Lyon and Turnbull: The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician, 878, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica |
London | 1726 | GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 42,840.00 |
| 2 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Optice |
London | 1706 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 3 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Opticks |
London | 1721 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,536.00 |
| 4 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Lectiones opticae |
London | 1729 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,536.00 |
| 5 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones, ac differentias |
London | 1711 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 100,800.00 |
| 6 | Newton, Sir Isaac | A Treatise of the Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series |
London | 1737 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 7 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Genesis curvarum per umbras |
London | 1746 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 8 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Two Treatises of the Quadrature of Curves and Analysis |
London | 1745 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,292.00 |
| 9 | Newton, Sir Isaac | De mundi systemate |
London | 1728 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 13,860.00 |
| 10 | Newton, Sir Isaac | Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John |
London | 1733 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 11 | Newton, Sir Isaac | The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended |
London | 1728 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,134.00 |
| 12 | Pemberton, Henry | A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy |
London | 1728 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 13 | Bedford, Arthur | Animadversions upon Sir Isaac Newton's Book intitled The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended |
London | 1728 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 |
| 14 | Voltaire | The Elements of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy |
London | 1738 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 15 | Maclaurin, Colin | An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries |
London | 1748 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,197.00 |
| 16 | Maclaurin, Colin | A Treatise of Fluxions |
Edinburgh | 1742 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 17 | Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746) | Ten autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
Edinburgh | 7th December 1728 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 35,280.00 |
| 18 | Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746) | Autograph letter signed on the priority dispute with George Campbell over the impossible roots of equations |
Edinburgh | 11th February 1728 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 19 | Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's | An Essay on Perspective |
London | 1724 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 882.00 |
| 20 | Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783) | Two autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
[i.e. St Petersburg] | 8th June 1736 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 |
| 21 | Cramer, Gabriel (1704-1752) | Ten autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
Paris | 11th/22nd October, 1728 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 22 | Klingenstierna, Samuel (1698-1765) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling, with additional mathematical demonstrations |
[Stockholm] | 19th September 1738 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 23 | Castel, Louis-Bertrand (1688-1757) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling |
Paris | 25th March 1733 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 579.60 |
| 24 | Poleni, Giovanni (editor) - Sextus Julius Frontinus | De Aquaeductibus Urbis Romae Commentarius |
Padua | 1722 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 327.60 |
| 25 | Galilei, Galileo | Opere |
Florence | 1718 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
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