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Relacion del viage de la Señora Reina de Ungria y alegrissimo recebimiento que la cesare magestad del Señor Emperador de Alemania, y Rey de Ungria su esposo le hizieron en primero de março de 1631.Seville, Simon Faxardo, 1631. Folio. With the engraved Spanish royal coat of arms and a woodcut decorated initial, both on the first leaf.
Relacion del viage de la Señora Reina de Ungria y alegrissimo recebimiento que la cesare magestad del Señor Emperador de Alemania, y Rey de Ungria su esposo le hizieron en primero de março de 1631.Seville, Simon Faxardo, 1631. Folio. With the engraved Spanish royal coat of arms and a woodcut decorated initial, both on the first leaf.
[TRAVEL - INFANTA MARIA ANNA]. · 1606 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)
[4] pp.An account of the Spanish Infanta Maria Anna’s (1606-46) journey to Vienna to marry Prince Ferdinand, King of Hungary and Bohemia and future Holy Roman Emperor. This tract describes the final leg of the journey (Maria Anna having originally set out from Madrid in 1629) fr…
[Illuminated initial - Capital "S"].[Viseu?], 1617. Frame: ca. 39.5 x 38 cm. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (ca. 33 x 30 cm). Mounted in a passe-partout (ca. 33.5 x 32.5 cm), framed behind glass in a later gold frame.
[Illuminated initial - Capital "S"].[Viseu?], 1617. Frame: ca. 39.5 x 38 cm. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (ca. 33 x 30 cm). Mounted in a passe-partout (ca. 33.5 x 32.5 cm), framed behind glass in a later gold frame.
[NETO, Estêvao Gonçalves, circle of (attributed)]. · 1627 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€8,500.00 ($9,368.76 | £7,090.23 | ¥1,496,249)
Beautifully painted illuminated initial, attributed to the circle of Estêvão Gonçalves Neto (?-1627), the last illuminator of Portugal. The work has been exhibited in both the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon, and the Grão Vasco Museum in Viseu, where it has been examine…
The universal merchant: containing the rationale of commerce, in theory and practice; an enquiry into the nature and genius of banks, their power, use, influence and efficacy ...London, C. Say for W. Owen, 1753. 4to (21.5 x 28.3 cm). Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf.
The universal merchant: containing the rationale of commerce, in theory and practice; an enquiry into the nature and genius of banks, their power, use, influence and efficacy ...London, C. Say for W. Owen, 1753. 4to (21.5 x 28.3 cm). Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf.
MAGENS, Nicolas. · 1697 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)
[6], XXII, 131, [5] pp.First edition of one of the earliest books to define modern banking in English, used as an important reference work by Adam Smith during the research for and writing of The Wealth of Nations, especially regarding the estimates of the precious metals import…
Les fables d'Esope phrigien, avec celles de Philelphe. Traduction nouvelle, enriche de discours moraux & historiques, & de quatrains a` la fin de chaque discours. On a joint a` cette nouvelle traduction les Fables diverses de Gabrias, d'Avienus, & Les contes d'Esope.A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1708. Two parts in one volume, 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece showing Aesop standing on a gallery holding an armillary sphere, hunting horn and spear, surrounded by a mixed crowd (including children), with a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying below, 117 half-page engravings (6,5 x 8 cm) for the 117 numbered Aesop fables, initials, endpieces. Marbled half-morocco binding.
Les fables d'Esope phrigien, avec celles de Philelphe. Traduction nouvelle, enriche de discours moraux & historiques, & de quatrains a` la fin de chaque discours. On a joint a` cette nouvelle traduction les Fables diverses de Gabrias, d'Avienus, & Les contes d'Esope.A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1708. Two parts in one volume, 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece showing Aesop standing on a gallery holding an armillary sphere, hunting horn and spear, surrounded by a mixed crowd (including children), with a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying below, 117 half-page engravings (6,5 x 8 cm) for the 117 numbered Aesop fables, initials, endpieces. Marbled half-morocco binding.
