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The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber: containing, Great Variety of Choice Secrets in Medicine and Alchymy in the Working of Metallick Mines, and the Separation of Metals
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The Works of the Highly Experienced and Famous Chymist, John Rudolph Glauber: containing, Great Variety of Choice Secrets in Medicine and Alchymy in the Working of Metallick Mines, and the Separation of Metals

  • Heading
    (Alchemy)
  • Author
    Glauber, Johann Rudolf
  • Headline
    The Works of John Rudolph Glauber, 1689
  • Publisher
    Printed by Thomas Milbourne
  • Date Published
    [1689]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, called Paracelsus the Great.
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The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, called Paracelsus the Great.

  • Heading
    (Alchemy)
  • Author
    Paracelsus
  • Headline
    The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus
  • Publisher
    James Elliot and Co.
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$300 - $500
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A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. To which is added a Treatise of Sulphur: Written by Micheel Sandivogius... Also Nine Books of the Nature of Things, written by Paracelsus... Also a Chymicall Dictionary
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A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. To which is added a Treatise of Sulphur: Written by Micheel Sandivogius... Also Nine Books of the Nature of Things, written by Paracelsus... Also a Chymicall Dictionary...

  • Heading
    (Alchemy)
  • Author
    Sendivogius, Michael
  • Headline
    Famous work by Polish alchemist, 1650
  • Publisher
    Printed by Richard Cote for Thomas Williams
  • Date Published
    1650
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
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The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monke of the Order of St. Bennet... To Which is added Two Treatises. The First declaring his Manual Operations. The Second shewing things Natural and Supernatural
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The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monke of the Order of St. Bennet... To Which is added Two Treatises. The First declaring his Manual Operations. The Second shewing things Natural and Supernatural

  • Heading
    (Alchemy)
  • Author
    Valentinus, Basilius
  • Headline
    Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine
  • Publisher
    Printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster
  • Date Published
    1671
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat
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Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat

  • Heading
    (American Inventor)
  • Author
    Burden, Henry
  • Headline
    Proposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boat
  • Date Published
    Dec. 30, 1846
Estimate$400 - $600
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Nineteen Anatomical Illustrations, Framed and Unframed
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Nineteen Anatomical Illustrations, Framed and Unframed

  • Heading
    (Anatomy)
  • Headline
    Lot of 19 Anatomical Illustrations
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$300 - $500
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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...
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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...

  • Author
    Apianus, Petrus
  • Headline
    Apianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574
  • Publisher
    Apud Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni
  • Date Published
    1574
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
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Birds of the Pacific Slope
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Birds of the Pacific Slope

  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Grayson, Andrew Jackson
  • Headline
    The Audubon of the West from Arion Press
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1986
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
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L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots]
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L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots]

  • Heading
    (Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)
  • Author
    Ducrocq, Albert
  • Headline
    Inscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventor
  • Publisher
    Julliard
  • Date Published
    1953
Estimate$300 - $500
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Review of the New York premier of Karel Capek's “Rossum’s Universal Robots” and the first appearance of Isaac Asimov’s “Laws of Robotics”
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Review of the New York premier of Karel Capek's “Rossum’s Universal Robots” and the first appearance of Isaac Asimov’s “Laws of Robotics”

  • Heading
    (Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)
  • Headline
    Two cornerstones of fictional Robotics
Estimate$300 - $500
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Two Robotics classics
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Two Robotics classics

  • Heading
    (Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)
  • Author
    Strehl, Rolf; and Pierre De Latil
  • Headline
    Pioneering European Robotics classics 1950s
  • Date Published
    1952-1957
Estimate$400 - $600
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Biological and Artificial Intelligence, with Supplement
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Biological and Artificial Intelligence, with Supplement

  • Heading
    (Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)
  • Author
    Sweitzer, Dorothy I., compiler.
  • Headline
    First annotated bibliographies of Artificial Intelligence - from NASA
  • Publisher
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Date Published
    1960-1961
Estimate$600 - $900
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[Genethlialogia, or, the doctrine of nativities: containing the whole art of directions, and annual revolutions... also, tables for calculating the planets places for any time, either past, present, or to come; together with the doctrine of horarie questi
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[Genethlialogia, or, the doctrine of nativities: containing the whole art of directions, and annual revolutions... also, tables for calculating the planets places for any time, either past, present, or to come; together with the doctrine of horarie questions...

