Berlin: W. Gruyter, 1923. Offprint from: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 4to (254x183 mm). Publisher's wrappers. A fine and fresh copy of the rare offprint. ----
Weil *132; Schilpp--Shields 171; Alicke 113; Norman 698; Boni 141 - First edition. Marked with an asterisk by Weil, denoting a major paper..... More
Berlin: W. Gruyter, 1929. Offprint from: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 4to (257x182 mm). The Honeyman copy with red morocco gilt label, publisher's orange printed wrappers, preserved in cloth folder and slipcase. Fine copy. ----
Weil *165, Boni 183: Alicke 141, Schillp-Shields 226: Norman 700: Hoffmann, Albert Einstein, pp..... More
Prague: Georg Schwartz, 1574. Folio (296 x 196 mm). [4], CXXXX, [6] leaves. Signatures: *? A-2M? 2N?. Imprint from colophon: "Gedruckt zu Prag inn der alten Stadt / durch Georgen Schwartz, MDLXXIIII." Including final blank Nn6, errata on Nn5, title printed in red and black with large woodcut vignette, 33..... More
Prague: Georg Schwartz, 1574. Folio (294 x 194 mm). 135 (of 140), [6] leaves, lacking the title, the 4 preliminary (gathering *) and the first 4 numbered leaves (gathering A). Signatures: B-2M4 2N6. Imprint from colophon: "Gedruckt zu Prag inn der alten Stadt / durch Georgen Schwartz, MDLXXIIII." Including final..... More
Brussels: chez J.-B. Balliere, 1838. Des maladies mentales considerées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médico-legal ... Accompagees de 27 planches gravees. Paris, London, Leipzig: chez J.-B. Balliere, 1838 [edition Bruxelles]. 4to. 2 volumes of text (240x159 mm); 1 atlas volume of plates (225x148 mm). vi, [2], 393 [3]; vi..... More
Basel: Johannes Herwagen, 1533. September 1533. Folio (307x205 mm). [12], 1-268, 1-115 [1] pp. With numerous woodcut diagrams printed in text, register and colophon on K4r, woodcut printer's device on K4v and title, decorative woodcut border on p.1. 17th century full flexible vellum (soiled, little bumped), spine titled in manuscript..... More
St. Petersburg [i.e. Berlin]: Acadamiae Imperialis Scientiarum [i.e. Michaelis], 1755. 4to (250x203 mm), xxiv, 880 pp. Later half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, red-dyed edges. Text with even light browning, little occasional spotting and foxing. A fine, wide-margined copy. ----
Norman 733; DSB IV, 476; Smith..... More
Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. The first of two volumes only, 4to (238x189 mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved title vignette, engraved frontispiece by Soubeyran after De la Monce, engraved folding portrait of dedicatee Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan by Frequet after Tocquet and 40 engraved folding plates..... More
Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. Two parts in one volume. 4to (243 x 197 mm). [4], xvi, 320; [2], 398, [2] pp. Title to each part printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece by Soubeyran after De la Monce, engraved folding portrait of dedicatee Jean Jacques Dortous..... More
Lausanne: M.-M. Bousquet, 1748. 4to (245 x 195 mm). [2], 398, [2] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved title vignette, woodcut head-pieces and initials, including leaf of directions to binder at end. Signatures: [pi]2 (-[pi]1) (A-3D)4. Bound without initial blank. Contemporary full vellum, spine with gilt-lettered..... More
Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744. 4to (236 x 189 mm). [4], 322, [2] pp., including initial blank and final leaf of binder's instructions, title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut head-piece and initial, 5 folding engraved plates bound at end (plate IV misbound after plate..... More
Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744. 4to (239 x 186 mm). [4], 322, [2] pp., including initial blank and final leaf of binder's instructions, title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut head-piece and initial, 5 folding engraved plates bound at end. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with..... More
