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Auction archive: Lot number 113

MISCELLANIES]. COLLECTION OF WORKS RELATING TO SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND LITERATURE (5 VOL.)

Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$998 - US$1,498
Price realised:
£6,250
ca. US$7,803
Auction archive: Lot number 113

MISCELLANIES]. COLLECTION OF WORKS RELATING TO SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND LITERATURE (5 VOL.)

Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$998 - US$1,498
Price realised:
£6,250
ca. US$7,803
Beschreibung:

Science, Medicine, and Literature COLLECTION OF WORKS IN FIVE VOLUMES: Falck, N.D. A Philosophical Dissertation on the Diving Vessel projected by Mr. Day, and sunk in Plymouth Sound... for the author, 1775, two folding engraved plates--Sinclair, Sir John. An Essay on Longevity. For A. Strahan, 1802, presentation copy from the author to Sir William Forbes; The Code of Health and Longevity... Edinburgh: for the author, 1805--Herdman, John. Discourses on the Management of Infants... Edinburgh: for A. Constable, 1804, presentation copy to Sir William Forbes--J. Johnson A Guide for Gentlemen Studying Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. For G.G.J. and J. Robinson et al, 1792--Henry, Thomas. An Account of a Method of Preserving Water, at Sea, from Putrefaction...Warrington: W. Eyres for (London:) J. Johnson 1791, folding engraved plates--Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von. Proposals for forming by subscription, in the metropolis of the British Empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, By Courses of Philosophical Lectures and Experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life. [London, 1799], presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page to Dugal Stewart; and many others, some on science or medicine (e.g. midwifery, Journals of the Royal Institution), some religious; together with parliamentary speeches, poetry, essays on the theatre etc., some works in French; 4to and 8vo, some with ownership signature of Sir William Forbes, contemporary or near contemporary quarter or half calf, marbled boards (spines numbered 49, 245, 281, 361, 364), some wear to bindings (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 113
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Science, Medicine, and Literature COLLECTION OF WORKS IN FIVE VOLUMES: Falck, N.D. A Philosophical Dissertation on the Diving Vessel projected by Mr. Day, and sunk in Plymouth Sound... for the author, 1775, two folding engraved plates--Sinclair, Sir John. An Essay on Longevity. For A. Strahan, 1802, presentation copy from the author to Sir William Forbes; The Code of Health and Longevity... Edinburgh: for the author, 1805--Herdman, John. Discourses on the Management of Infants... Edinburgh: for A. Constable, 1804, presentation copy to Sir William Forbes--J. Johnson A Guide for Gentlemen Studying Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. For G.G.J. and J. Robinson et al, 1792--Henry, Thomas. An Account of a Method of Preserving Water, at Sea, from Putrefaction...Warrington: W. Eyres for (London:) J. Johnson 1791, folding engraved plates--Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von. Proposals for forming by subscription, in the metropolis of the British Empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, By Courses of Philosophical Lectures and Experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life. [London, 1799], presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page to Dugal Stewart; and many others, some on science or medicine (e.g. midwifery, Journals of the Royal Institution), some religious; together with parliamentary speeches, poetry, essays on the theatre etc., some works in French; 4to and 8vo, some with ownership signature of Sir William Forbes, contemporary or near contemporary quarter or half calf, marbled boards (spines numbered 49, 245, 281, 361, 364), some wear to bindings (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 113
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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