Leipzig: Commision with Engelmann, [1841]- 1847. Contemporary half leather on marble boards. Folio. (32.0 x 26.0 cm). Modern calf spine with gilt labeling, contemporary marble and calf corners. Collation: cx, 149, [1]pp.+ 50 (3 double page; 4 folding) tinted lithographed plates. Some foxing and spotting to text and plates. This..... More
Nürnberg: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1826. Third edition. Original Blind-Stamped green cloth. 8vo. Original blind stamped dark green cloth with gilt decoration on spine that includes author, title and date of publication. Collation: viii, 207, [1]16pp. + 4 hand colored engraved plates by Sturm with original tissue guards. Sturm..... More
Paris: M. Lambert, 1769. Modern linen and marble boards. 8vo. Modern full calf, raised bands with gilt borders and center flower, title in upper panel. The spine has green morocco label with author, title and date in gilt. Collation: [iv] 1-126 [2-ad for present book by Le Begue] pp. +..... More
Halae Saxonum: Curtiana Venalis, 1796. Modern black morocco spine and contemporary marble boards. Folio (53.4 x 41.6 cm). Modern half black morocco binding with original marble boards, some loss of marble paper at front lower corner, minor loss of leather on upper rear corner, repaire to board of lower rear..... More
France: Late 17th-early 18th cen. Contemporary mottled calf. Rare original manuscript. 4to Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, panels with floral gilt decorations, gilt title on leather label in upper panel. Loss to ends of spine; hinges cracked at ends, cords sound. Collation: 110 leaves with numerous hand drawn diagrams. This..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. Original Wraps. Original printed gray wrappers. 8vo. 1st Edition, 1st issue. Uncut copy in original printed gray wrappers. The book is present in clamshell box box with black morocco spine. Collation: viii, 387 pp. + 12 plates and intext illustrations. There is minor chipping on spine and..... More
Norimbergae: Apud Felseckeri, 1794. Original Wraps. 4to. Modern quarter blue morocco on mottled paper boards. Original blue wrappers bound inside at back. Collation: 8pp. + 1 hand colored engraved plate. 18th century description of scarab beetles of America. Very scarce item. (Hagen II, p. 27; Nissen ZBI 3085). More
London: John van Voorst, 1846. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to Original blue cloth with gilt labeling on spine. Collation: xlvi, 560 pp. + numerous illustrations. There is a 2 page autographed from letter from Owne dated 1872 that has been tipped in front. This significant contribution to paleontology by Owen..... More
Italy: [1790]. Contemporary marble boards. 8vo (22.0 x 15.8 cm). Contemporary marble boards; paper loss along hinges, ends of spine and edges of boards. Collation: 364 pages of neatly hand written text on half of each page + numerous drawings in pencil and pen in clear half of page and..... More
Tiguri (Zurich): Typis et Sumptibus. Bodmerianis, 1719. Contemporary mottled calf. 4to (20.0 x 16.5 cm). Contemporary mottled calf; Ends of spine with wear, minor loss at top; Raised bands with blank panels except upper second panel with red morocco leather label; Hinges and corners rubbed.Marble end papers. Collation: [40], 512..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1968. Original cloth with dust jacket. 8vo (21.5 x 13.5 cm). Original publishers cloth binding with very good dust jacket protected by mylar cover; gilt title and author lettering to the spine; small indentation to tail of front cover affecting dust jacket. Collation: [5]-250 with color..... More
Hague: 1937. 8vo. Genetica XIX 4/5, p. 417-422. More
London: S. Highley, 1855. Second edition. More
London: H.Bailleire, 1855. Third edition. Ex libris. 8vo(22.3 x 13.7 cm) Modernbrown goat. Raised bands, gilt decoration in center of panels, red morocco label in upper panel , date at tail,new marble end papers. Collation: xxiv, 464, 8 (Cat), (8- Cat.) pp. + 11 lithograph plates. Plate ll as frontispiece..... More
London: T. Dawks et al, 1683. More
Augustae Vindelicorum: Impensis T. Goebelii, Typis J. Schönigkii, 1675. Half Calf with marble boards. 4to. Later half calf with marble paper boards. Collation: Part I- Engraved title page, [viii], [3]-130,[5], [1-blank]pp.+ 12 copper engraved plates; Part II-[3]-69,[26]pp. This is important two part 17th century German work by Welsch on material..... More
Reutlingen: Fleischhauer & Spohn, circa 1850. More
Philadelphia: Solomon W. Conrad, 1818. First American edition. Original paper boards. 8vo (21.4 x 13.5 cm) Contemporary cloth spine on paper boards, wear to ends of spine, hinges and edges of boards. Red morocco label with autonr and title gilt. Collation: vi, viii, [9]-170 (viii), [2-Ads]pp. Text with usual age..... More
Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1929. Significant treatise on atom structure and spectral analysis. More
Tiguri(Zurich: Sumptibus authoris, typis Gessnerianis, 1708. First unequivocal demonstration that images contained in rock were from prehistoric animals, mainly fish. More
Madrid: 1933. XIV Concilium Ophthalmologicum 1933, Hispania. Printed wrappers bound in. Scarce copy of Cajal's ophthalmological research. Copy of noted French ophthalomologist Pierre Amalric with his notations. More
London: Tho. Doring, 1687. Full calf. 4th ed. Folio Contemporary calf rebacked with raised bands and author and title in gilt on new red label. Pp. [24], 326, [6]. Manuscript notes on ffep and verso of first two preliminaries. Damp staining and some roughing of preliminaries and index. Internal condition..... More
Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1785. First edition. Stamped Cloth. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine darkened with loss to top and less so at bottom; hinges beginning, some chipping to extremities.Collatioh: [xxii] 490 pp. .Index. Plus 7 engraved plates (1 folding). Bound With Relhan, Richard. FLORA CANTABRIGIENSI SUPPLEMENTUM. Cambridge :J. Archdeacon, 1786..... More
London: Printed for A. Bell, T. Varnam and J. Osborn, and W. Taylor, 1718. First edition. Contemporary calf. 8vo (19.5 X 12 cm). 1st edition. Contemporary full calf with new back. Collation: xvi, 618, [53] [1-adv] p. Spine has raised bands and new red leather label. Covers have central tooled..... More
London: Printed for James Black and Son, 1816. Second edition. Original Cloth. 8vo. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. Original boards boxed. Large paper copy. Hinges weak on both volumes. Paper labels frayed as are the ends of spine. Moderate foxing to text and plates. Collation: xxxvi, 725 p. + 24 engraved..... More
