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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Two notebooks containing manuscript abstracts of lectures on the natural sciences, paleontology, geology and related subjects given by Louis Agassiz Heading(Agassiz, Louis)AuthorLeonard, Eliza B.HeadlineNotes on lectures by Louis Agassiz 1860-61Date Published1860-61 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #21 The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin on The Variation of Animals and PlantsPublisherOrange JuddDate Published[1868] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #22 Two works by Charles Darwin AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineTwo works by Charles DarwinPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #44 A History of the Earth and Animated Nature AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineA History of the Earth and Animated NaturePublisherF. Wingrave, et alDate Published1805 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #51 The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric AuthorHasluck, Paul N., editorHeadlineThe Automobile 1909 Special EditionPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #52 The Complete Measurer: or, the whole art of measuring. In two parts. The first part teaching decimal arithmetick, with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots: And also the Multiplication of Feet and Inches, commonly called Cross Multiplication. The second part teaching to measure all sorts of superficies and solids, by Decimals; by Cross-Multiplication, and by Scale and Compasses... AuthorHawney, WilliamHeadlineHawney's Complete Measurer 1763PublisherPrinted for J. Knapton, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1763 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #59 A Book of Trout Flies, Containing a List of the Most Important American Stream Insects & Their Imitations AuthorJennings, Preston J.HeadlinePreston Jennings A Book of Trout FliesPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #75 The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body Heading(Medical)AuthorBaillie, MatthewHeadlineBaillie's Morbid Anatomy 1st American EditionPublisherThomas SpencerDate Published1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #77 Histoire de Chirurgie depuis son Origine jusqu'a nos jours Heading(Medical)AuthorDujardin, [François]HeadlineDujardin Histoire de Chirurgie 1774-1780PublisherL'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1774 & 1780 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #78 Letters to ladies, in favor of female physicians for their own sex Heading(Medical)AuthorGregory, SamuelHeadlineFemale physicians for ladies 1854PublisherPublished by the Society [i.e. The Female Medical Education Society]Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #79 Opera medica Heading(Medical)AuthorLe Boë, Sylvius Franciscus deHeadlineLe Boe's Opera medica 1679Publisher[by Daniel Elzevir and Abraham Wolfgang] for Frederick Leonard in ParisDate Published1679 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #80 Outlines of Human Physiology Heading(Medical)AuthorMayo, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Mayo Outlines of Human PhysiologyPublisherBurgess and HillDate Published1833 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #81 Medical Essays and Observations, Revised and Published by A Society in Edinburgh. Volumes 1, 2, & 3 Heading(Medical)Author**HeadlineEdinburgh Medical Essays Volumes 1,2, & 3PublisherWilliam MunroDate Published1733-35 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #82 The Anatomy of the Human Body... Designed Chiefly for the Use of Naval Practitioners, and by way of supplement to a work, entitled The Marine Surgeon... Heading(Medical)AuthorNorthcote, WilliamHeadlineNorthcotes' Anatomy of the Human BodyPublisherPrinted for T. Becket, and P.A. De HondtDate Published1772 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #83 Three documents relating to French medicine Heading(Medical - French)Author**Headline3 19th cent documents relating to French medicineDate Publishedc.1828-1895 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #84 Autograph Letter Signed, to Dr. George Clymer, Naval Surgeon aboard the USS Cyane, Norfolk, Virginia Heading(Medical - Naval)AuthorNorris, George W., M.D.HeadlineLetter introducing assistan naval surgeonDate PublishedAugust 10, 1841 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #85 Autograph Letter Signed (in French), as Prussian Ambassador to Ottoman Turkey, relating to medical treatment and nursing in the Crimean War, with veiled reference to the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale Heading(Medical - Nursing)AuthorWildenbruch, Ludwig vonHeadlineLetter about hospital care in Crimean War 1855Date PublishedMarch 29, 1855 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #86 Autograph Letter, signed, from the doctor on New York City's first "Quarantine Island" for immigrants Heading(Medical - Quarantine Island, New York)AuthorDeWitt, BenjaminHeadlineAutograph Letter, signed, from Quarantine IslandDate PublishedMay 17, 1817 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #87 An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco Upon Life and Health Heading(Medical - Tobacco)AuthorMussey, R.D.HeadlineInfluence of tobacco upon health 1836PublisherPerkins & MarvinDate Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #89 The Gardeners Dictionary. Containing, the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Flower, Fruit, and Pleasure Garden AuthorMiller, PhilipHeadlineMiller's Gardeners Dictionary 6th Editon 1752PublisherPrinted for the Author; and sold by John and James RivingtonDate Published1752 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #95 A History of British Butterflies AuthorMorris, F.O.HeadlineA History of British Butterflies - Color PlatesPublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1895 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #96 Pigeons and Doves of Australia AuthorMorris, FrankHeadlinePigeons and Doves of AustraliaPublisherLansdowne EditionsDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #100 A Collection of Papers...between Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke, in the Years 1715 and 1716. Relating to the Principles of Natural Philosophy and Religion Heading(Newton, Isaac & Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz)AuthorClarke, SamuelHeadlineLeibnitz on Newton, 1717PublisherJames KnaptonDate Published1717 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #109 The Dialogues of Plato. Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by Benjamin Jowett, M.A. AuthorPlatoHeadlineJowett translation of Plato, 4 vols. 1871PublisherClarendon PressDate Published1871 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #110 Historia Mundi AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny the Elder Historia Mundi Froben's 1525 EdnPublisherFrobenDate Published1525 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #111 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 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #118 An Essay at the Mechanism of the Macrocosm: or the Dependance(sic) of Effects Upon Their Causes Author[Purshall, Conyers]HeadlineAn Essay at the Mechanism of the MacrocosmPublisherPrinted by F. Collins for Jeffery WaleDate Published1705 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #123 Physica. Latine vertit, recensuit, & adnotationibus ex illustrissimi Isaaci Newtoni philosophia maximam partem haustis, amplificavit & ornavit Samuel Clarke, S.T.P. AuthorRohault, JacquesHeadlineJacques Rohault Physica 1718PublisherJacobi KnaptonDate Published1718 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #129 Fish by Schaldach: Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish AuthorSchaldach, William J.HeadlineFish by Schaldach Deluxe Edn with EtchingPublisherLippincottDate Published1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #130 Instrumentum proportionum. Das ist: Viel vermehrt Gründlich und sehr deutlicher Unterricht, Wie Durch den so genannten Proportional Zirkul allerhand so wol Mathematische als Mechanische, unter die Proportion gehörige Fragen, in Theoria und Praxi, mit sehr behender und accurater Fertigkeit aufzulösen seyen... AuthorScheffelt, MichaelHeadlineScheffelt's Instrumentum Proportionum 1697 1st edPublisherIn Verlegung des autoris, gedruckt mit Wagnerischen SchrifftenDate Published1697 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #131 On the Minute Structure and Functions of the Spinal Cord and Medulla Oblongata, and on the Primary Cause and Rational Treatment of Epilepsy AuthorSchroeder Van Der Kolk, [Jacob Ludwig Conrad]HeadlineSpinal Cord and Medulla OblongataPublisherThe New Sydenham SocietyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #139 The Whole Works of that Excellent Practical Physician AuthorSydenham, ThomasHeadlineWhole Works of that Excellent Practical PhysicianPublisherW. Feales, R. Wellington, et alDate Published1734 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #143 Praedium rusticum. Editio Novissima, Aucta et Emendata, cum figuris aeneis AuthorVaniere, JacquesHeadlineVaniere Preadium Rusticum with plates 1750PublisherApud Joh. Rud. ThurneisenDate Published1750 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #148 The Mariner's Compass Rectified: Containing Tables, Shewing the true Hour of the Day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass; the Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars... AuthorWakely, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Wakely The Mariner's Compass RectifiedPublisherPrinted for Rich. MountDate Published1709 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #149 Island Life: or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred Russel Wallace Island Life 2nd Revised EdnPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #152 A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society AuthorWatson, James D.HeadlineJames D. Watson A Passion for DNA signedPublisherCold Spring Harbor Laboratory PressDate Published[2000] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Fall Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorCamus, AlbertHeadline(Allen Press) Albert Camus, The Fall, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1966 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #177 The Poeticon Astronomicon Headingzzc(Allen Press)AuthorHyginus, Gaius JuliusHeadlineAllen Press, Hyginus, Poeticon Astronomicon 1/140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #217 On the Admiration of Mountains.... First printed at Zurich in 1543. A Description of the Riven Mountain...originally printed...at Zurich in 1555. Together with: On Conrad Gesner and The Mountaineering of Theuerdank, by J. Monroe Thorington Headingzzc(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGesner, ConradHeadlineConrad Gesner On the Admiration of MountainsPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #268 Les Fleurs Animées HeadingzzfAuthorGrandville, J.J.HeadlineGrandville's Les Fleurs Animées 1847PublisherGabriel de GonetDate Published1847 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #353 Animate Creation; Popular Edition of "Our Living World," A Natural History HeadingzzfAuthorWood, J.G. and Joseph B. HolderHeadlineAnimate Creation in 3 vols by J.G. Wood 1885PublisherSelmar HessDate Published[1885] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #354 The Illustrated Book of Poultry. With Practical Schedules for Judging, Constructed from Actual Analysis of the Best Modern Decisions HeadingzzfAuthorWright, LewisHeadlineWright's Book of Poultry - Colored platesPublisherCassell, Petter, & GalpinDate Published[c.1874] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next