London: Longman, Rees, Orme, and Green, 1826. 8vo (225 x 141 mm). x, 147 [1] pp., including half-title. Original drab boards, pages uncut, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label (paper dust soiled, joints repaired. Very little age-toned internally, light dust-soiling to outer margins, rare finger soiling or spotting; in all crisp..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1860. 1860-1861. Entire volumes, 8vo (208 x 128 mm); IX [1], 668 pp., 8 folding plates; X, 660 pp., 8 folding plates. Uniformly bound in contemporary polished half-calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered morocco labels, marbled edges (extremities slightly rubbed, corners partly bumped). Text and plates with..... More
Würzburg: Verlag und Druck der Stahel'schen K.B. Hof- und Universitätsbuch- und Kunsthandlung, 1896. 8vo. 12 pages. Original printed wrappers with advertisements in the inner covers and on the back side. Minor repair of edge chipping to wrappers and some soiling and browning. ----
br>The third edition of the groundbreaking presentation..... More
1938. 1-2/3 pages. 8.5'' x 11'', pen. Except for marginal punch holes and folds in fine condition. ----
In this remarkable letter, Einstein clearly condemns Great Britain and France for their "rascally" rule in the Munich Agreement. On September 30, 1938, France and Great Britain signed a treaty that betrayed..... More
Paris / Lyon: Andeas Wechel / S. Gryphius, 1554. FERNEL, Jean Francoise. Medicina. Ad Henricum II Galliarum Lutetiae. Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1554. Three parts. Folio (340 x 224 mm), [12], 248 (i.e., 250); [14], 238, [18]; 90, [10] pp. Signatures: *6 a-v6 x-z4, A-T6 V4 X6 Y4 Aa-Gg6 Hh-Ii4, k...... More
London: Thames And Hudson, 1950. 8vo (215 x 138 mm). [6], 282 pp., frontispiece photographic portrait. Publisher's blue cloth, printed dust jacket (somewhat frayed at head, 5 cm long tear without loss at foot of lower wrapper, extremities a bid rubbed). Text clean and bright throughout. Provenance: C. Sharp (bookplate..... More
Amsterdam: Querido, 1934. 8vo (200 x 133 mm). 269 [1] pp. Original publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and in blind on spine, printed dust-jacket (dust jacket clightly chipped at head of spine and upper corners). Pages uncut. Text crisp and bright throughout. A near fine copy..... More
Venice: Niccolo Poli, 1614. 12mo (135 x 75 mm). [10], 84 leaves. Bound without initial blank leaves A1-2. Signatures: a12 A-G12 (-A1-2). Title with woodcut device, woodcut initials; woodcut and typographic head- and tailpiece ornaments. Bound in 19th century marbled cardboard, spine with hand-lettered paper label and printed shelf-mark label..... More
Rome: Domenico Basa, 1590. Folio (415 x 275 mm). [1], 108 (i.e. 112), [4] ll., including engraved title-page, additional engraved title-page with portrait of Fontana (by Natale Bonifazio da Sebenico), woodcut initials, 38 etched and engraved illustrations by Natali Bonifazio da Sebenico (including 3 double-page, 1 folding), and 3 diagrams..... More
London: Samuel Smith, 1685. 1684/85 [i.e. 1685]. 8vo (159 x 98 mm). [18], 112, [16] pp. Typographic headpiece to first page of text, 11 pp. of publisher's advertisements bound at the end. Signatures: A8 B2 C-K8 (-B2, H3 unsigned), bound without blank leaf B2. Contemporary full calf, flat spine with..... More
Augsburg: Eberhard Klett, 1761. 8vo (180 x 110 mm). [8], 128, [4] pp., woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; 2 unnumbered leaves with letterpress tables and 2 engraved folding plates bound at end. Signatures: )(4, A-H8, [chi]2. Contemporary half calf and sprinkled paper-coated boards, spine with gilt-lettered..... More
Braunschweig: Schulbuchhandlung, 1790. 8vo (155 x 100 mm). [i-v] vi-viii, [9-11] 12-126 pp. Contemporary thin cardboard, spine and front cover hand-lettered in ink, blue-dyed edges (some paper chipping at spine ends and joints, dust-soiling). Protected in a dark-blue roan pull-off case. Light even browning internally, occasional faint foxing, small ink..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1873. Two volumes. 8vo (222 x 144 mm). xxix [3], [1] 2-425, [5]; xxiii [1], [1] 2-444, [2], 15 [1] pp. Including 21 lithographic plates (1 bound after p.148 of vol. I, the rest at end of volumes), half-titles, errata slip to vol. I, numerous diagrams..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. Oblong folio (274 x 380 mm). viii, 134 pp., 20 etched plates (of which 17 with full or partial hand-coloring), woodcut text illustration. Bound in original publisher's morocco-backed cloth, gilt-lettered morocco label to upper board, gilt-lettered spine (upper joint partly split, heavy..... More
