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Mémoires concernant diverses questions d'astronomie et de physique. Lûs & communiqués à l'Académie Royale des Sciences, &c. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1781. 4to. With woodcut vignette on the title page (with an armillary sphere and other instruments), and an engraved folding plate with 3 illustrations of eclipses engraved by Y. le Gouaz. Near-contemporary half mottled calf.
Mémoires concernant diverses questions d'astronomie et de physique. Lûs & communiqués à l'Académie Royale des Sciences, &c. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1781. 4to. With woodcut vignette on the title page (with an armillary sphere and other instruments), and an engraved folding plate with 3 illustrations of eclipses engraved by Y. le Gouaz. Near-contemporary half mottled calf.
LE MONNIER, Pierre-Charles. · 1715
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
VIII, XXIV, 34 pp.First edition of a treatise concerning several questions of astronomy and physics, written by the famous astronomer Pierre-Charles Le Monnier (1715-1799). After the introduction (pp. I-VIII), follow a short history of discoveries relating to the density of ai...
Memoire sur la carte de l'ancienne Palestine ou de la Terre Sainte. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1763. 4to. With woodcut vignette on title-page and a large woodcut headpiece. Modern brown half calf, richly gold-tooled spine.
Memoire sur la carte de l'ancienne Palestine ou de la Terre Sainte. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1763. 4to. With woodcut vignette on title-page and a large woodcut headpiece. Modern brown half calf, richly gold-tooled spine.
L'ISLE (DELISLE), Joseph-Nicolas de. · 1688
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
21 pp.First edition of a treatise on a map of ancient Palestine or the Holy Land, written by Joseph-Nicolas De l' Isle (1688-1768), astronomer, geographer of the Marine and professor at the "Académie Royale des Sciences". The map, titled Terrae Sanctae tabula e scripturae sacr...
Alle de wercken. Zo in de medicyne als chirurgie.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, [1656]. Containing:(1) Schat der gesontheydt.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1656. In 2 volumes.(2) Schat der ongesontheydt, ofte genees-konste van de sieckten.Amsterdam, (volume 1 only: Jan Jacobsz. Schipper), 1656. In 2 volumes (title page of volume 2, on (i)2r, while (i)1v, the last page of vol. 1, has a catchword pointing to (i)2r). Each of the 3 appendices at the end has its own divisional title, without imprint.(3) Inleydinge tot de Hollandtsche genees-middelen. Ofte Kort bericht, dat elck landt ghenoegh heeft tot onderhoudt van het leven ende de gesondtheydt der inwoonders.[and with its own title-page on C4r and continuing the same series of page numbers:] Steen-stuck. Aenwijsende den oorspronck, teyckenen, ’t voorkomen, en ghenesen van steen en graveel.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1656.(4) Heel-konste, ofte derde deel van de genees-konste, om de uytwendige gebreken te heelen. Met alderhande historien verlicht, ende met nieuwe curieuse platen verçiert. De platen van de aderen, slagh-aderen, ende zenuwen, &c. die in den voorgaenden druck seer onordentelijck zijn gestelt: midtsgaders de rekeningen die op deselve platen seer sloridgh aengewesen hebben geweest, zijn nu alle op haer bequame ordre gebracht, followed by Vervolgh van de heel-konste, verhandelende wonden, gehardtheydt, oorsponck van bus-poeder, ende geschut, kout-vyer, ontleden, ende gebroke beenderen. Met alderhande historien verlicht. 4 works (some with subdivisions) in 1 volume. Large 4to.(27 x 20.5 cm). With a richly engraved illustrated title page (with general title and undated imprint for the whole collection) drawn by Crispijn van de Passe the younger and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen, and 8 letterpress title pages for the 4 separate publications (also issued separately), all dated 1656 (that for volume 2 of the second work names no publisher, but shares a quire with the last leaf of volume 1), plus 2 divisional title pages without imprint (another subdivision has merely a drop-title). 5 of the title pages have the woodcut “konst baert roem” publisher’s device first used by Adriaen van de Venne in The Hague in 1628 (also used by Jan Friedrik Stam in 1657); ad 2, volume 2 has an engraved human anatomical figure; ad 3, part 1 has a woodcut decoration with 2 satyrs blowing horns. With 55 engravings in the text and 3 full-page engraved human anatomical plates, woodcut tailpieces and woodcut decorated initials. Set in roman type with incidental italic and textura, plus occasional words in Greek. 18th-century sprinkled half calf, sewn on 5 supports laced into the boards, sprinkled paper sides, black morocco spine label.
