Grays Auctioneers: A Library of Curiosities, 19990, Cleveland,

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Auction Date
July 30, 2025 - July 30, 2025
Page Size: 108 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de (1549-1626).

History of America.

London [1725-1726]. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,000.00
52 HOOKE, Robert (1635-1703).

Hooke's Micrographia.

London [1667]. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 30,000.00
53 HOOKE, Robert (1635-1703).

Microscopic Observations.

London [1780]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
54 HUNT, Robert (1807-1887).

Hunt's Researches on Light.

London 1844 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
55 JOHNSON, Rossiter (editor) (1840-1931).

A History of the World's Columbian Exposition held in

New York 1897-1898. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 187.50
56 KANE, Elisha Kent (1820-1857).

Arctic Explorations.

Philadelphia.; Boston; New York; Cincinnati 1856 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
57 KELLY, William (1791-1855).

Across the Rocky Mountains, from New York to California.

London 1852 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 112.50
58 LALLEMAND, Henri (1809-1892).

A Treatise on Artillery.

New York [NY] 1820 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
59 LANQUET, Thomas (1521-1545).

An Epitome of Cronicles.

Londini Anno 1559. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
60 LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de (1749-1827).

System of the World.

London 1809 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
61 LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794).

Lavoisier's Chemistry.

Edinburgh [1790]. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 875.00
62 LE FEVRE, Nicaise (1610-1669).

A Compleat Body of Chymistry.

London, 1670 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
63 LEMERY, Nicolas (1645-1715).

A Course of Chymistry.

London 1698 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
64

[Life and Miracles of the Archangel Michael].

Undated 19th or 20th century USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
65 MACERONI, Francis (1788-1846).

Defensive Instructions for the People.

London [1832]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
66 MCKENNEY, Thomas L., (Thomas Loraine) (1785-1859).

History of the Indian Tribes of North America.

Philadelphia 1855 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,750.00
67

Military and Maritine [sic] Discipline in Three Books.

London 1672 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 500.00
68 MILLER, John Frederick (1759-1796).

Cimelia Physica.

London 1796 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,250.00
69 MOORE, John Hamilton (1738-1807).

Moore's Voyages.

London [1785?] USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
70 MORDEN, Robert (1650-1703).

Geography Rectified: or, A Description of the World.

London MDCC [1700]. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,500.00
71 MOXON, Joseph (1627-1691).

A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography.

London 1699 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 343.75
72 NEWTON Isaac (1643-1727).

Opticks.

London 1718 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
73 NORTON, Robert (d. 1635).

The Gvnner Shewing The Whole Practise Of Artillery.

London, 1628 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
74 PEMBERTON, Henry. (1694-1771).

A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy.

London 1728 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
75 PHILLIPS, William (1775-1828).

An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy.

London, 1837 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
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