Paris: Jean Richer, 1618. 8vo (161 x 103 mm). [12], 740 (i.e., 742), [2] pp. Page numbers 607/8 duplicated. Title page with small vignette; woocut initials, head- and tailpieces; royal privilege leaf bound at the end. Signatures: a⁶ A-Z⁸ Aa-Zz⁸ Aaa⁴. Contemporary French calf, spine with 4 raised bands gilt..... More

Nürnberg/Ingolstadt: Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider / Cum gratia & privilegio caesareo ad triginta annos [P. Apianus], 1525. DÜRER, Albrecht. Underweysung der messung, mit dem Zirckel un richtscheyt in Linien ebnen unnd gantzen corporen. Nuremberg: [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider], 1525. 90 (of 90) unnumbered leaves, including final blank Q4. Signatures: A-N⁶ O-Q⁴. Numerous..... More

Leiden: Pieter van der Eyk and Daniel Vygh, 1777. Printed 1777-1781. Four parts in one volume. 4to (253 x 208 mm). [12], 151 [1]; [4], 164; [4], 170; [4], 178, [2] pp., including general title, half-title to each part, separate titles to parts II-IV, woodcut tailpieces and 36 engraved plates..... More

London: Printed for the Author and J. Dodsley, and sold by J. Hall and R. Brydonne, 1780. 4to (260 x 204 mm). xxiv, 280, [16] pp., including half-title; text illustration, a general index and two folding engraved plates bound at the end. Bound in contemporary calf; expertly rebacked and partly..... More

Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1628. Folio (379 x 237 mm). [14] leaves (including engraved title), 26 double-page maps, 1752 (i.e. 1748) pages. Pages 1206-9 omitted, pp. 1039-41 should be 1039-[43]. Blank leaf ):(8 present. Letterpress title printed in red and black; engraved additional title by M. Merian, 26 double-page woodcut maps..... More

Paris: J.B. Baillie, 1849. Atlas: large folio (418 x 218 mm); 8 pp. of title and plate explanations, 18 engraved plates of which 17 hand-colored and 2 double page. Text volumes: 8vo (213 x 130 mm); xxiv, 453 [1]; [4], 720 pp., including half-title to each volume. Atlas: Original cloth-backed..... More

Paris: G. Morrhy & J. Pierre, 1530. Print date 1530-1532. Four parts in one volume. Folio (352 x 238 mm). [8], 207 (i.e., 209), [1] leaves. Leaves F8 and N6 within pagination are blanks, errata leaf at end. Title within architectural woodcut border by Lassere after Finé's design. Part titles..... More

Paris: J. B. Baillière & fils, 1857-1861. Print years: 1857-1861. Two parts bound in three volumes (2 text and 1 atlas). Large folio (455 x 297 mm). Text volumes: [4], ii, 760; [6], 733 [1] pp., including half titles, list of subscribers and index; atlas volume: [2], 46; [2], 44..... More

Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674. 4to (211 x 148 mm). [32], 330, [10] pp. Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek. Title page with large engraved vignette showing the Sheldonian Theatre, 6 folding engraved plates, woodcut headpieces and initials, general index at the end. Signatures: [a]-d⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Tt⁴..... More

Basel: Ludwig König, 1613. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (155 x 97 mm). [32], 17-374, [2], 1-276 pp. Main body text starts at p.17. Second part with separate pagnation. 1A4 is a blank. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut text illustrations (mostly..... More

London: Thomas East and Henry Middleton, 1571. Print date 17 July 1571. Folio (274 x 196 mm). [6], CCLXX, [16] leaves. Black letter type printed in double columns, title with woodcut headpiece, woodcut initials of various sizes and styles, 30 pp. of index at end, last leaf a blank. Signatures..... More

Nürnberg: Bestelmeier, 1793. Print date 1793-1796. Four parts in one volume. 8vo (175 x 100 mm, part III slightly smaller in size at foot). Collation: Part I (1793): 24 pp. and 7 plates (vignettes 1 to 97); part II (1794): 32 pp. and 11 plates (vignettes 98 to 301); part..... More

Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1906. Braunschweig: F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1906. 8vo (230 x 156 mm). Original printed wrappers (wrappers slightly darkened at extremities). Text little age-toned, but a fine copy averall. ----

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION, OFFPRINT ISSUE, of the first public defence of Einsteins theory of special relativity..... More