Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1863. xx, 712 pp. 77 woodcut-engravings in text. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt (corners bumped), inner front hinge broken but firm, minor browning to text. ----
Garrison-Morton 5608; Heirs of Hippocrates 1952; Norman 235. - FIRST EDITION. "Billroth, the founder of the Vienna School of Surgery, may..... More
London: A. Millar, 1744. 8vo (201 x 124 mm). [6], 458, [16] pp. Publisher's adverts leaf bound before title and another after final numbered page, 16 pp. index bound at the end. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label (hinges cracked but holding, spine ends chipped, little..... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1868. Original publishers cloth, spine gilt, library stamp to title. More
Venice: Venturino Rossinello for Curzio Nav & Fratelli, 1540. 8vo (210 x 155 mm). [8], 168 leaves. Signatures: [+]8 A-X8. Title with woodcut border illustrating pieces of machinery and with the figure of Venice in the upper part, the Nav lion device below, second Nav device on title verso, 84..... More
London: Callow & Wilson, 1826. Lacking lower wrapper, soiled and chpped, lib stamp to title, pages uncut. More
Amsterdam: Johannes van Someren, 1681. 4to (260x210 mm), [8] 1-494 [2] pp., engraved title by Jan Luyken, 5 engraved plates and 60 engraved full-page text illustrations, library stamps, contemporary ink notes to front endpapers, waterstaining to upper edge, title page ruled in red, browning and soiling, p.135 with tear to..... More
Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1781. 8vo (203 x 125 mm), [6], 128 pp., including 2 engraved folding plates bound at the end. Modern papercard boards. Edges untrimmed. Internally browned, with some spotting and soiling mainly to margins. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeans in Ireland (ink stamp to title-page). Good copy..... More
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Göttingen: Apud Joann. Christ. Dieterich, 1790. 1790-1828. 7 parts bound in 1 volume. 4to (237 x 198 mm). pp. 30, pl. I-X; pp. 14 [1], pl. XI-XX; pp. 16, pl. XX1-XXX; pp. 16, pl. XXXI-XL; pp. 20, pl. XLI-L; pp. 19 [1], pl. LI-LX; pp. 11 [1], pl. LXI-LXV. Each..... More
St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1789. 4to (295 x 220 mm). 63 [1]; 94 pp. Signatures: A-H4; A-L4 M-N2 (-N2, presumed blank), 79 of 80 leaves, lacking the engraved plate to Blumenbach's text. Text block untrimmed and partially unopened. Early 19th-century blue paper covered boards (old rebacking, head of..... More
Paris: Hieronymus de Marnef & the widow of Gulielmus Cavellat, 1580. 1580-1582. 5 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (120 x 75 mm). [10], 191, [3] ff; 120, [8]; 372, [4]; 80, [8]; 159 [1] pp. including 2 blanks at end of pt. 2 and 1 blank at end of pt..... More
London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1881. Original publishers cloth, 95 pp, 31 pp. of publishers ads. More
Berlin: Haude u. Spenerschen Buchhandlung, Ferd. Dümmler and others, 1774. 8vo (204 x 124 mm). In total 18380 pages and 116 engraved folding plates (2 hand coloured). The supplements are dated 1793 (I), 1795 (II), 1797 (III), and 1808 (IV), the Erläuterungen über die Einrichtung und dem Gebrauch seiner astronomischen..... More
London: for J. and J. Pemberton, J. Clarke, A. Millar and J. Gray, 1735. 4to (258 x 190 mm). ix, [2], 528, [8]; [8], 376, [16] pp. and 17 folding engraved plates. Fine 20th century three-quarter morocco by George Bayntun bindery of Bath. Internally clean and crisp. Upper blank margin..... More
London: Johannem Noon, 1741. 4to. (254 x 202 mm). xi, [1], 164 pp. Title with engraved vignette, 54 folding engraved plates, light water stains and spotting,occasional annotations, library stamps, library cloth, lower cover with small dampstain. ---
