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KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. Kepler on the movement of planets. Sold for US$882,375 inc. premium

APOLLO PROGRAM FINAL FLIGHT PLANS, EACH SIGNED. Including all missions from Apollo 7 through Apollo 17:. Sold for US$138,975 inc. premium

A MACINTOSH USED BY STEVE JOBS AT NEXT, INC. Macintosh SE Computer, Cupertino, CA, Apple Computer, late 1987,. Sold for US$126,375 inc. premium

EARLY MANUSCRIPT OF BENIVIENI'S DE PESTE. BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502. Manuscript in latin on paper, "Tractatus de Pestilentia" ["De Peste"],. Sold for US$75,975 inc. premium

APPLE II: VENTLESS REV 0 THE RAREST, MOST IMPACTFUL APPLE. Original Apple II Personal Computer, Cupertino, CA: 1977, approx. 455 x 385 x 100 mm, serial no 62,. Sold for US$35,655 inc. premium

TESLA STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE HIS WARDENCLYFFE PLANT TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 4to, New York, February 27, 1909, 4to, to Miss A.D. Hawkins,. Sold for US$24,225 inc. premium

EINSTEIN ON UNIFIED FIELD THEORY Autograph Letter Initialed ("A.E."), in German, to longtime assistant Ernst Gabor Straus on compatibility within the Unified Field Theory and with a series of equations on the compatibility of the strong system,. Sold for US$20,400 inc. premium

SHANNON, CLAUDE E. 1916-2001. THE FOUNDING OF INFORMATION THEORY. "A Mathematical Theory of Communication." Offprint from Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27 (July and October). New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1948.. Sold for US$15,300 inc. premium

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1001 —
EUCLID'S ELEMENTS, 1482
EUCLID. FL. 300 BCE.
Elementa geometriae. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, May 25, 1482.

US$80,000 - US$120,000

1002 —
FINÉ, ORONCE (FINAEUS ORONTIUS). 1494-1555.
De re & praxi geometrica, Libri tres, figuris & demonstrationibus illustrati. Paris: Gourbin, 1556.

US$1,000 - US$1,500

1003 —
MATHEMATICS
Sammelband of three rare works on arithmetic:

Sold for US$1,530 inc. premium

FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606. De morbis cutaneis et omnibus corporis humani excrementis tractatus. Venice: Paolo & Antonio Meietti, 1572.

1004 —
FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORK ON SKIN DISEASES.
MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606.
De morbis cutaneis et omnibus corporis humani excrementis tractatus. Venice: Paolo & Antonio Meietti, 1572.

Sold for US$12,750 inc. premium

1005 —
MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606.
De arte gymnastica libri sex. Venice: Giunta, 1601.

US$400 - US$600

1006 —
L'ECLUSE, CHARLES DE. 1526-1609.
Rariorum Plantarum Historia. Antwerp: Plantin, 1601.

US$2,000 - US$3,000

1007 —
EARLY MANUSCRIPT OF BENIVIENI'S DE PESTE.
BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502.
Manuscript in latin on paper, "Tractatus de Pestilentia" ["De Peste"],

Sold for US$75,975 inc. premium

KEPLER PURSUES HIS PENSION FROM THE ROMAN EMPEROR MATTHIAS. KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. Autograph Letter Signed ("Johann Kepler"), in German, to Matthias, Roman Emperor and King of Hungary Bohemia, etc., 2 pp recto and verso, folio (310 x 198 mm), 6 September 1613,

1008 —
KEPLER PURSUES HIS PENSION FROM THE ROMAN EMPEROR MATTHIAS.
KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Johann Kepler"), in German, to Matthias, Roman Emperor and King of Hungary Bohemia, etc., 2 pp recto and verso, folio (310 x 198 mm), 6 September 1613,

US$120,000 - US$180,000

KEPLER ON THE MOVEMENT OF PLANETS. KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. Autograph working scientific manuscript, in Latin, using logarithms in order to calculate the relative movements of the planets,

1009 —
KEPLER ON THE MOVEMENT OF PLANETS.
KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630.
Autograph working scientific manuscript, in Latin, using logarithms in order to calculate the relative movements of the planets,

Sold for US$882,375 inc. premium

1010 —
NAPIER, JOHN. 1550-1617.
Rabdologiae seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Leiden: Peter Rammasen, 1626.

