Paris: Courcier, 1805. An XIV = 1805. 4to (273 x 215 mm). xxiv, 314 (of 318), [48] pp., including half-title, 10 folding engraved plates, lacking final two leaves of text and 4 leaves of errata. All pages uncut. Reused diced calf, spine with some ink lettering (covers soiled and spotted)..... More

Bologna: Ex Typographia Haeredis Victorij Benatij, 1665. Two parts in one volume. Folio (370 x 247 mm). [14], xii, 374 [2]; [8], 35 [1], 128 pp. Text printed in two columns, general title printed in red and black and with large engraved armorial device, woodcut device on each of both..... More

Paris: Jean Petit, 1515. August 1515. Folio (270 x 190 mm) LXXXI (i.e. 79) leaves, woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, without the final blank. Printed in Gothic letter, two columns. Signatures: a-m⁶ n-o⁴ (-o4), print date from colophon on n4 verso. 17th-century..... More

Trento: ex typographia episcopali Monauniana, 1770. [1770?]. 4to (234 x 175 mm). viii, 120 [i.e. 112], 8 pp., 2 engraved folding plates, 1 woodcut within text. Later plain wrappers, internally fresh and unspotted, a few occasional annotations in contemporary hand. Collated complete. ----

FIRST EDITION, very rare work on the..... More

Nürnberg: Johann Petreius, 1536. 4to (207 x 159 mm). 94 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: [*]⁶ A-V⁴ X⁶ [Y]². Contemporary limp vellum with 2 (of 4) ties still present, spine titled in manuscript (covers soiled and spotted, book block rehinged). Pages partially uncut. Text quite crisp and clean with only very minor..... More

Lilienthal & Göttingen: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1791. 1791-1802. Two volumes, 4to (256 x 206 mm). pp. [12], xx, 676, [1, "Verbesserungen"], [1, blank]; [8], xxii, 565, [1, colophon], [2, "Druckverbesserungen"]. Vol. I with 43 engraved plates and vol. II with 32 engraved plates, engraved devices on title-pages. Bound with..... More

Stuttgart and Tübingen: Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1836. 1836-1844. Eight volumes bound in four (all published). 12mo (177 x 110 mm). xvi, 256; viii, 282, [2]; vi, 330; [4], 151 [1], 197 [1], [2]; [4], 340; [6], 326; [8], 116, 235 [1]; [2], 108, 254 pp., including 2..... More

Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1645. Two parts in one volume. Folio (303 x 205 mm). [52], 356, [4, blank] pp., 10 engraved plates by Arnold Loemans including a lunar map; [16], 279 [1], [28, index] pp. Each part with separate title-page, first title-page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, woodcut..... More

Augsburg: Merz & Mayr, 1731. Oblong 4to (152 x 208 mm). [8], 212 pp., including engraved frontispiece by Aug. C. Fleischmann, title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, large folding table, engraved plate bound after p.92, engraved text illustration, and 82 (10 folding) engraved plates, mostly of constellations, bound..... More

Bound in early 20th century half cloth over marbled boards with two paper labels to spine. Content list in neat contemporary hand bound at beginning. Papers: 1. GUSSEW, H. Ueber die Gestalt des Mondes. 36 pp. With the author's presentation inscription. Waterstain throughout. 2. CELORIA, G. Sull'eclissi totale di Luna..... More

Prag: Im Selbstverlage der Sternwarte, 1886. Six volumes (all published), 4to (308 x 240 mm). With a total of 56 plates in heliogravure, collotype, photolithography, lithography, and colour printing. Original publisher's printed boards over cloth (little rubbing and soiling, bumping to corners). Internally little age-toned with very minor spotting in..... More

London: John Macock for George Sawbridge, 1669. Folio (315x200 mm). [20], [2] 3-244, [2]; 192, [2], 193-366, [2], 367-369 [1] pp., including engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, woodcut diagrams, engraved illustration and the blank 3A4. Contemporary panelled calf (extremities worn, spine ends damaged, joints cracked at top and bottom..... More

Florence: Stamperia Imperiale, 1757. 8vo (252 x 180 mm). [8], cxxiv, 336, [2] pp. Signatures: [cross]⁴ a-g⁸ h⁶, A-X⁸ [chi]¹. Title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, 14 engraved plates (including 2 tables, 13 folding), final errata leaf, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Early 19th-century half mottled calf..... More