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Florence: Nella Stamper. di S. A. R. Per Jacopo Guiducci, 1715. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (250 x 180 mm). xlix [1], 96, [2] pp. Half title, title with engraved device of the Accademia della Crusca, engraved portrait of the author after Pietro Anichini, imprimatur leaf bound at the end, woodcut initials and ornaments,… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Sawbridge, 1686. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. Folio (364 x 227 mm). Main titles of both volumes printed in red and black, vol. I with engraved allegorical frontispiece; in total 116 full-size engraved plates plus 7 smaller engraved plates; appendix De Ovo Incubato, De Bombyce, Pulli in Ovo… Read more about this item

Stuttgart und Tübingen: Cotta, Krais & Hoffmann, 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item

Nürnberg: In der Schrag'schen Buchhandlung, 1820. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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… Read more about this item

Paris: Bachelier, 1846. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 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. -… Read more about this item

Frankfurt am Main: Gottfried Tampach, 1610. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (231 x 171 mm). [8], 112, 01-20, 022-028 [1], 112 (i.e. 113)-822, [12] pp. Title-page printed in red and black, numerous woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, woodcut initials and tailpieces, general index at end. Signatures: )(4… Read more about this item

London: Peter Elmsly, 1798. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (292 x 235 mm). Entire volume (part I) offered: vi, 199 [1], 26 pp., 7 folding engraved plates and folding table. All pages uncut. Original blue wrappers, spine hand-lettered in ink (paper dust-soiled and spotted, paper… Read more about this item

London: W. Innys, 1729. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (215 x 168 mm). Entire volume offered: [6], 293-661 [1] pp., including general title, drop titles for individual numbers, content leaves outside pagination, and 14 engraved folding plates. Contemporary panelled calf (spine rebacked, extremities worn, corners heavily scuffed.… Read more about this item

Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1862. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Offprints from: Abhandlungen der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861-1862. Berlin: Ferd. Dümmler, 1862-1863. 4to (305 x 238 mm). [4], 43 [1]; [3] 4-16 pp., 5 lithographed plates (3 for part I and 2 for part II; 4 folding). Pages of part II… Read more about this item

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1822. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (254 x 200 mm). [4], xxii, 639 [1] pp., including half title and two engraved plates at end. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (spine very little rubbed, head of spine chipped), endpapers and cut edges marbled. Internally crisp and… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1734. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1734-1742. 6 volumes. 4to (252 x 193 mm). I. [6], 654 pp, 50 plates; II: [4] xlvi [2], 514 pp., 40 plates; III: [4] xl, 532 pp., 47 plates; IV: xxxiv [2], 636 (i.e., 634) pp., 44 plates; V:… Read more about this item

Paris: chez l'auteur et Deterville, 1801. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (198 x 122 mm). viii, 432 pp., including half-title, 8 letterpress tables (6 folding). Contemporary calf, plain spine with gilt-lettered morocco label and gilt decoration, boards with double fillet border, gilt-ruled board edges, red sprinkled edges,… Read more about this item

Leipzig: E A. Brockhaus for Wilhelm Engelmann, 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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… Read more about this item

Neuchatel: Samuel Fauche pere et fils, 1783. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (220 x 148 mm). xii, 524 (i.e. 506) pp., 2 folding engraved plates and 11 tables (8 folding, 4 within pagination), some mispaginations (pp. 129-130, 155, 164-172 omitted). Signatures: a4 A-2H8 2I5. Contemporary… Read more about this item

Gotha: Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, 1790. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (210 x 130 mm). [6], 86, [2] pp. including final blank. Bound in fine 20th century green morocco by G. Dubois d'Enghien, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated and with gilt lettering in first compartment, boards… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (240 x 156 mm). viii, 387 [1], 4 pp. including half-title, 12 engraved plates, illustrations in text, 4-pages advertisement bound at end. Book block uncut and unopened except for two gatherings. Original publisher's orange printed wrappers (somewhat… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: J. Dickson, 1788. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 1 (1788), pp. 210-304 [2], including 2 engraved plates and extra leaf of plate explanation bound after. Edinburgh: J. Dickson, 1788. 4to (265 x 210 mm). Entire volume: xii, 100,… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1871. First Edition, First Printings. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Printings. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (189 x 129 mm). viii, 423 [1], 16; viii, [2], 475 [1], 16 pp., including half-titles, publisher's catalogue dated January 1871 at end of each volume, and several woodcut illustrations in text. Untrimmed and… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Godofr. Kiesewetter, 1751. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (201 x 121 mm). [6], 362 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by I. M. Bernigeroth, 9 engraved plates, and 2 woodcuts in text. Contemporary half calf with gilt lettering piece to spine (boards and extremities rubbed). Internally little browned throughout, endpapers, title… Read more about this item

Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1690. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (198 x 158 mm). [8], 1-124 [2] 125-128 [2] 129-180 pp. Signatures: *4 A-P4 Q2 R4 S2 T-Z4 Aa2. Two parts in one, separate title to part two, continuous pagination, general title printed in red and black, both titles with printer's woodcut device,… Read more about this item