[University of Halle: ca. 1728]. Extensive German manuscript on geometry, with handsome period-colored illustrations. The first part discusses the relationship of the diameter to the circumference, with an introduction on Pi, comparing findings by Euclid, Archimedes and Ptolemy, as well as 16th- and 17th-century scholars like Augustin Hirschvogel, Albrecht Dürer..... Read More about VERSÜCH EINER VERGLEICHÜNG DER VERHÄLTNISSE DAS DIAMETERS ZUR PERIPHERIE. [AN ATTEMPT TO...

Paris: chez Migneret, 1825. Madness as a Legal Defense. A contemporary manuscript copy of a published book by Dr. Étienne-Jean Georget (1795-1828), who published several works considering the medical and legal aspects of the insanity defense beginning in 1820. Read More about Examen médical des procès criminels des nommés Léger, Feldtmann, Lecouffe, Jean-Pierre et...

London: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633. Second edition overall and first Johnson edition. "This is the first edition enlarged and edited by Thomas Johnson (1595-1644) who corrected many of Gerard's more gullible errors, and improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts" (Hunt)..... Read More about The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in...

N. P: n.d. [1909]. Scottish astronomer. Especially noted for his use of photography in astronomy. He was the Astronomer Royal at Cape of Good Hope for many years. From the autograph collection of Harry P. Kuhn Jr. Read More about Card signed "David Gill"

Hawarden Castle, Chester: July 11, 1881. An answer to an attack on him by Thomas Huxley. Gladstone was Prime Minister four different times. WITH: Signature of Palmerton laid in. Read More about Autograph Letter Signed, in the Third person. To the Editor of the Nineteenth Century and quoting...

New York: c. 1940s. WHEN THE TYPEWRITER WAS THE COMPUTER OF ITS DAY. A collection of ephemera related to the typewriter, belonging to Jessie Taylor. Included are 2 photographs of the Globe Typewriter Exchange shop and interior, 37 Murray Street, New York City, along with a letter of commendation from..... Read More about Collection of typewriter ephemera, including The Constitution and By-Laws of the New York...

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Instiution, March 16, 1936. First edition. An important marker in the development of rocketry and space flight, the pamphlet sums up Goddard's pioneering work in rocketry over the previous two decades. On March 16, 1926 Goddard launched the world's first liquid propellant rocket, from a site near..... Read More about Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development

Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1854. A Distinguished American Provenance, Benjamin Pierce. Inscribed on the flyleaf, “Charles Henry Davis with the love of his Friend and Brother Benjamin Pierce Junction Grove 19 Nov '58.” Benjamin Pierce was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years..... Read More about Goethe's Sammtliche Werke

Philadelphia: J. Grigg, 1830. New Edition, with Corrections and Alterations. Read More about A History of the Earth and Animated Nature

[New York: c. 1913]. Includes photographers of these Trophies: 8 Photos of Silver plates for the Winner Joyant for Larchmont Race Weeks Series 1911 ; Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Race 1911; Manhasset Bay Cup Races; Interstate Races Marblehead; Larchmont Yacht Club Series 1912; New York Yacht Club Cruise 1912 Won..... Read More about Album of Gorham Silver Plates, Trophies, etc., most made for Black, Starr & Frost

New York: Harmony Books, [1995]. First edition. Inscribed. Inscribed on the half title, “For Robert Silvers, with thanks for a long association, Steve / Stephen Jay Gould”. Read More about Dinosaur in a Haystack

New York: Norton, [1985]. First edition. Inscribed to Ashley Montagu. Signed by Ashley Montagu on fly-leaf and on inscribed by the author on half-title, "To Ashley with respect and affection, Steve" Read More about The Flamingo's Smile. Reflections in Natural History