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HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.

THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK

£25,000

POLYDORE VERGIL

De rerum inventoribus libri octo. Basle, Johann Bebel, 1532, 1532.

WITH HOLBEIN'S DANCE OF DEATH ALPHABET

£1,500

ERASTUS (Thomas).

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.

ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN

£4,500

LULL (Ramon)

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

£7,500

CLAVIUS (Christopher)

Aritmetica Prattica... tradotta da Latino in Italiano dal… 1602.

JESUIT ASSOCIATIONS - A GIFT FROM A FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN TO A FUTURE MISSIONARY

£5,500

[DIPLOMA]

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.

DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY

£8,000

DESNOUES (Guillaume)

Lettres de G. Desnoues, Professeur d'Anatomie & de… 1706.

ON EMBALMING PRACTICES, BY AN EARLY ANATOMICAL WAX MODELLER

£2,500

VOLTAIRE (François Marie Arouet de).

Letters concerning the English Nation, 1733.

CONTAINING THE FIRST REFERENCE TO NEWTON'S APPLE

£3,750

RANDALL (John).

The Semi-Virgilian Husbandry, Deduced from Various Experiments: or,… 1764.

WITH MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS

£850

FORSTER (Johann Reinhold).

A Catalogue of the Animals of North America, 1771.

AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRIMER FOR AMERICAN NATURALISTS

£7,500

PRINGLE (Sir John).

A Discourse upon some late Improvements Of the… 1776.

SOLVING SCURVY

£22,500

[ST. FARRE]

Traite d'Anatomie tome premier osteologie. A LHermitage, 1777, 1777.

FIBRE THEORY FROM AN ANATOMICAL CONNOISSEUR

£2,250

MACFAIT (Ebenezer).

A New System of General Geography, 1780.

£750

LAVATER (John Caspar).

Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge… 1810.

WITH FOUR ENGRAVINGS BY WILLIAM BLAKE

£1,500

HEERMAN (Surgeon Lewis).

Directions for the Medicine Chest , 1811.

PRESENTED TO THE US SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

£8,500

ANON.

Atmospherical Register or Weather Book, 1816.

£750

[DUPPA (Richard).]

The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System… 1816.

£2,500

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolours of flowering Star Tree, 1820.

£1,000

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolour of flowering Wild Pear Tree, 1820.

£1,000

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolour of a Wild Climbing Rose, 1820.

£1,000

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolour of a Bush Cherry, 1820.

£1,000

BURNAP (Uzziah C.)

The Youth's Ethereal Director; or a Concise and… 1822.

AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

£850

RODGERS (Dr John Kearney).

[Archive of twelve letters written to his future… 1823.

REPORTS FROM CURAÇAO: MEDICINE & THE ENSLAVED

£3,000

[ARCTIC RESULTS.]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1826.

£250

FORBES (James).

Salictum Woburnense: or, a catalogue of willows indigenous… 1829.

ONE OF 50 COPIES: 140 HAND-COLOURED PLATES

£10,000

GOULD (John), & GOULD (Elizabeth), artist.

A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, 1837.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE

£22,500

[ROSS (James Clark)] & ROYAL SOCIETY.

Report of the Committee of Physics and Meteorology… 1840.

THE FIRST ANTARCTIC MANUAL

£13,500

LAMARE-PICQUOT (Christophe-Augustin.)

Mémoire ... du Psoralea Esculenta (Picquotaine), et sur… 1848.

GROWING PRAIRIE TURNIPS IN FRANCE

£750

BRYSON (Alexander).

An Account of the Origin, Spread, & Decline… 1849.

DEBATING THE CAUSES & TREATMENT OF YELLOW FEVER IN SIERRA LEONE

£750

BLACKWELL (Dr. Elizabeth).

The Laws of Life, with special reference to… 1858.

TO AMERICAN WOMEN

£3,250

MAURY (Commander Matthew Fontaine).

Ob Issledovanii Yuzhnykh Polyarnykh Stran: Pismo G. Mori… 1861.

AN EARLY PROPOSAL FOR AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

£8,500

SIMMONDS (Peter Lund)

Waste Products and Undeveloped Substances: or, Hints for… 1862.

£450

DARWIN (Charles). & RACHINSKII (Sergei Aleksandrovich), trans.

[On the Origin of the Species] O proiskhozhdenii… 1864.

THE FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION

£7,500

DARWIN (Charles).

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation… 1871.

AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY

£9,500

CAPESTRO (Federico).

[Three illustrated notebooks.], 1874.

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATIONS

£6,000

[CANADA.]

Ecole de medecine et de chirurgie de Montreal, 1880.

£75

[DARWIN (Charles).]

Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey, Wednesday, April… 1882.

ONE OF 33 COPIES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY

£6,000

SMALL (H.B).

Canadian Forests, 1884.

£350

JOHNSTON (H.H.).

The Kilima-Njaro Expedition.  A Record of Scientific Exploration… 1886.

£850

HOLMES SR. (Oliver Wendell).

[Large cabinet card.], 1886.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED

£750

AVELING (Edward B.)

Darwin Made Easy, 1887.

£125

RAE (John).

[ALS to Norman Lockyer "The Editor of Nature".], 1888.

"FROZEN FISH COMING TO LIFE AGAIN"

£3,750