London: Printed by E. Flescher and J. Macock for R. Royston, 1676. Folio (297 x 180 mm). [16], 498, 79 [1], [14] pp. Half title, chapter "Of Lues Venera" with separate pagination, general index at end. Later black morocco, panneled and blind-stamped boards, binding restored and rebacked with original gilt-lettered..... More

Turin: Jean Radix & Jean Francois Mairesse, 1720. 4to (222 x 155 mm). [16], 135 [1] pp. Half-title, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, errata on final leaf verso. Contemporary vellum, soiled and spotted. Text little browned, some light oil(?) staining to title and first few leaves..... More

Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. 4to (245 x 195 mm). [2], 398, [2] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved title vignette, woodcut head-pieces and initials, including leaf of directions to binder at end. Signatures: [pi]2 (-[pi]1) (A-3D)4. Bound without initial blank. Contemporary full vellum, spine with gilt-lettered..... More

Copenhagen: Bianco Luno, 1839. Two parts in two volumes. Copenhagen: Bianco Luno, 1839. Text volume 4to (243 x 197 mm), atlas volume oblong 4to (234 x 328 mm). xxxiv, 192 pp. (text vol.), 1 leaf of title and 17 engraved plates (atlas vol.). Text vol. with frontispiece portrait of the..... More

Naples: Gaetano Nobile, 1855. 4to (300 x 230 mm). viii, 207 [1] pp., 7 lithographed plates bound at end. All pages untrimmed. 20th-century papercard boards. Text and plates bright and clean with just a little browning and dust-soiling to outer edges and occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. Very..... More

Pavia. I. Termo-barometro inventato e descritto. Offprint from: Giornale di Fisica ecc. di Pavia, VI, 1827. Pavia: Nella stamperia Fusi, 1828. 4to (271 x 205 mm). 15 [1] pp., 1 engraved plate of the barometer bound as frontispiece. [Bound with:] II. Nuove sperienze ed osservazioni fisico-chimiche istituite cogli elettro-motori. Offprint..... More

Camerino: Typis Vicentii Gori, 1781. 8vo (181 x 114 mm). vii [1], 80 pp., 1 folding engraved plate, woodcut headpieces and initials. Plain contemporary carta rustica (soiled, stained, chipped at spine). Text only very little browned, some marginal brown staining possibly from lamp oil. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----

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Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1554. Folio (328 x 222 mm), [12], 248 (i.e., 250); [14], 238, [18]; 90, [10] pp. Signatures: *⁶ a-v⁶ x-z⁴, A-T⁶ V⁴ X⁶ Y⁴ Aa-Gg⁶ Hh-Ii⁴, k signed "lz"; mispaginations in text. Woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf verso, woodcut portrait of Fernel on *3v..... More

Milan: E. Treves, editore, 1872. 8vo (194 x 128 mm). 96 pp., with a folding map of the moon bound as frontispiece, half-title and title, text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Text little browned and dust-soiled. Provenance: Regia Bibliotheca Mediolanensis Milano (red ink stamp to title), Biblioteca Istituto del Nastro Azzurro..... More

Saumur / Angers: F. de Gouy / Veuve Foureau, 1765. 8vo (170 x 101 mm). 133, [3] pp., woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. Includes unnumbered leaf at end titled "Supple?ment pour le page 83." 19th century half-calf over marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, red-sprinkled edges, marbled..... More

Liverpool: John Sadler, 1761. 8vo (190 x 115 mm). [1-3] 4-16 pp. Printer's woodcut device depicting Britannia on title, woodcut initial and tailpiece. Simple paper wrappers. Title-page dust soiled and spotted, little browned throughout, repaired clean tear to title. Provenance: John Grant Booksellers of Edinburgh; purchased in the 1950s by..... More

Paris: De Bure l'Aîné, 1742. Two parts in one volume. 4to (289 x 220 mm). [8], 1-230, [4], 231-491 [1] pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved and hand-colored allegorical frontispiece by Chedel after Boucher and 32 engraved plates, all in fine contemporary hand-coloring, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Without..... More

Frankfurt am Main: Godtfriedt Tampach, 1610. 4to (185 x 156 mm). 90 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: )(⁴, )()(⁴ A-V⁴ X². Including title with small woodcut device, 2 woodcut initials, 4 preliminary leaves of dedication to Markgraf Georg Friedrich von Baden, 3 leaves of registrum, and final blank leaf X2. Bound in..... More