Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

5326 lotes

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Lote 1862NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Microscopy]. Microscope.

Brass microscope supported by an iron base w. adjustable diaphragm and mirror, Wetzlar, E. Leitz, ±1920, in orig. mahogany case, together w. several loose ocular lenses, glass slides and other accessories, 32x17x14 cm. (microscope), 20,5x23x38,5 cm. (case), numb. "184129" on the tube.

Estimación 100 € – 150 €Remate 100 €

Lote 1863NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Estimación 100 € – 150 €Remate 120 €

Lote 1869NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Neurosciences, psychology etc.]. James, W. Principles of Psychology.

New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1890/ 1923, 1st US ed. (vol.1)/ later ed. (vol.2), (1),XII,689,(1); VI,704p., 94 ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. AND 1 other: F. MAX MÜLLER, The Science of Thought (London, 1887, 1st ed., orig. cl. Backstrip darkened; sl. worn along extremities).

Estimación 150 € – 250 €Remate 150 €

Lote 1871NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Neurosciences, psychology etc.]. Taine, H. De l'Intelligence.

Paris, Hachette, 1870, 1st ed., 2 vols., (6),402; (4),508p., contemp. unif. giltlettered hcalf. ADDED: Idem. Le positivisme anglais, étude sur Stuart Mill. Ibid., G. Baillière, 1864, 1st ed., VIII,157p., contemp. giltlettered hcl.

Estimación 50 € – 70 €Remate 70 €

Lote 1878NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Ornithology]. Morris, B.R. British Game Birds and Wildfowl.

London, Groombridge and Sons, n.d. (1855), 1st ed., IV,254p., 60 handcol. woodengr. plates by B. FAWCETT, orig. gilt and blindst. cl., 4to.

Estimación 120 € – 150 €Remate 130 €

Lote 1881NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften.

Leipsic, W. Engelmann, 1889-1917, 21 vols. (incl. 1 dupl.), (fold.) plates/ ills., orig. unif. boards/ orig. cloth (1x)/ orig. wr. (5x).

Estimación 50 € – 70 €Remate 50 €

Lote 1883NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Butler, S. Evolution, Old & New; or, the Theories of Buffon, dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin.

London, Hardwicke & Bogue, 1879, 1st ed., XII,384,32(publ.cat.)p., orig. gilt dec. cl. Lankester, E.R. Extinct Animals. Ibid., A. Constable & Co., 1905, 1st ed., XXIII,(1),331,(1),32(publ.cat.)p., frontisp. portrait, 218 ills., orig. gilt dec. cl. AND 1 other: V.L. KELLOGG, Darwinism Today (ibid., 1907, 1st ed., orig. cl.).

Estimación 80 € – 100 €Remate 90 €

Lote 1884NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Butler, S. Evolution, Old & New; or, the Theories of Buffon, dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin.

Salem, S.E. Cassino, 1879, 1st Am. ed., XII,384p., orig. gilt dec. cl. Wilberforce, S. Essays contributed to the 'Quarterly Review'. London, J. Murray, 1874, 2 vols., (4),393,(1); (4),326,32(publ.cat.)p., modern unif. cl. AND 1 other: G. CUVIER, Essay on the Theory of the Earth (Edinb./ London, 1827, 5th ed., engr. plates, contemp. hmor. Backstrip loosening).

Estimación 80 € – 100 €

Lote 1886NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Clark, J.W. and McKenny Hughes, T. (ed.). The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick.

Cambr., Univ. Press, 1890, 1st ed., 2 vols., XIII,539; VII,(1),640p., 2 diff. photo-engr. frontisp., double-p. col. lithogr. map, plates, orig. unif. gilt cl. (fine set). (Prestwich, G.) (ed.). Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Prestwich. Edinb./ London, W. Blackwood & Sons, 1899, 1st ed., XIV,(2),444p., photo-engr. frontisp. portrait, orig. gilt and blindst. cl. Agassiz, E.C. (ed.). Louis Agassiz. His Life and Correspondence. London, Macmillan & Co., 1885, 1st ed., 2 vols., XI,(3),400; VII,(3),401-794p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp. portraits, plates, orig. unif. giltlettered cl. AND 1 other: L. AGASSIZ, Essay on Classification (London, 1859, 1st ed., orig. cl.).

