Göttingen: Dieterich, 1823. 4to (236 x 178 mm). [2], 58 pp. Half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered and decorated spine (spine leather dry and rubbed, extremities rubbed, corners worn). Text little browned and spotted. Provenance: Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (ink stamps to flyleaf and title, additional de-accession stamp to flyleaf). ----..... More
Cologne: [Heirs of Heinrich Quentel], 1511. 4to (204 x 140 mm). 20 unnumbered leaves, gothic type, woodcut diagram on title, large woodcut of the HolyTrinity by or after Lucas Cranach the Elder on title verso, full-page woodcut of arms of Cologne on last page. Signatures: A-E4. Author and printer according..... 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
Koenigsberg: Friedrich Nikolovius, 1800. More
Strassburg: Johannes Pastorius for Theodor Lerse, 1700. Six parts in one volume. 8vo (154 x 92 mm). 40, [276], [2] pp. including errata leaf bound at end. Fine contemporary vellum with the original clasps intact, blue-dyed edges, spine with faint ink lettering. Title page with some very light spotting, otherwise..... More
Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, par les soins de Jean Anisson, 1696. 4to (249 x 190 mm). [20], 181 [3] pp, including first blank, final imprint leaf, title-engraving of French royal arms, 11 numbered folding engraved plates, engraved allegorical head-pieces (one by Le Pautre), engraved tail-piece by G. Audran, engraved initials, woodcut..... More
Paris: Apud Stephanum Michallet, 1685. Folio (361 x 232 mm). [8], 249 [1] pp., numerous woodcut diagrams in text. Contemporary calf, spine with 6 raised bands richly gilt in compartments and with gilt morocco lettering piece (boards scratched, extremities and spine-ends worn, corners bumped), sprinkled edges. Minor browning of text..... 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
Versailles: by the author, 1840. Folio, 244 pp. Script in black ink on plain paper, numerous geometric drawings in ink at inner margin. Contemporary half green calf with spine lettered and decorated in gilt. ----
Original book manuscript in a neat hand for the second edition of the Lecons, which..... More
Turin: Imprimerie Royale, 1759. 1759-1773. 5 volumes. 4to (230 x 170 mm), uniformly bound in early 19th century half calf over sprinkled paper boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, light-blue endpapers, yellow-dyed edges (slightly rubbed, corners little bumped, vol I slightly smaller in size), in total 27 plates engraved..... More
Paris: Courcier, 1820. 1820, 1816-1825. 4to (250 x 200 mm). [4], cxlii [1], 4-506, [2]; 34; 50; 36; [2], 28 pp. Includes errata leaf, bound without half-title, all supplements separately paged and preceded by a half title each. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original spine label, gilt stamp of Francis..... More
Paris: Jean Boudot, 1705. In: Histoire de l'Academie des Sciences, avec les Mémoires, Année MDCCIII, pp. 58-63 (Histoire), pp. 85-89 (Memoires). Two parts in one volume. Paris: Boudot, 1705. 4to (241 x 182 mm). Title page with large woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces, engraved historiated frontispiece, the Mémoires with..... More
Rouen: chez Charles Osmont, 1629. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (168 x 106 mm). [4], 220; [4], 72, [14]; [4], 47 [1], [2] pp., Separate title-leaves and paginations to each part, several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, engraved title vignettes, intials and head-pieces. Contemporary flexible vellum with plain..... More
Vienna: F. Beck, 1833. Original printed wrappers, soiled; spine shipped; interior browned and foxed.
First Edition, very rare. Littrow was astronomer and director of the Vienna Observatory. This copy is one of his few mathematical works which was intended to serve as supporting material to students for his lectures on..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1866. 8vo (246 x 165 mm). [2], iv, 42 pp. White-on-black-ground woodcut diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers (dog-earing of outer corners, spine reinforced with paper, upper spine chipped, light spotting. Text little age-toned, but generally bright and clean internally. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
DSB VIII, p.429-34;..... More
Edinburgh: T.W. and T. Ruddimans, 1742. 4to (222x172 mm). Vol. I: [6], vi, 1-412 pp., including half-title and 25 folding engraved plates. Vol. II: [2], 413-763 [1] pp. and 16 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, red morocco labels to spines (binding a little rubbed and bumped, vol. 1 foot of..... More
Bologna: Nella Stamperia di Lelio dalla Volpe, 1755. 4to (237 x 188 mm). [10], 1-136 [2] 137-173 [1] pp. Signatures: a6 (-A1) A-R4 {chi]1 S-Y4 (-Y4). Copper-engraved vignette on title-page, woodcut tailpieces, 19 folding engraved plates, lacking the half-title A1 and final blank Y4. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards..... 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
Leiden / The Hague: Daniel Goetval / Antonius de Groot, 1742. 4to (260 x 205 mm). [16], 95 [1] pp. Title page with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with 6 raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and edges (spine rubbed and with label..... More
Geneva/Paris: B. Glaser/Anselin, 1842. Genève / Paris, B. Glaser / Anselin, 1842. Entire volume no. 41, 8vo (207 x 129 mm). [5], 6-420 pp, including half-title and a folding table. Bound in contemporary half-calf, blue marbled boards, spine with gilt decoration and two orange labels lettered in gilt, yellow-dyed edges..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1827. 8vo (213 x 125 mm). [2], xxiv, 454 [3] pp., including errata leaf and 4 folding engraved plates bound at end. Near contemporary moire cloth, spine with gilt-lettered label, red-sprinkled edges (slight rubbing to extremities, short split to cloth at head of upper hinge). Text..... More
London: J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1730. 4to (235x190 mm). [12], 250 [2] pp., contemporary half calf (rebacked, extremities worn), gilt label to spine, mild browning and foxing throughout, old markings and ink annotations in text (some trimmed at the time binding), occasional ink smudges, leaf S1 torn at top..... More
Paris: Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1754. 12mo (170 x 98 mm). xliii [5], 304, [4] pp. 8 folding engraved plates, privilege and errata leaf, publisher's adverts at end. Contemporary French calf, spine with gilt decoration and gilt-lettered spine label (rebacked, preserving original spine, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed), marbled endpapers, red-dyed edges..... More
Lyon: Bartholomaeum Vicentium, 1620. The Horblit-Tomash copy. Three parts in one volume. Lyon: Bartholomaeum Vicentium, 1620. 8vo (198 x 135 mm), [8], 56; [92]; [2] 3-62, [2] pp., separate title page to each part, first title printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams in text, privilege leaf at end. Old..... More
Amsterdam: Sumptibus Societatis, 1723. Analysis per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones ac Differentias cum enumeratione Linearum tertii ordinis. [bound after] Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Equite Aurato. Editio Ultima. Cui accedit. Amstalodami: Sumptibus Societatis, 1723. 4to (248 x 193 mm); 2 parts in 1 volume, [26], 484, [8]; [12], 107..... More
