09/04/2026
📚 EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE & RARE BOOK COLLECTION — 8 UNIQUE LOTS! 📚
History, medicine, literature, and Victorian Americana come together in this fascinating collection of rare and beautifully illustrated antique books and bound periodicals.
✨ Featured Lots Include:
🩺 Joseph Pancoast’s Operative Surgery — c. 1844, 2nd Edition
Featuring 80 color plates and 486 illustrations, including an exceptionally early discussion of plastic surgery. Original green cloth binding.
⚖️ John Rushworth’s Historical Collections — c. 1659, 1st Edition
A remarkable 17th-century historical work covering parliamentary and legal proceedings during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I. Includes an engraved portrait of King James I and a Trinity College, Dublin library stamp.
🩺 Wilhelm Fabricius von Hilden — Opera Quae Extant Omnia, c. 1646
Rare Latin medical folio by a pioneering figure in German surgery. Hundreds of engravings and woodcuts depict organs, surgical instruments, trepanning, diseases, and surgical procedures.
📖 Matthias Glandorp — Opera Omnia, c. 1729
A comprehensive collection of early surgical and medical writings, including treatments for wounds, nail infections, nasal polyps, and surgical procedures. Beautifully bound with decorative elements and marbled boards.
👦 Youth’s Companion Bound Annuals — 1895–1898
Four large-format volumes containing 12 issues per year, featuring Victorian-era stories, illustrations, advertisements, ornate cloth covers, and gilded spine lettering.
👦 Youth’s Companion Bound Annuals — 1903–1906
Four large-format volumes packed with adventure stories, hundreds of illustrations, antique advertisements, and fascinating glimpses into childhood during the early 20th century.
👦 Youth’s Companion Bound Annuals — 1907–1910
Another four-volume set featuring hundreds of illustrations, antique advertising, stories, and beautifully decorated blue-green cloth bindings.
👦 Youth’s Companion Collection — 1895–1910
A wonderful opportunity for collectors to acquire multiple large-format bound annuals from this important American children’s publication.
🔎 Perfect for collectors of:
• Rare & antiquarian books
• Medical history
• Early surgical literature
• Americana & American history
• Victorian ephemera
• Children's literature
• Historical illustrations & advertisements
• Libraries, museums & private collections
Auction coming up at the end of the month stay tuned for more details coming up in next couple posts.
Rare books like these don't come along every day!