AESOP · 1481 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€395.00 ($435.37 | £329.49 | ¥69,532)
[12], 297, [7], [4], 287, [5] pp.Rare and beautifully illustrated edition of 117 Aesop's fables in French, each with an extensive discussion of the moral followed by a four-line verse, by Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde. He adds French prose translations of further fables wit…
The natural history of Aleppo.London, printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794. 4to With an engraved frontispiece and 20 numbered engraved plates (including 5 folding) on 19 sheets. Contemporary calf with gold-tooled spine labels, red edges.
The natural history of Aleppo.London, printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794. 4to With an engraved frontispiece and 20 numbered engraved plates (including 5 folding) on 19 sheets. Contemporary calf with gold-tooled spine labels, red edges.
RUSSELL, Alexander. · 1740 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€6,500.00 ($7,164.35 | £5,421.94 | ¥1,144,190)
XXIV, 446, XXIII, [3]; VII, [1], 430, XXXIV, [26] pp.Second edition of an authoritative account of Aleppo and Ottoman life and manners, based on Russell's experience as physician to the British factory in Aleppo from 1740 to 1753. Enlarged with 3 additional plates compared to th…
Relatio historico-antiquaria de sceleto seu ossibus alcis maslae detectis. Das ist: historischer Bericht aus der Antiquitaet von einem Elends-Thier-Körper oder Knochen ...Hirschberg, Dietrich Krahn, 1729. 4to. With 1 full-page engraved plate showing in the upper part a reconstructed image of the elk and below some of its bones, antlers and other fossil remains. 19th-century red-pink decorated paper over stiff paperboards, new endpapers.
Relatio historico-antiquaria de sceleto seu ossibus alcis maslae detectis. Das ist: historischer Bericht aus der Antiquitaet von einem Elends-Thier-Körper oder Knochen ...Hirschberg, Dietrich Krahn, 1729. 4to. With 1 full-page engraved plate showing in the upper part a reconstructed image of the elk and below some of its bones, antlers and other fossil remains. 19th-century red-pink decorated paper over stiff paperboards, new endpapers.
HERMANN, Leonard David. · 1729 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€3,750.00 ($4,133.28 | £3,128.04 | ¥660,110)
[14] ll.Extremely rare first edition of a paleontological work reporting the uncommon discovery of the fossil remains of a Eurasian elk in the parish garden in Maslów in Silesia, an historical region in southwestern Poland. The Eurasian elk and American moose are two subspieces …
Espagne - Portugal 1899.[Spain?, Hauser & Menet and others?], 1896-1899. Oblong album (32 x 41 cm). An album with 58 photographic prints (including one tinted) varying in size (20.5 x 15.5 to 27.5 x 21.5 cm ), each on thick paperboard. Half black leather, blind-stamped boards (title in gold on front board).
Espagne - Portugal 1899.[Spain?, Hauser & Menet and others?], 1896-1899. Oblong album (32 x 41 cm). An album with 58 photographic prints (including one tinted) varying in size (20.5 x 15.5 to 27.5 x 21.5 cm ), each on thick paperboard. Half black leather, blind-stamped boards (title in gold on front board).
[PHOTOGRAPHY - SPAIN - PORTUGAL]. · 1896 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€4,500.00 ($4,959.93 | £3,753.65 | ¥792,132)
[58] ll.Album containing 58 photographic prints depicting scenes and sights in Spain and Portugal. Subjects of the prints vary. From the El Escorial, the historical residence of the King of Spain, to the interior of the cathedral - and former mosque - of Cordoba. The prints also…
Geschichte der Sevaramben aus dem Französischen übersetzt vom Verfasser des Siegfried von Lindenberg.Itzehoe, Johan Gottwerth Müller, 1783. 8vo. (2) MÜLLER, Johann Gottwerth. Literarische Anmerkungen über die Geschichte der Severamben. Eine Beylage zur Uebersetzung dieses Buchs. Göttingen, Johann Christian Dieterich, 1783. 2 works, the first in 2 parts, in 2 volumes. 8vo. With a small illustration on each of the three title-pages. Contemporary half calf.
