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With a Commentary Embracing a Complete View of the Knowledge Possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on All Subjects Connected with Medicine and Surgery, by Francis Adams View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAegineta, PaulusPublisherSydenhamDate Published1844-1847 Lot #3 Chimia; sive, Traditio summæ Perfectionis et Investigatio Magisterii innumeris locis emendata, à Caspare Hornio ... Accessit ejusdem Medulla Alchimiæ Gebricæ. Omnia edita à Georgio Hornio View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorGeberPublisherArnoldo DoudeDate Published1668 Lot #4 Pretiosa Margarita, novella de thesauro, ac Pretiosissimo Philosophorum Lapide. Artis hucius diuinæ Typus, & Methodus: Collectanea ex Arnaldo, Rhaymundo, Rhasi, Alberto, & Michaele Scoto; per Ianum Lacinium Calabrum nunc primum, cum lucupletissimo indice, in lucem edita View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorLacinius, JanusPublisherAldusDate Published1546 Lot #10 Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings by W.H. Bartlett View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Bartlett, William Henry)AuthorWillis, N.P.PublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1842 Lot #12 A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippo Sultaun; Comprising a Narrative of the Operations of the Army under the Command of Lieutenant-General George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorBeatson, AlexanderPublisherG. & W. NicolDate Published1800 Lot #13 Beauties Treasury: or, the Ladies Vade Mecum. Being a Collection of the Newest, most Select and Valuable Receipts, for making all Sorts of Cosmetick-Washes, Oils, Ungents, Waters, &c. Useful in Repairing lost Beauty, maintaining and improving good Complections, removing Blemishes of any kind, and procuring Handsomness View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Beauties Treasury...)AuthorW., J.PublisherS. MalthusDate Published1705 Lot #22 A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860: Exhibiting the Origin and Growth of the Principal Colonial Period to the Adoption of the Constitution... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBishop, J[ames] LeanderPublisherEdward Young & Co.Date Published1864 Lot #23 Anatomia Sambuci: or the Anatomy of the Elder: Cutting out of it Plain, Approved, and Specifick Remedies for most and chiefest Maladies; Confirmed and cleared by Reason, Experience, and History View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBlochwitz, MartinPublisherH. BromeDate Published1677 Lot #25 Exoticarum Aliarumque Minus Cognitarum Plantarum Centuria prima cum Figuris Æneis summo studio elabor View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorBreyn, JakobPublisherTypis, sumptibus & in ædibus AutorisDate Published1678 Lot #26 Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, J[onathan]PublisherPrinted for the Author, sold by J. Walter & S. CrowderDate Published1778 Lot #30 Hermippus Redivivus: or, the Sages Triumph over Old Age and the Grave. Wherein, a Method is Laid Down for Prolonging the Life and Vigour of Man. Including, a Commentary upon and Antient Inscription, in which this great Secret is revealed; supported by numerous Authorities View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCohausen, Johann HeinrichPublisherJ. NourseDate Published1744 Lot #34 A Treatise on Domestic Medicine, Intended for Families, in Which the Treatment of Common Disorders are Alphabetically Enumerated. To Which is Added, a Practical System of Domestic Cookery, Describing the Best, Most Economical, and most Wholesome Methods of Dressing Victuals; Intended for the Use of Families Who Do Not Affect Magnificence in Their Style of Living View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCooper, ThomasPublisherGeorge GetzDate Published1824 Lot #39 Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, ècrites à W. S. Eecuyer, depuis l'année 1770, jusqu'à 1781. Traduites de l'Anglois par *** View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Crevecœur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de]PublisherCuchetDate Published1784 Lot #42 Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1855 Lot #47 The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque: Commonly call'd Col. Jack, who was Born a Gentleman, put 'Prentice to a Pickpocket, was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and then Kidnapp'd to Virginia. Came back a Merchant, married four Wives, and five of them prov'd Whores; went into the Wars, behav'd bravely, got Preferment, was made Colonel of a Regiment, came over, and fled with the Chevalier, is now abroad compleating a Life of Wonders, and resolves to dye a General View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,000StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]PublisherJ. Brotherton, et al.Date Published1723 Lot #49 Opera philosophica: Editio ultima, nunc demum hac Editione diligenter recognita & mendis expurgata View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDescartes, RenePublisherBlavianaDate Published1685 Lot #58 Institutionum Geometricarum libris, lineas, superficies & solida corpora tractaiut, adhibitis designationibus ad eam rem accommodissimis View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDurer, AlbertPublisherChristian WechelDate Published9 August, 1532 Lot #63 Italy, A Poem View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge Painting - Double)AuthorRogers, SamuelPublisherT. Cadell, et al.Date Published1830 Lot #66 Two engravings of Benjamin Franklin View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Franklin, Benjamin)Author**Date Published1777 & 1780 Lot #67 The Trial of Spirits, Both in Teachers and Hearers. Wherein in is Held Forth the clear Discovery, and certain Downfall, of the Carnal and Anti-Christian Clergy of these Nations. Testified from the Word of God, to the University Congregation in Cambridge View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Franklin, Benjamin, printer)AuthorDell, WilliamPublisherB. Franklin, & D. HallDate Published1760 Lot #69 The Fundus Oculi with an Ophthalmoscopic Atlas Illustrating its Physiological & Pathological Conditions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFrost, W. AdamsPublisherMacmillanDate Published1896 Lot #70 Risposta alle Opposizioni del S. Lodovico delle Colombe, e del S. Vincenzio de Grazia, Contro al Trattato del Sig. Galileo Galilei, delle cose che stanno sù l'Acqua, ò che in quella si muouono. All'illvstriss. Sig. Enea Piccolomini Aragona, Signore de Sticciano, &c. Nella quale si contengono molte considerazioni filosofiche remote dalle vulgate opinioni View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorGalileo, GalileiPublisherCosimo GiuntiDate Published1615 Lot #78 The Kittens, 1869-1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGriswold, F[rank] GrayPublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1916 Lot #80 Sein und Zeit View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorHeidegger, MartinPublisherMax NiemeyerDate Published1927 Lot #82 Opera, i.e. Magni Hippocratis Medicorum Omnium Facile Principis, Opera Omnia Quæ Extant... