Earth- and Life-Sciences, Chemistry and Alchemy, including 27 New Arrivals
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Basel: Hieronymus Froben and Nicholas Episcopius, 1556. March 1556. Folio (332 x 223 mm). [10], [2: blank], 538 [i.e. 502], [74] pp. With woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf verso, large woodcut initials, 2 folding woodcut plates bound after i2 (the first folded in at fore-margin), 273 woodcut..... More
Paris: Guillaume Marette, 1612. 4to (208 x 150 mm). 103 [1] pp. With 8 allegorical woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut initials, a folding woodcut plate representing the "hieroglyphics" of Flamel. Signatures: A-N4. 19th century straight-grained plum morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards and board edges tooled in gilt..... More
Stockholm: Kungl. Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1896. Ueber den Einfluss des atmosphärischen Kohlensäuregehalts auf die Temperatur der Erdoberfläche. Offprint: Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, Bd. XXII/I, 1. Stockholm: Kungl. Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1896. 8vo (215 x 140 mm). 102 pp. Original wrappers with publisher's..... More
Warrington: printed by W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1778. 12mo (165 x 100 mm). vi, [2], 400 pp., advertisement leaf for J. Johnson bound after preface. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers (rebacked, boards rubbed and soiled). Slightly browned internally, minor occasional foxing (stronger to title..... More
London: Robert Baldwin, 1814. An Attempt to Establish a Pure Scientific System of Mineralogy, by the Application of the Electro-Chemical Theory and Chemical Proportions. London: Robert Baldwin, 1814. 144 pp., including publisher's adverts at pp. [13]-144. [Bound with] WARDROP, James. On Blood-letting. An Account of the Curative Effects of the..... More
London: Samuel Smith, 1685. 1684/85 [i.e. 1685]. 8vo (159 x 98 mm). [18], 112, [16] pp. Typographic headpiece to first page of text, 11 pp. of publisher's advertisements bound at the end. Signatures: A8 B2 C-K8 (-B2, H3 unsigned), bound without blank leaf B2. Contemporary full calf, flat spine with..... More
![Item #001757 A New System of Chemical Philosophy. Part I. ... [Part II.]. John DALTON](https://milestone-books-de.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/001757_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644180148)
Manchester: Printed by S. Russell, 125, Deangate, for R. Bickerstaff, Strand, 1808. A New System of Chemical Philosophy. Part I. ... [Part II.]. Manchester: S. Russell for R. Bickerstaff, 1808 [vol. 1, part I]; Russell and Allen for R. Bickerstaff, 1810 [vol. 1, part II]. 8vo (204 x 125 mm)..... More
London: W. Bulmer, 1808. Two parts in two volumes. London: W. Bulmer, 1808. 4to (295 x 235 mm). vi, [2], 1-142, 26; iv, 145-376, [6] pp., part titles, index bound at end, and 9 engraved plates (2 folding). Original blue simple paper wrappers, all pages untrimmed and partially unopened (wrappers..... More
Amsterdam: J. Jansson, 1651. Two works in one volume. 8vo (156 x 92 mm). 67, [5]; 148, [4]; 55 [1]; 83, [5]; 54, [2]; 72 pp.; 22 pp., including all 4 blank leaves. Separate title page with printer's device to each part, 3 folding woodcut plates, woodcut illustrations (some full-page)..... More
Middelburgh: Jacobum Fierensium, 1662. [1662-1669]. Three parts in three volumes. 8vo (148 x 93 mm). [40], 152, [16]; [24], 288, [16]; [16], 208pp. A total of 154 engraved plates on 126 sheets. First and second vol. with additional engraved title in Latin (lacking those in 3rd volume), letterpress title of..... More
London: Printed by W. Rawlins for the author, 1682. Folio (306 x 188 mm). [22], 24, [10], 212, [4], 221-304, [20] pp., including imprimatur leaf, sectional titles, general index, 83 engraved plates (5 double-page), woodcut headpieces and initials. Bound in early 19th-century full marbled calf, spine with 5 raised bands..... More
Paris: chez Estienne Michallet, 1679. 12mo (158 x 86 mm). Three parts in one volume. [16], 262, [2] pp., including privilege leaf at the end, bound without the engraved frontispiece and the engraved plate. Signatures: ã6, e2, A-Y6. Contemporary sheepskin, spine with gilt decoration, binding very worn (spine leather in..... More
