Venice: Francesco Franceschi, 1565. 8vo (220 x 161 mm). 404, [28] pp. Roman type, 44 lines plus headline. Signatures: A-Cc8 Dd6. Title within woodcut border, woodcut portrait of the author on verso of title, woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations (with additional bifolium signed S and bound after S6 containing full-page woodcuts..... More
Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1645. Three parts in one volume (Italy, Greece, and Enland/Scotland/Ireland) with separate foliation of each part and additional half-title to final part (Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae). 1-11 [1], 12-111; 8; [1], 9, [1] leaves. Latin text predominantly printed in double columns and with woodcut initials and..... More
Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1655. Large folio (517 x 336 mm). [12], 171, [25], xii, 33, [3] pp. Latin text predominantly printed in double columns and with woodcut initials; engraved allegorical title within an architectual border with cherubs and 17 double-page engraved maps; the title (heightened with gold) and the maps..... More
unknown: unknown, 1667. 8vo (152 x 92 mm). [16], 134 (i.e., 136), [4] pp. Typographic title with woodcut vignette, additional title with large woodcut bound before, numerous woodcut text illustrations, the final two unnumbered leaves and both title-leaves verso with Latin text. Bound in its original full sheep, boards blind-tooled..... More
Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, 1878. 8vo (220 x 153 mm). [4], [1] 2-80 pp. Including 3 (2 double-page) lithographed plates numbered I-V as called for. Contemporary German half cloth over marbled boards (upper cover rehinged and spine repaired, minor wear to extremities). Text and plates with light even age toning (the..... More
Paris: Vivant Gaultherot, 1550. Two works in one volume. Paris: Vivant Gaultherot, 1550. 8vo (156 x 103 mm). 34, 55 (i.e., 63), [1] leaves. Signatures: A-D8 E2; A-H8. Printed in Roman, Greek, and Hebrew type; with side notes. Title with woodcut vignette (world map), woodcut initials, 14 woodcut text illustrations..... More
Nürnberg: In Verlag der Homannischen Erben, 1747. Large Folio (533 x 335 mm). [2], 40 pp. of text; engraved additional title, engraved portrait frontispiece of Homann, letterpress title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, index of maps, 40 pages of text in German and 100 engraved maps (2..... More
Florence: per li heredi di Philippo di Giunta, 1529. 8vo. [1], 2-112 [i.e. 120] leaves. Imprint from colophon on p1v; numerous errors in foliation. Signatures: a-p8. Woodcut printer's device with motto "Nil candidius" (Z649) on title and final leaf verso; final 8 text leaves of gathering p with 7 double-page..... More
Florence: Nicolaus Laurentius Alamanus, 1485. 196 (of 204) leaves, lacking 8 leaves (=gathering k, never bound in). 34 lines. Type: Laurentii 111Rb. 6- and 7-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters at beginning of each book. Signatures: a-d8 e6 f-o8 p6 q-z8 (-k8) &8 [con]8 [rum]8 (a1r blank, a1v dedication to..... More
Venice / Padua: Evangelista Deuchinus / J.B. Martinis and L. Pasquatus, 1627. CASSERIO, Giulio [CASSERIUS, Julius]. Tabulae Anatomicae LXXIIX . . . Daniel Bucretius . . . XX que deerant supplevit et omnium explications addidit. Venice: [Evangelista Deuchinus], 1627. [3], 95 (i.e. 97) ff., including engraved title with border as..... More
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Milan: Antonio Zarotto, 1489. 9 November 1489. Folio (298 x 200 mm). 60 unnumbered leaves. Roman letter, 40 lines, capital spaces with guide-letters. Signatures: A4 a-h6 I8. The colophon reads "Hoc praestantissimu[m] Manilii Poetae astronomici op[us] Impressu[m] fuit in civitate Inclyta Mediolani. Per Antoniu[m] Zarotu[m] Parmensem. Anno salutis christiane M.cccc.Lxxxviiii..... More
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Large folio (430 x 340 mm). [8], 24 pp., including half-title, title, dedication and content leaf, text illustrations and 42 photographic (autotype) plates. Publisher's three-quarter brown calf over percaline cloth, front board gilt lettered, dark-brown endpapers (spine rebacked). Some marginal dust and finger-soiling, age..... More
