Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. 8vo. 94 pp. FIRST EDITION -- AN INSCRIBED COPY. Contemporary straight grain morocco, rebacked. An excellent copy inscribed to David Potts Jun from John Quincy Adams on a presentation slip inserted before the title page, and with the ownership signature of Ralph R. Ritzman on..... More
London: Hunt and Clarke, 1827. 8vo. xii, 287 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; a very good copy. More
Amsterdam: Cornelius Nicolai, 1606. Five parts in one. oblong 8vo. [xvi], 679, [9] pp. THIRD EDITION. Allegorical engraved title and 174 engraved maps. Contemporary vellum, ties present; old light dampstain extending from upper margin affecting a number of leaves. Significant early annotations to numerous leaves and rear endpapers. More
London: Robert Barker, 1611. Folio. A-B4 C6 D4 ²A-²C6 chi² A-5C6; ²A-²2A6. 752 leaves. (A3 bound backwards). Title page, the 2 leaves of the engraved map, and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types..... 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
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
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 & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1896. 8vo. xxxi, [i], 188 pp., plus 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY. Original publisher's cloth over boards, cut flush, front cover lettered and ruled in black; presentation inscription, "G.E. Jelf, with the Author's sincere regards. Feb. 22, 1896."..... More
![Item #10446 De vocis auditusq[ue] organis historia anatomica singulari. Giulio Cesare CASSERIUS](https://rootenbergbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10446_Casseriusplate.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1547508666)
[Ferrara]: [Victorius Baldinus], [1601] (second colophon, 1600). Two parts in one. Folio (395 x 263 mm). [lx], 191, [1]; 126, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. Elaborately engraved title, 2 engraved portraits, and 33 engraved anatomical plates. Our copy is one of a few printed with a blank verso M3, a printer's..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1898. 8vo. [vi], 259 pp., plus 4 pages undated ads followed by 16 pages of publisher’s advertisements dated Autumn, 1897. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher’s slate-colored cloth with gilt stamping on front cover, and with the imprint on spine uniform. An excellent copy. More
London: John Murray, 1862. 8vo. vi, 365, [1] pp., plus 32 pages publisher's advertisements dated December, 1861. FIRST EDITION. Text illustrations. Original plum cloth with an orchid in gilt on front cover. Covers and spine worn, spine a bit shabby, chipped at foot. Interior is excellent with a modern presentation..... More
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[England]: 4 October, 1832. Two pages. Letter written in brown ink on a folded sheet, the back leaf containing an address in manuscript with a black wax seal (a dragon with a D). The stamp has been cut from the letter without affecting the text. Letter by Francis Darwin, announcing..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. 8vo. [viii], 557 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher’s red cloth with title in borders on the front board, a bit worn. Preserved in a half-morocco clamshell box with gilt decorated spine. Bookplate of Howard Roosa on the front paste-down. First edition of Dreiser’s..... More
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Padua: Lucam Bertellum; Christopher Gryphium, 1564; 1563. Two works in one. 4to. [iv], 64; 16, [2] leaves. FIRST EDITIONS. Title page to each work. Three lovely woodblock text initials. Half-calf with paper boards; some leaves lightly water-stained along lower corners, otherwise an excellent copy. TWO EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF SYPHILIS. First..... More
Amsterdam: Elzivir, 1651. 12mo. 568, [6] pp. SECOND EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OR FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION. With the added engraved title carrying the London imprint and Elzivir's device on second title. Contemporary vellum over boards. A fine copy preserved in a half-morocco case. Second edition, first issue, published the same year..... More
New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. Two volumes. 8vo. xx, 560; xvi, 587 pp. SECOND EDITION. Text illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth, an exceptionally good copy. Ownership signature of the writer and electrical engineer F[ranz] J[osphe] Dommerque. Scarce second edition of Heaviside’s collected works in all aspects of electricity..... More
Philadelphia: Published by H. Hall, 1819. 16mo. (xii), 25-192 pp. FIRST EDITION. With a fantastic copy of the folding map. Original boards, spine frayed but with the original spine label. A beautiful uncut, unsophisticated copy. More
Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1831. 8vo. xxxi, 349, xiv pp. FIRST EDITION. With 5 folding plates. Original boards, rebacked, covers worn and chipped on the fore-edges; occasional soiling of text, but generally a clean copy, uncut, from the library of James W.T. Knox with his presentation to E.J. Kennedy (possibly..... More
London & Cambridge: Geo Strahan & G. Thurlbourn, 1741. 8vo. [xx], 291, [1] pp. Sixth edition. With 12 folding plates. Engraved title vignette. Contemporary calf; some light browning and foxing. Ownership inscription on first fly-leaf. Sixth edition (first published in 1701) of Keill’s lecture notes on Newtonian mechanics. Also included..... More
Milan: Marelli, 1784. 8vo. xxxiv, 304 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial, and 1 folding engraved plate. Original wrappers, top of front wrapper torn away; minor spotting on preliminary and endleaves, otherwise an excellent unsophisticated copy preserved in a folding clamshell box. More
London: Awnsham & Johan. Churchill, 1692. Three parts in one. 12mo. [xii], 182, [2]; [viii], 200 [i.e. 190], [2] pp., including half-title and indexes. FIRST EDITION. Separate title for the Ontologia. Contemporary calf, boards ruled in blind, rebacked with the original backstrip laid down; an excellent copy. First edition of..... More
Florence: n.p., 1550 (1650); 1700; 1665. 7 books bound together (1st work in 5 parts). 4to. [viii], 320; 280; 152; 158; 106; 64; [vi], 234 pp. Edizione Testina. Vignette of Machiavelli’s portrait on title. Separate dated title pages to all parts except the Historie fiorentine which begins the volume. Dell’arte..... More
Venice: Damianum Zenarium, 1582. 4to. 605, [1] leaves. Printers device on title-page and on last verso leaf of colophon. Woodcut borders and charts, text illustrations, diagrams and tables throughout. Each year has a separate title as well as pages dealing variously with the calculations of the movements of celestial bodies..... More
London: John W. Parker, 1843. Two volumes. 8vo. xvi, 580; xii, 624 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with twin labels, small portion of head of spine of Vol. I missing, marbled edges and endpapers; blank endleaves spotted as usual in most copies, text in excellent condition. More
Amsterdam: Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. 4to. [xxviii], 484, [8] pp. FIRST AMSTERDAM EDITION. With folding engraved plate of cometary orbit facing p. 465, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text. Title printed in red and black with an engraved device. Contemporary vellum over boards; a few wormholes in the spine, preliminary and..... More