Estimación 70 € – 90 €

Lote 1887NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Geikie, A. Charles Darwin as Geologist. The Rede Lecture given at the Darwin Centennial Commemoration on 24 June 1909.

Cambr., Univ. Press, 1909, 1st ed., (4),91p., orig. giltlettered cl. Geikie, J. The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man. London, E. Stanford, 1877, 2nd rev. ed., XXVII,(3),624,(6)p., num. (fold.) maps (2x loose in rear pocket), plates and ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 2 others: IDEM, The Antiquity of Man in Europe (Edinb./ London, 1914, plates, ills., orig. cl.) and M.I. NEWBIGIN and J.S. FLETT, James Geikie. The Man and the Geologist (ibid., 1917, frontisp. portrait, orig. cl., t.e.g.).

Estimación 60 € – 80 €Remate 60 €

Lote 1888NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Estimación 80 € – 100 €Remate 90 €

Lote 1889NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Lyell, C. Elements of Geology.

Philadelphia/ Pittsburgh, J. Kay/ C.H. Kay & Co., 1839, 1st Am. ed. ("from the first London edition"), 316p., handcol. engr. frontisp., num. woodengr. ills., orig. gilt cl.

Estimación 60 € – 80 €Remate 190 €

Lote 1890NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Lyell, C. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation.

Philadelphia, G.W. Childs, 1863, 1st Am. ed., X,518p., woodengr. frontisp., 1 plate, ills. and diagrams, orig. gilt cl. Idem. A Manual of Elementary Geology: or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants as Illustrated by Geological Monuments. London, J. Murray, 1855, 5th ed., XVI,655,(1),16(publ.cat.)p., woodengr. frontisp., num. ills., orig. gilt and blindst. cl.

Estimación 70 € – 90 €Remate 70 €

Lote 1891NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Lyell, C. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation.

London, J. Murray, 1863, 3rd rev. ed., XVI,551,(1),32(publ.cat.)p., woodengr. frontisp., 1 plate, ills. and diagrams, orig. gilt cl. AND 2 others: IDEM, The Student's Elements of Geology (ibid., 1874, 2nd rev. ed., engr. frontisp., ills., orig. gilt cl.) and J.W. JUDD (ed.), The Student's Lyell. A Manual of Elementary Geology (ibid., 1896, col. frontisp. (geological map of Great Britain), ills., orig. cl.).

Estimación 70 € – 90 €Remate 70 €

Lote 1892NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology. Lyell, C.]. Lyell, K. (ed.). Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. Author of 'Principles of Geology' &c.

London, J. Muray, 1881, 1st ed., 2 vols., XI,(1),475; IX,(1),489,(3)p., 2 diff. engr. frontisp. portraits, 1 plate, 1 other portrait, orig. unif. gilt cl. Lyell, C. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with an Outline of Glacial and Post-Tertiary Geology and Remarks on the Origin of Species. Ibid., idem, 1873, 4th rev. ed., XIX,(1),572,20(publ.cat.)p., woodengr. frontisp., 1 plate, ills. and diagrams, orig. gilt cl.

Estimación 80 € – 100 €

Lote 1893NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Osborn, H.F. Lot of ±30 offprints and reprints of articles,

±1895-1935, ills., orig. wr./ without binding, mostly sm. 4to. AND 15 other offprints and sm. publications, i.a. W. KOWALEWSKY, On the Osteology of Hyopotamidae (London, 1873, lithogr. plates, without binding, 4to); L.C. MIALL, Monograph of the Sirenoid and Crossopterygian Ganoids (ibid., 1878, lithogr. plates, without binding, 4to); S.G.J. MIVART, On the Appendicular Skeleton of the Primates (ibid., 1867, lithogr. plates, contemp. plain wr., 4to. With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION on 1st leaf) and A. HANCOCK, On the Organization of the Brachiopoda (ibid., 1858, lithogr. plates, without binding, 4to).

