Sale 715: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#715) 11/19/2020 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/19/2020 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-41 of 41. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 A Lexicon of Alchemy or Alchemical Dictionary... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)AuthorRuland, Martin, the ElderHeadlineDictionary of AlchemyPublisherJohn M. WatkinsDate Published[1964] Lot #3 Seven works on Alchemy and Hermetics, in French, bound together View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Alchemy & Occult)HeadlineFrench alchemy & hermeticsDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century Lot #21 Anatomia Humani Corporis View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorBidloo, GodefridiHeadlineBidloo's Anatomy 1685 105 platesPublisherJoannis a Someren, et alDate Published1685 Lot #23 Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry, Delivered in the University of Edinburgh by the Late Joseph Black, M.D. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBlack, JosephHeadlineJoseph Black Lectures on the Elements of ChemistryPublisherMathew CareyDate Published1806-7 Lot #28 The Bible of the Anaesthetist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBullard, F.W.HeadlineTongue-in-cheek essay by Anaesthetist, 1903Date Published[ca. 1903] Lot #49 Helados & Bebidas Mexicanas - Mexican manuscript cookbook from 1909 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)HeadlineMexican manuscript cookbook from 1909Date Published1909 Lot #50 Herencia de Sabores [with] Delicias y Sabores - two manuscript cookbooks from the Rivero family of Puebla, Mexico View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)HeadlineTwo 19th century manuscript cookbooks from Puebla, MexicoDate Published1888-89 Lot #57 Cocina 10 y 20 Anos, 1919 [cover title] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Mexican)AuthorValdes, R.HeadlineManuscript Mexican cookbook 1919Date Published1919 Lot #60 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Dali, Salvador, artist)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineDali's Alice in Wonderland, signedPublisherMaecenas Press / Random HouseDate Published1969 Lot #77 Author's offprint from Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity, from the Philosophical Transactions, inscribed by Michael Faraday View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorFaraday, MichaelHeadlinePresentation copy of Michael Faraday offprint 1833PublisherPrinted by Richard TaylorDate Published1833 Lot #84 Check signed by Greta Garbo, made out to the New York Telephone Company for $34.30 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Garbo, GretaHeadlineCheck signed by Greta GarboDate PublishedMarch 26, 1963 Lot #85 Nueva teorica y practica del beneficio de los metales de oro y plata por fundicion y amalgamacion View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGarces y Eguia, JosephHeadlineSpanish colonial mining 1802PublisherMariano de Zuniga y OntiverosDate Published1802 Lot #112 The Collected Works of C.G. Jung View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorJung, Carl GustavHeadlineWorks of C.G. Jung 21 volumesPublisherPrinceton University PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #114 Autograph signed letter from Helen Keller to Mrs. Bridges View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Keller, Helen)HeadlineHelen Keller ALS soliciting funds for U.S. blind-deafDate Published1948 Lot #119 "The Head of Christ" - Calligraphic manuscript on vellum with a color miniature of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Leonardo da Vinci)HeadlineLeonardo's Head of Christ with calligraphic descriptionDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #128 Rubricated leaf from the 15th century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript Leaf)HeadlineRubricated vellum leafDate Published[c. 1440?] Lot #130 Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorCantor, GeorgHeadlineGeorg Cantor on transfinite numbersPublisherThe Open Court Publishing CompanyDate Published1915 Lot #131 The Latin translation of the Arabic Version of Euclid's Elements, commonly ascribed to Gerard of Cremona View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorEuclidHeadlineLatin translation of Euclid's ElementsPublisherE. J. BrillDate Published1984 Lot #132 Introduction to Arithmetic View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorNichomachus of Gerasa.HeadlineClassic of ancient Greek mathematicsPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1926 Lot #133 Early Editions of Euclid's Elements View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorThomas-Stanford, CharlesHeadlineWith incunabula leaf from EuclidPublisherAlan Wofsy Fine ArtsDate Published1977 Lot #139 Letter from Major General Berthier to General Caffarelli, then in Spain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorBerthier, Louis-AlexandreHeadlineLetter from Napoleon's Chief of StaffDate Published18 Fevrier 1811 Lot #140 Certificate of Discharge for a soldier in the Regiment d'Artillerie a Cheval, during the First Restoration View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineSoldier discharged from Napoleon's army 1814Date Published21 Septembre 1814 Lot #141 Document signed by Daure as chief commissary of the French expeditionary forces in Egypt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorDaure, Jean-Pierre-Paulin-HectorHeadlineDocument from the French expedition to Egypt, 1799Date Published1799 Lot #142 Document signed by Alexandre Berthier as Ministre de la Guerre, and secretarially signed "Bonaparte" as premier Consul de la République, promoting a lieutenant in the army View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Napoleon BonaparteDate Publishedc.1803 Lot #143 Manuscript document signed by Brigadier General François Dutertre View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorDutertre, FrançoisHeadlineDocument signed by notorious Napoleonic generalDate PublishedUndated Lot #145 Letter from Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, to Le Comte Dupont View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineLetter from general under Napoleon, 1814Date Published26 Juillet 1814 Lot #146 Document signed by Jacques MacDonald as chancellor of the Legion of Honour, appointing Leopold Ferdinand de Zychlinsky as Capitaine d'Infantrie Legere Saxonne View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMacDonald, Étienne Jacques Joseph AlexandreHeadlineDocument signed by Napoleonic General MacDonaldDate Published26 Mai 1816 Lot #148 Letter from August de Marmont, Duc de Raguse, a recommendation for an officer View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMarmont, Auguste deHeadlineNapoleonic general recommends an officer in 1822Date Published1822 Lot #149 Letter from Lieutenant-General Moncey to Brigadier-General Charpentier, nominating him a major-general View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorMoncey, Bon-Adrien Jeannot deHeadlineAppointment of major-general in Napoleon's Italy ArmyDate Published31 May 1801 Lot #151 Letter from Marshal Ney to Marshal Berthier recommending a promotion View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorNey, MichelHeadlineLetter from Marshal Ney elegantly presentedDate Published3 March 1811 Lot #152 Original French Revolution document appointing a lieutenant in the "citizens army" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)HeadlineDocument from the French RevolutionDate Published1795 Lot #153 Letter from General Sir Thomas Picton, written to his agent in London following his arrival in Lisbon, Portugal, describing conditions there View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorPicton, ThomasHeadlineLetter from British General in Peninsular War, 1810Date Published9th Feby. 1810 Lot #154 Letter from Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult to the president of the French Chamber of Deputies, about the establishment of the French Foreign Legion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorSoult, Jean-de-DieuHeadlineBeginnings of the French Foreign LegionDate Publishedc.1830-34 Lot #156 Document signed by General Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Napoleonic Era)AuthorVandamme, DominiqueHeadlinePassport signed by Napoleon's General VandammeDate Published1807 Lot #165 "On a criterion which may serve to test various theories of inheritance." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume LXXIII View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPearson, KarlHeadlineVariability criterion between theories of inheritancePublisherHarrison and SonsDate Published1904 Lot #166 “Pictorial delineations by light: solar, lunar, stellar, and artificial, called Photogenic and the art Photography” View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)HeadlineEarly American account of Photography, 1839PublisherSold by A.H. Maltby and B. & W. Noyes, et al.Date Published1839 Lot #168 Zeitschrift für Physik, Volumes 151-152 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Physics)Author[Mossbauer, Rudolph Ludwig]HeadlineFirst appearance of the Mossbauer effectPublisherSpringer VerlagDate Published1958 Lot #169 Five articles by Max Planck in three volumes of Annalen der Physik, several relating to his early work on quanta View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Physics)AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineEarly articles by Max Planck on quantaPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1900-1903 Lot #183 The Tempest View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham Signed with jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] Lot #185 The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood - with holograph letter View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSigned by Rackham w/original letter by SwinburnePublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1918] Lot #196 Ivlii Caesaris Scaligeri Exotericarum exercitationvm liber XV. De subtilitae, ad Hieronymvm Cardanvm sententias nobiliores: alter opulentissimus, pené omnia complectens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorScaligero, Giulio CesareHeadlineScaligero refutes the natural philosophies of CardanoPublisherApud haeredes Andr. WechelusDate Published1582 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next