NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE

Lots 163–192

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163 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Snowy Owl, Strix Nyctea, Plate CXXI. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1831, on J Whatman. 38 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches. $70,000-90,000

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164* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Fish Crow, Corbus Ossifragus, Plate CXLV. London, 1832. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill paper, watermarked 1834. 38 x 25 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirley Hermann, Washington, D.C $1,500-2,500

165* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Broad-Winged Hawk, Falco Pennsylvanicus, Plate 91. London, 1830. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1830. Variant 2. (Lowe, 66) 38 x 25 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Shirley Hermann, Washington, D.C $4,000-6,000 166 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Fox-coloured Sparrow, Fringilla Iliaca. Plate CVIII. London, 1831. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, on J. Whatman paper, watermarked 1836. 26 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches. $800-1,200

167 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) HAVELL, ROBERT Orchard Oriole, Icterus Spurius, Plate 42. London, 1828. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill paper, n.d. Trimmed slightly; portions rebacked with professional repair. 34 1/4 x 25 inches. $2,000-4,000 168 (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, after) BOWEN, J. T. Lepus Americanus, Northern Hare, Summer, Plate XI, from Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Philadelphia, 1843. Lithograph with hand-coloring. Laid down on foam board. 21 x 27 inches. $600-800

169 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Lachryma Iobi II. Lathyris Narbonensis III. Lathyris Sylvestris. Engraved plate from Besler’s Horus Eystettensis (Eichstat Nuremberg, c. 1613 or later). No text to verso, no watermark. 20 x 16 1/4 inches. $300-500

170 CATESBY, MARC A group of two botanical engravings with handcoloring, comprising nos. 94 and 69. 15 x 11 3/4 inches each. $800-1,200

171 CRABTREE, ELIZABETH A group of two floral watercolors. 12 x 9 1/2 inches each. $200-400

172* HUDSON, W. H. The Naturalist in La Plata. London: Chapman and Hall, 1892.

8vo, publisher’s illustrated cloth. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Wear to boards; inner hinges cracked; previous owner’s manuscript inscription to f.f.e.p.; bookseller’s card tipped to rear pastedown; foxing to leaves. $100-200 173 LOUDON, JOHN CLAUDIUS Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain. London: Printed for the Author, 1838.

8 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, maroon gilt-lettered spine label. Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text illustrations and 416 plates. Rubbing to boards with loss to edges; some loss to spine heads; toning and foxing to some pages; minor offsetting from plates. $200-400

174 GOULD, JOHN Pteroglossus Bitoquatus; Double-collared Aracari, from the first edition of A Monograph of the Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans, 1834. Lithograph with hand-coloring, heightened with gum-arabic. Very light mat-burn around the edges. 20 x 13 inches. $300-500

175 ARAGO, FRANCOIS Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.

8vo, blue-green blind-stamped cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, advertisement endpapers, 12 pp. advertisement tipped into rear. Spine faded and ends bumped. $80-120

176 BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM Clipped signature, undated, tipped to card. Framed and matted. 1 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. $300-500

177* REDI, FRANCESCO Opusculorum pars prior, sive experimenta circa generationem insectorum ad illustrem virum Carolum Dati. Accedit J. Frid Lachmund de Ave Diomeda Dissertatio. Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1686.

2 parts in one. 12mo, full calf, gilt tooling to spine. With engraved title page and 45 engraved plates of insects and birds, many folding. Wear to ends of spine; lacking f.f.e.p.; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; library card holder to rear pastedown. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $200-400 ALGHISI, TOMMASO Litotomia ouvero del cavar la pietra. Florence: Giuseppe Manni, 1707.

Thin 4to, quarter calf over marbled boards. First edition of Alghisi’s demonstration of techniques for the removal of stones through the bladder, with engraved title page vignette, head- and tailpieces and 16 engraved plates of procedures and instruments. Bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns; light rubbing to boards; otherwise contents are fine with no additional library markings. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $800-1,200

179* ALGHISI, TOMMASO Litotomia ouvero del cavar la pietra. Florence: Giuseppe Manni, 1707.

4to, rebound in recent library cloth, renewed endpapers. First edition of Alghisi’s demonstration of techniques for the removal of stones through the bladder, with engraved title page vignette, head- and tail-pieces and 16 engraved plates of procedures and instruments. Library stamp to half-title; bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns; light toning and some stains to interior. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $800-1,200

180 BICHAT, M. F. XAVIER Traite d’anatomie descriptive. Paris: Gabon, Brosson, 1801.

5 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt tooling and gilt-lettered labels to spines, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition. Boards worn and hinges starting on most vols.; backstrip detached on vol. 5 and partially detached on all vols.; ex-library set with call-numbers to spines.

Together with four other works in 10 volumes. $80-120

181* DELAROCHE, DANIEL Recueil des planches du dictionnaire de chirurgie. Paris: Chez H. Agasse, An VII de la Republique (17981799).

4to, quarter morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. With 112 (of 113) engraved plates on 111 sheets illustrating surgical instruments and procedures. Ex-library stamp to title page and final plate; light intermittent foxing; rubbing to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown and library card holder to rear pastedown.

[Together with:] Recherches sur la nature et le traitement de la fievre puerperale... Paris: Chez P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1783. 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt tooling to spine, marbled endpapers, engraved head-piece. Ex-library stamp to title page; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; library card holder to rear pastedown; some light rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $200-400 182* DEVENTER, HENDRIK VAN Observations importantes sur le manuel des accouchemens. Paris: Chez Guillaume Cavelier, 1734.

