Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1888. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (228 x 155 mm). x, 852; vi, 697 [1] pp., including 624 text illustrations, 10 lithographed plates of which 6 printed in colors. Uniformly bound in contemporary half sheepskin and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, marbled edges (leather and..... More
Wigan: printed by D. Lyon, sold by White, 1793. (1793)-1809. 4to (256 x 200 mm). ix [3], ii, ii, [102], 28 pp., including half-title, 54 hand-colored engraved plates (many heightened with gum arabic) and explanatory text. Bound in 20th century half calf, spine with 5 raised bands, black lettering piece..... More
Bouillon / Paris: Société typographique / Jombert, 1779. 12mo (168 x 102 mm). viii, 597 [1], [2] pp., including half-title, errata leaf, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt-decorated plain spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers (spine ends chipped, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed). Text only..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1826. xxiv, 408 pp., 3 folded engr. plates. Contemp. paper card boards with paper label to spine (somewhat soiled and bumped). Paper somewhat browned. Very good copy overall.
D.S.B. VOL. IX S. 620 - FIRST EDITION, EXCEEDINGLY RARE. "In 1826 he published his Grundriss der Krystallographie..... More
Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1652. 4to (179 x 137 mm). [10], 239 [1] pp. Includes folding table, but without the initial blank. Bound in later half calf over marbled boards, blind-stamped and gilt-lettered spine (repair to spine, hinges and corners). Text little browned throughout, light dampstaining to preliminary leaves and title..... More
Paris: Martin le Jeune, 1580. 8vo (165 x 108 mm). [16], 361, [23] pp. Signatures: *8 A-Aa8. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Bound in 19th century fine brown morocco by Hardy (see Flety 89), spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering, all edges gilt, board edges ruled in gilt, rich..... More
Paris: Robert Fouet, 1636. 8vo (165 x 108 mm). [16], 255 (i.e. 205), [3]; [16], 526 pp., including blank N4 at end of part 1 but lacking final blank Kk8 of part II, woodcut initials and headpieces, pp. 129-179 in part I omitted. Contemporary sprinkled limp vellum, spine with letting..... More
Edinburgh / London: William Creech / Cadell and Davies, 1802. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). xx, 528 pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine preserved, red morocco lettering piece. Text little age toned, occasional very minor spotting, brown offsetting from silk bookmark to pp. 411/12. Provenance: Cranstoun of Corehouse..... More
Paris: Michel Brunet, 1722. Large 4to (290 x 215 mm). 568 pp., 17 folding engraved plates by Ph. Simonneau. Contemporary full calf gilt, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second, marbled endpapers. Some light marginal spotting and browning. Beautiful copy. ----
Hoover 677; Norman 1803;..... More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, Didot jeune, & Barrois jeune / L'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1784. Des caractères extérieurs des minéraux. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, Didot jeune, & Barrois jeune, 1784. [4], 82, [2] pp., including half-title, 3 large folding printed tables and 1 folding plate of crystal structures (misbound at end of..... More
Amsterdam: Jan Roman de Jonge, 1741. Folio (393 x 260 mm). [24], 340, [44] pp., including half-title, additional engraved title page (by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree), letterpress title printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, engraved portrait of the blind author (by Jacobus de Later)..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1784. 1784-1787. Two parts bound in one volume. 8vo (196 x 127 mm). [2], xvi, 487 [1], xi [1]; [2], 156 pp. Bound in near contemporary half calf, plain spine with some gilt decoration and gilt lettering, red-sprinkled edges, light blue endpapers (boards rubbed, extremities worn, corners..... More
Zürich: David Gessner, 1709. Folio (370 x 245 mm). [2], 44 (i.e., 42) pp., including engraved title with large vignette by J.H. Huber after J.M. Füssli, 10 folding engraved plates depicting fossil plants (one printed in brown) bound at the end. Page numbers 33-34 omitted in pagination. 20th century three-quarter..... More
Zurich: D. Gessner, 1746. Natur-Geschichte des Schweitzerlandes: samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Aufs neue hrsg. und mit einigen Anmerkungen versehen von Joh[ann] Georg Sulzern. Zürich: David Gessner, 1746. 16, 488, [2]; [8], 381 [1] pp. First title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, errata leaf..... More
Florence: [Joseph Cocchini], 1667. 4to (280 x 167 mm). [8], 123 [1] pp. Signatures: ✠4 A-P4 Q2, 66 leaves. Woodcut Medici arms on title, 7 plates: 3 large folding woodcut plates numbered Tabula I-III and 4 full page engraved plates numbered Tab. [IV], V, [VI], VII (bound at the end..... More
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Stockholm: L. Salvius, 1753. Large folio (412 x 258 mm). [8], 123, [9] pp. Title with engraved armorial vignette by J. E. Rehn, engraved headpiece incorporating a medallion portrait of Linnaeus, 2 ornamental engraved initials, text in facing pages (or parallel columns) of Swedish and Latin, 12 engraved plates. Contemporary..... More
London: Longman, Rees, et al. 1829. 8vo (218 x 135 mm). [2], lv [1], 619, [1] pp., 7 steel engraved plates (6 of them engraved in copper, the other a lithograph), 51 woodcuts in the text (two of them hand-colored). Contemporary calf, spine rebacked, two-line gilt tooled border on sides..... More
Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1915. 8vo (222 x 144 mm). iv [2], 94 pp., 20 illustrations in text. Original publisher's printed wrappers (chipping at lower spine repaired with partial loss of printed title), pages untrimmed. Internally clean and unfoxed, a few pencil annotations and markings. Provenance: M.K. Engelbert van Bevervoorde..... More
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1912. Die Entstehung der Kontinente. In: Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt 58/1, 1912, pp. 185-195, 253-256, 305-309, folding plate/map and text illustrations. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 4to (270 x 220 mm). In two volumes (with part I extending into vol. II): xvi, [4], 344..... More
