Paris: Gogue & Nee de la Rochelle, 1784. 8vo (202x127 mm). [8], 236 pp., including half-title, 8 folding engraved plates by Sellier after Fossier. Contemporary quarter calf (hinges and head of spine repaired), marbled endpapers. Minor browning (title stronger), very little spotting. A fine, clean and wide-margined copy. ----
Dibner..... More
Berlin: G. Reimer, 1847. 8vo (220 x 139 mm). [4], 72 pp. Contemporary German half cloth over marbled boards, hand-lettered paper label to upper board, original printed wrappers bound in, original endpapers, custom black cloth clamshell case (rubbing of boards and extremities, smaller patches of frayed cloth along hinges). Light..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1892. 8vo (216x140 mm). vi, [2], 295 [1] pp. Modern marbled cardboard, spine gilt. Interior very clean. A fine copy. ----
PMM 377; Norman 1061; Waller 11374. - FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Hertz's series of papers on electromagnetic waves, originally published from 1887 through 1890, mostly..... More
London: Printed for James Allestry, 1667. Folio (299 x 198 mm). [36], 246, [10] pp., title with engraved arms of the Royal Society, imprimatur leaf before title, 38 engraved plates (30 folding of which 2 double-page and mounted on stub), woodcut head-pieces and initials, errata on final page verso. Signatures..... More
Stuttgart und Tübingen: Cotta, Krais & Hoffmann, 1845. Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. Volume 1 to 5. Stuttgart und Tübingen: Cotta, 1845-1862. 8vo (210 x 129 mm). Atlas zu Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, [1851]. Oblong folio (283 x 337 mm). Text volumes: xvi, 493 [1]; [2]..... More
Edinburgh: J. Dickson, 1788. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 1 (1788), pp. 210-304 [2], including 2 engraved plates and extra leaf of plate explanation bound after. Edinburgh: J. Dickson, 1788. 4to (265 x 210 mm). Entire volume: xii, 100, 1-304 [2] 305-336, 1-209 [3] pp., general..... More
Edinburgh: J. Dickson, 1788. 4to (282x225 mm), vii, [1], [1] 210-304, [2] pp., including half title and general title with engraved vignette (and ms. shelf number) and two engraved plates. Text only very little age-toned, a few very light spots, p.285 lower corner torn away not affecting text. Modern cloth-backed..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1863. 8vo (220x138 mm). [8], 159 [1], 8 pp. including half title, publisher's advertisements bound at end, further publisher's advertisements on red paper as endpapers and pastedowns to front and back. Wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (some staining to front..... More
Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1690. 4to (198 x 158 mm). [8], 1-124 [2] 125-128 [2] 129-180 pp. Signatures: *4 A-P4 Q2 R4 S2 T-Z4 Aa2. Two parts in one, separate title to part two, continuous pagination, general title printed in red and black, both titles with printer's woodcut device..... More
London: The Physical Society of London, Taylor and Francis, 1884. 2 vols., 1884-1887, folding diagrams (some neat reinforcements to verso), illustrations, lacking portrait frontispiece, a couple of leaves with chips and marginal losses, later half calf.
