Swann Galleries: Science, Medicine & Natural History featuring ASTRONOMY & RELATED SUBJECTS CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY & MINERALOGY NEUROLOGY, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY including Duplicates from the University of Chicago Library and The Adler Planetarium Books from the Collections of Michael R. Bryce, M.D. and the late Morton Nathanson, M.D., 1873,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 19, 2000 - October 19, 2000

Page Size: 539 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	AGRIPPA, HENRICUS CORNELIUS	De incertitudi[n]e & vanitate scientiarum	Cologne	1531	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,265.00
2	AGRIPPA, HENRICUS CORNELIUS	Of the Vanitie and Uncertaintie of Artes and Sciences	London	1569	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	3,450.00
3	AGRIPPA, HENRICUS CORNELIUS	The Vanity of Arts and Science	London	1676	USD 150.00 - 250.00	920.00
4	AGRIPPA, HENRICUS CORNELIUS	Three Books of Occult Philosophy	London	1651	USD 500.00 - 750.00	1,265.00
5	AIR TECHNICAL SERVICE COMMAND, Army Air Force	Jet Propulsion A Reference Text prepared by the Staffs of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, GALCIT . . . Restricted	Np	1946	USD 150.00 - 250.00	690.00
6	ARCHIMEDES	Opera omnia . . . Adjecta quoque sunt Eutocii Ascalonitae in eosdem Archimedis libros commentaria	Basel	1544	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	5,290.00
7	ARCHIMEDES	De iis quae vehuntur in aqua libri duo	Bologna, Venice	1565	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	3,450.00
8	ASTON, FRANCIS WILLIAM	Isotopes	London	1922	USD 100.00 - 200.00	115.00
9	ADAMS, GEORGE, the Younger	Astronomical and Geographical Essays	London	1789	USD 300.00 - 500.00	460.00
10	ADAMS, GEORGE, the Younger	Another copy	London	1789	USD 300.00 - 500.00	517.00
11	(ALMANAC.) Venturini, Felice	Gli Argani delle Stelle Pronostici ed Apparenze Celesti descritte in quest'Annua Rivoluzione 1768	Foligno	1768	USD 150.00 - 250.00	2,990.00
12	APIANUS, PETRUS	Horoscopion	Ingolstadt	1533	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,600.00
13	APIANUS, PETRUS	Instrument-Buch	Ingolstadt	1533	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	5,060.00
14	ARISTARCHUS of Samos	De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae liber	Pesaro	1572	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	5,060.00
15	ASSEMANI, SIMONE	Globus caelestis Cufico-Arabicus Veliterni musei Borgiani . . . praemissa eiusdem de Arabum astronomia	Padua	1790	USD 200.00 - 300.00	230.00
16	ATKINSON, JAMES	Epitome of Navigation . . . Third Edition, with Additions	London	1698	USD 100.00 - 200.00	126.00
17	ATKINSON, JAMES	Epitome of the Art of Navigation . . . The Whole revis'd and corrected, with the utmost Care, by William Mountaine	London	1744	USD 100.00 - 200.00	115.00
18	BAILLY, JEAN-SYLVAIN	Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne, depuis Son Origine jusqu'a l'Établissement de l'École d'Alexandrie . . . Seconde Édition	Paris	1781	USD 250.00 - 350.00	402.00
19	BAILLY, JEAN-SYLVAIN	Histoire de l'Astronomie Moderne depuis la Fondation de l'École d'Alexandrie, jusqu'a l'Époque de M.D.CC.XXX	Paris	1785-85-82	USD 250.00 - 350.00	287.00
20	BAILLY, JEAN-SYLVAIN	Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale, Ouvrage qui peut servir de Suite à l'Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne	Paris	1787	USD 300.00 - 500.00	201.00
21	BENEDETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA	De gnomonum umbrarumque solarium usu liber	Turin	1574	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	2,530.00
22	BILLMEIR, J. A.	Scientific Instruments (13th-19th Century): The Collection of J. A. Billmeir C.B.E.	Oxford, Greenwich	(1955-57) (1970-73)	USD 100.00 - 200.00	488.00
23	BION, NICOLAS	Neu-eröffnete mathematische Werck-Schule; oder Gründliche Anweisung, wie die mathematische Instrumenten . . . zu gebrauchen . . . sind	Frankfurt	1712	USD 300.00 - 500.00	402.00
24	BION, NICOLAS	Another edition	Nuremberg	1741	USD 300.00 - 500.00	632.00
