests of Italian noble families Heading(Heraldry)HeadlineBook of hand-painted Italian crestsDate Publishedc. 1825 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #359 Roketsu-shu [Volume 2] Heading(Japanese Wax Dying)AuthorMiyoshi, YoshiuraHeadlineJapanese folio on wax dying, 1953PublisherMaria GahoDate Published[1953] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #360 A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood. AuthorMacQuoid, PercyHeadlineMacQuoid's History of English FurniturePublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published1904-08 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #361 Album de Coiffures Travesties: Modèles de la Coiffures Française Illustrée - 1st & 3rd series AuthorMallemont, A., art directorHeadlineTheatrical hair & hat styles of turn-of-century FrancePublisherAlbert BrunetDate Published1907 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #362 Perles et parures: Les Parures Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, histoire de la mode par Le Cte Foelix [with] Les Joyaux Fantaisie par Gavarni, texte par Méry, minéralogie des dames par Le Cte Foelix AuthorMéry, François Joseph Pierre André and Le Comte FoelixHeadlineDecorative Perles et Parures Lace-Cut PlatesProvenanceMorris-LevinPublisherG. de GonetDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #363 Histoire de L'Art dans L'Antiquité Égypte - Assyrie - Perse - Asie Mineure - Grece - Étrurie - Rome AuthorPerrot, Georges and Charles ChipiezHeadlineTen volume history of Art of the Antiquities by PerrotPublisherLibrairie HatchetteDate Published1882-1914 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #364 Photograph album of European views and interiors Heading(Photo Album)HeadlinePhoto album of European architectureDate Published[c. 1890s] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #365 The Quartier Latin Heading(The Quartier Latin)Headline5 issues Quartier Latin, 1897-1899Publisher[American Art Association of Paris]Date Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #366 The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, Selected from Rare Specimens in the Possession of the Author, and Accompanied with Suitable Descriptions and Illustrations AuthorSmith, Charles HamiltonHeadlineSmith's Improved Costumes of Ancient BritainPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1815] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #367 Silk swatch sample book from a mill in Lyon Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1930's Lyon silk swatch bookDate Publishedc. 1930 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #368 Silk swatch sample book from a mill in Lyon Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1930's silk swatch book from LyonDate Publishedc. 1930 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #369 Silk swatch sample book from Lake Como Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1932 Italian silk swatch reference bookDate Published1932 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #370 Silk swatch sample book from Lake Como Heading(Swatch Book)Headline1930's silk swatch book Lake Como regionDate Published1932 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #371 Tsujigahana: The Flower of Japanese Textile Art Heading(Textiles)AuthorIto, ToshikoHeadlineTsujigahana: The Flower of Japanese Textile ArtPublisherKodansha International Ltd. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #372 Textile Designs of Japan Heading(Textiles)HeadlineTextile Designs of Japan, 3 vols.PublisherKodansha InternationalDate Published1980 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #373 Four trade catalogues of objects and industrial design Heading(Trade Catalogues)HeadlineTrade Catalogues, tools & designed objectsDate Published1907-c. 1920s View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #374 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION HeadlineTHANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION View details StatusCLOSED! Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next