Alle de wercken. Zo in de medicyne als chirurgie.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, [1656]. Containing:(1) Schat der gesontheydt.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1656. In 2 volumes.(2) Schat der ongesontheydt, ofte genees-konste van de sieckten.Amsterdam, (volume 1 only: Jan Jacobsz. Schipper), 1656. In 2 volumes (title page of volume 2, on (i)2r, while (i)1v, the last page of vol. 1, has a catchword pointing to (i)2r). Each of the 3 appendices at the end has its own divisional title, without imprint.(3) Inleydinge tot de Hollandtsche genees-middelen. Ofte Kort bericht, dat elck landt ghenoegh heeft tot onderhoudt van het leven ende de gesondtheydt der inwoonders.[and with its own title-page on C4r and continuing the same series of page numbers:] Steen-stuck. Aenwijsende den oorspronck, teyckenen, ’t voorkomen, en ghenesen van steen en graveel.Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, 1656.(4) Heel-konste, ofte derde deel van de genees-konste, om de uytwendige gebreken te heelen. Met alderhande historien verlicht, ende met nieuwe curieuse platen verçiert. De platen van de aderen, slagh-aderen, ende zenuwen, &c. die in den voorgaenden druck seer onordentelijck zijn gestelt: midtsgaders de rekeningen die op deselve platen seer sloridgh aengewesen hebben geweest, zijn nu alle op haer bequame ordre gebracht, followed by Vervolgh van de heel-konste, verhandelende wonden, gehardtheydt, oorsponck van bus-poeder, ende geschut, kout-vyer, ontleden, ende gebroke beenderen. Met alderhande historien verlicht. 4 works (some with subdivisions) in 1 volume. Large 4to.(27 x 20.5 cm). With a richly engraved illustrated title page (with general title and undated imprint for the whole collection) drawn by Crispijn van de Passe the younger and engraved by Cornelis van Dalen, and 8 letterpress title pages for the 4 separate publications (also issued separately), all dated 1656 (that for volume 2 of the second work names no publisher, but shares a quire with the last leaf of volume 1), plus 2 divisional title pages without imprint (another subdivision has merely a drop-title). 5 of the title pages have the woodcut “konst baert roem” publisher’s device first used by Adriaen van de Venne in The Hague in 1628 (also used by Jan Friedrik Stam in 1657); ad 2, volume 2 has an engraved human anatomical figure; ad 3, part 1 has a woodcut decoration with 2 satyrs blowing horns. With 55 engravings in the text and 3 full-page engraved human anatomical plates, woodcut tailpieces and woodcut decorated initials. Set in roman type with incidental italic and textura, plus occasional words in Greek. 18th-century sprinkled half calf, sewn on 5 supports laced into the boards, sprinkled paper sides, black morocco spine label.
BEVERWIJCK, Johannes van. · 1594
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[8], 200; [8], 207, [1 blank]; [4], 124; [2], 46; [6], 154, [8] pp.A collection of classic works on health care, including internal and external medicines, surgery, hygiene and societal matters, all by Johan van Beverwijk (1594-1647), bringing together four works (each with mu...
Sphaericorum libri tres, nunquam antehac graece excusi. Paris, André Wechel, 1558. Small 4to (21 x 14 cm). With woodcut publisher's Pegasus device on title-page (repeated on last page), numerous woodcut mathematical diagrams in text, woodcut headpieces and decorated initials. 18th-century tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine and board edges.
Sphaericorum libri tres, nunquam antehac graece excusi. Paris, André Wechel, 1558. Small 4to (21 x 14 cm). With woodcut publisher's Pegasus device on title-page (repeated on last page), numerous woodcut mathematical diagrams in text, woodcut headpieces and decorated initials. 18th-century tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine and board edges.
