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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Mathematical notebooks |
Edinburgh | 1988 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 37,800.00 |
| 52 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | 'Methodus Differentialis sive Tractatus de Summatione et Interpolatione Serierum Infinitarum' |
c.1730 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 50,400.00 | |
| 53 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Methodus Differentialis sive Tractatus de Summatione et Interpolatione Serierum Infinitarum |
London | 1730 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 45,360.00 |
| 54 | Stirling, James | The Differential Method |
London | 1749 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 5,292.00 |
| 55 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Diploma of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences |
Berlin | 14th February 1747 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 56 | Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de | Discours sur les differentes figures des astres |
Paris | 1732 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 57 | Dortous de Mairan, Jean-Jacques | Traite physique et historique de l'aurore boreale |
Paris | 1733 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,520.00 |
| 58 | Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de | La figure de la terre |
Paris | 1738 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,292.00 |
| 59 | Bouguer, Pierre | La figure de la terre |
Paris | 1749 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 60 | Agricola, Georgius | De ortu et causis subterraneorum lib. v |
Basel | 1546 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 12,600.00 |
| 61 | Agricola, Georgius | De re metallica libri xx |
Basel | 1561 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 62 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | The Scots Mining Company - Archive of letters and paperwork relating to the management of Leadhills Mine |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 | ||
| 63 | [Geodesy] | Group of works on the figure and history of the earth, 18th century |
London | 1738 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 64 | Bradley, James (1693-1762) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling |
Oxford | 2nd December 1733 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 6,048.00 |
| 65 | Clairaut, Alexis (1713-1765) | Autograph letter signed to James Stirling |
Paris | 2nd October 1738 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 3,024.00 |
| 66 | Machin, John (1680-1751) | Two autograph letters signed to James Stirling |
c.1733 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,796.00 | |
| 67 | Woodward, John | An Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth, and Terrestrial Bodyes, especially Minerals |
London | 1723 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 68 | Priestley, Joseph | The History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments |
London | 1767 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,268.00 |
| 69 | Black, Joseph | Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quick-Lime, and Other Alcaline Substances |
Edinburgh and Stonehouse, London | 1777 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,796.00 |
| 70 | Science and medicine Collection of works, 18th century |
Edinburgh | 1758 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 71 | Hutton, James | The Theory of the Earth, from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
[Edinburgh] | [c.1787] | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 25,200.00 |
| 72 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | Collection of manuscript notebooks on weights and measures |
GBP 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | GBP 23,940.00 | ||
| 73 | Stirling, James (1692-1770) | 'Treatise on Weights and Measures and Coinage' |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,780.00 | ||
| 74 | Stirling, James (1692-1770), his copy, with annotations | A Report from the Committee appointed to Enquire into the Original Standards of Weights and Measures |
London | 1758 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 75 | Greaves, John | Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford |
London | 1737 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 630.00 |
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