NATUrAL hISTOrY, SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, LOTS 37-63

Lots 37–63

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37 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, [1839], 1840-1844.

7 vols. Large 8vo, contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered spines and inner dentelles, a.e.g. First octavo edition, complete with 500 hand-colored lithographed plates after Audubon by W.E. Hitchock, R. Trembly and others, printed and colored by J.T. Bowen, with tissue guards, with wood-engraved anatomical diagrams in text, half-titles, and subscriber’s list to each volume.

The octavo edition added 65 new plates to the double-elephant folio edition for a total of 500 plates, making it “the most extensive color plate book produced in America up to that time” (Reese). Rubbing to boards at spines and edges; ex-libris trimmed from title page all volumes; offsetting from plates to tissue guards; scattered foxing mainly affecting text leaves and tissue guards.

Provenance: The present copy was owned by an early member of the Ark Club (Cleveland, OH), which was founded by William and Leonard Case. See full provenance, lot 38. Literature: Nissen IVB 51; Reese 34; Sabin 2364. $30,000-50,000

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38 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, AND JOHN BACHMAN The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: J.J. Audubon, 1845-1848.

3 vols. Elephant folios, contemporary 3/4 black morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spines.

The present, rare, three-volume edition, with all of its title pages, is in very good condition, unrestored, with brilliant coloring.

First edition of “the largest successful color plate book project of 19th-century America,” (Reese) complete, with 150 handcolored lithographed plates by J.J. Audubon and J.W. Audubon, backgrounds by Victor Audubon, lithography by J.T. Bowen, three lithographed title pages, and leaves of contents. Early issue, bound in three volumes. The later editions were bound in two volumes, with inferior coloring, and without the title-page for volume three.

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, following the success of, and funded with the profits by, Audubon’s The Birds of America, was meant to match the magnificence of Audubon’s magnum ornithological opus; it stands apart as having been entirely produced in the United States, with over 300 original subscribers. As his last great achievement, The Quadrupeds firmly established Audubon as one of history’s greatest natural history artists.

John James Audubon was able to complete seventy-seven drawings before his failing health kept him from work. The remaining drawings were executed by his sons, John Woodhouse and Victor. John Bachman, Audubon’s collaborator and the fatherin-law of John Wodehouse and Victor, insisted that all of the profits go to the Audubon family. The work originally appeared in thirty numbers with five plates each, with each number costing ten dollars. The project was incredibly commercially successful, due in large part to the management of Victor Audubon.

Plate 150 (Jaguar) with crease crossing image and 9-inch separation at fold, leaving impression on plate 151; plate 1 (Wild Cat) with 1-inch tear on bottom edge; one plate with pencilled manuscript notation; some soiling at edges; a number of plates with minor finger soiling; minor intermittent foxing; f.f.e.p. vols. 1 and 2 creased; “Case School of Applied Sciences” stamp to title page each vol.; otherwise plates are very clean with exceptionally bright coloring and free from repairs. Provenance: The present set was owned by one of the last members of the Ark Club (Cleveland, OH), which was founded by William Case and Leonard Case. In 1835, Leonard Case turned over the use of his home to the “Arkites,” for their collection of bird and mammal specimens. He willed that the property and its contents be sold to establish the Case School of Applied Sciences, with the exception of two rooms, for which he established a life-long lease for 15 members, including the original owner of the present set, until the last had passed. The space was used as Case Library until it was torn down by the city to make room for the Cleveland Post Office, at which time the three remaining members were awarded damages. Owned by one of the last surviving members of this group of 15, the present set, while housed in the Case Library before its demolition, has been bequeathed through family for over a century and has thus remained in private hands. Literature: Nissen ZBI 162; Reese 36; Sabin 2367 $200,000-300,000

39 (BOTANY) GREW, NEHEMIAH The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And Several Other Lectures, Read before the Royal Society. London: Printed by W. Rawlins for the author, 1682.