  • Heading
    (Astrology)
  • Author
    Gadbury, John
  • Headline
    17th century astrology
  • Date Published
    1658-[1661]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
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Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate.
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Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate.

  • Heading
    (Autographs)
  • Author
    Thompson, Henry
  • Headline
    Sir Henry Thompson Signed Letter
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$300 - $500
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An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England.
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An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England.

  • Author
    Bakewell, Robert
  • Headline
    Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Harding
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$500 - $800
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An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England.
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An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England.

  • Author
    Bakewell, Robert
  • Headline
    Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, 2nd edition
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Harding
  • Date Published
    1815
Estimate$300 - $500
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Histologie und mikroskopische Anatomie des Menschen - two editions
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Histologie und mikroskopische Anatomie des Menschen - two editions

  • Author
    Bargmann, Wolfgang
  • Headline
    Inscribed by by Wolfgang Bargmann
  • Publisher
    Georg Thieme
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
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Thomae Bartholini Archiatri Danici Anatome
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Thomae Bartholini Archiatri Danici Anatome

  • Author
    Bartholin, Thomas
  • Headline
    Thomas Bartholin's Anatomy 1677
  • Publisher
    Sumpt. Joan Ant. Huguetan
  • Date Published
    1677
Estimate$600 - $900
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Ophtalmodouleia das ist Augendienst. Neuer und wohlgegründeter Bericht von Ursachen und Erkentnues aller Gebrechen/Schaeden und Maengel der Augen und des Gesichtes
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Ophtalmodouleia das ist Augendienst. Neuer und wohlgegründeter Bericht von Ursachen und Erkentnues aller Gebrechen/Schaeden und Maengel der Augen und des Gesichtes

  • Author
    Bartisch von Königsbrück, Georg
  • Headline
    Ailments of the face 1583 facsimile
  • Publisher
    The Scolar Press
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$300 - $500
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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...
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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...

  • Author
    Bentley, John
  • Headline
    History of Halifax's unique execution device
  • Publisher
    Printed by P. Darey for John Bentley
  • Date Published
    [1761]
Estimate$300 - $500
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Anatomie Generale; appliquée à la physiologie et à la médecine
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Anatomie Generale; appliquée à la physiologie et à la médecine

  • Author
    Bichat, Xavier
  • Headline
    Xavier Bichat's Anantomy 1801
  • Publisher
    Brosson and Gabon
  • Date Published
    1801
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine
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The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine

  • Author
    Boyle, Robert
  • Headline
    Works of Robert Boyle 3 vols.1738
  • Publisher
    W. Innys and R. Manby, and T. Longman
  • Date Published
    1738
Estimate$800 - $1,200
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Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, And Commonly Presumed Truths
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Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, And Commonly Presumed Truths

  • Author
    Browne, Thomas
  • Headline
    Pseudodoxia Epidemica by Thomas Browne 1650
  • Publisher
    Printed by A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins
  • Date Published
    1650
Estimate$500 - $800
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Méthodes Gazométriques
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Méthodes Gazométriques

  • Author
    Bunsen, Robert
  • Headline
    Robert Bunsen on gas-analytical methods
  • Publisher
    Librairie de Victor Masson
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War
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The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War

  • Author
    Caesar, Caius Julius
  • Headline
    Caesar's Commentaries with 85 superb copperplates
  • Publisher
    J. & R. Tonson, et al.
  • Date Published
    1753
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$7,500
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The Laws of Contrast of Colour: And Their Application to the Arts
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The Laws of Contrast of Colour: And Their Application to the Arts

  • Author
    Chevreul, Michel Eugène
  • Headline
    A classic work on color theory, 1857
  • Publisher
    G. Routledge & Co.
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$300 - $500
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Leçons Elémentaires sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. [with] Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique.
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Leçons Elémentaires sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. [with] Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique.

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Chenu, Jean Charles
  • Headline
    With thousands of illustrations of Mollusca
  • Date Published
    1847-1862
Estimate$400 - $600
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L'Histoire Naturelle Éclaircie dans Deux de ses Parties Principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont l'une Traite des Pierres et l'autres des Coquillages...
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L'Histoire Naturelle Éclaircie dans Deux de ses Parties Principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont l'une Traite des Pierres et l'autres des Coquillages...

