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Sotheby's, London

Date of the auction: 25.05.2021

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Lot number 1
Mary Anning | Autograph letter signed, to William Buckland, 24 November 1834
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$70,499 - US$98,699
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Lot number 2
Avenzohar | Liber teisir, Venice, 1496, limp vellum, and other works
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£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$11,280 - US$14,100
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Lot number 3
Bolyai | Scientiam spatii absolute veram exhibens, Maros Vásárhelyi...
Estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
ca. US$70,499 - US$98,699
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Lot number 4
Bonus | Pretiosa margarita novella de thesauro, Venice, Aldus, 1546, modern...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,115 - US$2,820
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Lot number 5
Boyle | Opera, Geneva, 1680-1695, 6 volumes, contemporary vellum
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,410 - US$2,115
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Lot number 7
Georg Cantor | Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite...
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£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,115 - US$2,820
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Lot number 8
Cardano | Somniorum Synesiorum, Basel, 1562, limp vellum
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,115 - US$2,820
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Lot number 9
Caus | Von Gewaltsamen bewegungen, Frankfurt, 1615, contemporary vellum
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$14,100 - US$21,150
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Lot number 10
[William Conybeare] | The Hyaena's den at Kirkdale, lithograph and poem...
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$282 - US$423
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Lot number 11
Copernicus | De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Nuremberg, 1543, later...
Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$98,699 - US$140,999
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Lot number 12
Copernicus | Astronomia instaurata libri sex, Amsterdam, 1617, contemporary...
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$11,280 - US$16,920
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Lot number 13
Charles Darwin | The Descent of Man, 1871, first edition, first issue...
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,640 - US$8,460
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Lot number 14
Charles Darwin | Autograph letter signed, to Enrico Giglioli, on his...
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$11,280 - US$16,920
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Lot number 15
Charles Darwin | The Life and Letters, 1887, 3 volumes, presentation copy...
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,410 - US$2,115
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Lot number 16
Henry de la Beche | Duria Antiquior, lithograph, 1830
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,640 - US$8,460
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Lot number 17
De La Beche | Awful Changes, lithograph, 1830
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$987 - US$1,269
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Lot number 18
Thomas Edison | Inscribed photograph, undated
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,692 - US$2,538
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Lot number 19
Albert Einstein | Autograph letter signed, to his son Albert, 4 November [1915]
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$14,100 - US$21,150
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Lot number 20
Ens | Thaumaturgus mathematicus, Cologne, 1651, contemporary vellum
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$987 - US$1,410
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Lot number 21
C. Finlay | Autograph manuscript notebook on yellow fever and other...
Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$21,150 - US$28,199
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Lot number 22
Goclenius | Physiologia crepitus ventris, Frankfurt, 1607, and other works...
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$705 - US$987
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Lot number 23
Guazzo | Compendium maleficarum, Milan, 1608, contemporary vellum
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,820 - US$4,230
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Lot number 24
Halfpenny | The art of sound building, London, 1725, contemporary calf
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$705 - US$987
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Lot number 25
Stephen Hawking | Signed photograph, 1979
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$7,050 - US$9,870
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Lot number 26
A. v. Humboldt | Autograph letter to the explorer and botanist Hinrich...
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$564 - US$705
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Lot number 27
A. v. Humboldt | Two autograph letters to the sculptor Ernst Rietschel in...
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$987 - US$1,269
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Lot number 28
Jenner | An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,115 - US$2,820
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Lot number 29
Johannes de Sacrobosco | De sphaera, Venice, 1541, contemporary vellum...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,820 - US$4,230
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Lot number 30
Kepler | Astronomia nova, [Heidelberg], 1609, disbound
Estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
ca. US$42,299 - US$56,399
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Lot number 32
Kircher | Arithmologia sive de abditis numerorum misteriis, Rome, 1665, old...
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,410 - US$2,115
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