Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1477. 22 January 1477. 4to (218 x 162 mm). 152 unnumbered leaves, including initial and final blanks. Gothic type, double columns, 40 lines to a page. Rubricated initials in red and blue, and with 7-line decorated initial 'R' in blue with additional red... More
Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1475. c. 1 February 1475. Folio (285 x 198 mm). 92 unnumbered and unsigned leaves, Text in 38 lines, gothic type 1:103G. Collation: [110 211 310 412 5-610 76 810 913], 1/1r tabula, 2/1r text, chaps. 1-12, 3/1r chaps. 13-25, 5/1r chaps. 26-40, 8/1r chaps. 41-50, 9/13v... More
Strasbourg: D. Hauttius for the Elzevirs [at Leiden], 1635. 8vo (194 x 150 mm), [xvi], 495 [1], [24] pp. Engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved portrait by Jacob van der Heyden, woodcut diagrams, final leaf of errata. Text browned throughout as usual, leaves O3 and 3Q2 with small paper flaw at top... More
Basel: Henricus Petri, 1557. Folio (272 x 185 mm). [12], 670, [2] pp. Signatures: a4 b2 A6 B-C4 D-Z6 Aa-Zz6 AA-II6 KK4 LL6. Errata, colophon and woodcut printer's device on final leaf LL6. About 1500 woodcut illustrations and repeats, several by H.R. Manuel Deutsch and David Kandel. 20th-century antique style... More
London: Printed by W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. From the estate of Marsha & Robin Williams. Two parts in two volumes. Folio (400 x 254 mm). Unpaginated. Collation: vol. I: [A]2... More
Paris: Béthune and Plon for Susse frères and Delloye, 1839. 8vo (212 x 138 mm). [4], 79 [1], [4] pp., including half-title, 6 lithographed plates and 2 advertisement leaves at end. Original printed yellow wrappers (dust-soiled, some chipping of blank paper over spine with loss, small hole in rear cover)... More
Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff, 1873. 8vo (220 x 155 mm). viii, 134, [2] pp., including half-title, one folding lithographed plate, and errata leaf. 20th-century half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (light rubbing to extremities). Original printed wrappers bound in. Faint spotting on the plate, wrappers... More
Amsterdam: Janssonius-Waesberge, 1665. 1664-1665. Folio (393 x 238 mm). [28], 346, [6]; [12], 487 [1], [10] pp., including allegorical additional title to each part (both dated 1664), engraved portrait of Kircher and dedicatee Pope Alexander VII, engraved device on title of part 1, 21 (12 double-page, one folding) engraved maps... More
London: John Murray, 1860. 8vo (196 x 125 mm). ix [1], 502, 32 pp., including half-title, publisher's advertisements at end dated 'January 1860', and folding lithographed table facing p.117. Original publisher's green blind-stamped cloth (spine ends slightly frayed, corners bumped, extremities little rubbed), original brown endpapers, Edmonds & Remnants ticket... More
Paris: Robert Estienne, 1538. 4 September 1538. Folio (278 x 189 mm). [4], 757 [1] pp. Printer's woodcut device on title-page, large criblé floral woodcut initials, text in double column, Latin text in roman type and French text in italic, colophon on final leaf BB3v, bound without the final blank... More
Strassburg: Wendelin Rihel, 1543. Folio (327 x 202 mm). [44], 505, [3] pp. Signatures: [alpha]-[gamma]6 [delta]4 A-Z6 a-s6 t-v4. Includes title-page woodcut vignette (printer's device) and woodcut initials in text. Leaf [delta]4 and v4 are blanks. Title-page bears an encomium from Johannes Sturm: "Ioannes Sturmius. Ioannes Caluinus homo accutissimo iudicio... More
Paris: Courcier, 1807. 4to (255 x 195 mm). xx, [2], 502 pp., including half-title and errata leaf. Contemporary prize binding in green calf, spine lettered in gilt, boards and spine with embossed decoration and gilt ruling, each board with a central gilt vignette of the Academy of Paris lettered "Prix... More
New York: W. J. Johnston, 1892. 8vo (173 x 123 mm). ix [1], 146, [4] pp., including frontispiece portrait of Tesla, tissue guard with tear, several text illustrations, and 2 leaves of adverts at end. Original publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities slightly rubbed, lower corners bumped). Text little age-toned... More