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    [Dezalllier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph]
  • Headline
    With 32 copper-engraved plates of Mollusca
  • Publisher
    Mauclerc du Bouchet
  • Date Published
    1762
Estimate$500 - $800
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A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells.
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A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells.

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Forbes, Edward & Sylvanus Hanley
  • Headline
    With 64 lithographic plates of Mollusca
  • Publisher
    John Van Voorst
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$400 - $600
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Four works of Conchology
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Four works of Conchology

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Headline
    With numerous lithograph plates of Mollusks
  • Date Published
    c. 1830s-1880s
Estimate$400 - $600
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Prodrome de Malacologie Française. Catalogue General des Mollusques Vivants de France - Mollusques Marins
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Prodrome de Malacologie Française. Catalogue General des Mollusques Vivants de France - Mollusques Marins

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Locard, Arnould
  • Headline
    Catalogue of French Mollusks, 1886
  • Publisher
    Librairie Henri Georg & J.-B. Bailliere
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$300 - $500
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Illustrated Index of British Shells.
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Illustrated Index of British Shells.

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Sowerby, George Brettingham
  • Headline
    Profusely illustrated w/ hand-colored plates
  • Publisher
    Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. and the Author
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$300 - $500
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Three volumes of British Conchology
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Three volumes of British Conchology

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Headline
    Three volumes of British Conchology
  • Date Published
    1854-1866
Estimate$300 - $500
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Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to the Linnean System; With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found.
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Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to the Linnean System; With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found.

  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Wood, W.
  • Headline
    Profusely illustrated w/ hand-colored plates
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Wood.
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$400 - $600
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First Lines of the Practice of Physic, in Four Volumes
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First Lines of the Practice of Physic, in Four Volumes

  • Author
    Cullen, William
  • Headline
    4 Vol Medical Treatise from the Scottish Enlightenment
  • Publisher
    C. Elliot and C. Elliot, T. Kay, & Co.
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$500 - $800
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The Life Of Sir William Osler
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The Life Of Sir William Osler

  • Author
    Cushing, Harvey
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Harvy Cushing
  • Publisher
    Clarendon Press
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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A New System of Chemical Philosophy. Parts I and II in One Volume.
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A New System of Chemical Philosophy. Parts I and II in One Volume.

  • Author
    Dalton, John
  • Headline
    Dalton's Atomic Theory
  • Publisher
    R. Bickerstaff
  • Date Published
    1808[-1810]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands
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Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands

  • Author
    Dana, James
  • Headline
    Note Signed by Leading American Geologist of the 19th century
  • Date Published
    April 4, 1890
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years 1832-1836
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The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years 1832-1836

  • Author
    Darwin, Charles, editor
  • Headline
    Facsimile limited edition, one of 750 copies
  • Publisher
    Nova Pacifica
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$500 - $800
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A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos; With Remarks on Their Origin, Their Chemical Phaemonmena, and the Character of Their Products
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A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos; With Remarks on Their Origin, Their Chemical Phaemonmena, and the Character of Their Products

  • Author
    Daubeny, Charles
  • Headline
    Daubeny- Description of Active & Extinct Volcanos
  • Publisher
    W. Phillips
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$800 - $1,200
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The History Of The Great Plague In London, In The Year 1665, Containing Observations And Memorials Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences, Both Public And Private, That Happened During That Dreadful period. By A Citizen Who Lived The Whole Time In London
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The History Of The Great Plague In London, In The Year 1665, Containing Observations And Memorials Of The Most Remarkable Occurrences, Both Public And Private, That Happened During That Dreadful period. By A Citizen Who Lived The Whole Time In London

  • Author
    Defoe, Daniel
  • Headline
    Defoe's history of the London Plague
  • Publisher
    Printed By H. Teape
  • Date Published
    1819
Estimate$300 - $500
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Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Series - seven roll-down anatomy charts with original frame
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Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Series - seven roll-down anatomy charts with original frame

  • Heading
    (Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Series - Anatomical Charts)
  • Author
    Larivière, P.M.,M. Röhl, and R. Beckmann, artists
  • Headline
    Seven large-scale anatomical charts with frame
  • Publisher
    Denoyer-Geppert
  • Date Published
    c. 1948-1949
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
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Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation.
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Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation.

