Paris: chez Briasson, 1742. Two parts in one volume, 4to (249 x 193 mm). xvi, [1] 2-163 [1]; [3] 4-91 [1] pp., title-page with large vignette, 60 folding engraved plates bound at end. Contemporary French calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartment and with red morocco label titled..... More
Oxford: Printed by Herny Hall for Richard Davis, 1669. 4to (198x156 mm). [22], 198, [12], including leaf with longitudinal title and 8 engraved plates bound at the end. Modern panelled calf, spine with 5 raised bands blindstamped in compartments and with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt. Internally only..... More
London: Printed by Henry Hall ... for Richard Davis, 1682. A continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the air, and their Effects. The I. Part. Written by way of letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Clifford and Dungarvan. Oxford: Printed by Henry Hall ....... More
London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Richard Davis, 1685. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (170 x 108 mm). [8], 123 [1], [4]; [8], 95 [1] pp. Each part with separate title and pagination, first title with double-ruled border, including two final blank leaves L7-8 in first part. Signatures: A4..... More
London: Printed for John Taylor and John Wyat, 1691. 8vo (168 x 105 mm). [26], 158, [2], 28, [2] pp., including half-title and final errata leaf to second part. Bound in contemporary speckled sheepskin, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, original endpapers (rebacked, extremities worn, boards warped, corners bumped and scuffed)..... More
London: Samuel Smith, 1690. 8vo (162 x 100 mm). [24], 217, [7]; [2], 14 pp., including half-title, folding engraved frontispiece, and with the 'Catalogue of the Philosophical Books and Tracts' at end. Internally clean and crisp, slight printer's ink smudges to leaves N3-4. 18th century panelled sheep, spine with morocco..... More
London: Printed for W. Innys, 1712. Three parts in one volume. 12mo (152 x 89 mm). [24], 168; [22], 61 [1], [12] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece of Boyle, titles within double-ruled border, separate title and pagination to third part. Text somewhat browned throughout (title and portrait stronger), scattered minor spotting..... More
London: Samuel Smith, 1683. 8vo (159 x 94 mm). [xvi], 289, [7] pp., including cancel title, title within 2-line rule border, with the 3 final advertisment leaves. Contemporary calf (upper hinge repaired). Internally only little browned. Provenance: The library of Hugh Selbourne (small stamp to title verso). A fine, crisp..... More
London: John Sharpe, 1820. 12mo (129 x 82 mm). [2], [5] 6-155 [1] pp. Engraved title-page, half-title bound after title. Contemporary diced calf, boards ruled in gilt (hinges repaired). Internally clean and crisp, only some foxing to title-page. Provenance: G. Fullerton (inscribed on first flyleaf and dated 1828); The library..... More
Venice: Jacobi Hertz, 1696. Venice: Jacobi Hertz, 1696-1697. 3 volumes, 4to (232x163 mm). [16], 1036; [12], 903, [9]; [16], 512, 333 [1] pp. Half-title and title printed in red and black with title vignette in vol. I, engraved portrait, 12 engraved plates of which 11 folding, woodcut head- and -tail..... More
London: Printed or W. and J. Innys ... and J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1725. Three volumes. 4to (242 x 195 mm). Vol. I: [4], xliii, 1-136, 129-350, 367-730 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 folding engraved plate at end; vol. II: xx, 726, [2] pp., 19 folding engraved plates; vol..... More
Oxford: Henry Hall for R. Davis and B. Took, 1680. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (164 x 110 mm). [22], 440, [28], 268 pp., advertisement leaf bound before title in second state with date January 1679/80. Second part with separate title page and pagination. Signatures: [pi]1 A8 a2 B-2E8..... More
London: Printed by Edw Jones, for Henry Herringman, 1700. 8vo (181 x 118 mm). [16], 174 pp. Signatures: A-M8. Including frontispiece portrait of the author on A1v. Contemporary blind stamped calf (foot of spine damaged, extremities, boards and spine rubbed, corners bumped). Internally browned and spotted throughout (last page stronger)..... More