25	BION, NICOLAS	Traité de la Construction et des Principaux Usages des Instrumens de Mathématique . . . Nouvelle Édition	The Hague	1723	USD 600.00 - 900.00	460.00
26	BION, NICOLAS	The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. Translated from the French ... to which are added, The Construction and Uses of such Instruments as are omitted by M. Bion; particularly of those invented or improved by the English. By Edmu	London	1723	USD 600.00 - 900.00	1,725.00
27	BORDA, JEAN-CHARLES DE	Description et Usage du Cercle de Réflexion avec Différentes Méthodes pour calculer les Observations Nautiques	Paris	1787	USD 300.00 - 500.00	373.00
28	BOSANQUET, EUSTACE F	English Printed Almanacks and Prognostications. A Bibliographical History to the Year 1600	London	1917	USD 80.00 - 120.00	57.00
29	BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL	The New American Practical Navigator	Newburyport	1802, 1804	USD 300.00 - 500.00	2,070.00
30	BREWINGTON, MARION VERNON	The Peabody Museum Collection of Navigating Instruments. With Notes on Their Makers	Saul Moskowitz bookplate	1963	USD 80.00 - 120.00	126.00
31	BURRITT, ELIJAH K	Atlas, designed to illustrate the Geography of the Heavens	New York	1835	USD 80.00 - 120.00	373.00
32	BURRITT, ELIJAH K	Another edition	New York	1856	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
33	CHAULNES, MICHEL-FERDINAND Duc de	Nouvelle Méthode pour diviser les Instruments de Mathématique et d'Astronomie	[Paris]	1768	USD 400.00 - 600.00	402.00
34	CHÉRUBIN D'ORLEANS	La Dioptrique Oculaire	Paris	1671	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	5,980.00
35	CHIARAMONTE, SCIPIONE	Opuscula varia mathematica	Bologna	1653	USD 400.00 - 600.00	2,990.00
36	COLSON, NATHANIEL	The Mariner's New Calendar . . . The whole revis'd, and adjusted to the New Stile, by William Mountaine, RR.S.	London	1758	USD 100.00 - 200.00	258.00
37	COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS	De revolutionibus orbium caelestium libri VI . . . Accedit Georgii Joachimi Rhetici de libris revolutionum narratio prima	Thorn	1873	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
38	[DANIEL, GABRIEL, S.J.]	A Voyage to the World of Cartesius	London	1692	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,495.00
39	DANTI, EGNAZIO	Primo Volume dell'Uso et Fabbrica dell'Astrolábio . . . Con l'Aggiunta dell'Uso, & Fabbrica di Nove Altri Instromenti Astronomici	Florence	1578	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	1,955.00
40	DELAMBRE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-JOSEPH	Astronomie Théorique et Pratique	Paris	1814	USD 400.00 - 600.00	517.00
41	DUHEM, PIERRE	Le Système du Monde. Histoire des Doctrines Cosmologiques de Platon à Copernic	Paris	1913-17	USD 250.00 - 350.00	431.00
42	(ENGLAND. PARLIAMENT.)	An Act for rendering more effectual an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for providing a publick Reward for such Person or Persons as shall discover the Longitude at Sea	London	1765	USD 300.00 - 500.00	632.00
43	FABRI, OTTAVIO	L'Uso della Squadra Mobile	Padua	1673	USD 250.00 - 350.00	632.00
44	FERGUSON, JAMES	Select Mechanical Exercises: shewing how to con struct Different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials, on Plain and Easy Principles ... To which is prefixed, A Short Account of the Life of the Author	London	1773	USD 300.00 - 500.00	230.00
45	FERGUSON, JAMES	Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles . . . Ninth Edition	Philadelphia	1806	USD 100.00 - 200.00	258.00
46	FERNEL, JEAN	Monalosphaerium	Paris	1526	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,600.00
47	FINÉ, ORONCE	In eos quos de mundi sphaera conscripsit libros, ac in planetarum theoricas, canonum astronomicorum libri II	Paris	1553	USD 500.00 - 750.00	373.00
48	FRYTSCHIUS, MARCUS	De meteoris sive impressionibus aereis	Wittenberg	1598	USD 300.00 - 500.00	258.00
49	GALILEI, GALILEO	Systema cosmicum	Lyons	1641	USD 300.00 - 500.00	373.00
50	GALILEI, GALILEO	Opere	Bologna	1656	USD 200.00 - 300.00	488.00
51	GALILEI, GALILEO	Sydereus Nuncius	Bologna	1655[-56]	USD 150.00 - 250.00	115.00
