Bonhams: History of Science and Technology, 29514, New York

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Auction Date
October 23, 2024 - October 23, 2024
Page Size: 30 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS.

Van den proprieteyten der dinghen [De proprietatibus rerum].

Haarlem 1485 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,080.00
2 STIRLING, JAMES. 1692-1770.

Lineae tertii ordinis Neutonianae, sive illustratio tractatus D. Neutoni de enumeratione linearum tertii ordinis.

Oxford 1717 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
4 MORGAGNI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1682-1771.

The Seats and Causes of Diseases....

London 1769 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
5 MESMER, FRANZ ANTON. 1734-1815.

Contemporary manuscript treatment of Mesmer's Aphorisms, in French, including original commentary by a practitioner,

1800 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
7 BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Charles Babbage"), an invitation to visit his difference engine at engineer Joseph Clement's with John Rennie,

1832 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,960.00
8 BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.

Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Babbage") to "Mrs. Lister" inviting her to tea,

1839? USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 53,760.00
9

Seaman's Lyceum of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia 1836 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
10 FARADAY, MICHAEL. 1791-1867.

"Experimental Researches in Electricity (Eleventh [- Thirteenth] Series): On Induction [Continued...; Continued...]." OFFPRINT FROM: Philosophical Transactions.

London 1837-8. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,680.00
13 EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. 1847-1931.

Pen-and-ink circuit design drawing for a telegraph,

Newark, NJ, c.1878-9 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,864.00
14

Autograph letter signed ("Jno. I. Sabin"), to J.B. Shannon, Collector of the Port [of] San Francisco,

San Francisco 1878 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
15

An album of manuscript notes, ideas, experiments, etc.,

[London], c. 1880 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
16 PASTEUR, LOUIS. 1822-1895.

Autograph Letter Signed ("L. Pasteur"), to Edmond Bonnotte ("Cher Monsieur") making financial arrangements and purchasing tickets for the lottery,

Paris 1880 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,024.00
19 CURIE, MARIE. 1867-1934.

Autograph Statement Signed ("M. Curie"), in French, on increasing public interest in scientific research,

n.p. n.d. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,960.00
20

Thacher's Calculating Instrument,

New York 1925 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
21 DE BROGLIE, LOUIS. 1892-1987.

Autograph Scientific Manuscript Signed at the head ("Louis de Broglie") published as "L'univers a cinq dimensions et la mecanique ondulatoire" [in English: "The five-dimensional universe and wave mechanics"],

Paris 1927 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 24,320.00
22 SCHRODINGER, ERWIN. 1887-1961.

Typed Letter Signed ("E. Schrodinger") to Wilhelm Wien ("Hochverehrter Herr Geheimrat!)" on the success of the Davisson-Germer experiments and the landmark Solvay Conference in Belgium,

Berlin 1927 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,880.00
23 UREY, HAROLD CLAYTON; and ARTHUR EDWARD RUARK.

Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta.

New York 1930 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
24 TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954.

"On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," appearing in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, series 2, vol 42, pts 3-4, pp 230-265,

London 1936 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,320.00
25 SHANNON, CLAUDE. 1916-2001.

"Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits," appearing in: Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Volume 57.

New York 1938 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 38,400.00
26 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.

"Geometrie und Erfahrung." Offprint from: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften V (27 Januar 1921).

Berlin 1921 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,480.00
27 EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. SPIRO, EUGEN. 1874-1972.

Original large portrait of Albert Einstein writing at his desk in Princeton in 1941, oil on canvas,

1941 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 46,080.00
28 FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955.

Specimen of original penicillin mold on blotting paper, mounted by Fleming within a glass disc, held by a black plastic rim,

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 76,700.00
29 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT. 1904-1967.

Letter Signed ("J R Oppenheimer") to George G. Little,

Santa Fe 1945 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
32

Apple Service: Level II Technical Reference #204-1011 (volumes I and II). [Cupertino, CA]: Apple Computers, 1978-1983.

Cupertino, CA 1978-1983 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,536.00
34

Apple Service: Level II Technical Reference #204-1011. Cupertino: 1983-1984.

Cupertino 1983-1984 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 640.00
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