Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1822. 4to (254 x 200 mm). [4], xxii, 639 [1] pp., including half title and two engraved plates at end. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (spine very little rubbed, head of spine chipped), endpapers and cut edges marbled. Internally crisp and..... More
Rome: Tipografia delle belle arti, 1862. Sammelband with 5 tracts by Tito Armellini mainly on barometry: Un nuovo barometro moltiplicatore-idrargiro-statico - invenzione del prof. Tito Armellini. Rome: tipografia delle Bella Arti, 1862. 30, [2] pp., title-page with engraved vignette, 1 folding engraved plate. [Bound with:] Due nuovi barometri: invenzioni di..... More
Turin: Pei Tipi del Nobili e. Comp. 1835. 8vo (195 x 129 mm). [13], 4-37 [1] pp., including half-title and 1 folding astronomical diagram. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly soiled and spotted, spine chipped, light browning and foxing of text. ----
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Venice: Remondini, 1781. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (195 x 135 mm). 446, [2] pp., 11 folding engraved plates; 356 pp., 21 folding engraved plates. All pages uncut. Bound in contemporary Italian carta rustica. Light fraying and marginal dust-soiling, but generally quite crisp and clean. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library..... More
Luxemburg/Amsterdam: chez Andre Chevalier, 1708. 8vo (152 x 102 mm). Two parts in one volume. xxxxiv, [4], 399 [1] pp. Title with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary calf, spine with 4 raised bands richly gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered label, boards with gilt ruling, red..... More
Paris: Carilian-Goeury et Dalmont, 1846. 8vo (224 x 141 mm). viii, 194 pp., including half-title. Later half calf over xylographic paper, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered and ruled, original printed wrappers bound in, pages uncut and mostly unopened (light rubbing of extremities). Text only little age-toned, wrappers dust-soiled, minor..... More
Naples: Tipografia Chianese, 1818. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). xvi, 156 pp., including half-title, portrait frontispiece of the author, 5 folding letterpress tables and 3 folding engraved plates of diagrams. Bound in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (light rubbing of extremities). Little..... More
Vicenza: Tipografia Parise, 1810. 4to (257 x 190 mm). lviii, 84 pp., folding letterpress table. Original publisher's printed wrappers, all pages uncut (chipped and partly split at spine, soiled, slightly frayed and dog-eared at outer edges). Text very little browned, light dust-soiling and fraying at outer margins, occasional minor spotting..... More
Paris: Andre Cailleau, 1741. Volume 2 (of 4) only. 4to (185 x 110 mm). [4], 564 pp., engraved initials, head- and tailpieces; title page vignette, engraved folding plate bound before p.195. All pages uncut. Bound in later Italian carta rustica, original handwritten paper label to spine (label chipped at upper..... More
Paris: Jean Boudot, 1705. In: Histoire de l'Academie des Sciences, avec les Mémoires, Année MDCCIII, pp. 58-63 (Histoire), pp. 85-89 (Memoires). Two parts in one volume. Paris: Boudot, 1705. 4to (241 x 182 mm). Title page with large woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces, engraved historiated frontispiece, the Mémoires with..... More
Nürnberg: Johann Petreius, 1539. 4to (195 x 143 mm). [8], 126, [2] pp. Signatures: A-R4. Bound in 18th century German half-calf, blind-tooled spine with 4 raised bands, sprinkled paper-covered boards, blue-dyed edges (slight rubbing to extremities, inner upper hinge repaired and first endpaper renewed). Little dust-soiling and browning of title-page..... More
Nürnberg: Hieronymus Formschneider, 1532. 22 Nov. 1534. Two works in one volume. Folio (323 x 208 mm). 79 (of 80, lacking blank) and 55 (of 56, lacking blank) unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-E6 F4 G-N6 O4 (-O4); a-k6 (-k6). Gatherings b to k of second work misbound after gathering A of..... More
London: for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society, 1704. 4to (244 x 191 mm). 181 leaves, [4] 1-144, 1-137 [1] 138 [1] 139-211 [1] pp. Signatures: (pi)2, A-S4, Aa-Bb4 Dd-Zz4, Aaa-Ddd4, Eee2 + single leaf inserted before Tt2 being the divisional title to Enumeratio linearum tertii..... More
Bologna: heirs of Victorio Benacci for Girolamo Bernia, 1665. 4to (235 x 180 mm). [24], 535 [1], [16] pp. Signatures: [pi]2 a4 b6 A-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3Z4. Including first blank [pi]1, title page printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, additional letterpress title also printed in red and..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1734. 1734-1742. 6 volumes. 4to (252 x 193 mm). I. [6], 654 pp, 50 plates; II: [4] xlvi [2], 514 pp., 40 plates; III: [4] xl, 532 pp., 47 plates; IV: xxxiv [2], 636 (i.e., 634) pp., 44 plates; V: [4] xliv, 728 pp, 38 plates; VI..... More
Paris: chez l'auteur et Deterville, 1801. 8vo (198 x 122 mm). viii, 432 pp., including half-title, 8 letterpress tables (6 folding). Contemporary calf, plain spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and gilt decoration, boards with double fillet border, gilt-ruled board edges, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers (hinges expertly repaired). Little even..... More
Lyon: Jean Certe, 1685. Folio (345 x 227 mm). [16], 252, [2] pp., including half-title, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait by Mathieu Boulanger, armorial plate, 22 engraved plates (15 folding) and 8 text engravings, numbered I-XXX in a single series. Contemporary sprinkled vellum, spine with 6..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orma, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. 8vo (230 x 145 mm). [8], 93 [1] pp., hand-coloured lithographed map and 16 lithographed plates (5 folding, one bound as frontispiece facing title), 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Pages untrimmed, except for the adverts. Contemporary cloth, cloth and..... 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
