Buenos Aires: "Alsina" 1914. 8vo. [v], 247, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With text illustrations and 31 folding plates, tissue guards present. Original printed wrappers, bound into calf-backed marbled boards; some slight foxing. First edition of this report on a paleontological exploration of regions in Argentina, such as the Valle de..... More
London: For R. Ackerman, 1813. 8vo. [viii], xv, [i], 215, [1] pp. With 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates etched by Rowlandson. Full sprinkled calf, neatly re-backed in decorative gilt; interior with a couple of insignificant marginal tears, otherwise an excellent copy from the library of physician and surgeon Ralph R. Ritzman..... More
Inspired by the Kelmscott Press of William Morris, Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft Shop in 1893 with the intention of reviving earlier standards of craftmanship by producing books which themselves were works of art. Indeed, most Americans learned of Morris' work through the books created by Elbert Hubbard and the..... More
Paris: Delalain, 1797-1805. 12 volumes. 4to. Over 8000 pages printed in double column. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece in Volume 10, title vignettes, large decorative headpiece at beginning of each chapter. With 20 folding tables and charts (a few oversized) and 269 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf over hand-blocked marbled boards; a...... More
Basel und Genf: H. Georg’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1864. Seven volumes (6 facsicles and text volume). 4to. viii, 63, [12] pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With 82 unbound double-plate lithographs loose in the 6 facsicles. Text and facsicles in original printed wrappers, all contained in the original publisher's printed slipcase. Apart from..... More
Paris: Chez Barthelemy Girin, 1702. 8vo. [xlviii], 708, [4] pp. Third edition. With 6 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments. Bookplate of S. Kramer. Third edition (first printed in 1680) of a valuable illustrated treatise on anatomy and disease. This comprehensive work depicts the human body, detailing..... More
Paris: Chez Gabon, 1812. Folio. 15, [1] pp. First edition in French, atlas only. With 11 engraved plates and ten outline plates. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Scattered foxing and browning, paper repairs to first four leaves, mainly to inner margin. From the library of Richard Goolden, with his armorial bookplate..... More
Regensberg: J.L. Montag, 1763. 4to. 96 pp. With 3 engraved hand-coloured plates by B.G. Fridrich. An uncut and partially unopened copy, disbound. Small stamp on tile; an excellent copy. Second edition of this valuable study on insects, based on the author's microscopic observations. He here illustrates the life cycles of..... More
Neudamm: J. Neumann, 1904-1921. Three vols. 4to. [xiv], [240], [iv]; [xii], [240], [iv]; [vii], [232] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 176 chromolithograph plates (4 double). Original cloth, title in gilt on cover, some wear to spines; tissue covers with marginal tears, several signatures loose in Volume III, Volumes I and II..... More
St. Petersburg: A. Golovachov Press, 1866. 8vo. vi, [2], 503, [1], xii pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding engraved plate and numerous text illustrations. Original orange printed wrappers, spine slightly torn; interior occasional spotting, still a very good copy preserved in a folding clamshell box. First edition. Sechenov's theory of..... More
London: William Pickering, 1839. 4to. 56pp. Illustrated with 60 engraved plates including frontis-piece, three of which are hand colored. SECOND EDITION. Contemporary half polished tan calf over brown cloth boards, five raised bands with tooled compartments and two red morocco spine labels titled in gilt, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt..... More
Erlangen & Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1871 & 1876. Two volumes in one 8vo. viii, 89, [1]; x, 314, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 9 lithographed plates (2 chromolithographs); wood engraved text illustrations. Half morocco over marbled boards; front blank leaf lacking, large library label on first paste-down, paper is brittle..... More
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1974. 26 large loose etchings (10 x 13 3/4 inches each). Title page, portrait of Chaucer plus 24 characters from the Canterbury Tales, each signed and numbered. Fine in a plain pink construction paper portfolio. Number 112 of 250 signed by the artist. Smith is an author and..... More
London: B. Law, etc. 1797. Eight volumes. 8vo. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Volume I with hand-coloured frontispiece portrait of Smollet by Holloway; each of the remaining seven volumes with hand-coloured frontispieces by Cruikshank. Full polished calf, with the large armorial crest of the Marquis of Bath in gilt on both covers..... More
Frankfurt: Varentrapp und Wenner, 1806. Folio. vii, [1], 7, [1], II, 6 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 4 engraved plates (2 in outline). Modern paper covered boards. First edition of the author's principal work on the special sense organs which contains concise and accurate descriptions of the tongue and the male..... More
Frankfurt: Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1806. Folio (408 x 282 mm). x, 36 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 5 engraved plates (4 duplicates in outline) by G. Rücker and J. C. Eckardt after drawings by C. Köck. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. A fine uncut copy. First edition of a magnificent anatomical study..... More
Kyoto: [n.p.], 1789-90. 3 vols. Approximately 300 double pages, including nearly 150 woodblock illustrations. Original wrappers with printed labels; interior with minor browning and occasional wormholes, otherwise a fine and complete copy preserved in a folding box. Probably one of the earliest illustrated accounts of Japanese medicine, compiled by the..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 8vo. xi, 311 pp., plus 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. FIRST EDITION. Coloured frontispiece and 100 illustrations. Original cloth, uncut. First edition of a marvelous parable of the plant world. The book manages to explain the complex workings of vegetable life in layman's terms by presenting..... More
Paris: Thomas Moette, 1696. 12mo. [xii], xii, 47 pp. FIRST EDITION. Both blanks present. With 35 full-page plates. Tree skin calf binding, gilt spine, edges stained red; corners slightly rubbed. An excellent copy. First edition of this extremely scarce treatise on swimming, considered one of the earliest books on the..... More
Berlin: In Taberna Libraria Scholae Realis, 1812. 8vo. lxvi, 550 pp. FIRST EDITION. With the large folding map of Lapland, hand-coloured in outline, l folding engraved table, and 30 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, rebacked; interior lightly browned. With a large bookplate from the Academiae Harvardianae donation fund..... More
New York: Rebman Co., 1911. 4to. [ii], 175, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With 16 coloured illustrations (3 double-page and 1 folding) and 15 text figures. Original cloth, red spine label, frayed at head and foot of spine; covers toned, still an excellent copy. First edition in English describing..... More
Vitemberg: Georg. Marcum Knochium, 1725. 8vo. [xvi], 876, [20], 32 pp. SECOND EDITION. Title in red and black. With 48 leaves of plates. In a contemporary full calf binding dated 1729 in blind on the back cover. Overall in excellent condition, with only minor wear. Second edition, greatly enlarged with..... More
Vienna: Anton von Haykul, 1828. 8vo. xxxii, 484 pp. With 5 full page plates (4 coloured) and a folding plate of instruments. Modern cloth-backed boards; some light spotting, library stamp. The present book is the author's most famous. It has been corrected and improved from the original printing of 1822..... More
Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell, I: 1808; 1810; II: 1825; 1828; 1828. Vols. I and II of nine volumes. Folio (350 x 265 mm); Vols. I, II, and III of four volumes. Folio (375 x 290 mm). iv (ie., vi), 158; v-xii, 13-167, [1] pp. Each volume with..... More
Venice: Pinio Pietrasanta, 1554. 4to. 63, [1] pp., including the errata. FIRST EDITION. Title within elaborate architectural border, separate leaf with portrait of the author, 17 decorative woodcut initials and 8 woodcut text illustrations (5 full-page). Bound in decorative modern boards. Other than a couple of very small and mild..... More
