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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 #12 A General History of Birds and Quadrupeds View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineBewick's General History of Birds and Quadrupeds 1824PublisherRobert DesilverDate Published1824 Lot #13 Two leaves from the Complutensian Polyglot Bible of Alcala View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible - Complutensian)HeadlineLeaves from Complutensian Polyglot Bible 1514-17PublisherArnald Guillen de BrocarDate Published1514-1517 Lot #14 The books called Apocrypha, conteining these that follow... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineApocrypha from largest black letter English Bible 1583Publisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 Lot #15 Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineSong of Songs & Ecclesiastes from Great Bible of 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #17 A leaf from the King James Bible, the great "She" Bible of 1613-1611 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLeaf from 1613 King James BiblePublisherRobert BarkerDate Published1613 Lot #19 "The Reuelation of S. John the Diuine" - from a 1621 quarto Bible View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineRevelation of St. John, 1621 printingPublisherBonham Norton and John BillDate Published1621 Lot #20 De Sacra Poesi Hebræorum. Prælectiones Academicæ Osonii Habitæ... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Biblical)AuthorLowth, RobertHeadlineLowth on Hebrew Poetry 1753PublisherPublisher: E Typographeo ClarendonianoDate Published1753 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 #36 Vita di Benvenuto Cellini. Orefice e scultore fiorentino, da lui medesimo scritta... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCellini, BenvenutoHeadlineBenvenuto Cellini's autobiography, 1792PublisherPer Pietro MarteloDate Published[1792] Lot #66 Origine de tous les Cultes ou Religion Universelle View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDupuis, Charles FrançoisHeadlineDupuis on Universal Religion, 1795PublisherChez H. AgasseDate PublishedL'an III [1795] Lot #67 Original leaf from the Polycronicon, printed by William Caxton in 1482 at Westminster View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Early Printing - William Caxton)AuthorHigden, RanulfHeadlineLeaf printed by William Caxton 1482Date Published[1482] Lot #68 Archive of nineteen original leaves from fifteen 17th century English printed books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)Headline17th century printed leaves from EnglandDate Published17th century Lot #69 Archive of twelve examples of 16th century printing from continental Europe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)Headline16th century printing from continental EuropeDate Publishedvarious dates Lot #70 Facsimile printings of the Gutenberg Bible and the Nuremberg Chronicle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)HeadlineGutenberg Bible & Nuremberg Chronicle facsimilesDate Published1968 & 1979 Lot #71 Leaves from the first and second editions of Holinshed's Chronicles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)AuthorHolinshed, RaphaelHeadlineLeaves from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577 & 1587Date Published1577 & 1587 Lot #72 Original leaves from Johnson's Dictionary and Gibbon's Roman Empire View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)HeadlineOriginal leaves from Johnson & GibbonDate Published1755 & 1788 Lot #73 Six original leaves of 16th century English printing View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Early Printing)Headline16th century English printed leavesDate Published16th century 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 #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 #96 Hogarth Moralized. Being a complete edition of Hogarth’s works. Containing near fourscore copper-plates, most elegantly engraved. With an explanation, pointing out the many beauties that may have hitherto escaped notice; and a comment on their moral tendency... Now First Published, With the Approbation of Jane Hogarth, Widow of the late Mr. Hogarth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Hogarth, William)Author[Trusler, John]HeadlineHogarth Moralized, 1st edition, 1768PublisherSold by S. Hooper... and, Mrs. HogarthDate Published1768 Lot #99 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 Lot #108 The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineGenuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus 1792PublisherC. CookeDate Published[1792] Lot #109 The Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1777-8 Lot #110 The Works of Flavius Josephus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineThe Works of Flavius Josephus 1777PublisherFielding and WalkerDate Published1777-8 Lot #111 Fama, y obras posthumas del fenix de Mexico, dezima musa, poetisa Americana, sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, religiosa professa en el Convento de San Geronimo de la imperial ciudad de Mexico View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorJuana Inés de la Cruz, SisterHeadlinePoems by Mexican philosopher-nun, 1714PublisherImprenta de Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, a costa de Francisco LasoDate Published1714 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 #124 Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorLoggan, DavidHeadlineThe finest 17th century engraved views of OxfordPublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1675 Lot #126 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLongusHeadlineLes Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe 1718Publisher[Cramoisy]Date Published1718 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 #157 Introductiones latinae, cum commento View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorNebrija, Antonio deHeadlineRare incunable Latin grammar from SpainPublisher[Typ. Nebrissensis]Date Published[30 septiembre, 1495] Lot #161 Common Sense; Addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America; with some miscellaneous reflections... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineEnglish edition of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, 1776PublisherPhiladelphia, printed; London, re-printed, for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House in PiccadillyDate Published1776 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 #170 The Lives of the Nobel Grecians & Romans View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Lives of the Nobel Grecians & RomansPublisherJohn Hayes for George SawbridgeDate Published1676 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 Lot #200 The Tragedy of Cymbeline - title leaf from the third folio edition of Shakespeare's Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTitle leaf to Shakespeare 3rd folio play, 1663Date Published1663 Lot #219 The Origin of Building, or, The Plagiarism of the Heathens Detected [in five books] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorWood, JohnHeadlineAnalysis of ancient architecture by Stonehenge scholarPublisherPrinted by S. & F. FarleyDate Published1741 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next