THEODOSIUS. · 1528
€9,500.00 ($10,470.97 | £7,924.38 | ¥1,672,278)
[8], 54, [2], 70, [2] pp.First bilingual edition of the oldest treatise on spherical geometry, providing the first edition of the original Greek and the first Latin edition to be translated directly from the Greek. It was composed by the Greek mathematician and astronomer Theo...
Recueil des memoires curieux. Tirez des Journaux Historiques de 1719. 1723. 1724. & 1725.Paris, Etienne Ganeau, "MDXXV" [=1725]. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a woodcut headpiece, and a decorated woodcut initial. Contemporary brown calf, gold-tooled spine.
Recueil des memoires curieux. Tirez des Journaux Historiques de 1719. 1723. 1724. & 1725.Paris, Etienne Ganeau, "MDXXV" [=1725]. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, a woodcut headpiece, and a decorated woodcut initial. Contemporary brown calf, gold-tooled spine.
VIVIERS, Emmanuel de. · 1719
€4,750.00 ($5,235.48 | £3,962.19 | ¥836,139)
58 pp.Second recorded copy of the first edition of a collection of texts on astronomy and physics by the French Capuchin monk Emmanuel de Viviers, originally published in the Journal Historique between 1719 and 1725. Not only the first but also the second edition published in ...
Bataviaasch album. Verzameling van een tiental gezigten van de hoofdstad van Nederlandsch Indië. Opgedragen aan Zijne Exellentie den Minister van Staat J.J. Rochussen.Batavia, G. Kolff & Co., [1859-1860]. Large oblong folio (33.5 x 44 cm). With 10 beautiful tinted lithographs (ca. 18.5 x 26 cm). Modern half calf, with the original blue printed paper wrappers bound in.
Bataviaasch album. Verzameling van een tiental gezigten van de hoofdstad van Nederlandsch Indië. Opgedragen aan Zijne Exellentie den Minister van Staat J.J. Rochussen.Batavia, G. Kolff & Co., [1859-1860]. Large oblong folio (33.5 x 44 cm). With 10 beautiful tinted lithographs (ca. 18.5 x 26 cm). Modern half calf, with the original blue printed paper wrappers bound in.
DEELEMAN, Charles Theodore. · 1823
€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)
Beautiful collection of 10 views of the capital of the Dutch East Indies, Batavia, drawn by Charles Theodore Deeleman (1823-1884), lithographed by G.J. Bos and printed by P.W.M. Trap at Leiden. The 10 views depict the harbour of Batavia, the gate of the former castle of Batavi...
Kunstbüchlein. Wie man auff Marmelstein, Kupffer, Messing, Zihn, Stahl, Eisen, Harnisch und Waffen, &c. etzen, und künstlich vergülden soll. Mit vorgehendem Bericht, wie man Dinten, Dintenpulver, Prisilgen, und alle Metallfarben zum schreiben. Mancherley Farben, Pergament, Federn zu färben. Alle Metallen aus der Federn zu schreiben, Gold und Silber, Fundamentlein und Goldwasser auff allerley Ballerey, und dergleichen mehr, machen und temperieren soll. Zu Dienst und Ehren allen Schreibern, auch den unerfahrnen der Etzkunst, zusammen gebracht. ... Von neuen übersehen, gemehret, und corrigirt, und in Druck gebracht.[Leipzig?], 1660. Small 8vo (14.5 x 8.5 cm). Title-page printed in red and black. Later marbled wrappers.
Kunstbüchlein. Wie man auff Marmelstein, Kupffer, Messing, Zihn, Stahl, Eisen, Harnisch und Waffen, &c. etzen, und künstlich vergülden soll. Mit vorgehendem Bericht, wie man Dinten, Dintenpulver, Prisilgen, und alle Metallfarben zum schreiben. Mancherley Farben, Pergament, Federn zu färben. Alle Metallen aus der Federn zu schreiben, Gold und Silber, Fundamentlein und Goldwasser auff allerley Ballerey, und dergleichen mehr, machen und temperieren soll. Zu Dienst und Ehren allen Schreibern, auch den unerfahrnen der Etzkunst, zusammen gebracht. ... Von neuen übersehen, gemehret, und corrigirt, und in Druck gebracht.[Leipzig?], 1660. Small 8vo (14.5 x 8.5 cm). Title-page printed in red and black. Later marbled wrappers.