Estimación 200 € – 300 €

Lote 1894NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Paleontology and geology]. Poulton, E.B. Essays on Evolution 1889-1907.

Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1908, XLVIII,479,(1)p., orig. gilt cl. Morgan, T.H. The Scientific Basis of Evolution. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1932, 1st ed., 286p., orig. gilt cl. Idem. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution. Princeton etc., Univ. Press etc., 1916, 1st., X,197p., orig. gilt cl. - AND 5 others, i.a. D. HIRD, A Picture Book of Evolution (London, 1932, 3rd ed., ills., orig. cl.); J. HUXLEY, Evolution. The Modern Synthesis (ibid,, 1942, 1st ed., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Estimación 70 € – 90 €Remate 70 €

Lote 1896NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Estimación 80 € – 100 €Remate 130 €

Lote 1898NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Estimación 250 € – 350 €

Lote 1899NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Pharmacy]. Pereira, J. De Beginselen der materia medica en der therapie. Dutch transl. L.C.E.E. Fock.

Amersfoort, W.J. van Bommel van Vloten, 1849, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., LXXII,1079; (4),LIII,(1),1250p., woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf. AND 1 other: G. WOOD, A Treatise on Therapeutics, and Pharmacology or Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1860, 2nd ed., 2 vols., contemp. unif. giltlettered calf w. 2 black mor. letterpieces. Owner's entry on first free endpaper and title. Good copy).

Estimación 60 € – 80 €

Lote 1901NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Physics]. Nollet, J.A. l'Art des expériences, ou avis aux amateurs de la physique, sur le choix, la construction et l'usage des instruments; sur la préparation et l'emploi des drogues qui servent aux expériences.

Paris, P.E.G. Durand, 1770, 2nd ed., 3 vols., XXIV,509,(1); (2),552,10(publ. cat.); (2),524,(4)p., 56 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. mottled calf, back richly gilt w. raised bands and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, sm. 8vo.

Estimación 100 € – 150 €Remate 100 €

Lote 1903NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Physiognomy]. Lavater, J.C.

Over de physiognomie. Amst., J. Allart, 1781-1784, 1st Dutch ed. (1st vol. in 2nd ed. as often), 4 vols., 4 engr. title-vignettes (3x identical), portr. of the author and 41 engr. plates, num. full-, half- and quarter-page ills., mainly portraits but also silhouettes, eyes and hands, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf.

Estimación 150 € – 250 €

Lote 1904NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Planck, M.

Das Wesen des Lichts. Vortrag gehalten in der Hauptversammlung der Kaiser- Wilhelm- Gesellschaft am 28. Oktober 1919. Berlin, J. Springer, 1920, 1st ed., 22,(2)p., orig. wr. (wr. sl. yellowed, spine worn). - AND 2 others similar by the same: Das Weltbild der neuen Physik (Leipsic, 1930, 3rd ed.) and Der Kausalbegriff in der Physik (ibid., 1932, 1st ed.).

Estimación 50 € – 70 €Remate 50 €

Lote 1906NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Quatrefages, A. de. Rambles of a Naturalist on the Coasts of France, Spain, and Sicily. English transl. E.C. Otté.

London, Longman etc., 1857, 2 vols., XIX,(1),355,(1),32(publ.cat.); VII,(1),375,(1)p., orig. unif. giltlettered blindst. cl. Idem. Les émules de Darwin. Paris, F. Alcan, 1894, 2 vols., CXL,154,(1); (4),287,(5),32(publ.cat.)p.,orig. unif. gilt cl. AND 5 others by the same in 8 vols., i.a. The Human Species (London, 1881, 2nd ed., orig. cl.); Histoire de l'Homme (Paris, 1867-1868, 4 vols., orig. unif. wr., 12mo) and La Race Prussienne (ibid., 1871, orig. wr.).

Estimación 70 € – 90 €Remate 140 €

Lote 1909NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Ray Society]. Lot

of 7 vols., London, The Ray Society, 1845-1865, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl. w. "R.S." monogram on frontcover, t.e.g.

