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
Hanover: Hannoverische Hofbuchhandlung, 1855. 1855-1867. 3 volumes. 8vo (233 x 160 mm; 190 x 120 mm). [2], 1-396; xi [1], 397-773 [1] pp. Green straight-grain morocco, gilt coat of arms of the Duke of Cumberland on upper covers, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt..... 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
Paris: P.G. Cavelier, 1766. 8vo (165 x 98 mm). [8], 270, [2] pp. Half-title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, final leaf blank. Contemporary French specked calf, rebacked retaining original richly gilt-decorated spine and gilt-lettered morocco label, marbled edges and endpapers (extremities slightly rubbed). Text crisp and clean with only very minor..... 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
Venice: Reale Istituto nel Palazzo Loredan, 1899. Memorie del Reale Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Vol. 26, No 5. Venice: Reale Istituto nel Palazzo Loredan, 1899. 4to (333 x 240 mm). 26 pp. Original printed wrappers (edge fraying, upper wrapper detached, browned an brittle at edges). Text browned..... 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
Paris: Mallet-Bachellier, 1862. Offprint from: Annales de l'Observatoire Impérial de Paris, tome VII, 1862. 4to (270 x 207 mm). 164 pp., printed upper wrapper bound in, lacking the engraved plate. 20th century half cloth over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Text browned throughout. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. 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
Verona: L. Mainardi, 1810. I. Sui barometri luminosi: con appendice dimostrante nel barometro una macchina elettrica singolare. Offprint from: Societa? Italiana delle Scienze, XV, pt. 2 (1810), pp. 76-103. Verona: L. Mainardi, 1810. 30 pp., 1 folding engraved plate. [Bound with] II. Indagini per sottomettere a calcolo il barometro nelle..... 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1866. 8vo (246 x 165 mm). [2], iv, 42 pp. White-on-black-ground woodcut diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers (dog-earing of outer corners, spine reinforced with paper, upper spine chipped, light spotting. Text little age-toned, but generally bright and clean internally. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
DSB VIII, p.429-34;..... 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. ----
Exceptionally..... More
Paris: Gratiot, 1808. 8vo (185 x 122 mm). [8], 82 pp., 1 folding table. Contemporary paper wrappers (little soiled and dog-eared). Text little browned, occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
Rare treatise on the French metric system and a comparison of it with Italian weights and measures. Saverio..... More
Wittenberg: Johann Rhau-Grunenberg, 1517. 4to (208 x 155 mm). 46 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A4 (B-H)6 (H6 blank). Colophon on H5v reads " Gedruckt tzu Wittenbergk yn der Churfurstlichen stad durch Joannem Grunenbergk Nach Christ geburt Tausent funffhundert und im sibentzen jar. Bey den Augustinern." Bound in 18th century xylographic wrappers..... 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
Rome: Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica, 1858. Folio (327 x 220 mm). [6], 197 [1] pp. Half-title, title with woodcut device, engraved frontispiece and 5 (3 folding) engraved plates. Pages uncut. Bound in fine 20th-century red morocco over xylographic paper boards (slight rubbing to extremities). Light dust-soiling to outer margins..... 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
Paris: Chez Delaguette, 1752. 4to (258 x 204 mm), 64 pp., 1 (of 3) engraved colored plate (lacking the plates to p.18 and 64) and 2 folding diagrams, title printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces. Disbound. Text and plates crisp and clean with only very minor marginal dust-soiling, marginal..... 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: Crapelet for Duprat, Bachelier, 1799. Paris: Crapelet for Duprat, An VII [1799] (vol. I-II), Crapelet for Duprat, An XI-1802 (vol. III), Courcier, An XIII-1805 (vol. IV), Bachelier, 1825 (i.e., 1823-1827) (vol. V). Bachelier, 1829 (2nd edition, vol. I-II). 4to (270 x 215 mm). Half-title to each volume, vol. III..... 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
Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1533. Physica S. Hildegardis. Elementorum, Fluminum aliquot Germaniae, Metallorum, Leguminum, Fructuum, & Herbarum : Arborum, & Arbustorum: deniq[ue], Volatilium, & Animantium terrae naturas & operationes. IIII. libris mirabili experientia posteritati tradens. Oribasii, Medici, de Simplicibus Libri Quinque. Theodori physici Dieta, docens quibusnam salubriter utendum, uel abstinendum. Esculapii..... More
Leiden: Isaac Severinus, Boudewyn en Pieter van der Aa, 1737. 1737-1738. Two volumes. Folio (360 x 239 mm). [62], 1-85 [2] 86-362, 367-550; [4], 551-910, 124 pp. Two titles in each volume printed in red and black, text in two columns in Dutch and Latin, 53 engraved plates numbered I-LIII..... More
