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

Page Size: 346 items in 4 pages

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

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