  • Author
    Derham, W.
  • Headline
    Two Editions of Physico-Theology by W. Derham
  • Date Published
    1758, 1798
Estimate$300 - $500
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Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici
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Physica Vetus Et Vera: Sive Tractatus De Naturali Veritate Hexaemeri Mosaici

  • Author
    Dickinson, Edmund
  • Headline
    The Syncratic beliefs of Edmund Dickinson, 1702
  • Publisher
    Henri Ribotteau
  • Date Published
    1702
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Herbarum Imagines Vivae
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Herbarum Imagines Vivae

  • Author
    Egenolff, Christian
  • Headline
    Facsimile of herbal illustrations from 1535
  • Publisher
    [Editions Medicina Rara]
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$300 - $500
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[Theory of Relativity in Russian]
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[Theory of Relativity in Russian]

  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    [Theory of Relativity in Russian]
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$500 - $800
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Des Maladies Mentales Considérées Sous les Rapports Médical, Hygiénique et Médico-légal
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Des Maladies Mentales Considérées Sous les Rapports Médical, Hygiénique et Médico-légal

  • Author
    Esquirol, E.
  • Headline
    1838 study of mental illness w/illustrations
  • Publisher
    Bailliere
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Studies in Physiological Optics December 1928 to October 1934
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Studies in Physiological Optics December 1928 to October 1934

  • Author
    Ferree, C. E., editor
  • Headline
    Studies in Physiological Optics 1934
  • Publisher
    [Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute]
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$300 - $500
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Printed leaf from Galen Ascripti Libri Qui Variam Artis Medicae framed with facsimile title page.
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Printed leaf from Galen Ascripti Libri Qui Variam Artis Medicae framed with facsimile title page.

  • Author
    Galen [Claudius Galenus]
  • Headline
    Framed w/ facsimile title page
  • Publisher
    Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium
  • Date Published
    [c. 1515]
Estimate$300 - $500
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Pathologie de M. Gaubius, Traduite du latin en francois, par M. Sue le jeune, Maitre en Chirurgie, Chirurgien ordinaire de l'Hotel-de-Ville, Adjoint au Comite perpetuel de l'Academie Royale de Chirurgie, & Prosesseur-Demonstrateur...
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Pathologie de M. Gaubius, Traduite du latin en francois, par M. Sue le jeune, Maitre en Chirurgie, Chirurgien ordinaire de l'Hotel-de-Ville, Adjoint au Comite perpetuel de l'Academie Royale de Chirurgie, & Prosesseur-Demonstrateur...

  • Author
    Gaubius, Hieronymus David
  • Headline
    Gaubius' textbook on Pathology in French
  • Publisher
    Chez Vincent, Imprimeur-Libraire
  • Date Published
    [1770]
Estimate$300 - $500
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Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807. Volume the First.
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Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807. Volume the First.

  • Heading
    (Geological Society of London)
  • Headline
    Transactions of the Geological Society Vol. I
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Society by William Phillips
  • Date Published
    1811
Estimate$500 - $800
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Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical, and Scenographical....
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Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical, and Scenographical....

  • Heading
    (Geology)
  • Author
    Various authors
  • Headline
    Geological report on Vermont w/ maps
  • Publisher
    Albert D. Hager
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing a More Accurate and Interesting Account of the Religion, Government, Military Establishment, Manners, Customs, and Amusements, of the Turks...
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The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing a More Accurate and Interesting Account of the Religion, Government, Military Establishment, Manners, Customs, and Amusements, of the Turks...

