Livorno: nella stamperia di Gio. Vincenzo Falorni, 1776. 4to (220 x 178 mm). [7], 4-126, [2] pp., large folding engraved plate bound at end, title-page with woodcut vignette. Signatures: [A]? (A1+?²) B-Q?. Bound in contemporary carta rustica, marbled edges, paper sticker with handwritten date "1784" to front cover (spine with..... More
Florence: Stamperia Imperiale, 1757. 8vo (252 x 180 mm). [8], cxxiv, 336, [2] pp. Signatures: [cross]? a-g? h?, A-X? [chi]1. Title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, 14 engraved plates (including 2 tables, 13 folding), final errata leaf, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Early 19th-century half mottled calf..... More
Rome: Tipografia delle belle arti, 1862. Sammelband with 5 tracts by Tito Armellini mainly on barometry: Un nuovo barometro moltiplicatore-idrargiro-statico - invenzione del prof. Tito Armellini. Rome: tipografia delle Bella Arti, 1862. 30, [2] pp., title-page with engraved vignette, 1 folding engraved plate. [Bound with:] Due nuovi barometri: invenzioni di..... More
Turin: Pei Tipi del Nobili e. Comp. 1835. 8vo (195 x 129 mm). [13], 4-37 [1] pp., including half-title and 1 folding astronomical diagram. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly soiled and spotted, spine chipped, light browning and foxing of text. ----
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Venice: Remondini, 1781. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (195 x 135 mm). 446, [2] pp., 11 folding engraved plates; 356 pp., 21 folding engraved plates. All pages uncut. Bound in contemporary Italian carta rustica. Light fraying and marginal dust-soiling, but generally quite crisp and clean. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library..... More
Luxemburg/Amsterdam: chez Andre Chevalier, 1708. 8vo (152 x 102 mm). Two parts in one volume. xxxxiv, [4], 399 [1] pp. Title with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary calf, spine with 4 raised bands richly gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered label, boards with gilt ruling, red..... More
Paris: Carilian-Goeury et Dalmont, 1846. 8vo (224 x 141 mm). viii, 194 pp., including half-title. Later half calf over xylographic paper, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered and ruled, original printed wrappers bound in, pages uncut and mostly unopened (light rubbing of extremities). Text only little age-toned, wrappers dust-soiled, minor..... More
Naples: Tipografia Chianese, 1818. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). xvi, 156 pp., including half-title, portrait frontispiece of the author, 5 folding letterpress tables and 3 folding engraved plates of diagrams. Bound in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (light rubbing of extremities). Little..... More
Vicenza: Tipografia Parise, 1810. 4to (257 x 190 mm). lviii, 84 pp., folding letterpress table. Original publisher's printed wrappers, all pages uncut (chipped and partly split at spine, soiled, slightly frayed and dog-eared at outer edges). Text very little browned, light dust-soiling and fraying at outer margins, occasional minor spotting..... More
Paris: Andre Cailleau, 1741. Volume 2 (of 4) only. 4to (185 x 110 mm). [4], 564 pp., engraved initials, head- and tailpieces; title page vignette, engraved folding plate bound before p.195. All pages uncut. Bound in later Italian carta rustica, original handwritten paper label to spine (label chipped at upper..... More
Paris: Jean Boudot, 1705. In: Histoire de l'Academie des Sciences, avec les Mémoires, Année MDCCIII, pp. 58-63 (Histoire), pp. 85-89 (Memoires). Two parts in one volume. Paris: Boudot, 1705. 4to (241 x 182 mm). Title page with large woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces, engraved historiated frontispiece, the Mémoires with..... More
Nürnberg: Johann Petreius, 1539. 4to (195 x 143 mm). [8], 126, [2] pp. Signatures: A-R4. Bound in 18th century German half-calf, blind-tooled spine with 4 raised bands, sprinkled paper-covered boards, blue-dyed edges (slight rubbing to extremities, inner upper hinge repaired and first endpaper renewed). Little dust-soiling and browning of title-page..... More