52	(GALILEI, GALILEO.) Salusbury, Thomas, translator	Mathematical Collections and Translations: The First Tome	London	1661	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	9,775.00
53	(GALILEI, GALILEO.) Andres, Giovanni	Saggio della Filosofia del Galileo	Mantua	1776	USD 150.00 - 250.00	316.00
54	GALLUCCI, GIOVANNI PAOLO	De fabrica et usu cuiusdam instru menti ad omnia horarum genera describenda	Venice	1592	USD 500.00 - 750.00	460.00
55	GOLDBACH, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH and ZACH, FRANZ XAVER, Freiherr von	Neuester Himmels-Atlas: zum Gebrauche für Schulund akademischen Unterricht, nach Flamsteed, Bradley, Tob. Mayer, De la Caille, Le Français de la Lande und v. Zach . . . bearbeitet	Vienna	1799	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,760.00
56	GREENWOOD, NICHOLAS	Astronomia Anglicana: Containing an Absolute and Entire Piece of Astronomy . . . chiefly intended for the Use of our English Nation; And especially Mariners	London	1699	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,495.00
57	HEATH, ROBERT	Astronomia Accurata; or, The Royal Astronomer and Navigator. Containing New Improvements in Astronomy, Chronology, and Navigation	London	1760	USD 400.00 - 600.00	345.00
58	HEDRAEUS, BENEDICTUS CHRISTIERNI	Nova et accurata astrolabii geometrici structura	Leiden	1643	USD 200.00 - 300.00	316.00
59	HOUZEAU, JEAN-CHARLES; and LANCASTER, ALBERT	Bibliographie Générale de l'Astronomie	Brussels	1887-89-82	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
60	HUYGENS, CHRISTIAN	Kosmotheoros; sive, De terris coelestibus, earumque ornatu . . . editio altera	The Hague	1699	USD 300.00 - 500.00	1,035.00
61	HUYGENS, CHRISTIAN	Opuscula postuma	Leiden	1703	USD 400.00 - 600.00	632.00
62	KELLY, PATRICK	A Practical Introduction to Spherics and Nautical Astronomy . . . Third Edition. 19 plates; 2 tables * SUMNER, THOMAS H. A New and Accurate Method of Finding a Ship's Position at Sea	London, Boston	1805, 1843	USD 100.00 - 200.00	287.00
63	KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS S.J.	Iter exstaticum coeleste . . . Accessit eiusdem auctoris Iter exstaticum terrestre, & synopsis mundi subterranei	Würzburg	1671	USD 400.00 - 600.00	862.00
64	LA CONDAMINE, CHARLES-MARIE DE	Mesure des Trois Premiers Degrés du Méridien dans l'Hémisphère Australe	Paris	1751	USD 500.00 - 750.00	345.00
65	LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON, Marquis de	Précis de l'Histoire de l'Astronomie	Paris	1821	USD 80.00 - 120.00	161.00
66	LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON, Marquis de	Mécanique Celeste . . . trans lated, with a Commentary, by Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D. [with A Memoir of the Translator, by his Son, Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch].	Boston	1829-34	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
67	LE MONNIER, PIERRE-CHARLES	Description et Usage des Principaux Instruments d'Astronomie	[Paris]	1774	USD 500.00 - 750.00	575.00
68	LE MONNIER, PIERRE-CHARLES	Description et Usage des Principaux Instruments d'Astronomie	[Paris]	1774	USD 400.00 - 600.00	373.00
69	LEYBOURN, WILLIAM	Cursus Mathematicus. Mathematical Sciences	London	1690	USD 200.00 - 300.00	402.00
70	LOCKE, RICHARD ADAMS	The Moon Hoax; or, A Discovery that the Moon has a Vast Population of Human Beings	New York	1859	USD 200.00 - 300.00	402.00
71	MAGINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO	Novae coelestium orbium theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici	Venice	1589	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	2,185.00
72	MARGETTS, GEORGE	Margetts's Longitude Tables, for Correcting the Effect of Parallax and Refraction. On the Distance observed between the Moon and the Sun, or a Fixed Star, whereby the True Distance is Accurately Obtain'd, and the Longitude from Greenwich found by Inspecti	London	1790	USD 100.00 - 200.00	287.00
73	AL-MARRAKUSHI, ABU AL-HASAN 'ALI	Traité des Instruments Astronomiques des Arabes	Paris	1834-35	USD 200.00 - 300.00	546.00
74	MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE-LOUIS MOREAU DE	The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King at the Polar Circle	London	1738	USD 300.00 - 500.00	575.00
