Sale 748: Rare Books with Science, Medicine & Natural History (#748) 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/18/2021 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 1-10 of 79. Previous|12345678|Next Lot #1 Descrittione di tvtta Italia AuthorAlberti, LeandroHeadlineLeandro Alberti's descritions of Italy 1557PublisherPer Domenico de' FarrDate Published1557 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #7 Traité Général des Horloges AuthorAllexandre, JacquesHeadlineart of time-pieces 27 folding platesPublisherHippolyte-Louis GuerinDate Published1734 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat Heading(American Inventor)AuthorBurden, HenryHeadlineProposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boatDate PublishedDec. 30, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #9 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours AuthorAmmianus MarcellinusHeadlineThe first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #11 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #14 L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots] Heading(Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)AuthorDucrocq, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventorPublisherJulliardDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript Guest Book for the Castello Bar in Mondsee, Austria, with hundreds of autographs of actors, authors, musicians, singers, dancers, race car drivers, and others Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #21 Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate. Heading(Autographs)AuthorThompson, HenryHeadlineSir Henry Thompson Signed LetterPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #28 Halifax, and its Gibber-Law Placed in a true Light. With a Description of the Town...with an Account of the Gentry...with Many other Matters and Things of great Remark... AuthorBentley, JohnHeadlineHistory of Halifax's unique execution devicePublisherPrinted by P. Darey for John BentleyDate Published[1761] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 A Voyage to the South-Seas in the Years 1740-1. Containing, a faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the WAGER on a desolate island... AuthorBulkeley, John & John CumminsHeadlineVoyage to the South-Seas in the Years 1740-1PublisherJacob RobinsonDate Published1743 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678|Next Previous 12345678 Next Previous 12345678 Next