France, first half of the 15th century.]. 16mo (110 x 80 mm). [i], 78-238 leaves. Single column, 21 lines of text, written in black and red in a beautiful gothic book hand. Illuminated initial in gold, red, blue, green and white; ruled in red, rubrics in red an numerous initials..... More
Prague: Joannis Wenceslai Helm, 1722. 4to. [xii], 1-34, 33-242, 70, [10] pp., with index and errata. Decorated woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary calf. Small worm-trail to rear board, upper portion of front joint slightly cracked, a few scattered spots. Contemporary ownership markings to title. The author was P. Maximilianus..... More
Paris: Claude Morellum, 1615. Folio. [xliv], 549 pp. Title in red and black with printer’s device, ornamental initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut mathematical diagrams throughout. Greek, Roman and Italic type. Contemporary calf, rebacked; inner margins of last dozen leaves waterstained, otherwise a very nice copy with contemporary annotations and the..... More
Hamburg: Abram Vandenhoek, 1732. 8vo. [x], 212 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, worn, hinges cracked; interior good. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf, booklabel of James Vivian Tippet. Later edition edited by Rolli, tutor to the Prince of Wales, who also wrote libretti for Handel and other composers, translated..... More
Augsburg: Grimm & Wirsung, 1518;1519;1520. Three books in one. Folio. [i], 111 leaves; 125, [1] leaves; 79 [1] leaves. Printed throughout in Roman letter of various sizes and mostly in double columns. First title page in red and black; heraldic woodcuts on second and third titles, devices, initials and text..... More
Paris: Chez la Veuve DeSaint, 1783. Two volumes. Folio. [viii], lvi, 758, [4]; [iv], xlviii, 850, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Including half-titles, approbation and privilege du Roi. Volume I with the Greek and French translations on facing pages. Contemporary tree calf, some wear to joints and corners; marbled..... More
Yonkers, NY: The Arlington Chemical Co., n,d, 8vo. 28 pp. FIRST PRINTING? Full-page and text illustrations throughout. Original printed wrappers with an illustration of Dr. Weelumi MacLure “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush” on the front cover; a fine copy. More
London: John Lane, 1930. 8vo. xiii, [iii], 270 pp., plus 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece, 10 (of 11) photographic plates, and a folding map. Original cloth, stained and faded; interior very good, with some damage to front paste-down where bookplate was removed. Illegible signature on the..... More
London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1795. 8vo. [iv], 150, [1] pp., including half-title and leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Later edition. With 4 engraved plates by Stothard. Contemporary calf, marbled endpapers; minor browning on plates, otherwise a nice copy with a contemporary ownership inscription on title. Later edition of..... More
London: T. Cadell, 1770. Two volumes in one. 8vo. vii, [i], 216; iv, 279 pp. First collected edition. Each volume with separate title and table of contents, each part with separate title. Both O3 and O7 of Volume I are cancels, as in nearly all copies. Contemporary calf, rebacked and..... More
London: Printed by T.B. for J. Taylor, 1696. 8vo. [xii], 444 pp. Third edition in English. Contemporary calf, blindstamped decoration on covers, morocco spine label. Other than minor staining on the endleaves, a very nice copy. More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. 8vo. viii, 272 pp., plus 24 page publisher’s catalogue dated April, 1988. Original green cloth, rebacked, gilt lettering and designs on front cover and spine; new endpapers, a few tears and marginal losses to interior, final leaf of advertisements repaired. Stamp of..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. 8vo. [vi], ix-xii, 372 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 21 plates and numerous text illustrations. Without the list of the author’s other works that usually faces the half title. Half calf and marbled boards, edges scuffed; a lovely copy with occasional foxing. With the bookplate..... More
Paris: Societe Francaise de Navigation Aerienne, 1876. 8vo. 32 pp. FIRST EDITION. With text illustrations (tissue guards preserved). Original printed wrappers, spine frayed, minor soiling. A very good copy. FIRST EDITION of a rare treatise which proposes some improvements and modifications for the design of hydrogen gas balloons. The author..... More
Rochester: Published for the authors, 1880. 8vo. 387 pp. Later printing. Engraved frontispiece and inserted leaf with raised letters for the blind. Original publisher’s cloth with gold decoration and embossing. More
London: Printed. Newburyport [Mass.]: Wm. Sawyer & Co. by E. M. Blunt, State-Street, 1808. 12mo. xi, [i], [11]-366. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Old calf, rubbed but very sound, with red spine label; scattered foxing and small stains throughout. The “Reprinted for” on the title page has been scratched out. With the..... More
Santa Monica, CA: n.p., 1996. booklet, 11.6 x 8.6. 36 pp. Numerous photographs, copies of letters and other documents. More
Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1764. 4 vols. 8vo. cxvii, [i], 316; iv, 380; iv, 360 (i.e. 399); vi, 384 pp. Contemporary calf, covers somewhat worn, especially Volume three. Boo. cxvii, [i], 316; iv, 380; iv, 360 (i.e. 399); vi, 384 pp. Contemporary calf, covers somewhat worn, especially Volume three. Bookplate of..... More
London: W. Owen, 1770. 8vo. xxv, [3], 490, [10] pp. Contemporary full calf. Joints weak, spine rubbed. Second edition, much expanded from Chapman's 1755 translation of Astruc's De morbis veneris, Books II-IV. Astruc (1685-1766), a professor of anatomy in Paris, was an eminent historian of syphilis who utilized pathological anatomy..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. 8vo. 533 pp. plus leaf of publisher’s advertisements. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With frontispiece plus beautiful 51 illustrations and folding map. Black cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; new endpapers, small waterstain on top edge of pages 48-65, otherwise a clean copy with..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. 8vo. xii, 448 pp., plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. With full-page frontispiece plus 82 text engravings based upon the author’s own drawings, large folding map. Publisher’s cloth, title within gilt design on spine, head and foot worn; interior excellent. First American edition. Atkinson published..... More
New York: American Art Association, 1924. 8vo. 258 pp. FIRST EDITION. Copies of letters, signatures, some illustrations in the text. Cloth, spine label; interior excellent. More
Paris: I’Imprimerie de Migneret, 1808. 8vo. xxiii, [i], 440, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION OF CORVISART’S TRANSLATION FROM THE LATIN. Complete with half-title and errata. Uncut in the original wrappers, re-backed with the original spine label. An absolutely fantastic copy, preserved in a slipcase. DISCOVERY OF THORACIC PERCUSSION. First edition of..... More
London: George Eld, 1610. Folio. [xviii], 921, [11] pp. (lacking the initial blank). First edition in English. Woodcut device on title. Contemporary calf rebacked with original backstrip laid down, both covers stamped with central gilt decoration; first two leaves repaired on edges, minor browning to fore-edges, otherwise a very nice..... More
London: John Day, 1577. Two parts in one. 8vo. [320] pp., though lacking Mi and Uii. THIRD EDITION. First title and following leaf from a later edition (Oiv and Ov from the 1586 edition); second part has original title. Decorated woodcut borders around each page with kneeling figures of Scripture..... More
