1st item: Dr. Cesare Lombroso, innovator of legal medicine and criminal anthropology, ALS, in Italian, on printed letterhead, dated 1895. 8 in. x 5 in. Matted with print of a portrait of Lombroso and biographical information. Mat: 17 in. x 14 3/4 in. 2nd item: Vincenz Priessnitz (Austria, 1799-1851), the founder of Hydrotherapy, signed statement dated Nov. 14, […]
Lot 570: 4 Pcs. Medical Ephemera: Autographs plus Rare 1814 Pamphlet
1st item: Rare pamphlet by Dr. Josiah Bartlett (1759-1820), “An Historical Sketch of Charlestown in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” First edition. Includes a medical history of smallpox and the Marine hospital. Matted with printed portrait and biography of Bartlett. Pamphlet 10 in. x 6 1/4 in. Mat 12 in. x 16 […]
Lot 569: Dr. Samuel Hahnemann Autograph Letter, Signed
Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the father of Homeopathy, ALS, in German, to a Mr. Voctor, thanking him for helping his daughter “escape that terrible man.” Undated. The handwritten letter is mounted to a green mat and framed under glass along with a copy of a printed portrait of Hahnemann and descriptive text stating the autograph […]
Lot 568: Dr. Paul Ehrlich Autograph Letter, Signed
Dr. Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) German scientist and pioneer of chemotherapy who was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1908. Letter is warmly addressed to Mr. Goldschmidt, thanking him for 60 Marks for a family in need. ALS on printed letterhead, undated. Glued at top edge. 9 in. x 7 3/4 in. Matted and presented together with […]
Lot 567: Benjamin Rush & 7 Others, signed Library Co. of Philadelphia Document
Autograph of Declaration of Independence signer and “Father of American Medicine” Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) on a signed document authorizing payment of forty shillings to Josiah Hewes “for two years taking the Independent Gazette for the Library Company of Philadelphia.” Dated 1793. Signed by Rush and seven others, presumably shareholders of the LCP, including Samuel Coates (treasurer); Josiah […]
Lot 566: Thomas Alva Edison ALS Referencing Marconi
A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio, after his successful work creating a wireless telegraphy system. “Since Marconi has stated over his own signature that he has received the signals from England I believe him […]
Lot 565: Western Union Model 35-A Ticker Tape Machine
Western Union Model 35-A self-winding ticker tape machine, serial #8703, with brass frame marked near the serial number MFD BY T A EDISON. INC., telegraph mechanism, and tape feed with escapement mechanism, over an electromagnet. All housed in a cast iron base with Western Union label stenciled: Quotations Furnished by The Western Union Telegraph Co. […]
Lot 564: Jamie Wyeth Signed Lithograph Portrait of JFK
James “Jamie” Wyeth (American, b. 1946) signed offset lithograph print of his 1967 posthumous portrait of President John F. Kennedy (in the collection of the MFA, Boston). Signed lower right margin. Matted and framed under plexiglass in a molded giltwood frame. Sight: 7 3/8 in. H x 10 1/8 in. W. Frame: 19 in. H […]
Lot 563: Norman Rockwell Signed John F. Kennedy Portrait, 1976, Plus Unsigned
Norman Perceval Rockwell (New York/Massachusetts, 1894-1978) offset lithograph in colors depicting a bust-length portrait of President John F. Kennedy, with Rockwell’s name in block letters in the plate, lower right. On wove paper with deckled lower edge and publisher’s information printed in lower margin. Pencil signed and numbered 265/2500, lower margin. With blue, leather-grained American […]
Lot 562: JFK Ephemera Archive: Campaign Posters, Inauguration Items
1st item: Framed 1960 John F. Kennedy Presidential campaign poster, “A Time for Greatness,” featuring central black and white portrait by the Kennedy family’s personal photographer, Jacques Lowe. Sight: 27 3/4 in. H x 18 in. W. In white metal frame: 28 1/2 in. H x 19 in. W. 2nd item: Framed JFK Presidential campaign […]
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