Science and Medicine

Rare Science Books at Forum Auctions

With scientific branches including astronomy, chemistry, engineering, geology, mathematics, mechanics and physics, collecting rare Science books can be as daunting as it is exciting. First editions by famous scientific & mathematic thinkers such as Euclid, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Curie, Einstein and Hawking are highly treasured and competitively pursued at auction. Forum Auctions' Science & Medicine rare books department regularly auctions rare Science books dating from the 16th to the 20th century, the earlier works often illustrated with engraved plates or illustrations which provide an invaluable insight into the progression of scientific thought over the centuries. Many collectors target the cornerstone scientific works, sometimes drawing inspiration from the 1967 bibliography Printing and the Mind of Man, whilst others focus instead on particular scientific disciplines.

Rare Medicine Books at Forum Auctions

Mankind's understanding of the human body, and the diseases and other threats it has faced, is superbly chronicled by the Rare Medicine Books that have been printed over the centuries. From Galen's medical researches, as splendidly presented in the Aldine edition of 1525, and Vesalius' monumental work of anatomy De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (1543), through to the sometimes discombobulating chromolithographed books with moveable parts from the Victorian era and the important 20th century first editions on psychiatry, this is an important and popular area of rare book collecting, for both private collectors and institutions.