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View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineA First Lesson in Geology from Gideon MantellPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1842 Lot #154 The Wonders of Geology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineWith six color lithographed platesPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1839 Lot #155 Conversations on Chemistry; in which the elements of that science are illustrated by experiments View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Author[Marcet, Jane]HeadlineChemistry explained in early 19th centuryPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1809 Lot #157 Mémoires de Mathématique, Et De Physique, Rédigés à l'Observatoire de Marseille. Année 1756. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)HeadlineDissertations in Mathematics and Physics, 1756PublisherGirard, Impr. & LibraireDate Published1756 Lot #158 Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mathematics)AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineLetter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in AmericaDate PublishedJan. 1, 1788 Lot #160 Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Medicine and Zoology)HeadlineTwenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & ZoologistsDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #161 The London Practice of Physic: Wherein the definition and symptoms of diseases, with the present method of cure, are clearly laid down. With proper tables, exhibiting the doses of medicines, and the Quantity of Purgatives, Opiates, and Mercurials, in the Compositions of the London Dispensatory; and complete index of the diseases. The whole calculated for the General Use of Young Practitioners View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Medicine)HeadlineLondon Practice of Physic 1785PublisherPrinted for G.G. J. and G. RobinsonDate Published1785 Lot #162 Oeuvres de Médecine View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMettrie, Julien Offray de laHeadlineFrench Materialist la Mettrie on Vertigo, Dysentery, Venereal DiseasePublisherFromery et FilsDate Published1755 Lot #164 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 Lot #166 Crime Against Children: An Aspect of Sexual Criminology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMorland, NigelHeadlineCrime Against Children 1939 scarcePublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published[1939] Lot #170 An Introduction to Natural Philosophy. Illustrated with copper plates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineNicholson's Natural Philosophy 1782 two volumesPublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1782 Lot #171 Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineUnique selecrtion of works by William NicholsonDate Publishedc. 1806 Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 Lot #175 Organic Remains of a Former World. An Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World, Generally termed Extraneous Fossils View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorParkinson, JamesHeadlineHand-colored plates of fossils 3 vols.PublisherNattaliDate Published1833 Lot #176 Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pasteur, Louis)AuthorPetit, Pierre, photographerHeadlinePhotograph of Louis Pasteur in ParisPublisherPierre PetitDate Published1895 Lot #177 Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pasteur, Louis)HeadlinePhotograph of Louis PasteurPublisherJ. Peterson & SonDate Publishedno date Lot #178 Études sur le Vin: Ses Maladies Causes qui les Provoquent Procedes Nouveaux pour le Conserver et pour le Vieillir View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlinePasteur's Seminal Work on Fermentation in WinePublisherL'Imprimerie ImperialeDate Published1866 Lot #179 Studies on Fermentation, the Diseases of Beer, their Causes and the Means of Preventing them. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPasteur, LouisHeadlineThe Diseases of Beer and how to Prevent themPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1879 Lot #180 The Silent Friend, A Medical Work on Human Frailty, Onanisn and its Dreadful Consequences and on Venereal and Syphilitic Disease View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPerry, R. and L. & Co.HeadlineWith 5 color plates of disease symptomsPublisherPublished by R. and L. Perry & Co.Date Published[c.1840] Lot #181 La Chiromance, la Physionome, et la Geomance, avec la Signification des Nombres et l'Usage de la Roue de Pytagores View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPeruchio, sieur deHeadlineFrench Text on Chiromancy, Physiognomy, & GeomancyPublisherGuillaume de LuyneDate Published1663 Lot #184 A Treatise of the Plague View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorA Physician in YorkHeadline1721 Treatise on the PlaguePublisherJ. OsbornDate Published1721 Lot #185 Epistle of Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, to Sygerus of Foncaucourt, Soldier, concerning the Magnet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Physics)AuthorPetrus PeregrinusHeadlineEarly work on the magnet, finely printed 1/240PublisherCharles Whittingham at the Chiswick PressDate Published1902 Lot #186 Two 19th century works on physics View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Physics)HeadlinePhysics in 1st half of 19th centuryDate Published1834 & 1841 Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History with rare variant title pagePublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1635-1634 Lot #189 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romains, Compared together by that grave learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea: Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amiot... and out of French into English, By Sir Thomas North Knight View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe first complete version of Plutarch in EnglishPublisherPrinted by George Miller...sold by Robert AllottDate Published1631 Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 Lot #197 Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRamazzini, BernardinoHeadlineOn Diseases of Craftsmen 1777PublisherMoutardDate Published1777 Lot #198 The Geology of the Island of Arran, From Original Survey. