Sale 801: The Shawn Donnille Collection of Natural History - Rare Books & Manuscripts - Fine Press & Bohemian Club (#801) 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST Closed

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142
  • Author
    [White, Gilbert]
  • Headline
    Natural History of Selborne with mounted signature
  • Provenance
    From the collection of Shawn Donnille
  • Publisher
    T. Bensley
  • Date Published
    1789
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
143
  • Author
    Williamson, Henry
  • Headline
    Tarka The Otter, Chiswick Press large paper copy
  • Provenance
    From the collection of Shawn Donnille
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
144
  • Heading
    (Wilson, Alexander)
  • Author
    Brewer, T.M.
  • Headline
    T.M. Brewer's edition of Wilson's American Ornithology
  • Provenance
    From the collection of Shawn Donnille
  • Publisher
    H.S. Samuels
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
148
  • Author
    Apian, Peter
  • Headline
    Early edition of Apianus, Cosmographicus Liber
  • Publisher
    Ioan. Grapheus [for Arnold Birckmann]
  • Date Published
    1533
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
151
  • Author
    [Bacon, Francis]
  • Headline
    Anonymous pamphlet by Francis Bacon, 1641
  • Date Published
    1641
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
153
  • Author
    Bewick, Thomas
  • Headline
    8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravings
  • Date Published
    1792-1820
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
158
  • Author
    Blebel, Thomas
  • Headline
    1629 astronomy text with 4 volvelles
  • Publisher
    Typis Fincelianis, Impensis Haredum Samuelis Selfisch
  • Date Published
    1629
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
159
  • Author
    Boerhaave, Herman
  • Headline
    Three texts by Herman Boerhaave
  • Date Published
    1734-1740
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
163
  • Author
    [Burke, Edmund]
  • Headline
    Burke, Philosophical Enquiry 1787
  • Publisher
    Printed for J. Dodsley
  • Date Published
    1787
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
171
  • Author
    Cogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. Goossens
  • Headline
    Chromolithographs of orchids after A. Goossens
  • Date Published
    c.1897-1907
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
178
  • Author
    Donne, John
  • Headline
    Donne, Juvenilia: Or Certaine Paradoxes 1633 1st state
  • Publisher
    Printed by E.P. for Henry Seyle
  • Date Published
    1633
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
180
  • Author
    Drexel, Jeremias
  • Headline
    Drexelius Upon Eternitie 1636 w/ 8 engravings
  • Publisher
    Printed by the Printers to the Universitie
  • Date Published
    1636
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
182
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein deduces law of particle motion
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
184
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's 1st published book, on Relativity
  • Publisher
    Vieweg
  • Date Published
    1917
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
185
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on the fabric of spacetime
  • Publisher
    Springer
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
186
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein addresses Quantum Physics
  • Publisher
    Druck und Verlag von Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
187
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's Unified Field Theory finale
  • Publisher
    University of Toronto Press
  • Date Published
    1950
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
188
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein questions Quantum Theory
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
189
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's Relativity in Nature magazine 1921
  • Publisher
    Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
190
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Early papers on Special Relativity
  • Publisher
    B,G. Teubner
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
191
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    General Relativity & energy conservation
  • Publisher
    Verlag der der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1918
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
192
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's epic paper on General Relativity
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1916 [but c.1919]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
193
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    1st use of "General Relativity" by Einstein
  • Publisher
    Kommission bei Beer & Co.