Estimación 50 € – 70 €Remate 50 €

Lote 1910NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Romanes, G.J. Animal Intelligence.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1882, 4,XIV,520,32(publ.cat.)p., ills., orig. gilt cl. Idem. An Examination of Weismannism. Ibid., Longmans, Green & Co., 1893, 1st ed., IX,(3),221,(2)p., frontisp. portrait, orig. giltlettered cl. AND 4 others by the same, i.a. Christian Prayer and General Laws (ibid., 1874, 1st ed., orig. cl.) and Thoughts on Religion. Ed. C. Gore (Chicago, 1895, 1st ed., orig. cl.).

Estimación 70 € – 90 €Remate 70 €

Lote 1911NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Schrödinger, E. Über Indeterminismus in der Physik. Ist die Naturwissenschaft Milieubedingt.

Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1932, 1st ed., (4),62,(2)p., 5 ills., orig. wr. Gomperz, H. Die Wissenschaft und die Tat. Vienna, Gerold & Co., 1934, 1st ed., 47,(1)p., orig. wr. (fine). Carnap, R. Abriss der Logistik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Relationstheorie und ihrer Anwendungen. Ibid., Julius Springer, 1929, VI,114p., ills., orig. wr. AND 13 others, incl. sm. publications, i.a. IDEM, Physikalische Begriffsbildung (Karlsruhe, 1926, 1st ed., orig. wr. Owner's entry on title-p. Fine copy) and V. KRAFT, Die Grundlagen einer wissenschaftlichen Wertlehre (Vienna, 1951, 2nd rev. ed., orig. wr. Fine).

Estimación 100 € – 150 €

Lote 1912NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Sericulture]. Quatrefages, A. de. Études sur les maladies actuelles du ver a soie.

Paris, V. Masson, 1859, (2),382,(2),VIIIp., 6 handcol. engr. plates, contemp. gilt hmor., 4to. Idem. Nouvelles recherches faites en 1859 sur les maladies actuelles du ver a soie. Ibid., idem, 1860, 120p., orig. wr., 4to. WITH a short AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER by the same to "Monsieur et illustre confrère", dated "Paris 24 Avril 1866" (1 fold. leaf, pen and ink) and 1 other (related?) manuscript document.

Estimación 70 € – 90 €Remate 70 €

Lote 1914NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Sterne, C. (= E.L. Krause). Werden und Vergehen. Eine Entwicklungsgeschichte des Naturganzen in gemeinverständlicher Fassung.

Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1886, 3rd rev. ed., XIV,(2),783,(1)p., 25 (chromo)lithogr./ woodengr. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt dec. cl. Rádl, E. Geschichte der biologischen Theorien. Leipsic, W. Engelmann, 1909, 1st ed., 2 vols., XII,(1),351,(1); X,604p., contemp. unif. hmor. - AND 4 others, i.a. O. HERTWIG, Das Werden der Organismen (Jena, 1916, 1st ed., ills., orig. cl.) and E. NORDENSKIÖLD, Geschichte der Biologie (ibid., 1926, 1st German ed., orig. cl.).

Estimación 50 € – 70 €Remate 50 €

Lote 1915NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

To-day and To-morrow.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench Trübner & Co., ±1925-1931, various eds., 14 (of 110) vols. of the series, orig. unif. boards w. title-piece on frontcover and backstrip, sm. 8vo.

Estimación 70 € – 90 €

Lote 1916NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Estimación 50 € – 70 €Remate 110 €

Lote 1918NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Zoology]. Buffon, G.L.L. de. De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, met de beschryving van des konings kabinet. Vol. 10, 11 and 17.

Amst., J.H. Schneider, 1778-1785, 3 vols., (6),249; (6),264; (6),322p., 3 ident. engr. title-vignettes, 3 diff. headpieces, 2 fold. maps (1x showing the North and South Pole), 123 plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letter- and vol. piece, 4to.

Estimación 150 € – 250 €Remate 160 €