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AuthorAgrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich CorneliusHeadlineAgrippa's Occult Philosophy 1651PublisherPrinted by R.W. for Gregory MouleDate Published1651 [i.e. 1650] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #5 Opera AuthorArchimedesHeadlineArchimedes, Apollonius & Theodosius 1675PublisherGuil. Goodbid & Rob. ScottDate Published1675 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #26 A Theory of Natural Philosophy AuthorBoscovich, Ruggiero GiuseppeHeadlineBoscovich's Theory of Natural Philosophy 1922PublisherOpen CourtDate Published1922 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #27 The Martian Chronicles AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Martian Chronicles, 1st ed with djPublisherDoubledayDate Published1950 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #33 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineSeparate Reality inscribed by Carlos CastanedaPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #46 WITHDRAWN The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, Charles WITHDRAWNHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man Presentation copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #48 Six metaphysical meditations; wherein it is proved that there is a God. And that mans mind is really distinct from his body. Written originally in Latin by Renatus Des-Cartes. Hereunto are added the objections made against these meditations. By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. With the authors answers. All faithfully translated into English, with a short account of Des-Cartes’s life. By William Molyneux AuthorDescartes, RenéHeadlineDescartes Six Meditations 1st in English 1680PublisherPrinted by B.G. for Benj. TookeDate Published1680 View details Estimate$6,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Mechaniquies, avec Leur Explication HeadingzzfAuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertHeadlinePlate volume to Diderot's Encyclopedie 1769PublisherBriasson & Le BretonDate Published1769 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #51 Swiat/The World Heading(Dine, Jim, artist)AuthorMilosz, CzeslawHeadlineSwiat/The World, One of 250 signed copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #54 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Complete Poems and Plays - Inscribed and with a TLS AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT.S. Eliot Signed Book and LetterPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #62 Lettera Apologetica del Galileo [i.e. La Difesa di Galileo] Heading(Galileo Galilei)AuthorAverani, BenedettoHeadline17th century manuscript defense of GalileoDate Published[late 17th century] View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Capita Deorum et Illustrium Hominum Pacis Bellique Artibus Clarissimorum nec non Hieroglyphica, Abraxea et Amuleta Quaedam in Gemmis Antiqua Partim, Partim Recenti Manu Affabre Incisa, Quae Magno Studio Collegit Jo. Martinus Ab Ebermayer [Bound with] Gemmarum Affabre Sculptarum Thesaurus Quem Suis Sumptibus haud Exigvis Nec Parvo Studio Collegit Jo. Mart. Ab Ebermayer Heading(Gems)AuthorReusch, Erhard [&] Baier, Johann JakobHeadline2 Works on the Gen collection of J.M. EbermayerDate Published1721 & 1720 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #70 Histoire Anatomique des Parties Genitales de L'Homme et de la Femme, qui Servent a la Generation AuthorGraaf, [Regnier de]HeadlineFrench Edition of Graafs works 1699PublisherEmanuel Jean George KonigDate Published1699 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #73 Lexicon Technicum: Or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences: Explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves AuthorHarris, JohnHeadlineHarris' Lexicon Technicum 2 vols Large Paper CopyPublisherDan. Brown, et al.Date Published1704-1710 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Report on Horne Zoological Corporation Heading(Horne, Trader)AuthorInvestment Auditors of California, Inc.HeadlineArchive on adventurer Trader HorneDate Publishedc. 1930 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #79 Single Leaf on vellum, from a Calendar (May), illuminated in colors and liquid gold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineIlluminated 15th century vellum leafDate Publishedmid-15th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #80 Single leaf on vellum with gold initials, from a French Book of Hours Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineVellum leaf from Book of Hours with gold initialsDate Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #81 Single vellum leaf from a French missal, with initials in red, blue and liquid gold Heading(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)Author**HeadlineManuscript Leaf from French Missal c.1500Date Publishedc.1500 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry AuthorKildall, GaryHeadlineGary Kildall's Computer Connections 1/50Date Published1993 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #89 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archeaology, and in Science. AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineIvory and the Elephant Hobby Club EditionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1916 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #90 Le Livre de la Fumeé AuthorLaloy, LouisHeadlineLaloy Livre de la Fumee inscribedPublisherDorbon-AinéDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #93 Document signed by Abraham Lincoln, appointing the Secretary to the United States Legation in St. Petersburg, Russia AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineDocument signed by Abraham Lincoln 1861Date PublishedJuly 15, 1861 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #94 The Seasons Heading(Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineInscribed by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism AuthorMaxwell, James ClerkHeadlineMaxwell's Treatise on Electricity and MagnetismPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1873 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #102 Galileo a Madama Cristina di Lorena (1615) Heading(Miniature Book)AuthorGalilei, GalileoHeadlineGalileo in MiniaturePublisherTipogr. SalminDate Published1896 (colophon dated 1897) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #105 The mathematical principles of natural philosophy. By Sir Isaac Newton. Translated into English by Andrew Motte. To which are added, The laws of the moon’s motion, according to gravity. By John Machin... AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English, Vol. I, 1729PublisherPrinted for Benjamin MotteDate Published1729 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 The method of fluxions and infinite series; with its application to the geometry of curve-lines. By the Inventor Sir Isaac Newton, Kt. Late President of the Royal Society. Translated from the author’s Latin original not yet made publick. To which is subjoin’d, a perpetual comment upon the whole work, Consisting of Annotations, Illustrations, and Supplements, In order to make this Treatise A compleat Institution for the use of Learners. By John Colson, M.A. and F.R.S. Master of Sir Joseph Williamson’s free Mathematical-School at Rochester AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Methods of Fluxions large paper 1736PublisherPrinted by Henry Woodfall; and sold by John NourseDate Published1736 View details Estimate$30,000 - $40,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #109 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Manuscript book of Poetry in Arabic Script with illuminations in gilt and colors Heading(Persian Poetry Manuscript)AuthorAbu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn KhusrawHeadlineIlluminated Persian Poetry ManuscriptDate Published1897 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #115 The Historie of the World; Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke Author[Pliny the Elder] Plinius Secundus, GaiusHeadlinePliny's History of the World 1601PublisherImpensis G.B. [Printed by Adam Islip]Date Published1601 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #120 The Little Prince AuthorSaint-Exupéry, Antoine deHeadlineThe Little Prince Signed Limited EditionPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #135 Opera Posthuma: Quorum series post Praefationem exhibetur AuthorSpinoza, Baruch deHeadlineSpinoza's posthumas works, 1677Publisher[J. Rieuwertsz]Date Published1677 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #140 Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna [Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness] AuthorTmej, Zdenek, photographerHeadlineAbeceda Dusevniho Prazdna Tmej ZdenekPublisherNakladatelstvi ZadruhaDate Published1946 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #142 Door Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, Etc., Illustrated and Described Heading(Trade Catalog)AuthorMallory, Wheeler & Co.HeadlineScarce Catalog of Door Knobs, Locks, etcPublisherMallory, Wheeler & Co.Date Published1871 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #149 Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)... Portraits from Life... Autograph AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Complete Poems & Prose signedDate Published[1888 or 1889] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next