Nürnberg: Hieronymus Formschneider, 1532. 22 Nov. 1534. Two works in one volume. Folio (323 x 208 mm). 79 (of 80, lacking blank) and 55 (of 56, lacking blank) unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-E6 F4 G-N6 O4 (-O4); a-k6 (-k6). Gatherings b to k of second work misbound after gathering A of..... More
London: for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society, 1704. 4to (244 x 191 mm). 181 leaves, [4] 1-144, 1-137 [1] 138 [1] 139-211 [1] pp. Signatures: (pi)2, A-S4, Aa-Bb4 Dd-Zz4, Aaa-Ddd4, Eee2 + single leaf inserted before Tt2 being the divisional title to Enumeratio linearum tertii..... More
Bologna: heirs of Victorio Benacci for Girolamo Bernia, 1665. 4to (235 x 180 mm). [24], 535 [1], [16] pp. Signatures: [pi]2 a4 b6 A-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3Z4. Including first blank [pi]1, title page printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, additional letterpress title also printed in red and..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1734. 1734-1742. 6 volumes. 4to (252 x 193 mm). I. [6], 654 pp, 50 plates; II: [4] xlvi [2], 514 pp., 40 plates; III: [4] xl, 532 pp., 47 plates; IV: xxxiv [2], 636 (i.e., 634) pp., 44 plates; V: [4] xliv, 728 pp, 38 plates; VI..... More
Paris: chez l'auteur et Deterville, 1801. 8vo (198 x 122 mm). viii, 432 pp., including half-title, 8 letterpress tables (6 folding). Contemporary calf, plain spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and gilt decoration, boards with double fillet border, gilt-ruled board edges, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers (hinges expertly repaired). Little even..... More
Lyon: Jean Certe, 1685. Folio (345 x 227 mm). [16], 252, [2] pp., including half-title, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait by Mathieu Boulanger, armorial plate, 22 engraved plates (15 folding) and 8 text engravings, numbered I-XXX in a single series. Contemporary sprinkled vellum, spine with 6..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orma, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. 8vo (230 x 145 mm). [8], 93 [1] pp., hand-coloured lithographed map and 16 lithographed plates (5 folding, one bound as frontispiece facing title), 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Pages untrimmed, except for the adverts. Contemporary cloth, cloth and..... More
Brusselas: por Huberto Antonio, 1625. 8vo (168 x 103 mm). [16], 608 pp. Woodcut initials in text. Contemporary calf, spine with 4 raised bands, titled and richly gilt in compartments, boards with single gilt ruling (slight wear to extremities), red-sprinkled edges, endpapers browned at outer margins by binder's glue. Light..... More
Capetown: Health and Medical Publishing Group, 1967. In: South African Medical Journal, Capetown, Vol. 41, No. 48, December 30, 1967, pp. 1271-1274. 4to (275 x 214 mm). Entire issue (devoted to human heart transplantation), pp. lviii (interspersed adverts), 1257-1278. Original printed wrappers, stapled as issued (slight bumping to lower corner)..... More
Basel: Froben & Episcopius / Andreas Cratander, 1530. I. Opus medicum practicum, varium, vere aureum, et postremae lectionis : Claudii Galeni ... De compositione pharmacorum localium, siue secundum locos, libri decem. Basel: Froben & Episcopius, 1537. [28], 549, [3] pp., 1 illustration in text, woodcut initials. Signatures: a4 *10 b-y6..... More
London: R. Brugis for the author, 1709. 4to (203 x 159 mm). [14], 194 pp. Small engraved plate inserted between pp. 160 & 161 and 7 folding engraved plates at the end. Bound without blanks. Contemporary panelled calf (hinges restored, leather rubbed and worn). Text slightly browned and spotted throughout..... 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
Amsterdam: J. Wolters, 1694. 4to (233 x 172 mm). [8], 929, [7] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, woodcut initials and tailpieces, some mispaginations. Contemporary English panneled calf, gilt-lettered spine label (repairs to foot of spine and corners, boards scratched, extremities rubbed). Text slightly browned..... More
