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Previous|1|Next Lot #11 The Poems of John Keats [with] Of Truth, Beautye, and Goodnesse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Printing)AuthorKeats, John; Francis BaconHeadlineTwo fine press worksPublisherPrivately Printed; Swan PressDate Published1904 ; 1926 Lot #16 The Discourses and Manual of Epictetus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorEpictetusHeadlineSigned by illustrator Hans ErniPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1966 Lot #23 The Trial and Death of Socrates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPlatoHeadlineSigned by Hans Erni and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #43 Cross and Crucible: Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654) Phoenix of the Theologians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)AuthorMontgomery, John WarwickHeadlineIllustrated biography of Rosicrucian founderPublisherMartinus NijhoffDate Published1973 Lot #44 Seven works on Alchemy and Hermetics, in French, bound together View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alchemy & the Occult)HeadlineFrench alchemy & hermeticsDate PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorScholem, Gerschom, translatorHeadlineGerman translation of the Sefer Ha-TamarPublisherUniversity of JerusalemDate Published1927 Lot #53 Echoes from the Gnosis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMead, G.R.S.Headline4 vols. on Gnosticism from G.R.S. MeadPublisherThe Theosophical Publishing SocietyDate Published1907-1908 Lot #54 Collection of lectures in German by Rudolf Steiner - 1907-1922 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Occult - Rudolf Steiner)AuthorSteiner, RudolfHeadlineLectures in German by Rudolf Steiner 1900-1920PublisherPrinted privately by the Anthroposophical SocietyDate Publishedca. 1900-1932 Lot #59 Friedrich Nietzsche: The Dionysian Spirit of the Age [with] Nietzsche in Outline and Aphorism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorOrage, A.R.HeadlineFirst two books by A.R. OragePublisherT.N. Foulis; A.C. McClurgDate Published1906; 1910 Lot #64 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species in prize bindingPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1897 Lot #109 Annalen der Physik Volumes 7 & 10 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Physics)AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineEarly quantum physics articles by Max PlanckPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1902-1903 Lot #111 Opera / Works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineBekker's definitive edition of AristotlePublisherOxford University PressDate Published1831-70 Lot #132 The Life of Sir Isaac Newton View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's classic biography of Isaac NewtonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published[1831] Lot #160 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorSchilpp, Paul Arthur, editorHeadlineThe science & philosophy of Albert EinsteinPublisherThe Library of Living Philosophers, Inc.Date Published1949 Lot #161 Äther und Relativitäts - Theorie. Rede gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 an der Reichs - Universität zu Leiden View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein speech on Ether & Relativity, 1920PublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1920 Lot #163 Analytical Essay on the Construction of Machines Translated from the French of M.M. Lanz & Bétancourt View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Engineering)AuthorLanz, [José María de] and [Agustín de] BétancourtHeadlineWith twelve folding plates and a table of movementsPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1817] 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineLectures on Mechanics, Hydrostatics, etc. 1764PublisherA. MillarDate Published1764 Lot #171 Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorGray, HenryHeadlineGray's Anatomy, 1st American EditionPublisherBlanchard and LeaDate Published1859 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHutton, CharlesHeadlineHutton's mathematical & philosophical tractsPublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1812 Lot #187 Two Works on Indian art & culture View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Indian Art)AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda K.HeadlineCoomaraswamy on India, 1st editions, 1 signedPublisherVariousDate Published1917-1918 Lot #205 Four title on Mathematics View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Mathematics)HeadlineHistory & philosophy of MathematicsDate Publishedvarious dates 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorLizars, JohnHeadlineWith 111 stunning hand-colored lithographsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1857 Lot #208 Meng Tseu vel Mencium inter Sinenses philosophos, ingenio, doctrina, nominisque claritate Confucio proximum, edidit, Latina interpretatione, ad interpretationem Tartaricam utramque recensita, instruixit, et perpetuo commentario, e Sinicis deprompto, illustravit Stanislaus Julien View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMenciusHeadlineThe works of Meng Ke, 1st Latin editionPublisher[Societatis Asiaticae et Comitis de Lasteyrie-impensis]Date Published[1824] 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... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Principia in English, Vol. I, 1729PublisherPrinted for Benjamin MotteDate Published1729 Lot #221 The Greater Hippias: A Dialogue of Plato Concerning The Beautifull View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineSydenham's Plato, Greater HippiasPublisherH. WoodfallDate Published1759 Lot #222 The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorPlatoHeadlineThe Platonic Dialogues in 3 volumesPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1860 Lot #243 Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Taoism)AuthorGiles, Herbert A., translatorHeadlineFirst printing of Chuang Tzu in EnglishPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1889 Lot #244 The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Taylor, Thomas, translator)AuthorAristotleHeadlineThomas Taylor's Aristotle first edition 1/50PublisherPrinted for the translator by Robert WilksDate Published1811 Lot #245 The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides, and Timæus of Plato. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTaylor, Thomas, translatorHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Plato, 1793PublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next