London: Thomas Roycroft, 1660. 12mo (142 x 83 mm). [36], 376, [6] pp., including engraved frontispiece, typeset headpieces, errata leaf, two leaves of publisher's advers, leaf [pi]1 of frontispiece explanation bound at end, lacking the final two blank leaves R11-12. Signatures: [pi]² A¹² a⁶ B-R¹² (-R11-12). Contemporary sheep, spine with..... More

Geneva: Chouet, G. De Tournes, Cramer, Perachon, Ritter, & S. De Tournes, 1702. Two parts in two volumes. Folio (348 x 213 mm). [20], 938 (i.e., 936); [4], 904 pp. Titles with large woodcut device, first title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 30 full-page engraved..... More

Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Nürnberg: L. Hulsius, 1602. Folio (311 x 194 mm). 54 unnumbered leaves, title with engraved portrait of the author, 6 large engravings and 23 woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: )::(⁴ A-E⁶ F⁴ G-H⁶ I⁴. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin with stamped..... More

Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1670. 12mo (152 x 86 mm). [82], 365 [1], [22] pp. Signatures: ã¹² ē¹² ī⁸ o⁸ u1 A-P¹² Q⁴ R⁸ S². With 'Approbation des Prelats' leaf, 2 leaves of privilege with errata on verso of second, and the table on content. Title with printer's monogram device, engraved..... More

Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1472. Augsburg: Günther Zainer, [1472], but not after 5 June 1473. 76 unnumbered leaves. Collation: [a-g¹⁰ h⁶]. Bound with 8 other theological tracts printed by Zainer, 1472-1473, in identical format and layout. Foliation added in contemporary manuscript. 35 lines, gothic type, large, 3 to 6 line, opening..... More

Heidelberg: Gotthard Vögelin, 1609. Folio (388 x 250 mm). Work in five parts, each with separate half-title page, but continuous pagination and signatures. Text in Latin with small sections in Greek. [40], 337, [3] pp., folding letterpress table, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, approx. 300 woodcut diagrams in text, complete..... More

Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648. Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem, ad vitam longam. Edente authoris filio, F. M. van Helmont. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648. [36], 1-88, 87-158, 161-176, 175-382, 373-452, 457-800 pp. With engraved portraits of Helmont and his son on *4v and some woodcuts..... More

Leiden: Conrad Wishoff, 1738. 4to (236 x 178 mm). [16], 95 [1] pp., including engraved additional title, folding engraved plate, 7 woodcut text illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. All pages uncut. Contemporary three-quarter vellum and speckled paper boards, gilt-lettered spine label (cover soiled, extremities rubbed). Minor browning, some scattered..... More

Vienna: J.B. Wallishausser, 1843. 8vo (225 x 145 mm). viii, 72 pp. Latin and German parallel text, printed in two columns. All pages uncut. Original printed wrappers (dust soiled, creased, upper wrapper and spine repaired, corners chipped, front wrapper working loose). Protected in custom-made half-morocco over cloth slip case. Text..... More

Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung, 1818. 4to (257 x 208 mm). xvi, 210 pp., 6 folding engraved plates by E. Lud Meyer and C.F. Thiele. Bound in 19th-century cloth-backed boards (minor repair to spine, extremities rubbed). Text generally clean and bright, just the title and final text leaf a bit browned and spotted..... More

Wiesbaden: Bergmann, 1894. 4to (287 x 200 mm). viii, [2], 179 [1] pp., 7 double-page plates and 3 text illustrations. 20th century marbled half calf and cloth covered boards, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt and blind tooling (extremities little rubbed), new endpapers, original printed..... More

Schaffhausen: Adam Ziegler, 1727. 4to (220 x 170 mm). [32], 984, [40] pp., title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author and one full-size engraved illustration, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. All pages uncut. Signatures: [pi]⁴ )(-3)(⁴ A-6N⁴ including first blank. Contemporary half calf, spine with red..... More

Paris: Adrien Delahaye & Emile Lecrosnier, 1881. 8vo (231 x 146 mm). [6], xvi, 693 [1] pp., including half-title, text illustrations of the brain, 6 chromolithographic plates and 4 plates with 2 mounted photographs on cardboard each. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed). Text very..... More