PBA Galleries: History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature, 845, Berkeley

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Auction Report
Auction Date
August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
Page Size: 324 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Philalethes

Two eighteenth-century English transcripts relating to Philalethes' Secrets Revealed

c.18th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
2 Basilius Valentinus

Eighteenth-century transcript in English relating to The Regulus of Antimony

18th century USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
3 Basilius Valentinus

Four eighteenth-century transcripts in French relating to The Regulus of Antimony

18th century USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
4 Allen, E.A.

The Prehistoric World: or, Vanished Races

Cincinnati 1885 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
5

Four works on Anatomy

1959-1993 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
6

Physicians' Anatomical Aid

Chicago c.1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
7

Eight volumes on anthropology

1892-1955 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
8 Cellarius, Andreas

Theoria Lunae, eius Motum per Eccentricum et Epicyclum Demonstrans

Amsterdam c.1661 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
9 Cellarius, Andreas

Theoria Solis per Eccentricum sine Epicyclo

Amsterdam c.1661 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
10 Sitter, Willem de

Four inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about astronomy by Willem de Sitter

Amsterdam 1906-1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
11 Sitter, Willem de

Three inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about Jupiter by Willem de Sitter

Amsterdam 1906-1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
12 Bancroft, Hubert Howe

The Book of the Fair: An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893

Chicago 1893 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 212.50
13 Bernard, Claude and Charles Huette

Precis Iconographique de Medicine Operatoire et d'Anatomie Chirurgicale

Paris 1848 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
14 Wolstenholme, Gordon, editor

Man and His Future: A Ciba Foundation Volume

Boston 1963 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 875.00
15

Three works relating to biology

1886-1909 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
16 Blumberg, Baruch S.

Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus

Princeton 2002 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
17 Bomke, Hans

Erzeugung von Atom- und Ionenstrahlen

Braunschweig, Germany 1939 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
18 Bowles, William

Introduccion a la Historia Natural, y a la Geografia Fisica de Espana, por D. Guillermo Bowles

Madrid 1789 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
19 Brasher, Rex

Birds and Trees of North America

New York 1962 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
20 Carson, Rachel

The Edge of the Sea

Boston 1955 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
21 Chaumeton, Francois Pierre

Flore medicale decrite par MM. Chaumeton, Poiret, Chamberet, pinte par Mme. E. Panckoucke, Turpin

Paris 1814-1820 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
22 Civiale, Jean

Dr. Civiale's chirurgische Therapeutik der Steinkrankheit

Berlin 1837 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
23 Clock, Emma Graham

Wild Flowers From the Mountains, Canons and Valleys of California: A Selection of Favorite Blossoms...

San Francisco [1915] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
24

Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery [with] High-Speed Computing Devices

Cambridge; New York 1948-1950 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
25 Curie, Marie

Pierre Curie

New York 1923 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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