Paris: Chereau et Joubert, 1741. Large folio (513 x 330 mm). Engraved title, two leaves of engraved explanatory text, and 14 engraved plates of anatomical illustrations by Huquier after Bouchardon, numbered 2 to 15. Contemporary blue papercard boards (rubbed, extremities worn, spine and joints chipped). Internally little browned only, light..... More
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1749. 4to (254 x 188 mm). [24], cx, [2], 394, [2] pp. Woodcut device on title, engraved head-pieces, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 9 folding engraved plates including one of Peruvian profiles and another entitled Carte des Triangles de la Meridienne de Quito, errata leaf at end. With..... More
Paris: Impr. Didot jeune, 1812. 4to (252 x 195 mm). 17 [1] pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers and new endpapers, marbled edges. Text crisp and clean with only very minor occasional spotting.
Medical thesis no. 113 by the French physician David Boulanger. More
Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1757. 8vo (164 x 96 mm). xx, 310; [4], 333, [3] pp., including half-titles, woodcut device to title-pages, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 13 folding engraved plates, and publisher's adverts at end of vol. 2. Vol. 1 leaves L2-3 misbound within preliminaries and gathering Aa4 misbound before Z1..... More
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, 1669. 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: 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: 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 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
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
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
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
Paris: chez Gastelier (Gouffier), 1785. 8vo (207 x 130 mm). viii, 206 pp., 8 (7 folding) engraved plates, half-title and errata, without the final blank N8. Bound in 20th century marbled boards, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, new endpapers. Text and plates crisp and clean with only very minor occasional..... More
Dublin: W. Sleater, 1792. 12th edition. Modern library cloth, ownership inscription to title, browned. More
London: WW. for Humphrey Moseley, 1649. 12mo (136 x 78 mm). [36], 240 pp. Errata on A6r. 19th-century calf (extremities worn, corners bumped, portion missing from top of spine; inner hinges cracked, short margins). Internally little browned throughout, title-page somewhat soiled and with 19th-century owner's signature. Provenance: Anglican clergyman and..... More
Rome: Antonius Hercules, 1691. Three parts in one volume. 4to (215 x 153 mm). xx, 307; [308]-342, [2], 106, [4] pp., engraved allegorical frontispiece by Hubert Vincent, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 69 copper engraved plates (5 folding) by Buonanni, second part with engraved title on p.[308] dated 1683, continuous..... More