US$1,200 - US$1,800

1011 —
HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.
Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648.

Sold for US$2,550 inc. premium

HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. Manuscript Document Signed ("Will: Harvey") in Latin, being a warrant for medicines delivered to the King Charles I's "poore househould servants,"

1012 —
HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.
Manuscript Document Signed ("Will: Harvey") in Latin, being a warrant for medicines delivered to the King Charles I's "poore househould servants,"

Sold for US$25,500 inc. premium

GLISSON, FRANCIS. 1597-1677. Anatomia hepatis. Cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia. London: DuGard for Octavian Pulleyn, 1654.

1013 —
GLISSON, FRANCIS. 1597-1677.
Anatomia hepatis. Cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia. London: DuGard for Octavian Pulleyn, 1654.

Sold for US$1,275 inc. premium

1014 —
KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. 1602-1680.
Romani Collegii Societatus Jesu Musaeum Celeberrimum. Amsterdam: Janssonius van Waesberge, 1678.

US$5,000 - US$7,000

BUONANNI, FILIPPO. 1638-1725. Observationes circa Viventia, quae in rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur. Cum Micrographia curiosa. Rome: Dominicus Antonius Hercules, 1691.

1015 —
BUONANNI, FILIPPO. 1638-1725.
Observationes circa Viventia, quae in rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur. Cum Micrographia curiosa. Rome: Dominicus Antonius Hercules, 1691.

Sold for US$2,040 inc. premium

$NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727. Optice: sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus & coloribus lucis libri tres. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1706.$

1016 —
NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727.
Optice: sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus & coloribus lucis libri tres. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1706.

Sold for US$2,040 inc. premium

$NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727. Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. London: for William and John Innus, 1721.$

1017 —
NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727.
Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. London: for William and John Innus, 1721.

Sold for US$3,187.50 inc. premium

1018 —
NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727.
Opuscula mathematica, philosophica et philologica. Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744.

Sold for US$2,167.50 inc. premium

HARTSOEKER, NICOLAS. 1656-1725. Recueil de plusieurs pieces de physique: où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Mr. Newton: et où se trouve, entre autres, une dissertation sur la peste.... Utrecht: Broedelet, 1722.

1019 —
HARTSOEKER, NICOLAS. 1656-1725.
Recueil de plusieurs pieces de physique: où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Mr. Newton: et où se trouve, entre autres, une dissertation sur la peste.... Utrecht: Broedelet, 1722.

Sold for US$828.75 inc. premium

1020 —
STUKELEY, WILLIAM. 1687-1765.
Of the Spleen, Its Description and History, Uses and Diseases.... London: Printed for the author, 1723.

Sold for US$3,315 inc. premium

ADAMS, GEORGE. c.1709-1773. Micrographia Illustrata, or the Knowledge of the Microscope Explain'd: Together with an Account of a New Invented Universal, Single or Double, Microscope.... London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, and by Samuel Birt, 1747.

1021 —
ADAMS, GEORGE. c.1709-1773.
Micrographia Illustrata, or the Knowledge of the Microscope Explain'd: Together with an Account of a New Invented Universal, Single or Double, Microscope.... London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, and by Samuel Birt, 1747.

Sold for US$2,040 inc. premium

1022 —
CRAMER, GABRIEL. 1704-1752.
Introduction a l'Analyse des Lignes Courbes Algébriques. Geneva: Freres Cramer & Cl. Philbert, 1750.

Sold for US$255 inc. premium

1023 —
ELLIS, JOHN. C.1710-1776.
3 works:
1. The Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes. London: Benjamin White and Son, Peter Elmsly, 1786.

Sold for US$1,020 inc. premium

GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM, WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON. 1717-1783. Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen.... Nuremburg: Christian de Launoy heirs, 1764.