[22], 24, [10], 212, [4], 221-304, [20]. Folio, contemporary blind-stamped mottled calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered spine, imprimatur announcement tipped to verso ff. facing title page from Christopher Wren of the Royal Society meeting wherein the author was ordered to print his lectures together in one volume. First edition, large paper, of Grew’s seminal work on plant morphology and development, which illustrates the detailed microscopic and life-size anatomy of plant structure in 83 engraved plates (some fold-out) after Grew’s own drawings. The volume combines revisions of Grew’s five small published books with nine unpublished ‘discourses’ read to the Royal Society between 1675 and 1677.

p.144v with overall spotting; a few scattered brown stains to text; inner hinges cracked; light edgewear to boards with loss to corners; bookplate John Rutter Shafteshurp tipped to front pastedown; 1/4-inch tear to plate 8 and 1-inch tear at crease to plate 14, otherwise plates are in fine clean condition with no restoration. $1,500-2,500 40 (BOTANY) PRATT, ANNE The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, and their Allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails. London: Frederick Warne, n.d. [c. 1870]

6 vols. 8vo, bound by Newcomb in 3/4 dark blue calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines. Illustrated with numerous color botanical plates. Minor rubbing to boards; foxing. $200-400

41 (BOTANY) STEP, EDWARD Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse. London and New York: Frederick Warne, 1896.

4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 vellum over green cloth, gilt-lettered green morocco spine labels. Complete with halftitles and 316 chromolithographed plates with tissue guards. Light soiling to boards with pink dye stains to upper board, vol. 4; spine labels chipped; light foxing affecting endpapers; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; interiors clean and colors bright. $800-1,200

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42 (BOTANY) NEWBERRY, JOHN STRONG The Later Extinct Floras of North America. Edited by Arthur Hollick. [Together with:] Fossil Flora of the Lower Coal Measures of Missouri. By David White. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898, 1899.

2 vols. 4to, both 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, owner’s name and title in gilt to spine. Comprising vols. 35 and 37 of the Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, published by the Department of the Interior for the House of Representatives. $50-100 43 DARWIN, CHARLES The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872.

8vo, rebound in 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilttooled and -lettered spine. First edition, second issue. With seven heliotype plates after photographs by Duchenne and Reijlander, (three fold-out), and numerous in-text engravings. Minor rubbing to boards; previous ownership inscription to f.f.e.p.; scattered light brownspotting. $600-800 44 DARWIN, CHARLES The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits. London: John Murray, 1881.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Third thousand, with one page publisher’s advertisements at rear and numerous in-text engravings. Light wear to boards; ends bumped; bookseller’s sticker tipped to front pastedown; hinges starting. $400-600

45 GIBSON, WILLIAM A New Treatise on the Diseases of Horses. London: A. Millar, 1751.

Folio, full calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. First edition. Complete with engraved frontispiece and 31 engraved plates. Minor wear to boards; light offsetting and ghosting from plates. $100-200

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46 (ANATOMY) LIZARS, JOHN A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, Accompanied with Descriptions and Physiological, Pathological, and Surgical Observations. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; Dublin: W. Curry Junr., n.d. [1857]

Folio, rebound in 3/4 brown calf over cloth, giltlettered spine. New and improved edition, with 102 (of 111) color plates, including a supplement of 10 additional plates bound-in. Light wear to boards; contemporary ownership inscription to f.f.e.p.; scattered foxing; offsetting from some plates to tissue-guards. $600-800 47 (ANATOMY) MORGAGNI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Adversaria anatomica omnia... Venice: Ex Typographia Remondiniana, 1762.

Six parts in one, bound with Epistolae anatomicae dua novas observationes, et animadversiones complectentes... Venice, 1762. Folio, full calf, giltlettered spine. Complete with 11 engraved plates. Wear to boards with 1-inch loss to head and foot of spine; bookseller’s sticker tipped to front pastedown; scattered foxing. $200-400

48 (ANATOMY) QUAIN, JONES AND ERASMUS WILSON, eds. A Series of Anatomical Plates, in Lithography, with References and Physiological Comments, Illustrating the Structure of the Different Parts of the Human Body. London: Printed for Taylor and Walton, 18361842.

