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On the Measure of the Conditions Necessary to Supply of Commodities. By the Rev. T.R. Malthus, R.A.R.S.L., &c. Read May 4, 1825 [in:] Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom. Vol. 1 Part 1.

MALTHUS (Thomas Robert) · 1827 · Forest Books

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

J. Murray. 1827. First Edition, 4to, xxxvi, 227, [1]pp., 22 lithograph plates, [Malthus essay running from page 171-180]; orig. boards, covers detached, lacks spine, uncut, unopened, internally a nice clean copy. Malthus’s first essay to the Royal Society of Literature in whic…

Description of an Ancient Medallion, in the Possession of H. Rooke, Esq.

ROOKE (Hayman) · 1800 · Forest Books

£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)

Nottingham: Printed by Samuel Tupman, 1800. First Edition, 8vo (220 x 135 mm), 7, [1]pp., engraved plate showing both sides of the medallion, nineteenth century half morocco, lettered in gilt on spine, a nice copy. The brass medallion was found by some labourers who were worki…

A Voyage Round the World, In His Majesty’s Ship The Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron. In which is Contained, a faithful Account of the several Places, People, Plants, Animals, etc. seen on the Voyage: And among other Particulars, A minute and exact Description of the Streights of Magellan, and of the Gigantic People called Patagonians. Together with an accurate Account of Seven Islands lately discovered in the South Seas. By an Officer on Board the said Ship. Printed for J. N

[CLERKE (Charles)] · 1768 · Forest Books

£1,230.88 (€1,475.39 | $1,626.17 | ¥259,596)

Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768. First edition, [4],viii,257,[1]pp., with half-title and engraved frontispiece, cont. half calf, marbled paper boards, hinges slightly cracked, head and foot of spine worn with some light worming to raised bands, marbled paper on lower boa…

Agricultural Distress. An address to the nobility and landed proprietors of Great Britain and Ireland, by a London merchant; on the distressed state of the agricultural population and the baneful effects of absenteeism: in which the benefits arising from small allotments of land being let to the labouring and industrious poor, bestowing upon them permanent and lasting comforts, are displayed, as exhibited on the estates of Sir Gerard Noel Noel, Bart., M.P. for Rutlandshire, under the direction a

ALLOTMENTS FOR THE POOR. · 1834 · Forest Books

£209.63 (€251.27 | $276.95 | ¥44,212)

London: Printed for the Author. 1834. First Edition, [iv],106,[2]pp., disbound. The introduction of the enclosure act had a damming effect on the lower classes, as the author of this pamphlet implies: “to increase the estates of the great proprietor and the church, leaving the…

Voyage en Guinée et dans les îles Caraïbes en Amérique. Tirés de sa correspondance avec ses amis. Traduits de l'Allemand.

ISERT, P.E. · 1793 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954

€700.00 ($771.54 | £583.99 | ¥123,166)

Paris, Maradan, 1793 (première trad.en francais). viii,343,48 (= tables: Observations météorologiques 1783-85; et Index) pp. Avec frontisp. et 1 fig.dépliante. Basane marbrée, dos doré. (cuir un peu usé, dos lég.endomm.; avec etiquette ancienne du libraire Bergeret a Bordeaux su…

Trattato razionale di frutticoltura. ... Nuova edizione.With: (2) GENESY, Amedeo. La vite piramidale. … Seconda edizione.Torino, Francesco Casanova (back of title-page: printed by Vincenzo Bona), 1891. 2 volumes. 8vo. With a woodcut frontispiece showing the Fresia Grossa variety of grape vine and a fruit tree, each volume with several woodcut illustrations in the text and with a publisher’s catalogue bound at the end the Trattato. Both in original publisher’s printed paper wrappers.

GENESY, Amedeo. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

[2], X, 200; 64 pp.Second edition of a treatise on fruit-bearing plants, with a chapter on diseases. With the second edition of a monograph on the attempts to grow vines upwards in a pyramidal shape. Both with woodcut illustrations by A. Monneret that depict examples of trees, o…

Viagem de Sua Magestade El Rei o Senhor Dom Fernando a Marrocos, seguido da descripção da entrega da Grão Cruz da Torre e Espada ao Sultão Sid Mohammed.Tangiers, Abrines, 1882. 8vo. Modern maroon half morocco, preserving the original publisher's printed wrappers.

