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Venice: hires of Octavianus Scotus, 1513. Folio (315 x 215 mm). [6], 105 (i.e. 205) [1] leaves. Woodcut initials, colophon and printer's device on final leaf verso. Signatures: aa6, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Bbb8, Ccc6. Bound without final blank leaf 3C6. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with old, hand-lettered vellum reinforcement (slight chipping and..... More
London: John Murray, 1851. 8vo (221 x 140 mm). xvi, 231 [1]; [3], 376-391 [1]; [3], 2-11 [1] pp., including half title and appendix of two reprints bound in by publisher, 1. The Eleventh Chapter of the History of The Royal Society, by C.R. Weld (London: Richard Clay, 1849) and..... More
Strassburg: Johann Heinrich Decker for Johann Reinhold Dulsecker, 1738. 4to (240 x 185 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. Modern full vellum..... More
London: Freethought Publishing Co., 1881. 8vo (183 x 124 mm). 144 pp., 2 folding lithographed plates. Original publisher's blindstamped red cloth, upper board lettered in black, original yellow endpapers, folding plate in pocket (spine and inner upper hinge repaired, spine ends scuffed, boards soiled and spotted). Even light browning internally..... More
London: Taylor, Walton, and Marberly, 1852. 4to (285 x 225 mm). xxi, 251 [1] pp., lithograped frontispiece, text illustrations, pages uncut and mostly unopened. Original publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine, original yellow endpapers (spine sunned, boards little soiled, corners bumped, binding a bit weak) Provenance: Birr..... More
Berlin: Selbstverlag / chez l'auteur, 1801. Large Folio (428 x 260 mm). viii, 32, 96 pp. Text in two columns in German and French, list of subscribers fo the Uranographie on pp. vii-viii. Bound in contemporary full tree calf, double gilt fillet borders, spine richly gilt-decorated and with black morocco..... More
London: Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1847. 4to (236 x 186 mm). [7] viii-xxix [1], 268 pp. Including half-title, four-line woodcut initials, color diagrams throughout printed in red, blue, yellow and black. Contemporary three-quarter calf over cloth, spine-ends and raised bands with gilt-decoration, gilt-lettered red morocco spine-label, original blue endpapers..... More
Nürnberg: J. Petreius, 1550. Folio (309 x 201 mm). [36], 371 [1] pp. Roman type, italic marginalia. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut portrait of the author on title verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, blank leaf D6. Signatures: A-C4 D6 a-z4 aa-yy4 zz6. 204 leaves. Bound in..... More
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1677. Folio (355 x 220 mm). Three parts in one volume. [20], 119 [1], 106, [2], 78, [20] pp. Title with engraved vignette, woodcut initials, engraved illustrations in text, 2 engraved plates, separate half-titles to second and third part, bound without blank leaf dd*2. Signatures: Signatures: a-e2..... More
St. Petersburg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Scienes, 1752. 4to (239 x 205 mm). [5] 6-92 pp., folding engraved plate bound at the end. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers (paper over spine with ca. 5 cm split and slightly chipped). Text with even light age-toning, unobtrusive faint dampstaining in places, small..... 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
1938. 1-2/3 pages. 8.5'' x 11'', pen. Except for marginal punch holes and folds in fine condition. ----
In this remarkable letter, Einstein clearly condemns Great Britain and France for their "rascally" rule in the Munich Agreement. On September 30, 1938, France and Great Britain signed a treaty that betrayed..... More
Toulouse: Veuve de J. Colomiez & R. Colomiez, 1610. 1610 [1612]. 12mo (140 x 80 mm). [16], 222, [2] pp. Woodcut headpieces and initials; errata on recto of final unnumbered leaf L4; the printing date "M DC X" on the title-page changed to 1612 by addition of a hand-printed "II"..... More
