Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, BARTHOLOMEW,

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Auction Date
December 20, 1965 - December 20, 1965
Page Size: 727 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Hirsch (Dr. August) Handbuch der historisch-geographischen Pathologie Erlangen

1860-64

 USD - 56.00
202 Istvanffi (Dr. Gy.) Etudes et commentaires sur le Code de l'Ecluse augmentes de quelques notices biographiques Budapest

1900

 USD - 89.60
203 Jacob (N. H.) and P. Hugues Storia naturale delle scimie Milan

1812-14

 USD - 89.60
204 Jorden (Edward) A discourse of naturall bathes and minerall waters

1632

 USD - 61.60
205 Brander (Gustav) Fossilia Hantoniensia collecta et in Musaeo Britannico deposita

1766

 USD - 25.20
206 Columna (Fabius) Minus cognitarum rariorumque nostro coelo orientium stirpium ekphrasis Rome

1613

 USD - 72.80
207 Ferussac (Baron A. E. de) Tableaux systematiques des animaux mollusques classes en familles naturelles Paris

[1821]

 USD - 16.80
208 LAMARCK (JEAN BAPTISTE DE) HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES ANIMAUX SANS VERTEBRES Paris

1815-22

 USD - 308.00
209 Lamarck (Jean Baptiste de) Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres Paris

1815-22

 USD - 33.60
210 Lamarck (Jean Baptiste de) Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertebres Paris

1835-45

 USD - 61.60
211 LINNE (SIR CHARLES) SPECIES PLANTARUM Stockholm

1762-63

 USD - Not Sold
212 Linne (Sir Charles) Genera plantarum Leiden

1742

 USD - 134.40
213 Linne (Sir Charles) Genera plantarum Stockholm

1754

 USD - 112.00
214 Linne (Sir Charles) Genera plantarum Stockholm

1764

 USD - 98.00
215 Linne (Sir Charles) Genera plantarum Frankfurt

1789-91

 USD - 39.20
216 Linne (Sir Charles) Mantissa plantarum altera generum editionis VI et specierum editionis II Stockholm

1771

 USD - 67.20
217 Linne (Sir Charles) Systema naturae Leipzig

[1789]-1793

 USD - 5.60
218 Linne (Sir Charles) Vollstandiges Natursystem nach der zwolften lateinischen Ausgabe Nuremberg

1773-76

 USD - 5.60
219 Linne (Sir Charles) Species plantarum Berlin

1797-1810

 USD - 22.40
220 Linne (Sir Charles) Systema vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species Gottingen

1784

 USD - 16.80
221 Linne (Sir Charles) Systema vegetabilium Gottingen

1825-28

 USD - 39.20
222 Montagu (George) Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells

1803-08

 USD - 25.20
223 Moufet (Thomas) Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum

1634

 USD - 154.00
224 Soldani (Ambrogio) Saggio orittografico ovvero Osservazioni sopra le terre nautilitiche ed ammonitiche della Toscana Siena

1780

 USD - 106.40
225 Albertus Magnus De secretis mulierum item de virtutibus herbarum

USD - 56.00
226 Alessio Piemontese De' secreti, di nuovo riveduta Venice

1563

 USD - 5.60
227 Alpinus (Prosperus) Medicina Aegyptiorum Leiden

1745

 USD - 16.80
228 Auster (Dr. Fritz) and Dr. J. Schafer Arzneipflanzen

USD - 5.60
229 Barthez (Paul Joseph, 1734-1806) Matiere medicale du regne vegetal France

c. 1780-85

 USD - 19.60
230 Blankaart (Stephan) Den Neder-Landschen Herbarius ofte Kruid-Boek Amsterdam

1698

 USD - 67.20
231 Brugnatelli (L. V.) Farmacopea generale ad uso degli Speziali e de' medici moderni

USD - 11.20
232 Buc'hoz (Pierre Joseph) Choix des meilleurs medicamens pour les maladies les plus desesperees

