Lot 401
Science: Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Psychology
15 books, comprising
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Ledger, Edmund The Sun: its Planets and their Satellites. London: Edward Stanford, 1882. First edition, 8vo, 9 plates, original green cloth gilt; Higgs, Paget The Electric Light in its Practical Application. London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1879. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt; Rutherford, E. Radioactive Substances and their Radiations. Cambridge: University Press, 1913. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Routh, Edward John A Treatise on Dynamics of a Particle. Cambridge: University Press, 1898. 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Eddington, A.S. Stellar Movements and the Structure of the Universe. London: Macmillan and Co., 1914. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Laue, M. Das Relativitätsprinzip... Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1911. 8vo, original cloth; Whitehead, A.N. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge. Cambridge: University Press, 1919. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Pasteur, Louis Studies on Fermentation... London: Macmillan & Co., 1879. First edition in English, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Gesner, Abraham A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum and other distilled oils. New York: Ballière Brothers, 1861. 8vo, original cloth; Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Conditioned Reflexes. An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex. Oxford: University Press, 1927. 8vo, original black cloth gilt; Freud, Sigmund Beiträge zur Psychologie des Libeslebens. Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1924. First edition in book form, 8vo, original wrappers; and four others (15)