London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1618. 4to. 64 pp. (the first blank A1 is lacking and the full-page portrait has been attached to the paste-down with the caption thereof pa. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut device on title and verso of title. Early half calf and marbled boards; some leaves cropped..... More
Leipzig: J.B. Hirschfeld for Leopold Voss, 1828. Folio. [viii], 30 pp. ONLY EDITION. Full-page etched plate in contemporary hand color. Rare in tehe original publisher’s cloth with etched paper label affixed to the front panel, remains of spine label; minor foxing, overall in excellent condition. More
Königsberg: Bei den Gebrüdern Bornträger, 1828. 4to. xxii, 271, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. A PRESENTATION COPY. With 3 folding handcoloured engravings. Original wrappers bound into contemporary pasteboards, rebacked. Presentation copy inscribed in French to M. Valenciennes; gift bookplate of the Boston Society of Natural History, by the bequest of its..... More
Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1827. 4to. [viii], 40, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With half-title, corrigenda, and 1 full-page hand-coloured engraved plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards; a fine copy on bright white paper from the library of Tho. Wainwright, with his armorial book plate. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. 12mo. [x], 228, [2] pp. Later edition. Original blindstamped publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on the spine. An excellent copy. Later edition of this work, first published in London in 1872, and issued here as the second volume in the International..... More
Albany: Barber & Southwick for Thomas Spencer, 1795. 8vo. [iv], 248, [12] pp. including table of contents. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Calf-backed contemporary marbled boards, spine label; interior somewhat browned, but a good copy from the library of the prominent Rhode Island physician Irving Addison Beck (1911-1998) with his very interesting..... More
Paris: Chez Debure, 1787. 4to. [4], clxxx, 427, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With decorative woodcut headpieces. Contemporary half-calf over boards; occasional browning, otherwise an excellent copy from the library of Jacob and Friedrich Schurer with their bookplate. First edition of Bailly's valuable history of Eastern astronomy which was separately published..... More
Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1898-1900; 1908. Two works offered together. 8vo. I: Ten parts bound together. 222 pp.; II: xi, 292 pp., including half-title. I: First printings; II: First edition in book form. I: Half burgundy morocco on black cloth boards. With 10 chromolithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans. Despite..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. 8vo. 542 pp., including half-title and index. First American Edition. Portrait of the author plus 2 separate frontispieces, 2 maps (1 folding), plus 50 woodcut text illustrations. Modern cloth with the original covers and spine laid down; folding map torn in a number of..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1866. Two volumes. 8vo. Two volumes. First edition. Illustrated with two maps, one of which is a large fold-out, portrait frontispiece, 14 fine plates, and 23 illustrations within the text. 8vo, original green cloth gilt lettered and decorated on spines, with gilt-decorated pictorial upper covers ruled..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. 8vo. xxii, [2], 596 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With portrait frontispiece of Baker and his wife, 2 hand colored maps (1 folding), and 23 woodcut plates. Buckram, gilt spine; foxing on frontispiece and first few leaves, otherwise very clean. Ownership inscription in pencil..... More
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1921. Three volumes. 4to. xvi, 340; xvi, 328; x, 341 pp., including half-titles and illustrated additional titles. SECOND EDITION. With 60 colored plates after Grönvold, Lodge and Keulemans, 15 black and white plates and 2 maps. Original half-morocco over cloth boards, spines of Volumes..... More
London: Witherby & Co., 1913. 4to. xv, [i], 260 pp., including half-title and index. SECOND EDITION. With chromolithographed frontispiece and 26 colored plates after Grönvold and Lodge. Contemporary half morocco over cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, some wear to hinges and corners, otherwise a very clean copy from the..... More
London: Henry S. King, 1876. 8vo. xxiv, 380 pp., including half-title, plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece plate (detached) with tissue guard, text illustrations. Contemporary cloth, worn, title in gilt with decoration on front cover; interior uncut. From the James Dolan collection with his bookplate on paste down..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary mottled sheepskin with black morocco spine label, advertising end-papers, all edges marbled; paper residue to front paste-down, small damp-stain to fore-edge margin of first 100 pages, binding lightly scuffed and soiled, overall a solid very good copy. First edition. More
Philadelphia: Avil Publishing Co., 1901. Eight works in ten volumes. Titles in red and black. Each with frontispiece and illustration. Red cloth bindings with gilt spine titles, mostly in excellent condition (back cover to Vol. VIII waterstained). Works include Cousin Betty; César Birotteau; Scenes from a Courtesan's life; The Government..... More
San Francisco: The History Company, 1889. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Navy cloth, gilt lettering to top cover. First edition. Gilpin was instrumental in setting up the government of the Oregon Territory, and was first governor of the Colorado Territory. Rare. More
Lisbonne: Imprimerie Nationale, 1881. 4to. xxxii, 576 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 10 hand-colored plates by Keulemans. Later half calf over marbled boards, original front printed wrapper bound in, gilt lettering on spine; other than repair to the edges of the final plate, a very nice uncut copy from the Library..... More
Utrecht: G. Paddenburg & G. Croon, 1723. 4to. [16], 679, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, gilt spine. Originally published as a series of dialogues under the title Historia medicinae (1710), this collection of medico-historical essays deals with practices of and attitudes towards medicine in antiquity through the middle ages..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. 4to. x, [ii], 632 pp. Second edition. With 8 plates, including the hand-colored frontispiece, 4 additional hand-colored aquatints, plus 3 black and white plates (2 double page). Half morocco with marbled boards, chipped and faded along the edge, corners bumped and showing some..... More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. 8vo. [iv], 35, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped cover, as issued without a dustjacket; an unblemished copy in impeccable condition. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. 8vo. [vii], 252 pp. SIGNED, FIRST EDITION. Black cloth with gilt letting on spine, dustjacket lightly bumped on edges and spine; overall a clean and bright copy. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. 8vo. xxxi, [i], 710 pp. FIRST EDITION. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, dustjacket lightly bumped on the edges; overall a clean and uncut copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. 8vo. [vi], 573 pp. FIRST EDITION. Green and black boards with gilt lettering on spine, dustjacket in perfect condition; a perfect copy as if brand new. More
Paris: Bechet et Labe, 1840. 8vo. 86 pp., plus 6 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS TRANSLATION. Half green morocco and cloth, title in gilt on spine; an excellent large-paper copy on thick paper. More
