Swann Galleries: MEDICINE, SCIENCE, NATURAL HISTORY: MATHEMATICS, MANUSCRIPTS, PERIODICALS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & COLOR PLATES, and a small collection of instruments, 1250,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 11, 1982 - March 11, 1982
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACCUM, FREDRICK | Chemical Amusements | 1818 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 125.00 | |
| 2 | ADAMS, GEORGE | Astronomical & Geographical Essays | Whitehall, Philadelphia | 1800 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 60.00 |
| 3 | Glaisher, James, Editor | AERONAUTICS | Philadelphia | 1871 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 60.00 |
| 4 | Loening, Grover Cleveland | AERONAUTICS | New York | 1911 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 25.00 |
| 5 | Wise, John | AERONAUTICS | Philadelphia | 1873 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 25.00 |
| 6 | AGASSIZ, LOUIS | Etudes sur les Glaciers | Neuchatel | 1840 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 475.00 |
| 7 | AGASSIZ, LOUIS | Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America | Boston | 1857-1862 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 225.00 |
| 8 | Glenn D. Angle | AIRPLANE ENGINE ENCYCLOPEDIA | Dayton, Ohio | 1921 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 40.00 |
| 9 | Nelson, Edward W. | ALASKA | Washington | 1887 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 |
| 10 | ALBARRAN Y DOMINGUEZ, J. M. | Exploration des Fonctions Renales | Paris | 1905 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 |
| 11 | ALBARRAN Y DOMINGUEZ, J. M.; AND IMBERT, L. | Les Tumeurs du Rein | Paris | 1903 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 130.00 |
| 12 | ALCOHOLMETER | London | circa 1830 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 100.00 | |
| 13 | R. Bowdler Sharpe | ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY | London | 1890's |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 160.00 |
| 14 | ALSTON, CHARLES | Lectures on the Materia Medica | Edinburgh | circa 1740 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 375.00 |
| 15 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY | New York | 1881-1896 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 150.00 | |
| 16 | AMERICAN NATURALIST | Salem | 1867-1872 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 25.00 | |
| 17 | Alexander Wilson and Prince Charles Lucian Bonaparte | AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY | New York | 1877 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 275.00 |
| 18 | AMPUTATION SET | London | pre-1850 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 600.00 | |
| 19 | ANDREWS, JOEL W. | Manuscript "Meteorological Observations... | Albany | 1858-1868 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 110.00 |
| 20 | Chassaignac, Pierre Marie Edouard | ANESTHETICS | Paris | 1853 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 21 | Jackson, Charles T. | ANESTHETICS | Boston | 1846 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | APIANUS, PETER | Astronomicum Caesareum | Leipzig | 1967 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 600.00 |
| 23 | ARTEDI, PETER | Bibliotheca Ichthyologica | Grypeswaldiae | 1788 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 80.00 |
| 24 | ASTRUC, JEAN | L'Art d'Accoucher Reduit a ses Principes | Paris | 1771 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 45.00 |
| 25 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | Ornithological Biography | Edinburgh | 1835-38-39 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 250.00 |
| 26 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | Letters, 1826-1840. Edited by Howard Corning | Boston | 1930 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 120.00 |
| 27 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | Journal made during his Trip to New Orleans in 1820-1821 | Boston | 1929 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 180.00 |
| 28 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | The Birds of America | New York | 1937 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | The Original Water-Color Paintings for The Birds of America | New York | 1966 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 60.00 |
| 30 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES; AND BACHMAN, JOHN | The Quadrupeds of North America | New York | 1854-54 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | The Life of John James Audubon the Naturalist | New York | 1869 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 60.00 |
| 32 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | John James Audubon, by John Burroughs | Boston | 1902 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 |