HELMREICH, Andreas. · 1660
€4,950.00 ($5,455.92 | £4,129.02 | ¥871,345)
[92], [4 blank] pp.Second copy located of the 1660 edition of a popular and influential practical manual by Andreas Helmreich, on the preparation of black, coloured and metallic writing ink and dyes (the metallic inks especially for writing on wood), the etching of marble and ...
Histoire de la vie de Tiel Wlespiegle, contenant ses faits & finesses, ses aventures, & les grandes fortunes qu'il a euës, ne s'étant jamais laissé tromper par aucune personne. Nouvelle traduction de l'Alemand en François; où l'on a ajoûté à cette edition, plusieurs pieces qui n'ont point encore paru en François jusques à present.Amsterdam, Nicolas Chevalier, 1702. 12mo. With engraved title-page showing an owl looking at itself in a mirror with Ulenspiegel wearing a fool's cap watching. Black morocco by Hippolyte Duru, with his stamp ("DURU 1849") on flyleaf, blind-tooled fillets on spine and boards, richly gold-tooled turns ins, gilt edges.
Histoire de la vie de Tiel Wlespiegle, contenant ses faits & finesses, ses aventures, & les grandes fortunes qu'il a euës, ne s'étant jamais laissé tromper par aucune personne. Nouvelle traduction de l'Alemand en François; où l'on a ajoûté à cette edition, plusieurs pieces qui n'ont point encore paru en François jusques à present.Amsterdam, Nicolas Chevalier, 1702. 12mo. With engraved title-page showing an owl looking at itself in a mirror with Ulenspiegel wearing a fool's cap watching. Black morocco by Hippolyte Duru, with his stamp ("DURU 1849") on flyleaf, blind-tooled fillets on spine and boards, richly gold-tooled turns ins, gilt edges.
[TILL EULENSPIEGEL]. · 1803
€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)
[8], 202, [6] pp.Rare French edition of the legendary farcical tales of the Dutch/German Eulenspiegel, elevated to folk hero in the well-known 19th-century retelling by Charles De Coster, who portrays Eulenspiegel as having major influence in the Dutch revolt against Spain, wh...
Elucidarius poeticus co[n]tinens historias poeticas, fabulas, insulas regiones, urbes, fluvios, mo[n]tesq[ue] insigniores, atq[ue] huiusmodi alia, …Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoogstraten, 1527. With the title in an elaborate woodcut border. With: (2) [FIOCCHI, Andrea Dominico (Andras Dominicus FLOCCUS)] under the name of Lucius FENESTELLA. De magistratibus, sacerdotiisq[ue] Romanorum libellus, iamprimum nitori restitutus.[Cologne, Hero Fuchs, 1527]. With the title in a finely cut 4-piece woodcut border. 2 editions in 1 volume. 8vo. 16th-century(?) limp vellum (formerly used for a slightly thinner book). The binding is an interesting example of a spine reinforced with a horizontal metal rod at the central sewing support to give more support and prevent the bookblock from becoming concaved or developing sharp kinks; probably bound in Flanders.
Elucidarius poeticus co[n]tinens historias poeticas, fabulas, insulas regiones, urbes, fluvios, mo[n]tesq[ue] insigniores, atq[ue] huiusmodi alia, …Antwerp, Michiel Hillen van Hoogstraten, 1527. With the title in an elaborate woodcut border. With: (2) [FIOCCHI, Andrea Dominico (Andras Dominicus FLOCCUS)] under the name of Lucius FENESTELLA. De magistratibus, sacerdotiisq[ue] Romanorum libellus, iamprimum nitori restitutus.[Cologne, Hero Fuchs, 1527]. With the title in a finely cut 4-piece woodcut border. 2 editions in 1 volume. 8vo. 16th-century(?) limp vellum (formerly used for a slightly thinner book). The binding is an interesting example of a spine reinforced with a horizontal metal rod at the central sewing support to give more support and prevent the bookblock from becoming concaved or developing sharp kinks; probably bound in Flanders.
