![Item #003828 De animalibus libri vigintisex novissime impressi [emendati per M.A. Zimaram]....](https://milestone-books-de.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/003828_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690985324)
Venice: hires of Octavianus Scotus, 1513. Folio (315 x 215 mm). [6], 105 (i.e. 205) [1] leaves. Woodcut initials, colophon and printer's device on final leaf verso. Signatures: aa6, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Bbb8, Ccc6. Bound without final blank leaf 3C6. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with old, hand-lettered vellum reinforcement (slight chipping and..... More
Bologna: Haeredes de Duccijs, 1666. Folio (313 x 208 mm). [14], 576, [72] pp., including two blanks, allegorical engraved frontispiece by Lauren Tineus showing a large garden, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, woodcut headpiece and 36 mostly full-page woodcut illustrations of plants in text. Contemporary vellum, spine hand-lettered in..... More
Augsburg: S. Grimm & M. Wirsung, 1519. 15 June 1519. Folio (315 x 214 mm). 125, [1] leaves (Roman numbers). Signatures: a-x6. Title-page with large arms of the dedicatee (Georg von Limburg, Bishop of Bamburg), attributed to H. Weiditz or H. Burgkmair. Last leaf blank except for large armorial device..... 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
Amsterdam: Johannes van Someren, 1681. 4to (260x210 mm), [8] 1-494 [2] pp., engraved title by Jan Luyken, 5 engraved plates and 60 engraved full-page text illustrations, library stamps, contemporary ink notes to front endpapers, waterstaining to upper edge, title page ruled in red, browning and soiling, p.135 with tear to..... More
St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1789. 4to (295 x 220 mm). 63 [1]; 94 pp. Signatures: A-H4; A-L4 M-N2 (-N2, presumed blank), 79 of 80 leaves, lacking the engraved plate to Blumenbach's text. Text block untrimmed and partially unopened. Early 19th-century blue paper covered boards (old rebacking, head of..... More
![Item #001650 [Physiologike], seu Oeconomia Animalis. Hermann BOERHAAVE](https://milestone-books-de.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
London: Johannem Noon, 1741. 4to. (254 x 202 mm). xi, [1], 164 pp. Title with engraved vignette, 54 folding engraved plates, light water stains and spotting,occasional annotations, library stamps, library cloth, lower cover with small dampstain. ---
Garrison-Morton 581; Norman 255 (both citing the original edition); Lindeboom 64 (this edition).Rare..... More
Rome: Ex Typographia Angeli Bernabò, 1680. De motu animalium. Opus posthumum. 2 volumes. Romae, Ex Typographia Angeli Bernabò, 1680-81. 4to (22.2x15.4cm). Vol. I, 1680: (xii), 376, (12) pp., 14 folding plates; Vol. II, 1681: (iv), 520 pp., 4 folding plates. Woodcut device on titles. The 4 plates in vol. 2..... 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
Frankfurt am Main: H. Gülfferich, 1551. Folio (293 x 185 mm). [22], 199, [1] leaves. Title printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border, large woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations in text (several full page); final leaf verso with printer's full-page armorial vignette. Signatures: A-B4 C6 D-E4, A-Z6 Aa-Ii6 Kk8..... 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
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
Ferrara: Victorius Valdinus, 1600. 1600-1601. Two parts in one volume. Large folio (406 x 268 mm). [56] (of [60]), 191 [1]; 126, [2] pp. Engraved title, engraved portrait of the author, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 34 full-page anatomical engravings (22 of the vocal organs, 12 of the auditory organs);..... More
Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1583. 4to (220 x 154 mm). [40], 621, [11] pp. Woodcut printer's device on title and at end, woodcut initials, some historiated. Variant title page with "Duce" in 9th line. Contemporary vellum (old remboitage binding), spine hand-lettered, faded blue edges. A few leaves with faint stains or..... More
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1677. Folio (355 x 220 mm). Three parts in one volume. [20], 119 [1], 106, [2], 78, [20] pp. Title with engraved vignette, woodcut initials, engraved illustrations in text, 2 engraved plates, separate half-titles to second and third part, bound without blank leaf dd*2. Signatures: Signatures: a-e2..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Matthias Becker for Theodor de Bry, 1609. Three parts in one volume. Folio (305 x 197 mm). ff. [4], pp. 1-148, ff. 149-160, [4], 161-164, pp. 165-274, [2], including general title dated 1609, 3 section titles on pp. 1, 61 and 225, all dated 1608, pagination of..... More
London: John Murray, 1871. 8vo (189 x 129 mm). viii, 423 [1], 16; viii, [2], 475 [1], 16 pp., including half-titles, publisher's catalogue dated January 1871 at end of each volume, and several woodcut illustrations in text. Untrimmed and partially unopened. Original publishers green cloth (cloth little rubbed, spotted and..... More
London: John Murray, 1860. 8vo (196 x 125 mm). ix [1], 502, 32 pp., including half-title, publisher's advertisements at end dated 'January 1860', and folding lithographed table facing p.117. Original publisher's green blind-stamped cloth, binding variant c (spine ends slightly frayed, corners bumped, extremities little rubbed), original brown endpapers, Edmonds..... More
London: John Murray, 1861. 8vo (198 x 124 mm). xix [1], 538, [2], [32] pp., including half-title; single advert. leaf "Works on Science, Natural History, &c., Published by Mr. Murray", followed by 32 pp. of "Mr. Murray's General List of Works", dated "January 1865" bound at the end; folding lithographed..... More
London: John Murray, 1868. Two volumes. 8vo (221 x 142 mm). viii, 411 [1]; viii, 486 pp. With 32 pp. of publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 in vol. I and [2] pp. ads dated February 1868 in vol. II; 1 erratum on 2 lines in vol. I as called for..... More
London: John Murray, 1868. Two volumes. 8vo (221 x 142 mm). viii, 411 [1]; viii, 486 pp. With 32 pp. of publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 in vol. I and [2] pp. ads dated February 1868 in vol. II; 5 errata on 6 lines in vol. I and 9 errata..... More
Venice: Gregoriis Brothers for Aloisius and Franciscus Barbari, and Johannes Bartholomeus Astensis, 1516. 1 Feb. 1516. 2 parts in one volume. Folio (305 x 215 mm). [36], CXXXIII (i.e. CXXXIV); 106 leaves. Signatures: AA6 [cross]8 [cross]a-[cross]b8 [cross]c6 A-X6 Y8; A-C8 D6 E-M8 N-O6. 16th century limb vellum, spine titled in..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolph, 1540. DORSTEN, Theoderic. Botanicon, continens herbarum, aliorumque simplicium, quorum usus in Medicinis est, descriptiones, & iconas ad vivum Effigiatas; ex praecipuis tam Grecis quàm Latinis Authoribus iam recens concinnatum. Additis etiam, quae Neotericorum observationes & experientiae vel comprobarunt denuo, uel nuper invenerunt. . . Frankfurt..... More
Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati, 1603. Folio (415 x 277 mm). [6], 27 [1] pp., index bound at beginning. Signatures: pi2 A-D2. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, ornamental woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Title-leave torn at gutter not affecting text. Recent half vellum, new endpapers. A fine, wide-margined copy. Exceedingly rare as here..... More