Rome: Francesco Gonzaga, 1714. Tabulae anatomicae. Edited by Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654-1720). Rome: Francesco Gonzaga, 1714. 2° (399 x 264 mm). Engraved title vignette after Pier Leone Ghezzi, engraved graduated scale plate, 47 full-page copperplate engravings by Giulio de' Musi after drawings by Eustachi and Pier Matteo Pini. Text and..... More
Venice: Vincenzo Luchino, 1564. Opuscula anatomica. Venice: Vincenzo Luchino, 1564. [bound with] Libellus de dentibus. Venice: Vincenzo Luchino, 1563. 4to (196x147 mm). [52] 1 [1] 2-4 [1] 5-8 [1] 9-12 [1] 13-15 [1] 16-17 [1] 18 [1] 19 [1] 20-323 [1]; [4], 1-95 [1]; [164], [4 blank] pp., ff. C1..... More
Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati / Aloysius Bencius, 1600. I. De formato foetu. Venice: Francesco Bolzetta, 1600 [colophon: Padua, Lorenzo Pasquati, 1604]. Folio (418 x 279 mm). [10], 1-150 [2] 151 [1] pp. Signatures: π1 a-b2, A-E4 F-I2 K4 L-O2 P4 Q2 R-Z4, Aa2, χ1. Engraved title by Giacomo Valeggio, 11 double-page..... More
Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati, 1603. De locutione et eius instrumentis. Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati, 1603. Folio (416 x 272 mm). [8], 25 [3]. Signatures: ** A-C4 D2. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, ornamental woodcut initials and tail-pieces, index bound at beginning, engraved illustration on D1v signed 'Joa. de Bust sculpt', final leaf..... More
Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati, 1603. Folio (415 x 274 mm). [2], 1-23 [1] pp. Signatures: π1 A4 B-C2 D4. Printer's device on title-page, one double-page and 7 full-page illustrations), without the phrase 'Superiorum Permissu' at the end of text on p.22. Only little browned internally, marginal finger soiling to first pages..... More
Padua: Roberti Meglietti, 1625. 5 parts in one volume. Folio (403 x 273 mm). General title with engraved printer's device, [4], 150, [2] pp, 34 plates (including unnumbered plate on verso of plate XI, 11 double page), engraving to K4 recto a duplicate of K2 (as called for); 23 [1]..... More
London: Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1859. 8vo (215x141 mm). viii, 496, [2] pp., including half title, 3 plates (1 folding). Publisher´s dark green cloth, boards with frames in blind, title gilt to spine (ends of spine land corners bumped), untrimmed and partially unopened, very minor foxing in places. Fine..... More
London: Richard and John Edward Taylor, 1839. Richard and John Edward Taylor, [Vols. I-II], Richard Taylor and William Francis [Vol. III], 1839, 1844, 1855. Three volumes. 8vo (226 x 142 mm). Vol. 1: vi, 574, [10] pp., including publishers ads. at rear and 8 folding engraved plates. Vol. 2: viii..... More
London: Richard Taylor, 1832. Read November 24, 1831, pp. 125-162. WITH: The Bakerian Lecture: Experimental Researches in Electricity, Second Series... Read January 12, 1832, pp. 163-194, 2 engraved plates. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the year MDCCCXXXII, Part I. London: Richard Taylor, 1832. 4to (276x215..... More
Paris: [Chardon for] Cuchet, 1783. 1783-1784. 2 volumes, 8vo (204x127 mm). Vol. 1: [i-iii] iv-xl, [1] 2-299, [3], [4] pp., 9 engraved plates (plate v as frontispiece), folding table; Vol. 2: [2], [1] 2-24, *24-24*, 25-62, [67] 68-366, [2] pp., 5 engraved plates (plate I as frontispiece). Contemporary green paste..... More
London: Macmillan, 1934. In: Nature 133, June 16, 1933, pp. 898-899. 4to. ----
D.S.B. Fermi 99, Norman 784 - Shortly after Joliot and Joliot-Curie's discovery of artificial radioactivity produced by alpha-particle bombardment of stable nuclei, Fermi and his assistants began a line of similar experiments using neutrons as projectiles, since..... More
Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1554. Folio (325 x 225 mm), 315 leaves, 1b, [12] 1-248 (i.e., 250), [14], [1] 2-238, [18], [1] 2-90, [10] pp. Mispaginations: (first series) 248 for 250; (second series) 17 for 13; (third series) 75 for 73, 82 for 84, 58 for 85. Woodcut device on title..... More
Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1554. Folio (328 x 222 mm), [12], 248 (i.e., 250); [14], 238, [18]; 90, [10] pp. Signatures: *6 a-v6 x-z4, A-T6 V4 X6 Y4 Aa-Gg6 Hh-Ii4, k signed "lz"; mispaginations in text. Woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf verso, woodcut portrait of Fernel on *3v..... More
