Lyon: Joseph and Pierre Vilort, 1652. 8vo (238 x 175 mm). [8], 247 [1] pp. Signatures: )(4, A-P8, Q4. Woodcut device to title-page, several astrological woodcut diagrams and astronomical tables in text. Bound in 20th-century vellum over boards, new endpapers. All pages untrimmed. Little browning of text, minor spotting and... More
Wittenberg: Casparus Heiden, 1624. Sammelband including three works. Astrologia Seu De Stellarum Natura, affectionibus, & effectionibus. Exercitatio : Qua difficultates praecipuae, de Stellarum Definitione, caußis, Ordine, . . . succincte & nervose ecpediuntur; Cum Indice Quaestionum. Editio Septima Correctior mendos a tertia & melior . . . [Wittenberg]: Casparus Heiden... More
London: Harrison and Sons, 1858. Two works in one volume. 8vo (222 x 141mm). [4], iv, [9], vi-xix, [2] 2-12, 2, xxx, 66, xlvii [1], iv, 67-80, xxxiv [2], 81-176, [2], 177-234, xliv, 235-332, xxvii [1], 333-556, lviii, 557-567 [1] pp; iv [2] v-x, 28, 133 [1], 23 [1] pp... More
Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1764. Two parts bound in two volumes. 4to (252 x 188 mm). xlviii, 752, 44; [4], (753)-1544, xxxiv, [2] pp., including half-titles, titles with woodcut device, woodcut head- and tailpieces, index and privilege leaf at end of vol. II, 36 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled French... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1865. Dedication copy to Elie de Beaumont, inscribed and signed by the author, also signed by publisher. 1865-1866. Two parts in two volumes. 4to (273 x 220 mm). i-ix [2] x-xxxii, 428 pp., 12 engraved plates; [viii], 452 pp., 6 engraved plates. Contemporary three-quarter sheep over grained percaline... More
Frankfurt, Leipzig: [publisher unknown], 1797. 8vo (229 x 140 mm). [20], 130 pp. Contemporary cardboard, plain spine with gilt-lettered paper-label (boards rubbed and little soiled, extremities slightly worn, corners bumped and scuffed). Pages uncut. Text little browned, but otherwise clean and virtually unfoxed. Provenance: Illegible ownership inscription on title, bibliographic... More
Paris: Michel Lesclencher for J. Petit and R. Chaudière, 1515. Folio (256 x 188 mm). [1] 2-91 [1] leaves, roman foliation. Signatures: a8 b-p6. Black letter type, text in double column, large woodcut of Petit's device on title, full-page illustration of an armillary sphere by Oronce Finé on verso, woodcut... More
Venice: Heirs of Ottaviano Scoto, 1519. 6 February 1519. Folio (302 x 220 mm). [4], 140 leaves. Signatures: 2a4 A-Q8 R-S6. Place, printer and date from colophon on leaf S6r. Text in two columns, astronomical and astrological woodcut diagrams in text. Contemporary limp vellum (soiled and browned, repair to upper... More
Florence: All'Insegna della Stella, 1664. 4to (233 x 171 mm). [4], 5-91, [5] pp. Half-title, title printed in red and black and with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca and woodcut printer's device on verso of L4, errata leaf at end. 18th-century half vellum over pasteboards with decorated xylographic... More
Venice: Luc'antonio Giunta, 1528. Folio (303 x 208 mm). [6], 143 leaves. Signatures: A6 a-s8 (-s8), several foliation and signature errors. Title printed in red and black with printer's woodcut device, ornamental woodcut initials, several woodcut mathematical diagrams at page margins throughout. Lacking final blank leaf s8. Bound in contemporary... More
London: A. Millar / Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1753. London: A. Millar (vol. I and IV); Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson (vol. II and III), 1753-1756. 4 volumes. 12mo (157 x 96 mm). [4], 331 [1]; iii [1], 250; [4], 257 [1], [2: ad]; [4], 270 pp... More
Venice: Venturino Rossinello for Curzio Nav & Fratelli, 1540. 8vo (210 x 155 mm). [8], 168 leaves. Signatures: [+]8 A-X8. Title with woodcut border illustrating pieces of machinery and with the figure of Venice in the upper part, the Nav lion device below, second Nav device on title verso, 84... More