1024 —
GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM, WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON. 1717-1783.
Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen.... Nuremburg: Christian de Launoy heirs, 1764.

US$7,000 - US$9,000

1025 —
MÜLLER, OTTO FRIEDRICH. 1730-1784.
Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers. Copenhagen: Heineck, Mumme and Faber, 1771.

US$800 - US$1,200

1026 —
SHELDON, JOHN. 1752-1808.
The History of the Absorbent System. London: Printed for the author, 1784.

Sold for US$510 inc. premium

1027 —
CRUIKSHANK, WILLIAM. 1745-1800.
The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. London: G. Nicol, 1786.

Sold for US$2,805 inc. premium

GREGORY, OLINTHUS. 1774-1841. GREGORY PONDERS A NEW EDITION OF THE MECHANICS. Autograph Letter Signed ("Olinthus Gregory"), suggesting the terms for a new edition of his A Treatise of Mechanics...,

1028 —
GREGORY, OLINTHUS. 1774-1841.
GREGORY PONDERS A NEW EDITION OF THE MECHANICS.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Olinthus Gregory"), suggesting the terms for a new edition of his A Treatise of Mechanics...,

US$800 - US$1,200

1029 —
GEORGE COMBE: A CASED SET OF PHRENOLOGY CALIPERS
Silver calipers with maker's mark of IR, Edinburgh 1825, 15 cm x 9 cm,

Sold for US$4,462.50 inc. premium

1030 —
FRORIEP, ROBERT. 1804-1861.
De Lingua Anatomica Quaedam Et Semiotica. Bonn: Hopfer de l'Orme, 1828.

US$800 - US$1,200

DARWIN REVISES THE ORIGIN DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Darwin") to George Charles Wallich requesting information on sea animals for the first revised edition of Origin of Species,

1031 —
DARWIN REVISES THE ORIGIN
DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Darwin") to George Charles Wallich requesting information on sea animals for the first revised edition of Origin of Species,

US$60,000 - US$80,000

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT LEAF FROM DARWIN'S DESCENT OF MAN, SIGNED BY DARWIN AT THE FOOT DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Charles Darwin") from Descent of Man, a draft outline of the subjects covered in Chapter II titled "Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man & the Lower Animals,"

1032 —
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT LEAF FROM DARWIN'S DESCENT OF MAN, SIGNED BY DARWIN AT THE FOOT
DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Charles Darwin") from Descent of Man, a draft outline of the subjects covered in Chapter II titled "Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man & the Lower Animals,"

Sold for US$239,775 inc. premium

EDISON SELLS HIS TELEGRAPH PATENT EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. 1847-1931. Manuscript Document Signed on vellum ("Thomas Alva Edison") being the agreement between Edison and William Orton, president of Western Union, selling the British rights to Edison's telegraph patent just days after testing his new invention the telephone,

1033 —
EDISON SELLS HIS TELEGRAPH PATENT
EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. 1847-1931.
Manuscript Document Signed on vellum ("Thomas Alva Edison") being the agreement between Edison and William Orton, president of Western Union, selling the British rights to Edison's telegraph patent just days after testing his new invention the telephone,

Sold for US$8,287.50 inc. premium

NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY TWICE SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Document Signed Twice ("Nikola Tesla"), being a stock certificate for 5 shares in the Nikola Tesla Company awarded to "Treasurer of Nikola Tesla Company," 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, April 2, 1904 & November 6, 1905,

1034 —
NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY TWICE SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Document Signed Twice ("Nikola Tesla"), being a stock certificate for 5 shares in the Nikola Tesla Company awarded to "Treasurer of Nikola Tesla Company," 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, April 2, 1904 & November 6, 1905,

Sold for US$21,675 inc. premium

1035 —
TESLA STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE HIS WARDENCLYFFE PLANT
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 4to, New York, February 27, 1909, 4to, to Miss A.D. Hawkins,

Sold for US$24,225 inc. premium

NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED TWICE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Document Signed Twice ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

1036 —
NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED TWICE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Document Signed Twice ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

Sold for US$35,655 inc. premium

1037 —
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Autograph Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 8vo (conjoined leaves), New York, November 22, 1909,

Sold for US$14,025 inc. premium

NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Document Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

1038 —
NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Document Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

Sold for US$31,875 inc. premium

TESLA ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Autograph Letter Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), to Carl Laemmle regarding extraterrestrial communication, 1p, 4to, New York, July 15, 1937,

1039 —
TESLA ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), to Carl Laemmle regarding extraterrestrial communication, 1p, 4to, New York, July 15, 1937,

US$100,000 - US$150,000

1040 —
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
Tumors of the Nervus Acusticus. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1917.