Utrecht: B. Wild and J. Altheer, 1789. 4to (260 x 208 mm). 10 pp. Title with woodcut vignette, one color-printed plate bound at the end. Original glazed speckled wrappers (minor edge chipping, short tears, one repaired with tape). Provenance: René Ledoux-Lebard, 1879-1948, physician and scholar of the history of color..... More
Utrecht: Meinardus van Dreunen, 1669. 2 parts in one volume. 4to (192 x 158 mm). [28], 168; 48 pp., including half-title; title with woodcut vignette; woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; 13 engraved plates (9 folding); 1 folding letterpress table bound at end; some mispaginations. Contemporary full vellum, spine hand-lettered in..... More
Venice: Luca Bertello, 1566. 4to (207 x 155 mm). 59, [1] leaves. Woodcut initials. Signatures: A-P4. Including final blank P4. Bound in 20th-century carta rustica. Text crisp and clean throughout, gutter of first and last gatherings reinforced with paper, a few blank corners clipped, few pages with light (finger-) soiling..... More
St. Petersburg: I. N. Kushnereff for the Ministry of Communications, 1897. 8vo (180 x 129 mm). [6], ii, 223 [1] pp., several diagrams in text (one full-page); last two leaves listing works by the author and his colleagues. Contemporary Russian half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in black (spine..... More
Paris: Alexandre Johanneau, 1831. 8vo (197 x 127 mm). [4], xxiv, 334, [2] pp. Includes half-title and errata leaf bound at end. 20th-century calf-backed marbled paper boards bound by Ateliers Laurenchet, spine lettered and ruled in gilt (light rubbing of board edges). Custom cloth folding case. Text clean and bright..... More
Lund: Vitus Haberegger for Adam Junghans, 1672. De Jure Naturae et Gentium, libri octo. Londini Scanorum [i.e., Lund]: Vitus Haberegger for Adam Junghans, 1672. [20], 1227 [1], [8] pp. Title page printed in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Signatures: a-b4 c2 A-6Z4..... More
London: R. Norton for Richard Royston, 1672. 8vo (178 x 115 mm). [16], 1-136, [4], 1-71 [7] 75-141, [3] pp. Part II with separate pagination, drop title ("Of gun-shot wounds") on p.1 and separate title leaf to the appendix. Woodcut headpieces. Signatures: A-I8 K4 2B-2E8 2F10 2G-2K8. Includes 4 blank..... More
Basel: Henrichum Petri, 1549. 8vo (157 x 99 mm). [32], 540, [4] pp. Woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf; woodcut initials. Signatures: [dagger]8 *8 a-z8 A-L8. Pages 209-224 bound out of sequence. Contemporary limp vellum with hand-lettered spine (leather straps mostly gone; pastedowns detached and with larger holes;..... More
Stockholm: Samson & Wallin, P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1875. 1875-1876, 1903. 3 parts in 3 volumes. Folio (408 x 307 mm). Vol. I: [12], 220 pp. and 39 lithographed plates (14 color-printed, 2 folding) plus 39 leaves of plate explanations and 1 leaf of table; vol. II/1: [8], 228 pp..... More
The Hague: Samuel Broun, 1651. Folio (284 x 179 mm). [14], 262, [10] pp. Including additional engraved allegorical title, typographic explanation of engraved title bound facing it, typographic title printed in red and black, extra engraved portrat frontispiece of the author by A. Bloooteling tipped in, 18 numbered anatomical engravings..... More
London: Rouland Hall (for the author), 1563. Four parts in one volume. 8vo (160 x 108 mm). [16], 53, [7]; [5], 58, [1]; [3], 19, [3]; [4], 90; [8] leaves. General title with woodcut vignette of the wound man (repeated in part 3), 4 divisional title pages, 4 woodcut portraits..... More
Avignon: Francois Girard, 1748. 4to (243 x 188 mm). [10], 448, [8] pp., engraved allegorical frontispiece, title with printer's device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 24 engraved and etched plates (2 folding). Contemporary mottled sheep, spine with 5 raised bands, morocco lettering piece and gilt decoration in compartments, red-dyed edges..... More
Paris: J.B. Brunet & Demonville, 1773. Anatomie des parties de la génération de l'homme et de la femme, répresentées avec leurs couleurs naturelles, selon le nouvel art, jointe a l'angéologie e tout le corps humain, et a ce qui concerne la grossesse et les accouchemens. Paris: J.B. Brunet & Demonville..... More