Vienna: Leopold Joann Kaliwoda, 1745. Six parts in one volume. Folio (349 x 253 mm). [25], 2-170, [2], 171-172, [2], 173-174, [2], 175-176, [2], 177-210, [2] pp., engraved frontispiece by A.D. Bertoli and J.J. Sedelmayr, letterpress title printed in red and black and with a vignette (plan od Vienna) by..... More
Concord [N.H.]: Jacob B. Moore, 1827. 8vo (219 x 134 mm). xvi, [17]-252 pp. Bound in contemporary half-sheepskin and marbled boards (rubbing, wear to extremities). Bound without the 11 numbered plates. Text somewhat browned and with some scattered foxing throughout, p. 85/86 with torn lower blank corner. Provenance: G.R.S. Library..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1888. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (228 x 155 mm). x, 852; vi, 697 [1] pp., including 624 text illustrations, 10 lithographed plates of which 6 printed in colors. Uniformly bound in contemporary half sheepskin and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, marbled edges (leather and..... More
Berlin / Leipzig: Georg Reimer / Veit & Co., 1892. Content:
1. Die Beziehungen der Nervenzellsubstanzen zu den thätigen, ruhenden and ermüdeten Zellzuständen. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, 52 (1896), 8 pp. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1896.
2. Mittheilungen zur Anatomie der Nervenzell. Offprint from: Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, 50..... More
Philadelphia: Andrew Steuart, 1766. De Jure Regni apud Scotos, or a Dialogue, concerning the due Privilege of government, in the Kingdom of Scotland, betwixt George Buchanan and Thomas Maitland, . . . and Translated out of the Original Latin into English, by Philalethes. Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, 1766. viii..... More
Leipzig: Teubner, 1909. In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtze, vol. 80, part II, pp. 4-9. Versammlung zu Cöln. 20.-26. September 1908. Leipzig: Verlag von F.C.W. Vogel, 1909. 4to (240 x 167 mm). Parts I, II/i-ii and 'Geschäfts-Bericht' bound in single volume. 124, [2], [4], 246; x, [2], 218;..... More
Tubingen: Verlag der H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, 1871. 8vo (218x141 mm). [8], 100 pp., one plate and two folding diagrams. Original printed wrapper (little soiled), text slightly foxed. Rare.
Darmstädter, Handbuch, p.716. First Edition of the description of his spectrometer. More
London: John Churchill, 1856. 8vo (222 x 140 mm). xix [1], 424, 32 pp., including half-title, printer's device on title and publisher's catalogue bound at end. Bound in original blindstamped publisher's cloth, gilt lettered spine, all pages uncut and mostly unopened (light rubbing to extremities). Text crisp and clean throughout..... More
Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1853. 8vo (226 x 143 mm). xii, 292 pp., front and rear endpapers with publisher's adverts. Original publisher's dark green cloth, boards rules and stamped in blind, gilt-lettered spine (slight rubbing and soiling of boards and spine ends, corners bumped), pages untrimmed. Text very little browned..... More
Paris: Roret, 1829. 8vo (200 x 125 mm). ii, [2], 244 pp., including half-title. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, marbled edges, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (light wear to board fore-edges and corners). Light occasional foxing, a bit stronger to first and final pages, but generally quite clean and..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by John Stark for Adam Black et al. 1831. 8vo (213 x 135 mm). viii, 163 [1] pp., 5 lithographed plates by Daniel Lizars bound at the end; plate exlamation on final unnumbered page. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label (leather dry and..... More