2 parts in one. 4to, full contemporary calf. Second edition, with 40 figures on 37 plates, illustrating all of the different position a fetus could be in prior to birth; abnormal and deformed pelvises and their affect on the course of labor; second part illustrating the hand movements of a midwife to shift the fetus. Lacking front blanks; 4-inch tear to plate 4; blue marks to p. 360; bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns; rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $200-400

183* GRAAF, REGNIER DE De virorum organis generationi inservientibus. Leiden and Rotterdam: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1668.

12mo, contemporary calf. First edition, with engraved title page, portrait and ten (of 11) fold-out engraved plates. Bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns; library stamp to endpapers; wear to edges of some pages; 1 plate only partially extant; tears to all plates; light rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $100-200

183A THE HARMSWORTH ENCYCLOPEDIA The Harmsworth Encyclopaedia. Everybody’s Book of Reference. London: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. and Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1905-1906.

8 vols. 8vo, half calf over blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines, marbled endpapers. Numerous black and white and color illustrations throughout. Light soiling and rubbing to boards at edges; minor intermittent foxing. [Together with:] The New Natural History. By J. Arthur Thompson. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1926. 3 vols. 4to, 3/4 green morocco. Profusely illustrated. Spine uniformly faded with rubbing to hinges. $100-200

184* HUNTER, JOHN The Natural History of the Human Teeth: Explaining Their Structure, Use, Formation, Growth and Diseases. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1771.

4to, recent library buckram. First edition, with 16 copper engraved plates. Rebound; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; intermittent foxing and some brownspotting to plates; otherwise interior is in very good condition. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $500-700

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185* MILLER, WILLIAM DAYTON Micro-Organisms of the Human Mouth. Philadelphia: White Dental, 1890.

8vo, in recent blue library buckram, renewed endpapers. With three plates (one chromolithograph, two reproducing photomicrographs). Plates 1 and 2 defective and laid down; a few tears to pages; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $50-100

186* MORGAGNI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Adversaria anatomica omnia. Padua: Josephus Cominus, 1717-1719.

6 parts in one, each part with individual title page and colophon. [2], xxvii, (8), 54, [2], (6), 104, (4), 116, (16), 92, (8), 124, (8) 138, (2), [2]. 4to, full contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, half-title, 1-page publisher’s advertisement at end. Third edition of part 1; first editions of parts 2-6. With engraved head- and tail-pieces, title page vignettes, initials and 11 engraved plates. Soiling to boards; bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns; ex-library stamp to endpapers; clipped typed description tipped to verso half-title; ex-libris initials to title page flanking vignette; light dampstaining; intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $300-400 187* PASTEUR, LOUIS Etudes sur la maladie des vers a soie. Paris: GauthierVillars, 1870.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 black calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. First edition, illustrated throughout with numerous plates, many in color, and illustrations in-text. First few pp. vol. 1 detached; ink stain to fore edge vol. 1; hinges starting on both vols. and wear to boards; library stamp to dedication both vols.; bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $150-250

188* SWAMMERDAM, JAN Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicus, de respiratione usuque pulmonum. Leiden: Danielem, Abraham & Adrian a Gaasbeeck, 1667.

Thin 12mo, full vellum, manuscript marginalia to title page. First edition of Swammerdam’s medical thesis setting forth his mechanical theory of respiration, with additional engraved title by G.W. and seven woodcut illustrations in-text. “In it he recorded his discovery that the lungs of newborn infants will float on water if respiration has taken place, an important medico-legal point.” (Garrison-Morton, 1724) Some light dampstaining along bottom edge; chipping to edges of some pages with some loss to engraved title page; ex-library stamp to f.f.e.p; bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $300-500 189* WARREN, JOHN COLLINS Etherization; with Surgical Notes. Boston: William D. Tricknor, 1848.

12mo, original cloth, publisher’s 4-page catalogue dated October 1, 1847, tipped in f.f.e.p. First edition. “This work contains Warren’s account of Morton’s first public demonstration of anesthetization.” (Howell, 327) Inscribed: “To President Everett with the Author’s best regards.” Bookplate Edward Everett to front pastedown and John C. Warren to first advertisement. Boards detached; library copy with call number to upper board; f.f.e.p. starting. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $300-400

190* (MEDICINE) A collection of 16 medical books, including Michel le Long, Le regime de sante de l’escole de Salerne. Paris: Nicolas et Jean de la Coste, 1649. Fourth edition. Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1738. 3 vols.; The Diseases of the Ear. By Joseph Toynbee. London: John Churchill, 1860. First edition. Property from the Collection of the Galter Library of Health Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. * duplicate works approved for deaccession $200-400

191 (MEDICINE) A group of four books pertaining to women’s healthcare.

Clinical Memoirs on the Diseases of Women. By Gustave Bernutz and Ernest Goupil. London: The New Sydenham Society, 1866. 2 vols. A Compendious System of Midwifery... By William P. Dewees. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & L. Lea, 1826. The Diseases of Females: Including Those of Pregnancy and Childbed. By Fleetwood Churchill. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. $80-120

192* (MEDICINE) A group of two boxes of books pertaining to science and medicine, mostly nineteenth-century. $200-400