Hastings, NY: Henry Draper, 1863. Size 536 x 435 mm (21 x 17 inches) laid down on original mount (702 x 547 mm) which bears a printed label 'Photograph of the Moon, taken by Prof. Henry Draper, M.D., with a silvered glass Telescope, Fifteen and a Half Inches Aperture, Hastings..... 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: Ambrosius Haude, 1744. 4to (228 x 188 mm). [3] 4-187 (i.e. 186) pp., engraved frontispiece by F.H. Fritsch, engraved device on title, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 4 folding engraved plates bound at end; bound without the cancel leaf A4 as in most copies. 18th century marbled paper wrappers (minor..... More
Venice: [Nicolini da Sabio?], 1538. 4to (210 x 150 mm). [4], 78 leaves. Full-page woodcut portrait of Fracastoro on verso of leaf [4], several woodcut diagrams and initials within text. Contemporary limp vellum (binding restored, new endpapers), spine with faint hand-lettering. Paper repair to lower blank margin of title-page and..... More
Breslau: Maruschke & Berendt, 1901. 1901-1903. Two volumes. 4to (315 x 235 mm). vi, [2], 116 pp., 6 collotype plates of moon phases (one bound as frontispiece); iv, 120 pp., 6 plates of moon phases and diagrams (incl. 1 collotype). Uniformly bound in half cloth, gilt-lettered spines, printed upper boards..... More
München: Lentner, 1817. In: Denkschriften der königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu München für die Jahre 1814 und 1815, vol. 5, pp. 193-226, 3 engraved folding plates (2 folding). München: Lentner, 1817. 4to (270 x 230 mm), whole volume [8], xlii, 62, 226, 91 [1] pp., including half-title, general title page..... More
Milan: Giuseppe Galeazzi, 1768. 4to (272 x 201 mm). [12], 420 pp. Printer's woodcut device on title, 6 folding engraved plates. Early 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt and with two gilt lettering pieces (wear to hinges, spine and extremities rubbed), red-dyed edges. Text generally..... More
Florence: Tartini, 1718. 3 parts in 3 volumes. 4to (267 x 200 mm). cxii, 1-384, 369-628, [2]; [8], 1-722, [2]; [6], 484, [50] pp. Half-title in each vol., fine engraved portrait and general title printed in red and black with engraved vignette in vol. I, woodcut head- and tailpieces &..... More
Bologna: Heirs of Evangelista Dozza, 1655. 1655-1656. 4to (220 x 160 mm). [24], 29-32, 1-48; [2] 3-48; [8], 1-160; [4], 1-68; [2] 3-127 [1]; [4], 1-264; [2] 3-43 [1] pp.; [4], [2] 3-60; [3] 4-7 [1], 1-105, [3], 105-156; [1] 2-48, [2], 53-106, [2], 103-126; [8], 179 [1]; [8], 238..... More
Strasbourg: D. Hauttius for the Elzevirs [at Leiden], 1635. 8vo (194 x 150 mm), [xvi], 495 [1], [24] pp. Engraved frontispiece, full-page engraved portrait by Jacob van der Heyden, woodcut diagrams, final leaf of errata. Text browned throughout as usual, leaves O3 and 3Q2 with small paper flaw at top..... More
London: Thomas Dicas for D. Pauli, 1663. 8vo (169 x 107 mm). [24], 704 (i.e. 702), [24] pp., including engraved additional title, woodcut diagrams in text, blank leaves [A]1 (signed "A" on recto) and [A]8, 12 leaves of index at end. Signatures: [A]8, B-3A8. Contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised..... More
The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1656. 4to (220 x 165 mm). [12], 328, [8] pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved author's portrait bound-in facing first text page, numerous woodcut text diagrams (several full page), woodcut initials and headpieces, section title pages within pagination. All pages uncut. Signatures: *6 A-Z4..... More
Göttingen: 1822. Large folio (527x323 mm). Double-page engraved title, 27 double-page engraved star maps mounted on guards, very light foxing to title, minor staining to upper corners and occasional spotting or soiling. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, later marbled boards and endpapers. Provenance: Library of Gerald F. Fitzgerald. A fine..... More
London: Lockyer Davis, and Peter Elmsly, 1783. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 73 (1783), part II, pp. 247-283, 3 engraved folding plates by James Basire. London: Lockyer Davis and Peter Elmsly, 1783. 4to (275 x 214 mm). Entire volume, two parts, vii [1], 1-246, vii [1];..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905. I. Zur Strahlung der Sterne. Offprint from: Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Photographie, Photophysik und Photochemie, Vol. 3, no. 11, pp. 429-442, 5 tables. II. Eine Annäherungs- formel für die Abhängigkeit zwischen Beleuchtungshelligkeit und Unterschieds-empfindlichkeit des Auges. Offprint from: Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Photographie, Photophysik und Photochemie, Vol..... More
Gdansk: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1668. Folio (349 x 224 mm). [38], 913, [47] pp., including half-title, additional engraved pictorial title-page after A. Stech by E. Visscher, letterpress title, 38 engraved plates (4 double-page) numbered A-OO, engraved illustrations throughout, 2 engraved ornamental initials, 2 engraved historiated headpieces, engraved allegorical..... More
Danzig: A. Hünefeld for the author, 1647. Folio (346 x 215 mm). [4], [26], 563 [1] pp., including title (printed in red and black), additional engraved title-page with historiated border incorporating figures of Alhazen and Galileo, 108 (of 111) engraved illustrations on 88 (of 91) plates (3 full-sheet; one with..... More
Frankfurt, Leipzig: [publisher unknown], 1797. 8vo (200 x 120 mm). [20], 130 pp. Later cardboard (slightly stained towards lower spine, corners little bumped), red-dyed edges. Text little evenly browned, brown spot to upper blank margin of 3 leaves, otherwise pretty clean and virtually unfoxed. Provenance: Illegible ownership inscription on title..... More
Oxford: Hen. Clements, 1718. 8vo (205 x 124 mm). [8], xv [1], 495 [1] pp., engraved title vignette, dedication and preface, 2 folding engraved plates of the moon by M. Burghers, woodcut diagrams in text, several full-page. Contemporary calf, spine with gilt lettered morocco label and rich gilt decoration, sprinkled..... 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
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Linz / Frankfurt: Johann Planck / Gottfried Tampach, 1618. Epitome astronomicae Copernicanae [libri I. II. III] de doctrina sphaerica. Linz: Johann Planck, 1618. - Epitomes astronomiae Copernicanae Liber quartus. Doctrinae theoricae primus: quo physica Coelestis. Linz: Johann Planck and Frankfurt: Gottfried Tampach, 1622. - Epitomes astronomiae Copernicanae libri V. VI..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Godtfriedt Tampach, 1610. 4to (185 x 156 mm). 90 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: )(4, )()(4 A-V4 X2. Including title with small woodcut device, 2 woodcut initials, 4 preliminary leaves of dedication to Markgraf Georg Friedrich von Baden, 3 leaves of registrum, and final blank leaf X2. Bound in..... 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
Avignon: Jean Piot, 1635. 4to (224 x 171 mm). [12], 228, [16] pp., including engraved additional title, woodcut initials and headpieces, several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text (7 full page), index, errata and privilege leaf bound at end. Signatures: π6 A-2G4 2H2. Bound in 20th-century vellum, spine with gilt..... 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