Geschichte der Sevaramben aus dem Französischen übersetzt vom Verfasser des Siegfried von Lindenberg.Itzehoe, Johan Gottwerth Müller, 1783. 8vo. (2) MÜLLER, Johann Gottwerth. Literarische Anmerkungen über die Geschichte der Severamben. Eine Beylage zur Uebersetzung dieses Buchs. Göttingen, Johann Christian Dieterich, 1783. 2 works, the first in 2 parts, in 2 volumes. 8vo. With a small illustration on each of the three title-pages. Contemporary half calf.
[VAIRASSE D'ALLAIS, Denis]. · 1677 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
350, [2 blank]; 302, [2 blank], 31, [1 blank] pp.First edition of the second German translation of the important utopian novel Histoire des Sevarambes (Paris, 1677) by the Huguenot author Denis Vairasse (or Veiras), set in Terra Australis. The framework for the story was provide…
Die Familie el-Zubeir. Der Tod des Muc'ab ben el-Zubeir aus den Muwaffakîjat des Abu Abdallah el-Dimaschkí. Arabisch und Deutsch.Göttingen, Dieterich'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1878. Large 4to. With 1 folding genealogical table of the Zubayr family bound at the end of the book. Contemporary half blue cloth, decorated paper sides, grey spine label with title in gold.
Die Familie el-Zubeir. Der Tod des Muc'ab ben el-Zubeir aus den Muwaffakîjat des Abu Abdallah el-Dimaschkí. Arabisch und Deutsch.Göttingen, Dieterich'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1878. Large 4to. With 1 folding genealogical table of the Zubayr family bound at the end of the book. Contemporary half blue cloth, decorated paper sides, grey spine label with title in gold.
WÜSTENFELD, Ferdinand (transl.); Abu Abdallah AL-DIMASCHKÍ (ed.); Zubair ibn BAKKAR. · 1878 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
112 pp.First edition, in the original Arabic with a German translation, commentary and extensive notes, of an account of the last fight and the death of Muhammad’s companion Mu'sab ibn al-Zubayr, accompanied by extensive genealogical information about the Zubayr family, includin…
AMNH?TIA ofte Vergetelheyd. Vermanende inwoonders der Vereenighde Nederlanden tot eendracht ende vergetelheyd van al de bitterheden, die onder de naem van Remonstranten, Arminianen, &c. in hare gheherberght zijn geweest ende noch souden moghen wesen.[Utrecht, Jan Amelisz., 1623]. Oblong 1mo (full sheet) broadside. Etched print (plate size 19.5 x 26 cm) with letterpress text on paper. Mounted on a paper support.
AMNH?TIA ofte Vergetelheyd. Vermanende inwoonders der Vereenighde Nederlanden tot eendracht ende vergetelheyd van al de bitterheden, die onder de naem van Remonstranten, Arminianen, &c. in hare gheherberght zijn geweest ende noch souden moghen wesen.[Utrecht, Jan Amelisz., 1623]. Oblong 1mo (full sheet) broadside. Etched print (plate size 19.5 x 26 cm) with letterpress text on paper. Mounted on a paper support.
[VELDE, Jan II van de, and Jan Jansz. STARTER]. · 1609 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)
[1] leaf.Propaganda broadside with an allegorical print admonishing the inhabitants of the Dutch Republic to forgive and forget their religious quarrels and disputes, especially those that arose between the Arminians and the Gomarists during the Twelve-Years’ Truce (1609-1621) a…
Some passages in the life of an adventurer in the Punjab. Originally published in the Delhi Gazette.Delhi, Gazette Press, by Kunniah Lall, 1842. 8vo. With a loosely inserted letterpress printed "Note by the publishers" declaring that in hindsight the publisher would have preferred this edition in larger dimensions and in 2 volumes, but the printer lacked understanding of "the art of book printing". Also included is a manuscript note with bibliographical information relating to Indian printing. Contemporary half red roan with gold-tooled title on spine, marbled sides.