COLAÇO, José Daniel. · 1831 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,000.00 ($3,306.60 | £2,502.82 | ¥527,853)

VI, 122, [1 blank], [2], [1 blank] pp.First separately published and expanded edition of an account of the former King of Portugal, Dom Ferdinand II’s visit to Morocco, written by the Portuguese/Moroccan diplomat José Daniel Colaço (1831-1907). In the introduction Colaço states …

Nieuwe Nederduitsche apotheek. Op eene klaare en verstaanbaare wyze onderwys gevende omtrent de beste dagelyks gebruikt wordende geneeskundige bereidingen; waar in inzonderheid de scheikundige bewerkingen, volgens de gronden der vermaarde heeren Boerhave, Geoffroy en andere beroemde mannen, zoo duidelyk beschreeven worden, als tot nog toe in geene andere apotheeken geschied is.Leiden, Pieter van der Eyk, 1753. 8vo. Modern orange paper wrappers.

[PHARMACY - RECIPES]. · 1668 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.28 | ¥114,368)

[10], 440, [38] pp.Rare first edition of a collection of pharmacological recipes in Dutch that had no official authorization, published to meet the needs of apprentices and pharmacists with little or no knowledge of Latin (the language of the pharmacompoeia, which were officiall…

? ???????? ???????????????? ????? [O russkom gosudarstvennom tsvietie].Saint Petersburg, Publishing house of H.I.M. Own Chancery, 1858. 8vo. With a chromolithographed frontispiece showing the old and new Russian flag plus ten flags of German states, with highlights in gold. Contemporary green paper wrappers.

JAZYKOV, Aleksandr Petrovich. · 1802 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.75 | £1,042.84 | ¥219,939)

37, [1 blank] pp.Historical treatise on the colours of national and other flags, particularly in the Russian Empire, published on occasion of the introduction of the first Russian state flag. Starting at the earliest moments in history that people grouped around a specific colou…

A monographic revision and synopsis of the Trichoptera of the European fauna.London, John van Voorst; Berlin, Friedländer (colophon: printed by Napier, London), 1874-1880. Royal 8vo (25 x 17.5 cm). With 59 lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf.

MCLACHLAN, Robert. · 1837 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,750.00 ($1,928.85 | £1,459.98 | ¥307,914)

[2], IV, 523, [1 blank], CIII, [1] pp.Very rare work on Trichoptera, commonly known as caddisflies. The present publication is considered the greatest work of the British entomologist Robert McLachlan (1837-1904), the first editor of the Entomologist's monthly magazine and the l…

Traité des renoncules, qui contient, outre ce qui regarde ces fleurs, beaucoup d'observations physiques & de remarques utiles, soit pour l'agriculture, soit pour le jardinage. Troisième édition.Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1763. 12mo. With 6 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine.

ARDÈNE, Jean Paul Rome de. · 1689 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€475.00 ($523.54 | £396.28 | ¥83,577)

[6], 16, 342 pp.Third and last edition of a manual on ranunculi by the French priest and botanist Jean Paul Rome d'Ardène (1689-1769). "Ardène retired, about 1750, from his duties as sepérieur of the college at Marseilles to the Château d' Ardène, diocese of Sisteron, where he c…

Agriculturae fundamenta chemica, Åkerbrukets chemiska grunder, ...Uppsala, 1761. 4to. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers.

WALLERIUS, Johan Gottschalk (praeses) and Gustaf Adolf GYLLENBORG. · 1743 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€495.00 ($545.59 | £412.97 | ¥87,096)

[4], 321, [1] pp.First edition of a thesis on the role of chemistry in the development of agriculture, by the Swedish Count Gustaf Adolf Gyllenborg (1743-1789) and with the Swedish chemist and mineralogist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709-1785) as praeses. It established the not…

Edelgestein-Büchlein, oder Beschreibung der Edelgesteine. Derer Gestalt, Kräffte und Tugenden, Eigenschafften, Preis und Werth. Samt bengefügten Warnungen für Betrug an alle diejenigen, so mit Edelsteinenen handeln und umbgehen ... Übersetzet und herausgegeben von Johann Langen.Hamburg, Johann Naumans and Georg Wolff, 1675. 8vo. Contemporary vellum.

NICOLS, Thomas. · 1652 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,700.00 ($1,873.74 | £1,418.27 | ¥299,117)

[16], 249, [7] pp.First edition of the German translation of A lapidary, first published in English in 1652 and compiled by Thomas Nicols: ''the first independent gemological book by a British author ... based firmly upon Boetius de Boodt'' (Sinkankas). Nicols lists all the true…

Spadacrene hoc est Fons Spadanus, ... ut et Observationes medicae ...Including HEER, Henri de. Observationes medicae, oppido rarae in Spa et Leodii; animadversa, cum medicamentis ...Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1685. 2 works published together. 12mo. 18th-century boards.

