London: Longman, Rees, Orme, and Green, 1826. 2 vol., xii, 487 pp.; iv, 510, [3] pp., no half titles, contemp. half leather, boards detached, spine gone, lib stamps to titles, browning and foxing throughout. More
Paris: Germer Baillère, 1835. 4to (295 x 234 mm). xii, vi-lii, 814 [i.e. 806] pp., including half-title, lithographed plate of Hopital St. Louis, folding lithographed plate of family tree of skin diseases and 10 chromolithographed plates by Valvile et Tresca, protected by tissue paper. Pp. 377-8, 672-9 skipped, 393-4 twice..... More
Paris: Caille & Ravier, 1817. Folio (341 x 265 mm). [6], lxxxviii, 616 pp., including half-title and 24 engraved plates with contemporary hand-coloring. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with 4 raised bands tooled in blind and gilt and with gilt lettering (joints repaired). Text with minor browning and..... More
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1907. 8vo (210 x 135 mm). Entire annual volume 64 including "Literaturheft": x, 1033, [5], 232* pp., including plate of photographic reproduction (disbound) and several text illustrations. Contemporary half brown cloth and marbled paper boards, marbled edges (light rubbing of extremities, spotting of spine). Light age-toning and..... More
Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1556. Folio (289 x 186 mm). 19, [1], 358, [24] pp. Title within elaborate engraved border, large pictorial initials engraved, old marginal annotations in old hand to text, restorations to cover, mainly marginal and light dampstaining, old paper repair to title margin. 18th century full vellum, handwritten..... More
Milan: Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627. 4to (245 x 188 mm). [8] (of [14], 79 [1], [8] pp., with the engraved author's portrait by Cesare Bassano, 4-leaf Index bound at end. Lacking the engraved title, two blanks and 3 preliminary leaves a2-5. With 3 (of 4) LARGE FOLDING CHIAROSCURO WOODCUT PLATES..... More
Vienna: J.B. Wallishausser, 1843. 8vo (225 x 145 mm). viii, 72 pp. Latin and German parallel text, printed in two columns. All pages uncut. Original printed wrappers (dust soiled, creased, upper wrapper and spine repaired, corners chipped, front wrapper working loose). Protected in custom-made half-morocco over cloth slip case. Text..... More
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Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 1490. March 24, 1490. Chancery 4to (228 x 177 mm). 442 unnumbered leaves including initial blank a1. Signatures: a-p8 q10 t-z8 [et]8 [con]8 [rum]8 A-N8 O-P6 Q-Z8 aa-bb8 cc10 dd-gg8 hh10 (a1 blank). Text in double columns, 60 lines, types 2:130G, 3:62G, 4:92G. Title..... More
Paris & Nanterre: chez l'auteur, 1802. 8vo (196 x 124 mm). [4], xxviii, 448 pp. Engraved allegorical frontispiece and half-title. Bound in 19th century three-quarter calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt and with gilt-lettered red morocco label, yellow-dyed and red-sprinkled edges (little rubbing to extremities, minor wear to corners)..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1840. 4to (307 x 245 mm). viii pp. and 72 engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, each accompanied by a protective tissue paper and explanatory text leaf. Pages i-ii misbound after iv, v-vi after viii. Contemporary half morocco, spine with 5 raised bands..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. Oblong folio (274 x 380 mm). viii, 134 pp., 20 etched plates (of which 17 with full or partial hand-coloring), woodcut text illustration. Bound in original publisher's morocco-backed cloth, gilt-lettered morocco label to upper board, gilt-lettered spine (upper joint partly split, heavy..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816-1818. Print dates 1816-1818. Two volumes of five parts bound in one. 8vo (214 x 129 mm). Vol. I: xxiv, 500 pp. and 15 plates; vol. II: xii, 140 pp. and 5 plates (one folding). In total 20 (of 20) engraved plates. Bound..... More
Paris: Baillière, 1855. [Oeuvres diverses]. Paris: Baillière, 1855-1878. A fine set of 10 works in 13 volumes uniformily bound in fine contemporary red three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt-lettered spines and gilt top-edges (other edges untrimmed), marbled endpapers, little rubbing to extremities. Half-title to each volume. Text with scattered..... More
Paris, London, Brussels: J. B. Baillière, 1828. Two volumes: text vol. 8vo (197 x 125 mm), atlas vol. 4to (342 x 265 mm). xv, 653 [1] pp; [5] 6-8 pp. Including half-title and errata in text volume; title, dedication and 10 plates in atlas volume, of which two in aquatint..... More
London: Callow & Wilson, 1826. Lacking lower wrapper, soiled and chpped, lib stamp to title, pages uncut. More
Utrecht: B. Wild and J. Altheer, 1789. 4to (260 x 208 mm). 10 pp. Title with woodcut vignette, one color-printed plate bound at the end. Original glazed speckled wrappers (minor edge chipping, short tears, one repaired with tape). Provenance: René Ledoux-Lebard, 1879-1948, physician and scholar of the history of color..... More
Geneva: Sumptibus Leonardi Chovet & Socij, 1684. 1684-1686. 2 parts in one volume. Folio (350 x 219 mm). [10], 882 (i.e. 872), [22]; [10], 1021 (i.e. 1023) [1], [22] pp. Half title, 2 titles printed in red and black each with engraved vignette, text printed in double column, headpieces and..... More
Avignon: Francois Girard, 1748. 4to (243 x 188 mm). [10], 448, [8] pp., engraved allegorical frontispiece, title with printer's device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 24 engraved and etched plates (2 folding). Contemporary mottled sheep, spine with 5 raised bands, morocco lettering piece and gilt decoration in compartments, red-dyed edges..... More
Paris: Croullebois, 1813. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (201 x 125 mm), [2], viii, x, 11-163 [1]; [2], vi, 7-339 [1] pp., including half-title, general title and part titles. Bound in contemporary half calf, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label and some gilt decoration, yellow-dyed edges (little soiling of..... More
Paris: Impr. Didot jeune, 1812. 4to (252 x 195 mm). 17 [1] pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers and new endpapers, marbled edges. Text crisp and clean with only very minor occasional spotting.
Medical thesis no. 113 by the French physician David Boulanger. More
London: Printed for John Taylor and John Wyat, 1691. 8vo (168 x 105 mm). [26], 158, [2], 28, [2] pp., including half-title and final errata leaf to second part. Bound in contemporary speckled sheepskin, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, original endpapers (rebacked, extremities worn, boards warped, corners bumped and scuffed)..... More
London: Samuel Smith, 1690. 8vo (162 x 100 mm). [24], 217, [7]; [2], 14 pp., including half-title, folding engraved frontispiece, and with the 'Catalogue of the Philosophical Books and Tracts' at end. Internally clean and crisp, slight printer's ink smudges to leaves N3-4. 18th century panelled sheep, spine with morocco..... More
London: Samuel Smith, 1683. 8vo (159 x 94 mm). [xvi], 289, [7] pp., including cancel title, title within 2-line rule border, with the 3 final advertisment leaves. Contemporary calf (upper hinge repaired). Internally only little browned. Provenance: The library of Hugh Selbourne (small stamp to title verso). A fine, crisp..... More
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
Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 1519. 28 August 1519. Folio (305 x 200 mm). 330 leaves, Roman numbering. Black letter in two columns, title with full-page woodcut, 145 woodcut text illustration, of which one double-page, woodcut initials. Signatures: A-Z6; Aa-Zz6; a-i6. Bound in contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over beveled wooden boards, spine with..... More
