PRIVATE ALCHEMY and CHEMISTRY LIBRARY

ONLNE ONLY

AUCTION

The Private Library of 

Dr. Arthur Greenberg, Rye, NH

The private library of Dr. Arthur Greenberg has taken over half a century to amass.  It is comprised of over 1500 volumes on the subjects of alchemy and chemistry and is now being offered unreserved at public auction.  In this auction you will find rare and harder-to-find imprints published as early as 1540, in (11) countries including, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Sweden, Germany, Italy and Russia, as well as in (14) languages including Latin, Russian,Yiddish and Hebrew.

Arthur Greenberg, PHD of Rye, NH  is an organic chemist interested in unusual (high-energy, distorted) molecules. Prior to joining University of New Hampshire and serving as dean of Engineering and Physical Sciences (2000-2005), he was the chemistry department chair at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1994-2000) and prior to that director of the graduate program in environmental sciences at Rutgers University (1989-1994).

He has published more than 130 refereed articles and book chapters, authored five books, and co-edited 18 books.

He is the founding co-editor of the journal Structural Chemistry. Professor Greenberg's most recent book, From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story, was published by John Wiley and Sons.

A Two Day Event

Friday, December 13^th

Lots 1 - 596

 Saturday, December 14^th

Lots 597 - 1286

AUCTION BEGINS at 10 am EACH DAY 

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Friday, December 13^th 9-4 pm

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