London: William Godbid for Robert Scott, 1674. 4to (202 x 152 mm). [12], 127 [1], [2], 147, [3] pp., 27 folding engraved plates. With the 'Benevolo Lectori' preliminary leaf bound before the 'Lectiones Geometricae.' Bound in a contemporary English speckled calf with a spine divided by raised bands into 6..... More

The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1660. 8vo (192 x 122 mm). [16], 592, [14] pp. Including engraved additional title dated 1655, engraved portrait by van Meurs after van Mander, 65 numbered engraved text illustrations (mostly full page), plus one not numbered, and 8 folding engraved plates. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges..... More

Frankfurt am Main: Nikolaus Basse, 1582. 4to (193 x 147 mm), [2], LXXXV [1] pp. Signatures: (A-L)4. Title printed in red and black with Basse's woodcut device, floral decorated woodcut initials. The main pages are double-ruled to the right of the text forming three blank columns where users of the..... More

Frankfurt am Main: Mathias Becker for Th. de Bry, 1605. 8vo (c. 185 x 120 mm, the second vol. slightly smaller). Vol. I: [16], 1070, 1069-1099, 1110-1314 (i.e. 1306) pp.; engraved title-page with author's portrait on verso, engraved armorial device on verso of following leaf, 129 full-page text illustrations, final..... More

Warrington: printed by W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1778. 12mo (165 x 100 mm). vi, [2], 400 pp., advertisement leaf for J. Johnson bound after preface. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers (rebacked, boards rubbed and soiled). Slightly browned internally, minor occasional foxing (stronger to title..... More

Bologna: Colle Ameno, 1758. 4to (310 x 215 mm). [12], 378, [4] pp. Including woodcut pictorial initial, woodcut head- and tailpieces, imprimatur and errata leaf at end. Bound in contemporary full vellum over boards, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt, sprinkled edges (soiling and staining of vellum, wear..... More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903. Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences, Vol. 46. With 13 collotype plates. [4], 360, [4] pp. Original printed boards, section missing from foot of spine, edges foxed. ----

Dibner, Heralds of Science 163; Sparrow 20; PMM 393; Honeyman I, 263; Norman 159. - The first printing of Becquerel's..... More

Berlin: Simon Schropp & Soc. 1834. Lithographed lunar map by C. VOGEL after W. BEER and J.H. MÄDLER. 4 sections, mounted on a single sheet of brown linen and folding, 95 x 99 cm (total size). Berlin: Simon Schropp & Soc., 1834. Slightly foxed, with owner's entry of A. SCHWEIZER..... More

Pavia. I. Termo-barometro inventato e descritto. Offprint from: Giornale di Fisica ecc. di Pavia, VI, 1827. Pavia: Nella stamperia Fusi, 1828. 4to (271 x 205 mm). 15 [1] pp., 1 engraved plate of the barometer bound as frontispiece. [Bound with:] II. Nuove sperienze ed osservazioni fisico-chimiche istituite cogli elettro-motori. Offprint..... More

Paris: Baillière, 1855. [Oeuvres diverses]. Paris: Baillière, 1855-1878. A fine set of 10 works in 13 volumes uniformily bound in fine contemporary red three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt-lettered spines and gilt top-edges (other edges untrimmed), marbled endpapers, little rubbing to extremities. Half-title to each volume. Text with scattered..... More

Basel: Johann Rudolph & Emanuel Thurneisen, 1713. 4to (210 x 170 mm). [4], 35 [1], 306 pp. Woodcut title device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams in text, 1 folding plate with woodcut diagrams and 2 folding letterpress tables. Signatures: [pi]² a-d⁴ e², A-2P⁴ 2Q². Final section on tennis..... More

Bologna: Franciscus Plato de Benedictis, 1496. Folio (281 x 177 mm). [98] leaves. Signatures: AA-EE⁶ FF⁴ GG-MM⁶ N⁴ O⁶ PP-RR⁶. First two tracts have own colophons dated 1495. Roman letter, 37 lines, capital spaces with guide letters, printer's device at end of first part and after final colophon, register leaf..... More

London: Thomas Tegg, 1824. 2 vols. 8vo., xxviii, 408 pp.; vii, 453 pp., 9 engraved plates, some folding. Contemporary half cloth. -

Lawrie 55. Ron, Bib. Tinctoria, 101. Manning 10; Duveen, p.74 (for 1st) - Second Edition ("Although the pigments Berthollet considers were for the dyeing industry, some were also..... More