HEER, Henri de. · 1685 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

[24], 159, [17]; [6], 254, [20] pp.The 1685 edition, in the original Latin, of two works on the medicinal qualities of mineral springs by Henri de Heer, published together. Henri de Heer (1570-ca. 1636), court physician in Cologne. It discusses the qualities of mineral waters at…

Les oeuvres du medecin charitable.Paris, Jean Gesselin, 1634. 8vo. With engraved title-page. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

[GUIBERT (GUYBERT), Philbert]. · 1634 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€850.00 ($936.87 | £709.13 | ¥149,558)

[22], [2 blank], “718”[=710], [2], 24 pp.Only copy located of the Gesselin issue of the 1634 edition of a remarkably popular collection of medical texts by the French physician Philibert Guibert (1579?-1633) (and others). As indicated by the title, Guibert wrote these "charitabl…

Iok en ernst: dat is; Allerlei deftige hofredenen, quinkslagen, boerteryen, raadsels, spreuken, vragen, antwoorden, gelikenissen; en al wat dien gelijkvormigh met de naam van apophtegmata verstaan wordt. … 't Eerste deel [all published].Amsterdam, Jacob Lescaille, 1644. 4to. With engraved vignette on title-page. Contemporary vellum, traces of ties.

BRUNE, Johan de, the younger. · 1588 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€850.00 ($936.87 | £709.13 | ¥149,558)

[8], 352 pp.First edition of the first and only volume of a collection of apophthegmata aptly titled Jok en ernst ("Jest and earnest"), by the cousin of Johan de Brune, the elder (1588-1658), who is now better known, but in his heyday less popular than his younger namesake. It i…

Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum.Venice, Johann Gabriel Hertz, 1707. 4 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With engraved title-page. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

MYNSICHT, Adrian von. · 1603 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

[8], 446 [=452], [52]; 162 [=168] pp.Third Venice edition of a medical work by the German alchemist Adrian von Mynsicht (1603-1638). "One of the most frequently reprinted works of medical pharmacy was the Thesaurus of Adrian Mynsicht (1603-1638), an M.D. of Helmstedt who became …

Leevensbeschryving van den heere Baron Lodewyk Holberg.Amsterdam, Steven van Esveldt, 1765. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Holberg. Brown calf (ca. 1900?), richly gold-tooled spine.

HOLBERG, Ludvig. · 1684 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.75 | £1,042.84 | ¥219,939)

[1], [1 blank], IX, [1], 386, [2] pp. plus engraved portrait.First Dutch edition of the autobiography of the multitalented Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754), famous in Denmark both for his fine satirical plays comparable with Moliere's and for his important contributions to legal thoug…

Japan. Voorgesteld in schetsen over de zeden en gebruiken van dat ryk, byzonder over de ingezetenen der stad Nagasaky.Amsterdam, M. Westerman & son, 1830. 8vo. With engraved title-page with hand-coloured vignette lightened with gold and 2 folding aquatint plates. Modern green half cloth, with the front of the original letterpress-printed wrappers mounted on front board and the back wrapper loosely inserted.

MEIJLAN, Germain Felix. · 1785 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,857.70 | £2,919.96 | ¥615,829)

[12], 190, [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of an account of various aspects of Japan and Japanese life. "Germain Felix Meijlan (1785-1831) entered the Dutch East India Company in 1806. From 1827 to 1830 he was opperhoofd of the company's factory in Nagasaki. … The present wo…

Dichiarazione piú copiosa della dottrina Cristiana ... Rome, [Propaganda Fide], 1770. With: (2) BORGIA, Stefano. Irsad li-ajl al-i'tiraf wa-tanawul al-qurban, … [= Instructions for confession and communion][Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1770?]. Both works are set entirely in Arabic type. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo (18 x 12 cm). Grey laid paper wrappers (ca. 1823).

BELLARMINO, Roberto. · 1731 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,500.00 ($6,062.09 | £4,588.51 | ¥967,731)

411, [1 blank]; 109, [1 blank], [1], [3 blank] pp.Ad 1: Third Arabic edition of the complete text of Bellarmino's immensely popular catechism. The catechism was translated into Arabic for the use of Catholic missionaries.Ad 2: Rare first and only edition of Stefano Borgia's Arab…