AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

LACEPEDE BERNARD GERMAIN DE: (1756-1825) French Naturalist. L.S., Cte de Lacepede, two pages, folio, Paris, 19th November 1813, to Baron Riouffe, ...

LEGENDRE ADRIEN-MARIE: (1752-1833) French mathematician who made numerous important contributions to mathematics, including the concepts Legendre ...

POINCARÉ HENRI: (1854-1912) French Mathematician, Physician and Engineer. A Polymath widely regarded as “The Last Universalist”. Poincaré was the ...

LE VERRIER URBAIN: (1811-1877) French Astronomer and Mathematician. Best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mat...

HERSCHEL JOHN: (1792-1871) English Astronomer, Inventor and Chemist. Herschel originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. He also ma...

FLAMMARION CAMILLE: (1842-1925) French Astronomer, and prolific Author. A fine A.L.S., `Flammarion´, one page, small 4to, Paris, 24th March 1909, ...

PICCARD AUGUSTE & JEAN: Auguste Antoine Piccard (1884-1962) Swiss Physicist and Inventor, well-known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flig...

VAN ALLEN JAMES: (1914-2006) American space Scientist. Van Allen was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space, l...

DROVETTI BERNARDINO: (1776-1852) Italian-born French Diplomat, Politician, Archaeologist and antiquities collector. Drovetti is best-remembered fo...

‘This will be my last work’ PARMENTIER ANTOINE AUGUSTIN: (1737-1813) French Agronomist well remembered for promoting the potato as a food source i...

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU HENRI-LOUIS: (1700-1782) French physician, naval engineer and botanist. A.L.S., Duhamel du Mon, the latter part of his signatur...

HUXLEY THOMAS HENRY: (1825-1895) English Biologist and Anthropologist. Also known as "Darwin´s Bulldog" for his advocacy of Darwin´s theory of evo...

JENNER EDWARD: (1749-1823) English Physician & Scientist, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. An extremely rare and signif...

LISTER JOSEPH: (1827-1912) British surgeon, a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. A.L.S., Lister, one page, 8vo, Berlin, 11th October 1901, to 'My dear...

PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. A....

PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist. A good autograph manuscript in the hand of Pasteur, unsigned, eight pages, 8vo, Lill...

A year after successfully developing his vaccine for rabies, Pasteur treats a man and his young child at his personal expense. PASTEUR LOUIS: (182...

SABIN ALBERT B.: (1906-1993) Polish-American medical researcher who developed the oral polio vaccine. T.L.S., Albert B. Sabin, one page, 4to, Cinc...

THORPE THOMAS EDWARD: (1845-1925) British chemist who served as Chief Chemist to the British Government (1894-1909) as Director of the Government ...

DEWAR JAMES: (1842-1923) British chemist and physicist, best known for his invention of the vacuum (thermos) flask. A.L.S., James Dewar, three pag...

BRANLY EDOUARD: (1844-1940) French inventor & physicist, primarily known for his early involvement in wireless telegraphy. A.L.S., E. Branly, one ...

BESSEMER HENRY: (1813-1898) Englis inventor whose steel making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the 19th cent...

BELL ALEXANDER GRAHAM: (1847-1922) Scottish scientist & inventor, credited with inventing the first practical telephone. A.L.S., A. Graham Bell, t...

BAIRD JOHN LOGIE: (1888-1946) Scottish inventor & electrical engineer who demonstrated the world's first live working television system in January...

BAIRD JOHN LOGIE: (1888-1946) Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the world's first working television system. A.L.S., J.L. Baird, one page, 8vo, Lo...

TESLA NIKOLA: (1856-1943) Serbian-American Inventor and Engineer. Best-known for his contributions to the design of alternating current electricit...

CERF VINT: (1943-     ) American Internet pioneer, recognised as one of the 'fathers of the Internet'. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Cerf sea...

HAHNEMANN SAMUEL: (1755-1843) German physician, best known for creating the pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine called homeopathy. A.L...

SPURZHEIM JOHANN: (1776-1832) German physician, one of the chief proponents of phrenology. A brief A.L.S., J. Spurzheim, one page, small 8vo, n.p....

HELMHOLTZ HERMANN VON: (1821-1894) German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields. A.L.S., H. Helm...

FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian neurologist, the founder of psychoanalysis. T.L.S., Sigm, one page, 8vo, Vienna, 4th June 1924, to Edward [Ber...

FREUD ANNA: (1895-1982) British Psychoanalyst of Austrian-Jewish descent, the sixth and youngest child of Sigmund Freud. She followed her father´s...

JONES ERNEST: (1879-1958) Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst, a lifelong friend and colleague of Sigmund Freud. A.L.S., Ernest Jones, on one side...

JUNG CARL: (1875-1961) Swiss Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. An interesting T.L.S., C.G. Jung, one page, 4to, ...

PIAGET JEAN: (1896-1980) Swiss Psychologist. Best known for his pioneering works on child cognitive development and genetic epistemology. Widely c...

HIRSCHFELD MAGNUS: (1868-1935) German physician and sexologist, an outspoken advocate for sexual minorities. Vintage signed sepia postcard photogr...

ELLIS HAVELOCK: (1859-1939) English physician, eugenicist, writer and social reformer who studied human sexuality. A.L.S., Havelock Ellis, one pag...

KINSEY ALFRED: (1894-1956) American biologist and sexologist. A brief T.L.S., Alfred C. Kinsey, one page, 4to, Bloomington, Indiana, 10th August 1...

KLAPROTH JULIUS HEINRICH: (1783-1835) German Linguist, Ethnographer, Explorer and Orientalist. His works are credited with the turning of East Asi...

HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER: (1769-1859) Prussian Geographer, Naturalist and Explorer. A.L.S., `Humboldt´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], Tuesday, n.d., to a...

HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER VON: (1769-1859) German Natural Scientist, Geographer & Explorer. A good A.L.S., `Humboldt´, two pages, 12mo, [Paris], Saturday...

HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER VON: (1769-1859) German Natural Scientist, Geographer & Explorer. A very fine, rare manuscript line chart signed, A v Humboldt,...

MARCHAND JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1863-1934) French military officer and Explorer in Africa. Best known for commanding the French expeditionary force durin...

HEDIN SVEN: (1865-1952) Swedish geographer and explorer who, during several expeditions to Central Asia, mapped the Great Wall of China amongst ot...

PARRY WILLIAM EDWARD: (1790-1855) Anglo-Welsh explorer of the Arctic who, in 1827, attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. A....

SCORESBY WILLIAM: (1789-1857) English Arctic Explorer and Scientist. A very fine A.L.S., `Wm. Scoresby´, two pages, 8vo, Field House, 9th October ...

PEARY ROBERT: (1856-1920) American Rear Admiral and Explorer, claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition in 1909. A pri...

CHARCOT JEAN BAPTISTE: (1867-1936) French Polar Scientist and Doctor. A.L.S., `J.B.Charcot´, one page, 4to, Bougival, 30th September 1912, to Doct...

WILKINS HUBERT: (1888-1958) Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. Vintage signed and inscribed se...

HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed 8 x 12...

EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A good multiple signed souvenir cover issued to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the first ascent of Mount Everest, 29th...