Swann Galleries: Medicine, Natural History, Science & Technology, featuring The Leonard Gottlieb Collection of Books on Navigation and Related Subjects with a selection of Navigating and Surveying Intruments., 1498,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 04, 1989 - May 04, 1989

Page Size: 444 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
333	OZANAM, JACQUES	Methode de lever les Plans et les Cartes de Terre et de Mer, avec Toutes Sortes d'Instrumens, & sans Instrumens.	Paris	1693	USD 250.00 - 350.00	468.00
334	PATOUN, ARCHIBALD	A Complete Treatise of Practical Navigation . . . Sixth Edition.	London	1762	USD 150.00 - 250.00	154.00
335	PEABODY MUSEUM	The Marine Room.	Salem	1921	USD 80.00 - 120.00	66.00
336	PENTHER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH	Praxis geometriae . . . Achte Edition.	Augsburg	1776	USD 250.00 - 350.00	330.00
337	PIERRE DE SAINTE MARIE MAGDELEINE	Traitte d'Horlogiographie . . . seconde Edition.	Paris	1645	USD 350.00 - 500.00	770.00
338	(PLATES)	Group of 38 engraved plates,	France	later 18th century	USD 250.00 - 350.00	154.00
339	PUISSANT, LOUIS	Traite de Geodesie; ou, Exposition des Methodes Trigonometriques et Astronomiques, applicables soit a la Mesure de la Terre, soit a la Confection des Canevas des Cartes et des Plans Topographiques . . . Deuxieme Edition.	Paris	1819	USD 200.00 - 300.00	248.00
340	PUISSANT, LOUIS	Traite de Topographie, d'Arpentage, et de Nivellement . . . Deuxieme Edition.	Paris	1820	USD 100.00 - 200.00	99.00
341	RAMSDEN, JESSE	Description of an Engine for Dividing Straight Lines on Mathematical Instruments.	London	1779	USD 250.00 - 350.00	715.00
342	RATHBORNE, AARON	The Surveyor.	London	1616	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,640.00
343	RAVENSTEIN, E. G.	Martin Behaim, his Life and his Globe.	London	1908	USD 100.00 - 150.00	523.00
344	REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES	Scripta . . . de torqueto, astrolabio armillari, regula magna Ptolemaica, baculoque astronomico, & observationibus cometarum [and other texts].	Nuremberg	1544	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	3,520.00
345	REPSOLD, J. A.	Zur Geschichte der astronomischen Messwerkzeuge von Purbach bis Reichenbach, 1450 bis 1830. Volume 1 (of 2).	Leipzig	1908	USD 100.00 - 200.00	385.00
347	ROY, WILLIAM	Description des Moyens employes pour mesurer la Base de Hounslow-Heath dans la Provinc de Middlesex . . . traduite de l'Anglois.	Paris	1787	USD 250.00 - 350.00	220.00
348	ROY, WILLIAM	An Account of the Trigonometrical Operation, whereby the Distance between the Meridians of the Observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined.	[London]	[1790]	USD 350.00 - 500.00	605.00
349	(SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS)	Group of 3 volumes.	Vp	vd	USD 100.00 - 150.00	55.00
350	(SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS)	Group of over 10 volumes.	Vp	20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	660.00
352	[SELLER, JOHN]	A Pocket Book containing severall Choice Collections in Arethmetic, Astronomy, Geometry, Surveying, Dialling, [etc.].	London	circa 1700?	USD 250.00 - 350.00	440.00
355	SMART, CHARLES E.	The Makers of Surveying Instruments in America since 1700.	Troy	1962--1967	USD 100.00 - 150.00	143.00
356	SMITH, ROBERT	A Compleat System of Opticks.	London	1738	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,650.00
358	SPEIDELL, JOHN	A Breefe Treatise of Sphaericall Triangles.	London	1627	USD 300.00 - 500.00	440.00
359	STEVENSON, EDWARD LUTHER	Marine World Chart of Nicolo de Canerio Januensis 1502 . . . A Critical Study. INSCRIBED BY STEVENSON * Portolan Charts, their Origin and Characteristics, with a Descriptive List of those belonging to the Hispanic Society of America.	New York	1908; 1911	USD 150.00 - 250.00	193.00
360	STEVENSON, EDWARD LUTHER	Terrestrial and Celestial Globes.	New Haven	1921	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
