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PIONEERING WOMAN AMELIA EARHART FROM THE PRESIDENT. ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO. 1882-1945. Typed Letter Signed ("Franklin D. Roosevelt") to Amelia Earhart congratulating her on her solo flight from Hawaii to California, noting the contributions of women throughout American history,. Sold for US$76,700 inc. premium

PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN JOHN MORGAN MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT. MORGAN, JOHN. 1735-1789. Autograph Medical Manuscript Signed ("John Morgan") being more than 50 lectures on the practice of medicine, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, and surgery, with references to primary authorities both modern and ancient, citing first hand primary case history from the most renowned doctors of the time,. Sold for US$61,440 inc. premium

FRANKLIN ON SMALLPOX INOCULATION. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Some Account of the Success of Inoculation for the Small-Pox in England and America. Together with Plain Instructions, By which any Person may be enabled to perform the Operation, and conduct the Patient through the Distemper. London: W. Strahan, 1759 and London: printed at the Expense of the Author, to be given away in America, 1759.. Sold for US$38,400 inc. premium

BATEMAN, JAMES. 1811-1897. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837-1843.]. Sold for US$25,600 inc. premium

BRITISH LIFE IN THE RAJ. D'OYLY, CHARLES. 1781-1845; and CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON. 1758-1817. The Costumes and Customs of Modern India. London: Edward Orme, [c. 1842].. Sold for US$5,120 inc. premium

WIENER WERKSTÄTTE TOYS. HOFFMANN, JOSEF. 1870-1956. Spielzug 17 Linolschnitte der Schule Prof. Josef Hoffmann. [Vienna: 1922.]. Sold for US$4,864 inc. premium

PEKING STREETS IN THE 1930S. FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking. Beijing: Chinese Association of Peking, 1931.. Sold for US$4,480 inc. premium

JUGENDSTIL ILLUSTRATION. LEFLER, HEINRICH. 1863-1919; and JOSEF URBAN, illustrator. 1872-1933. Die Bücher der Chronika der drei Schwestern. Berlin: J.A. Stargardt, 1900.. Sold for US$1,536 inc. premium

SURREALISM: STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER. HUGNET, GEORGES. 1906-1974; and STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER, illustrator. 1901-1988. Ombres Portées. Paris: Éditions de la Montagne, [1932].. Sold for US$1,024 inc. premium

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1 — BATEMAN, JAMES. 1811-1897. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837-1843.]

2 — BATEMAN, JAMES. 1811-1897. A Monograph of Odontoglossum. London: L. Reeve & Co., [1864-]1874.

3 — HOOKER, WILLIAM JACKSON. 1785-1865. A Century of Orchidaceous Plants selected from Curtis's Botanical Magazine ... accompanied by an introduction on the culture and general management by John Charles Lyons. London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849.

4 — JENNINGS, SAMUEL. fl. 1875. Orchids: and How to Grow Them in India and Other Tropical Climates. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1875.

5 — KING, GEORGE. 1840-1909; and ROBERT PANTLING. 1856-1910. The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya. Issued as: vol. VIII of Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press; London: B. Quaritch, 1898.

6 — LINDLEY, JOHN. 1799-1865. Sertum Orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful Orchidaceous flowers London: James Ridgway and Sons, 1838.

7 — LINDEN, JEAN-JULES. 1817-1898. Pescatorea. Iconographie des Orchidées. Brussels: M.Hayez for Librairie de Charles Muqardt, [1854-]1855-1860.

8 — LINDEN, JEAN-JULES. 1817-1898. Lindenia. Iconographie des Orchidées. Directeur J. Linden. Rédacteurs en chef: Lucien Linden & Emile Rodigas avec la collaboration de spécialistes éminents. Ghent: F. Meyer-Van Loo (later E. Vanderhaegen), 1885-1901.

9 — MOORE, THOMAS. 1821-1887. Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants: a series of one hundred figures ... representing the principal groups of orchids; accompanied by descriptions of the cultivated species ... and directions for cultivation. London: Willis and Sotheran, 1857.

10 — SANDER, HENRY FREDERICK CONRAD. 1847-1920. Reichenbachia, Orchids illustrated and described. London: J. French for Henry Sotheran & Co and F. Sander & Co. of St. Albans, 1892, 1895.

11 — VEITCH, JAMES HARRY. 1840-1924; and ADOLPHOS HENRY KENT. 1828-1913. A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated under Glass in Great Britain. London: James Veitch, 1887-94.

12 — VEITCH, JAMES HARRY. 1840-1924; and ADOLPHOS HENRY KENT. 1828-1913. A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated under Glass in Great Britain. London: James Veitch, 1887-94.

13 — VEITCH, HARRY JAMES. 1840-1924; and ADOLPHOS HENRY KENT. 1828-1913. A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated under Glass in Great Britain. London: James Veitch, 1887-94.

