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

PARMENTIER ANTOINE AUGUSTIN: (1737-1813) French Agronomist well remembered for promoting the potato as a food source in France and Europe. Among h...

GRAY JOHN EDWARD: (1800-1875) British zoologist and philatelist. A.L.S., J. E. Gray, three pages, 8vo, Brit[ish] Mus[eum], (London), 9th June 1857...

SCARPA ANTONIO: (1752-1832) Italian Anatomist. Scarpa published a number of medical treatises widely respected. An interesting A.L.S., Scarpa, two...

LEVI-STRAUSS CLAUDE: (1908-2009) French anthropologist and ethnologist. T.L.S., Claude Levi-Strauss, one page, 8vo, Paris, 27th July 1956, to 'Mon...

MAREY ETIENNE-JULES: (1830-1904) French scientist whose work was significant in the development of cardiology, aviation, cinematography and the sc...

LEGENDRE ADRIEN-MARIE: (1752-1833) French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. A fine, rare A.L.S., Legendre, two pages, ...

LAENNEC RENE: (1781-1826) French physician who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions. A ra...

BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) French physicist, the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903. An in...

PEIXOTO JULIO AFRANIO: (1876-1947) Brazilian physician, writer, politician & historian. Manuscript D.S., Afranio Peixoto, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d...

PONTECORVO BRUNO: (1913-1993) Italian-Russian Nuclear Physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi. A slim 4to printed booklet signed by Pontecor...

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

GILLES DE LA TOURETTE GEORGES: (1857-1904) French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, whose main contributions in medicine were in ...

ADLER ALFRED: (1870-1937) Austrian Psychotherapist and Founder of the school of "Individual Psychology". T.L.S., Adler, one page, 8vo, n.p., 9th M...

SCIENCE & MEDICINE: Selection of vintage signed 5 x 7 photographs and slightly smaller and larger, some T.Ls.S. etc., by various biologists, surge...

MCCULLOCH JOHN RAMSAY: (1789-1864) Scottish economist and author. A brief A.L.S., J. R. McCulloch, one page, 8vo, Southampton Street, Fitzroy Squa...

HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER VON: (1769-1859) German polymath, geographer, naturalist and explorer. A.L.S., Alexander Humboldt, one page, 8vo, n.p., (Paris)...

‘If you do not think it appropriate to grant me this favour, allow me, Monsignor, to try to drag myself along with my crutches and drop myself at...

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

LANDER RICHARD: (1804-1834) English Explorer. Lander and his brother were the first Europeans to follow the course of the river Niger and discover...

BRAZZA PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE: (1852-1905) Italian-French explorer of Central Africa. A.L.S., Brazza, one page, 8vo, Paris, n.d. ('Jeudi'), to a gent...

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

ITALIAN EXPEDITION TO K2: An excellent vintage signed 12 x 15.5 photograph by twelve members of the Italian Expedition to K2 in 1954, which result...

CHARCOT JEAN BAPTISTE: (1867-1936) French Polar Scientist and Doctor. A.L.S., `J.B.Charcot´, one page, 4to, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 25th January 1912, ...

PEARY ROBERT: (1856-1920) American Rear Admiral and explorer who claimed to have been the first to reach the geographic North Pole with his expedi...