London: Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1722. 8vo (166 x 108 mm). vi, 162 pp., title with double-rule border, 5 folding engraved plates. Contemporary sheep, some gilt ruling of boards and spine (leather over boards heavily wormed and rubbed resulting in substantial loss (cardboard... More
London: Thomas Dicas for D. Pauli, 1663. 8vo (169 x 107 mm). [24], 704 (i.e. 702), [24] pp., including engraved additional title, woodcut diagrams in text, blank leaves [A]1 (signed "A" on recto) and [A]8, 12 leaves of index at end. Signatures: [A]8, B-3A8. Contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised... More
Florence: Cesare Bindi, 1712. 4to (208 x 160 mm). 120 pp., including title-page, woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut astronomical diagrams in text. Contemporary vellum over boards, small loss to upper cover and spine, hinges starting. tiny marginal ink spots to title, first few leaves a bit browned, light waterstaining to... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1944. Offprint from: Zeitschrift für Astrophysik, vol. 22, 1944. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1944. 8vo (230 x 155 mm). Stapled as issued (spine enforced with yellow tape). Internally somewhat browned throughout. Provenance: small coat of arms stamp. Inscribed and monogrammed 'Mit freundlichen Grüssen C. F.' by the author... More
Edinburgh: Printed by J. Hay for W. Creech, 1813. Two volumes. 8vo (215 x 133 mm). viii, 440; iv, 416 pp., bound without half-titles. Contemporary three-quarter calf, spines with gilt-lettered red and green morocco labels, sprinkled edges (spines and extremities slightly rubbed). Text generally bright and clean, very minor occasional... More
London: Printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, 1750. Two volumes. 8vo (190 x 120 mm). viii, [20], 452, [46]; [2], xvi, 483 [1] pp., including woodcut printer's device on titles, woodcut tailpieces, 10 leaves of contents and 23 leaves of general index in vol. I, bound without the final... More
Venice: Melchior Sessa & P. Ravani, 1516. 14 August 1516. Folio (297 x 203 mm). [14], CCXIX, [1] leaves. Signatures: aa6 bb8 a-r? s6 A-O8 P6. Colophon on P5v, text in two columns. Including the final blank P6, title printed in red and black, printer's device on title, 38 woodcut... More
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
Amsterdam: Joan Janssonius van Waesberghe, 1667. Folio (384 x 250 mm). [14], 237, [11] pp. Including engraved allegorical frontispiece title-page, letterpress title-page with printer's woodcut vignette, engraved portrait of the author, 2 double-page and folding maps (of China and South-East-Asia), 23 engraved plates (2 folding), 61 engraved vignettes, several engraved... More
London: Printed for A. Stahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell), 1796. Three volumes. 8vo (213 x 130 mm). [2], x, 499 [1]; [2], vi, 518, [6]; vii [1], 465 [1], [50] pp., including half-title to each volume, appendix to vol. II, general index at... 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
Cologne: [Heirs of Heinrich Quentel], 1511. 4to (204 x 140 mm). 20 unnumbered leaves, gothic type, woodcut diagram on title, large woodcut of the HolyTrinity by or after Lucas Cranach the Elder on title verso, full-page woodcut of arms of Cologne on last page. Signatures: A-E4. Author and printer according... More
Paris: Christian Wechel, 1532. 9 August 1532. Folio (320 x 225 mm). [8], 185, [3] pp., title and last page with printer's tree device, with three large and numerous smaller woodcut diagrams, one double-page, B1 and H4 printed recto and verso with full-page blocks, tipped-in extension slips to diagrams on... More
Nürnberg: Johann Petreius, 1536. 4to (207 x 159 mm). 94 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: [*]6 A-V4 X6 [Y]2. Contemporary limp vellum with 2 (of 4) ties still present, spine titled in manuscript (covers soiled and spotted, book block rehinged). Pages partially uncut. Text quite crisp and clean with only very minor... 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
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869. 8vo (197 x 125 mm). [4], 188 pp., including half-title. Original blind-stamped tan cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities little rubbed). Pages uncut. Text little age-toned, light foxing to free endpapers, half-title and final page. Provenance: Arnold Heertje (bookplate to front pastedown); J.S.v.H (monogrammed bookplate... 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
Lyon: Nicolai Wolff, 1503. 29 November 1503. Three works in one volume. 4to (254 x 177 mm). [98]; [1], CXLVI, [3]; [1], CXXVI, [3] leaves. Signatures: a-l8 m10; A-K8 L6 M-T8; aa-pp8 qq10. Including blank leaves m10 and T8. Printed in Gothic type, two columns. Pictorial and floral woodcut initials... 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
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