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 Starts Ending 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 801 668 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 101-165 of 165. Previous|12|Next Lot #142 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Author[White, Gilbert]HeadlineNatural History of Selborne with mounted signatureProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 Lot #143 Tarka The Otter: His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWilliamson, HenryHeadlineTarka The Otter, Chiswick Press large paper copyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 Lot #144 Wilson's American Ornithology with Notes by Jardine: To Which Is Added a Synopsis of American Birds, Including Those Described by Bonaparte, Audubon, Nuttall, and Richardson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Wilson, Alexander)AuthorBrewer, T.M.HeadlineT.M. Brewer's edition of Wilson's American OrnithologyProvenanceFrom the collection of Shawn DonnillePublisherH.S. SamuelsDate Published1852 Lot #148 Cosmographicus Liber Petri Apiani Mathematici, iam denuo integritati resitutus per Gemmam Phrysium View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorApian, PeterHeadlineEarly edition of Apianus, Cosmographicus LiberPublisherIoan. Grapheus [for Arnold Birckmann]Date Published1533 Lot #151 A Wise and Moderate Discourse Concerning Church-Affaires View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Bacon, Francis]HeadlineAnonymous pamphlet by Francis Bacon, 1641Date Published1641 Lot #152 Anatome ex omnium Veterum Recentiorumque Observationibus Inprimis institutionibus b.m. Parentis Caspari Bartholini, ad circulationem Harvejanam et vasa lymphatica quartum renovata View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBartholin, ThomasHeadlineBartholinus anatomy 1686 with 120 platesPublisherApud Jacobum HackiumDate Published1686 Lot #153 Eight volumes illustrated by Thomas Bewick View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadline8 volumes of Bewick's wood engravingsDate Published1792-1820 Lot #158 De Sphaera, seu Primi Mobilis Rudimentis Libellus. Maxime Accommodatus: Accurata Methodo & Brevitate Conscriptus a M. Thoma Blebelio Budissino View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorBlebel, ThomasHeadline1629 astronomy text with 4 volvellesPublisherTypis Fincelianis, Impensis Haredum Samuelis SelfischDate Published1629 Lot #159 Three medical titles by Hermanus Boerhaave View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBoerhaave, HermanHeadlineThree texts by Herman BoerhaaveDate Published1734-1740 Lot #163 A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Burke, Edmund]HeadlineBurke, Philosophical Enquiry 1787PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1787 Lot #171 Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorCogniaux, Celestin Alfred and A. GoossensHeadlineChromolithographs of orchids after A. GoossensDate Publishedc.1897-1907 Lot #178 Juvenilia: Or Certaine Paradoxes and Problemes View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineDonne, Juvenilia: Or Certaine Paradoxes 1633 1st statePublisherPrinted by E.P. for Henry SeyleDate Published1633 Lot #180 The Considerations of Drexelius Upon Eternitie View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDrexel, JeremiasHeadlineDrexelius Upon Eternitie 1636 w/ 8 engravingsPublisherPrinted by the Printers to the UniversitieDate Published1636 Lot #182 Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie und Bewegungsgesetz View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein deduces law of particle motionPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1927 Lot #184 Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie, Gemeinverständlich View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's 1st published book, on RelativityPublisherViewegDate Published1917 Lot #185 Äther und Relativitatstheorie: Rede Gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 an der Reichs-Universität zu Leiden View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on the fabric of spacetimePublisherSpringerDate Published1920 Lot #186 Beitrage zur Quantentheorie View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein addresses Quantum PhysicsPublisherDruck und Verlag von Friedr. Vieweg & SohnDate Published1914 Lot #187 The Bianchi Identities in the Generalized Theory of Gravitation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Unified Field Theory finalePublisherUniversity of Toronto PressDate Published1950 Lot #188 Bietet die Feldtheorie Möglichkeiten für die Lösung des Quantenproblems? View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein questions Quantum TheoryPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1923 Lot #189 A Brief Outline of the Development of the Theory of Relativity View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Relativity in Nature magazine 1921PublisherMacmillan & Co., Ltd.Date Published1921 Lot #190 Das Relativitatsprinzip: Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEarly papers