Dresden: Gimel Bergen, 1589. 1589-90. Two parts in one volume. Folio (309 x 192 mm). [12], 449, [15]; [8], 205, [7] pp. Titles within woodcut historiated borders; 2 full-page engraved and 6 woodcut text portraits; 2 text maps; numerous woodcut coats of arms, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Bound in..... More

Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter for Anton Humm, 1614. 4to (205 x 163 mm). [8], 189 (i.e. 207) [1] pp., 4 plates, numerous woodcut diagrams and woodcut ornaments in text. Signatures: ):(⁴ a-cc⁴. 18th century vellum covered boards, new endpapers, original flyleaves bound in (binding restored, vellum extensively soiled and marked). Leaves..... More

London: Printed for C. Nourse, 1781. Folio (560 x 380 mm). [4], 9, [1] pp. Includes engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by George Vertue after T. Gibson, engraved title-vignette, head- and tailpiece, engraved historiated opening initial, and 27 double-page engraved celestial charts (on 28 sheets, no. 14 on two..... More

Rome: Giacomo Mascardi, 1623. 4to (218 x 162 mm), [4] (of [12]), 236 pp., engraved title-page by Villamena, 18 engraved illustrations in text, vignette on final page, lacking the engraved portrait and the 4 preliminary leaves of verses by Faber and Stelluti (as often), prelim. leaf (pi)2 with dedication to..... More

Paris: Charles Antoine Jombert, 1751. 4to (255 x 198 mm). [26], 152, [8] pp., including half-title, title with woodcut printer's device, 1 engraved vignette, and 93 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf, rebound, spine rebacked and titled in gilt, red-dyed edges (little wear to extremities). Text and plates quite crisp and..... More

London: Cambridge University Press, 1912. In: Journal of Physiology, Vol. XLIV, Nos. 5 and 6, pp. 425-460. London: Cambridge University Press, 1912. 8vo (229 x 162 mm). Entire volume, 513, [25] pp. Bound in early 20th century beige library cloth, spine titled in black. Text generally clean with little yellowing..... More

Triest: Privately Printed, 1898. 4to (315 x 257 mm). 20, [2] pp., with photogravure of Krieger's observatory and 28 photolithographed plates, each with a transparent key overlay. Original three-quarter cloth with publisher's printed boards (binding somewhat bowed, boards with little soiling, spotting and marginal browning, little rubbing of extremities). Only..... More

London: John W. Parker, 1843. 8vo (221 x 142 mm). xvi, 580; xii, 624 pp. Original publisher's half cloth, spines with original printed paper labels (rebacked with original spines laid down, minor rubbing to boards and extremities, paper labels browned and soiled, spine cloth spotted, gathering b in vol. I...... More

London: Printed for Edward Jeffreys, 1792. Large folio (430 x 266 mm). Engraved portrait of the author by Martin Teuscher, letterpress title leaf, engraved allegorical scene bound after title, and 159 engraved copper plates (numbered I-CLIX) on 157 sheets, plus five unnumbered engraved plates bound at intervals (making 164 total..... More

London: S. Palmer, 1728. 4to (272 x 226 mm). [50], 407 [1] pp., including 16 pp. list of subscribers, 12 folding copper-engraved plates, engraved title-page vignette, chapter head-vignettes and decorative initials engraved by J. Pine after J. Grison. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering (hinges repaired..... More

Lisbon: A.P. Galram, 1718. 4to (196 x 144 mm). [32], 183 [1] pp, 12 etched plates (4 folding) signed by Manoel Freyre, M.A.P., and FB; full-page frontispiece of etched coat-of-arms by Fryre bound before title, etched allegorial vignette on title-page with 2 seals bearing the names 'Ioze Franco' & 'I..... More

Padua: typis Seminarii apud Joannem Manfre, 1772. 8vo (170 x 112 mm). [16], 327 [1] pp., 17 folding engraved plates, numerous diagrams in text, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials in text. Bound in contemporary vellum over cardboard, spine titled in manuscript, red-marbled edges (chipping to upper spine with..... More

Dessau & Leipzig: Verlagskasse für Gelehrte und Künstler, 1785. Folio (390 x 255 mm). [6], x, 244, [2] pp., including dedication leaf, final blank, 9 (8 folding) large hand-colored geological plates (one hightened with ground mica) by G. M. Kraus, Capieux a.o. after F. H. Spoerer, Laenge a.o.; and 5..... More