361	STIRRUP, THOMAS	Horometria; or, The Compleat Diallist . . . Second Edition with Additions.	London	1659	USD 600.00 - 900.00	660.00
362	(SURVEYING)	Group of 5 volumes.	Vp	vd	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
364	(SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS)	Group of 4 American trade catalogues.	Vp	1895--1919	USD 80.00 - 120.00	121.00
365	TANNER, HENRY S.	Memoir on the Recent Surveys, Observations, and Internal Improvements in the United States . . . intended to accompany his New Map of the United States.	Philadelphia	1829	USD 150.00 - 250.00	121.00
366	TAYLOR, E. G. R.	The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor & Stuart England.	Cambridge	1954	USD 60.00 - 90.00	154.00
367	TAYLOR, E. G. R.	The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudo & Stuart [Hanoverian] England.	Cambridge	1967; 1966	USD 100.00 - 150.00	468.00
368	TAYLOR, E. G. R.	The Haven-Finding Art * Tudor Geography, 1485--1583 * Late Tudor and Early Stuart Geography, 1583--1650.	New York	(1957); 1968; 1968	USD 100.00 - 200.00	220.00
369	TAYLOR, JANET	The Principles of Navigation Simplified . . . Third Edition. 4 plates * Lunar and Horary Tables . . . Sixth Edition.	London	1837; 1849	USD 100.00 - 200.00	275.00
371	VINCE, SAMUEL	A Treatise on Practical Astronomy.	Cambridge	1790	USD 150.00 - 250.00	143.00
373	WEBSTER, WILLIAM	The Description and Use of a Complete Sett or Case of Pocket-Instruments . . . Second Edition, Corrected.	London	1739	USD 150.00 - 250.00	413.00
376	WHEAT, J. F.; and BRUN, C. F.	Maps and Charts published in America before 1800: A Bibliography.	New Haven	1969	USD 80.00 - 120.00	154.00
377	WILLIAMSON, THOMAS	Mathematics Simplified . . . together with a Complete Essay on the Art of Surveying Lands, &c.	London	1808	USD 100.00 - 150.00	1,936.00
379	WYLD, SAMUEL	The Practical Surveyor; or, The Art of Land-Measuring Made Easy . . . to which is added, An Appendix, shewing how to draw Buildings, &c. in Perspective, from Observations made by the New Theodolite [etc.].	London	1725	USD 100.00 - 150.00	248.00
380	[YOUNG, THOMAS]	Elementary Illustrations of the Celestial Mechanics of Laplace.	London	1832	USD 100.00 - 150.00	66.00
381	ZUBLER, LEONHARD	Novum instrumentum geometricum; das ist, Kurtzer unnd grundtlicher Bericht, alle Weite, Breite, Hoehe, und Tieffe . . . abzumessen.	Basel	1614	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,100.00
382	AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS	De ortu & causis subterraneorum [etc.] * De mensuris & ponderibus Romanorum atque Graecorum [etc.].	Basel	1558; 1550	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,320.00
383	AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS	De Re Metallica. Translated by Herbert C. Hoover and Lou H. Hoover.	London	1912	USD 200.00 - 300.00	385.00
384	ALBERTI, GIUSEPPE ALBERTI	Trattato della Misura delle Fabbriche . . . Seconda Edizione.	Perugia	1790	USD 150.00 - 250.00	165.00
385	ALBERTI, IUSEPPE ANTONIO	I Giuochi Numerici . . . Quarta Edizione.	Venice	1795	USD 150.00 - 250.00	303.00
386	ALZATE Y RAMIREZ, JOSEPH DE	Eclypse de Luna del Doce de Diciembre de 1769 Anos. Observado en la Imperial Ciudad de Mexico. Engraved plate of the Moon * Observaciones Meteorologicas de los Ultimos Nueve Meses de el Ano de 1769. Hechas en . . . Mexico.	Mexico	1770	USD 100.00 - 200.00	330.00
387	(ATOMIC BOMB)	Group of 3 volumes.	Washington	vd	USD 300.00 - 500.00	330.00
388	(BABBAGE, CHARLES)	The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Benjamin Silliman.	New Haven	1834	USD 60.00 - 90.00	99.00
389	BACON, SIR FRANCIS	Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning; or, The Partitions of Sciences.	Oxford	1640	USD 80.00 - 120.00	165.00
390	BALDI, BERNARDINO	Cronica de Matematici.	Urbino	1707	USD 250.00 - 350.00	468.00
391	BARBA, ALVARO ALONSO	Arte de los Metales. Text woodcuts.	Madrid	[1770]	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