on Special RelativityPublisherB,G. TeubnerDate Published1913 Lot #191 Der Energiesatz in der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineGeneral Relativity & energy conservationPublisherVerlag der der Königlich Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1918 Lot #192 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's epic paper on General RelativityPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 [but c.1919] Lot #193 Die Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadline1st use of "General Relativity" by EinsteinPublisherKommission bei Beer & Co.Date Published1911 Lot #194 Eine neue formale Deutung der Maxwellschen Feldgleichungen der Elektrodynamik View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein fixes Maxwell’s electromagnetic equationsPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1916 Lot #195 Five essays by Albert Einstein on some of his scientific colleagues and influencers View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein essays on fellow physicistsPublisherJulius Springer; Verlag von S. HirzelDate Published1913-1924 Lot #196 Geometrie und Erfahrung View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on mathematics and realityPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1921 Lot #197 Kritisches zu einer von Herr de Sitter gegebenen Lösung der Gravitationsgleichungen View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein expounds on General RelativityPublisherVerlag der Königlich Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1918 Lot #198 L'Etat actuel du problème des chaleurs spécifiques View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on scientific world stage, 1912PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1912 Lot #199 Les fondements de la théorie de la relativite générale View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on origins of General RelativityPublisherHermannDate Published1933 Lot #200 The Meaning of Relativity: Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton University, May, 1921 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein explains Theory of RelativityPublisherMethuenDate Published[1922] Lot #201 Newtons Mechanik und ihr Einfluss auf die Gestaltung der theoretischen Physik View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein credits Newton as physicistPublisherJulius SpringerDate Published1927 Lot #202 Nicheuklidische Geometrie und Physik View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePhysics & non-Euclidean geometry by EinsteinPublisherS. Fischer VerlagDate Published1925 Lot #203 On the Relation between the Expansion and the Mean Density of the Universe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein presents revised model of universePublisherCarnegie institutionDate Published1932 Lot #204 Raum-, Feld- und Äther-problem in der Physik View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEther as spacetime of General RelativityPublisherVDI-Verlag GMBHDate Published1930 Lot #205 Schallausbreitung in teilweise dissoziierten Gasen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on velocity of chemical reactionsPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1920 Lot #206 Semi-Vektoren und Spinoren View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's concept of SemivectorsPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1932 Lot #207 Spielen Gravitationsfelder im Aufbau der materiellen Elementarteilchen eine wesentliche Rolle? View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEarly Einstein unified field theoryPublisherVerlag der Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1919 Lot #208 Thermodynamische Begründung de photochemischen Äquivalentgesetzes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on "photochemical equivalence"PublisherBarthDate Published1912 Lot #209 Three papers by Albert Einstein on Kaluza's 5-dimensional Unified Field Theory View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on 5-dimensional unified field theoryDate Published1923; 1927; 1941 Lot #210 Three papers by Albert Einstein on Unified Field Theory View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's 1929 version of Unified Field TheoryPublisherVerlag der Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1929 & 1930 Lot #211 Three papers by Albert Einstein on Unified Field Theory and Distant Parallelism View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on Field Theory & Distant ParallelismPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1928 & 1931 Lot #212 Two papers by Albert Einstein on Quantum Physics View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Einstein on Quantum PhysicsDate Published1936 & [1953] Lot #213 Two works by Einstein on General Relativity and the Hamiltonian Principle View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on Relativity & Hamiltonian PrinciplePublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1916 & 1917 Lot #214 Untersuchungen über die Theorie der Brownschen Bewegungen, ed. R. Fürth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on