14 — WARNER, ROBERT. 1814-1896; and BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS. 1824-1890. Select Orchidaceous Plants. London: Taylor and Co for Lovell Reeve & Co, [series I & II], Robert Warner [series III], 1862-[1891].

15 — WARNER, ROBERT. 1814-1896; BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS. 1824-1890; and THOMAS MOORE. 1821-1887. The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. London: Published by B.S. Williams, at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 1882-1897.

16 — WOOLWARD, FLORENCE. 1854-1930. The Genus Masdevallia, issued by the Marquess of Lothian, K.T., Chiefly from Plants in his Collection of Orchids at Newbattle Abbey ... with additional notes by F.C. Lehmann. London: Lyne & Sons for R.H. Porter, 1890-96.

17 — BRITISH LIFE IN THE RAJ. D'OYLY, CHARLES. 1781-1845; and CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON. 1758-1817. The Costumes and Customs of Modern India. London: Edward Orme, [c. 1842].

18 — CHURCHILL'S VOYAGES. A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from Original Manuscripts. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704; and John Walthoe, for Churchill, 1732.

19 — GUIGNES, CHRETIEN LOUIS JOSEPH. 1759–1845. Voyage a Pékin, Manille et l'Ile de France. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.

20 — PEKING STREETS IN THE 1930S. FUNG, H.K. The Shop Signs of Peking. Beijing: Chinese Association of Peking, 1931.

21 — ALBINUS, BERNARD SIEGFRIED. 1697-1770. Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body. London: John and Paul Knapton, 1749.

22 — AUENBRUGGER, LEOPOLD. 1722-1809. Inventum novum ex percussione thoracis humani ut signo abstrusos interni.... Vienna: Johann Thomas Trattner, 1761.

23 — AVICENNA. 980-1037. Libri canonis, necnon de medicinis cordialibus .... Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1527.

24 — BEAUMONT, WILLIAM. 1785-1853. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion. Plattsburgh, [NY]: Printed by F.P. Allen [for the author], 1833.

25 — IAN FLEMING'S COPY. BIGELOW, HENRY JACOB. 1818-1890. "Insensibility During Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation" [in:] The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. XXXV, no. 16, pp 309-317, November 18, 1846. Boston: David Clapp, 1846.

26 — BOWDITCH, HENRY INGERSOLL. 1808-92. The Young Stethoscopist, or the Student's Aid to Articulation. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co / New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1846.

27 — EARLY EDITION OF A CLASSIC IN MEDICINE. CELSUS, AULUS AURELIUS CORNELIUS C.25 B.C.E.-50. De medicina. Edited by Bartholomaeus Fontius and Franciscus Saxettus,Venice: Joannes Rubeus, 1493.

28 — CELSUS, AULUS AURELIUS CORNELIUS C.25 B.C.E.-50 C.E. In hoc volumine haec continentur. Aurelii Cornelii Celsi medicinae libri VIII ... Quinti Sereni liber de medicina. Venice: Heirs of Aldus the Elder, 1528.

29 — CUSHING SIGNED OSLER BIOGRAPHY. CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939. The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.

30 — DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860.

31 — DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.

32 — ELLIOTSON PRESENTATION COPY. ELLIOTSON, JOHN. 1791-1868. Numerous Cases of Surgical Operations Without Pain in the Mesmeric State. London: H. Bailliere, 1843.

33 — FLEMING AND THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. Presentation copies of 4 offprints regarding the development of Penicillin.

34 — FRANKLIN IMPRINT OF CICERO. [FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, printer.] Cicero's Cato Major, or His Discourse of Old-Age with Explanatory Notes. Translated by James Logan. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1744.

35 — [FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.] Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its First Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, Called May, 1754. Philadelphia: B. Franklin & D. Hall, 1754.

37 — FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, etc. [caption title]. [Philadelphia: Hall & Sellers, 1766.]

38 — FRANKLIN'S COLLECTED SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. London: C. Dilly, 1787.

40 — UNLOCKING THE GENETIC CODE. 3 classic articles that founded modern genetic science:

41 — HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. Exercitationes anatomicae, de motu cordis & sanguinis circulatione. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1660.

42 — HAÜY, VALENTIN. 1745-1828. Essai sur l'Éducation des Aveugles. Paris: Imprimé par les Enfans-Aveugles, sous la direction de M. Clousier, 1786.

43 — LAENNEC, RENE THEOPHILE HYACINTHE. 1781-1826. De l'auscultation mediate ou traite du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur, fonde principalement sur ce nouveau moyen d'exploration. Paris: J.-A. Brosson andJ.-S. Chaude, 1819.

