Leiden: Theodor Haak, 1762. 8vo (215x140 mm). [8], 296 pp. Modern blue library cloth, new endpapers, untrimmed. Little browning throughout with some additional soiling of page margins. Provenance: Ex library of the Birmingham Medical Institute, with faint stamp to title and a few pages. Good copy overall. ----

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Berlin: J. M. Rüdiger, 1704. Folio (324 x 205 mm). [24], 98 (i.e. 96), 4, [4] pp. Engraved additional title, letterpress title printed in red and in black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 45 engraved plates by Kupffer, index at end. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine with old..... More

Paris: chez Gastelier (Gouffier), 1785. 8vo (207 x 130 mm). viii, 206 pp., 8 (7 folding) engraved plates, half-title and errata, without the final blank N8. Bound in 20th century marbled boards, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, new endpapers. Text and plates crisp and clean with only very minor occasional..... More

London: WW. for Humphrey Moseley, 1649. 12mo (136 x 78 mm). [36], 240 pp. Errata on A6r. 19th-century calf (extremities worn, corners bumped, portion missing from top of spine; inner hinges cracked, short margins). Internally little browned throughout, title-page somewhat soiled and with 19th-century owner's signature. Provenance: Anglican clergyman and..... More

Brussels: A. Labroue et Compagnie, 1857. Large folio (534 x 350 mm). [4], 83 [1],viii p., including half-title, lithographed frontispiece portrait of the author, and 20 plates on chine collé on velin after photographic prints made by Florimond Van Loo and protected by tissue paper. Bound in fine 20th century..... More

Dublin: printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for W. Watson and Son... 1804. 8vo (167 x 101 mm). ix [1], [10], 320 [2] pp., including final blank. Separate half-title pages for "Some passages of the life and death of...John Earl of Rochester", "A Sermon preached at the funeral of...John Earl of..... More

Ferrara: Francesco Succio, 1629. Folio (315 x 225 mm). [16], 412, [12] pp., engraved architectural title, 4 small engravings, including a world map (repeated), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and nearly 240 woodcut text illustrations and diagrams. 18th-century Italian xylographic cardboard binding, ink-lettered paper label to spine, red-marbled edges (wear..... More

Lyon: J. & P. Prost, 1636. Mineralogia, sive Natvralis philosophiae thesauri, in qvibvs metallicae concretionis medicatorúmque fossilium miracula, terrarum pretium, colorum & pigmentorum apparatus concretorum succorum virtus lapidum atque gemmarum dignitas continentur. Lyon: J. & P. Prost, 1636. Folio (360x230 mm), [16], 626, [70] pp. Contemporary flexible vellum, title lettered..... More

Strassburg: Wendelin Rihel, 1543. Folio (327 x 202 mm). [44], 505, [3] pp. Signatures: [alpha]-[gamma]⁶ [delta]⁴ A-Z⁶ a-s⁶ t-v⁴. Includes title-page woodcut vignette (printer's device) and woodcut initials in text. Leaf [delta]4 and v4 are blanks. Title-page bears an encomium from Johannes Sturm: "Ioannes Sturmius. Ioannes Caluinus homo accutissimo iudicio..... More

Lyon (but Geneva): Jean Martin (Jean II Frellon?), 1565. 8vo (183 x 109 mm). [200], 1256 pp. Floral woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary vellum, spine with ink-lettering (vellum soiled and spotted, small hole at upper hinge, light wear to extremities). Text with light even browning, occasional minor..... More

Paris: 1803. Atlas volume only. Large folio (495x318 mm), portrait frontispiece by B. Roger, 34 engraved plates, contemporary soft cover, paper label to front cover, worn and soiled, top cover loose, title and plates foxed and browned throughout, library stamps to portrait and some plates. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeons..... More

Bologna: A. Benacci, 1569. De causis, signis, ac locis morborum, liber unus. Bologna: A. Benacci, 1569. 110 (i.e. 112), [4] leaves. Woodcut initials and tailpieces, 4 leaves of index at end. Signatures: A-O⁸ P⁴. Light browning of just a few leaves, but generally bright and clean throughout. Leaf A8 chipped..... More

Basel: Henricus Petri, 1559. Two parts in one volume. Folio (304 x 202 mm). [52], 934, [2] pp. Includes woodcut portrait on first title, separate title-page "Ein kurtzer ausszug und inhalt aller fürnemmen und nutzlicher puncten und articklen..." dated 1554 on Aaa1r, final leaf 3N8 with colophon on recto and..... More