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
London: printed for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, W. Johnston, T. Longman, and T. Cadell, and W. Creech, 1774. 8vo (207 x 127 mm). [8], 476 (i.e. 478), [2] pp. including advertisement leaf at end, p. 478 misnumbered 476, leaves D7 and D8 have signatures and are possibly cancels..... More
Arnhem: Johan Jansen, 1603. Three parts in one volume, folio (295 x 198 mm). 2, 90, 132 (including 4 fold. bifols.), 26 (including 8 folding and 1 double-page bifols.) unnumbered leaves. With separate title to each part, Dürer's woodcut monogram on general title and on first two part-titles, woodcut intials..... 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
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Venice: per Gregorium de Gregoriis expensis Benedicti Fontanae, 1496. July 13, 1496. Folio (311 x 215 mm). [4], 403 (i.e., 503), [1] leaves. Signatures: aa4 a-g8 h6 i-s8 t6 u-x8 y6 z8 &8 [cum]8 [rum]8 A8 B-C6 D-N8 O6 P-OO8 PP-QQ6. 44 lines and headline, types 135G, 110R; printer's device..... More
Nürnberg: Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. Imperial Folio (430 x 305 mm). 325 (of 328) leaves (bound without first and final two blank leaves). Woodcut title, double-page maps and more than 1800 hand-colored woodcut illustrations printed from 645 blocks by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their..... More
![Opera [with the commentary of Servius]. Publius VERGILIUS MARO](/pictures/thumb/003344_01.jpg?v=1612446489)
Venice: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), 1476. October 1476. Folio (340 x 235 mm). 291 (of 292) leaves, lacking the final blank leaf only. Roman type 4:78R, 63 lines. Signatures: a-y10 z8 A8, <1-5>10 <6-10>10 <11-15>10 <16-20>10 <21-24>8 <25-28>8. Rubricated throughout with capital strokes and initials opening paragraphs painted..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Matthias Becker for Theodor de Bry, 1609. Three parts in one volume. Folio (305 x 197 mm). ff. [4], pp. 1-148, ff. 149-160, [4], 161-164, pp. 165-274, [2], including general title dated 1609, 3 section titles on pp. 1, 61 and 225, all dated 1608, pagination of..... More
![Ἁπαντα τα του Πλατωνος / Omnia Platonis Opera [Greek]. PLATO](/pictures/thumb/003389.JPG?v=1614860101)
Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andreas Torresanus, 1513. September 1513. Two parts in one volume. Folio (306 x 201 mm). [32], 502, [2]; 439 [1] pp. Signatures: 112 24 a-z8 aa10 bb-hh8 ii4; A-DD8 EE4, with both blanks, 2/4 and ii4 present. Title in Greek and Latin, main text in Greek..... 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
Ulm: Balthasar Kühnen, 1655. Ulm: Balthasar Kühnen, 1655. [2], 10, 132, [4] pp. Title-page printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device, text in double column, 43 engraved plates. Little evenly browned internally, a few spots in places, title with vertical screase, most leaves with damp-softening at fore-margin, 14 plates..... More
Rome: Antonio de Rossi for Fausto Amidei, 1741. Large folio (440 x 310 mm). [4], 84 pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette representing a blood transfusion, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 27 engraved anatomical plates by Luca Ciamberlano bound at end. Contemporary plain vellum (without..... More
Paris: J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1852. 1852-1859. Two volumes. 4to (302 x 230 mm). Text volume: xix [1], 823 [1] pp., including half title; atlas volume: [4], 80 pp. including half-title, 80 engraved plates (of which 70 in fine hand-colouring), numbered I-LXXX. Provenance: Academie Royale de Medecine de Belgique (old..... More
