Various: Various.. Various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping, text generally little browned. Front wrappers mostly with shelf marks and ink stamps.
1. The phase in the case of polar reflexion from cobalt and nickel and the angle of reversal of the null rotation..... More
Vienna: Trattner, 1754. 4to (290 x 223 mm). [8], 218 pp. Title page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved headpiece on page 1. Bound in contemporary calf, spine richly gilt decorated, blind ruling to boards, all edges dyed red (slight wear to extremities, boards scratched, corners..... More
Gdansk: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1668. Folio (349 x 224 mm). [38], 913, [47] pp., including half-title, additional engraved pictorial title-page after A. Stech by E. Visscher, letterpress title, 38 engraved plates (4 double-page) numbered A-OO, engraved illustrations throughout, 2 engraved ornamental initials, 2 engraved historiated headpieces, engraved allegorical..... More
Various: Various.. The collection includes most of Dewar's significant papers on the subject, including those which Dahl cites in the first chapter of his book. Several are presentation copies. All wrappers somewhat browned and dust-soiled, pages more or less age-toned. Housed in a custom clamshell box, gilt-lettered spine label.
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Budapest, Vienna and Leipzig: Hartleben, 1861. 8vo (229 x 145 mm). vi, 543 [1] pp. Original contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled edges (upper joint repaired, some light marginal wear and edge chipping of paper over boards). Text generally very bright and clean with only..... More
London: John Redmayne for James Allestry, 1669. 8vo (175 x 109 mm). [16], 220, [20] pp., including 7 engraved folding plates bound at end (plate 1 misbound after 2), preliminary leaf A6 a cancel, ornamental woodcut initials and typographical headpieces; bound without initial blank A1. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with..... More
Paris: Veuve Jules Renouard, 1862. 8vo (270 x 179 mm). vi [2], 194 pp., including frontispiece with albumen print, 9 plates of albumen prints each showing 16 images of physiognomic studies. Bound in contemporary three-quarter calf, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt decoration, marbled endpapers (slight rubbing of..... More
The Hague: Samuel Broun, 1651. Folio (278 x 179 mm). [14], 262, [10] pp. Including additional engraved allegorical title, typographic explanation of engraved title bound at beginning, typographic title printed in red and black, extra engraved portrat frontispiece of the author by A. Bloooteling tipped in, 18 numbered anatomical engravings..... More
London: W. Phillips, 1823. 4to (205 x 130 mm). xv [1], 508 pp. Illustrated with 391 intertextual woodcut diagrams, mainly of crystal structurs, throughout. Original drab boards, spine with original printed paper label (spine chipped with loss, upper joint cracked but holding, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed). All pages uncut and..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920. 8vo (206 x 139 mm), [6], 81 [1] pp. Including 36 illustrations in text. Contemporar half cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities rubbed, corners bumped). Text littled browned, title-page browned a bit stronger at outer margins, occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Lise Meitner (her signature in pencil on title..... More
Rome: Domenico Basa, 1590. Folio (417 x 287 mm). [1], 108 (i.e. 112), [4] ff., including engraved title, additional engraved title with portrait of Fontana, woodcut initials, and 38 full-page etched and engraved illustrations by Natali Bonifazio da Sebenico (including 3 double-page), 3 diagrams in text. Occasional spotting, finger soiling..... More
Rome: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1728. Folio (347 x 230 mm). viii, 160, [2] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Jakob Frey after Sebastian Conca, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by C. Gregori, engraved text illustration on p.123, errata leaf and 7 engraved plates of..... More
