London: W. Clowes & Sons, 1846. 8vo (232 x 146 mm). [3] 4-31 [1] pp. Original printed self-wrappers as issued, stitched, pages partially unopened and uncut. Very little age-toned, faint offsetting on title-page. A clean, crisp and completely unsophisticated copy. ----

Dibner 16; Sparrow 1; Norman 7; Evans 24; DSB..... More

Paris: Crochard, 1820. In: Annales de Chimie et de Physique, vol. 15, 1820, pp. 59-76, 170-218. Including 5 engraved plates. Paris: Crochard, 1820. 8vo (201x125 mm). Whole volume: 448 pp., including half title. Contemporary half calf with gilt spine and old shelf mark paper label to spine (little wear to..... More

London: John Bill, 1620. Folio (283 x 175 mm). [12] 1-172, 181-360, 1-36 [2] pp., including engraved title by Simon van der Pass, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials. Signatures: π2 ¶⁴ (A-C)6 (D-2S)4 2T6, (a-d)4 e4(-e3). With the initial blank, colophon and errata on e4r, e3 cancelled as usual. "Parasceue..... 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

Oxford: H. Hall, for Thomas Robinson, 1662. 4to (195x153 mm). [16], 207 [1], [12], 122, [2], [8], 1-86 [2] 85-98 [2] pp., including half-title, woodcut device on title, 2 engraved plates (one folding with tear repaired), with the 3 blanks, early calf, later morocco spine label; internally only slightly browned..... More

Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1828. In: The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, April to September 1828, pp. 358-371. Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, Edinburgh and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, London. Whole volume, 8vo (210x131 mm), [4], iv, 416 pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf with gilt title to spine and..... More

Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1583. 4to (220 x 154 mm). [40], 621, [11] pp. Woodcut printer's device on title and at end, woodcut initials, some historiated. Variant title page with "Duce" in 9th line. Contemporary vellum (old remboitage binding), spine hand-lettered, faded blue edges. A few leaves with faint stains or..... More

Nürnberg: Johann Petreius, 1543. 4to (248 x 174 mm). [6], 196 leaves. 148 woodcut text diagrams, including 6 repeats (Gingerich count), tables of calculations and ornamental woodcut initials. Bound without errata leaf which is found in only a few copies*. Signatures: π⁶ a-z⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Cc⁴. Leaf 52 misfoliated 49. Mid-19th..... More

Augsburg: Johann Schüssler, 1471. 16 February 1471. Chancery folio (296 x 215 mm). 209 leaves (of 212, without the final 3 blanks). Collation: [a-s¹⁰ t¹² v¹⁰ x⁷]. 35 lines, gothic type 1:117G. Title in incipit (leaf [a]1r): Petri de crescentiis civis. Bononiensis epistola in libru[m] co[m]modoru[m] ruralium. Illuminated throughout including..... More

Paris: Béthune and Plon for Susse frères and Delloye, 1839. 8vo (212 x 138 mm). [4], 79 [1], [4] pp., including half-title, 6 lithographed plates and 2 advertisement leaves at end. Original printed yellow wrappers (dust-soiled, some chipping of blank paper over spine with loss, small hole in rear cover)..... More

London: John Murray, 1859. ix [1], 502 pp., 1 folding diagram; 32 pp. of publisher's catalogue (Freeman variant c). Early 20th century full morocco, green morocco label, spine gilt, top edge with color cut, other edges uncut, marbled endpapers. Old ownership inscription in faint ink to top margin of title..... More

Geneva: Imprimerie Jules-Guillaume Fick, 1862. 4to (276 x 178 mm). [4] [1] 2-115 [1] pp., including half-title and double-page chromolithograph map drawn by B. Müller from the author's instructions and lithographed by Pilet & Cougnard, Geneva. Original publisher's printed wrappers, all pages uncut (slight wear of paper over spine with..... More

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916. Offprint from: Annalen der Physik, vol. 49. 8vo (245 x 163 mm). [1-2] 3-64 pp. Publisher's original printed wrappers (a triffle dust-soiling and spotting, upper left corner slightly bumped, light discoloration from former sticker wrapped around foot of spine). Text very little age-toned, but in..... More