TORRENTINUS, Hermannus (Herman van der BEKE). · 1498
€9,500.00 ($10,470.97 | £7,924.38 | ¥1,672,278)
[88]; [88] ll.Ad 1: Extremely rare third Antwerp edition of a well known Latin dictionary of classical antiquity by Hermannus Torrentinus, covering people, Gods, topographic names, etc., taken mostly from classical literature and arranged in alphabetical order. Pafraet publish...
Naamlyst gesteld naar 't alphabeth van alle de commandeurs, die sederd den jaare 1700. op Groenland en sedert den jaare 1719. op de Straad Davids, voor Holland hebben gevaren.Zaandam, for the author, by Jan Broekhuysen, 1753. 8vo. Contemporary decorated paper wrappers, preserved in half cloth chemise and matching slipcase.
Naamlyst gesteld naar 't alphabeth van alle de commandeurs, die sederd den jaare 1700. op Groenland en sedert den jaare 1719. op de Straad Davids, voor Holland hebben gevaren.Zaandam, for the author, by Jan Broekhuysen, 1753. 8vo. Contemporary decorated paper wrappers, preserved in half cloth chemise and matching slipcase.
[SANTE, Gerrit van]. · 1728
€8,000.00 ($8,817.66 | £6,673.16 | ¥1,408,234)
[28], 96 pp.Extremely rare first edition of a list of Dutch data concerning the whaling trade in and around Greenland, compiled by Gerrit van Sante (1728-1779). The book was designed with blank spance to add new data in the years following 1753. The present copy has been updat...
Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus [all published], cum eorumdem formis, aere excusis.Rome, Hippolito Salviani, 1554 (colophon: January 1558). Folio. With an engraved title-page and 98 figures on 81 full-page engravings (plate size 33 x 22.5 cm) printed on integral leaves, a Salviani's woodcut device on the last page, and about 100 decorated pictorial woodcut initials (2 series) including repeats. Recased in 18th-century(?) sheepskin parchment.
Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus [all published], cum eorumdem formis, aere excusis.Rome, Hippolito Salviani, 1554 (colophon: January 1558). Folio. With an engraved title-page and 98 figures on 81 full-page engravings (plate size 33 x 22.5 cm) printed on integral leaves, a Salviani's woodcut device on the last page, and about 100 decorated pictorial woodcut initials (2 series) including repeats. Recased in 18th-century(?) sheepskin parchment.
SALVIANI, Ippolito (Hippolito).
€19,500.00 ($21,493.04 | £16,265.83 | ¥3,432,570)
[8], 256 ll.First edition (2nd issue) of a rare and extremely well-illustrated Latin treatise on Italian fishes: "the plates ... in accuracy and beauty far surpass any figures published in the next 100 years" (Dean), with 92 numbered chapters, one for each of 92 varieties of f...
A practical treatise on painting. In three parts. Consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring. The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools.London, James Carpenter, 1826-1827. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 25 full-page partly handcoloured etched and aquatint plates with 105 reproductions by Burnet of famous paintings. Contemporary calf, covers blind-tooled in a checkered pattern, marbled edges.
A practical treatise on painting. In three parts. Consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring. The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools.London, James Carpenter, 1826-1827. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 25 full-page partly handcoloured etched and aquatint plates with 105 reproductions by Burnet of famous paintings. Contemporary calf, covers blind-tooled in a checkered pattern, marbled edges.
BURNET, John. · 1784
€2,950.00 ($3,251.51 | £2,460.73 | ¥519,286)
[4], 31, [1 blank]; VI, 45; V-IX, [3], 64 pp.First edition of the collected works on the art of painting by the Scottish artist John Burnet (1784-1868), illustrated by himself. It is divided into three parts: on composition, chiaroscuro (light and shadow), and colour.Minor fox...
