Sale 830: Rare Books & Manuscripts: A PBA Platinum Auction (#830) 02/06/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed

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  • Heading
    (Alchemy)
  • Headline
    Musaeum Hermeticum with folding alchemical plates
  • Date Published
    1749
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
31
  • Author
    Curie, Marie
  • Headline
    Marie Curie's bio of her husband w/signed card
  • Publisher
    The Macmillan Company
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
32
  • Heading
    (Darwin, Charles, his book)
  • Author
    Carret, Jules
  • Headline
    Darwin's copy of Carret on Earth's axis
  • Publisher
    Librairie F. Savy
  • Date Published
    1877
Estimate$30,000 - $50,000
Sold for$20,000
StatusSold
40
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein applies Newton to star clusters
  • Publisher
    Verlag Julius Springer
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
41
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's son's copies of his papers
  • Publisher
    Gauthier-Villars et Cie.
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
43
  • Heading
    (Feynman, Richard P., his copy)
  • Author
    [Feynman, Richard P.]; Linus Pauling & E. Bright Wilson, Jr.
  • Headline
    Feynman's copy of Quantum Mechanics textbook
  • Publisher
    McGraw-Hill Book Company
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$20,000 - $30,000
Sold for$18,750
StatusSold
60
  • Heading
    (Gauss, Johann Carl Friedrich)
  • Author
    Spinoza, Baruch
  • Headline
    Gauss' copy of Spinoza's 1st book
  • Publisher
    Johannem Riewerts
  • Date Published
    1663
Estimate$25,000 - $35,000
StatusUnsold
61
  • Author
    Gerard, John
  • Headline
    Gerard's massive Herbal, 1633
  • Publisher
    Norton & Whitakers
  • Date Published
    1633
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
62
  • Author
    Hawking, Stephen W.
  • Headline
    Stephen Hawking's copy of his own book
  • Publisher
    Bantam Books
  • Date Published
    [1990]
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$5,000
StatusSold
67
  • Author
    Imbert, J.B.A. [Jean Baptiste Alban]
  • Headline
    Medical treatment for slaves in Brazil, 1834
  • Publisher
    Na typ. imp. e const. de Seignot-Plancheret
  • Date Published
    1834
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
73
  • Author
    La Condamine, Charles-Marie de
  • Headline
    La Condamine maps Ecuador, 1751
  • Publisher
    De l'Imprimerie Royale
  • Date Published
    1751
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
74
  • Author
    Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste de
  • Headline
    Philosophie Zoologique inscribed by Lamarck
  • Provenance
    Professor George Starr Collection; Frank Mace MacFarland
  • Publisher
    Dentu
  • Date Published
    1809
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
Sold for$28,125
StatusSold
84
  • Author
    Mesmer, Franz
  • Headline
    Ms. of Mesmer's Magnetic Healing
  • Date Published
    Late 18th-early 19th century
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
89
  • Author
    Newton, Isaac
  • Headline
    Newton's Principia (1714) & Arithmetica (1732)
  • Publisher
    Sumptibus Societatis [&] Joh. et Herm Verbeek
  • Date Published
    1714 [&] 1732
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$4,375
StatusSold
90
  • Author
    Newton, Isaac
  • Headline
    Newton's System of the World, 1738
  • Publisher
    Printed for F. Fayram
  • Date Published
    1728
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$12,500
StatusSold
105
  • Heading
    (Tuberculosis)
  • Author
    Schatz, Albert & Selman A. Waksman
  • Headline
    Cure for Tuberculosis revealed
  • Publisher
    Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • Date Published
    1944
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
108
  • Author
    Wallace, Alfred Russel & Charles Darwin
  • Headline
    Wallace on zoological geography of Malay Peninsula
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green, et al.
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
StatusUnsold
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