392	BARLOW, PETER; and HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN F. W.	The Encyclopaedia of Mechanical Philosophy.	London	1854	USD 80.00 - 120.00	99.00
393	BARTOLI, DANIELLO	La Tensione, e la Pressione Disputanti qual di loro sostenga l'Argentovivo ne' Canelli dopo fattone il Vuoto.	Rome	1677	USD 150.00 - 250.00	330.00
394	BARTOLI, DANIELLO	Del Ghiaccio e della Coagulatione Trattati.	Bologna	1682	USD 150.00 - 250.00	121.00
396	(BERTHELOT, MARELIN)	1827--1927 Centenaire de Marcelin Berthelot.	Paris	1929	USD 50.00 - 75.00	44.00
397	BERTHOUD, FERDINAND	Eclaircissemens sur l'Invention, la Theorie, la Construction, et les Epreuves des Nouvelles Machines proposees en France, pour la Determination des Longitudes en Mer par la Mesure du Temps.	Paris	1773	USD 150.00 - 250.00	121.00
398	BILLINGSLEY, CASE	The Longitude at Sea, not to be found by firing Guns, nor by the Most Curious Spring-Clocks or Watches. But the Only True Method . . . by the Sun, Moon, and Stars, and an Exact Timekeeper, with Such Necessary Improvements, as . . . may properly be call'd	London	1714	USD 300.00 - 400.00	660.00
399	BIRINGUCCIO, VANUCCIO	Pirotechnia.	Bologna	1678	USD 400.00 - 600.00	413.00
400	BORGOGNINI, ANTONIO MARIA	La Teoria del Fuoco.	(Florence)	(1774)	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
401	BOSSE, ABRAHAM	La Maniere Universelle de Mr. Desargues . . . pour poser l'Essieu, & placer les Heures & autres Choses aux Cadrans au Soleil.	Paris	1643	USD 500.00 - 750.00	605.00
402	BOTHWAY, JOSEPH	Mechanical Improvements connected with the Royal Navy. Folding lithographed frontispiece.	London	1831	USD 100.00 - 150.00	110.00
404	BUCKLAND, WILLIAM	Geology and Mineralogy considered with Reference to Natural Theology. [Second edition.]	London	1837	USD 80.00 - 120.00	110.00
406	BURROUGHS, RICHARD	A Treatise on Trigonometry & Navigation.	Middlebury	1807	USD 200.00 - 300.00	468.00
408	CAULKINS, DANIEL	Aerial Navigation: The Best Method.	Toledo	1895	USD 100.00 - 150.00	154.00
409	CEULEN, LUDOLF VAN	De circulo & adscriptus liber. Translation and notes by Willebrord Snell.	Leiden	1619	USD 250.00 - 350.00	358.00
410	(CHEMISTRY)	Group of 12 volumes.	Vp	mostly early 19th century	USD 100.00 - 200.00	99.00
411	(CHEMISTRY)	Group of 16 volumes.	United States and England	19th century	USD 100.00 - 200.00	99.00
412	COCKER, EDWARD	Cocker's Arithmetic.	Glasgow	1787	USD 80.00 - 120.00	55.00
413	COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS	De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI.	Nuremberg, Paris	1543 (1927)	USD 80.00 - 120.00	154.00
414		COURS GEOGRAPHIQUE sur la Sphere Armillaire. MANUSCRIPT IN FRENCH, written in neat cursive hand in brown ink, 23 lines, recto and verso, on laid paper.	Np	1779	USD 100.00 - 200.00	121.00
415	CRABB, GEORGE	Universal Technological Dictionary; or, Familiar Explanation of the Terms used in All Arts and Sciences.	London	1823	USD 80.00 - 120.00	88.00
416	DELAMBRE, J.-B.-J.	Group of 6 volumes. Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne. 2 volumes. 1817 * Histoire de l'Astronomie du Moyen-Age. 1819 * Histoire de l'Astronomie Moderne. 2 volumes. 1821 * Histoire de l'Astronomie au XVIIIe Siecle. 1827.	Paris	vd	USD 250.00 - 350.00	303.00
417	DESCARTES, RENE	Principiae philosophiae. Editio quarta. Woodcut text illustrations and diagrams.	Amsterdam	1664	USD 250.00 - 350.00	330.00
418	DORBON-AINE	Bibliotheca Esoterica.	Paris	1940?	USD 50.00 - 75.00	132.00
419	(DUDLEY OBSERVATORY)	Bound volume containing 13 pamphlets relating to the acrimonious dispute between the trustees and the director Benjamin Apthorp Gould over the management of the Observatory.	Albany	1856--1859	USD 100.00 - 200.00	88.00
420	EINSTEIN, ALBERT	Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitaetstheorie.	Leipzig	1916 [i. e., circa 1919]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,210.00
423	ENS, GASPAR	Thaumaturgus mathematicus.	Venice	1706	USD 80.00 - 120.00	220.00
