John J. Audubon Havell Edition aquatint etching, TRUMPETER SWAN (YOUNG) – CYGNUS BUCCINATOR, plate CCCLXXVI . Printed lower right margin: Engraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell 1837. (Published 1838). Titled center margin and printed lower left margin: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon. F.R.S. F.L.S. Watermarked J. Whatman 1838. Intaglio and watercolor on paper. […]
Lot 450: History of British Birds, F. Morris, 1891, 6 Vols.
A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, Vol. 1-6, 3rd ed., by Rev. Francis O. Morris, B.A., published by John C. Nimmo, London, 1891. Royal octavo, 394 hand-colored woodcut engraving plates by Benjamin Fawcett. Hardbound in dark green cloth with tooled gilt front cover and title lettering, incorrect date 1893, on spine. Sheets – 10 1/8" H […]
Lot 448: 7 18th/19th cent. Medical Books
Seven (7) 18th/19th cent. Medical Books. 1st item: The Truth Unvail'd for the Publick [sic] Good. Or, a Treastise on the Stone, by Omnelio Pitcarne, M.D., printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford Arms, in Warwick-Lane, London, 1739. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1/8" D. 2nd item: A Disquisition of the Stone and […]
Lot 449: Versuch vom menschlichen Verstande 1757, John Locke
German translation of John Locke's philosphical work: Herrn Johann Lockens Versuch vom Menschlichen Verstande. Aus dem Englischen ¸bersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Heinrich Engelhard Poleyen. Altenburg : In der Richterischen Buchhandlung, 1757. Engraved vignette on title page. (lx), 768, (24) pp. First German translation of John Locke's celebrated Essay Concerning Human Understanding, one of […]
Lot 447: 5 Medical Books, inc. Women and Children's Health
Group five (5) medical books. 1st item: "The Art of Midwifery" by Dr. Astruc, printed for J. Nourse, Book[s]eller to his Ma[j]esty, oppo[s]ite Catharine Street in the Strand, 1767. 8 3/8" H x 5 3/8" W x 1 3/4" D. 2nd item: "De Sedibus et Causis Morborum per Anatomem Indagatis" by Giovanni Battista Morgagni, preface […]
Lot 444: Nathanael Low Almanack, 1775
AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF CHRISTIAN AERA 1775 by Dr. Nathanael Low (1740-1808), printed and sold by John Kneeland, Boston. Octavo, self wrappers, 24 double-sided pages. Almanac features woodcut illustration titled "The Virtuous Patriot at the Hour of Death with If Prayers and Tears th' Patriot Life could (s)ave, None but […]
Lot 445: Revolutionary War Era Officer's Liquor Chest or Cellaret
Revolutionary War period officer's liquor chest or cellarette, comprised of two compartments, the lower compartment fitted for sixteen (16) bottles and retains 13 similar blown glass bottles; top compartment fitted for decanters and various glassware and retains an assembled set of blown and cut glassware including 1 decanter, 5 matching shot glasses with gilt decoration, […]
Lot 443: 14 Pre Rev. War Almanacks, 1752-1774
Fourteen (14) Pre Revolutionary War Almanacks, Ames and Low. Octavos, self wrappers, stitched, approx. 22-24 double sided pages. 1st-5th items: AN A(S)TRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR(S) OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1752, 1757, 1763, AND 1764 and AMES'S ALMANACK 1759 by Nathaniel Ames, the elder/father (1708-1764), three printed by John Draper, one printed […]
Lot 442: 11 Rev. War Era Almanacks, 1777-1784
Eleven (11) Rev. War Era Almanacs, including West, Stafford, George. Octavo, self wrappers, stitched, approx. 22-24 double-sided pages. 1st-2nd items: THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, OR LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR(S) OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1777 AND 1778 by Benjamin West (1730-1813), printed and sold by John Carter, Providence. 1777 edition includes 23 double sided […]
Lot 440: Washington DC and Presidential Prints, 7 pcs.
Group of seven (7) Washington and Presidential related prints. 1st item: THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ORIGINAL AND ACCURATE PORTRAITS, PAINTED AND ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THE NEW YORK MIRROR. Weir and Cassilear, circa 1834. Depicts portraits of the first seven presidents: Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and John Q. Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, […]