Mulvihill Collection acquires celebrated Scots astronomer, Mary Somerville
- by Maureen E. Mulvihill, Guest Writer
While the Mulvihill Collection focuses mostly on pre-1700 women writers (English, Irish, Dutch), it has recently acquired a special newcomer: Mary Somerville, her 1834 classic, On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (London, 1834; 5 plates; 10th ed., 1877). The Mulvihill copy is a deluxe, rebound second edition (1835), with Somerville's additional notes and new preface. A self-trained polymath, "Mrs Somerville" was a respected astronomer and science writer whose talents extended to painting, music, and educating the great J.M.W. Turner on Newtonian color theory. We include her self-portrait here, and we invite you to look up (and look up!) with Mary Somerville. <Click here for article>
ALDE, Mar. 4: JÉRÔME (SAINT). Epistolæ. Parme, s.n., 1480. €15,000 to €20,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: DANTE ALIGHIERI. [La Divina Commedia]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PLINE L'ANCIEN. Historia naturalis. Parme, Andrea Portilia, 8 juillet 1481. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: MÉTHODE D'OLYMPE. De revelatione facta ab angelo beato Methodio in carcere detento. Bâle, Michael Furter, 1504. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: ARISTOPHANE. Κωμῳδίαι ἐννέα. Comœdiæ novem. Venise, Alde Manuce, 1498. €6,000 to €8,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: ARISTOPHANE. Κωμῳδίαι ἑνδεκα... Comœdiæ undecim cum scholiis antiquis. Genève, Société caldorienne, 1607. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: EURIPIDE. Τραγωδιαι ἑπτακαίδεκα. Tragœdiæ septendecim. Venise, Alde, février 1503. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: HIPPOCRATE. Τα ευρισκομενα... Opera omnia quæ extant, in VIII sectiones ex Erotiani mente distributa. Francfort, Claude de Marne et Johann Aubry, 1595. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: HOMÈRE. Ποιήσεις άμφω ήτε Ιλιάς και η Οδύσσεια. Opus utrumque Iliados et Odysseæ. Bâle, Johann Herwagen, 1551. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PINDARE. Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PLATON. Ἅπαντα Πλάτωνος. Omnia opera, cum commentariis Procli in Timæum et Politica. Bâle, Johann Walder, 1534. €800 to €1,000.
ALDE, Mar. 4: PLINE L'ANCIEN. Historia naturalis. Parme, Andrea Portilia, 8 juillet 1481. €8,000 to €10,000.
Gonnelli Auction 58 Books, Autographs & Manuscripts March 11th-13th 2025
Gonnelli: Manuscript and illuminated book of hours, mid-15th century.
Gonnelli: Sumptuous Koran manuscript by Bukhara illuminators in the mid-nineteenth century.
Gonnelli: Rowling J. K., Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale. Firenze: Adriano Salani, 1998.
Gonnelli: Valli Antonio, Il canto de gl'augelli. In Roma, Nicolò Mutij, 1601.
Gonnelli: Moniglia Giovanni Andrea, Il Mondo Festeggiante. In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.
Gonnelli: Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.