Rouen: Jean Viret et al. 1649. Folio (360 x 234 mm). [52], 1-167 [1], 32, 169-863 [1], [32] pp. Title printed in red and black and with large woodcut vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 21 full-page anatomical engravings, 11 full-page engravings of instruments and 14 smaller woodcut illustrations of..... More
Venice: Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1721. De separatione fluidorum in corpore animali dissertatio physico-mechanico-medica. Venice: Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1721. [8], 362, [2] pp. Including half title, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, engraved headpieces, woodcut initials and tailpieces, errata leaf, one folding engraved plate. Handwritten index bound after second work. Signatures..... More
London: R. Chiswell, 1683. 8vo (183 x 110 mm). [46], 334 pp. Signatures: A8 a-b8 B-Y8. Title page with small woodcut vignette, 6 folding engraved plates, of which 5 showing acupuncture points, final blank Y8. Lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait only. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, spine with 5 raised bands..... More
Brusselas: por Roger Velpius, inpressor de sus Altezas, en l'Aguila de oro, cerca de Palacio, 1607. 8vo (161 x 104 mm). [24], 592, [8] pp. Signatures: *8 **4 A-2O8 2P4. Title with small typographic vignette, text with woodcut initials and tailpieces. The book was rebound in early 19th-century in plain..... More
London: John Martyn & Jacob Allestry, 1669. 4to (249 x 185 mm). [10], 100 pp., 12 folding engraved plates, including initial blank. Pages of main text uncut and unopened. Bound in near contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered spine (wear to extremities, corners scuffed, boards rubbed and soiled). Text leaves with light..... More
Erfurt: Georg Adam Keyser, 1789. 4to (215 x 175 mm). 103 [1] pp., including woodcut headpiece and five folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine with 5 raised bands and some gilt ruling, gilt-decorated board edges (slightly rubbed, some creasing and wear to lower joints). Text generally bright..... More
Bologna: Ex Typographia Haeredis Victorij Benatij, 1665. Two parts in one volume. Folio (370 x 247 mm). [14], xii, 374 [2]; [8], 35 [1], 128 pp. Text printed in two columns, general title printed in red and black and with large engraved armorial device, woodcut device on each of both..... More
Bologna: Heirs of V. Benatius, 1651. Volume one (all published) in 2 volumes, Folio (357 x 243 mm). [12], xlvii [1], 763 (i.e. 771) [1]; [6], xviii, 675 [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece by F. Curtus in each volume, engraved arms on dedication leaves, 2 fine engraved double-page lunar maps by..... More
Wittenberg: Johann Rhau-Grunenberg, 1517. 4to (208 x 155 mm). 46 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A4 B-H6 (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 (light..... More
Paris: Chez de Bure frères, 1830. Important Sammelband on light and astronomy, including Cauchy's 1830 Memoir on dispersion: CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis. Mémoire sur la dispersion de la lumière, Paris: Chez de Bure frères, 1830. 4to (257 x 204mm). [2], 24 pp. [Bound with:] II. STEVENSON, Alan. Observations on the Application of..... More
Nürnberg: Anton Koberger, 1480. April 14, 1480. Royal folio (370 x 263 mm). 462 (of 468) leaves only, lacking first unfoliated leaf (1)1 plus foliated leaves j-iii, xi and ccclxvi. Gothic type 3:110G, 4:160G; text in double column, 49-53 lines, headline, initial spaces, shoulder notes to Gospels. Collation (unsigned): [112..... More
Paris: Georges Carré, Éditeur, 1889. 8vo (235 x 156 mm). iv, 408 pp., including half-title. Bound in polished half-calf over marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt and with paper sticker (extremities rubbed, slight wear to corners). Text with light even browning and scattered foxing throughout. Illegible pencil signature..... More