Vingt prophéties de Michel de Nostradamus, derniérement trouvées manuscrites dans une célèbre bibliotheque des Pays-Bas. Avec explication et figures.Liège, [ca. 1789]. 8vo. With 20 engraved emblems at the beginning of each chapter, several by Pieter Balthazar Bouttats. Contemporary mottled, tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine, marbled edges.
Vingt prophéties de Michel de Nostradamus, derniérement trouvées manuscrites dans une célèbre bibliotheque des Pays-Bas. Avec explication et figures.Liège, [ca. 1789]. 8vo. With 20 engraved emblems at the beginning of each chapter, several by Pieter Balthazar Bouttats. Contemporary mottled, tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spine, marbled edges.
[NOSTRADAMUS, Michel]. · 1503
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
VIII, 90, [1], [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of a work containing 20 adapted prophecies of the French apothecary and seer Michel de Nostradamus (1503-1566). Nostradamus's predictions, first published in 1555 as Les proheties, are here edited by an anonymous author, giving an...
Cardiomorphoseos sive ex corde desumpta emblemata sacra. Verona, superiorum permissu, 1645. 4to. With engraved allegorical title-page (signed ''G.G.'' below right) showing King David and Saint Paul holding a heart, with the arms of the dedicatee, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, at the foot, 101 engraved emblems in text, each on the theme of the heart, with a letterpress title in any of about 7 different woodcut panels, and a letterpress explanation below, continuing onto the verso. Each is printed from an oval plate (10.5 x 8 cm). Contemporary sheepskin parchment.
Cardiomorphoseos sive ex corde desumpta emblemata sacra. Verona, superiorum permissu, 1645. 4to. With engraved allegorical title-page (signed ''G.G.'' below right) showing King David and Saint Paul holding a heart, with the arms of the dedicatee, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, at the foot, 101 engraved emblems in text, each on the theme of the heart, with a letterpress title in any of about 7 different woodcut panels, and a letterpress explanation below, continuing onto the verso. Each is printed from an oval plate (10.5 x 8 cm). Contemporary sheepskin parchment.
PONA, Francesco. · 1594
€8,950.00 ($9,864.75 | £7,465.60 | ¥1,575,462)
[8], 208 pp.First edition of a religious emblem book in Latin, built around the theme of the heart, written by the Marinist poet, writer, doctor and philosopher Francisco Pona (1594-1654). The illustrations, largely etched and unsigned, are slightly primitive in execution, but...
Tractatus physico-medicus de catechu, sive terra Japonica, in vulgus dicta ad normam Academiae Naturae-Curiosorum.Jena, Johannus Bielk, (printed by Samuel Krebs), 1679. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece depicting a Japanese man holding a shield with the inscription: "E.H.D. Catechu" designed by C. Nisius. Contemporary boards, wholly untrimmed.
Tractatus physico-medicus de catechu, sive terra Japonica, in vulgus dicta ad normam Academiae Naturae-Curiosorum.Jena, Johannus Bielk, (printed by Samuel Krebs), 1679. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece depicting a Japanese man holding a shield with the inscription: "E.H.D. Catechu" designed by C. Nisius. Contemporary boards, wholly untrimmed.
HAGENDORN, Ehrenfried. · 1640
€6,000.00 ($6,613.24 | £5,004.87 | ¥1,056,176)
[22], 82 pp.First edition of a very rare medical treatise by Ehrenfried Hagendorn (1640-1692), a Polish doctor and the personal physician of the Elector of Saxony. In the present Tractatus he introduced a new medical application for the popular exotic "terra Japonica" or catec...
De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationésque imporium praecedunt.Geneva, Eustache Vignon, 1575. 8vo. Early 20th-century vellum.
De spectris, lemuribus et magnis atque insolitis fragoribus, variisque praesagitionibus quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationésque imporium praecedunt.Geneva, Eustache Vignon, 1575. 8vo. Early 20th-century vellum.
LAVATER, Ludwig. · 1527
€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)
[6], 272 pp.Second edition of the Latin translation of a work on ghosts, phantoms and apparitions of people who have passed away, written by the Swiss theologian Ludwig Lavater (1527-1586). Besides ghosts, it deals with strange sounds, voices, inexplicable events and peculiar ...
Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur l'organe de l'ouïe des poissons.Paris, Imprimerie Royale, for J.B. Baillière in Paris and London, 1838. 4to. With 17 folding lithographed plates (ca. 560 x 210 mm.) of the auditory organs, and other details, of various fishes. Original blue publisher's wrappers.
Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur l'organe de l'ouïe des poissons.Paris, Imprimerie Royale, for J.B. Baillière in Paris and London, 1838. 4to. With 17 folding lithographed plates (ca. 560 x 210 mm.) of the auditory organs, and other details, of various fishes. Original blue publisher's wrappers.
BRESCHET, Gilles. · 1784
€800.00 ($881.77 | £667.32 | ¥140,823)
[6], 126 pp.First separate edition of a rare and important work on the auditory organs and gills of fishes, with 17 folding plates, made after drawings by the author. Gilles Breschet (1784-1845) was a professor of anatomy at Paris and member of the Institute de France. He was ...
Discours du tabac. Ou il est traité particulierement du tabac en poudre.Paris, Martin le Prest, for the author, 1668. 12mo. With 3 half-page woodcut illustrations of tobacco plants in the text and several woodcut borders, initials and headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
Discours du tabac. Ou il est traité particulierement du tabac en poudre.Paris, Martin le Prest, for the author, 1668. 12mo. With 3 half-page woodcut illustrations of tobacco plants in the text and several woodcut borders, initials and headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
BAILLARD, Edme [= Jean le Royer DE PRADE]. · 1640
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
[30], 125, [1 blank], [14], [2 blank] pp.Extremely rare first edition of a popular textbook on snuff and also the first work of its kind by Jean Royer de Prade (1640-1685). We have only been able to trace one copy in institutions and four in sales records. The present copy com...
Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses.Paris, L'imprimerie de Crapelet, chez Deterville. 1803. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary gold-tooled half auburn morocco.
Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses.Paris, L'imprimerie de Crapelet, chez Deterville. 1803. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary gold-tooled half auburn morocco.
SAY, Jean-Baptiste. · 1767
€10,000.00 ($11,022.07 | £8,341.45 | ¥1,760,292)
[4], XLVI, 527, [1 blank]; [4], 572 pp.Rare first edition of a fundamental work on political economy, by the French economist Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), who was among the first to divide the field of economics into the areas of production, distribution, and consumption. "S...
De medicinae origine et progressu dissertationes. In quibus medicinorum sectae, institutiones, decreta, hypotheses, praeceptiones, &c. Ab initio medicinae usque ad nostra tempora traduntur.Utrecht, Gijsbert van Paddenburg and Willem Kroon, 1723. 4to. With the title page printed in red and black with a small woodcut ornamental vignette, and two woodcut illustrations in the text. Further with some woodcut decorated initials, a large woodcut headpiece at the start of the work, and woodcut ornamental tailpieces throughout. Contemporary half calf, sprinkled paper sides, gold-tooled spine with the title lettered in gold (now faded), red edges.
De medicinae origine et progressu dissertationes. In quibus medicinorum sectae, institutiones, decreta, hypotheses, praeceptiones, &c. Ab initio medicinae usque ad nostra tempora traduntur.Utrecht, Gijsbert van Paddenburg and Willem Kroon, 1723. 4to. With the title page printed in red and black with a small woodcut ornamental vignette, and two woodcut illustrations in the text. Further with some woodcut decorated initials, a large woodcut headpiece at the start of the work, and woodcut ornamental tailpieces throughout. Contemporary half calf, sprinkled paper sides, gold-tooled spine with the title lettered in gold (now faded), red edges.
BARCHUSEN, Johann Conrad. · 1666
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[1], [1 blank], [14], 679, [1] pp.Completely revised edition of a collection of 26 texts on the history of medical and chemical theories by an expert on medicine and chemistry, Johann Conrad Barchusen (1666-1723). Among the examined authors are Paracelsus, Crollius, Van Helmon...