Sparrow, Milestones of Science 113. - First Edition. Joule's papers, originally published in various..... More
London: The Physical Society of London, Taylor and Francis, 1884. 2 vols., 1884-1887, folding diagrams (some neat reinforcements to verso), illustrations, lacking portrait frontispiece, a couple of leaves with chips and marginal losses, later half calf. - Sparrow, Milestones of Science 113. - First Edition. Joule's papers, originally published in..... More
Heidelberg: Gotthard Vögelin, 1609. Folio (388 x 250 mm). Work in five parts, each with separate half-title page, but continuous pagination and signatures. Text in Latin with small sections in Greek. [40], 337, [3] pp., folding letterpress table, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, approx. 300 woodcut diagrams in text, complete..... More
Linz: Johannes Plancus, 1619. Folio (302 x 196 mm). [iv], 66, 255 pp. Title-page, leaves *2-*4 (containing the dedication to James I) and the 5 engraved plates in good facsimile. Woodcut text illustrations. Very minor foxing and browning, a few frayed edges repaired. Stamp of the Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis on..... More
Ulm: Saur (für G. Tambach in Frankfurt), 1627. Folio (350 x 235 mm). With engr. frontispiece by G. Celer, numerous woodcuts diagrams within text and the Sportula bound at the end of part II. [18], [1] 2-120; [1] 2-119 [1]; 122-125 [3] pp. Some foxing and browning, heavier to second..... More
Ulm: Jonas Saur (for G. Tambach in Frankfurt), 1627. Two parts in one volume. Ulm: Jonas Saur (für G. Tambach in Frankfurt), 1627-29. Folio (333 x 225 mm). With engr. allegorical frontispiece of the Temple of Urania by George Celer after Kepler and numerous woodcuts diagrams within text, [18] 1-125..... More
Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1862. Two volumes. Offprints from: Abhandlungen der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861-1862. Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler, 1862-1863. 4to (305 x 238 mm). [4], 43 [1]; [3] 4-16 pp., 5 lithographed plates (3 for part I and 2 for part II; 4 folding). Pages of part II..... More
Berlin: Hirschwald, 1882. In: Berliner klinische Wochenschrift 19. pp. 221-230. Large 4to. Some woodcuts in text. vii, 800 pp. Contemporary half cloth with gilt spine (rubbed and bumped), inner hinges starting, occational spotting, some pencil underlinings in text. ----
PMM 366c; Dibner, Heralds of Science no. 134; Grolier Medicine 80;..... More
Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint, 1788. 4to (256x200 mm). xii, 512 pp., including the half title. Contemporary French mottled calf, blue edges, spine gilt (minor wear to extremities, boards lightly scatched), end papers glue stained at outer margins, interior clean and virtually unspotted. A next to pristine copy of this..... More
Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint, 1788. 4to (257 x 197 mm). xii, 512 pp., including the half title. Later half speckled sheepskin over marbled boards, spine decorated in blind and with gilt-lettered morocco label (rebacked, extremities lightly worn), without the first free endpaper. Interior clean with only little browning and..... More
Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint, 1788. 4to (254 x 200 mm). xii, 512 pp., including half title. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with floral gilt decoration, 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered label (lower joint of front board partially split and with old repair, little wear to extremities, corners scuffed), marbled..... More
Paris: chez la Veuve Desaint, 1788. 4to (271 x 215 mm). xii, 512 pp., including the half title. Half calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers (rebacked, extremities worn). Leaves at bottom and fore-edge uncut. Interior clean with only little browning and minor occasional spotting, some worming troughout mostly to blank..... More
Paris: Dentu, printed for the Author, 1809. Three parts in two volumes, 8vo (199 x 125 mm). [4], [i] ii-xxv [1], [1] 2-428 pp., [4], [1] 2-475 [1] pp, including half-titles. Contemporary boards ( rebacked, rubbed), later paper dust-jackets torn and creased. Internally somewhat browned and spotted, some worming affecting..... More
Paris: Dentu et l'Auteur, 1809. Three parts in two volumes. 8vo (196 x 123 mm). [4], xxv [1], 428; [4], 475 [1] pp, including half-titles. Extra illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. I. Bound in contemporary uniform half sheepskin, spines with some gilt ruling and red..... More
Paris: chez l'auteur et Deterville, 1801. 8vo (198 x 122 mm). viii, 432 pp., including half-title, 8 letterpress tables (6 folding). Contemporary calf, plain spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and gilt decoration, boards with double fillet border, gilt-ruled board edges, red sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers (hinges expertly repaired). Little even..... More
Paris: chez l'Auteur and Deterville, 1801. 8vo (204x129 mm), viii, 432 pp. including half-title (reinforced at joint), 8 letterpress tables (6 folding). Near contemporary half calf, spine with gilt lettered label. Internally little occasional spotting, otherwise bright and clean. Provenance: J. d'Aguilar (ex libris to inner cover). ----
Dibner 194;..... More
