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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Bacon, Francis | Opera omnia quae extant |
Frankfurt | 1665 [i.e. 1668] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 27 | Bernoulli, Johann | Opera omnia |
Lausanne & Geneva | 1742 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 28 | Nebel, Wilhelm Bernard | Dissertatio physica de Mercurio lucente in vacuo |
Basel | [1719] | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 29 | Bernoulli, Nicolaus (1687-1759) | Three autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
Padua | 29th April 1719 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 20,160.00 |
| 30 | Campailla, Tommaso (1668-1740) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling |
6th May 1738 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Mathematics and geometry. Collection of works, 18th century |
London | 1747-8 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,772.00 | |
| 32 | Du Hamel, Jean-Baptiste | Regiae Scientiarum Academiae Historia |
Paris | 1701 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 |
| 33 | Mariotte, Edme | Oeuvres |
Leiden | 1717 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 34 | Cuming, Sir Alexander (c.1690-1775) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling |
Kensington | 4th July 1728 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 35 | Simpson, Thomas | Essays on several Curious and Useful Subjects, in Speculative and Mix'd Mathematicks |
London | 1740 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 554.40 |
| 36 | Simson, Robert | Sectionum conicarum libri v |
Edinburgh | 1735 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 37 | Simson, Robert (1687-1768) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling |
Glasgow | 22nd July 1740 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 38 | Gardiner, William | Tables of Logarithms, for all Numbers from 1 to 102100 |
London | 1742 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 39 | Halley, Edmond (editor) - Apollonius of Perga | Conicorum libri octo |
Oxford | 1710 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,284.00 |
| 40 | Euclid | [Opera] quae supersunt omnia |
Oxford | 1703 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 41 | Bacon, Roger | Opus majus ad Clementem Quartum Pontificem Romanum |
London | 1733 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 42 | Simpson, Thomas | The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions |
London | 1750 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 43 | Stewart, Matthew | Some General Theorems of Considerable Use in the Higher Parts of Mathematics |
Edinburgh | 1746 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 882.00 |
| 44 | [Montmort, Pierre Remond de] | Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard |
Paris | 1708 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 45 | Moivre, Abraham de | The Doctrine of Chances |
London | 1718 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 46 | Moivre, Abraham de | The Doctrine of Chances |
London | 1738 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 47 | Moivre, Abraham de | Annuities upon Lives |
London | 1725 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 48 | Moivre, Abraham de | Annuities on Lives |
London | 1743 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 49 | Simpson, Thomas | The Doctrine of Annuities and Reversions |
London | 1742-3 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 50 | Taylor, Brook | Methodus incrementorum directa et inversa |
London | 1717 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,788.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
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![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
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