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHippocratesPublisherSamuel ChouëtDate Published1557 Lot #97 Essais Anatomiques, Contenant L'histoire exacte de toutes les Parties qui composent le Corps de l'Homme, Avec La Maniere de Dissequer View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLieutaud, [Joseph]PublisherPierre-Michel HuartDate Published1742 Lot #99 The Moon Hoax; or a Discovery That the Moon Has a Vast Population of Human Beings. Illustrated with a view of the Moon, as seen by Lord Rosse's Telescope View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLocke, Richard AdamsPublisherWilliam GowansDate Published1859 Lot #101 Saggi di Naturali Esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento sotto la Protezione del serenissimo principe Leopoldo di Toscana e descritte dal segretario di essa accademia View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorMagalotti, LorenzoPublisherGio. Filippo GecchiDate Published1691 Lot #105 Opera View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMarolois, SamuelPublisherJan JanssenDate Published1633-1662 Lot #106 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #108 A Route-Book, Adapted to Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic; Comprising Tables of the Principal Rail-Road, Steam-Boat and Stage Routes, Throughout the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMitchell, S[amuel] AugustusPublisherS. Augustus MitchellDate Published1846 Lot #109 De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America en 't Zuid-Land, Vervaetende d'Oorsprong der Americaenen en Zuid-landers, gedenkwaerdige togten derwaerds, gelegendheid der vaste Kusten, Eilanden, Steden, Sterkten, Dorpen, Tempels, Bergen, Fonteinen, Stroomen, Huisen, de natuur van Beesten, Boomen, Planten en vreemde Gewasschen, Gods-dienst en Zeden, Wonderlijke Voorvallen, Vereeuwde en Nieuwe Oorloogen: Verciert met Af-beeldsels na 't leven in America gemaekt View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorMontanus, ArnoldusPublisherJacob MeursDate Published1671 Lot #110 L'Art D'Empailler Les Oiseaux, Contenant des Principes de théorie nouveaux, et des Procédés de pratique avantageux pour conserver à chaque Famille ses formes et ses attitudes naturelles; Faisant suiteau Traité élémentaire d'Ornithologie View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMouton-Fontenille, M[arie] J[acques] P[hilippe]PublisherYvernault et CabinDate Published1811 Lot #111 The Works of John Muir View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-1924 Lot #114 Document Signed by Newton View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorNewton IsaacDate PublishedDec. 24, 1718 Lot #115 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacPublisherGuil. & Joh. InnysDate Published1726 Lot #119 Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants; or, An Herball of a Large Extent, Containing therein a more ample and exact History and Declaration of the Physicall Herbs and Plants that are in other Authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare and strange Plants from all parts of the world... View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorParkinson, JohnPublisherThos. CotesDate Published1640 Lot #121 Historique et Description des Procédés du Daguerreotype et du Diorama View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorDaguerre, [Louis Jacques Mandé]PublisherAlphonse GirouxDate Published1839 Lot #131 The Scientific Outlook View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRussell, BertrandPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published[1931] Lot #134 Danmarks Fugle med Henblik paa de i Grønland, paa Færøerne og i Kongeriget Island Forekommende Arter View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSchioler, E[iler] LehnPublisherGyldendalske boghandelDate Published1925-1931 Lot #136 Studies of the Human Form for Artists, Sculptors and Scientists View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorShufeldt, R. W.PublisherF.A. Davis CompanyDate Published[1908] Lot #138 A Dissertation Upon the Nerves... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, W.PublisherPrinted for the Author, and sold by W. Owen, et al.Date Published1768 Lot #141 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or the History of a Christian Slave View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherPublisherPartridge & OakeyDate Published1852 Lot #147 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and other Sketches View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1868 Lot #149 Lot of four papers on Mathematics View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$23,750StatusSold AuthorViéte, FrançoisDate Published1593-1600 Lot #151 Present State of the Spanish Colonies; Including a Particular Report of Hispañola, or the Spanish Part of Santo Domingo; with a General Survey of the Settlements on the South Continent of America, as Relates to History, Trade, Population, Customs, Manners, &c. with a Concise Statement of the Sentiments of the People on Their Relative Situation to the Mother Country, &c View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorWalton, WilliamPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1810 Lot #158 The Conquest of Mount McKinley: The Story of Three Expeditions Through the Alaskan Wilderness to Mount McKinley, North America's Highest and Most Inaccessible Mountain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorBrowne, BelmorePublisherPutnamDate Published1913 Lot #162 The Ascent of Mount St. Elias [Alaska] by H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo de Savoia Duke of the Abruzzi View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorFilippi, Filippo dePublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1900 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next