Lot 88
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [NATURAL HISTORY]. A group of 52 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, many with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [NATURAL HISTORY]. A group of 52 works, including:
BREWSTER, David. Memoirs of… Sir Isaac Newton. Edinburgh et al, 1855. 2 volumes. Contemporary half calf. Later edition. -- DEMEREC, M. et al. Cytology, Genetics, and Evolution. Philadelphia, 1941. -- WILSON, Edmund B. The Cell in Development and Heredity. NY, 1925. Provenance: Julius Feldmesser (1918-2000), former Nematologist (stamp). Third edition. -- MICHEL, Henri. Scientific Instruments in Art and History. NY, 1966. -- HUGHES, Arthur. A History of Cytology. London et al, 1959. -- MANUEL, Frank E. Isaac Newton Historian. Cambridge, MA, 1963. -- CLARK, George et al. History of Staining. Baltimore et al, 1983. Third edition. -- CAJORI, Florian. Sir Isaac Newton’s Mathematical Principles. Berkeley, CA, 1947. Third issue. -- BEDINI, Silvio A. Early American Scientific Instruments and their Makers. Washington, [D.C], 1964. -- OLBY, Robert. The Path to the Double Helix. Seattle, 1974. -- TILEY, N.A. Discovering DNA. NY et al, 1983. -- WILLIAMS, Harley. Don Quixote of the Microscope. London, 1954. -- And 40 others. Together, 52 works in 53 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, many with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
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