London: Thomas Sawbridge / A. & J. Churchill, 1686. Three parts in two volumes. London: Thomas Sawbridge, 1686 / A. & J. Churchill, 1697. Folio (369 x 230 mm). Vol. 1: engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black. [6], 15, [5], 78 (i.e. 82] pp., 54 plates; [2], 35..... More
Berlin: Gedruckt in der Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, in Commission bei F. Dümmler, 1827. 4to (282 x 232 mm). 24 pp. Later plain wrappers, pages uncut and unopened, contained in modern cloth pocket folder. Text crisp and clean, lower blank corner of p.21/22 torn. Provenance: Peter and Margarete..... More
Lyon: Christophe Fourmy, 1665. 4to (220 x 167 mm). [4], 218 (i.e. 228), [16] pp. Engraved device on title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, spine with faint contemporary handlettering, remnants of ties preserved, original endpapers (small worm holes near..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1896. 1896-1898, 8vo (211 x 137 mm). viii, 204; x, 265 [1] pp., including half-titles, woodcut devices to titles, diagrams in text. Contemporary three-quarter roan over marbled paper, spines with 4 raised bands and gilt-lettered label (rubbing of leather and extremities, paper over lower board scratched)..... More
London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1760. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 51, pp. 100-174, 3 folding engraved plates. 4to (221 x 178 mm). Entire volume 60, part I: [10], 457 [1] pp., 10 folding engraved plates. Bound in 20th century half green calf, spine..... More
London: C. Davis, 1753. A Letter from Mr. Franklin to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning the Effects of Lightning. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 47, pp. 289-291. [Ibid] A Letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq; to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concering an electrical Kite, pp. 565-567..... More
Leiden, Delft: Haak, Langerak, Beman, 1722. Vol. I. Opera Omnia, seu Arcana naturae, ope exactissimorum microscopiorum detecta, experimentis variis comprobata, Epistolis, ad varios illustres Viros, ut et ad integram, quae Londini floret, sapientem societatem, cujus membrum est, datis, comprehensa & quatuor tomis distincta. Editio novissima, prioribus emendatior, cum indicibus cuique..... More
Amsterdam: Gerbrandus Schagen / Daniel Elzevir, 1663. I. Diatribae duae medico-philosophicae: Quarum prior agit de fermentatione, sive de motu intestino particularum in quovis corpore; altera de febribus, sive de motu earundem in sanguine animalium. His accessit dissertatio epistolica de urinis. . . Amsterdam: Gerbrandus Schagen, 1663. [32], 376 pp., including..... More
Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir, 1668. 12mo (134 x 78 mm). [12], 338, [22] pp. Engraved portrait of the author on leaf *6v, woodcut printer's device on general title, sections with individual running titles, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, final blank Q6. Signatures: *6 A-O12 P-Q6. Bound in 18th-century vellum, yapp edges..... More
Leiden: Ex officina Plantiniana apud Fr. Raphalengium, 1592. 4to (213 x 155 mm). [24], 752, [16] pp. Title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, 3 large woodcut illustrations in text, general index and errata at end. Bound in contemporary limp vellum, spine with paper label lettered in manuscript, original endpapers..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolff Erben / Nicholaus Basseus, 1578. Hebammenbüchlin. Empfengnusz und Geburt desz Menschen, auch schwangerer Frauwen allerhandt zufellige Gebrechen, und derselbigen Cur unnd Wartung. Item, von der jungen Kindlin Pflege, Aufferziehung, und derselben mancherley Schwackheiten ... Jetzt von neuwem widerumb zugericht. Frankfurt am Main, Christian Egenolff Erben..... More
London: John Murray, 1842. 8vo (215 x 136 mm). xiii [1], 664 pp., including half-title, several illustrations in text. Bound in contemporary full polished calf, spine with elaborate gilt decoration and black morocco label lettered in gilt, boards, board edges and leather turn-ins with gilt tooling, marbled edges and endpapers..... More
London: printed by John Darby, for Richard Chiswell, and Robert Clavell, 1669. 4to (285 x 188 mm). [6], 283 [1], 385-545 [1], [12] pp. Text in double column, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, lacking initial and final blank leaves. Bound in contemporary plain calf, some minoe blind-ruling of boards, original..... More