Garrison-Morton 581; Norman 255 (both citing the original edition); Lindeboom 64 (this edition).Rare..... More
Leipzig: Thomam Fritsch, 1710. 4to (230x179 mm). [6], 672, [16] pp., full-page engraved frontispiece of the author facing title. Contemporary half calf, worn and bumped. Pages untrimmed, content somewhat browned and foxed (frontispiece and title heavier). Provenance: Ex library Birmingham Medical Institute, with old inscription and shelf marks to inner..... More
Copenhagen: Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1922. I. Atomernes Bygning og Stoffernes fysiske og kemiske Egenskaber. Offprint from: Fysisk Tidsskrift, 19 (1921). Copenhagen: Jul. Gjellerup Forlag, 1922. 8vo (233x155 mm). [2], 70 pp. Original printed wrappers, ink name on upper cover, minor rubbing. Untrimmed. Some age-toning of text. Provenance: Burndy Library bookplate..... More
Leipzig: Ambrosius Barth, 1898. Fine collection of Boltzmann's most important lectures in appealing uniform binding, here in first and second editions: I. Vorlesungen über Gastheorie, 1. Theil, 1910, 204 pp. (2nd edition), II. Vorlesungen über Gastheorie, 2. Theil, 1898, 265 pp. (first edition); III. Vorlesungen über die Principe der Mechanik..... More
Geneva: Sumptibus Leonardi Chovet & Socij, 1684. 1684-1686. 2 parts in one volume. Folio (350 x 219 mm). [10], 882 (i.e. 872), [22]; [10], 1021 (i.e. 1023) [1], [22] pp. Half title, 2 titles printed in red and black each with engraved vignette, text printed in double column, headpieces and..... More
Leyden: A. Toll, 1636. 8vo (179 x 111 mm). [8], 576, [22] pp., including over 40 woodcuts of gem stones, minerals etc. in text, 2 folding tables. Contemporary vellum, spine titled in script. Provenance: DuBouches (inscription on title-page, dated 1645), Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (ink stamp to title-page). Little..... More
Rome: Ex Typographia Angeli Bernabò, 1680. De motu animalium. Opus posthumum. 2 volumes. Romae, Ex Typographia Angeli Bernabò, 1680-81. 4to (22.2x15.4cm). Vol. I, 1680: (xii), 376, (12) pp., 14 folding plates; Vol. II, 1681: (iv), 520 pp., 4 folding plates. Woodcut device on titles. The 4 plates in vol. 2..... More
Rome: apud Mascardum, 1679. 12mo (141x75 mm). [12], 283 [5] pp., including separate half title to Archimedes' Opera, final blank and 8 folding engraved plates at end. Contemporary limp vellum, a few leaves a little browned. Provenance: Bibliotheca Podolin (ink inscription to title). Good copy of a rare work printed..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920. 8vo (206 x 139 mm), [6], 81 [1] pp. Including 36 illustrations in text. Contemporar half cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities rubbed, corners bumped). Text littled browned, title-page browned a bit stronger at outer margins, occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Lise Meitner (her signature in pencil on title..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. In: Zeitschrift für Physik. Vol. 35, pp. 557-615. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. 8vo (220 x 151 mm). Entire volume offered, viii, 954 pp. Contemporary half black library cloth with gilt-lettered spine (rebacked preserving the original spine), sprinkled edges. Text with very light age toning, but generally..... More
Rome: Antonii de Rubeis apud Pantheon in via Seminarii Romani, 1754. [BENVENUTI, Carlo]. I. De lumine dissertatio physica quam in seminario Romano ad disputandum proposuit d. Joseph Joachimus a Vereterra, et Agurto e marchionibus Castagnagae ejusdem seminarii convictor, atque academicus redivivus. Rome: Antonii de Rubeis apud Pantheon in via Seminarii..... More
Venice: Remondini, 1763. 4to (261 x 203 mm). xl, 311, [4] pp.; title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, 4 folding copper plates. 3 bookplates on inner front cover. The 4 leaves (Rr) at end with the "Catalogus operum P. Rogerii Josephi Boscovich", errata on leave Rr4..... More