USD - 56.00
233 Caetano de S. Antonio (D.) Pharmacopea Lusitana reformada methodo pratico de prepar os medicamentos na forma Galenica & Chimica Lisbon

1711

 USD - 50.40
234 Candolle (Aug. Pyramus de) Botanicon Gallicum seu synopsis plantarum in flora gallica descriptarum [edited by J. E. Duby] Paris

[1828-30]

 USD - 14.00
235 Chaumeton (Francois Pierre) Flore medicale Paris

1814-20

 USD - 78.40
236 Cursach (Joannes, M.D.) Botanicus medicus ad medicinae alumnorum usum [Minorca]

1791

 USD - 72.80
237 Culpeper (Nicholas) English physician and complete herbal

[c. 1820]

 USD - 19.60
238 Dazille (M., medecin a S. Domingue) Observations generales sur les maladies des climats chauds Paris

1785

 USD - 30.80
239 [Descemet (J.)] Catalogue des plantes du jardin des Mrs. les apoticaires conformement a la methode de M. Tournefort [Paris]

1759

 USD - 19.60
240 Dietrich (Dr. David) Taschenbuch der Arzneigewachse Deutschlands

USD - 8.40
241 Malbec de Trefel (Jean) Digby Paris

1669

 USD - 61.60
242 Durante (Castor) Il tesoro delia sanita

1588

 USD - 72.80
243 Durante (Castor) Hortulus sanitatis das ist eyn heylsam und nutzliches Gahrtlin der Gesundheit in welchem die furnehme Krautter Frankfurt, Nic

1609

 USD - 72.80
244 Figueiredo (Jeronymo Joaquim de) Flora pharmaceutica e alimentar Portugueza ou tractado daquelles vegetaes indigenas de Portugal Lisbon

1825

 USD - 50.40
245 Fontana (Felix) Traite sur le venin de la vipere Florence

1781

 USD - 50.40
246 Harris (John) Lexicon Technicum or an universal dictionary of arts and sciences

1710

 USD - 78.40
247 Hayn (Hugo) and A. N. Grotendorf Bibliotheca Germanorum erotica et curiosa Munich

1913-14

 USD - 2.80
248 Hill ("Sir" John) The family herbal

USD - 25.20
249 Hofmann (Caspar) De medicamentis officinalibus libri duo, contemporary vellum

USD - 28.00
250 HORTUS SANITATIS Strassburg

1517

 USD - 504.00
251 James (R.) Pharmacopoeia universalis or a new universal English dispensatory

USD - 25.20
252 Kolbani (Paul) Ungarische Giftpflanzen Pressburg

1791

 USD - 25.20
253 Kinder (Joannes de) Nucleus Belgicus materiae medicae

USD - 33.60
254 Kleiweg de Zwaan (Dr. J. P.) Volkerkundliches und Geschichtliches uber die Heilkunde der Chinesen und Japaner Haarlem

1917

 USD - 16.80
255 Kosteletzky (V. F.) Allgemeine medizinisch-pharmazeutische Flora Prague

1831-36

 USD - 11.20
256 Langham (William) The garden of health

1633

 USD - 145.60
257 Lanessan (J. L. de) Les plantes utiles des colonies francaises

USD - 33.60
258 Lange (Dr. J. H.) Die

USD - 30.80
259 Lemery (Nicolas) Dictionnaire universel des drogues simples Paris

1760

 USD - 50.40
260 Lewis (William) An experimental history of the materia medica

1761

 USD - 19.60
261 Lieutaud (Joseph) Precis de la matiere medicale

USD - 44.80
262 Lloyd (John Uri) Origin and history of all the pharmacopeial vegetable drugs

USD - 16.80
263 Marggravius (Christian) Materia medica contracta exhibens simplicia et composita medicamenta officinalie

USD - 33.60
264 Martius (Carl Friedr. Phil de) Systema materiae medicae vegetabilis Brasiliensis Leipzig and Vienna