Sold for US$8,287.50 inc. premium

1041 —
CUSHING, HARVEY WILLIAMS. 1869-1939.
Photograph Signed ("Harvey Cushing"), gelatin silver print,

Sold for US$8,287.50 inc. premium

1042 —
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.

Sold for US$4,462.50 inc. premium

1043 —
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
From a Surgeon's Journal. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936.

Sold for US$1,530 inc. premium

FREUD ON FEMALE SEXUALITY FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939. Autograph Letter Signed ("Freud"), to a colleague and mentioning female sexuality, in German, 1 p,

1044 —
FREUD ON FEMALE SEXUALITY
FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Freud"), to a colleague and mentioning female sexuality, in German, 1 p,

Sold for US$7,012.50 inc. premium

EINSTEIN ON A UNIFIED EUROPE EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed Statement Signed ("A. Einstein") in German asserting the inevitability of a united Europe

1045 —
EINSTEIN ON A UNIFIED EUROPE
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.
Typed Statement Signed ("A. Einstein") in German asserting the inevitability of a united Europe

US$8,000 - US$12,000

1046 —
EINSTEIN ON UNIFIED FIELD THEORY
Autograph Letter Initialed ("A.E."), in German, to longtime assistant Ernst Gabor Straus on compatibility within the Unified Field Theory and with a series of equations on the compatibility of the strong system,

Sold for US$20,400 inc. premium

1047 —
WATSON & CRICK: THE DISCOVERY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DNA

US$35,000 - US$45,000

PAULING'S OWN MOLECULAR MODEL PAULING, LINUS CARL. 1901-1994. 21-Piece partial model consisting of 8 black wooden spherical pieces and 13 wooden bond pieces,

1048 —
PAULING'S OWN MOLECULAR MODEL
PAULING, LINUS CARL. 1901-1994.
21-Piece partial model consisting of 8 black wooden spherical pieces and 13 wooden bond pieces,

Sold for US$1,402.50 inc. premium

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1001 — EUCLID'S ELEMENTS, 1482 EUCLID. FL. 300 BCE. Elementa geometriae. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, May 25, 1482.

1002 — FINÉ, ORONCE (FINAEUS ORONTIUS). 1494-1555. De re & praxi geometrica, Libri tres, figuris & demonstrationibus illustrati. Paris: Gourbin, 1556.

1003 — MATHEMATICS Sammelband of three rare works on arithmetic:

1004 — FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606. De morbis cutaneis et omnibus corporis humani excrementis tractatus. Venice: Paolo & Antonio Meietti, 1572.

1005 — MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606. De arte gymnastica libri sex. Venice: Giunta, 1601.

1006 — L'ECLUSE, CHARLES DE. 1526-1609. Rariorum Plantarum Historia. Antwerp: Plantin, 1601.

1007 — EARLY MANUSCRIPT OF BENIVIENI'S DE PESTE. BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502. Manuscript in latin on paper, "Tractatus de Pestilentia" ["De Peste"],

1008 — KEPLER PURSUES HIS PENSION FROM THE ROMAN EMPEROR MATTHIAS. KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. Autograph Letter Signed ("Johann Kepler"), in German, to Matthias, Roman Emperor and King of Hungary Bohemia, etc., 2 pp recto and verso, folio (310 x 198 mm), 6 September 1613,

1009 — KEPLER ON THE MOVEMENT OF PLANETS. KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. Autograph working scientific manuscript, in Latin, using logarithms in order to calculate the relative movements of the planets,

1010 — NAPIER, JOHN. 1550-1617. Rabdologiae seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Leiden: Peter Rammasen, 1626.

