Oxford: Leon: Lichfield, 1640. Folio. [xxxviii], 60, [14], 477, [21] pp., including contents and index. FIRST EDITION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND EXPANSION. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and engraved title signed by William Marshall, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Early tree calf, rebacked with decorations and title in..... More

Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1878. 8vo. x, 621, [1] pp. Contemporary leather-backed boards. A very good copy; some stains to endpapers. An early work by Baer on alcoholism. What distinguishes the book is the extensive use of statistical samples and an astonishing attention to all facets of the disease from 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. First edition of Baer's famous discovery..... More

Antwerp: 1715. 4to. (prelims mispaginated with pp. 5- 12 missing), 64, 854, (1) pp. Frontisportrait (loose), title r/b, half-titles, full-page engra. Contemporary calf, rebacked, new spine with gilt and raised bands. Leaves browned, some staining. Later edition. Included in the present volume is the author's tracts on earthquakes, the tarantula..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. 12mo. [vi], 196, [2] pp. Later edition. With several text diagrams. Original blind stamped publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on the spine; interior excellent. With the bookplate of Arnold Thackray on the paste- down, and the ownership signature of E.H. Hall..... 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: 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: 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: 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

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

London: Tho. Newcombe and H. Hills, 1679. 8vo. [iv], 58; [II], 72; 191 pp. FIRST EDITION. Complete with all blanks and imprimatur leaf. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Half-calf over boards, title on spine in faded gilt with old shelf mark; blue marbled fore-edge. Inscription on the recto of the imprimatur..... 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

London: Reprinted for J. Johnson, 1792. 8vo. xxiv, 520, [12] pp. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. With frontispiece portrait, folding map and 7 engraved plates (1 folding). Later half morocco and marbled boards with gold tooled spine, raised bands, and black title label; a very clean copy with minor stains only affecting..... More