Some passages in the life of an adventurer in the Punjab. Originally published in the Delhi Gazette.Delhi, Gazette Press, by Kunniah Lall, 1842. 8vo. With a loosely inserted letterpress printed "Note by the publishers" declaring that in hindsight the publisher would have preferred this edition in larger dimensions and in 2 volumes, but the printer lacked understanding of "the art of book printing". Also included is a manuscript note with bibliographical information relating to Indian printing. Contemporary half red roan with gold-tooled title on spine, marbled sides.
LAWRENCE, Henry Montgomery. · 1799 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,250.00 ($5,786.59 | £4,379.26 | ¥924,154)
[IV], [III], 275 pp.First edition of one of the first titles published by the Gazette Press in Delhi and printed by Kunniah Hall. The content is a collection of articles that were previously published in the Delhi Gazette, written by Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawren…
Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait...London, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. With 3 lithographed maps (2 large folding), 20 engraved plates, 3 two-page folding plates, and 1 engraved illustration in the text. Contemporary half green morocco, marbled sides, gold-tooled title on spine, marbled edges.
Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait...London, Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. With 3 lithographed maps (2 large folding), 20 engraved plates, 3 two-page folding plates, and 1 engraved illustration in the text. Contemporary half green morocco, marbled sides, gold-tooled title on spine, marbled edges.
BEECHEY, Frederick William. · 1796 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
XXVI, [1], [1 blank], 472; IV, 330, [1], 331-452 pp.First octavo edition of Beechey's account of his celebrated Pacific voyage, which was preceded by a quarto edition in the same year. It "is one of the most valuable of modern voyages and relates extensive visits to Pitcairn Isl…
Magni Des. Erasmi Roterodami vita; partim ab ipsomet Erasmo, partim ab amicis æqualibus fideliter descripta; accedunt epistolæ illvstres plus quam septuaginta, quas ætate provectiore scripsit, nec inter vulgatas in magno volumine comparent. P. Scriverii, & fautorum auspicijs.Leiden, Govert Basson, 1615. 12mo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, a woodcut roundel with portrait of Erasmus on leaf 5, a divisional title page for Erasmus' letters, and a few woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary vellum.
Magni Des. Erasmi Roterodami vita; partim ab ipsomet Erasmo, partim ab amicis æqualibus fideliter descripta; accedunt epistolæ illvstres plus quam septuaginta, quas ætate provectiore scripsit, nec inter vulgatas in magno volumine comparent. P. Scriverii, & fautorum auspicijs.Leiden, Govert Basson, 1615. 12mo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, a woodcut roundel with portrait of Erasmus on leaf 5, a divisional title page for Erasmus' letters, and a few woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary vellum.
ERASMUS, Desiderius and Petrus SCRIVERIUS (editor). · 1469 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
[24], 286, [2 blank].Important collection of sources for the biography of Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536), put together and edited by Petrus Scriverius on the basis of the 1607 edition by Merula of the Compendium vitae, including a number of new sources and four hitherto unpublis…
Lettere del Giapone, et della Cina de gl'anni M.D.LXXXIX & M.D.XC. Scritte al R.P. Generale della Compagnia di Giesu.Rome, [Giacomo Tornieri for?] Luigi Zannetti, 1591. 8vo. 17th-century limp vellum.
Lettere del Giapone, et della Cina de gl'anni M.D.LXXXIX & M.D.XC. Scritte al R.P. Generale della Compagnia di Giesu.Rome, [Giacomo Tornieri for?] Luigi Zannetti, 1591. 8vo. 17th-century limp vellum.
