London: Macmillan, 1939. I: Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction. - II: Physical evidence for the division of heavy nuclei under neutron bombardment (Frisch only). - Products of the fission of the uranium nucleus. - III: Liberation of Neutrons in the Nuclear Explosion of Uranium... More

London: Royal Society, 1859. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 149,1859, pp. 43-48, 2 engraved plates. London: Royal Society, 1859. 4to (304 x 232 mm). Original plain wrappers (soiled and little frayed), 2 engraved plates of fossil bones. Text and plates little age-toned only, some... More

Leiden / Basel: Johann & Daniel Elzevir / Typis Johann. Conradi a` Mechel, 1654. HUYGENS, Christiaan. De circuli magnitudine inventa. Accedunt eiusdem problematum quorundam illustrium constructiones. Leiden: Johann & Daniel Elzevir, 1654. [8], 71 [1] pp. Woodcut device on title, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, errata on final page... More

London: The Royal Society of London, 1888. 1888-1923, volume 178 to 211, bound in 33 (of 34) volumes, lacking vol. 182 (1891) only. Series B present only, containing papers of a biological character. 4to (275 x 215 mm). Contemporary calf or half calf, leather generally dry and rubbed, few volumes... More

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1741. 8vo (203 x 125 mm). xxxii, 133 [3] pp. Woodcut title-vignette, head-piece and ornament; several woodcut diagrams in text (many full-page), letterpress tables, final blank present. Bound in contemporary French calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered morocco label (little rubbing... More

London: printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, 1652. Two parts in one volume. Folio (280 x 190 mm). [8], 137; [5], 138-214, 216-244, 244-274 leaves. Signatures: )(⁴ 2)(⁴ A-4A⁴. Second part has separate title and 4 preliminary leaves, but foliation and signatures are continuous otherwise. Two woodcut devices on... More

Göttingen: Johann Wilhelm Schmid, 1749. 4to (226 x 175 mm). [4], xxvi, [2], 86 pp., title printed in red and black and with engraved armorial vignette, 12 engraved plates (10 folding), without final blank L4. Contemporary polished calf, rebacked and corners repaired (upper joint a little cracked at foot, extremities... More

London: Typis T. Roycroft, Impensis Cave Pulleyn, 1667. 8vo (156 x 100 mm). [32], 223 [1] pp. Bound in contemporary vellum over thin boards, spine title in manuscript (little soling of vellum). Text little browned, occsional minor spotting, shelf marks to front pastedown and title. Very good copy in untouched... More

Strassburg: Johannes Pastorius for Theodor Lerse, 1700. Six parts in one volume. 8vo (154 x 92 mm). 40, [276], [2] pp. including errata leaf bound at end. Fine contemporary vellum with the original clasps intact, blue-dyed edges, spine with faint ink lettering. Title page with some very light spotting, otherwise... More

Rome: Francesco Zanetti, 1581. Folio (321 x 228 mm). [16], 654, [2] pp. Signatures: [cross]⁸ A-E⁶ F⁸ G-GGg⁶ HHh⁸. Engraved title, several woodcut diagrams and tables in text, decorated and historiated woodcut initials. Colophon and printer's woodcut device on final leaf 3H8r. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (vellum... More

Brussels: A. Labroue et Compagnie, 1857. Large folio (534 x 350 mm). [4], 83 [1],viii p., including half-title, lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author, and 20 plates on chine collé on velin after photographic prints made by Florimond Van Loo and protected by tissue paper. Bound in fine 20th century... More

London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. A Midsommer Nights Dreame. pp. 145-162, extracted from the Second Folio. [London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632], Folio (316 x 203 mm). Text in two columns; one woodcut headpiece and one initial. Bound in modern quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine... More

Hamburg: Verlag Otto Meissner, 1872. Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Oekonomie. Vol. I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals. Hamburg: Verlag Otto Meissner, 1872. [2], 830 pp. Vol. II: Der Zirkulationsprocess des Kapitals. Edited by F. Engels. Hamburg: Verlag Otto Meissner, 1885. xxvii [1], 526, [2] pp. 8vo (207 x 137 mm)... More