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MillerDate Published1803 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 #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 #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] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next