3 (of 5) vols. in one. Comprising The Bones and Ligaments of the Human Body, (1842); The Muscles of the Human Body, (1836); and The Viscera of the Human Body, (1840). Folio, 3/4 brown morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First editions, with 113 (of 114) lithographed color plates. Minor wear to boards; intermittent foxing; light offsetting from plates; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. $600-800

49 (ANATOMY) QUAIN, JONES AND ERASMUS WILSON, eds. The Vessels of the Human Body; in a Series of Plates, with References and Physiological Comments. London: Printed for Taylor and Walton, 1846.

Folio, contemporary 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Part two of this five-part anatomy set illustrated by lithography, complete with 50 color lithographed plates. Scattered brownspotting and intermittent light foxing; offsetting from some plates. $300-500 50 (MEDICINE) BLACKWELL, ELIZABETH The Laws of Life, with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls. [Popular and Practical Series No. 2.] New York: Geo. P. Putnam, 1852.

8vo, publisher’s grey-green stiff printed paper boards. First edition, uncommon variant, with publisher’s advertisements to endpapers. This is the first edition of the first book published by the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree. Blackwell, rejected from all medical schools to which she applied, finally applied to Geneva Medical College at Geneva, New York, which asked the male student body whether to admit her. Believing it was a joke, they agreed. Blackwell graduated the first in her class and the first woman to achieve a medical degree in America in 1849. Light soiling and few dampstains to upper cover; spine lightly chipped with some loss; minor intermittent foxing primarily affecting endpapers. $1,500-2,500

51 (MEDICINE) STOUT, H.R. Our Family Physician... Chicago: J.S. Goodman, 1869.

8vo, blind-stamped dark brown calf, title decoratively gilt-lettered with central medallion to upper board, gilt-lettered spine. First edition pre-fire medical imprint with rare gilt-decorated boards. With in-text black and white illustrations. Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; light intermittent foxing. $1,000-2,000

52 (ASTRONOMY) APIANUS, PETRUS Cosmographia ... per Gemmam Frisium apud Lovanienses et mathematicm insignem ... Additis eiusdem argumenti libellus Gemmae Frisii. Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne]: apud Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1574.

[2], 64, [2] ff. 4to, contemporary roll-tooled vellum, manuscript title to spine, folding woodengraved map, five full-page wood-engraved plates, four with volvelles (complete), title page vignette, numerous in-text illustrations and historiated initials, custom linen clamshell case with gilt-lettered spine. This is an exceptionally good copy of the first work to suggest the use of lunar distances to measure longitude and the basis for all mathematical geography for 100 years following its first publishing in 1574.

The volvelles demonstrate how to measure altitude or latitude of the poles; longitude; the meridian; and the time of day according to the seasons. The cordiform map, which appeared in the Cosmographia beginning in 1529, was by Regnier Gemma Frisius (1508-1555), mathematician to the Emperor Charles V and founder of the Belgian school of geography. A few small creases; purple ink (over stamped ex-libri) to title page and leaves 32-34; small split to map at fold. $7,000-9,000

53 (ASTRONOMY) BAMFIELD, SAMUEL A New Treatise on Astronomy, or, Astronomy Opened: Being a Rational and Mathematic Enquiry into the True Principles and Nature of Astronomy, or Frame of Our Solar System. Exeter: Andre Brice, 1764.

Small 4to, contents rebound in modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, title page laid down, edges untrimmed, five folding plates. Author’s personal copy, with autograph corrections throughout and the autographed statement (“N.B.: a further acct. will be publish’d concerning this difficult matter and given gratis”) at the end. Some chipping to edges of leaves; toning and foxing to title page and a few interior pages as well. $300-500

54 (ASTRONOMY) FERGUSON, JAMES Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. London: Printed for W. Strahan, et al., 1773.

