Rome: Camera Apostolica, 1608. 4to (215 x 160 mm). [20], 154, [6] pp. Title with printer's device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, full-size engraved portrait of the author, 35 woodcut text illustrations, epigrams at beginning with Hebrew, Greek, Chaldaean, Persian and Illyrian scripts; colophon and woodcut device on final leaf..... More

London: Printed for C. Bathurst, and T. Lowndes, J. Rivington, and J. Johnson, etc. 1775. 4to (262 x 205 mm). [4], xxxii, 691 [1], iii, [9] pp., including index, catalogue of books by Priestley, and 8 folding engraved plates. Late 19th-century green cloth library binding, gilt shelf mark stamp '537..... 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

Florence: All'Insegna della Stella, 1668. 4to (239 x 174 mm). [6], 128 pp. Half-title, title-page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette of the Accademia della Crusca, leaf with proverb in Arabic type, 28 numbered engraved plates (3 double page), 10 full-page unnumbered and 2 smaller illustrations within..... More

Venice: Johannes Hamman for the editors, 1496. Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaei. Edited by Caspar Grosch and Stephan Römer. Venice: Johannes Hamman for the editors, 31 August 1496. Super-Chancery folio (303 x 212 mm). 107 (of 108) unnumbered leaves (lacking final blank). 48 lines and headline, xylographic title, full-page woodcut of..... 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

Zürich: C. Froschauer, 1554. 4to (200 x 140 mm). [4], 105, [1] leaves, Signatures: aa⁴ a-z⁴ A-B⁴ C⁶. Includes final blank and 65 (6 full-page) woodcut illustrations and historiated initials in text, errata on final leaf verso. Bound in near contemporary vellum, spine handlettered in ink, original endpapers (vellum dust-soiled..... More

Venice: Niccolo Poli, 1614. 12mo (135 x 75 mm). [10], 84 leaves. Bound without initial blank leaves A1-2. Signatures: a¹² A-G¹² (-A1-2). Title with woodcut device, woodcut initials; woodcut and typographic head- and tailpiece ornaments. Bound in 19th century marbled cardboard, spine with hand-lettered paper label and printed shelf-mark label..... More

Berlin: Veit et Comp. 1838. In: Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin 5, Heft 2 (1838), pp 137-76. Includes two etched and aquatint plates (nos. III and IV) on one folding sheet. Berlin: Veit et Comp., 1838. 8vo (209x128 mm). Whole volume: [2], cxcviii, 608 pp. 16 plates on..... 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

Aus der königl. ungar. Universitäts-Buchdruckerei: Ofen [Budapest], 1862. 8vo (204 x 140 mm). viii, 92 pp. Original printed wrappers (soiled, some edge chipping, paper over spine chipped at ends). Text somewhat browned and foxed (more pronounced to first and final pages). Provenance: B. Bauch, Frankfurt (ink stamp on upper wrapper);..... More

Washington DC: War Department, 1945. Preface dated July 1, 1945. 4to (263 x 199 mm). [8], I:1-19 [1], II:1-10, III:1-7 [1], IV:1-15 [1], V:1-9 [1], VI:1-14, VII:1-15 [1], VIII:1-17 [1], IX:1-13 [1], X:1-10, XI:1-13 [1], XII:1-12, XIII:1-3 [1], A1:1-6, A2:1-2, A3:1-3 [1], A4:1-5 [1], A5:1 [1]. Leaf IV-9/10 a dublicate..... More

London: John Chuchill, 1858. 8vo (223 x 144 mm). viii, xliv, 443 [1], 34 pp., including woodcut text illustrations, publisher's catalogue (dated May 1861*) at end. Original publisher's blindstamped pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt (cloth over spine ends repaired, corners worn). Text only little age-toned, occasional minor finger soiling..... More