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRamsay, Andrew CrombieHeadlinePresentation copy of Tour in Arran w/ color mapPublisherRichard Griffin & CompanyDate Published[1841] Lot #199 The Practice of Physick in Two Volums, Very much Enlarged. Wherein is plainly set forth, The Nature, Cause, Differences, and Several Sorts of Signs: Together with the Cure of all Diseases in the Body of Man. In Twenty and Four Books. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorRiverius, Lazarus, Nicholas Culpeper, and Abdiah ColeHeadline1658 Practice of PhysickPublisherPeter ColeDate Published1658 Lot #201 Mycenæ; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineSchliemann in Mycenae, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1878 Lot #202 Tiryns: The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The Results of the Latest Excavations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlineScliemann at Tiryns, first American editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1885 Lot #203 Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSchröder, Johann; Friedrich Hoffman; George Daniel KoschwitzHeadlineFramed w/ facsimiles of title page and woodcutPublisherJ. HoffmansDate Published1693 Lot #204 Considerations on Volcanos, the Probable Causes of Their Phenomena, the Laws Which Determine Their March, the Disposition of Their Products, and Their Connexion with the Present State and Past History of the Globe; Leading to the Establishment of a New Theory of the Earth View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorScrope, G. PoulettHeadlineConsiderations on Volcanos, Sen. Rensselaer's copyPublisherW. PhillipsDate Published1825 Lot #209 Antiquities of Westminster: The Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (Now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing 246 Engravings of Topographical Objects, of Which 122 No Longer Remain. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSmith, John ThomasHeadline1st lithograph used to illustrate a book 1807PublisherPrinted By T. Bensley, for J. T. SmithDate Published1807 Lot #211 Four imprints on Space-Suit requirements View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Space Flight)HeadlineSpace Suits from imagination to realityDate Published1950-1967 Lot #215 Three imprints on World War II Rocketry View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Space Flight)HeadlineWorld War II rocketry developmentDate Published1946-1948 Lot #216 Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind, or Insanity. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSpurzheim, Johann GasparHeadlineDeranged Manifestations of the Mind 1833PublisherMarsh, Capen & LyonDate Published1833 Lot #217 History of Philosophy: Containing the Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect. Illustrated with the Effigies of divers of Them View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorStanley, ThomasHeadlineStanley's History of Philosophy, 1687PublisherPrinted for Thomas Bassett, et al.Date Published1687 Lot #220 The Entire Works of Dr Thomas Sydenham, Newly made English from the Originals: Wherein the History of Acute and Chronic Diseases, and the Safest and most Effectual Methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delivered. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSydenham, ThomasHeadlineMedical Works of Thomas SydenhamPublisherEdward CaveDate Published1749 Lot #221 The Journal of Symbolic Logic View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Symbolic Logic, Journal of)AuthorChurch, Alonzo, et al., editorsHeadline75 years of the Journal of Symbolic LogicPublisherThe Association of Symbolic LogicDate Published1936-2010 Lot #222 The History of the French Revolution View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorThiers, M.A.HeadlineA History of the French Revolution in Five VolumesPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #223 The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicolls citezeine and goldesmyth of London View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorThucydidesHeadlineFirst edition in English of Thucydides, 1550Publisher[William Tylle]Date Published1550 Lot #224 The Theory of the Relativity of Motion View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTolman, Richard C.HeadlineSigned by Nobel laureate Edwin McMillanPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1917 Lot #226 A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's; in Which the Principles of the Science are Investigated Anew, and its Applications to the Phenomena of Nature, Medicine, Mineralogy, Agriculture, and Manufactures, Detailed. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorUre, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Ure's updated Dictionary of ChemistryPublisherPrinted for Thomas & George Underwood et al.Date Published1821. Lot #227 The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God, Eight Authors in Twelve Volumes. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBridgewater Treatises - Science and TheologyPublisherWilliam PickeringDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #228 On Dreams View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne On Dreams, 1/21 copies on vellumPublisherPublished by Alexander Moring Limited, the De La More PressDate Published[1920] Lot #230 Two Anatomical Plates from Vesalius's De Humani Corporis View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorVesalius, AndreasHeadlineAnatomical Plates from VesaliusDate PublishedNo date Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century Lot #235 Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWeismann, AugustHeadlineEssays Upon Heredity & Kindred Biological ProblemPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1889 Lot #237 Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWhewell, WilliamHeadlineTheological perspectives on Astronomy & PhysicsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 Lot #238 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's Geological Survey of CaliforniaPublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next