Pisa: Tipografia Nistri, 1841. 3 volumes. 8vo (224 x 142 mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary brown morocco over marbled boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, red-sprinkled edges (slight rubbing to extremities, endpapers brown-stained). [12], 320 pp. and 3 folding engraved plates; [12], 396 pp. and 4 folding engraved plates;..... More
Rome: Stamperia Contedini, 1816. 8vo (195 x 125 mm). 264 pp., 1 folding letterpress table, 1 folding engraved plate. 20th-century half vellum, xylographic paper coated boards, spine with two gilt-lettered morocco labels, original endpapers bound in (slight soiling, little rubbing of spine labels). Leaves uncut and unpressed. Text only very..... More
Paris: Antonio Zatta, 1791. 3 volumes only (of 4). 8vo (207 x 142 mm). viii, 408 pp., 2 folding tables; viii, 411-745 [1] pp., 13 folding engraved plates; [4], viii, 347 [1], [4: blank] pp. Title of vol. III reads "Esame delle affinità chimiche di tutti i relativi sistemi de'..... More
Paris: Chez Gueffier, 1786. 3 volumes. 8vo (202 x 122 mm). Vol. I: [2], xv [1], 375 [1] pp. and 32 plates; vol. II: vii [1], 410 pp. and 48 plates; vol. III: [4], 408, [4] pp. and 22 plates. Half-title to each volume, title pages with printer's woodcut device..... More
Naples: Ex typographia Benedicti Gessari / ...G. Morelli, 1754. Four parts bound in two volumes. 4to (237 x 180 mm). [12], 184, [14] pp. and 14 plates (5 folding); [24], 253, [7] pp. and 2 plates; 27, [5], 190, [2] pp. and 10 plates; [8], 200 pp. and 7 plates..... More
München: Lentner, 1817. In: Denkschriften der königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu München für die Jahre 1814 und 1815, vol. 5, pp. 193-226, 3 engraved folding plates (2 folding). München: Lentner, 1817. 4to (270 x 230 mm), whole volume [8], xlii, 62, 226, 91 [1] pp., including half-title, general title page..... More
Jena: Sumptibus bibliopolii Croekeriani, 1818. 8vo (215 x 145 mm), 78, [2] pp., final leaf blank. Provenance: author's own copy (pencil inscription ex d'Hahnemann in block lettering on first flyleaf). Contemporary paper wrappers, author's name in pencil on front cover (wrappers browned and spotted). Pages uncut. Text slightly browned and..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Nikolaus Basse, 1582. 4to (193 x 147 mm), [2], LXXXV [1] pp. Signatures: (A-L)4. Title printed in red and black with Basse's woodcut device, floral decorated woodcut initials. The main pages are double-ruled to the right of the text forming three blank columns where users of the..... More
Frankfurt am Main: A. Humm heirs, 1660. 27 (i.e. 25) [1] pp. Engraved title with allegorical figures and medical instruments, 3 full-page engraved plates with movable flaps (all pages including title and plates with extensive, skillful paper repairs to margins, corners and folds, some spotting and soiling to margins of..... More
Augsburg: Merz & Mayr, 1731. Oblong 4to (152 x 208 mm). [8], 212 pp., including engraved frontispiece by Aug. C. Fleischmann, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, large folding table, engraved plate bound after p.92, engraved text illustration, and 82 (10 folding) engraved plates, mostly of constellations, bound..... More
Frankfurt, Leipzig: [publisher unknown], 1797. 8vo (200 x 120 mm). [20], 130 pp. Later cardboard (slightly stained towards lower spine, corners little bumped), red-dyed edges. Text little evenly browned, brown spot to upper blank margin of 3 leaves, otherwise pretty clean and virtually unfoxed. Provenance: Illegible ownership inscription on title..... More
Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1789. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (199 x 127 mm), xliv, 322; viii, 323-653, [3] pp., including half title to each part, 2 folding letterpress tables in part I and 13 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Very little even browning, minors occasional..... More
Stockholm: Kungl. Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1896. Ueber den Einfluss des atmosphärischen Kohlensäuregehalts auf die Temperatur der Erdoberfläche. Offprint: Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, Bd. XXII/I, 1. Stockholm: Kungl. Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1896. 8vo (215 x 140 mm). 102 pp. Original wrappers with publisher's..... More
