Sale 748: Rare Books with Science, Medicine & Natural History (#748) 11/18/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed

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6
  • 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
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
12
  • 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
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
19
  • Author
    Audubon, John James
  • Headline
    First octavo edition of Audubon's masterpiece
  • Publisher
    J.J. Audubon, E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon, and J.B. Chevalier
  • Date Published
    1840-1844
Estimate$60,000 - $90,000
Sold for$37,500
StatusSold
22
  • Author
    Bakewell, Robert
  • Headline
    Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Harding
  • Date Published
    1813
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
23
  • Author
    Bakewell, Robert
  • Headline
    Bakewell's Introduction to Geology, 2nd edition
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Harding
  • Date Published
    1815
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
33
  • Heading
    (Botanical - Gardening)
  • Author
    Harrison, Joseph
  • Headline
    Includes William Cox's copy, eminent gardener
  • Publisher
    Whittaker and Co.
  • Date Published
    1837; 1842
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
34
  • Heading
    (Botanical)
  • Author
    Comstock, J.L., editor
  • Headline
    With color litho plates, some hand-colored
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
35
  • Heading
    (Botanical)
  • Author
    Van Houtte, Louis
  • Headline
    Volume I of van Houtte's lovely botany series
  • Publisher
    Louis van Houtte
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
38
  • Author
    Buffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Le Comte de
  • Headline
    A handsome set of Buffon's Natural History, 1785
  • Publisher
    W. Strahan and T. Cadell
  • Date Published
    1785
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
41
  • Author
    Burroughs, John, editor
  • Headline
    Inscribed with signature by John Burroughs
  • Publisher
    McClure Phillips & Co.
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
50
  • Author
    Churchill, Winston S.
  • Headline
    Churchill's Address before Congress May 1943
  • Publisher
    Overbrook Press
  • Date Published
    1943
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
70
  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Chenu, Jean Charles
  • Headline
    With thousands of illustrations of Mollusca
  • Date Published
    1847-1862
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
71
  • 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
StatusUnsold
72
  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Forbes, Edward & Sylvanus Hanley
  • Headline
    With 64 lithographic plates of Mollusca
  • Publisher
    John Van Voorst
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
73
  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Headline
    With numerous lithograph plates of Mollusks
  • Date Published
    c. 1830s-1880s
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
74
  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Locard, Arnould
  • Headline
    Catalogue of French Mollusks, 1886
  • Publisher
    Librairie Henri Georg & J.-B. Bailliere
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
75
  • 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
StatusUnsold
76
  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Headline
    Three volumes of British Conchology
  • Date Published
    1854-1866
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
77
  • Heading
    (Conchology)
  • Author
    Wood, W.
  • Headline
    Profusely illustrated w/ hand-colored plates
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Wood.
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
78
  • Author
    Coues, Elliott
  • Headline
    First edition by the noted American ornithologist
  • Publisher
    Naturalists' Agency
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
83
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles, editor
  • Headline
    Facsimile limited edition, one of 750 copies
  • Publisher
    Nova Pacifica
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
84
  • Author
    Daubeny, Charles
  • Headline
    Daubeny- Description of Active & Extinct Volcanos
  • Publisher
    W. Phillips
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
87
  • Author
    Derham, W.
  • Headline
    Two Editions of Physico-Theology by W. Derham
  • Date Published
    1758, 1798
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
96
  • Author
    Elliot, Daniel Giraud
  • Headline
    Deluxe facsimile of Birds of Paradise
  • Publisher
    Johnson Reprint Corporation
  • Date Published
    [1977]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
98
  • Heading
    (Falconry)
  • Author
    Latham, Symon
  • Headline
    Signed by S. Kent Carnie at preface
  • Publisher
    [The Bate and Slice Society]
  • Date Published
    [1957]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
108
  • 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
StatusUnsold
109
  • Heading
    (Geology)
  • Author
    Various authors
  • Headline
    Geological report on Vermont w/ maps
  • Publisher
    Albert D. Hager
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
124
  • Author
    Hitchcock, Edward
  • Headline
    Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts
  • Publisher
    J.S. & C. Adams
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
127
  • Author
    Huartes, Juan
  • Headline
    Explaining the mind through the Humors, 1698
  • Publisher
    Richard Sare
  • Date Published
    [1698]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
130
  • Author
    Ingebern, Johann
  • Headline
    Illustrated guide to palm reading, 1724
  • Publisher
    Wilhelm Forster
  • Date Published
    1724
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
133
  • Author
    Johnston, Robert Mackenzie
  • Headline
    Illustrated Account of the Geology of Tasmania
  • Publisher
    Published by the Authority of the Government
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
134
  • Author
    Karalus, Karl E. and Allan W. Eckert
  • Headline
    Signed by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. Eckert
  • Publisher
    Doubleday & Company
  • Date Published
    1974
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
139
  • Author
    Lear, Edward
  • Headline
    Edward Lear's travels and paintings in Albania
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
148
  • Author
    Lyell, Charles
  • Headline
    Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man
  • Publisher
    George W. Childs
  • Date Published
    1863
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
149
  • Author
    MacCulloch, John
  • Headline
    MacCulloch's Geological Classification of Rocks
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
  • Date Published
    1821
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
151
  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    Early geological travel guide by Mantell
  • Publisher
    Henry G. Bohn
  • Date Published
    [1847]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
152
  • 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
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
153
  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    A First Lesson in Geology from Gideon Mantell
  • Publisher
    Relfe and Fletcher
  • Date Published
    1842
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
154
  • Author
    Mantell, Gideon Algernon
  • Headline
    With six color lithographed plates
  • Publisher
    Relfe and Fletcher
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
159
  • Author
    Maund, Benjamin
  • Headline
    First four volumes of Maund's Botanic Garden
  • Publisher
    Baldwin, Cradock & Joy; Simpkin and Marshall
  • Date Published
    1825-32
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
171
  • Author
    Nicholson, William
  • Headline
    Unique selecrtion of works by William Nicholson
  • Date Published
    c. 1806
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
180
  • 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
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
188
  • Author
    Pliny the Elder
  • Headline
    Pliny's Natural History with rare variant title page
  • Publisher
    Printed by Adam Islip
  • Date Published
    1635-1634
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$6,250
StatusSold
198
  • Author
    Ramsay, Andrew Crombie
  • Headline
    Presentation copy of Tour in Arran w/ color map
  • Publisher
    Richard Griffin & Company
  • Date Published
    [1841]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
200
  • Heading
    (Roycroft Shop)
  • Author
    Kinder, Louis H.
  • Headline
    Louis Kinder Formulas for Bookbinders
  • Publisher
    The Roycrofters
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
218
  • Author
    Swaysland, W.
  • Headline
    Profusely illustrated w/ full-page color plates
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Company, Limited
  • Date Published
    c. 1883-1903
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
227
  • Author
    Various authors
  • Headline
    Bridgewater Treatises - Science and Theology
  • Publisher
    William Pickering
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
237
  • Author
    Whewell, William
  • Headline
    Theological perspectives on Astronomy & Physics
  • Publisher
    William Pickering
  • Date Published
    1834
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
238
  • Author
    Whitney, J. D.
  • Headline
    Whitney's Geological Survey of California
  • Publisher
    Published by the Authority of the Legislature of California
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
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