1011 — HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648.

1012 — HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. Manuscript Document Signed ("Will: Harvey") in Latin, being a warrant for medicines delivered to the King Charles I's "poore househould servants,"

1013 — GLISSON, FRANCIS. 1597-1677. Anatomia hepatis. Cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia. London: DuGard for Octavian Pulleyn, 1654.

1014 — KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. 1602-1680. Romani Collegii Societatus Jesu Musaeum Celeberrimum. Amsterdam: Janssonius van Waesberge, 1678.

1015 — BUONANNI, FILIPPO. 1638-1725. Observationes circa Viventia, quae in rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur. Cum Micrographia curiosa. Rome: Dominicus Antonius Hercules, 1691.

1016 — NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727. Optice: sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus & coloribus lucis libri tres. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1706.

1017 — NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727. Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. London: for William and John Innus, 1721.

1018 — NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727. Opuscula mathematica, philosophica et philologica. Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744.

1019 — HARTSOEKER, NICOLAS. 1656-1725. Recueil de plusieurs pieces de physique: où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Mr. Newton: et où se trouve, entre autres, une dissertation sur la peste.... Utrecht: Broedelet, 1722.

1020 — STUKELEY, WILLIAM. 1687-1765. Of the Spleen, Its Description and History, Uses and Diseases.... London: Printed for the author, 1723.

1021 — ADAMS, GEORGE. c.1709-1773. Micrographia Illustrata, or the Knowledge of the Microscope Explain'd: Together with an Account of a New Invented Universal, Single or Double, Microscope.... London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, and by Samuel Birt, 1747.

1022 — CRAMER, GABRIEL. 1704-1752. Introduction a l'Analyse des Lignes Courbes Algébriques. Geneva: Freres Cramer & Cl. Philbert, 1750.

1023 — ELLIS, JOHN. C.1710-1776. 3 works: 1. The Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes. London: Benjamin White and Son, Peter Elmsly, 1786.

1024 — GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM, WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON. 1717-1783. Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen.... Nuremburg: Christian de Launoy heirs, 1764.

1025 — MÜLLER, OTTO FRIEDRICH. 1730-1784. Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers. Copenhagen: Heineck, Mumme and Faber, 1771.

1026 — SHELDON, JOHN. 1752-1808. The History of the Absorbent System. London: Printed for the author, 1784.

1027 — CRUIKSHANK, WILLIAM. 1745-1800. The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. London: G. Nicol, 1786.

1028 — GREGORY, OLINTHUS. 1774-1841. GREGORY PONDERS A NEW EDITION OF THE MECHANICS. Autograph Letter Signed ("Olinthus Gregory"), suggesting the terms for a new edition of his A Treatise of Mechanics...,

1029 — GEORGE COMBE: A CASED SET OF PHRENOLOGY CALIPERS Silver calipers with maker's mark of IR, Edinburgh 1825, 15 cm x 9 cm,

1030 — FRORIEP, ROBERT. 1804-1861. De Lingua Anatomica Quaedam Et Semiotica. Bonn: Hopfer de l'Orme, 1828.

1031 — DARWIN REVISES THE ORIGIN DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Darwin") to George Charles Wallich requesting information on sea animals for the first revised edition of Origin of Species,

1035 — TESLA STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE HIS WARDENCLYFFE PLANT TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 4to, New York, February 27, 1909, 4to, to Miss A.D. Hawkins,

1036 — NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED TWICE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Document Signed Twice ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

1037 — TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Autograph Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 8vo (conjoined leaves), New York, November 22, 1909,

1038 — NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Document Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

1039 — TESLA ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943. Autograph Letter Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), to Carl Laemmle regarding extraterrestrial communication, 1p, 4to, New York, July 15, 1937,

1040 — CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939. Tumors of the Nervus Acusticus. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1917.

1041 — CUSHING, HARVEY WILLIAMS. 1869-1939. Photograph Signed ("Harvey Cushing"), gelatin silver print,

1042 — CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939. The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.

