Bubb Kuyper

Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

5 326 lots

Lot 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.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €Adjugé 100 €

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

[Mills]. Zyl, J. van. Theatrum machinarum universale; of groot algemeen Moolen-Boek, Behelzende de Beschryving en Afbeeldingen van allerhande soorten van Moolens, der zelver Opstallen, en Gronden; waar onder veele, die eerst onlangs zyn gebouwt, staande zo buiten de Stad Amsterdam, als in de omleggende Plaatsen; nevens eene naauwkeurige Verbeelding in verscheide Platen van de Amsterdamsche Modder-Moolens (...).

(Amst., P. Schenk, 1734?), 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),18; 4p., engr. dedic.-p. (= frontisp.) and 62 (fold.) double-p. engr. plates by J. SCHENK, 19th cent. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, large folio.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €Adjugé 120 €

Lot 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).

Estimation 150 € – 250 €Adjugé 150 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 70 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 120 € – 150 €Adjugé 130 €

Lot 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).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 50 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 90 €

Lot 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).

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 60 € – 80 €Adjugé 60 €

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

[Paleontology and geology]. Lazise, I.B. Dei combustibili fossili esistenti nella provincia Veronese e d'alcuni altri loro contigui nella la provincia Vicentina e nel Tirolo non che del loro uso come succedanei dei combustibili vegetabili. Memoria mineralogico-economica.

Verona, Mainardi, 1816, 115p., fold. engr. plate, large fold. table, contemp. marbled calf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, covers w. gilt chain border around sides.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 90 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 60 € – 80 €Adjugé 190 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 70 € – 90 €Adjugé 70 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €Adjugé 70 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 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).

Estimation 200 € – 300 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €Adjugé 70 €

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

[Pharmacy]. Lemery, N. Dictionaire ou Traité universel des drogues simples. Où l'on trouve leurs differens noms, leur origine, leur choix, les principes qu'elles renferment, leurs qualitez, leurs étimologie & tout ce qu'il y a de particulier dans les Animaux, dans les Vegetaux & dans les Mineraux.

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1716, 3rd ed., (20),590,(58)p., 25 fold. engr. plates, contemp. hcalf w. giltlettered spine, 4to.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €Adjugé 130 €

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

[Pharmacy]. Palacios, F. Palestra pharmaceutica chymico-galenica, en la qual se trata de la eleccion de los simples, sus Preparaciones Chymicas, y Galenicas, y de las mas selectas composiciones antiguas, y modernas, usuales, tanto en Madrid, como en toda Europa (...) con las annotaciones necessarias (...).

Madrid, J. Ibarra, 1763, (12),736p.,b woodcut title-vignette, 5 engr. plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine and mor. letterpiece, large 4to.

Estimation 250 € – 350 €

Lot 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).

Estimation 60 € – 80 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €Adjugé 100 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 150 € – 250 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 50 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €Adjugé 140 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 50 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €Adjugé 70 €

Lot 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).

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 70 € – 90 €Adjugé 70 €

Lot 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.).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 50 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

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

Valmont de Bomare, J.C. Algemeen en beredenerent woordenboek der natuurlyke historie; behelzende de historie der dieren, planten en mineralen, en die der hemelsche lichamen, der verhevelingen, en andere voorname verschynselen der natuur: benevens de historie en beschryving Der enkele drogeryen, welke de drie Ryken opleveren; hun gebruik in de Geneeskonst, in het gemeene Leven, Landbouw, Konsten en Handwerken. Dutch transl. C. Papillon.

Dordr., A. Blussé en Zoon, 1767-1770, 1st Dutch ed., 3 vols., XX,688; VIII,997,(3); (4),574,(2)p., engr. frontisp. by R. VINKELES after D. KUIJPERS, 3 ident. title-vignettes, 3 other vignettes, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf (vol. 1 and 2)/ contemp. boards (vol.3).

Estimation 50 € – 70 €Adjugé 110 €

Lot 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.

Estimation 150 € – 250 €Adjugé 160 €