Isaac Newton
A rare handwritten letter by Napoleon Bonaparte playfully criticizing his tutor's work is among 800 lots at RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale
Isaac Newton's manuscript on alchemy A Key to Snyders will be
Barely any correspondence between the English diarist and naval administrator Samuel Pepys
Phillis Wheatley’s 1773 Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
The sale of a major collection can become an almost mythic event in the book world.
Last spring, Fine Books & Collections broke the news that Colorado book collector David L. DiLaura had discovered, in his own home library, a second edition (1717) of Sir Isaac Newton’s Opticks…
As the year comes to a close, we like to look back on the stories that particularly appealed to our readers, a list that includes Bob Dylan, bookish cookies, and sea monsters — go figure!
New York – Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859) is inarguably one of the most
Wilton, CT – A large historic pen sketch hand-drawn and signed by Apollo XI astronaut Neil Armstrong, a manuscript fragment in George Washington’s hand from the first draft of his first Inaugu
New York — Bonhams' 10 Exceptional Works of Science sale, available online from July 20 - 27, will celebrate maj