Paris: Gide et Compagnie /Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs, 1846. 8vo (205 x 127 mm). viii, iv, VIII, 582 pp.; xiv, [2], 636 pp., including half title to both volumes. Contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled edges, origial endpapers (boards and extremities little..... More
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Paris: Chez M.lle Delaunay, 1827. Folio (296 x 221 mm). [6], 49 [1] pp., including half-title and 11 numbered lithographic tables, all but one folding, engraved by Dupuis and Tavernier, each table accompanied by an explanation sheet. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with black morocco label lettered in..... More
Venice: Giunta, 1611. 4 parts in 1 volume. Folio (308 x 228 mm). [12], 112; [14], 268; [8], 124 (i.e. 122), [2, blank]; [16], 342 (i.e. 332), [4] pp. Signatures: +6 A-H6 I8, a8 A-X6 Y8 (-a2?), a4 A-I6 K8, [pi]2 a6 A-2D6 2E4 chi2. Several mispaginations. General title-page with..... More
London: For Richard Lowndes and Matthew Gilliflower, 1673. Three parts in one volume. 8vo (167 x 105 mm). [24], 107, [21], 16, 13-172 pp. Signatures: a4 A-U8, (U3, U4 misprinted T3, T4). With lengthy eighteenth-century annotations concerning Harvey to both endpapers. Contemporary calf, spine expertly rebacked and with some gilt..... More
Paris: Francois Ambroise Didot l'Aine, 1786. Large folio (471 x 333 mm). [8], 123 [1] pp. of text, including half title, title, dedication leaf to Louis XVI, hand-colored aquatint frontispiece (supplied), accompanied by an engraved explanation leaf. [2], 1-17 [1]; [2], 20-38; [3], 42-68; [3], 72-87 [1]; [3], 90-111 [1]..... More
Ingolstadt: Anton Attenkhover, 1783. Large folio (406 x 274 mm). [26], 328 pp. Includes additional pictorial woodcut title from the first folio, letterpress title dated 1783 with engraved vignette portrait of Leveling by Jungwierth dated 1742, 6-page list of subscribers, 4-page index, 2 folding woodcut plates from the epitome (1543)..... More
Venice: F. Sansovino, 1561. 8vo (143 x 97 mm). [8], 262, [1] leaves. Includes title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut headpieces and pictorial initials, final colophon leaf, lacking the final blank leaf Kk8. Signatures: *8, A-2K8 (-2K8). Bound in 17th-century vellum, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label (some soiling and..... More
London: Thomas Dicas for D. Pauli, 1663. 8vo (169 x 107 mm). [24], 704 (i.e. 702), [24] pp., including engraved additional title, woodcut diagrams in text, blank leaves [A]1 (signed "A" on recto) and [A]8, 12 leaves of index at end. Signatures: [A]8, B-3A8. Contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised..... More
Basel: Froben / Johannes Petreius / Royal Society, 1533. Libri quinque De mensuris & ponderibus: In quibus plaeraque à Budaeo & Portio parum animadversa diligenter excutiuntur. Basel: Froben, 1533. [9] 10-292 [4] pp. Woodcut printers devices on title and final leaf verso, 5 large historiated woodcut initials, general index at..... More
Florence: Cesare Bindi, 1712. 4to (208 x 160 mm). 120 pp., including title-page, woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut astronomical diagrams in text. Contemporary vellum over boards, small loss to upper cover and spine, hinges starting. tiny marginal ink spots to title, first few leaves a bit browned, light waterstaining to..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1944. Offprint from: Zeitschrift für Astrophysik, vol. 22, 1944. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1944. 8vo (230 x 155 mm). Stapled as issued (spine enforced with yellow tape). Internally somewhat browned throughout. Provenance: small coat of arms stamp. Inscribed and monogrammed 'Mit freundlichen Grüssen C. F.' by the author..... More
London: Printed for J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant, 1750. Two volumes. 8vo (190 x 120 mm). viii, [20], 452, [46]; [2], xvi, 483 [1] pp., including woodcut printer's device on titles, woodcut tailpieces, 10 leaves of contents and 23 leaves of general index in vol. I, bound without the final..... More
Venice: Melchior Sessa & P. Ravani, 1516. 14 August 1516. Folio (297 x 203 mm). [14], CCXIX, [1] leaves. Signatures: aa6 bb8 a-r? s6 A-O8 P6. Colophon on P5v, text in two columns. Including the final blank P6, title printed in red and black, printer's device on title, 38 woodcut..... More