London: T. Payne, P. Elmsly, and E. Brooke, 1776. 8vo (198 x 126 mm). [4], lvii, [3], 208 pp. Including half-title. Bound in 19th-century green cloth, gilt-lettered spine (corners slightly bumbed, some wear to spine ends, extremeties rubbed). Text lightly browned, occasional minor spotting and dust-soiling, some pencil markings at... More
London: John Martin & James Allestry, 1662. 4to (190 x 148 mm). [16], 79 [1] pp. Two folding tables. Bound in 19th-century plain vellum, spine titled in ink, marbled endpapers, several blank leaves bound in at end. Text browned mainly in outer margins, occasional minor spotting, title-page dust-soiled, with two... More
Cologne: Ulrich Zel (Zell), [1467]. Half-sheet 4to (201 x 140 mm). 30 unfoliated leaves including final blank. 27 lines, no printed signatures, 4 pinholes. Collation: [1-38 46] text, 4.5v explicit, 4.6 blank. Type 1B: 96G (leaded to 104). Two 4-line initial spaces, the first with purple and red pen-flourishing infilled... More
Hagenau: Thomas Anshelm, 1519. 8vo (132 x 91 mm). [1], 154 (i.e. 151) leaves (f. 135-37 ommitted), some misfoliations (corrected in ink), several woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, woodcut printer's device beneath colophon on f.154r. Old binding of reused vellum manuscript, later vellum labels on spine (cover soiled and... More
Nürnberg: Johann Petreius, 1545. 4to (210 x 151 mm). [4], 92 leaves. Signatures: A-Z4 Aa4. Gothic letter, title and a few pages printed in red and black, decorative woodcut initials, woodcuts of abacus reckoning in text. 20th-century three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and... More
Leipzig: Jakob Bärwald, 1550. 4to (184 x 144 mm). [4], 196 leaves, woodcut portrait of the author on title, woodcut initial. Early 19th-century half vellum, spine with gilt-lettered label (soiling of boards and spine, spine label chipped in upper right corner, little chipping of paper at board edges). Text somewhat... More
Lyon: Bartholomaeum Vicentium, 1620. The Horblit-Tomash copy. Three parts in one volume. Lyon: Bartholomaeum Vicentium, 1620. 8vo (198 x 135 mm), [8], 56; [92]; [2] 3-62, [2] pp., separate title page to each part, first title printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams in text, privilege leaf at end. Old... More
Berlin: Johann Christian Papen, 1710. First volume only. 4to (194 x 145 mm). [22], 394 pp., including folding engraved allegorical frontispiece, some woodcut diagrams in text, and 31 folding engraved plates. Later carta rustica, modern folding cloth box. Some offsetting and browning of text and plates, minor occasional spotting, some... More
Paris: Mme Ve Courcier, 1814. 8vo (197 x 124 mm). [4], 190, [2] pp, including half-title, leaf of contents bound at end. Contemporary calf, gilt-decorated plain spine and board edges, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label (one corner slightly bumped, extemities little rubbed, top of spine chipped), red sprinkled edges, marbled... More
![Theorie analytique des probabilités. Troisième édition, revue et augmentée par l'auteur. [With:] Supplement [Premiere - Deuxieme - Troisieme - Quatrième]. Pierre Simon LAPLACE.](/pictures/thumb/003061_01.jpg?v=1544184295)
Paris: Courcier, 1820. 1820, 1816-1825. 4to (250 x 200 mm). [4], cxlii [1], 4-506, [2]; 34; 50; 36; [2], 28 pp. Includes errata leaf, bound without half-title, all supplements separately paged and preceded by a half title each. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original spine label, gilt stamp of Francis... More
Rome: Domenico Basa, 1586. 4to (212 x 155 mm). [8], 514, [2] pp. Signatures: †4 A-2F4 2G6 2H-2R4 2S6 2T-3M4 3N6 30-3R4. Woodcut Jesuit trigram device with motto "Vocabis nomen eius Iesum" on title page and final leaf recto, each part with separate half-title page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces... More
![Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army. [bound with:] Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War. Florence NIGHTINGALE.](/pictures/thumb/002992_01.jpg?v=1546717137)
London: Harrison and Sons, 1858. Two works in one volume. 8vo (222 x 141mm). [4], iv, [9], vi-xix, [2] 2-12, 2, xxx, 66, xlvii [1], iv, 67-80, xxxiv [2], 81-176, [2], 177-234, xliv, 235-332, xxvii [1], 333-556, lviii, 557-567 [1] pp; iv [2] v-x, 28, 133 [1], 23 [1] pp... More