4to, bound by Stephenson in 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-lettered spine. New edition of “one of the earliest and most successful attempts to explain Newtonian ideas in popular terms.” (Babson 58, 1764 edition) Complete with 18 engraved plates, (17 fold-out). Hinges starting; edgewear to boards; some offsetting from plates; otherwise internally very clean. $600-800

55* BACON, FRANCIS De augmentis scientiarum; or The Arrangement, and General Survey, or Knowledge: with Its particular Defects, and the Ways of supplying them, for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences. London: Printed by J. Cundee for M. Jones, 1803.

2 vols. Small 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, engraved frontispiece. Later edition. Rubbing to boards; armorial bookplates tipped to front pastedown both vols.; offsetting from bookplates. Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

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56 (BION, NICOLAS) STONE, EDMUND, trans. The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. London: Printed by H.W. for John Senex, 1723.

Folio, full contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, renewed endpapers, title in red and black, engraved head-pieces. First English edition of Bion’s encyclopedic reference on 18th-century mathematical instruments, complete with 26 folding engraved plates, which include rulers, protractors, surveying devices and navigational instruments. Some light marginal brownspotting; light edgewear to boards with some loss to lower board; heavy foxing to plates 14, 18, and 25, and pp. 249-264. $800-1,200 57 LEYBOURN, WILLIAM Dialling, Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive. Shewing, how to make all such Dials, and to adorn them with all useful Furniture relating to the Course of the Sun. London: J. Matthews, 1700.

Folio, full contemporary panelled calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Second edition, expanded and corrected, with engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous tables, six engraved figures and 32 engraved plates, (14 fold-out), illustrating the construction and use of dials. Contemporary manuscript inscription to verso title page and exlibris to front pastedown; inner hinges cracked; intermittent foxing and a few stains; a few plates with small tears at lower edge and light toning to fore edge. $500-700 58* EDISON, THOMAS Original black and white portrait photograph signed and inscribed (“To Hooper / Thomas A. Edison”), on original photographer’s mount (Pach Bros., New York), with copyright stamp to lower right corner of image, dated 1904, and stamp to lower right margin. Contemporary presentation inscription to verso, “Given to Geo. H. Hooper, Jr., about 1908 - by T. A. Edison.” Light marginal chipping and some soiling to margins. Property from the Collection of James B. Caffrey, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

59 THOREK, MAX Black and white photograph inscribed “For Adolph and Penni” and signed (“Max Thorek”) on mat. Framed and matted.

Together with The Creative Camera Art of Max Thorek. By Christian A. Peterson. Chicago: Dr. Max Thorek Memorial Foundation, 1984. 4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered black and maroon cloth. First edition. Light wear to boards; inscribed and signed (“Phillip Thorek”) on the f.f.e.p. Size of frame 17 1/4 x 13 inches. $100-200

60 CYCLOPEDIA OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1909.

4 vols. 8vo, quarter red morocco over red cloth, giltlettered spines. Illustrated throughout with black and white photograph reproductions. Light wear to boards; ends slightly chipped. $100-200 61 EASTMAN, SETH Treatise on Topographical Drawing. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1837.

8vo, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First and only edition. Complete with preface, contents, appendix, and 12 fold-out plates. Eastman, known for his Indian scenes and illustrations in Schoolcraft’s “Historical and Statistical Information... of the Indian Tribes of the United States” attended West Point and taught drawing there from 1833 to 1840. This is his first book and became the first American textbook on topographical drawing to be used at West Point. Wear and fading to boards; spine chipped; ex-library copy with call number to spine and blind-stamp to title page; intermittent foxing. Literature: Charles Wood. $200-400 62 RANKINE, W.J. MACQUORN Shipbuilding. Theoretical and Practical. London: William MacKenzie, 1866.

Folio, gilt-lettered green cloth. With 50 engraved plates, (23 fold-out). Rubbing to boards; ends chipped; intermittent light foxing; marginal chipping to some leaves. $400-600

63* SHARAN, JAMES The Family Instructor, Containing Remarks and Dissertations on Almost Every Part of the Human Creation. Philadelphia: James Sharan, 1813.

8vo, original calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Rubbing to boards; ends bumped and chipped; intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of B.E. France, Elgin, Illinois $100-200

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