London: Printed or W. and J. Innys ... and J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1725. Three volumes. 4to (242 x 195 mm). Vol. I: [4], xliii, 1-136, 129-350, 367-730 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 folding engraved plate at end; vol. II: xx, 726, [2] pp., 19 folding engraved plates; vol..... More
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Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1862. Two volumes. Offprints from: Abhandlungen der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861-1862. Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler, 1862-1863. 4to (305 x 238 mm). [4], 43 [1]; [3] 4-16 pp., 5 lithographed plates (3 for part I and 2 for part II; 4 folding). Pages of part II..... More
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Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 1490. March 24, 1490. Chancery 4to (228 x 177 mm). 442 unnumbered leaves including initial blank a1. Signatures: a-p8 q10 t-z8 [et]8 [con]8 [rum]8 A-N8 O-P6 Q-Z8 aa-bb8 cc10 dd-gg8 hh10 (a1 blank). Text in double columns, 60 lines, types 2:130G, 3:62G, 4:92G. Title..... More
Berlin: G. Reimer, 1847. 8vo (220 x 139 mm). [4], 72 pp. Contemporary German half cloth over marbled boards, hand-lettered paper label to upper board, original printed wrappers bound in, original endpapers, custom black cloth clamshell case (rubbing of boards and extremities, smaller patches of frayed cloth along hinges). Light..... More
London: Peter Short, 1600. Folio (270 x 180 mm). [16], 240 pp. Signatures: *8, A-V6. Woodcut title device and large woodcut arms on verso, one folding plate, 87 woodcuts in text of which 4 full-page, decorative woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces (a little soiling to the title, first and last..... More
London: W. Phillips, 1827. 8vo (214 x 136 mm). vii [1], ix [1], 11-656 pp. Woodcut illustrations in text. Original cloth-backed boards with gilt-lettered label to spine (rebacked preserving original spine, wear to extremities, corners bumped, boards soiled). Internally little age-toned with minor occasional spotting, dust- and finger-soiling. Provenance: The..... More
Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1822. 4to (254 x 200 mm). [4], xxii, 639 [1] pp., including half title and two engraved plates at end. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (spine very little rubbed, head of spine chipped), endpapers and cut edges marbled. Internally crisp and..... More
Livorno: nella stamperia di Gio. Vincenzo Falorni, 1776. 4to (220 x 178 mm). [7], 4-126, [2] pp., large folding engraved plate bound at end, title-page with woodcut vignette. Signatures: [A]4 (A1+[Chi]2) B-Q4. Bound in contemporary carta rustica, marbled edges, paper sticker with handwritten date "1784" to front cover (spine with..... More
Florence: Stamperia Imperiale, 1757. 8vo (252 x 180 mm). [8], cxxiv, 336, [2] pp. Signatures: [cross]4 a-g8 h6, A-X8 [chi]1. Title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, 14 engraved plates (including 2 tables, 13 folding), final errata leaf, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Early 19th-century half mottled calf..... More
Florence: Joseph Cocchini, 1661. Folio (365 x 255 mm). [36], 415 [1] pp., half-title, first title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut diagrams in text, separate title-page to second part, final leaf of errata. Signatures: [cross]6, **-****4, A-Fff4. The second part (p. [377]-413) has..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1870. Two volumes. 8vo (250 x 158 mm). xii, 322; [6], 327 [1] pp., including half title, photogravure frontispiece and 36 plates (13 helio-lithographed, 21 engraved and 2 photogravure) including 12 hand-colored in vol. I; half-title and 1 helio-lithographed plate in vol. II; some text illustrations diagrams and..... More
Rome: Tipografia delle belle arti, 1862. Sammelband with 5 tracts by Tito Armellini mainly on barometry: Un nuovo barometro moltiplicatore-idrargiro-statico - invenzione del prof. Tito Armellini. Rome: tipografia delle Bella Arti, 1862. 30, [2] pp., title-page with engraved vignette, 1 folding engraved plate. [Bound with:] Due nuovi barometri: invenzioni di..... More
