Sothebys: The Library of Barry Yampol: A First Selection. Part 2, N11776, New York

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December 12, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Page Size: 193 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
75 (Library Catalogue)

A catalogue of the Library of the Chemical Society, arranged according to subjects, with indexes containing authors' names and subjects.

London 1886 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 254.00
76 [Catalog - Natural History]

Catalogue d'un Tres Beau Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle, consistent en Coquillages, Doublettes, Corails, Madrepores, Mineraux, Petrifactions, ...

N.p. n. d. [circa 1760] USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 635.00
77 [Delalain, Nicolas Augustin --- Auction Catalog]

Catalogue raisonne d'une collection choisie de mineraux, cristallisations, madrepores, coquilles & autres curiosites de la nature & de l'art.

Paris 1769 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,524.00
78 Cesalpino, Andrea

De metallicis libri tres.

Rome 1596 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
79 Chappuzeau, Samuel

The history of jewels, and of the principal riches of the east and west... Attended with fair discoveries, conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade.

London 1671 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
80 Charpentier, Jean de

Essai sur les glaciers et sur le terrain erratique du bassin du Rhone.

Lausanne 1841 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 635.00
81 Cluver, Detlev

Geologia sive philosophemata de genesi ac structura globi terreni, Oder, naturliche Wissenschaft von Erschaffung und Bereitung der Erd-Kugel.

Hamburg 1700 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,524.00
82 Collini, Cosimo Alessandro

Considerations sur les Montagnes Volcaniques.

Mannheim 1781 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,159.00
83 Cook, Moses

The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forrest-Trees.

London 1679 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,016.00
84 Cronstedt, Axel von

Forsok til Mineralogie, eller mineral-rikets upstallning. [And:] Intrades-tal, om medel til mineralogiens vidare forkofran. Hallit for Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps Academien.

Stockholm 1758; 1754 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,810.00
85 (Cuvier, Georges)

Memoirs of Baron Cuvier, by Mrs. R. Lee (formerly Mrs. T. Ed. Bowdich).

London 1833 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 508.00
86 Davila, Pedro Francisco and Jean-Baptiste Louis Rome de l'Isle

Catalogue systematique et raisonne des curiosites de la nature et de l'art, qui composent le cabinet de M. Davila.

Paris 1767 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
87 Delius, Christoph Traugott

Anleitung zu der Bergbaukunst.

Vienna 1806 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,016.00
88 Della Fratta et Montalbano, Marco Antonio

Pratica minerale.

Bologna 1678 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,175.00
89 Descartes, Rene

Les Principes de la Philosophie.

Paris 1651 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,270.00
90 (Dowsing) --- H.F. Feudivirus

Gebrauch der Berg-und Wunschel-Ruthe...

Leipzig 1784 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 762.00
91 Dufrenoy, Ours Pierre Armand, and Jean Baptiste Elie de Beaumont

Explication de la carte geologique de la France redigee sous la direction de M. Brochant de Villiers, Inspecteur General des Mines.

Paris 1841--1848 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
93 Eilenburg, Christian Heinrich

Description du Cabinet Roial de Dresde touchant l'histoire naturelle.

Dresden and Leipzig 1755 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 635.00
94 Entzelt, Christoph

De re metallica, hoc est, de origine, varietate, & natura corporum metallicorum, lapidum, gemmarum, atque; aliarum, quae ex fodinis eruuntur, rerum, ad medicinae, usum deservientium, libri III.

Frankfurt [1551] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,890.00
95 Ercker, Lazarus

Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt unnd Bergwercks Arten...

Frankfurt 1580 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,350.00
96 Ercker, Lazarus

Contemporary manuscript copy of Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertz unnd Bergkwercks Arten,

Frankfurt am Main 1598 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 27,940.00
97 Eschwege, Wilhelm Ludwig von

Pluto Brasiliensis. Eine Reihe von Abhandlungen uber Brasiliens Gold-, Diamanten- und anderen mineralischen Reichthum,...

Berlin 1833 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 762.00
98 Euclid

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners. By Oliver Byrne.

London 1847 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 12,065.00
99 Falloppio, Gabriele

De medicatis aquis, atque de fossilibus tractatus pulcherrimus, ac maxime utilis: ab Andrea Marcolino Fanestri medico ipsius discipulo amatissimo collectus.

Venice 1564 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
100 Faujas de Saint Fond, Barthelemy

Recherches sur les volcans eteints du Vivarais et du Velay. Avec un discours sur les volcans brulans, des memoires analytiques sur les Schorls, ...

Joseph Cuchet, and Paris 1778 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,700.00
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    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
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    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
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