Rome: Varese, 1665. 4to (226 x 168 mm). [16], 301, [11] pp., including final blank, engraved allegorical frontispiece, 3 folding letterpress tables (one in red and black), full-page woodcut arms of dedicatee on verso of title-page, woodcut initials, tailpieces and illustrations. Two neat composite eclectic zodiacs in contemporary ink are... More
Franeker: Idzard Alberts, 1640. [24], 288 pp., woodcut title-vignette and several woodcut illustrations in text [Bound with:] Epitome astronomiae reformatae, generalis. Franeker: Idzard Alberts, 1642. [6], 66 (of 77) pp., lacking the 6-leaves addendum "Additiuncula in momum", woodcut title vignette. Signatures: A-C12 D6 (-D6). Two works in one volume. 12mo... More
Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint, 1788. 4to (254 x 200 mm). xii, 512 pp., including half title. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with floral gilt decoration, 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered label (lower joint of front board partially split and with old repair, little wear to extremities, corners scuffed), marbled... More
Paris: chez Gabr. Martin, J. B. Coignard & H. L. Guerin, 1749. 4to (216 x 179 mm). iv, 123 [1] pp., folding engraved plate; 2 folding tables. Later simple paper wrapper, disbound, red-sprinkled edges. A few pages folded-in to protect extending mathematical equations. Paper little browned, faint foxing and occasional... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925. In: Zeitschrift für Physik. Vol. 33, pp. 879-893. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925. 8vo (220 x 151 mm). Entire volume offered, with 256 text illustr. and vii [1], 950 pp. Contemporary half black library cloth with gilt-lettered spine (rebacked preserving the original spine), sprinkled edges. Text with... More
Paris: Chez Michel Lambert, 1760. 8vo (196 x 125 mm). [2] i-xiv, [1] 2-247 [1] pp. Woodcut device on title, letterpress tables, 2 folding engraved plates bound at the end. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and gilt-lettered red morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers... More
Dresden: Walther, 1830. 8vo (174 x 103 mm). xii, 207 [1]; [4], 292; [4], 250, [2] pp., including half-title to each volume, colophon at the end of volume III. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt (light rubbing to extremities, worm track to... More
London: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston, at the Angel in Ivie-lane, 1651. 12mo (146 x 82 mm). [44], 363 [1] pp. Engraved additional title "Philosophicall rudiments concerning goverment [sic] and civill society", signed "Ro: Vaughan sculp", 3 full-page engravings, decorated woodcut initials, final leaf S4 (index of chapters) bound... More
Lyon: Rouillé Guillaume, 1586. 1586-1587. Two parts in two volumes. Folio (375 x 250 mm). [12], 1095 [1]; [2], 1097-1922, [72], 36, [4] pp. Text in Latin and Greek, title to each part in printed in red and black and with large printer's woodcut device, about 2700 woodcut botanical illustrations... More
Leipzig: Weidmann, 1792. 4to (235 x 192 mm). viii, 104, [2] pp., title with engraved vignette, errata leaf, and 10 folding engraved plates bound at end. Bound in contemporary half leather over papercard boards (little wear, spine ends repaired, corners bumped). Text and plates only little browned, very minor occasional... More
Paris: Compagnie des libraires, 1716. 12mo (162 x 93 mm). [16], 447 [1]; [8], 509, [3] pp., engraved frontispiece facing title-page in each volume and 18 engraved plates by Antione Clouzier (8 in vol. I and 10 in vol. II), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, errata leaf to each volume... More
Treviso: Michele Manzolo, 1480. 30 June 1480. Folio (288 x 198 mm). 167 (of 168) unfoliated leaves, lacking the initial blank leaf only. Signatures: a8 (-a1) b6 c8 d6 e8 f6 g8 h6 i8 k6 l8 m6 n8 o6 p8 q6 r8 s6 t8 u6 x6, A-B8 C6. 44 lines... More
La Haye [i.e. Paris]: Coustellier, 1742. 12mo (160 x 96 mm). [6], 137 [1] pp. Signatures: *4 A-E12 F8 G2 (-G2). Title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, 9 engraved vignettes by Fokke after De Sève, bound without the final blank leaf G2. Contemporary French mottled calf, plain spine... More
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