1843

 USD - 67.20
265 Matthiolus (Petrus Andreas) Compendium de plantis omnibus Venice

1571

 USD - 98.00
266 Matthiolus (Petrus Andreas) Theatrum Botanicum das ist neu vollkommenes Krauter- Buch Basle

1696

 USD - 8.40
267 Miller (Philip) Groot an elgemeen kruidkundig Leiden

1745

 USD - 22.40
268 Oribasius Paris

1533

 USD - 39.20
269 Palacios (Felix) Palestra Pharmaceutica chymico-galenica

USD - 182.00
270 Paulli (Simon) Flora Danica det et Dansk Urtebog Copenhagen

1648-47

 USD - 117.60
271 Pielat (Bartholomaeus) Insulae Ceyloniae thesaurus medicus vel laboratorium Ceylonicum

USD - 47.60
272 Pomet (Peter) Der aufrichtige Materialist und Specerey-Handler Leipzig

1717

 USD - 5.60
273 Praevotius (Johannes) Medicina pauperum Lyons

1660

 USD - 28.00
274 Recueil de differens remedes France

c. 1800

 USD - 22.40
275 Roques (Joseph) Nouveau traite des plantes usuelles specialement applique a la medecine domestique Paris

1837-38

 USD - 19.60
276 Rosalia (Eleonora Maria) Freywillig aufgesprungener Granat-Apffel Nuremberg

1739

 USD - 44.80
277 Rosalia (Eleonora Maria) Freywillig-auifgesprungener Granat-Apffel

USD - 22.40
278 Savi (Dr. Gaetano) Materia medica vegetabile Toscana Florence

1805

 USD - 67.20
279 Serres (Louys de) Discours de la nature Lyons

1625

 USD - 22.40
280 Tabernamontaeus (D. Jacobus) New vollkommen Krauter-Buch darinnen uber 3000 Krauter Basle

1664

 USD - 126.00
281 Tabernaemontaeus (D. Jacobus) The same Basle

1664

 USD - 5.60
282 Thomson (Samuel) New guide to health or botanic family physician Columbus [Mass.]

1827

 USD - 28.00
283 Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) Institutiones rei herbariae Paris

1700

 USD - 44.80
284 Yega (Leandro de) Pharmaopea de la armada o real catalogo de medicamentos Cadiz

[1760]

 USD - 44.80
285 Vicat (P. R.) Histoire des plantes veneneuses de la Suisse

USD - 19.60
285A [Zorn (Johannes)] Afbeeldingen der Artseny-Gewassen Amsterdam

1796-1800

 USD - 210.00
286 Adams (Joseph) Observations on morbid poisons chronic and acute

USD - 28.00
287 Aikin (C. R.) A concise view of all the most important facts which have hitherto appeared concerning the Cow-Pox

1801

 USD - 16.80
288 Astruc (Jean) A treatise on the diseases of women

1762

 USD - 56.00
289 Beddoes (Thomas) and James Watt Considerations on the medicinal use and on the production of facticious airs

USD - 56.00
290 Bell (John) A system of surgery Edinburgh

1801

 USD - 11.20
291 BOERHAAVE (HERMANN) ELEMENTA CHEMIAE Leiden

1732

 USD - 210.00
292 Burton (John) An essay towards a complete new system of midwifery

1751

 USD - 72.80
293 Daran (Jacques) Chirurgical observations on the disorders of the urethra

USD - 44.80
294 FLOYER (SIR JOHN) THE PHYSICIAN'S PULSE WATCH OR AN ESSAY TO EXPLAIN THE OLD ART OF FEELING THE PULSE and to improve it by the help of a pulse watch

1707

 USD - 420.00
295 Hall (Marshall) The principles of diagnosis

USD - 22.40
296 Haller (Albert) Opuscula pathologica

USD - 42.00
297 HARVEY (WILLIAM) THE ANATOMICAL EXERCISES CONCERNING THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD

1653

 USD - 532.00
298 Heberden (William) Commentaries on the history and cure of diseases

1802

 USD - 67.20
299 Hope (James) Principles and illustrations of morbid anatomy

1834

 USD - 78.40
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