18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Horblit (Harrison D.)
One Hundred Books Famous In Science, Based on an Exhibition held at the Grolier Club, N.Y.: The Grolier Club, 1964, limited edition of 1000, quarto, top edge gilt, original cloth, slipcase;
Gillispie (Charles Coulston), Dictionary of Scientific Biography, N.Y.: Charles Scribners, 1981, quarto, sixteen volumes in eight, original cloth;
Osler (William), Bibliotheca Osleriana, A Catalogue of Books illustrating the History of Medicine and Science, McGill-Queen's University, 1969, quarto, cloth;
with a quantity of others on the bibliography of science (qty)
Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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