44 — LARREY, DOMINIQUE JEAN, 1766-1842. Relation Historique et Chirurgicale de l'Expédition de l'Armée d'Orient, en Egypte et en Syrie. Paris: Demonville et Soeurs, 1803.

45 — LEEUWENHOEK'S WORKS. LEEUWENHOEK, ANTHONY VAN. 1632-1723. Opera omnia seu arcana naturae. Leiden: Johannes Arnold Langerak, 1719-1730.

46 — LISTER, JOSEPH. 1827-1912. "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery" [In:] The Lancet, Vol II, Numbers XII (September 21, 1867) & XXII (November 30, 1867). London: George Fall, 1867.

47 — MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. 1628-1694. Opera Omnia, Figuris Elegantissimis in aes incisis Illustrata. London: Thomas Sawbridge, G. Wells, R. Litlebury and R. Scott, 1686.

48 — PASTEUR ADVISES ON A CASE OF RABIES. PASTEUR, LOUIS. 1822-1895. Autograph Note Signed ("L. Pasteur"), 1 p, on gray note card,

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BATEMAN, JAMES. 1811-1897.
The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837-1843.]

2 —
BATEMAN, JAMES. 1811-1897.
A Monograph of Odontoglossum. London: L. Reeve & Co., [1864-]1874.

3 —
HOOKER, WILLIAM JACKSON. 1785-1865.
A Century of Orchidaceous Plants selected from Curtis's Botanical Magazine ... accompanied by an introduction on the culture and general management by John Charles Lyons. London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849.

4 —
JENNINGS, SAMUEL. fl. 1875.
Orchids: and How to Grow Them in India and Other Tropical Climates. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1875.

5 —
KING, GEORGE. 1840-1909; and ROBERT PANTLING. 1856-1910.
The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya. Issued as: vol. VIII of Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press; London: B. Quaritch, 1898.

6 —
LINDLEY, JOHN. 1799-1865.
Sertum Orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful Orchidaceous flowers London: James Ridgway and Sons, 1838.

7 —
LINDEN, JEAN-JULES. 1817-1898.
Pescatorea. Iconographie des Orchidées. Brussels: M.Hayez for Librairie de Charles Muqardt, [1854-]1855-1860.

8 —
LINDEN, JEAN-JULES. 1817-1898.
Lindenia. Iconographie des Orchidées. Directeur J. Linden. Rédacteurs en chef: Lucien Linden & Emile Rodigas avec la collaboration de spécialistes éminents. Ghent: F. Meyer-Van Loo (later E. Vanderhaegen), 1885-1901.

9 —
MOORE, THOMAS. 1821-1887.
Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants: a series of one hundred figures ... representing the principal groups of orchids; accompanied by descriptions of the cultivated species ... and directions for cultivation. London: Willis and Sotheran, 1857.

10 —
SANDER, HENRY FREDERICK CONRAD. 1847-1920.
Reichenbachia, Orchids illustrated and described. London: J. French for Henry Sotheran & Co and F. Sander & Co. of St. Albans, 1892, 1895.

11 —
VEITCH, JAMES HARRY. 1840-1924; and ADOLPHOS HENRY KENT. 1828-1913.
A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated under Glass in Great Britain. London: James Veitch, 1887-94.

12 —
VEITCH, JAMES HARRY. 1840-1924; and ADOLPHOS HENRY KENT. 1828-1913.
A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated under Glass in Great Britain. London: James Veitch, 1887-94.

13 —
VEITCH, HARRY JAMES. 1840-1924; and ADOLPHOS HENRY KENT. 1828-1913.
A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated under Glass in Great Britain. London: James Veitch, 1887-94.

14 —
WARNER, ROBERT. 1814-1896; and BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS. 1824-1890.
Select Orchidaceous Plants. London: Taylor and Co for Lovell Reeve & Co, [series I & II], Robert Warner [series III], 1862-[1891].

15 —
WARNER, ROBERT. 1814-1896; BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS. 1824-1890; and THOMAS MOORE. 1821-1887.
The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants. London: Published by B.S. Williams, at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 1882-1897.

16 —
WOOLWARD, FLORENCE. 1854-1930.
The Genus Masdevallia, issued by the Marquess of Lothian, K.T., Chiefly from Plants in his Collection of Orchids at Newbattle Abbey ... with additional notes by F.C. Lehmann. London: Lyne & Sons for R.H. Porter, 1890-96.

17 —
BRITISH LIFE IN THE RAJ.
D'OYLY, CHARLES. 1781-1845; and CAPTAIN THOMAS WILLIAMSON. 1758-1817.
The Costumes and Customs of Modern India. London: Edward Orme, [c. 1842].

18 —
CHURCHILL'S VOYAGES.
A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from Original Manuscripts. London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704; and John Walthoe, for Churchill, 1732.

