Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS COMPRISING In Property of the late C. Palry Scott, End., K.C. The Property of the late J. B. Oldham, Esq. The Property of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, PARACELSUS,

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Auction Date
April 29, 1963 - April 29, 1963
Page Size: 904 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
401 Wolf (Johannes) Lectionum memorabilium et reconditarum

1600

 USD - 28.00
402 Lavater (Ludovicus) De spectris Geneva

1850

 USD - 16.80
403 Codes (B.) Enseignemens de physionomie et chiromancie Paris

1638

 USD - 11.20
404 Gavarni (Paul) Le diable a Paris Paris

1845-46

 USD - 16.80
405 Levi (Eliphas) The history of magic

1922

 USD - 2.80
406 Grillot de Givry Paris

1929

 USD - 19.60
407 Seligmann (Kurt) The mirror of magic

USD - 16.80
408 Thorndike (Lynn) A history of magic and experimental science New York

1958

 USD - 2.80
409 Euclid

USD - 22.40
410 Fuchs (Leonhart) De medendis singularum humani corporis partium libri IV, 164 ll Basle

1539

 USD - 84.00
411 Piso (Nicolaus) De cognoscendis et curandis praecipue internis humani corporis morbis libri tres Frankfurt

1585

 USD - 16.80
412 Boot (A. Boetius de) Gemmarum et lapidum historia Leiden

1647

 USD - 36.40
413 Bartholinus (Erasmus) De cometis anni 1664 and 1665 opus-culum

USD - 39.20
414 Indagine (Johannes ab) Introductiones apotelesmaticae in physiognomiam

USD - 8.40
415 Wolff (Christian) Elementa matheseos universae Halle

1717-15

 USD - 8.40
416 D'Orval (Perrinet) Essays sur les feux d'artifice

USD - 61.60
417 Disdier (Francois Michel) Exposition exacte ou tableaux anatomiques des differentes parties du corps humain Paris

1758

 USD - 44.80
418 Rist (Jean) Abrege methodique des principes d'anatomie et de chirurgie Strasbourg

1767

 USD - 47.60
419 Bertholon (Abbe Pierre) De l'electricite des vegetaux

USD - 39.20
420 Flamsteed (John) Vorstellung der Gestirne nach der Pariser Ausgabe des Flamsteedschen Himmelsatlas Berlin

1782

 USD - 22.40
421 Sigaud de la Fond (J. A.) Paris

1784

 USD - 30.80
422 Le Boursier du Coudray (Madame) Paris

1785

 USD - 47.60
423 Sage (B. G.) Arte de ensayar oro y plata bosquejo o descripcion comparativa de la copelacion de las substancias metalicas por medio del plomo o del bismuto Madrid

1785

 USD - 16.80
424 [de Ville (J. B.)] Histoire des plantes

USD - 14.00
425 Pennant (Thomas) Arctic Zoology

USD - 61.60
426 [Lagrenee (C. L.)] L'art de gouverner les abeilles

USD - 39.20
427 Morel (J. M.) Theorie des jardins

USD - 16.80
428 Bergeron (L. E.) Manuel du tourneur Paris

1816

 USD - 33.60
429 Nordlinger (Dr. H.) Querschnitte von Holzarten Stuttgart and Tubingen

1852-88

 USD - 61.60
430 Heuze (Gustave) Plantes fourrageres Paris

1857

 USD - 2.80
431 Triana (J.) Nouvelles etudes sur les quinquinas Paris

1872

 USD - 42.00
432 [Johnson (Th.)] Illustrations of British Hawk moths and their larvae

1874

 USD - 72.80
433 Linden (Lucien) Les orchidees exotiques

USD - 30.80
434 Wildeman (E. de) and Th. Durand Plantae Thonnerianae Congolenses

USD - 22.40
435 Malthus (T. R.) An essay on the principle of population

1807-17

 USD - 33.60
436 Accum (Frederick) Description of the process and manufacture of coal gas

1819

 USD - 72.80
437 Bosi (Giuseppe) Bollettino delle cognizioni industriali Bologna

1830-35

 USD - 14.00
438 Maury (F.) Dentistry Paris

1833

 USD - 25.20
439 Rousseau (Emmanuel) Dentistry Paris

1839

 USD - 39.20
440 Gresset (Paul) Dentistry

USD - 22.40
441 Hatin (Jules) Cours complet d'accouchemens

USD - 42.00
442 Nightingale (Florence) Notes on nursing, original cloth

USD - 44.80
443 Beer (G. Joseph) Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten

USD - 30.80
444 Pasteur (Louis) Etudes sur la biere

USD - 11.20
445 Thillaye (J. B. J.) Traite des bandages et appareils

USD - 25.20
446 Red Cross Paris

1867

 USD - 67.20
447 Disderi Paris

1876

 USD - 19.60
448 Fougeroux de Bondarey (A.) Paris

1765

 USD - 16.80
449 Peugniez (P.) L'histoire de la medecine dans l'art religieux

USD - 8.40
450 Oberthur (R.) and H. Dauthenay Repertoire des couleurs [Paris]

1905

 USD - 8.40
451 Green (J. R.) A history of botany Springfield (Ill.)