München: Ignaz Joseph Lentner, 1812. 8vo (207 x 122 mm). xxiii [1], 446, [2] pp., 4 folding engraved plates and errata leaf at the end. Bound in contemporary half-calf, boards covered with brown marbled paper, spine with gilt decoration and gilt-lettered morocco label, red-dyed edges, original endpapers (rebacked preserving original..... More
Braunschweig: Schulbuchhandlung, 1790. 8vo (155 x 100 mm). [i-v] vi-viii, [9-11] 12-126 pp. Contemporary thin cardboard, spine and front cover hand-lettered in ink, blue-dyed edges (some paper chipping at spine ends and joints, dust-soiling). Protected in a dark-blue roan pull-off case. Light even browning internally, occasional faint foxing, small ink..... More
Frankfurt & Leipzig: Daniel Christian Hechtel, 1752. 4to (207 x 178 mm). [24], 416, [4] pp., including final blank, engraved frontispiece showing laboratory with furnaces and apparatus, title printed in red and black, engraved plate of horoscope facing p.89, woodcut head- and tailpieces, errata leaf bound at end; with red..... More
Strassburg: M. Jacob Cammerlander, 1539. 4to (205 x 158 mm). [4], XLI, [3] leaves. Roman numbers except for f. 33-36. Colophon on f. XLI verso reads "Getruckt zu Strassburg bei M. Jacob Cammerlandern von Mentz Anno M.D. XXXIX." Title within illustrated border, printer's device on final leaf verso; 19 woodcut..... More
Paris: chez l'auteur, Maillard, 1802. No date [1802]. 8vo (200 x 127 mm), viii, 216 pp., including half title and one folding table. Bound in 20th century half black morocco and green cloth over boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers, green sprinkled edges. Internally crisp and clean with only minor occasional..... More
Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1789. 8vo (212 x 138 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 engraved plates bound at end of volume II. Original..... More
Wigan: printed by D. Lyon, sold by White, 1793. (1793)-1809. 4to (256 x 200 mm). ix [3], ii, ii, [102], 28 pp., including half-title, 54 hand-colored engraved plates (many heightened with gum arabic) and explanatory text. Bound in 20th century half calf, spine with 5 raised bands, black lettering piece..... More
Edinburgh / London: Adam Black / Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. 8vo (230 x 145 mm). xvi, 391 [1] pp., including half-title and some woodcut text illustrations. Original brown cloth, spine with publisher's printed paper label, original endpapers (covers soiled and spotted, spine tanned, corners bumped, cloth at..... More
Tübingen: Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1835. MOHL, Hugo von & BRACKENHEIM, August Wilhelm Winter von. Ueber die Vermehrung der Pflanzen-Zellen durch Theilung. Eine Inaugural-Dissertation. Tübingen: Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1835. 20 pp., 1 lithographed plate. [Bound after:] MOHL, Hugo von. Erläuterung und Vertheidigung meiner Ansicht von der Structur der Pflanzen-Substanz. Tübingen: Ludwig..... More
Tübingen: Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1845. 4to (268 x 215 mm). viii, 442 pp., 13 lithographed plates (of which 5 hand-colored). Contemporary half roan and marbled boards (rubbed and scuffed, minor edge chipping, head of spine torn). Little browning internally and some, mostly marginal, spotting and staining. Provenance: from the Collection..... More
Basel: Peter Perna, 1582. 8vo (168 x 105 mm). [24], 415 [1] pp. Signatures: [alpha]8 [beta]4 a-z8 A-C8. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, spine and lower edge hand-lettered in ink, straps gone (vellum browned and soiled). Text with uneven browning (some gatherings stronger) and minor spotting in places, small..... More
Rome: Camera Apostolica, 1608. 4to (215 x 160 mm). [20], 154, [6] pp. Title with printer's device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, full-size engraved portrait of the author, 35 woodcut text illustrations, epigrams at beginning with Hebrew, Greek, Chaldaean, Persian and Illyrian scripts; colophon and woodcut device on final leaf..... More
Berlin: Heinrich August Rottman, 1793. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (190 x 117 mm). xxxii, 264; 446 pp., folding engraved plate at the end of the second part. Uniformly bound in contemporary sprinkled cardboard, each spine with hand-lettered paper label, red-sprinkled edges (minor rubbing and dust-soiling, original pastedowns, no..... More
