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Exquisite Pair of Swedish Globes

Globe Pair. AKERMAN, A./ AKREL, C.F. [Stockholm, 1824] [Terrestrial] Jord-Glob Utgifven ar 1824. [Celestial] Himmels Glob utgifven ar 1824.. Both 10 in. diam.; 21 in. high. Horizon ring supported by four quadrants mounted with lacquered brass pressed floral rosettes, raised on a baluster-turned, cherrywood central column on three legs. Both globes in excellent condition with bright patina. Terrestrial globe with outline and full body color; celestial with engraved figures for constellations colored yellow against blue-green background. $48,500

A Key Gulf Coast Chart
Texas/ Gulf Coast from Florida to Yucatan. KEULEN, J. VAN/ VOOGHT, C. J. [Amsterdam, 1684] Pas Kaart Van de Golff van Mexico.... 20 1/4 x 23 inches. Fine hand color; fine condition. $5,500

Bartoli's Asia 3 Volumes Devoted To Asia And Japan
BARTOLI, Daniello. Dell Istoria della Compagnia di Giesu. L'Asia descritta dal P. Daniello Bartoli della medesima Compagnia. Parte Prima; Il Giappone. Seconda Parte dell'Asia; La Cina. Terza Parte dell'Asia Rome, Varese, 1660 1663 1667. The very rare third, enlarged, and best edition of Bartoli's L'Asia descritta. $18,500

An Important Biographical Source For Kepler's Life
KEPLER, Johannes. Ad Epistolam Clarissimi Viri Jacobi Bartschi Praefixam Ephemeridi in annum 1629, Responsio: De Computatione et Editione Ephemeridum [Gorlitz?], Sagan, 1629. Rare first edition of this public letter by Kepler to the young Jacob Bartsch, and an important biographical source for the astronomer’s life and final years. $11,000

Debut Of Thoracic Percussion

AUENBRUGGER, Leopold. Inventum novum ex percussione thoracis humani ut signo Abstrusos Interni Pectoris Morbos Detegendi Vienna, J.T. Trattner, 1761. Very rare first edition, first issue of "one of the greatest of medical classiscs" describing a new method of physical diagnosis--thoracic percussion, namely, tapping a patient's chest and determining from the resultant sound whether it was healthy or diseased. $14,500

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