| 33 | Harriet and Helena Scott | AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS, drawn from the Life | London | 1864 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 400.00 |
| 34 | BAILLIE, MATTHEW | The Morbid Anatomy of some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body | Albany | 1795 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 120.00 |
| 35 | BAKER, HENRY | The Microscope Made Easy... | London | 1744 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 150.00 |
| 36 | BANCROFT, FREDERIC W.; AND PILCHER, COBB, Editors | Surgical Treatment of the Nervous System | Philadelphia | 1946 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 40.00 |
| 37 | BANKS, JOHN | On the Power of Machinery | Kendal | 1803 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 40.00 |
| 38 | BARD, SAMUEL | A Discourse on Medical Education | New-York | 1819 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 200.00 |
| 39 | BARD, SAMUEL | A Domestic Narrative of the Life of... By John McVickar | New-York | 1822 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 35.00 |
| 40 | BARRETT, JOHN | An Enquiry into the Origin of the Constellations that compose the Zodiac | Dublin | 1800 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 30.00 |
| 41 | BARTLETT, W. H. C. | Elements of Analytical Mechanics | New York | 1853 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 40.00 |
| 42 | BASSANTIN, JAMES | Astronomia... Opus absolutissimum | Lyon | 1599 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 400.00 |
| 43 | BATE, JOHN | The Mysteries of Nature and Art | 1635 |
USD 350.00 - 450.00 | 475.00 | |
| 44 | BATEMAN, JAMES | Vignettes from Mr. Bateman's Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala | London | 1844 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 350.00 |
| 45 | E. Lee | BATHS AND WATERING SPOTS | Vp | mid-1860's |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 90.00 |
| 46 | BECK, LEWIS C. | Botany of the Northern and Middle States | Albany | 1833 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | BEEBE, WILLIAM | Pheasants | New York | 1926 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 90.00 |
| 48 | BEEBE, WILLIAM | Pheasants | Garden City | 1936 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 25.00 |
| 49 | BEILSTEINS HANDBUCH DER ORGANISCHEN CHEMIE | Ann Arbor; Berlin | 1943-1944, 1944-1970 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 550.00 | |
| 50 | BERGMAN, TORBERN | Physical and Chemical Essays | London | 1788 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 120.00 |
| 51 | BERNARD, CLAUDE; AND HUETTE, C. | Precis Iconographique de Medecine Operatoire et d'Anatomie Chirurgicale | Paris | 1846 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 200.00 |
| 52 | BIGLAND, JOHN | A Natural History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects | Philadelphia | 1828 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 50.00 |
| 53 | Elon Howard Eaton | BIRDS OF NEW YORK | Albany | 1910; 1914 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 30.00 |
| 54 | BLACKALL, JOHN | Observations on the Nature and Cure of Dropsies... | Philadelphia | 1820 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 60.00 |
| 55 | BLANCARD, STEPHEN | The Physical Dictionary | London | 1715 |
USD 150.00 - 200.00 | 60.00 |
| 56 | BLANCARD, STEPHEN | Lexicon Medicum Renovatum... | Lugduni Batavorum | 1717 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 19.00 |
| 57 | BLANDIN, PHILIPPE FREDERIC | Parallele entre la Taille et la Lithotritie | Paris | 1834 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 50.00 |
| 58 | BLODGET, LORIN | Climatology of the United States | Philadelphia | 1857 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | BOCK, C. E. | Atlas of Human Anatomy | New York | 1880 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 60.00 |
| 60 | BONAVIA, A. | Philosophical Notes on Botanical Subjects | London | 1892 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 19.00 |
| 61 | BRASHER, REX | Birds & Trees of North America | New York | 1961-1962 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 120.00 |
| 62 | BRAUN, ALEXANDER | Betrachtungen ueber die Erscheinung der Verjuengung in der Natur | Leipzig | 1851 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 63 | BRERA, VALERIANO LUIGI | Medicinisch-Practische Vorlesungen ueber die vornehmsten Eingeweidewuermer des Menschlichen Lebenden Koerpers | Leipzig | 1803 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 40.00 |
| 64 | BREWSTER, SIR DAVID | Manuel d'Optique; ou | Paris | 1833 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 50.00 |
| 65 | BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE | London | 1833 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 70.00 | |
| 66 | BROOK, RICHARD | A New Family Herbal... | London | circa 1860 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 80.00 |
