Rare and important books in all Fields, 27 new arrivals
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Stockholm: Norstedt, 1884. Offprint: Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, Bd. VIII, 13. Stockholm: Norstedt, 1884. 8vo (215 x 140 mm). 53 [1], 89 [1] pp. Original wrappers with publisher's ink stamp at top margin of each volume (wrappers little browned, lower cover of first volume with minor edge chipping)..... 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
London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1801. 4to (265 x 210 mm). xv [1], 175, [1], 198, 2 pp., including half-title with imprint 'Knight and Compton, printers', 22 engraved plates (one bound as frontispiece), of which 6 hand-coloured and one folding, final advert leaf. Printed on whove paper with..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Nikolaus Basse, 1582. 4to (193 x 147 mm), [2], LXXXV [1] pp. Signatures: (A-L)4. Title printed in red and black with Basse's woodcut device, floral decorated woodcut initials. The main pages are double-ruled to the right of the text forming three blank columns where users of the..... More
Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1479. Folio (295 x 205 mm). 570 (of 572) unfoliated leaves, lacking initial and final blanks only. Printer's name and place of publication from ISTC; publication date from colophon on verso of leaf 9(8); title from first lines of text on recto of leaf a2. Signatures: a-y10..... More
Lyon (but Geneva): Jean Martin (Jean II Frellon?), 1565. 8vo (183 x 109 mm). [200], 1256 pp. Floral woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary vellum, spine with ink-lettering (vellum soiled and spotted, small hole at upper hinge, light wear to extremities). Text with light even browning, occasional minor..... More
Paris: Chez de Bure frères, 1830. Important Sammelband on light and astronomy, including Cauchy's 1830 Memoir on dispersion: CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis. Mémoire sur la dispersion de la lumière, Paris: Chez de Bure frères, 1830. 4to (257 x 204mm). [2], 24 pp. [Bound with:] II. STEVENSON, Alan. Observations on the Application of..... More
London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1719. 1719-1720. Three volumes. 8vo (196 x 120 mm). Vol. I: [4], 364, [4] pp., engraved frontispiece portrait of Crusoe by Clark & Pine facing title-page in facsimile, 4 terminal pages of publisher's advertisements, woodcut initials and headpieces. Vol. II: [8], 373, [11] pp., folding..... More
Paris: Veuve Jules Renouard, 1862. 8vo (270 x 179 mm). vi [2], 194 pp., including frontispiece with albumen print, 9 plates of albumen prints each showing 16 images of physiognomic studies. Bound in contemporary three-quarter calf, spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt decoration, marbled endpapers (slight rubbing of..... More
Grenoble / Paris: Nyon, Nee & Masquelier / Cuchet, 1778. Large folio (466 x 320 mm). [8], xviii, [2], 460 pp., including 2 engraved vignettes, woodcut initials, approbation leaf, general index, and 20 engraved plates (one double-page, one sparsely colored). Contemporary marbled wrappers, spine with paper label lettered in manuscript..... More
München: Lentner, 1817. In: Denkschriften der königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu München für die Jahre 1814 und 1815, vol. 5, pp. 193-226, 3 engraved folding plates (2 folding). München: Lentner, 1817. 4to (270 x 230 mm), whole volume [8], xlii, 62, 226, 91 [1] pp., including half-title, general title page..... More
Jena: Sumptibus bibliopolii Croekeriani, 1818. 8vo (215 x 145 mm), 78, [2] pp., final leaf blank. Provenance: author's own copy (pencil inscription ex d'Hahnemann in block lettering on first flyleaf). Contemporary paper wrappers, author's name in pencil on front cover (wrappers browned and spotted). Pages uncut. Text slightly browned and..... More
Gdansk: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1668. Folio (349 x 224 mm). [38], 913, [47] pp., including half-title, additional engraved pictorial title-page after A. Stech by E. Visscher, letterpress title, 38 engraved plates (4 double-page) numbered A-OO, engraved illustrations throughout, 2 engraved ornamental initials, 2 engraved historiated headpieces, engraved allegorical..... More
The Hague: Samuel Broun, 1651. Folio (278 x 179 mm). [14], 262, [10] pp. Including additional engraved allegorical title, typographic explanation of engraved title bound at beginning, typographic title printed in red and black, extra engraved portrat frontispiece of the author by A. Bloooteling tipped in, 18 numbered anatomical engravings..... More
Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1890. 8vo (241 x 148 mm). 15 [1] pp. Original publisher's printed wrappers, stapled as issued (fore-edge with rather crude scissor opening cut, crayon underlining of author's name and further crayon note at top margin, light dust-soiling, shelf-mark stamp). Text little age-toned only. A very good, unsophisticated..... More
Rome: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1728. Folio (347 x 230 mm). viii, 160, [2] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Jakob Frey after Sebastian Conca, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by C. Gregori, engraved text illustration on p.123, errata leaf and 7 engraved plates of..... More
Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1789. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (199 x 127 mm), xliv, 322; viii, 323-653, [3] pp., including half title to each part, 2 folding letterpress tables in part I and 13 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Very little even browning, minors occasional..... More
London: John Redmayne for James Allestry, 1669. 8vo (175 x 109 mm). [16], 220, [20] pp., including 7 engraved folding plates bound at end (plate 1 misbound after 2), preliminary leaf A6 a cancel, ornamental woodcut initials and typographical headpieces; bound without initial blank A1. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with..... More
London: John Martyn & Jacob Allestry, 1669. 4to (249 x 185 mm). [10], 100 pp., 12 folding engraved plates, including initial blank. Pages of main text uncut and unopened. Bound in near contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered spine (wear to extremities, corners scuffed, boards rubbed and soiled). Text leaves with light..... More
London: for W. Johnston, 1769. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (203 x 124 mm). viii, 1-346, [5], 348-464, [1], 468-536; [2], 63, [3] pp. 3 pages errata and 8 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered red..... More
Paris: Georges Carré, Éditeur, 1889. 8vo (235 x 156 mm). iv, 408 pp., including half-title. Bound in polished half-calf over marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt and with paper sticker (extremities rubbed, slight wear to corners). Text with light even browning and scattered foxing throughout. Illegible pencil signature..... More
Frankfurt am Main: A. Humm heirs, 1660. 27 (i.e. 25) [1] pp. Engraved title with allegorical figures and medical instruments, 3 full-page engraved plates with movable flaps (all pages including title and plates with extensive, skillful paper repairs to margins, corners and folds, some spotting and soiling to margins of..... More
Bologna: Ex Typographia Haeredis Victorij Benatij, 1665. Two parts in one volume. Folio (370 x 247 mm). [14], xii, 374 [2]; [8], 35 [1], 128 pp. Text printed in two columns, general title printed in red and black and with large engraved armorial device, woodcut device on each of both..... More
Leipzig: E A. Brockhaus for Wilhelm Engelmann, 1842. 1842-1843. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). [i-xi] xii-xxvi, [1] 2-289 [3]; [i-v] vi-xvii, [1] 2-564 pp., including half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol. I, pp. 225-240 misbound after p.272 in vol. I, errata on pp. [559]-564 in vol. II. Contemporary half..... More
Erfurt: Georg Adam Keyser, 1789. 4to (215 x 175 mm). 103 [1] pp., including woodcut headpiece and five folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine with 5 raised bands and some gilt ruling, gilt-decorated board edges (slightly rubbed, some creasing and wear to lower joints). Text generally bright..... More
