Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1479. Folio. 468 pp. Signatures: [a¹², b-y¹⁰, z⁶; A-M¹⁰, N-O⁶; P-R¹⁰, S-T⁸; V-Z&. Third bible printed by Koberger, complete. Double column, 51 lines of Gothic type in Vulgate Latin, some printed marginalia, with versal letters in red & blue and decorative pen initials throughout, interior as if..... More
Rhemes: John Fogny, 1582. 4to. [xxviii], 745, [27] pp. FIRST EDITION. Complete with errata and tables. Decorative and historiated woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. Contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco spine label; corners worn, insignificant worming, some minor intermittent discoloration, but generally in excellent condition. Contemporary annotations in English and..... More
Berkeley: The friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. Small folio. Blue & brown plaid cloth, gilt lettering to spine. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1910. 8vo. 528 pp. FIRST EDITION. With numerous maps. Maroon cloth, light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, tips bumped; ex-libris, gutters torn. First edition, No. 3 of 1000 numbered copies. An in-depth study of a single campaign of the Civil War. More
Massachusetts: Published under the auspices of The Committee on Town History, 1898. 8vo. xviii, 561 pp. FIRST EDITION. With numerous photographic illustrations and 2 folding maps. Green cloth, author and title in gilt on spine, the town emblem on front cover. An excellent copy. First edition, a detailed history of..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1859. Two volumes. 8vo. xv, [i], 540; [iv], xvi, 640 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 14 folding plates. Contemporary marbled boards backed in pebbled calf; some foxing, especially in the text toward the end of each volume, otherwise a very good copy with the stamp of the Bibliotheque de..... More
Poitiers: J. Thoreau & A. Mesnier, 1638. 4to. [xviii], 624, [18]. FIRST EDITION. Complete with approbation, Privilege du Roi, and index with errata on verso. Title printed in red and black. Contemporary original binding of richly gilt morocco, rebacked with the original spine laid down, spine gilt in compartments with..... More
New York: Sugar Research Foundation, Inc., 1948. 8vo. [iv], 31, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. With a photographic plate and 4 full-page diagrams. Original printed wrappers in good condition. First edition. Of this report on the developments and methods of chromatography adsorption and analysis in the purification and separation of sugars..... More
Paris: Deterville, 1821. 2 vols. 8vo. xiv, 688; [iv], 736 pp. SECOND EDITION. Contemporary green marbled paper boards, gilt title labels, old library shelf mark. Illustrated with eighteen folding etched plates of instruments, projections, a map, optometric explanations, laboratory apparati, and animal dissection. Internally fresh and in excellent condition. More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1870. 4to. iv, pp. 111-48. FIRST EDITION. Presentation slip from the author to Rivett-Carnac with his best regards pasted onto the title page. With 4 full page drawings on heavier paper of each of the new species treated. Half-morocco over linen, boards faded; interior clean but..... More
Venice: C. Maesta, 1550. 4to. viii, 167, [1] leaves. SECOND EDITION. Title within woodcut border with elaborate woodcut illustrations of various machines and apparatus, numerous text woodcuts as well as elaborate woodcut initials. Eighteenth century vellum backed marbled boards, edges and corners worn; first 8 leaves repaired at upper right..... More
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. 8vo. xv, [i], 114 pp., plus leaf of publisher’s advertisements. SECOND ENGLISH EDITION. Original boards, rebacked; interior excellent. Ownership signature of Ralph R. Ritzman on the fly-leaf. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967. 8vo. [xiv], 482 pp. FIRST EDITION. Photographic reproductions throughout. Blue cloth with title and author in gilt on cover and spine. More
Leiden and London: Brill & Porter, 1897. Folio. viii, 64, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 22 chromo-lithographed plates. Original publisher’s pictorial green cloth, title in gilt to spine and top cover, with patterned end-papers; edges stained green. Label pasted on to the front paste-down indicating that this copy is No..... More
London: E. Curll & J. Pemberton, 1716. 8vo. lvii, [vii], 448 pp. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. An excellent copy in period-style full calf. First edition. Published by “the unspeakable Curll.” The compositions include Blackmore’s essays on epic poetry, wit, false virtue, immortality of the soul, laws of nature..... More
London: Trianon Press for William Blake Trust, 1963. Folio. With 18 full-page plates in colour. Half morocco with gilt lettering on the spine. Preserved in a slipcase matching the boards. Number 374 of an edition limited to 480 copies printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match that used..... More
London: Published by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1969. 4to. (350 x 260 mm). With 17 colour plates reproduced from the original edition of 1794, each watermarked with Blake’s initials. Illustrated with water-colour washes added to partial colour printing. Original quarter brown morocco over marbled boards in..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925; 1927. 4 vols. 8vo. Limited editions. I. The writings of William Blake in 3 volumes, with 60 colotype plates of the author's drawings and paintings. II. With 24 illustrations in colotype. Both works bound in quarter-white parchment with marbled boards. Printed at the Chiswick Press..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Lg. 8vo. 24 colortype illustr., printed at the Chiswick Press. Quarter-white parchment with marbled boards. Limited to 1480 copies. More
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. Folio. 21, [4] pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. Tipped in frontispiece portrait and engraved title preceding 116 plates (6 in color). Original publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering, some rubbing on corners; interior excellent. More
London: John Murray, 1825. 8vo. xxxvi, [iv], 284 pp. FIRST EDITION. Facsimile letters. Contemporary tan calf, gilt-ruled boards, spine decorated in gilt, morocco spine label; light scattered foxing. Bookplate of Charles Tyler Prouty. First edition. An interesting and accurate glimpse into English history and politics during the mid-seventeenth century. More
Breslau: Weber, November, 1833. 4to. 12 pp. FIRST EDITION. With a very large folding plate of the Neesia Altissima, hand-coloured by Henry Cohen in Bonn. Disbound. First edition. This monograph was part of a series published by the journal Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, Volume XVII..... More
Göttingen: Heinrich Dieterich, 1805. 8vo. xvi, 549 pp. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, engraved title depicting a bust of Democritus and 8 engraved plates; Original boards, an excellent copy with the large bookplate of H.A. and a contemporary signature on title. First edition of this monumental work in the history..... More
London: Horace Cox, 1881. 4to. vi, 91, [1] pp., including half-title (with publisher’s advertisements on the verso). FIRST EDITION. With tinted lithographed frontispiece, 6 plates (1 hand-colored, 1 wood-engraved and double-page). Red cloth, title in gilt on spine; interior excellent. First edition, originally written by Blyth and enlarged by W.B.Tegetmeier..... More
London: R. Francklin, 1729. 8vo. 28 pp. FIRST EDITION. Disbound; a splendid copy. First edition. Bolingbroke (1678-1751), an English statesmen, published this pamphlet under the pseudonym of W. Raleigh in response to a pamphlet by the anonymous D'Anvers (the government). Besides discussing his opposition to the government's foreign policies and..... More