424	EUCLID	La Perspectiva, y Especularia . . . traduzidas en vulgar Castellano . . . por Pedro Ambrosio Onderiz. Woodcut text diagrams.	Madrid	1585	USD 350.00 - 500.00	660.00
425	EWELL, THOMAS	Plain Discourses on the Laws or Properties of Matter: containing the Elements or Principles of Modern Chemistry.	New York	1806	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
426	FABRI, HONORE	Dialogi physici, in quibus de motu terrae disputatur, marini aestus nova causa proponitur, necnon aquarum & mercurii supra libellam elevatio examinatur.	Lyons	1665	USD 250.00 - 350.00	770.00
427	FABRI, OTTAVIO	L'Uso della Squadra Mobile . . . con la quale per Teorica et per Pratica si misura geometricamente Ogni Distanza, Altezza, e Profondita.	Padua	1673	USD 200.00 - 300.00	385.00
428	FARADAY, MICHAEL	Experimental Researches in Electricity.	London	1839	USD 350.00 - 500.00	523.00
429	FERGUSON, JAMES	Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics . . . Second Edition.	London	1770	USD 100.00 - 150.00	132.00
430	FLAMMARION, CAMILLE	Les Terres du Ciel.	Paris	1884	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
431	FULTON, ROBERT	A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation.	London	1796	USD 200.00 - 300.00	303.00
432	GAY-LUSSAC, J.-L; and THENAD, L.-J.	Recherches Physico-Chimiques.	Paris	1811	USD 150.00 - 250.00	358.00
433	GENNARI, ANTONIO DE	Positiones physiomathematicae ubi geometriae usus, praesertim ad jurisprudentiam, demonstrantur.	Naples	1714	USD 100.00 - 200.00	248.00
434	GEOMETRIA	MANUSCRIPT IN GERMAN, written in cursive script in black ink, recto only, on laid paper.	Germany	18th century?	USD 400.00 - 600.00	880.00
435	GILBRETH, FRANK B.	Motion Study: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman.	New York	1911	USD 100.00 - 150.00	88.00
436	GOMEZ SOLAO, LUIS	Phoenomeno Examinado. Discurso del Aparecido Metheoro, a Veinte y Seis de Febrero de Este Presente Ano de 1702.	Mexico	1702	USD 60.00 - 90.00	220.00
437	GRANDI, GUIDO	De infinitis infinitorum, et infinite parvorum ordinibus disquisitio geometrica * Quadratura circuli, et hyperbolae.	Pisa	1710	USD 300.00 - 400.00	303.00
438	GRANDI, GUIDO	Flores geometrici ex Rhodonearum et Cloeliarum curvarum descriptione resultantes.	Florence	1728	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
439	GROTTHUSS, C. J. T. VON	Memoire sur la Decomposition de l'Eau et des Corps qu'elle tient en Dissolution a l'Aide de l'Electricite Galvanique.	Rome	1805	USD 80.00 - 120.00	1,210.00
440	HATTON, THOMAS	An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work.	London	1773	USD 80.00 - 120.00	275.00
441	HELBRONNER, PAUL	Description Geometrique Detaillee des Alpes Francaises . . . Annexe du Tome Second, Les Origines Iconographiques de l'Oeuvre Geodesique.	Paris	1921	USD 50.00 - 75.00	44.00
442	HENRION, DENIS or DIDRIER	Cosmographie; ou, Traicte General des Choses tant Celestes qu'Elementaires.	Paris	1620	USD 200.00 - 300.00	121.00
443	HERO OF ALEXANDRIA	Gli Artificiosi e Curiosi Moti Spiritali.	Bologna	1647	USD 250.00 - 350.00	468.00
444	HILL, JOHN	Essays in Natural History and Philosophy. Containing a Series of Discoveries by the Assistance of Microscopes.	London	1752	USD 100.00 - 150.00	220.00
445	HOOKE, ROBERT	The Posthumous Works.	London	1705	USD 300.00 - 400.00	523.00
447	HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON	Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe.	London	1851--1860	USD 100.00 - 150.00	121.00
448	JACQUET, EUGENE; and CHAPUIS, ALFRED	Technique and History of the Swiss Watch from its Beginnings to the Present Day.	Olten	1953	USD 80.00 - 120.00	55.00
450	KUNCKEL, JOHANNES	Utiles observationes sive animadversiones de salibus fixis & volatilibus, auro & argento potabili, spiritu mundi, & similibus [etc.].	London & Rotterdam	1678	USD 150.00 - 250.00	275.00
452	LA HIRE, PHILIPPE	Sectiones conicae. Profusion of woodcut text diagrams.	Paris	1685	USD 250.00 - 350.00	275.00

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