London: Printed for W. Owen and R. Goadby, 1752. 12mo (164 x 102 mm). [24], 168 pp. Signatures: A-H12. Contemporary calf, boards ruled in gilt, spine with red morocco label titled in gilt (rubbing to boards and extremities). Internally only very little browned. Provenance: Eliz. Danby (inscribed and dated on..... More
London: W. Innys, 1729. 4to (215 x 168 mm). Entire volume offered: [6], 293-661 [1] pp., including general title, drop titles for individual numbers, content leaves outside pagination, and 14 engraved folding plates. Contemporary panelled calf (spine rebacked, extremities worn, corners heavily scuffed. Text and plates somewhat browned, dust-soiled (some..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1798. Vol. 1 and Part 2 of Vol. 2 only, bound in 2 Volumes, (2), LVI, 301, 156, 202 pp.; (2), 396 pp. Contemporary half leather, spines gilt, with labels, rubbed, bumped and somwhat soiled. Spine of vol. 2 torn.. Old stamp on title recto cancelled; glue..... More
Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Folio (311 x 194 mm). 54 unnumbered leaves, title with engraved portrait of the author, 6 large engravings and 23 woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: )::(4 A-E6 F4 G-H6 I4. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin with stamped..... More
Frankfurt: Johann Gottfried Schönwetter, 1648. 4to (221 x 178 mm). 470, [10] pp. (last leaf blank); 217, [5] pp., including 2 leaves of dedication by Schönwetter bound at the end. Separate title-page to second part, printer's woodcut devices to each title-page and page [218] of second part, numerous (9 full..... More
various, 1891. 1. Ueber electrocapillare Reactionen. Offprint from: Annalen der Physik und Chemie, third series, vol. 44, 1891, pp. 501-509, 1 plate. Berlin: Johann Ambrosius Barth. 8vo (219x143 mm). Original printed wrapper (marginal dust soiling, creased), internally fresh and unmarked. Presentation copy ("Überreicht vom Verfasser"). - 2. Über elektrische Kraftübertragung..... More
Paris: Impr. Didot jeune, 1815. 4to (255 x 196 mm). 52 pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers and new endpapers, marbled edges. Text crisp and clean with only very minor occasional spotting.
Medical thesis no. 119 by the French physician Séraphin Breton. More
London: Samuel Simpson, 1685. 8vo (158 x 92 mm). [16], 80 pp. Title with double rule-border, folding engraved plate bound after p.32 depicting an anatomical diagram of the eye, errata on final prelim. page. Signatures: A-F8. Contemporary plain limp vellum, original pastedown and rear flyleaf (lacking front flyleaf, minor spotting..... More
Leiden: Theodor Haak, 1762. 8vo (215x140 mm). [8], 296 pp. Modern blue library cloth, new endpapers, untrimmed. Little browning throughout with some additional soiling of page margins. Provenance: Ex library of the Birmingham Medical Institute, with faint stamp to title and a few pages. Good copy overall. ----
Wood, p...... More
London: W. Phillips, 1823. 4to (205 x 130 mm). xv [1], 508 pp. Illustrated with 391 intertextual woodcut diagrams, mainly of crystal structurs, throughout. Original drab boards, spine with original printed paper label (spine chipped with loss, upper joint cracked but holding, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed). All pages uncut and..... More
Berlin: J. M. Rüdiger, 1704. Folio (324 x 205 mm). [24], 98 (i.e. 96), 4, [4] pp. Engraved additional title, letterpress title printed in red and in black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 45 engraved plates by Kupffer, index at end. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine with old..... More
Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel: Privately printed, 1727. Three parts in two volumes. Privately printed: Braunschweig 1727 and Wolfenbüttel 1730-1734. Folio (335 x 212 mm). [10], 368, [18]; [22], 1136 (i.e. 1138), [24]; [4], 64 pp. Titles printed in red and black, dedication leaves, list of subscribers in part 2, engraved portrait..... More