19 —
GUIGNES, CHRETIEN LOUIS JOSEPH. 1759–1845.
Voyage a Pékin, Manille et l'Ile de France. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.

20 —
PEKING STREETS IN THE 1930S.
FUNG, H.K.
The Shop Signs of Peking. Beijing: Chinese Association of Peking, 1931.

21 —
ALBINUS, BERNARD SIEGFRIED. 1697-1770.
Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body. London: John and Paul Knapton, 1749.

22 —
AUENBRUGGER, LEOPOLD. 1722-1809.
Inventum novum ex percussione thoracis humani ut signo abstrusos interni.... Vienna: Johann Thomas Trattner, 1761.

23 —
AVICENNA. 980-1037.
Libri canonis, necnon de medicinis cordialibus .... Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1527.

24 —
BEAUMONT, WILLIAM. 1785-1853.
Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion. Plattsburgh, [NY]: Printed by F.P. Allen [for the author], 1833.

25 —
IAN FLEMING'S COPY.
BIGELOW, HENRY JACOB. 1818-1890.
"Insensibility During Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation" [in:] The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. XXXV, no. 16, pp 309-317, November 18, 1846. Boston: David Clapp, 1846.

26 —
BOWDITCH, HENRY INGERSOLL. 1808-92.
The Young Stethoscopist, or the Student's Aid to Articulation. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co / New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1846.

27 —
EARLY EDITION OF A CLASSIC IN MEDICINE.
CELSUS, AULUS AURELIUS CORNELIUS C.25 B.C.E.-50.
De medicina. Edited by Bartholomaeus Fontius and Franciscus Saxettus,Venice: Joannes Rubeus, 1493.

28 —
CELSUS, AULUS AURELIUS CORNELIUS C.25 B.C.E.-50 C.E.
In hoc volumine haec continentur. Aurelii Cornelii Celsi medicinae libri VIII ... Quinti Sereni liber de medicina. Venice: Heirs of Aldus the Elder, 1528.

29 —
CUSHING SIGNED OSLER BIOGRAPHY.
CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939.
The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.

30 —
DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860.

31 —
DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.

32 —
ELLIOTSON PRESENTATION COPY.
ELLIOTSON, JOHN. 1791-1868.
Numerous Cases of Surgical Operations Without Pain in the Mesmeric State. London: H. Bailliere, 1843.

33 —
FLEMING AND THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN.
FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955.
Presentation copies of 4 offprints regarding the development of Penicillin.

34 —
FRANKLIN IMPRINT OF CICERO.
[FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, printer.]
Cicero's Cato Major, or His Discourse of Old-Age with Explanatory Notes. Translated by James Logan. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1744.

35 —
[FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.]
Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its First Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, Called May, 1754. Philadelphia: B. Franklin & D. Hall, 1754.

37 —
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790.
The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, before an August Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp-Act, etc. [caption title]. [Philadelphia: Hall & Sellers, 1766.]

38 —
FRANKLIN'S COLLECTED SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790.
Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. London: C. Dilly, 1787.

40 —
UNLOCKING THE GENETIC CODE.
3 classic articles that founded modern genetic science:

41 —
HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.
Exercitationes anatomicae, de motu cordis & sanguinis circulatione. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1660.

42 —
HAÜY, VALENTIN. 1745-1828.
Essai sur l'Éducation des Aveugles. Paris: Imprimé par les Enfans-Aveugles, sous la direction de M. Clousier, 1786.

43 —
LAENNEC, RENE THEOPHILE HYACINTHE. 1781-1826.
De l'auscultation mediate ou traite du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur, fonde principalement sur ce nouveau moyen d'exploration. Paris: J.-A. Brosson andJ.-S. Chaude, 1819.

44 —
LARREY, DOMINIQUE JEAN, 1766-1842.
Relation Historique et Chirurgicale de l'Expédition de l'Armée d'Orient, en Egypte et en Syrie. Paris: Demonville et Soeurs, 1803.

45 —
LEEUWENHOEK'S WORKS.
LEEUWENHOEK, ANTHONY VAN. 1632-1723.
Opera omnia seu arcana naturae. Leiden: Johannes Arnold Langerak, 1719-1730.

46 —
LISTER, JOSEPH. 1827-1912.
"On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery" [In:] The Lancet, Vol II, Numbers XII (September 21, 1867) & XXII (November 30, 1867). London: George Fall, 1867.

47 —
MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. 1628-1694.
Opera Omnia, Figuris Elegantissimis in aes incisis Illustrata. London: Thomas Sawbridge, G. Wells, R. Litlebury and R. Scott, 1686.

48 —
PASTEUR ADVISES ON A CASE OF RABIES.
PASTEUR, LOUIS. 1822-1895.
Autograph Note Signed ("L. Pasteur"), 1 p, on gray note card,