Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1644. Principia philosophiae. Amsterdam: L. Elzevir, 1644. [22], 310 pp., printer's device on title, woodcut initials, several woodcut illustrations in text, some full page, bound without the blank leaves b4 and 2Q4. [Bound with:] Specimina philosophiae: seu Dissertatio de methodo recte regendae rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandae..... More

Paris: De Bure l'Aîné, 1742. Two parts in one volume. 4to (289 x 220 mm). [8], 1-230, [4], 231-491 [1] pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved and hand-colored allegorical frontispiece by Chedel after Boucher and 32 engraved plates, all in fine contemporary hand-coloring, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Without..... More

Paris: Valade (de l'imprimerie de Gueffier), 1776. 8vo (197 x 124 mm). [4], xxxii, 444 pp. Including half-title, title with printer's device, woodcut head- and tailpiece, 1 folding engraved plate bound at end. Late 19th century half calf, dark-blue marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, yellow-dyed edges, new..... More

London: Printed for the Royal Society, 1928. February 1928. Entire volume, 8vo 243 x 170 (mm), vi, 720, [2], xxxvi pp., 24 plates, text illustrations and diagrams. Bound in three-quarter dark-red morocco over cloth (extremities rubbed, joints and spine ends slightly chipped, corners bumped and scuffed). Text with some even..... More

Prague: In Commission bei Calve / ...bei Borrosch & Andre, 1845. I. Über eine bei jeder Rotation des Fortpflanzungsmittels eintretende eigenthümliche Ablenkung der Licht- und Schallstrahlen, zunächst angewandt auf mehrere theils schon bekannte theils neue Probleme der praktischen Astronomie, ein weiterer Beitrag zur allgemeinens Wellenlehre. From: Abhandlungen der königlich böhmischen..... More

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: Veuve Jules Renouard, 1862. 8vo (270 x 179 mm). vi [2], 194 pp., including frontispiece with albumen print, 9 plates of albumen prints each showing 16 images of physiognomic studies. Bound in contemporary three-quarter calf, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt decoration, marbled endpapers (slight rubbing of..... More

Nürnberg: Hieronymus Formschneider, 1532. 22 Nov. 1534. Two works in one volume. Folio (323 x 208 mm). 79 (of 80, lacking blank) and 55 (of 56, lacking blank) unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-E⁶ F⁴ G-N⁶ O⁴ (-O4); a-k⁶ (-k6). Gatherings b to k of second work misbound after gathering A of..... More

Nürnberg: [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider], 1525. Folio (281 x 203 mm). 89 (of 90) unnumbered leaves, lacking final blank Q4 only. Signatures: A-N⁶ O-Q⁴ (-Q4). Numerous woodcuts of geometrical diagrams and architectural renderings, two woodcuts on P4 verso and Q1 recto extended with pasted-in folding slips to demonstrate a point in..... More

Lyon: Ioannis Lertout, 1577. 16mo (105 x 70 mm). [16], 548, [12] pp., including final blank. Signatures: ***8 A-Z8 Aa-Mm8. Contemporary flexible vellum with yapp edges, spine titled in ink (vellum darkened, wrinkled and soiled, head of spine damaged, lower inner hinge split). Fraying and chipping to upper corner of..... More

Berlin: 1849. 192 pp., 6 coloured engraved plates. Large folio (460x290 mm). Uncut, in contemporary wrappers, some foxing (some pages stronger), somewhat creased and torn, spine repaired, wrapper detached from book block. ----

Poggendorff I, 646 (dat. irrig 1847); Pritzel 2639; Roper 30. - First edition of Ehrenberg's scientific study..... More

1938. 1-2/3 pages. 8.5'' x 11'', pen. Except for marginal punch holes and folds in fine condition. ----

In this remarkable letter, Einstein clearly condemns Great Britain and France for their "rascally" rule in the Munich Agreement. On September 30, 1938, France and Great Britain signed a treaty that betrayed..... More

Amsterdam: Querido, 1934. 8vo (200 x 133 mm). 269 [1] pp. Original publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and in blind on spine, printed dust-jacket (dust jacket clightly chipped at head of spine and upper corners). Pages uncut. Text crisp and bright throughout. A near fine copy..... More