[COELHO, Gaspar? and others]. · 1588 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€14,500.00 ($15,982.00 | £12,095.10 | ¥2,552,424)
“114” [= 214] pp.First edition of one long and eight short letters written from 1588 to 1590 by Jesuit missionaries in Japan, reporting on the extremely confusing political and religious situation there and elsewhere in Asia. Six of the letters primarily concern Japan, two China…
Memoires pour servir a l'histoire generale des finances.Amsterdam, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1760. 2 volumes bound as 1. 12mo. Two title-pages printed in red & black. Contemporary calf.
Memoires pour servir a l'histoire generale des finances.Amsterdam, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1760. 2 volumes bound as 1. 12mo. Two title-pages printed in red & black. Contemporary calf.
ÉON DE BEAUMONT, Charles G.L.A.A.T. d'. · 1758 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)
[4], LXVIII, 108; [4], 216 pp.Second edition of an interesting financial history by an even more interesting, extravagant and intriguing author. Louis Pierre Mortier published the first edition in 1758 at “London” (= Paris). The full name of the author - referred to on the title…
Medicinalium observationum exempla rara. Accessere & alia quaedam, quorum elenchum pagina post praefationem exhibet.Leiden, Christophe Plantin, 1585. Small 8vo (16 x 10 cm). With Plantin's woodcut compasses device on the title page. Contemporary reversed parchment (made from the lower part of a leaf from a 16th-century legal document in German, with a reference to Basel).
Medicinalium observationum exempla rara. Accessere & alia quaedam, quorum elenchum pagina post praefationem exhibet.Leiden, Christophe Plantin, 1585. Small 8vo (16 x 10 cm). With Plantin's woodcut compasses device on the title page. Contemporary reversed parchment (made from the lower part of a leaf from a 16th-century legal document in German, with a reference to Basel).
DODOENS (DODONAEUS), Rembert. · 1418 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,500.00 ($6,062.14 | £4,587.80 | ¥968,161)
[16], 298, [6] pp.Second edition, adding a chapter with an additional case study, and only Plantin edition of an important collection of medical case studies and other medical observations by the great botanist Rembert Dodoens. Dodoens took many from his own medical practice and…
Memoria sobre las observaciones de latitud y longitud en el mar. [Madrid], widow of Joaquin Ibarra, 1796. Narrow 4to (20.5 x 14 cm). With a woodcut crowned cypher monogram (of a Spanish Duke?) on the title page and 7 folding leaves containing 13 numbered letterpress tables. Early 19th-century gold-tooled tree calf.
Memoria sobre las observaciones de latitud y longitud en el mar. [Madrid], widow of Joaquin Ibarra, 1796. Narrow 4to (20.5 x 14 cm). With a woodcut crowned cypher monogram (of a Spanish Duke?) on the title page and 7 folding leaves containing 13 numbered letterpress tables. Early 19th-century gold-tooled tree calf.
GALIANO, Dionisio Alcalá. · 1760 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€3,950.00 ($4,353.72 | £3,294.87 | ¥695,316)
[2], 87, [1] pp.Greatly expanded second edition of a treatise on the determination of latitude and longitude at sea, by Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (1760-1805), Spanish explorer, cartographer and captain in the Royal Spanish armada. His much shorter account (26 leaves instead of 45 …
Versuch, beÿ angehender Frühlings-Zeit die Vergrößerungs Werckzeuge zum nützlich u[nd] angenehmen Zeitvertreib anzuwenden. Von dem Verfasser der Mikroskopischen Gemüths u[nd] Augen Ergözung. | Essai d'employer les instruments microscopiques avec utilité et plaisir dans la saison du printems par l'auteur des amusements microscopiques tant des yeux que de l'esprit.Nuremberg, A.L. Wirsing, 1764. Folio. With an engraved hand-coloured title-page and 12 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates, numbered I-XII (bound VII-XII, I-VI). Contemporary blue-ish grey paper boards, with a large white paper title-label on the front board with in manuscript "Amusements Microscopiques par Harrepeter. 1764" and with the manuscript title ("Mikroscope") on the spine.