1931

 USD - 19.60
452 Dyes and dyeing France

c. 1910

 USD - 53.20
453 Darmstaedter (E.) Munchener Beitrage zur Geschichte und Literature der Naturwissenschaften und Medizin Munich

1928

 USD - 56.00
454 Reutter de Rosemont (Dr. L.) Histoire de la pharmacie a travers les ages Paris

1931-32

 USD - 19.60
455 Dobell (Clifford) Antony van Leeuwenhoek and his "little animals"

1932

 USD - 8.40
456 Laignel-Lavastine (Dr.) Histoire generale de la medecine Paris

1936-49

 USD - 61.60
457 Parent (Paul) Vieux hopitaux Parisiens

USD - 14.00
458 Singer (Dr. Charles) The earliest chemical industry

1948

 USD - 36.40
459 Underwood (E. Ashworth, ed.) Science

1953

 USD - 11.20
460 Andre-Bonnet (J. Leonard) Dentistry Lyon

1955

 USD - 11.20
461 Baudry de Saunier (L.) Le cyclisme Paris

[c. 1895]

 USD - 8.40
462 Mudge (R.) Railways

USD - 72.80
463 Dollfus (Charles) and Edgar de Geoffrey Histoire de la locomotion terrestre Paris

1935

 USD - 22.40
464 Pohl (H.) Zerlegbares Modell eines Telephons und einer Dynamo-Maschine Berlin

USD - 2.80
465 Pohl (H.) Zerlegbares Modell einer Dampfturbine Leipzig

USD - 2.80
466 Coronelli (P.) Gli Argonauti

USD - 25.20
467 Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthelemy) Paris

1786

 USD - 56.00
468 Glaishef (J.) Travels in the air, illustrations

USD - 2.80
469 Tissandrier (Gaston) Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de M. Henry Giffard

USD - 16.80
470 Blucher (H.) Moderne Technik Leipzig & Vienna

1912

 USD - 25.20
471 Lecornu (J.) La navigation aerienne Paris

1912

 USD - 22.40
472 Vaulx (Comte Henry de la) Les vainqueurs de l'air

USD - 16.80
473 Venturini (Galileo) De Icare a Montgolfier

USD - 2.80
474 Guasti (T. C.) and A. Bertarelli Francesco Zambeccari Milan

1932

 USD - 2.80
475 Guasti (Timina Caproni) and A. Bertarelli L'Aeronautica Italiana nell' immagine 1487-1875 Milan

1938

 USD - 42.00
476 Rocamora (Manuel) Historia de la navegacion aerea en Barcelona Barcelona

1948

 USD - 2.80
477 Dollfus (Charles) and Henri Bouche Histoire de l'Aeronautique Paris

1942

 USD - 28.00
478 Lambard (William) A Perambulation of Kent

USD - 11.20
479 Adams (Thomas) The White Devil

USD - 36.40
480 Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh

1622

 USD - 100.80
481 [Pattenson (Matthew)] The image of bothe churches Tournay

1623

 USD - 36.40
482 Daniel (Samuel) The collection of the history of England

1626

 USD - 2.80
483 Smith (Sir Thomas) The Commonwealth of England

1635

 USD - 30.80
484 Gerarde (John) The Herball

1636

 USD - 72.80
485 [Slater]

1636

 USD - 72.80
486 Psalter

1647

 USD - 11.20
487 Plutarch

[1665]

 USD - 11.20
488 [Cotton (Charles)] The Compleat Gamester

1674

 USD - 16.80
489 Pulton (Andrew) A True and Full Account of a Conference held about Religion between Dr. Tenison and A. Pulton [Wing, P 4209]

USD - 16.80
490 Bishop (Matthew) The life and adventures of

1744

 USD - 2.80
491 Shakespeare (William) Works Oxford

1743-44

 USD - 8.40
492 Butler (Samuel) Hulibras

USD - 5.60
493 Fielding (Henry) The history of Tom Jones

1749

 USD - 42.00
494 Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

USD - 11.20
495 Mortimer (T.) A New History of England

1754-1755

 USD - 5.60
496 Hogarth (W.) Hudibras

USD - 8.40
497 Jonston (J.) Theatrum universale omnium animalium quad-rupedum Heibrunn

1755

 USD - 22.40
498 Hill (John) The British Herbal

1756

 USD - 14.00
499 Adam (Robert) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia

1764

 USD - 64.40
500 Alexander Chalmers British Essayists, with prefaces

1808

 USD - 50.40
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