Kassel: Wilhelm Wessel, 1606. 4to (188 x 148 mm). [26], 259 [1] pp. Several woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with ink hand-lettering and old shelf-mark paper label at foot, untouched original endpapers, red sprinkled edges (vellum browned, soiled and spotted, covers..... More
Paris: Charles Savreux, 1677. Two parts in one volume, 4to (244 x 176 mm). [32], 378; 382, [6] (of [8]) pp. 3 engraved plates (2 folding) tipped to outer edges of pages, several woodcut diagrams in text, lacking final privilege leaf. Contemporary French speckled calf, boards and board-edges ruled in..... More
London: Printed for R. Hunter, 1823. 8vo (227 x 140 mm). [6], 83 [1], [2] pp., 8 plates (7 engraved, 1 folding, 1 bound as frontispiece), all but one engraved by Lowry after Francis Ronalds, errata leaf at the end. Near contemporary grey drab boards, pages uncut (light soiling and..... More
Geneva: 1797. Offprint from: Bibliotheque Britannique, Sciences et Arts. Vol. 5 [Geneva, 1797]. 8vo (199 x 127 mm). iv, 104 pp. One folding engraved plate. Printed on blue paper. Inscribed and signed by Rumford on title-page ("to the right honorable Lord Sheffield, from his most obedient servant Rumford"). Provenance: Lord..... More
Braunschweig: Vieweg und Sohn, 1907. VII, 285 pp., (2), 36 pp. publ. ads. Original publishers cloth, soiled and bumped, text browned, some pages of ads loose, occational pencil markings, library shelf number on title, remnants of glue on spine.
Erste deutsche Ausgabe dieser grundlegenden Darstellung des Atomzerfalls. Gegenüber der engl..... More
Neuchatel: Samuel Fauche pere et fils, 1783. 8vo (220 x 148 mm). xii, 524 (i.e. 506) pp., 2 folding engraved plates and 11 tables (8 folding, 4 within pagination), some mispaginations (pp. 129-130, 155, 164-172 omitted). Signatures: a4 A-2H8 2I5. Contemporary brown wrappers, spine with ink-lettered paper label (heavy chipping..... More
Innsbruck: Daniel Agricola, 1619. 4to (215 x 164 mm). [12], 1-199, 100-138, 239-254 pp., engraved allegorical plate bound after dedication, several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Pp. 200-237 mispaginated 100-137. Bound in contemporary vellum, spine painted over and lettered in ink, boards with blind-ruling..... More
Würzburg: Pigrin für Schönwetter, 1657. 4to (205 x 166 mm). [28], 488, [16] pp. Letterpress title (dated 1658) and additional engraved title, woodcut coat of arms of Jean Philippe de Schönborn, prince-bishop of Würzburg, on verso of title, initials, head- and tailpieces, 45 engraved plates (8 folding), numerous woodcut illustrations..... More
Paris: Gratiot, 1808. 8vo (185 x 122 mm). [8], 82 pp., 1 folding table. Contemporary paper wrappers (little soiled and dog-eared). Text little browned, occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
Rare treatise on the French metric system and a comparison of it with Italian weights and measures. Saverio..... More
Frankfurt: sumptibus Clementis Schleichij & Consortum, typis Caspari Rötelij, 1636. 8vo (159 x 99 mm). [32], 528, [16] pp., including index at end. Large printer's woodcut device to title-page. Signatures: (cross)-2(cross)8 A-Z8 Aa-Ll8. Contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Internally little browned only, a few pencil markings, final 4 leaves..... More
Berlin / Leipzig: Various.. 1. Die Atomionen Chemischer Elemente und ihre Kanalstrahlen-Spektra. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1913. 43 [1] pp., 1 plate. Original publisher's wrappers, all pages untrimmed. Some staining and dust-soiling. Text little age-toned. 2. Änderungen der Struktur und des Spektrums chemischer Atome. Nobelvortrag gehalten am 3. Juni 1920 in..... More
Various: Various.. Various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping, text generally little browned. The collection comprises:
1. The Explanation of Certain Acoustical Phenomena. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1878, 7 [1] pp. Stapled as issued.
