Paris: Impr. Didot jeune, 1815. 4to (255 x 196 mm). 52 pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers and new endpapers, marbled edges. Text crisp and clean with only very minor occasional spotting.
Medical thesis no. 119 by the French physician Séraphin Breton. More
London: Samuel Simpson, 1685. 8vo (158 x 92 mm). [16], 80 pp. Title with double rule-border, folding engraved plate bound after p.32 depicting an anatomical diagram of the eye, errata on final prelim. page. Signatures: A-F8. Contemporary plain limp vellum, original pastedown and rear flyleaf (lacking front flyleaf, minor spotting..... More
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. ----
Wood, p...... More
Paris: Hermann et Cie, 1932. Conséquences de la relativité dans le développement de la mécanique ondulatoire. Actualités scientifiques et industrielles XLII. Paris: Hermann et Cie, 1932. 8vo (254 x 163 mm). 14 pp. Original stiff wrappers printed in red and black (light fraying at head of spine). Uncut and partially..... More
London: W. Phillips, 1823. 4to (205 x 130 mm). xv [1], 508 pp. Illustrated with 391 intertextual woodcut diagrams, mainly of crystal structurs, throughout. Original drab boards, spine with original printed paper label (spine chipped with loss, upper joint cracked but holding, extremities rubbed, corners scuffed). All pages uncut and..... More
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
Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel: Privately printed, 1727. Three parts in two volumes. Privately printed: Braunschweig 1727 and Wolfenbüttel 1730-1734. Folio (335 x 212 mm). [10], 368, [18]; [22], 1136 (i.e. 1138), [24]; [4], 64 pp. Titles printed in red and black, dedication leaves, list of subscribers in part 2, engraved portrait..... 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
Philadelphia: Andrew Steuart, 1766. De Jure Regni apud Scotos, or a Dialogue, concerning the due Privilege of government, in the Kingdom of Scotland, betwixt George Buchanan and Thomas Maitland, . . . and Translated out of the Original Latin into English, by Philalethes. Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, 1766. viii..... 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
Rome: Antonius Hercules, 1691. Three parts in one volume. 4to (215 x 153 mm). xx, 307; [308]-342, [2], 106, [4] pp., engraved allegorical frontispiece by Hubert Vincent, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 69 copper engraved plates (5 folding) by Buonanni, second part with engraved title on p.[308] dated 1683, continuous..... 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
London: J. Dodsley, 1790. 8vo (212 x 130 mm). iv, 356 pp. Small woodcut vignette to p. iv ponting to the right. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt-lettered and gilt-decorated spine leather laid down, gilt-tooled boards, board edges and turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed, corners..... 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
London: for Richard Chiswell and John Taylor, 1692. 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
Treviso: Michele Manzolo, 1480. 30 June 1480. Folio (288 x 198 mm). 167 (of 168) unfoliated leaves, lacking the initial blank leaf only. Signatures: a8 (-a1) b6 c8 d6 e8 f6 g8 h6 i8 k6 l8 m6 n8 o6 p8 q6 r8 s6 t8 u6 x6, A-B8 C6. 44 lines..... 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
Geneva: Robert Estienne, 1554. Defensio orthodoxae fidei de sacra Trinitate, co[n]tra prodigiosos errores Michaelis Serveti Hispani: ubi ostenditur haereticos iure gladii coercendos esse,... [Geneva]: Robert Estienne, 1554. pp. 261 [1]. Signatures: a-q8 r4 [-r4], bound without blank leaf r4. Printer's woodcut device to title, floral woodcut initial, list of subscribers..... 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
Geneva: Ex officina Ioannis Gerardi typographi, 1550. 4to (246 x 162 mm). [32], 735, [81] pp. [alpha]-[delta]4 a-z8 A-Z8 2A-2K4. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, white-on-black criblé initials, with final blank Kk4. Several neat marginalia in at least three different contemporary hands and later text markings and underscoring in one..... 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: H.J. Jansen, 1802. Imperial folio (530x350 mm), uncut, x, [2], 108 pp., half title, portrait frontispiece, 20 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, skillfully rebacked; foxing to first pages, unobstrusive library stamps. Superb copy. ---
First edition, exeedingly rare - Nissen 798, Schrader-H. 327-328, DSB III, 38: "He performed careful..... 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
Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1801. An X (1801). 8vo (216 x 138 mm). [4], 236 pp., including half-title with "Décret concernant les contrefacteurs" and signature stamp of publisher on verso, 3 folding letterpress tables. Uncut and in the original wrappers, spine with original printed paper label (minor paper chipping to..... More
