Sale 770: PBA Platinum: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#770) 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/08/2022 11:00 AM PDT 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)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-22 of 22. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Astronomicon Caesareum View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorApianusHeadlineSuperb facsimile of Apianus' AstronomiconDate Published1967 Lot #4 The Works of Aristotle, translated from the Greek. With copious elucidations from the rest of his Greek commentators, viz. Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Syrianus, Ammonius Hermaeas, Priscianus, Olympiodorus, Simplicius, &c. View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorAristotleHeadlineTaylor translation of Aristotle, 11 volumesPublisherPrinted for the Translator... by Robert WilksDate Published1812 Lot #6 A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of The Milky Way View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorBarnard, Edward EmersonHeadlineE.E. Barnard's photographic celestial atlas, 1927PublisherCarnegie Institution of WashingtonDate Published1927 Lot #14 Symbolorum et emblematum centuriae tres. I. Ex herbis & stirpibus. II. Ex animalibus quadrupedibus. III. Ex volatilibus & insectis. Editio secunda, auctior & accuratior, accessit noviter centuria IV. Ex aquatilibus & reptilibus, cum figuris aeneis View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCamerarius, JoachimHeadline400 engraved emblems of biology, 1605PublisherTypis VoegelinianisDate Published1605 Lot #21 Atlante Generale della Anatomia Patologica del Corpo Umano View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCruveilhier, Jean and Pietro BanchelliHeadlineFirst Italian ed. of Cruveilhier's pathology atlasPublisherVincenzo BatelliDate Published1843 Lot #23 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd ed., superb copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #27 Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein wins Nobel for photon paper, 1905PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #28 Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. (Mit Nachtrag.) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein offprint on General Relativity, 1915PublisherVerlag der Königlichen Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1915 Lot #29 [Elements, i.e.] The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, Translated out of the Greek, with Annotations and useful Supplements, by Edmund Scarburgh, M.A. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidHeadlineHandsomely printed Euclid's Elements, 1705PublisherPrinted at the TheaterDate Published1705 Lot #40 Ichthyology of South Carolina View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineA sharp copy of Holbrook's Ichthyology of SCPublisherJohn RussellDate Published1855 Lot #46 Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur... Tractatum luculentum de modo visionis, & humorum oculi usu, contra opticos & anatomicos View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorKepler, JohannesHeadlineFirst edition of Kepler's 1st optical work, 1604PublisherClaudius Marnius & heirs of Joannes AubriusDate Published1604 Lot #47 Opera Omnia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorKepler, JohannesHeadlineOpera Omnia of Johannes Kepler, 9 volumesPublisherHeider & ZimmerDate Published1858-1871 Lot #70 Four works by Robert Fludd bound together, three are on medicine View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Occult Medicine)AuthorFludd, RobertHeadlineRare medical works by occultist Robert FluddDate Published1629-1633 Lot #71 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)AuthorBonaparte, Charles LucienHeadlineBonaparte continues Wilson's OrnithologyPublisherSamuel Augustus Mitchell; Carey, Lea & Carey; Carey & LeaDate Published1825-1833 Lot #72 American Ornithology, or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Plates engraved and colored from original drawings from nature View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, Alexander & Charles Lucian BonaparteHeadlineAtlases to 1871 edition of American OrnithologyPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published[1871] Lot #73 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineWilson's Ornithology with 76 colored platesPublisherBradford & InskeepDate Published1808-1814 Lot #75 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$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 Lot #86 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #87 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #88 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #89 Chromolithograph from Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSharp, WilliamHeadlineSharp chromolithograph from Victoria RegiaPublisherPrinted and Published for the Author by Dutton and WentworthDate Published[1854] Lot #105 The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq; fellow of the Royal Society. In three books. Wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described. The descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates. Translated into English, and enlarged with many additions... By John Ray View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorWillughby, FrancisHeadlineWillughby's Ornithology 1st in EnglishPublisherPrinted by A[ndrew] C[larke] for John MartynDate Published1678 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next