Brownian MotionPublisherAkademische VerlagsgesellschaftDate Published1922 Lot #215 Zum kosmologischen Problem der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's critique of ever-expanding universePublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1931 Lot #216 Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein on Unified Field TheoryPublisherVerlag der Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1923 Lot #217 Zur Theorie der Lichtfortpflanzung in dispergierenden Medien View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein theory of light propagationPublisherPreussische Akademie der WissenschaftenDate Published1922 Lot #228 Discourses on the Deceitfulness of Humane Virtues... To Which is Added, The Duke de la Rochefoucaut's Moral Reflections View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEspirit, Jacques and François, duc de La RochefoucauldHeadlineDeceitfulness of Humane Virtues 1706PublisherPrinted for And. Bell... R. Smith..., and J. RoundDate Published1706 Lot #229 Three 19th century essay collections by women View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Essay collections)HeadlineThree 19th-century essay collections by womenPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1813-1886 Lot #237 An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlinePolitical Justice Influence on Morals Happiness 2nd ed.PublisherG.G. and J. RobinsonDate Published1796 Lot #238 The Wise Old Man: Or a Treatise Touching the Miseries Incident Both the the Bodies and Mindes of Old Men View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Author[Goulart, Simon]HeadlineGoulart, The Wise Old Man 1621PublisherPrinted for Nicholas BourneDate Published1621 Lot #243 Lithographia Angerburgica, Lapidum et Fossilium [with] Florae Campana seu Pulsatilla View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorHelwing, Georg AndreaHeadlineWith 30 etchings of fossils & flowers, 1717-20PublisherLiteris Johannis StelteriDate Published1717-1720 Lot #249 Introductio ad Veram Physicam: Seu Lectiones Physicae View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKeill, John, Christiaan Huygens, et al.HeadlineEarly lectures on natural history, 1741PublisherGeo. Straham and Gul. ThurlbournDate Published1741 Lot #255 The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits [with] The Fable of the Bees Part II View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMandeville, Bernard deHeadlineMandeville Fable of the Bees vols.1-2 (latter 1st ed.)PublisherJ. Tonson / J. RobertsDate Published1728-1729 Lot #259 De Maligna Febre Paroxisante Opus Consultationes et … Observationes Continens View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMoraeus, FranciscusHeadline1670 text on fevers, Franciscus MoraeusPublisherSumptibus Joh. Petri Zubrodt, typis Pauli HummiiDate Published1670 Lot #269 Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPoincaré, HenriHeadlinePoincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10PublisherGauthier-VillarsDate Published1905-1910 Lot #272 Institutiones Astronomicae Ternis Libris Contentae View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorRingelberg, Joachim Sterck vanHeadlineRingelberg astronomy text, 1535 Venice ed.PublisherMelchioris Sessae [i.e. Marchio Sessa]Date Published1535 Lot #273 Foundations of Economic Analysis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorSamuelson, Paul A.HeadlineFoundations of Economic Analysis, one signedPublisherHarvard University Press; Wirtschaft und FinanzenDate Published[1997] Lot #276 Discourses Concerning Government... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorSidney, AlgernonHeadlineAlgernon Sidney's Discourses, 1698PublisherTo be sold by the Booksellers of London and WestminsterDate Published[1698] Lot #280 Four early 19th-century works of theology View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Theology)HeadlineFour early 19th-century works of TheologyDate Published1801-1841 Lot #283 Philosophia Mentis Et Sensuum: Secundum utramque Aristotelis methodum pertractata Metaphysice, Et Empirice View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTolomei, Giovanni BaptistaHeadlineTolomei, Philosophia Mentis et Sensuum 1698PublisherSumptibus Joannis Caspari BencardDate Published1698 Lot #286 The Philosophy of History View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorVoltaireHeadlineVoltaire, Philosophy of History 1st English ed.PublisherPrinted for I. AllcockDate Published1766 Lot #324 [Collected Works of Herbert Spencer] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings - Estes & Lauriat)AuthorSpencer, HerbertHeadlineSpencer's Works, bound by Estes & LauriatPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1895-1896 Lot #325 The Life of Sir William Osler View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings - Frost & Co.)AuthorCushing, HarveyHeadlineLife of Sir William Oster, bound by Frost & Co.PublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1940] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next