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Previous|1|Next Lot #7 Institutio Astronomica, Juxta Hypotheseis Tam Veterum Quam Copernici et Tychonis View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorGassendi, PierreHeadlineEarly London edition of Gassendi's Institutio Astronomica, 1653PublisherTypis Jacobi FlesherDate Published1653 Lot #8 Tychonis Brahei, Equitis Dani, Astronomorum Coryphaei, Vita View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorGassendi, PierreHeadlineGassendi's lives of Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, von Peurbach, and RegiomontanusPublisherEx Typographia Adriani VlacqDate Published1655 Lot #14 Nature's Cabinet Unlock'd. Wherein is Discovered The natural Causes of Metals, Stones, precious Earths, Juyces, Humors, and Spirits, The nature of Plants in general; their Affections, Parts, and Kinds in Particular View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorBrowne, Sir ThomasHeadlineNature's Cabinet attr. to Sir Thomas Browne, 1657PublisherPrinted for Edward FarnhamDate Published1657 Lot #34 Press photograph of Albert Einstein with pipe View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)HeadlineEinstein press photograph, 1935Date Publishedprint date: 1935 Lot #35 Zur Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein offprint of early work on relativity, Zur Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, 1923PublisherPrussian Academy of SciencesDate Published1923 Lot #36 Maestlin, Michael View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorEpitome AstronomiaeHeadlineAstronomy book by the mentor of Johannes Kepler, 1588PublisherGeorg GruppenbachDate Published1588 Lot #37 Eusebii Pamphili, episcopi Caesareae, quae est Palaestinae, De vita Co[n]stantini Imperat. libri quinq[ue] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorEusebius of CaesareaHeadlineEusebius' Life of Constantine, 1546PublisherMichaelis FezandatDate Published1546 Lot #39 Introduction to Theoretical Physics View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Heading(Feynman, Richard)AuthorSlater, John C. and Nathaniel H. FrankHeadlineRichard Feynman's Theoretical Physics textbook from MIT, signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published1933 Lot #50 Elements of Philosophy, The First Section Concerning Body. Written in Latine by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. And now translated into English. To which are added six lessons to the professors of mathematicks of the institution of Sr. Henry Savile, in the University of Oxford. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineFirst Edition in English of Hobbes' Elements of Philosophy, 1656PublisherPrinted by R.&W. Leybourn for Andrew CrockeDate Published1656 Lot #51 Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society. Or, a dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred. Containing the elements of civill politie... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorHobbes, ThomasHeadlineHobbes' De Cive, first in English, 1651PublisherPrinted by J.G. for R. RoystonDate Published1651 Lot #56 De sexcentum & tredecim mosaice sanctionis edictis. Eiusdem Philosophica: prophetica: ac talmudistica pro christiana veritate tuenda cum iuniori Hebreorum synagoga mirabili ingenij acumine disputatio. Eiusdem I cabalistae: seu allegorisan num eruditionem ysagoge. Eiusde de noves doctrinae orinibus: & totius perypatentici dogmatis nexu compendium. View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Kabbalah)AuthorRicci, PaoloHeadline4 early Kabbalah texts of Paolo Ricci, 1510PublisherGiacomo BurgofranchoDate Published1510 Lot #62 Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIX View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Leibniz, G.W.)HeadlineActa Eruditorum journal with papers by Leibniz, 1689PublisherProstant apud. J. Grossium & J.F. GleditschiumDate Published1689 Lot #63 Cursus Mathematicus. Mathematical Sciences, in Nine Books View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorLeybourn, WilliamHeadlineLeybourn's textbook of arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, astronomy, 1690PublisherThomas Bassett, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John ChurchillDate Published1690 Lot #64 Die kleine Speyerer Basis oder Beweis dass man mit einem geringen Aufwand an Zeit, Mühe und Kosten durch eine kleine genau gemessene Linie die Grundlage einer grossen Triangulation bestimmen Kann View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Mathematics - Carl Friedrich Gauss)AuthorSchwerd, Friedrich M.HeadlineCarl Friedrich Gauss' copy with his signaturePublisherJacob Christian KolbDate Published1822 Lot #71 Leaf from Wynkyn de Worde's 1529 Morte D'Arthur View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Morte D'Arthur)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineBifolium from Wynken de Worde's Morte D'Arthur, 1529Publisher[Wynkyn de Worde]Date Published[1529] Lot #73 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Editio Ultima Cui Accedit Analysis per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones ac Differentias cum enumeratione Linearum Tertii Ordinis View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineAmsterdam pirate edition of Newton's PrincipiaPublisherSumptibus SocietatisDate Published1723 Lot #79 Signed card by Max Planck with photograph View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineSigned "thank you" card from Max Planck on his 80th birthdayDate Published1938 Lot #80 Callimachi Cyrenaei Hymni, Epigrammata et Fragmenta Quae Exstant...Moscou Syrakousiou, Biōnos Smyrnaiou Eidyllia View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorCallimachusHeadlinePlantin Press Callimachus, 1584PublisherApud Christophorum PlantinumDate Published1584 Lot #81 Omnia Divini Platonis Opera tralatione Marsilii Ficini, emendatione et ad Graecum codicem collatione Simonis Grynaei, summa diligentia repurgata, quibus subjectus est index quam copiosissimus View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Plato)AuthorFicino, Marsilio, translatorHeadlineFicino's Plato in 17th century prize bindingPublisher[Apud H. Frobenium et N. Episcopium]Date Published1561 Lot #82 The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorPliny, the ElderHeadlinePliny Historie of the World, First Edition in EnglishPublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1601 Lot #83 [Polybiou Megalopolitou istoriōn biblia 5, kai epitomai 12] / Polybij Megalopolitani Historiarum libri priores quinque View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPolybiusHeadlinePolybius' history in Greek and Latin, 1549PublisherPer Ioannem Heruagium / Johannes HerwagenDate Published[1549] Lot #87 Automata, Old and New View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Robots)AuthorCooke, Conrad WilliamHeadline1st book about 'Robot' AutomatonsPublisherChiswick PressDate Published1893 Lot #96 The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorTuring, Alan M.HeadlineAlan Turing offprint The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis, 1952PublisherCambridge University Press for the Royal SocietyDate Published1952 Lot #104 Alocucion Que en el Dia Veinte de Enero del Año Mile Setecientos Ochenta y Tres, Cumpleaños del Rey Nuestro Señor D. Carlos III... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorBasilio, Sancho de Sana Justa y RufinoHeadlineEarly Manila rice paper, archbishop's addressPublisherEn la Imprenta del Seminario EclesiasticoDate Published1783 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next