London: Longman, Green and Co., 1820. 1st Edition. Quarter calf. Large uncut paper copy 12 mo. (18.8 x 10.8 cm) Contemporary quarter green morocco with gilt-lettered spine, rubbed and some wear to ends of spine ends; corners with wear; paper break at head of front hinge. Bookseller’s ticked on rear... More about A treatise on the art of making wine from Native Fruits: exhibiting the chemical principles upon...

England: 1896-90. Half pebble maroon morocco. Folio. Architectural Album. Half pebble maroon morocco with linen boards. Wear to ends of spine, hinges and corners with some loss; more recent end papers. This is an original collection of 44 fine engineering drawings prepared by author. Most of these expert drawings were... More about Coopers Hill, Surrey

Regensburg: J.L. Montag und J.H. Gruner, 1772. 1/2 Vellum. 1st Edition. 2 Parts in one 1 volume. Folio (36. 7 x 21.2 cm). Large paper uncut copy. Modern half vellum with old marble paper on new boards. Collation: Part 1 - [22] 1-164 pp.; Part 2- [6], 80, [16] pp... More about Versuch einer allgemeinen Vermehrung aller Bäume, Stauden und Blumem- gewächse, theoretisch und...

Lugduni Batavorum: apud Gerardum Potvliet, 1735. Full Vellum. 2 Volumes in one. 4to (21 x 17 cm). Contemporary vellum on boards. Collation: [xx] 248 [12]; [viii] 306 [24]p. + 102 copper engrave plates that includes both animals and plants. The binding has some buckling and remnants of mold stain on... More about Historiæ Ægypti naturalis pars prima. Qua continentur rerum Ægyptiarum libri quatuor. Opus...

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1905-1922. Blanche Ames. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo (26 cm). 7 Volumes. Original cloth bindings. Collation: Over 1,600 pages of text accompanied by 114 engraved plates of illustrations done by Blanche Ames which are numbered consecutively through the 7 volumes. There are also numerous in text drawings signed... More about Orchidaceae : illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceae, issuing from the Ames...

Cambridge: Botanical Museum of Harvard University, 1948. inscribed copy. More about Orchids in Retrospect: A Collection of Essays on the Orchidaceae

England: Manuscript, [1732-1734.]. Reverse Calf. Folio. Royal emblazoned binding in contemporary calf; boards with blind roll-stamps and fleurons, coat of arms in the middle; spine laid down retaining label with raised bands and decorated panels, some loss to top of original spine and along the hinges; red sprinkled edges. This... More about 18th Century Royal Family Ciphering Book

[1850]. 1/4 vellum. This hand written manuscript is divided into two sections with writing reversed. The first section of 86 unnumbered pages discusses different diseases, medical cases and various chemicals where author presents effects of plants or minerals. The second section written in reverse has 41 unnumbered pages. It starts... More about 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT

19th century. Broadside. Broadside for Bee cabinet. More about Bee Cabinet

France: Author, 1740. Contemporary French calf binding. 8vo (16.5 X 9.4 cm) Contemporary French calf binding; spine with raised bands, red morocco label with gilt title; panels with decorative floral design; hinges with breaks along head and tail regions; worm hole on rear hinge; gilt dentelle pattern on edges of... More about GÉOMETRIE PRATIQUE ou Recueïl de Plusieurs Traités Concernants La Géometrie

Italy: 1740. Contemporary vellum on boards. Tom I. 4to(20.5 x 15.0 cm). Contemporary vellum with ink label on spine. There are no free endpapers or title page.Text block attached to boards by threads; all edges with marbling. Collation: 298 pp.(293-298 blank) + 38 ll (3 folding) containing 99 numbered ink... More about PHYSICAE INSTITUTIONES

[Paris]: Author, 1700. Full leather. 8vo. Modern quarter red morocco binding with on marble boards. Collation: Premier Section- [2], 52, [14 – 7 engraved tables dated Paris 1716] pp., [2- Blank]; Seconde Partie- [2], 72, [5] pp.; Troisieme Partie- [1], 60 pp. + numerous diagrams throughout and 17 page table... More about Traité De Gnomonique Premiere Partie Contenant L’Introduction à cette Science Plusierus...

[Paris]: [1790]. Contemporary tree calf. 3 Volumes. 4to (24.2 cm x 19.0 cm). Contemporary French mottled calf binding, gilt floral panels, separate black morocco labeling, covers with border line tooling, wear to hinges, ends of spine and corners with minor loss, marbling on text block edging. Collation: Géometrie &[2]- 193... More about Cours de Mathématiques: Géometrie and Algèbra