BINDER OF CORRESPONDENCE JOSIAH PARSONS COOK, HARVARD PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, 1840S TO 1850S

Mostly to his son, some to other scientists. Many from Paris, great cancels, but all are glued by one long edge to brown paper tape binding hinge. Some have been torn out and removed.

Mostly to his son, some to other scientists. Many from Paris, great cancels, but all are glued by one long edge to brown paper tape binding hinge. Some have been torn out and removed.

1 w/ woven horizontal stripe printed in vertical bands w/ brown & multicolored stylized leaf & meandering coral motif on cream silk ground, 1840s, CH 24.75", W 22.5", L 35", (shattering especially at

All straight flats: One pair brown velvet with rounded toe having polychrome floral chenille embroidery studded with tiny steel beads, pink satin and red kid lining, L-9 5/8, with custom mounts, "Lede

Thomas Chandler (attrib). Early Edgefield Bowl. c. late 1840s-1850s. Ash glaze with slip glaze decoration. There are a couple of discoloration lines on the bowl that could be hairline cracks, but when

Popov Manufactory, Gorbunovo, 1840s-1850sEach of typical form, reserved with polychrome floral bouquets within gilt borders on a turquoise ground, the underside with underglaze blue mark, inscribed No

RUSSIAN 19TH CENTURY ARTIST At the Reading Table, 1840s-1850s oil on canvas 35.5 x 26.2 cm (14 x 10 3/8 in.)

(JAPAN -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS.) Small archive of material relating to commercial relations with the west. Japan, 1840s-1850s Manuscript report discussing foreign ships in Japanese waters. 21 pages with an

Samuel Morse to His Former Chemistry Professor at Yale Painter and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse exchanges photographs with his former chemistry professor at Yale, whom he credits with "sowing the seed"

(CHINESE-AMERICANS.) Cabinet card of Ko K'un-hua, Harvard's first professor of Chinese language. Albumen photograph, 5¾ x 4 inches, on original mount with photographer's backmark, captioned in ma

celadon with white inclusions, carved reticulated design of swirling vines and flowers, with carved wooden stand, box, 2 x 3-3/8 in. Provenance: From the Estate of a Harvard University Professor, Camb

Sixth-plate daguerreotype by the famed African American photographer (active in Cincinnati, 1840s and 1850s), depicting a young man with a wispy mustache sporting a huge bowtie at his neck. Housed in

possibly Song dynasty, baluster vase with leaf design and two dragon form handles on neck, 17-1/2 x 7 in. Provenance: From the Estate of a Harvard University Professor, Cambridge, Massachusetts

circa 1950s, each teak frame set with black vinyl back and seat, 31-1/2 x 25 x 19 in. . Provenance: From the Estate of a Harvard University Professor, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Rare 19th Century item. Original cherry wood stand. Some cracks and wear. Fine American Nine and a Half Inch Table Globe, c. 1860s, the cartouche "Loring's Nine and half Inch Terrestrial Globe, Boston

Oil on canvas:68 x 68 cm . Provenance??Private collection from a professor in Harvard University.Painted by Lin Fengmian.

Stone head, unmounted, possibly ancient Egyotian. Head: 7.5" Base: 5"W x 5"L x 4"H. Provenance:Charles Haar, professor of law, Harvard University.Haar also served as a fellow for the American Academy

In 4 binders, contents include a correspondence of 18 (1867-70) Reconstruction era letters from army friends in Kentucky and Louisiana, to Dr. C.B. White, many letters regarding other post war issues,

William James "Father of American psychology" 4 ALS Framed A group of four autograph letters signed "Wm. James" from a collection of correspondence to one of his Harvard students, J.R. Roberts. Dating

American psychologist and social philosopher (1904-1990) who was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974; contemporary academia considers

Japanese gilt and lacquered wood seated figure of Amida Buddha; 19th Century or earlier; Provenance: Estate of Walter Eugene Clark, second Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University; Frisbee an

[WWII]. Signatures of 35 pilots from the Doolittle Raid, incl. General Doolittle. Binder containing articles, ephemera, modern photography, correspondence, and signatures related to Doolittle's Raid.

World Coin Collection / Binder 5 of 21: China to Cyprusmostly 19th and 20th century, to include: China (82 coins); Colombia (50 coins); Comoro Islands (5 coins); Congo ( 4 coins); Cook Islands (3 coin

A group of about 70 letters from 1828-1850s related to Howell Tatum Davis (b .1813-d. 1861, brother of John Davis, son of Frederick Davis, who moved to Texas circa 1840s). The letters are addressed to