2. Diffraction of Sound..... More
Venice: Venturino Ruffinelli, 1546. 4to (203 x 150 mm). [6], 5-132 ff. Including woodcut portrait of the author, initials and numerous illustrations and diagrams, 2 ff. table of contents, lacking the folding plate. Signatures: A4 chi2 B-Z4 Aa-Kk4. Recently bound in limp vellum with new endpapers, red-sprinkled edges. Internally quite..... More
London: Peter Elmsly, 1798. 4to (292 x 235 mm). Entire volume (part I) offered: vi, 199 [1], 26 pp., 7 folding engraved plates and folding table. All pages uncut. Original blue wrappers, spine hand-lettered in ink (paper dust-soiled and spotted, paper over spine heavily rubbed and chipped towards spine ends..... More
1894-1914. 1. Electric Discharge Through Gases. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, April 1894. 8vo, 9 pp. Stapled as issued. ---- 2. Some Applications of the Theory of Electric Discharge to Spectroscopy. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, January 1906. 8vo, 14..... More
Venice: Con Licenza de' Superiori, 1776. 4to (271 x 194 mm). [6], vii-xxxvii [3] pp. Signatures: [A]4 B-E4. Frontispiece engraving on A2v depicting the Venetian tower of San Marco, engraved allegorical illustration on title, fine engraved headpieces and historiated initials, first and final blanks, A1 and E4, present. Bound in..... More
Florence: Amadoro Massa & Lorenzo de Landis, 1644. 3 parts in one, 4to. (220x158 mm), [2], [2:blank], [1-2] 3-243 [1], [1-2] 3-115 (i.e. 151) [1] pp., general half-title, part I title with imprint, section titles to parts II & III, dedication to Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, part III..... More
Vienna: Johann Christoph Cosmerovius, 1675. Folio (293 x 198 mm). [24], 225 [1] pp. Engraved additional title by Sadler, letterpress title, 35 engraved plates on 33 sheets (3 folding, of which one, facing p. 114, double-sided with 3 plates numbered Tab X-XII), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, bound without final..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. 8vo (189 x 121 mm). xiii [1], 277 [1] pp., 1 leaf of adverts and 32 pp. publisher's catalogue dated March 1873; text illustrations and diagrams. Original publisher's cloth, spine with gilt lettering and small paper shelf-mark label, blindstamed boards, all edges gilt, brown..... More
Vicenza: Tipografia Parise, 1810. 4to (257 x 190 mm). lviii, 84 pp., folding letterpress table. Original publisher's printed wrappers, all pages uncut (chipped and partly split at spine, soiled, slightly frayed and dog-eared at outer edges). Text very little browned, light dust-soiling and fraying at outer margins, occasional minor spotting..... More
Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff, 1873. 8vo (220 x 155 mm). viii, 134, [2] pp., including half-title, one folding lithographed plate, and errata leaf. 20th-century half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (light rubbing to extremities). Original printed wrappers bound in. Faint spotting on the plate, wrappers..... More
Pavia: Giovanni Capelli, 1814. 4to (330 x 240 mm). vi, [2], 145, [VII] pp. Uncut, with deckle edges; frontispiece engraved portrait of Volta by G. Garavaglia, without the addenda slip tipped to the last page in only a few copies. 20th-century marbled paper boards. Text generally crisp and clean with..... More
Den Haag: Adrian Vlacq, 1663. 4to (179 x 135 mm). 104 pp. Title with woodcut device, a few woodcut diagrams in text, two large decorative initials. Later simple paper wrappers, marbled edges. Text little browned throughout, a few light pencil markings, erased ownership signature on title. Very good copy. ----..... More
Geneva: Henricum-Albertum Gosse, 1747. 4to (260 x 205 mm). viii, 581 [1] pp. Including 51 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine with two gilt lettered labels and rich floral gilt decoration, red-dyed edges, and marbled endpapers. ----
Graesse VII 469. Final edition. Volume III of the five-volume encyclopedic standard work..... More
London: W. Bulmer for G. & W. Nicol, 1802. 4to (295 x 237 mm). Two parts in two volumes. vi, [2], 1-212, 26; iv, 213-535 [1], [8] pp., part titles, index bound at end, and 17 engraved plates. Original blue simple paper wrappers, all pages untrimmed and partially unopened (wrappers..... More