Versuch, beÿ angehender Frühlings-Zeit die Vergrößerungs Werckzeuge zum nützlich u[nd] angenehmen Zeitvertreib anzuwenden. Von dem Verfasser der Mikroskopischen Gemüths u[nd] Augen Ergözung. | Essai d'employer les instruments microscopiques avec utilité et plaisir dans la saison du printems par l'auteur des amusements microscopiques tant des yeux que de l'esprit.Nuremberg, A.L. Wirsing, 1764. Folio. With an engraved hand-coloured title-page and 12 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates, numbered I-XII (bound VII-XII, I-VI). Contemporary blue-ish grey paper boards, with a large white paper title-label on the front board with in manuscript "Amusements Microscopiques par Harrepeter. 1764" and with the manuscript title ("Mikroscope") on the spine.
LEDERMÜLLER, Martin Frobenius and J.C. HARREPETER (translator). · 1719 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€9,500.00 ($10,470.97 | £7,924.38 | ¥1,672,278)
48 pp.First and only edition, printed on large paper, of Ledermüller's spring-themed work on microscopy. The text appears both in German, by Ledermüller, and in French, translated by Johann Conrad Harrepeter (dates unknown). The work has been beautifully illustrated with 12 deta…
Sententia dell' Eccelso Conseglio di Diece. Contra Anzolo Badoer cavalier. | Sententie vanden Hoogen Raedt van de Thiene. Teghens Anzolo Badoer ridder.The Hague, Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw, 1612. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on title-page, 2 woodcut decorated initials (2 series, both arabesque). With the Italian text in italic, the Dutch text in textura and with incidental roman. Sewn in later plain paper wrapper.
Sententia dell' Eccelso Conseglio di Diece. Contra Anzolo Badoer cavalier. | Sententie vanden Hoogen Raedt van de Thiene. Teghens Anzolo Badoer ridder.The Hague, Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw, 1612. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on title-page, 2 woodcut decorated initials (2 series, both arabesque). With the Italian text in italic, the Dutch text in textura and with incidental roman. Sewn in later plain paper wrapper.
[VENICE - COUNCIL OF TEN]. · 1612 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)
[15], [1 blank] pp.First bilingual (Italian and Dutch) edition of a sentence pronounced by the government of the Venetian Republic (the Consiglio dei Dieci or Council of Ten) on 21 April 1612, declaring Anzolo Badoer (in absentia) a traitor, stripping him of his knighthood, conf…
Perspectiva. In qua, quae ab aliis fuse traduntur, succincte, nervose & ita pertractantur, ut omnium intellectui facile pateant. Nunc primum in lucem edita. Opera & studio Joannis Combachii.Frankfurt, Wolffgang Richter for Antonius Hummius, 1614. 4to. With 8 full-page woodcuts printed on both sides of four leaves inserted as plates, and numerous woodcut figures and illustrations in text, several full-page. Modern plain paper boards.
Perspectiva. In qua, quae ab aliis fuse traduntur, succincte, nervose & ita pertractantur, ut omnium intellectui facile pateant. Nunc primum in lucem edita. Opera & studio Joannis Combachii.Frankfurt, Wolffgang Richter for Antonius Hummius, 1614. 4to. With 8 full-page woodcuts printed on both sides of four leaves inserted as plates, and numerous woodcut figures and illustrations in text, several full-page. Modern plain paper boards.
BACON, Roger. · 1585 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€9,500.00 ($10,470.97 | £7,924.38 | ¥1,672,278)
[8], 189[=205], [1 blank] pp.First edition of a famous work on optics by the English natural philosopher and mathematician Roger Bacon (ca. 1220-ca. 1292). Bacon was well read in Arabic and ancient Greek sources on optics and perspective, a subject hardly studied in Europe durin…