  • Author
    Habesci, Elias
  • Headline
    With accounts of plague in the Ottoman Empire
  • Publisher
    Printed for R. Baldwin
  • Date Published
    [1784]
Estimate$500 - $800
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Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables
117

Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables

  • Author
    Hales, Stephen
  • Headline
    Stephen Hales 2 vol on Vegetable Staticks and Haemastatics
  • Publisher
    W. Innys and R. Manby
  • Date Published
    1738, 1740
Estimate$500 - $800
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First Lines of Physiology
118

First Lines of Physiology

  • Author
    Haller, Albrecht von
  • Headline
    1st American Ed - First Lines in Physiology
  • Publisher
    Obadiah Penniman & Co
  • Date Published
    1803
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Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: In Four Parts: I. Economical Geology. II. Scenographical Geology. II. Scientific Geology. IV. Elementary Geology
124

Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: In Four Parts: I. Economical Geology. II. Scenographical Geology. II. Scientific Geology. IV. Elementary Geology

  • Author
    Hitchcock, Edward
  • Headline
    Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts
  • Publisher
    J.S. & C. Adams
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$300 - $500
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Examen de Ingenios: or, the Tryal of Wits. Discovering the great Difference of Wits among Men, and what Sort of Learning suits best with each Genius.
127

Examen de Ingenios: or, the Tryal of Wits. Discovering the great Difference of Wits among Men, and what Sort of Learning suits best with each Genius.

  • Author
    Huartes, Juan
  • Headline
    Explaining the mind through the Humors, 1698
  • Publisher
    Richard Sare
  • Date Published
    [1698]
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Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania.
133

Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania.

  • Author
    Johnston, Robert Mackenzie
  • Headline
    Illustrated Account of the Geology of Tasmania
  • Publisher
    Published by the Authority of the Government
  • Date Published
    1888
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Essays on Physiognomy; For the Promotion and the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
138

Essays on Physiognomy; For the Promotion and the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind

  • Author
    Lavater, John Caspar
  • Headline
    400 physiognomy engravings 1804
  • Publisher
    Symonds and Walker
  • Date Published
    1804
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's vermischte Schriften nach dessen tode aus den hinterlassenen papieren gesammelt und herausgegeben von Ludwig Christian Lichtenberg und Friedrich Kries...
140

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's vermischte Schriften nach dessen tode aus den hinterlassenen papieren gesammelt und herausgegeben von Ludwig Christian Lichtenberg und Friedrich Kries...

  • Author
    Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
  • Headline
    Lichtenberg's writings on science & more 1800-06
  • Publisher
    J.C. Dieterich, etc.
  • Date Published
    1800-1806
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Animal Chemistry, or Organic Chemistry in its Applications to Physiology and Pathology
141

Animal Chemistry, or Organic Chemistry in its Applications to Physiology and Pathology

  • Author
    Liebig, Justus
  • Headline
    Liebig's Foundational Work on Organic Chemistry
  • Publisher
    Taylor and Walton
  • Date Published
    1842
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Note Signed by Joseph Lister
142

Note Signed by Joseph Lister

  • Author
    Lister, Joseph
  • Headline
    Joseph Lister Autograph
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    1897
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Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph
143

Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph

  • Author
    Lister, Joseph
  • Headline
    Joseph Lister Photo and Autograph
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    1903
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Zacuti Lusitani Medici, et Philosophi praestanssimi. De medicorum principum historia...
146

Zacuti Lusitani Medici, et Philosophi praestanssimi. De medicorum principum historia...

  • Author
    Luisitannis, Zacutus
  • Headline
    Zacutus Lusitanus 1638
  • Publisher
    Sumpt. Henr. Laurentii
  • Date Published
    1638
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The Science and Art of Midwifery
147

The Science and Art of Midwifery

  • Author
    Lusk, William Thompson
  • Headline
    Midwifery profusely illustrated 1883
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Co.
  • Date Published
    1883
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The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, With Remarks on Theories of The Original of Species by Variation.
148

The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, With Remarks on Theories of The Original of Species by Variation.

  • Author
    Lyell, Charles
  • Headline
    Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man
  • Publisher
    George W. Childs
  • Date Published
    1863
Estimate$300 - $500
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A Geological Classification of Rocks, with Descriptive Synopses of the Species and Varieties, Comprising the Elements of Practical Geology.
149

A Geological Classification of Rocks, with Descriptive Synopses of the Species and Varieties, Comprising the Elements of Practical Geology.

  • Author
    MacCulloch, John
  • Headline
    MacCulloch's Geological Classification of Rocks
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
  • Date Published
    1821
Estimate$500 - $800
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Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains.
151

Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains.

