Bonhams: History of Science & Technology, 31199, New York

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Auction Date
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Page Size: 270 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1001 PARACELSUS, PHILIPPUS, THEOPHASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENHEIM. 1493-1541.

Von der frantzosischen kranckheit drey Bucher.

Frankfurt 1553 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,664.00
1002 FALLOPPIO, GABRIELE. 1523-1563.

De morbo gallico liber absolutissimus ... Additus etiam est in calce de Morbo gallico tractatus Antonii Fracanciani

Venice 1565 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 435.20
1004 TULP, NICOLAES. 1593-1674.

Observationum medicarum libri tres.

Amsterdam 1652 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
1005 PEMELL, ROBERT. D. 1653.

De morbis puerorum, or a Treatise of the Diseases of Children....

London 1653 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1006 BAYFIELD, ROBERT. 1629-1690.

Tractatus de Tumoribus Praeter Naturam.

London 1662 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 243.20
1007 MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. 1628-1694.

De externo tactus organo anatomica observatio.

Naples 1665 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
1008 NORTHCOTE, WILLIAM. D. 1783.

The marine practice of physic and surgery including that in the hot countries, particularly useful to all who visit the East and West Indies or the coast of Africa.

London 1770 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
1009 PRINGLE, JOHN. 1707-1782.

Six Discourses, Delivered by Sir John Pringle, Bart. when President of the Royal Society.

London; 1783 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 140.80
1010 WATERHOUSE, BENJAMIN. 1754-1846.

A Synopsis of the Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice Of Medicine ... Part the First (all published).

Boston: 1786 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,088.00
1011 CURRIE, WILLIAM. 1754-1828.

An Historical Account of the Climate and Diseases of the United States of America.

Philadelphia: 1792 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 614.40
1012 GILLESPIE, LEONARD. 1758-1842.

Observations on the Diseases which Prevailed on board a Part of His Majesty's Squadron on the Leeward Island Station between Nov. 1794 and April 1796.

London 1800 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 896.00
1013 COXE, JOHN REDMAN. 1773-1864.

Practical Observations on Vaccination: or Inoculation for the Cow Pox.

Philadelphia: 1802 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,560.00
1014 HAYGARTH, JOHN. 1740-1827.

A Clinical History of Diseases. Part First: Being 1. A Clinical History of the Acute Rheumatism. 2. A Clinical History of the Nodosity of the Joints.

Bath: 1805 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
1015 TURNBULL, WILLIAM. Fl. 1779-1806

The naval surgeon; comprising the entire duties of professional men at sea. To which are subjoined, a system of naval surgery, and a compendious pharmacopoeia

London 1806 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
1016 WILLAN, ROBERT. 1757-1812.

On Cutaneous Diseases.

London 1808 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1017 SACCO, LUIGI. 1769-1836.

Trattato di vaccinazione con osservazioni sul giavardo e vajuolo pecorino.

Milan: 1809 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 384.00
1018 JENNER, EDWARD. 1749-1823.

Two Cases of Small-Pox Infection communicated to the Foetus in Utero under peculiar circumstances, with additional remarks, - "Observations on the Distemper in Dogs." In: Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. Vol. 1. pp 263-275.

London 1809 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 243.20
1019 LAENNEC, RENE THEOPHILE HYACINTHE. 1781-1826.

Autograph manuscript signed ("R. T. H. Laennec D. M. P."), counter-signed by Bruno Cayol ("Bno. Cayol").

March 23, 1811 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,840.00
1020 PARRY, CALEB HILLIER. 1755-1822.

Elements of Pathology and Therapeutics.

Bath: 1815 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 537.60
1021 MARTIN, JOHN. 1789-1869.

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language.

London 1817 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 217.60
1022 BIGELOW, JACOB. 1787-1879.

American Medical Botany, Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States....

Boston: 1817-20. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,120.00
1023 PARSONS, USHER. 1788-1868.

Physician for Ships; Containing Medical Advice for Seamen and Passengers in Merchant Vessels...

Cambridge: 1820 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 435.20
1024 FRICK, GEORGE. 1793-1870.

A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye.

Baltimore: 1823 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
1025 PARRY, CALEB HILLIER. 1755-1822.

Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings.

London 1825 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
1026 LAENNEC, RENE THEOPHILE HYACINTHE. 1781-1826.

Traite de l'auscultation mediate ou traite diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur.

Paris 1826 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 704.00
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