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
194
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein fixes Maxwell’s electromagnetic equations
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
195
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein essays on fellow physicists
  • Publisher
    Julius Springer; Verlag von S. Hirzel
  • Date Published
    1913-1924
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
196
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on mathematics and reality
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
197
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein expounds on General Relativity
  • Publisher
    Verlag der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1918
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
198
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on scientific world stage, 1912
  • Publisher
    Gauthier-Villars
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
199
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on origins of General Relativity
  • Publisher
    Hermann
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
200
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein explains Theory of Relativity
  • Publisher
    Methuen
  • Date Published
    [1922]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein credits Newton as physicist
  • Publisher
    Julius Springer
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
202
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Physics & non-Euclidean geometry by Einstein
  • Publisher
    S. Fischer Verlag
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
203
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein presents revised model of universe
  • Publisher
    Carnegie institution
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
204
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Ether as spacetime of General Relativity
  • Publisher
    VDI-Verlag GMBH
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
205
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on velocity of chemical reactions
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's concept of Semivectors
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
207
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Early Einstein unified field theory
  • Publisher
    Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
208
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on "photochemical equivalence"
  • Publisher
    Barth
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
209
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on 5-dimensional unified field theory
  • Date Published
    1923; 1927; 1941
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
210
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's 1929 version of Unified Field Theory
  • Publisher
    Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1929 & 1930
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
211
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on Field Theory & Distant Parallelism​​​​​​​
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1928 & 1931
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
212
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Albert Einstein on Quantum Physics
  • Date Published
    1936 & [1953]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
213
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on Relativity & Hamiltonian Principle
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1916 & 1917
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
214
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on Brownian Motion
  • Publisher
    Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft
  • Date Published
    1922
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
215
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's critique of ever-expanding universe
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
216
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on Unified Field Theory
  • Publisher
    Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
217
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein theory of light propagation
  • Publisher
    Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Date Published
    1922
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
228
  • Author
    Espirit, Jacques and François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
  • Headline
    Deceitfulness of Humane Virtues 1706
  • Publisher
    Printed for And. Bell... R. Smith..., and J. Round
  • Date Published
    1706
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
229
  • Heading
    (Essay collections)
  • Headline
    Three 19th-century essay collections by women
  • Publisher
    Various publishers
  • Date Published
    1813-1886
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
237
  • Author
    Godwin, William
  • Headline
    Political Justice Influence on Morals Happiness 2nd ed.
  • Publisher
    G.G. and J. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
238
  • Author
    [Goulart, Simon]
  • Headline
    Goulart, The Wise Old Man 1621
  • Publisher
    Printed for Nicholas Bourne
  • Date Published
    1621
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
243
  • Author
    Helwing, Georg Andrea
  • Headline
    With 30 etchings of fossils & flowers, 1717-20
  • Publisher
    Literis Johannis Stelteri
  • Date Published
    1717-1720
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
249
  • Author
    Keill, John, Christiaan Huygens, et al.
  • Headline
    Early lectures on natural history, 1741
  • Publisher
    Geo. Straham and Gul. Thurlbourn
  • Date Published
    1741
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
255
  • Author
    Mandeville, Bernard de
  • Headline
    Mandeville Fable of the Bees vols.1-2 (latter 1st ed.)
  • Publisher
    J. Tonson / J. Roberts
  • Date Published
    1728-1729
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
259
  • Author
    Moraeus, Franciscus
  • Headline
    1670 text on fevers, Franciscus Moraeus
  • Publisher
    Sumptibus Joh. Petri Zubrodt, typis Pauli Hummii
  • Date Published
    1670
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
269
  • Author
    Poincaré, Henri
  • Headline
    Poincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10
  • Publisher
    Gauthier-Villars
  • Date Published
    1905-1910
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
272
  • Author
    Ringelberg, Joachim Sterck van
  • Headline
    Ringelberg astronomy text, 1535 Venice ed.
  • Publisher
    Melchioris Sessae [i.e. Marchio Sessa]
  • Date Published
    1535
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
273
  • Author
    Samuelson, Paul A.
  • Headline
    Foundations of Economic Analysis, one signed
  • Publisher
    Harvard University Press; Wirtschaft und Finanzen
  • Date Published
    [1997]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
276
  • Author
    Sidney, Algernon
  • Headline
    Algernon Sidney's Discourses, 1698
  • Publisher
    To be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster
  • Date Published
    [1698]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
280
  • Heading
    (Theology)
  • Headline
    Four early 19th-century works of Theology
  • Date Published
    1801-1841
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
283
  • Author
    Tolomei, Giovanni Baptista
  • Headline
    Tolomei, Philosophia Mentis et Sensuum 1698
  • Publisher
    Sumptibus Joannis Caspari Bencard
  • Date Published
    1698
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
286
  • Author
    Voltaire
  • Headline
    Voltaire, Philosophy of History 1st English ed.
  • Publisher
    Printed for I. Allcock
  • Date Published
    1766
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
324
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings - Estes & Lauriat)
  • Author
    Spencer, Herbert
  • Headline
    Spencer's Works, bound by Estes & Lauriat
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1895-1896
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
325
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings - Frost & Co.)
  • Author
    Cushing, Harvey
  • Headline
    Life of Sir William Oster, bound by Frost & Co.
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    [1940]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
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