  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    Early geological travel guide by Mantell
  • Publisher
    Henry G. Bohn
  • Date Published
    [1847]
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Geology of the South-East of England
152

The Geology of the South-East of England

  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    Geology of South-East of England w/ color map
  • Publisher
    Longman, Bees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman
  • Date Published
    1833
Estimate$500 - $800
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Thoughts on a Pebble; or a First Lesson in Geology.
153

Thoughts on a Pebble; or a First Lesson in Geology.

  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    A First Lesson in Geology from Gideon Mantell
  • Publisher
    Relfe and Fletcher
  • Date Published
    1842
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Wonders of Geology
154

The Wonders of Geology

  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    With six color lithographed plates
  • Publisher
    Relfe and Fletcher
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$300 - $500
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Conversations on Chemistry; in which the elements of that science are illustrated by experiments
155

Conversations on Chemistry; in which the elements of that science are illustrated by experiments

  • Author
    [Marcet, Jane]
  • Headline
    Chemistry explained in early 19th century
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
  • Date Published
    1809
Estimate$300 - $500
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Mémoires de Mathématique, Et De Physique, Rédigés à l'Observatoire de Marseille. Année 1756.
157

Mémoires de Mathématique, Et De Physique, Rédigés à l'Observatoire de Marseille. Année 1756.

  • Heading
    (Mathematics)
  • Headline
    Dissertations in Mathematics and Physics, 1756
  • Publisher
    Girard, Impr. & Libraire
  • Date Published
    1756
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Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America.
158

Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America.

  • Heading
    (Mathematics)
  • Author
    Pike, Nicolas
  • Headline
    Letter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in America
  • Date Published
    Jan. 1, 1788
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Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists
160

Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists

  • Heading
    (Medicine and Zoology)
  • Headline
    Twenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & Zoologists
  • Date Published
    Early 19th century?
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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
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

  • Heading
    (Medicine)
  • Headline
    London Practice of Physic 1785
  • Publisher
    Printed for G.G. J. and G. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1785
Estimate$300 - $500
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Oeuvres de Médecine
162

Oeuvres de Médecine

  • Author
    Mettrie, Julien Offray de la
  • Headline
    French Materialist la Mettrie on Vertigo, Dysentery, Venereal Disease
  • Publisher
    Fromery et Fils
  • Date Published
    1755
Estimate$500 - $800
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy. Illustrated with copper plates
170

An Introduction to Natural Philosophy. Illustrated with copper plates

  • Author
    Nicholson, William
  • Headline
    Nicholson's Natural Philosophy 1782 two volumes
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Johnson
  • Date Published
    1782
Estimate$500 - $800
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Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts.
171

Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts.

  • Author
    Nicholson, William
  • Headline
    Unique selecrtion of works by William Nicholson
  • Date Published
    c. 1806
Estimate$500 - $800
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Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget
173

Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget

  • Author
    Paget, James
  • Headline
    Signed letter and portrait of James Paget
  • Date Published
    1877
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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
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

  • Author
    Parkinson, James
  • Headline
    Hand-colored plates of fossils 3 vols.
  • Publisher
    Nattali
  • Date Published
    1833
Estimate$300 - $500
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Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris
176

Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris

  • Heading
    (Pasteur, Louis)
  • Author
    Petit, Pierre, photographer
  • Headline
    Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris
  • Publisher
    Pierre Petit
  • Date Published
    1895
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Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris
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Photograph of Louis Pasteur in Paris

  • Heading
    (Pasteur, Louis)
  • Headline
    Photograph of Louis Pasteur
  • Publisher
    J. Peterson & Son
  • Date Published
    no date
Estimate$300 - $500
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Études sur le Vin: Ses Maladies Causes qui les Provoquent Procedes Nouveaux pour le Conserver et pour le Vieillir
178

Études sur le Vin: Ses Maladies Causes qui les Provoquent Procedes Nouveaux pour le Conserver et pour le Vieillir

  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    Pasteur's Seminal Work on Fermentation in Wine
  • Publisher
    L'Imprimerie Imperiale
  • Date Published
    1866
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Studies on Fermentation, the Diseases of Beer, their Causes and the Means of Preventing them.
179

Studies on Fermentation, the Diseases of Beer, their Causes and the Means of Preventing them.

