Natural History: 17 new arrivals
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Bologna: Giovan Battista Bellagamba, 1606. Folio (332 x 230 mm). [8], 593 [i.e. 595], [29] pp. Colophon dated 1605. Engraved title within elaborate architectural border incorporating the arms of the city of Bologna, engraved portrait of the author, numerous woodcut illustrations, headpieces and initials, printer's device at end. Signatures: [pi]4..... More
Down, Beckenham, Kent: Charles Darwin, 1873. Single 8vo page on folded sheet with blue embossed address header. The Russian zoologist Alexander Onufrijewitsch Kowalewski (1840-1901) is considered to be the founder of comparative embryology. He recognized, among other things, that in the larval stage the sea squirt corresponds almost completely to..... More
Paris: De Bure l'Aîné, 1742. Two parts in one volume. 4to (289 x 220 mm). [8], 1-230, [4], 231-491 [1] pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved and hand-colored allegorical frontispiece by Chedel after Boucher and 32 engraved plates, all in fine contemporary hand-coloring, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Without..... More
Paris: L'Imprimerie De Monsieur, sous la direction de P. Fr. Didot jeune, 1781. 1781-[c.1791]. 4to (320 x 244 mm). [3] iv-vii [1], [1] 2-119 [1] pp. Woodcut device on title, privilege on p. vii verso, 59 (of 61) engraved plates of minerals printed in colors and finished by hand, some..... More
Paris: Chez Delaguette, 1752. Vol. 1 (Part I-III) only. 4to (255 x 202 mm). 64, [2], 65-195 pp. 8 (of 11) color mezzotints (some folding) and 3 folding diagrams (lacking the colored plates to pp. 18 and 64 in part I and to p.72 in part II), separate titles to..... More
Zürich: Froschauer, 1554. Two parts in one volume. Folio (380 x 244 mm). [8], 110, [2]; 27 [1] pp. Signatures: *4 A-H6 I8, a6 b-c4. Separate title page and pagination for appendix, both titles with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, 41 woodcut illustrations in text (many full-page). Blank leaves *4..... More
Amsterdam: Janssonius-Waesberge, 1665. Folio (402 x 234 mm). [30], 346, [6]; [12], 487, [9] pp., including allegorical additional title to each part (both dated 1664), engraved portrait of Kircher and dedicatee Pope Alexander VII, engraved device on title of part 1, 21 (11 double-page, 1 folding, 2 small-size) engraved maps..... More
Leiden, Delft: Haak, Langerak, Beman, 1722. Vol. I. Opera Omnia, seu Arcana naturae, ope exactissimorum microscopiorum detecta, experimentis variis comprobata, Epistolis, ad varios illustres Viros, ut et ad integram, quae Londini floret, sapientem societatem, cujus membrum est, datis, comprehensa & quatuor tomis distincta. Editio novissima, prioribus emendatior, cum indicibus cuique..... More
London: Thomas Sawbridge / A. & J. Churchill, 1686. Three parts in two volumes. London: Thomas Sawbridge, 1686 / A. & J. Churchill, 1697. Folio (369 x 230 mm). Vol. 1: engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black. [6], 15, [5], 78 (i.e. 82] pp., 54 plates; [2], 35..... More
![Item #003360 Plantae medicinales [officinales] oder Sammlung officineller Pflanzen. Theodor...](https://milestone-books-de.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/003360_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1614793475)
Düsseldorf: Arnz & Co., 1821. [1821-] 1828-1833. Four volumes (text volume and three plate volumes). Large folio (plates 480 x 310 mm, text 412 x 257 mm). Text volume: [2], [5], [404]; [1], [2], [96] unfoliated leaves, including letterpress title, introduction, content list, and 432 plate explanations for vols. I+II..... More
London: Adam Islip, 1601. Two parts in one volume. Folio (315 x 218 mm). [58], 614, [42]; [12], 632, [86] pp. Woodcut device on titles, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, errata leaf at the end of volume two. 19th-century calf over wooden boards, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt ruling..... More
![Item #003343 Naturae historiarum libri XXXVII [Historia Naturalis]. Gaius / PLINY THE ELDER...](https://milestone-books-de.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/003343_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612444377)
Venice: Johannes Alvisius, 1499. 18 May 1499. Chancery folio (302 x 197 mm). 268 unnumbered leaves. 57 lines plus headline, initial spaces, most with printed guides. Types 2:83R, 3:180G. Signatures: a-e8 f6 g-z8 &8 A-I8 K6. Colophon on K6r reads "C. Plynii Secundi de naturali historia libri .xxxvii. Ex castigationes..... More
![Item #003242 Naturalis hystoriae liber primus [-tricesimus septimus], edited by Philippus...](https://milestone-books-de.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/003242_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1573690682)
Parma: Andreas Portilia, 1481. July 8, 1481. Royal Folio (410 x 278 mm). 266 unfoliated leaves (of 268, lacking blanks a1 and ee6 only). 58 lines, Roman type 4:99R. Signatures: a8 (-a1) b6 c-e8 f6 g-h8 i-l6 m-y8 z6 &4 aa-dd8 ee6 (-ee6) A-F8 G6. On fol. a2r: "Caius Plinius..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude de Marne & Johann Aubry, 1597. 8vo (165 x 110 mm). [36], 669 [3] pp. Signatures: )(8 ):(8 )::(2 A-2T8. Final two leaves of index misbound at beginning, final leaf blank. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations..... More
Nürnberg: Fleischmann für den Verfasser, 1746. 4 parts in 4 volumes. 4to (203 x 163 mm). 3 hand-coloured engraved titles (as called for vols. 1-3) and 286 hand-coloured engraved plates (of which 4 folding), woodcut tailpieces and initials, wanting the author's portrait in vol. IV only. Bound in uniform contemporary..... More
Amsterdam: Jan Roman de Jonge, 1741. Folio (393 x 260 mm). [24], 340, [44] pp., including half-title, additional engraved title page (by Jacobus de Later after Jan Goeree), letterpress title printed in red and black and with large engraved vignette, engraved portrait of the blind author (by Jacobus de Later)..... More
Leiden: Isaac Severinus, Boudewyn en Pieter van der Aa, 1737. 1737-1738. Two volumes. Folio (360 x 239 mm). [62], 1-85 [2] 86-362, 367-550; [4], 551-910, 124 pp. Two titles in each volume printed in red and black, text in two columns in Dutch and Latin, 53 engraved plates numbered I-LIII..... More
