Natural Sciences & Mathematics - 32 new arrivals
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Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1566. 4to (223 x 174 mm). [1] 2-19 leaves. Title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initial, 17 woodcut text diagrams and 9 text illustrations. Bound without final blank E4. Signatures: A-E4 (-E4). Later simple paper wrappers, 18th century stitching..... More
Strassburg: Johannis Reinholdi Dulseckeri, 1738. 4to (260 x 204 mm). [8], 304 pp. Title and first text page with large engraved vignette, first dedication leaf verso with large woodcut intitial, 12 folding engraved plates by I.M. Weis bound at end. Signatures: [pi]4 A-2P4. Contemporary full vellum, gilt-lettered spine label, red-dyed..... More
Basel: Johann Rudolph & Emanuel Thurneisen, 1713. 4to (210 x 170 mm). [4], 35 [1], 306 pp. Woodcut title device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams in text, 1 folding plate with woodcut diagrams and 2 folding letterpress tables. Signatures: [pi]2 a-d4 e2, A-2P4 2Q2. Final section on tennis..... 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
Oxford: Henry Hall for R. Davis and B. Took, 1680. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (164 x 110 mm). [22], 440, [28], 268 pp., advertisement leaf bound before title in second state with date January 1679/80. Second part with separate title page and pagination. Signatures: [pi]1 A8 a2 B-2E8..... More
Paris: Chez G. Dufour et Ed. D'Ocagne, 1825. 8vo (192 x 123 mm). [4], II, 400 pp. Incl. half-title, 2 folding letterpress tables and 6 engraved plates. Extra illustrated with author's engraved portrait bound as frontispiece. [BOUND BEFORE, IBID:] Recherches sur les Ossemens Fossiles, PROSPECTUS D'une Nouvelle Édition, 4 pp...... More
Leiden: Jean Maire, 1649. 4to (204 x 156 mm). [12], 336, [4] pp., including final blank leaf, title printed in red and black, woodcut text diagrams, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: *4 **2 A-2T4 2V2. Bound in contemporary vellum with yapp edges, ink lettering on spine, blue sprinkled edges, original..... More
Zürich: Orell Füssli und Compagnie, 1808. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (200 x 115 mm). xxx, 408; [2], [16], [1], iv-x, 428 pp., including 8 leaves of errata bound after title and 6 hand-colored engraved folding maps bound at end of vol. II. Uniformly bound in Swiss green half..... More
Paris: G. Morrhy & J. Pierre, 1530. 1530-1532. Folio (368 x 265 mm). [8], 207 (i.e., 209), [1] leaves. Signatures: 2A8 A-L8 M-N6 O-2B8 2C6 2D8. Leaves F8 and N6 within pagination are blanks, errata leaf at end. Title within architectural woodcut border by Lassere after Finé's design. Part titles..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von F. C. W. Vogel, 1882. 8vo (235 x 160 mm). viii, 424 pp, 24 text illustrations and 8 tinted lithographed plates (one folding, 6 double-page). Contemporary black half roan and marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges (spine and extremities rubbed, some paper chipping of board edges, corners..... More
Göttingen: Dieterich, 1823. 4to (236 x 178 mm). [2], 58 pp. Half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered and decorated spine (spine leather dry and rubbed, extremities rubbed, corners worn). Text little browned and spotted. Provenance: Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (ink stamps to flyleaf and title, additional de-accession stamp to flyleaf). ----..... More
Antwerp: Christoph Plantin, 1571. 4to (235 x 159 mm). [20], 332, [10] pp. Woodcut device on title, large floral and historiated woodcut initials, several woodcut illustrations in text. Signatures: *8 **2 A-X8 Y4. Including the final blank Y4. Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, flat spine and lower edge lettered in..... More
Nürnberg: Johann Zieger, 1687. 4to (195 x 158 mm). [8], 64 pp, 27 sheets of plates (23 folding) representing 37 engraved plates of a total of 55 objects. Signatures: [pi]4 A-H4. Near contemporary vellum, blue-dyed edges, new endpapers (boards a bit warped). Text and plates with only very little browning..... More
Stuttgart und Tübingen / Stuttgart: Cotta / Krais & Hoffmann, 1845. Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. Volume 1 to 5. Stuttgart und Tübingen: Cotta, 1845-1862. 8vo (215 x 133 mm). Atlas zu Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, [1851]. Oblong folio (280 x 350 mm). Text volumes: xvi..... More
Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1909. 8vo (231 x 158 mm). vi, 515 [1] pp., tables and diagrams. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards gilt, marbled edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Ignatiuskolleg Valkenburg (stamp on title, shelf-mark label on spine); Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. A crisp and clean copy..... More
Turin: Imprimerie Royale, 1759. 1759-1773. 5 volumes. 4to (230 x 170 mm), uniformly bound in early 19th century half calf over sprinkled paper boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, light-blue endpapers, yellow-dyed edges (slightly rubbed, corners little bumped, vol I slightly smaller in size), in total 27 plates engraved..... 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 Cuchet, 1789. Two parts in two volumes. Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1789. 8vo (205 x 124 mm). xliv, 322; viii, 323-653, [3] pp., including half title to each part, woodcut vignette to titles, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 2 folding letterpress tables in volume I, 3-pages errata and 13 folding..... More
Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1889. 8vo (229 x 155 mm). viii, 187 [1] pp., coloured lithographed frontispiece of storks in flight, 8 folding plates, illustrations and diagrams. Original publisher's decorated brown cloth gilt (corners and front board fore-edge lightly bumped). Text generally clean and crisp, one plate dust-soiled at fore-edge..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1866. 8vo (246 x 165 mm). [2], iv, 42 pp. White-on-black-ground woodcut diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers (dog-earing of outer corners, spine reinforced with paper, upper spine chipped, light spotting. Text little age-toned, but generally bright and clean internally. Provenance: Giancarlo Beltrame Library. ----
DSB VIII, p.429-34;..... More
Heidelberg: Academische Verlagsbuchhandlung von C. F. Winter, 1842. In: Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. Herausgegeben von Friedrich Wöhler und Justus Liebig, vol. 42, pp. 233-240. Heidelberg: Academische Verlagsbuchhandlung von C. F. Winter, 1842. 8vo (201 x 127 mm). Entire volume no. 42: [8], 356 pp., including two general title pages..... More
1869. In: Journal für praktische Chemie, vol. 106, p.251. 8vo (211 x 130 mm). Entire volume: xi [1], 508 pp., including two title pages and 1 engraved plate. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering, gilt ruling and shelf mark paper label, marbled edges (extremities..... More
Nürnberg: J. L. Schrag, 1829. In: Archiv für die gesammte Naturlehre in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten, herausgegeben von K. W. G. Kastner. Nürnberg: J. L. Schrag, 1829. Entire parts 1 and 4 of volume XVII. 8vo (205 x 123 mm). xii, 144; 385-500 pp., folding engraved plate (plate partially detached..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. 8vo (235 x 155 mm). viii, 387 [1], 4 pp. including half-title, 12 engraved plates protected by tissue paper, 85 illustrations in text, 4-pages advertisement bound at end. 20th century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards by Bretault, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering, upper edge..... More
Edinburgh / London: William Creech / Cadell and Davies, 1802. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). xx, 528 pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine preserved, red morocco lettering piece. Text little age toned, occasional very minor spotting, brown offsetting from silk bookmark to pp. 411/12. Provenance: Cranstoun of Corehouse..... More
