#Old medical books value series
We are also at the forefront of digital sales, presenting themed series of online-only auctions ( On the Shoulders of Giants, from 2018‒2020 Einstein letters, from 2017‒2018 Quentin Blake drawings, from 2018‒2019 Write Me and Tell Me Your Heart: Leonard Cohen’s Letters to Marianne, 2019).Ĭhristie’s has achieved record results for works by significant contributors to the printed word: from Shakespeare to Dickens, Petrarch to Baudelaire, Tolstoy to Faulkner, as well as Newton, Darwin, Einstein and George Washington. With an international team of 15 renowned specialists and live auctions held throughout the year in London, Paris and New York, we are the market leaders in this category. The following books are from the Antiquarian and Rare Books - Rare Medical Books section of Biblio.Christie’s Books and Manuscripts Department offers for sale the best of the world’s printed books, maps, medieval manuscripts, autograph letters and archives. While many of these antiquarian works are very rare, there are also many that are more easily located. Throughout the centuries there have been many medical books written that are highly sought after by collectors. A hardcover revised edition from 1974 in near very good condition has a selling price of $6.80 offered from the Book Faire.A hardcover 1st American edition from 1859 with calf leather binding in fair condition with a selling price of $1500 from New Boston Fine and Rare Books.Mahlon Jones in Evanston, Illinois, has a selling price of $9,500. An 1858 English hardcover 1st edition listed by R.Two 1st editions published in London in 1858 are offered from B & L Rootenberg Rare Books for $16,500 and $13,800.For example, the following volumes listed on Abe Books include: Originally published in England in 1858, under the title Gray's Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, the medical text has been expanded, edited and revised many times over the years resulting in 40 editions.Ĭopies of this antique text range in value based on the edition of the book, and its condition.
One of the most well known antique medical books is the classic Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body written by Dr. Some historians believe the Papyrus Ebers may actually be a copy of the works of Thoth, said to be the father of Egyptian medicine, alchemy and pharmacy, dating from 3,000BC.Īlthough collectors of antique medical texts cannot find works such as the Papyrus Ebers to add to their collections, there are many medical books ranging in value from several dollars to tens of thousands of dollars available to collectors. The scroll, containing 110 pages, includes 700 remedies and formulas, chapters on many aspects of the human body and a description of the circulatory system that is fairly accurate. It may be surprising to learn that the oldest preserved medical text, the Papyrus Ebers, dates from approximately 1550 BC, during the time of the ancient Egyptians. Civil War Weapons: A Closer Look at History.Or did you think of medical books from the American Revolution or the days of Christopher Columbus? Related Articles When you think of the oldest medical book, what comes to your mind? Perhaps you thought of an early medical text from the 1920s or a book written during the Civil War.
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