Augsburg: Johann Schüssler, 1471. 16 February 1471. Chancery folio (296 x 215 mm). 209 leaves (of 212, without the final 3 blanks). Collation: [a-s10 t12 v10 x7]. 35 lines, gothic type 1:117G. Title in incipit (leaf [a]1r): Petri de crescentiis civis. Bononiensis epistola in libru[m] co[m]modoru[m] ruralium. Illuminated throughout including..... More
Paris: Gilles Gorbin, 1582. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (165 x 100 mm). [39], [1], 80 leaves. Signatures: *4 a8 e8 i8 o8 u4 a-k8, u4 blank. Woodcut initials and headpieces, drop title for second part, 12 astrological woodcut diagrams and 19 smaller vignettes of the planets and the..... 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
Cambridge: Joann. Hayes, 1672. 8vo (147 x 92 mm). [16], 350, [26] pp. Signatures: *8 A-Z8 2A4. Title printed in red and black, two woodcut initials and one woodcut illustration in text, general index at end. Contemporary blind ruled and blind stamped calf, hand-lettered red paper spine label (joints partly..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1896. Offprint from: Annales de l'Observatoire de Paris. Memoires; vol. 22, 1896. 66 pp., 15 photographic images (1 heliogravure and 14 collotypes) of the moon on 10 leaves of plates, each plate with printed overlay with principal features marked and named, caption title on first page..... More
Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1644. Principia philosophiae. Amsterdam, L. Elzevir, 1644. [22], 310 pp., printer's device on title, woodcut initials, several woodcut illustrations in text, some full page, bound without the blank leaves b4 and 2Q4. [Bound with:] Specimina philosophiae: seu Dissertatio de methodo recte regendae rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandae..... More
Solingen: Johannes Soter, 1538. 8vo (160 x 101 mm). [8], 337 (i. e., 339) [1]; [8], 30, [2] leaves. Signatures: A8 a-z8 A-T8 V4 2A8; A-D8 including blanks A7-8, V4, and ²D8. Woodcut initials, separate title-page to second part. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, spine title in ink, additionally..... More
Bologna: Clementi Ferroni, 1653. 4to (228 x 164 mm). [16], 543 [1] pp., half-title, woodcut publisher's device on title, woodcut diagrams in text, historiated woodcut initials, woodcut head- and tailpieces, some mispaginations. Contemporary limp vellum, ink-lettered spine, original endpapers (head of spine frayed, vellum over upper hinge partially split, light..... More
Basel: Thomas Guarinus, 1566. Two works in one volume. 4to (207 x 164 mm). [10] leaves, 868 columns, [22]; [8], 63 [1] pages. Signatures: [alpha]-[beta]4 [gamma]2 a-z4 A-Z4 2A-2L4, *4 [Alpha-Theta]4. Second work printed in Greek and Latin and with separate title and pagination, printer's woodcut device on titles and..... More
Paris: Bachelier, 1835. 8vo (209 x 130 mm). [4], xii, 327 [1]; [4], viii, 327 [1] pp., including half-titles and 6 folding plates, of which 4 are engraved and 2 lithographed. Near contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with two lettering pieces lettered in gilt, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers..... More
London: Printed by Henry Woodfall; and sold by John Nourse, 1736. 4to (245 x 185 mm). iv, ix-xxiv, 1-140 [2], [143]-[144], [1] 144-339 [1], [2] pp. Engraved plate bound as frontispiece facing title, several woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut initials, head-and tailpices, divisional title, errata/advertisement leaf [T]2 here bound at..... More
Prague: In Commission bei Calve / ...bei Borrosch & Andre, 1845. I. Über eine bei jeder Rotation des Fortpflanzungsmittels eintretende eigenthümliche Ablenkung der Licht- und Schallstrahlen, zunächst angewandt auf mehrere theils schon bekannte theils neue Probleme der praktischen Astronomie, ein weiterer Beitrag zur allgemeinens Wellenlehre. From: Abhandlungen der königlich böhmischen..... More
Grenoble / Paris: Cuchet / Nyon, Nee & Masquelier, 1778. Large folio (432 x 290 mm). [8], xviii, [2], 460 pp., including 2 engraved vignettes, woodcut initials, approbation leaf, general index, and 20 engraved plates (one double-page). Near contemporary calf, plain spine richly tooled in gilt and with gilt-lettered label..... More
Rouen: Jean Viret et al. 1649. Folio (360 x 234 mm). [52], 1-167 [1], 32, 169-863 [1], [32] pp. Title printed in red and black and with large woodcut vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 21 full-page anatomical engravings, 11 full-page engravings of instruments and 14 smaller woodcut illustrations of..... More
Venice: Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1721. De separatione fluidorum in corpore animali dissertatio physico-mechanico-medica. Venice: Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1721. [8], 362, [2] pp. Including half title, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, engraved headpieces, woodcut initials and tailpieces, errata leaf, one folding engraved plate. Handwritten index bound after second work. Signatures..... More
London: R. Chiswell, 1683. 8vo (183 x 110 mm). [46], 334 pp. Signatures: A8 a-b8 B-Y8. Title page with small woodcut vignette, 6 folding engraved plates, of which 5 showing acupuncture points, final blank Y8. Lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait only. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, spine with 5 raised bands..... More
Brusselas: por Roger Velpius, inpressor de sus Altezas, en l'Aguila de oro, cerca de Palacio, 1607. 8vo (161 x 104 mm). [24], 592, [8] pp. Signatures: *8 **4 A-2O8 2P4. Title with small typographic vignette, text with woodcut initials and tailpieces. The book was rebound in early 19th-century in plain..... More
London: John Martyn & Jacob Allestry, 1669. 4to (249 x 185 mm). [10], 100 pp., 12 folding engraved plates, including initial blank. Pages of main text uncut and unopened. Bound in near contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered spine (wear to extremities, corners scuffed, boards rubbed and soiled). Text leaves with light..... More
Erfurt: Georg Adam Keyser, 1789. 4to (215 x 175 mm). 103 [1] pp., including woodcut headpiece and five folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine with 5 raised bands and some gilt ruling, gilt-decorated board edges (slightly rubbed, some creasing and wear to lower joints). Text generally bright..... More
Bologna: Ex Typographia Haeredis Victorij Benatij, 1665. Two parts in one volume. Folio (370 x 247 mm). [14], xii, 374 [2]; [8], 35 [1], 128 pp. Text printed in two columns, general title printed in red and black and with large engraved armorial device, woodcut device on each of both..... More