Rome: Domenico Basa, 1590. Folio (415 x 275 mm). [1], 108 (i.e. 112), [4] ll., including engraved title-page, additional engraved title-page with portrait of Fontana (by Natale Bonifazio da Sebenico), woodcut initials, 38 etched and engraved illustrations by Natali Bonifazio da Sebenico (including 3 double-page, 1 folding), and 3 diagrams..... More
Stuttgart und Tübingen: Cotta, Krais & Hoffmann, 1845. Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. Volume 1 to 5. Stuttgart und Tübingen: Cotta, 1845-1862. 8vo (210 x 129 mm). Atlas zu Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, [1851]. Oblong folio (283 x 337 mm). Text volumes: xvi, 493 [1]; [2]..... More
Paris: Bachelier, 1846. Recherches sur le mouvements d'Uranus. In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Vol. XXII, no. 22, June 1846, pp. 907-918. Paris: Bachelier, 1846. Two volumes. 4to (283 x 226 mm). Entire volumes 22 (Jan. - June 1846) and 23 (July - Dec. 1846). [4]..... More
Geneva: de Tournes, 1768. 6 volumes. 4to (245 x 201 mm). Each volume with general title and index bound at the end; each part with separate title-page and pagination. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, author's portrait by Pierre Savart, 2 folding letterpress tables, woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, and a total..... More
Göttingen: Johann Wilhelm Schmid, 1749. 4to (240 x 190 mm). [4], xxvi, [2], 86, [2] pp., title printed in red and black and with engraved armorial vignette, engraved headpiece, 2 woodcut initials and tailpiece, 12 folding engraved plates, final blank leaf L4. Contemporary German half-calf over prinkled boards, spine with..... More
Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1889. 8vo (227 x 154 mm). viii, 187 [1] pp., colour lithographed frontispiece of storks in flight, 8 folding lithographed b&w plates bound at the end, illustrations and diagrams in text. Original publisher's decorated brown cloth, front board and spine gilt-lettered, printed endpapers (spine-ends lightly bumped..... More
Paris: l'Academie Royale des Sciences, 1780. 12mo (198 x 125 mm). 3 folding engraved plates (including 1 map). Original marbled wrappers, spine with modern hand-lettered paper label (slight edge fraying and dust soiling). All pages uncut. Text crisp and clean throughout with just a little marginal dust-soiling and age-toning of..... More
Nürnberg: In der Schrag'schen Buchhandlung, 1820. 8vo (199 x 118 mm). Entire volume: viii, 1-50, [4], 55-96, [4]; 101-204; 245-256, [4]; 261-384, [4]; 389-520, [4] pp., folding table facing p. 50 and 2 folding engraved plates; pp. 205-44 are skipped (pagination error). Contemporary sprinkled half calf over marbled boards, spine..... More
London: J. Johnson, 1774. 1774-1777. 8vo (228 x 140 mm). 6 engraved plates including frontispiece to each volume (3 plates folding). Vol. I with half-title, 2 unnumbered leaves with 1 p. errata and 3 pp. adverts at rear; vol. II and III with 1 p. errata, index and 2 advert..... More
Robert Oppenheim (Gustav Schmidt): Berlin, 1895. Vol. 32, 1895-1896, numbers 13-24, bound in one volume. Berlin: Robert Oppenheim (Gustav Schmidt), 1896. xv [1], (201)-408 pp.. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, spine gilt lettered (extremities somewhat rubbed). With numerous art supplements, pictorial plates and illustrations in the text. Provenance: Emil..... More
Leiden: Elzevier, 1624. Three parts in one volume. 4to (183 x 141 mm). [60], 109 [1]; [2], 62, [2] pp. Printer's woodcut device on title-page, final errata leaf, 3 full-page engraved illustrations, woodcut diagrams in text; woodcut initials. Signatures: *6 2*-7*4 A-O4, a-c4 d2 e-h4 i2. Light browning and occasional..... More
Zürich: Jacob Gesner, 1563. [February 1563]. 8vo (168 x 107 mm). [16], 718, [2]; [2], 719-951, [53] pp. Text in Latin and Greek. Woodcut initials; separate title-leaf to Gesner's work, dated February 1563. Signatures: [alpha]8 a-z8 A-2R8. Numerous mispaginations. Blank leaf T8 present after p.718. Bound in contemporary pigskin richly..... More
