London: printed by and for C. & R. Baldwin, 1809. 18 parts bound in 19 volumes, including separate plate volume. 4to (258 x 210 mm). Approx. 13,500 pp. of text and 266 engraved plates, includes half-titles and volume-titles to each text volume. Contemporary full calf, spines decorated and lettered in..... More
Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1690. 4to (198 x 158 mm). [8], 1-124 [2] 125-128 [2] 129-180 pp. Signatures: *4 A-P4 Q2 R4 S2 T-Z4 Aa2. Two parts in one, separate title to part two, continuous pagination, general title printed in red and black, both titles with printer's woodcut device..... 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
1845-1858. 1. On the Changes of Temperature Produced by the Rarefaction and Condensation of Air. From: Philosophical Magazine, Series 3, Vol. 26, May 1845, pp. 369-383. ---- 2. [SEGUIN, M.] Note à l'appui de l'opinion émise par M. Joule, sur l'identité du mouvement et du calorique. In: Comptes Rendus, vol..... More
Augsburg: David Frank, 1611. 4to (198 x 152 mm). [8], 28, 80, [4] pp., including errata and addendum leaf to fol. 27 at end, 2 tail pieces, and 42 woodcut diagrams in text. Signatures: )(4 a-c4 d2 A-K4 chi2. Text printed in Roman and italic type. pp. 15-27 with four..... More
Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberge, 1680. Folio (373x247 mm). [8], 248, [8] pp., including additional engraved allegorical title, seven copper engravings and numerous woodcuts within text. 19th-c three-quarter vellum, spine with printed title (extremities and boards somewhat rubbed). Minor spotting and even light browning throughout. Provenance: Marcel Bekus (ex-libris to front paste-down and..... More
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
Paris: J.B. Coignard jr. for Compagnie des Libraires, 1729. Contemporary sheep (rubbed, spine wormed, chipped at head & tail), gilt spine, [10]-333-[1] pp. (usual browning and spotting, wormtrack in 1st quires touching some letters). Good large paper copy.
Very rare reprint (1st ed. Paris 1695) of a treatise on mechanics..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1693. Folio (432 x 286 mm). [xvi], 365 (i.e. 355), [9] pp. Signatures: a-e4 A-Z4 2A-2Y4 2Z2. Parallel Greek and Latin text in two columns. Engraved title-vignette, engraved dedication, engraved head- and tail-pieces, 171 fine engraved illustrations in text. Fine 20th century full red morocco with 6..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1895. 8vo (215 x 144 mm). [4], 138, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary half cloth, gilt-lettered spine, red sprinkled edges (minor rubbing of boards and extremities). Text very little age-toned, but generally clean and bright. A near fine copy, free of markings or stamps. ----
PMM..... More
Camerino: Typis Vicentii Gori, 1781. 8vo (181 x 114 mm). vii [1], 80 pp., 1 folding engraved plate, woodcut headpieces and initials. Plain contemporary carta rustica (soiled, stained, chipped at spine). Text only very little browned, some marginal brown staining possibly from lamp oil. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
Exceptionally..... More
Paris: chez la veuve Durand, 1801. 8vo (203 x 122 mm). viii, 370, [2] pp., half-title, two folding engraved plates, errata leaf at end. Bound in half marbled morocco over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering piece, edges sprinkled red (worming to hinges, boards rubbed, corners bumped, extremities worn). Text..... More
Vicenza: Tipographia Parise e Compagno Ed. 1825. 8vo. 35 [1] pp. Contemporary plain wrappers (paper split and chipped at spine ends, little soiling). Internally crisp and clean. Ink inscription to outer and inner front wrapper. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
RARE FIRST EDITION of a meteorolgical treatise on hail falls..... More
1718. Seven eng. plts., a few ink smudges, worming in the lower outer corners of the last four gatherings, not affecting the text but just within the plate-mark of one plate, dated ownership inscription "Henry Beighton F.R.S. 1722" to title and front free endpaper, the latter below a neatly written..... More
Verona: Dionisio Ramanzini librajo a San Tomio, 1780. 8vo (202 x 145 mm). xvi, 186 (i.e. 188), I-IV, 187-190, 193-380 pp., 4 folding engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Signatures: a8 A-F8 G4 H-L8 M-N4 O6 P-V8 X-Y4 Z-2C8 2D4 2E2. All pages untrimmed and partially unopened. Bound in..... More
Pisa: Tipografia Nistri, 1841. 3 volumes. 8vo (224 x 142 mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary brown morocco over marbled boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, red-sprinkled edges (slight rubbing to extremities, endpapers brown-stained). [12], 320 pp. and 3 folding engraved plates; [12], 396 pp. and 4 folding engraved plates;..... More
Göttingen: Johann Christian Dieterich, 1775. 4to (290 x 224 mm). [8], 110 pp., 4 engraved plates (one hand-coloured). Modern half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt-lettered label, contemporary front endpaper bound in. Internally very little browned, some light spotting to margins, light brown spotting of title-page, very slight dampstaining..... More
Stuttgart: Cotta, 1867. 8vo (211 x 135 mm). vi, [2], 194 (i.e. 294) pp. Contemporary half cloth, gilt-lettered spine (wear to extremities and corners, cloth at upper hinge partially split, spine ends slightly frayed). Light staining of title-page, minor foxing of first and final pages, otherwise quite crisp and clean..... More
Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1939. Offprint from: Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Matematisk-fysiske meddelelser Vol. XVII, no. 5. Kopenhagen: Munksgaard, 1939. 4to (245x154 mm). [3] 4-13 [1] pp. Original publishers printed red wrappers (slight fading to top margin). Pages untrimmed and unopened. Title page with slight red stains from inner wrapper, otherwise..... More
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
Paris: Antonii Bertier, 1647. 4to (230 x 171 mm). [32], 62, [2], 63-235, [3] pp. Woodcut vignette to title, several woodcut diagrams, head-pieces and initials in text. Errata on leaves 2G3v and 2G4r; [2] pp. containing an index to Aristarchus inserted following p. 62. Divisional half-title page "Aristarchii Samii De..... More
Venice: Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1721. De separatione fluidorum in corpore animali dissertatio physico-mechanico-medica. Venice: Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1721. [8], 362, [2] pp. Including half title, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, engraved headpieces, woodcut initials and tailpieces, errata leaf, one folding engraved plate. Handwritten index bound after second work. Signatures..... More
Leipzig: Teubner, 1909. In: Jahresberichte der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, vol. 18, pp. 75-88. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909. 4to (240x167 mm). Contemporary library cloth with handwritten paper label in modern cloth protective case with morocco spine label. The whole volume is offered. ----
PMM 401; DSB IX, 414; Norman 1514. - In this..... More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1913. MOSELEY, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys. The high-frequency spectra of the elements / The High-Frequency Spectra of the Elements. Part II. In: The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Sixth series, vol.26, no. 156 (December 1913), pp. 1024-1034, plate XXIII; and Sixth series..... More
Various: Various.. Items have various states of preservation, wrappers little stained and dust-soiled, text generally very little age-toned. The collection comprises:
1. The Scattering of Electrons by Atoms. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Vol. 127, No. 806, 1930, pp. 658-665. Entire number. Publisher's printed wrappers..... More