1043 — CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939. From a Surgeon's Journal. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936.

1044 — FREUD ON FEMALE SEXUALITY FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939. Autograph Letter Signed ("Freud"), to a colleague and mentioning female sexuality, in German, 1 p,

1045 — EINSTEIN ON A UNIFIED EUROPE EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed Statement Signed ("A. Einstein") in German asserting the inevitability of a united Europe

1046 — EINSTEIN ON UNIFIED FIELD THEORY Autograph Letter Initialed ("A.E."), in German, to longtime assistant Ernst Gabor Straus on compatibility within the Unified Field Theory and with a series of equations on the compatibility of the strong system,

1047 — WATSON & CRICK: THE DISCOVERY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DNA

1048 — PAULING'S OWN MOLECULAR MODEL PAULING, LINUS CARL. 1901-1994. 21-Piece partial model consisting of 8 black wooden spherical pieces and 13 wooden bond pieces,

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1001 —
EUCLID'S ELEMENTS, 1482
EUCLID. FL. 300 BCE.
Elementa geometriae. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, May 25, 1482.

1002 —
FINÉ, ORONCE (FINAEUS ORONTIUS). 1494-1555.
De re & praxi geometrica, Libri tres, figuris & demonstrationibus illustrati. Paris: Gourbin, 1556.

1003 —
MATHEMATICS
Sammelband of three rare works on arithmetic:

1004 —
FIRST SCIENTIFIC WORK ON SKIN DISEASES.
MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606.
De morbis cutaneis et omnibus corporis humani excrementis tractatus. Venice: Paolo & Antonio Meietti, 1572.

1005 —
MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMUS. 1530-1606.
De arte gymnastica libri sex. Venice: Giunta, 1601.

1006 —
L'ECLUSE, CHARLES DE. 1526-1609.
Rariorum Plantarum Historia. Antwerp: Plantin, 1601.

1007 —
EARLY MANUSCRIPT OF BENIVIENI'S DE PESTE.
BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502.
Manuscript in latin on paper, "Tractatus de Pestilentia" ["De Peste"],

1008 —
KEPLER PURSUES HIS PENSION FROM THE ROMAN EMPEROR MATTHIAS.
KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Johann Kepler"), in German, to Matthias, Roman Emperor and King of Hungary Bohemia, etc., 2 pp recto and verso, folio (310 x 198 mm), 6 September 1613,

1009 —
KEPLER ON THE MOVEMENT OF PLANETS.
KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630.
Autograph working scientific manuscript, in Latin, using logarithms in order to calculate the relative movements of the planets,

1010 —
NAPIER, JOHN. 1550-1617.
Rabdologiae seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Leiden: Peter Rammasen, 1626.

1011 —
HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.
Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648.

1012 —
HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.
Manuscript Document Signed ("Will: Harvey") in Latin, being a warrant for medicines delivered to the King Charles I's "poore househould servants,"

1013 —
GLISSON, FRANCIS. 1597-1677.
Anatomia hepatis. Cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia. London: DuGard for Octavian Pulleyn, 1654.

1014 —
KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. 1602-1680.
Romani Collegii Societatus Jesu Musaeum Celeberrimum. Amsterdam: Janssonius van Waesberge, 1678.

1015 —
BUONANNI, FILIPPO. 1638-1725.
Observationes circa Viventia, quae in rebus non Viventibus reperiuntur. Cum Micrographia curiosa. Rome: Dominicus Antonius Hercules, 1691.

1016 —
NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727.
Optice: sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus & coloribus lucis libri tres. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1706.

1017 —
NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727.
Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. London: for William and John Innus, 1721.

1018 —
NEWTON, ISAAC, SIR. 1642-1727.
Opuscula mathematica, philosophica et philologica. Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744.

1019 —
HARTSOEKER, NICOLAS. 1656-1725.
Recueil de plusieurs pieces de physique: où l'on fait principalement voir l'invalidité du système de Mr. Newton: et où se trouve, entre autres, une dissertation sur la peste.... Utrecht: Broedelet, 1722.

