Sale 720: Fine Books (#720) 01/21/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/21/2021 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-45 of 45. Previous|1|Next Lot #44 Seven works on Alchemy and Hermetics, in French, bound together Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)HeadlineFrench alchemy & hermeticsDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #50 Sefer Ha-Tamar: Das Buch von der Palme, des Abu Aflah aus Syracus, Ein Text aus der arabischen Geheimwissenschaft. Nach der allein erhaltenen hebraischen Uebersetzung Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorScholem, Gerschom, translatorHeadlineGerman translation of the Sefer Ha-TamarPublisherUniversity of JerusalemDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #64 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection... AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species in prize bindingPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #81 A History of British Birds AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener: Containing A New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens... AuthorAgricola, [Georg Andreas]HeadlineAgricola's The Experimental Husbandman and GardenerPublisherW. MearsDate Published1726 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #83 The History of Esculent Fish AuthorAlbin, Eleazar and Roger NorthHeadlineHistory of Esculent Fish 18 plates by Albin 1794PublisherEdward Jeffery, et. al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #84 Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants Heading(Botanical)HeadlineDarton Harvey and Darton Botanical IllustrationsPublisherDarton, Harvey, and DartonDate Published1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #85 Twenty-two hand-colored botanical and entomological prints published by Thomas and Samuel Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, Thomas and EdwardHeadlineTwenty-two hand-colored botanicals from Curtis MagazinePublisherThomas and Edward CurtisDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #86 [Collection of plates from] Flora Londinensis...a History of the Plants Indigenous to Great Britain Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineEleven hand-colored botanical engravingsDate Published[c. 1777] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #87 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings published by William Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals published by W. CurtisPublisherWilliam CurtisDate Published1789-97 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Forty-eight botanical color plates Heading(Botanical)AuthorEaton, Mary EmilyHeadlineForty-eight botanical color plates by Mary Emily EatonPublisherAddisonia: A Publication of the New York Botanical GardenDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #89 Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks [with] folding broadside signed by Henry Evans Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineBotanical Prints by Henry Evans with signed broadsidePublisherW.H Freeman and CompanyDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Four linocuts by Henry Evans with two broadsides and miscellaneous ephemera Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineFour linocuts by Henry Evans with broadsides & ephemeraPublisher[Peregrine Press]Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #91 Five hand-colored botanical and entomological lithographs from drawings by F.E. Guérin Heading(Botanical)AuthorGuérin, [Félix Édouard]HeadlineFive hand-colored plates by F.E, GuérinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #92 Seven miscellaneous 19th century botanical prints, some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline7 miscellaneous colored botanical printsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #93 Six folio hand-colored botanical engravings - two from William Curtis's Flora Londinensis Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSix folio hand-colored engraved botanicalsDate Published[Late 18th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Sixteen nineteenth century hand-colored botanical plates Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSixteen 19th century hand-colored botanical platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Fifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, many with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineFifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published[c 1800] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, nine of which with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals by James SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published1812; 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #97 Thirty seven botanical plates - some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline37 botanical color platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Three hand-colored copper engravings from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Heading(Conchology)AuthorKnorr, Georg WolfgangHeadlineThree hand-colored engravings of shellsDate Published[c. 1770] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #99 A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: Wherein are contained, many Useful and Valuable Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry, Collected during a Series of Years, by the Celebrated... AuthorDuhamel du Monceau, [Henri-Louis]HeadlineA Practical Treatise of Husbandry by Duhamel du MonceauPublisherJ. Whiston and B. WhiteDate Published1759 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #100 [Thirty-seven lithograph plates from] Vol. V of Natural History of New York AuthorEmmons, EbeneezerHeadlineWith 34 hand-colored plates of butterflies and insectsPublisherPrinted by C. Van BenthuysenDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #101 Diodon Atinga [with] Blennius Gunellus/Blennius Pholis - two plates from Okonomische Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Auslandischen Fische Heading(Ichthyology)AuthorBloch, Marcus ElieserHeadlineTwo late 18th century ichthyological plates, hand-coloredDate Published[1786-87] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #102 [Twenty hand-colored lithographs from] Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen: Darstellung und Beschreibung der im Arzneibuche für das Deutsche Reich erwähnten Gewächse Heading(Kohl, F.G., artist)AuthorBerg, O.C., K. Schumann, et al.HeadlineTwenty hand-colored botanical lithos by F.G. KohlPublisherVerlag von Arthur FelixDate Published[1890's] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #103 Soma and the Fly-Agaric; Mr. Wasson's Rejoinder to Professor Brough Heading(Mycology)HeadlineSoma and the Fly-AgaricPublisherBotanical Museum of Harvard UniversityDate Published1972 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #104 Twenty-four volumes on mushrooms: medicinal, delectable, and magical—even magickal Heading(Mycology)HeadlineA mycological cornucopiaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #105 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality Heading(Mycology)AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineSoma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, 1st trade editionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #106 Assorted collection of over fifty natural history plates, many hand-colored Heading(Natural History)HeadlineOver fifty natural history plates, many hand-coloredDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #107 Seven miscellaneous hand-colored natural history plates Heading(Natural History)HeadlineSeven hand-colored natural history platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #108 A Group of Auriculas - plate IX from the Temple of Flora AuthorThornton, RobertHeadlineA Group of Auriculas plate from Temple of FloraPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published[c. 1810] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #109 Annalen der Physik Volumes 7 & 10 Heading(Physics)AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineEarly quantum physics articles by Max PlanckPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #132 The Life of Sir Isaac Newton AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's classic biography of Isaac NewtonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #160 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, editorHeadlineThe science & philosophy of Albert EinsteinPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #161 Äther und Relativitäts - Theorie. Rede gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 an der Reichs - Universität zu Leiden AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein speech on Ether & Relativity, 1920PublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #163 Analytical Essay on the Construction of Machines Translated from the French of M.M. Lanz & Bétancourt Heading(Engineering)AuthorLanz, [José María de] and [Agustín de] BétancourtHeadlineWith twelve folding plates and a table of movementsPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1817] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #166 Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics: With the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineLectures on Mechanics, Hydrostatics, etc. 1764PublisherA. MillarDate Published1764 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #171 Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical AuthorGray, HenryHeadlineGray's Anatomy, 1st American EditionPublisherBlanchard and LeaDate Published1859 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #184 Tracts on mathematical and philosophical subjects, comprising among numerous important articles, the theory of bridges, with several plans of recent improvement; also the results of numerous experiments on the force of gunpowder, with applications to the modern practice of artillery AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineHutton's mathematical & philosophical tractsPublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Book of the Pearl AuthorKunz, George Fredrick & Charles Hugh StevensonHeadlineKunz & Stevenson The Book of the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #205 Four title on Mathematics Heading(Mathematics)HeadlineHistory & philosophy of MathematicsDate Publishedvarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #206 One Thousand American Fungi, How to Select and Cook the Edible; How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous AuthorMcIlvaine, CharlesHeadlineOne Thousand American Fungi author's edition 1900PublisherBowen-MerrillDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #207 A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body Accompanied with Descriptions, and Physiological, Pathological, and Surgical Observations. New and Improved Edition with a Supplement Heading(Medical)AuthorLizars, JohnHeadlineWith 111 stunning hand-colored lithographsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #216 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$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #245 The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides, and Timæus of Plato. AuthorTaylor, Thomas, translatorHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Plato, 1793PublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next