Venice: Peter Liechtenstein, 1515. 10 January 1515. Folio (312 x 220 mm). [2], 152 leaves. Signatures: *² a-z⁶ A⁶ B⁸. Woodcut initials, several woodcut diagrams at text margins, final page with woodcut printer's device printed in red and black above colophon. Some neat early annotations at start of text, title..... More

London: for R. Bentley and S. Magnes, 1688. 8vo (157 x 97 mm). [12], 152 pp. Signatures: A⁶ B-K⁸ L⁴. E4 is a cancel leaf. Contemporary blind-tooled calf, neatly reabacked (minor wear to extremities and corners). Text with little even browning, minor dust-soiling to outer margins in places. Provenance: Mel(?)..... More

Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Folio (311 x 194 mm). 54 unnumbered leaves, title with engraved portrait of the author, 6 large engravings and 23 woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: )::(⁴ A-E⁶ F⁴ G-H⁶ I⁴. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin with stamped..... More

London: Printed for James Allestry, 1667. Folio (299 x 198 mm). [36], 246, [10] pp., title with engraved arms of the Royal Society, imprimatur leaf before title, 38 engraved plates (30 folding of which 2 double-page and mounted on stub), woodcut head-pieces and initials, errata on final page verso. Signatures..... More

Nürnberg: [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider], 1525. Folio (281 x 203 mm). 89 (of 90) unnumbered leaves, lacking final blank Q4 only. Signatures: A-N⁶ O-Q⁴ (-Q4). Numerous woodcuts of geometrical diagrams and architectural renderings, two woodcuts on P4 verso and Q1 recto extended with pasted-in folding slips to demonstrate a point in..... More

Heidelberg: Gotthard Vögelin, 1609. Folio (388 x 250 mm). Work in five parts, each with separate half-title page, but continuous pagination and signatures. Text in Latin with small sections in Greek. [40], 337, [3] pp., folding letterpress table, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, approx. 300 woodcut diagrams in text, complete..... More

Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648. Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem, ad vitam longam. Edente authoris filio, F. M. van Helmont. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648. [36], 1-88, 87-158, 161-176, 175-382, 373-452, 457-800 pp. With engraved portraits of Helmont and his son on *4v and some woodcuts..... More

Leiden: Conrad Wishoff, 1738. 4to (236 x 178 mm). [16], 95 [1] pp., including engraved additional title, folding engraved plate, 7 woodcut text illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. All pages uncut. Contemporary three-quarter vellum and speckled paper boards, gilt-lettered spine label (cover soiled, extremities rubbed). Minor browning, some scattered..... More

Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1898. 8vo (237 x 165 mm). xii, 199 [1] pp. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered, marbled edges (minor rubbing to extremities). Minor age-toning, but generally crisp and clean. Provenance: Medizinisch-Klinisches Institut München (library ink stamps to front pastedown, half-title and foot of title);..... More

Bologna: A. Benacci, 1569. De causis, signis, ac locis morborum, liber unus. Bologna: A. Benacci, 1569. 110 (i.e. 112), [4] leaves. Woodcut initials and tailpieces, 4 leaves of index at end. Signatures: A-O⁸ P⁴. Light browning of just a few leaves, but generally bright and clean throughout. Leaf A8 chipped..... More

Wiesbaden: Bergmann, 1894. 4to (287 x 200 mm). viii, [2], 179 [1] pp., 7 double-page plates and 3 text illustrations. 20th century marbled half calf and cloth covered boards, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt and blind tooling (extremities little rubbed), new endpapers, original printed..... More

Schaffhausen: Adam Ziegler, 1727. 4to (220 x 170 mm). [32], 984, [40] pp., title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author and one full-size engraved illustration, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. All pages uncut. Signatures: [pi]⁴ )(-3)(⁴ A-6N⁴ including first blank. Contemporary half calf, spine with red..... More

Paris: Adrien Delahaye & Emile Lecrosnier, 1881. 8vo (231 x 146 mm). [6], xvi, 693 [1] pp., including half-title, text illustrations of the brain, 6 chromolithographic plates and 4 plates with 2 mounted photographs on cardboard each. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed). Text very..... More