1020 —
STUKELEY, WILLIAM. 1687-1765.
Of the Spleen, Its Description and History, Uses and Diseases.... London: Printed for the author, 1723.

1021 —
ADAMS, GEORGE. c.1709-1773.
Micrographia Illustrata, or the Knowledge of the Microscope Explain'd: Together with an Account of a New Invented Universal, Single or Double, Microscope.... London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, and by Samuel Birt, 1747.

1022 —
CRAMER, GABRIEL. 1704-1752.
Introduction a l'Analyse des Lignes Courbes Algébriques. Geneva: Freres Cramer & Cl. Philbert, 1750.

1023 —
ELLIS, JOHN. C.1710-1776.
3 works:
1. The Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes. London: Benjamin White and Son, Peter Elmsly, 1786.

1024 —
GLEICHEN-RUSSWURM, WILHELM FRIEDRICH VON. 1717-1783.
Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen, oder Mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen.... Nuremburg: Christian de Launoy heirs, 1764.

1025 —
MÜLLER, OTTO FRIEDRICH. 1730-1784.
Von Würmern des süssen und salzigen Wassers. Copenhagen: Heineck, Mumme and Faber, 1771.

1026 —
SHELDON, JOHN. 1752-1808.
The History of the Absorbent System. London: Printed for the author, 1784.

1027 —
CRUIKSHANK, WILLIAM. 1745-1800.
The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. London: G. Nicol, 1786.

1028 —
GREGORY, OLINTHUS. 1774-1841.
GREGORY PONDERS A NEW EDITION OF THE MECHANICS.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Olinthus Gregory"), suggesting the terms for a new edition of his A Treatise of Mechanics...,

1029 —
GEORGE COMBE: A CASED SET OF PHRENOLOGY CALIPERS
Silver calipers with maker's mark of IR, Edinburgh 1825, 15 cm x 9 cm,

1030 —
FRORIEP, ROBERT. 1804-1861.
De Lingua Anatomica Quaedam Et Semiotica. Bonn: Hopfer de l'Orme, 1828.

1031 —
DARWIN REVISES THE ORIGIN
DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Darwin") to George Charles Wallich requesting information on sea animals for the first revised edition of Origin of Species,

1035 —
TESLA STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE HIS WARDENCLYFFE PLANT
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 4to, New York, February 27, 1909, 4to, to Miss A.D. Hawkins,

1036 —
NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED TWICE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Document Signed Twice ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

1037 —
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Autograph Letter Signed ("N. Tesla"), 2 pp, 8vo (conjoined leaves), New York, November 22, 1909,

1038 —
NIKOLA TESLA COMPANY SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Document Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), 1 p, oblong folio (168 x 269 mm), New York, July 1, 1907,

1039 —
TESLA ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
TESLA, NIKOLA. 1856-1943.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Nikola Tesla"), to Carl Laemmle regarding extraterrestrial communication, 1p, 4to, New York, July 15, 1937,

1040 —
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
Tumors of the Nervus Acusticus. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1917.

1041 —
CUSHING, HARVEY WILLIAMS. 1869-1939.
Photograph Signed ("Harvey Cushing"), gelatin silver print,

1042 —
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.

1043 —
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
From a Surgeon's Journal. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936.

1044 —
FREUD ON FEMALE SEXUALITY
FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Freud"), to a colleague and mentioning female sexuality, in German, 1 p,

1045 —
EINSTEIN ON A UNIFIED EUROPE
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.
Typed Statement Signed ("A. Einstein") in German asserting the inevitability of a united Europe

1046 —
EINSTEIN ON UNIFIED FIELD THEORY
Autograph Letter Initialed ("A.E."), in German, to longtime assistant Ernst Gabor Straus on compatibility within the Unified Field Theory and with a series of equations on the compatibility of the strong system,

1047 —
WATSON & CRICK: THE DISCOVERY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DNA

1048 —
PAULING'S OWN MOLECULAR MODEL
PAULING, LINUS CARL. 1901-1994.
21-Piece partial model consisting of 8 black wooden spherical pieces and 13 wooden bond pieces,