75	MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE-LOUIS MOREAU DE	The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of the French King at the Polar Circle	London	1738	USD 250.00 - 350.00	201.00
76	MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS	Theoria lunae juxta systema Newtonianum	London	1767	USD 500.00 - 750.00	747.00
77	MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS	Tabulae motuum solis et lunae novae et correctae . . . quibus accedit methodus longitudinum promota, eodem auctore	London	1770	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,840.00
78	MOORE, JOHN HAMILTON	The New Practical Navigator	Newburyport	1799	USD 200.00 - 300.00	287.00
79	(NAVIGATION.)	Group of 9 volumes	London		USD 300.00 - 500.00	575.00
80	NEWTON, SIR ISAAC	The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great	London	1728	USD 150.00 - 250.00	258.00
81	NEWTON, SIR ISAAC	A Treatise of the System of the World . . . Second Edition	London	1731	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	2,070.00
82	PADUANI, GIOVANNI	De compositione & usu multiformium horologiorum solarium ad omnes totius orbis regiones, ac situs in qualibet superficie	Venice	1582	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	2,070.00
83	PADUANI, GIOVANNI	Another copy	Venice	1582	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	977.00
84	PARACELSUS	Bound volume containing 4 works	Basel	1582	USD 600.00 - 900.00	690.00
85	PARACELSUS	Astronomia Magna; oder, Die gantze Philosophia sagax der grossen und kleinen Welt	Frankfurt am Main	1571	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	8,050.00
86	PICCOLOMINI, ALESSANDRO	De la Sfera del Mondo, Libri Quattro . . . De le Stelle Fisse, Libro Uno	Venice	1548	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	2,185.00
87	PIERRE DE SAINTE MARIE MAGDELEINE	Traité d'Horlogiographie, contenant plusieurs manières de construire sur toutes surfaces, toutes sortes de lignes horaires, & autres cercles de la Sphère . . . Nouvelle Édition	Paris	1701	USD 150.00 - 250.00	287.00
88	[PLUCHE, NOËL-ANTOINE.]	Istoria del Cielo considerato secondo le Idee de' Poeti, de' Filosofi, e di Mosè	Venice	1741	USD 100.00 - 200.00	80.00
89	ROBERTSON, JOHN	The Elements of Navigation ... To which is added, A Treatise of Marine Fortification	London	1754	USD 100.00 - 200.00	345.00
90	SMITH, ROBERT	A Compleat System of Opticks	Cambridge & London	1738	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,495.00
91	WAKELY, ANDREW	The Mariner's Compass Rectified . . . Carefully Corrected, and very much Enlarged with many useful Additions. by J. Atkinson	London	1750	USD 100.00 - 200.00	115.00
92	WHISTON, WILLIAM	The Longitude Discovered by the Eclipses, Occultations, and Conjunctions of Jupiter's Planets . . . Humbly Recommended to the Honourable the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea ... To which is added, An E	London	1738	USD 300.00 - 500.00	747.00
93	WILSON, JOHN	The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered	London	1856	USD 100.00 - 200.00	258.00
94	WOEPCKE, FRANZ	Über ein in der königlichen Bibliothek befindliches arabisches Astrolabium	Berlin	1858	USD 100.00 - 200.00	80.00
95	BABBAGE, CHARLES	Reflections on the Decline of Science in England and Some of its Causes	London	1830	USD 250.00 - 350.00	546.00
96	BABBITT, EDWIN D	The Principles of Light and Color	New York	1878	USD 80.00 - 120.00	373.00
97	BACON, SIR FRANCIS	Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning	Oxford	1640	USD 400.00 - 600.00	488.00
98	BARATTIERI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA	Architettura d'Acque	Piacenza	1699	USD 200.00 - 300.00	172.00
99	BARLETTI, CARLO	Nuove Sperienze Elettriche secondo la Teoría del Sig. Franklin e le Produzioni del P. Beccaria	Milan	1781	USD 200.00 - 300.00	460.00
100	BARREME, FRANÇOIS-BERTRAND DE	Traité des Parties Doubles; ou, Méthode Aisée pour apprendre à tenir en Parties Doubles les Livres du Commerce & des Finances; avec un Traité de Finance	Paris	1721	USD 250.00 - 350.00	230.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.