| 67 | BROWN, ROBERT | Observations on the Organs and Mode of Fecundation in Orchideae and Asclepiadeae | London | 1833 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 250.00 |
| 68 | BROWNE, JOHN | Myographia Nova | Milbourn for the Author | 1698 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 90.00 |
| 69 | BUCHAN, WILLIAM | Domestic Medicine | Philadelphia | 1797 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 |
| 70 | BUCHAN, WILLIAM | Domestic Medicine | New-York | 1813 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 175.00 |
| 71 | BUCHAN, WILLIAM | Every Man his Own Doctor | New-Haven | 1816 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 30.00 |
| 72 | BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN | Washington | 1904-1938 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 450.00 | |
| 73 | BURNS, JOHN | Popular Directions for the Treatment of the Diseases of Women and Children | New York | 1811 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 100.00 |
| 74 | CANCER | Vp | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 80.00 | ||
| 75 | CANDOLLE, A. P. DE | Organographie Vegetale | Paris | 1827 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 60.00 |
| 76 | CANDOLLE, A. P. DE | Physiologie Vegetale | Paris | 1832 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 77 | CANDOLLE, A. P. DE; AND SPRENGEL, KURT | Grundzuege der Wissenschaftlichen Pflanzenkunde, zu Vorlesungen | Leipzig | 1820 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 40.00 |
| 78 | CARDANO, GIROLAMO | Practica Arithmetice, & Mensurandi Singularis | Milan | 1539 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | Thomas Rymer Jones | CASSELL'S BOOK OF BIRDS | London | circa 1875 |
USD 120.00 - 180.00 | 100.00 |
| 80 | CASSERIO, JULIO | Tabulae Anatomicae & De Formatu Foeto | Weiler im Allgaeu | circa 1965 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | 20.00 |
| 81 | CATLIN, GEORGE | The Breath of Life | New York | 1861 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 110.00 |
| 82 | CATLIN, GEORGE | The Breath of Life | New York | 1869 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 80.00 |
| 83 | CHEYNE, GEORGE | An Essay on Health and Long Life | New-York | 1813 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 120.00 |
| 84 | COHN, FERDINAND | Zur Naturgeschichte des Protococcus Pluvialis Kuetzing | Breslau und Bonn | 1850 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 80.00 |
| 85 | COLLINS, SAMUEL | A Systeme of Anatomy | Thomas Newcomb | 1685 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 300.00 |
| 86 | Birkenmajer, Ludwik Antoni | Mikolaj Kopernik Czesc Pierwsza Studya nad Pracami Kopernika Oraz Materyaly Biograficzne | Krakowie | 1900 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 110.00 |
| 87 | CORNARO, LEWIS | Sure and Certain Methods of attaining a Long and Healthy Life | Philadelphia | 1793 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 25.00 |
| 88 | CROLL, JAMES | What Determines Molecular Motion? the Fundamental Problem of Nature | London | 1872 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 17.00 |
| 89 | CUDWORTH, WILLIAM | Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp | London | 1889 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 70.00 |
| 90 | CUNNINGHAM, D. J.; WATERSON, DAVID; AND OTHERS | Stereoscopic Studies of Anatomy | Meadville | circa 1935 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 200.00 |
| 91 | CURTIS, JOHN | Farm Insects | Glasgow | 1860 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 |
| 92 | CUSHING, HARVEY | A Visit to Le Puy-en-Velay | Cleveland | 1944 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 140.00 |
| 93 | CUTTING, JOHN BROWN | Remarkable Autograph Letter Signed | Philadelphia | April 30, 1777 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 175.00 |
| 94 | Charles Tomlinson | CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL ARTS | London & New York | 1854 |
USD 50.00 - 75.00 | 90.00 |
| 95 | DALYELL, SIR JOHN GRAHAM | Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland | London | 1847; 1848 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 240.00 |
| 96 | DARWIN, CHARLES | The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication | London | 1868 |
USD 70.00 - 100.00 | 180.00 |
| 97 | DARWIN, CHARLES | Ueber die Entstehung der Arten durch Natuerliche Zuchtwahl | Stuttgart | 1870 |
USD 35.00 - 50.00 | 35.00 |
| 98 | DARWIN, CHARLES | The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals | London | 1872 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 180.00 |
| 99 | DARWIN, ERASMUS | Zoonomia, or the Laws of Organic Life | Boston | 1809 |
USD 60.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 100 | DAVIDS, ARLETTE | Rock Plants | London | 1939, 1940 |
USD 40.00 - 60.00 | 18.00 |