  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    The Diseases of Beer and how to Prevent them
  • Publisher
    Macmillan & Co.
  • Date Published
    1879
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The Silent Friend, A Medical Work on Human Frailty, Onanisn and its Dreadful Consequences and on Venereal and Syphilitic Disease
180

The Silent Friend, A Medical Work on Human Frailty, Onanisn and its Dreadful Consequences and on Venereal and Syphilitic Disease

  • Author
    Perry, R. and L. & Co.
  • Headline
    With 5 color plates of disease symptoms
  • Publisher
    Published by R. and L. Perry & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1840]
Estimate$300 - $500
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La Chiromance, la Physionome, et la Geomance, avec la Signification des Nombres et l'Usage de la Roue de Pytagores
181

La Chiromance, la Physionome, et la Geomance, avec la Signification des Nombres et l'Usage de la Roue de Pytagores

  • Author
    Peruchio, sieur de
  • Headline
    French Text on Chiromancy, Physiognomy, & Geomancy
  • Publisher
    Guillaume de Luyne
  • Date Published
    1663
Estimate$500 - $800
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A Treatise of the Plague
184

A Treatise of the Plague

  • Author
    A Physician in York
  • Headline
    1721 Treatise on the Plague
  • Publisher
    J. Osborn
  • Date Published
    1721
Estimate$500 - $800
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Epistle of Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, to Sygerus of Foncaucourt, Soldier, concerning the Magnet
185

Epistle of Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, to Sygerus of Foncaucourt, Soldier, concerning the Magnet

  • Heading
    (Physics)
  • Author
    Petrus Peregrinus
  • Headline
    Early work on the magnet, finely printed 1/240
  • Publisher
    Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$400 - $600
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Two 19th century works on physics
186

Two 19th century works on physics

  • Heading
    (Physics)
  • Headline
    Physics in 1st half of 19th century
  • Date Published
    1834 & 1841
Estimate$300 - $500
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Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century
193

Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century

  • Heading
    (Psychiatry - Insanity)
  • Headline
    2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanity
  • Date Published
    1876-1892
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China
194

Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China

  • Heading
    (Psychology)
  • Author
    Fromm, Erich
  • Headline
    Noted psychologist advocates UN recognition of China
  • Date Published
    April 18, 1963
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Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans
197

Essai sur les Maladies des Artisans

  • Author
    Ramazzini, Bernardino
  • Headline
    On Diseases of Craftsmen 1777
  • Publisher
    Moutard
  • Date Published
    1777
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The Geology of the Island of Arran, From Original Survey.
198

The Geology of the Island of Arran, From Original Survey.

  • Author
    Ramsay, Andrew Crombie
  • Headline
    Presentation copy of Tour in Arran w/ color map
  • Publisher
    Richard Griffin & Company
  • Date Published
    [1841]
Estimate$300 - $500
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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.
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.

  • Author
    Riverius, Lazarus, Nicholas Culpeper, and Abdiah Cole
  • Headline
    1658 Practice of Physick
  • Publisher
    Peter Cole
  • Date Published
    1658
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Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate.
203

Printed leaf from 'Vollatandige und Nutzreiche Apotheke' framed with facsimile title page and plate.

  • Author
    Schröder, Johann; Friedrich Hoffman; George Daniel Koschwitz
  • Headline
    Framed w/ facsimiles of title page and woodcut
  • Publisher
    J. Hoffmans
  • Date Published
    1693
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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 Th
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

  • Author
    Scrope, G. Poulett
  • Headline
    Considerations on Volcanos, Sen. Rensselaer's copy
  • Publisher
    W. Phillips
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$800 - $1,200
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Four imprints on Space-Suit requirements
211

Four imprints on Space-Suit requirements

  • Heading
    (Space Flight)
  • Headline
    Space Suits from imagination to reality
  • Date Published
    1950-1967
Estimate$300 - $500
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Three imprints on World War II Rocketry
215

Three imprints on World War II Rocketry

  • Heading
    (Space Flight)
  • Headline
    World War II rocketry development
  • Date Published
    1946-1948
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Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind, or Insanity.
216

Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind, or Insanity.

  • Author
    Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar
  • Headline
    Deranged Manifestations of the Mind 1833
  • Publisher
    Marsh, Capen & Lyon
  • Date Published
    1833
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