Göttingen: Heinrich Dieterich, 1815. Second revised. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. xvi. 555pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Age wearing throughout binding. Almost all of backstrip missing. Corners bumped and worn. Scuffing and discoloration to boards. Red page edges. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text or plates. Blumenbach's important work on..... More about Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie
Sacramento: W.W. Shannon, 1905. Ex-library, second edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 171pp. Blue cloth binding, with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Includes a fold-out topographic relief map of California, by N.F. Drake at the front, as well as five photographic plates (including the frontispiece). The work is the..... More about Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California (California State Mining Bureau,...
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Troy, NY: The Southworth Company, 1914. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 162/?. Small quartos. 9.5x7". 152 plates + 2 errata sheets. Dark blue cloth slipcases with gilt lettering on the spines. Dark blue over blue-grey cloth portfolios with gilt lettering on the front covers and dark blue string-ties. These dermatological portfolios... More about Dermato-Clinic (2 vols) [WITH 50 STEREOVIEWS
Amsterdam: N. V. EM. Querido's Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1933. Hardcover. Quarto. vi, 108, 54 plates and 3 double sided film flip books; xvi, 334; xxiv, 324 (9), 9 folding plates; xv, 352, 32 plates; xx, 447, 20 plates. Original brown red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Publisher's device on... More about De Volmaakte Vrouw / Geschikt Of Ongeschikt Voor Het Huwelijk / Het Volkomen Huwelijk / De...
Tolosae (Toulouse): Raymundi Colomerii, 1623. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [24], 458, [6]pp (Index). Full vellum. Engraved vignette on title page. Second edition of this scarce and extravagant medical treatise by Guilhem Ader, the renowned Occitan language writer from Gascony, who studied medicine in Toulouse and became a physician in the... More about Enarrationes, de aegrotis, et morbis in Evangelio. Opus in miraculorum christi domini...
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co., ca 1866. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (xii) 279pp. Blue-green pebbled cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine. The publication is a first American edition of physician and anesthesiologist Arthur Ernest Sansom's study of chloroform. This is edition follows the edition originally published in... More about Chloroform: It's Action and Administration
Paris: Printed by J. Smith and sold by Treuttel and Würtz, Soho-Square, London, 1821. First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards. Boards and endpapers detached but present. 86, [8]pp. of index followed by an unpaginated section of 15 b/w illustrated leaves entitled "An Introduction to... More about An Introduction to the Ornithology of Cuvier, for the use of Student and Travellers
Paris: Chez Bernard, An XIII (1805). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXVIII, [2], 330, [4], [331]-582pp (text), 16 folding leaves (plates), 16pp (advertisement). Original half calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling on spines. All edges yellow. Elementary Treatise on Physical Astronomy by renowned Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862)... More about Traité Élémentaire d'Astronomie Physique: I. Premier et Second Livres; II. Troisième et...
Firenze: Francesco Onofri, 1657. Second edition (In questa 2. ed. ricorretto da moltissimi errori). Hardcover. 24mo. [4], 256pp. Original full vellum, with contemporary hand-written title and decoration in ink on spine. Engraved vignette on title. Decorative initial. Illustrated with 28 in-text illustrations (mostly skulls), this work is a commentary on... More about Nuova dichiarazione, e comento ne' testi d'Ipocrate sopra le ferite del capo, con le sue figure,...
Mexico City: Cartón y Papel de México, S.A., 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/100. Oblong folio. IV, 112, [4]pp. Original beige calf over wooden boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Additional chromolithographic title. Title page in English and Spanish. Decorative initials. Splendid facsimile edition of this work first..... More about El Ferrocarril Mexicano 1877
Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Classica De Alves, 1900–1906. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. 4, 8, 20, 8, 8, 48 plates with printed tissue guards. Original illustrated tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Illustrated title page. Three lots with separate printed covers for each lot. Developed as Atlas for the... More about Die Vogelwelt des Amazonenstromes: Sammlung von Kunstblättern in 3 Lieferungen
New York: New York Museum of Anatomy, 1880s. First edition. Softcover. 24mo. 10 (2)pp. Original tan wraps with black lettering and framing on cover. "A Digest of its Principal Attractions – showing how to pass a few hours in cheerful amusement, combined with practical and useful instructions. For Gentlemen Only."... More about A Visit to the New York Museum of Anatomy, 618 Broadway, Above Houston Street
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Bruxelles: Culture et Civilisation, (1966). Facsimile reprint of the 1697 edition. Octavo. Faux-leather with brown title label and gold lettering. Arcana Naturae Detecta: [10],568,[14]pp. Continuatio Arcanorum Naturae Detectorum: 192,[8]pp. Both volumes illustrated with b/w reproductions of engravings, many in fold-out. With original publisher's protective paper-wrapping and cardboard shipping box (title... More about Arcana Naturae Detecta & Continuatio Arcanorum Naturae Detectorum [Complete in 2 volumes
New York: The Natural Science Association of America, 1903. Later printing. Hardcover. Folio. Original three-quarter maroon leather over gold-stamped cloth and blind-embossed spine. Finely gold-tooled initials on lettering on front board, gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore-edge. Silk moire endpapers. Title-page printed in red and black: "The... More about The Birds of North America
Leipzig: Bey Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1740. Tenth ed. Hardcover. 4to. (6) 1035, (68). Decorative paperboards over half vellum. Frontispiece. Illustrated title-page with text in red and black. Head and tailpiece. Two inscriptions, dated 1741, on front endpaper. Early medical and pharmaceutical dictionary by German doctor and professor Johann Jacob Woyt... More about Gazophylacium Medico-Physicum oder Schatz-Kammer Medizinisch - und Natürlicher Dinge, in welcher...
Neuchatel, Suisse: Institut Lithographique de H. Nicolet, 1842. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [10] leaves (Half-Title, Title, Notes and Captions), [14] leaves (lithographic plates). Original illustrated paper covered portfolio. Second part (Livraison II) of the "Embryologie des Salmones", by Louis Agassiz* and Carl Vogt, containing 14 plates (in which 3 are... More about Histoire Naturelle des Poissons d'Eau Douce de l'Europe Centrale: Embryologie des Salmones
Venetiis: Jo. Lazzaroni, 1741. Second printing of the augmented edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. XXXV, 639, [3]pp, [30]pp. of index. Original vellum with title neatly handwritten on spine. Title-page in red and black lettering and with woodcut vignette. Decorative headpieces and initials. Fascinating early edition of one of the most important... More about De Morbis Venereis Libri Sex
London: J. Cuthell et al. 1821. 12th edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). XXIV, 121, [1], 461, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [4], 612pp (Vol. 2). Original gilt-stamped full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Originally published in 1621, "The Anatomy of Melancholy" is Robert... More about The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostics, and...
Milano: Spartaco Giovene, 1946. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Quarto. 55, [3] (Text), [40]pp (Facsimile). Original glassine over decorative paper covered boards. Title page in red and black lettering. Remarkable work containing a stunning facsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscript on the Flight of Birds, along with a text accompanying... More about Il Codice Sul Volo Degli Uccelli: Riproduzione in Facsimile del Codice Transcrizione ed...
London: W. & J. Innys, 1719. Third edition (improved). Hardcover. Octavo. (16) (lvi) (8) 246pp. + 2 fold out maps, + a 10 page index at the back. Rebound in full modern blue pebbled leather boards, with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Raised bands. The book is... More about Astro-Theology: Or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, From a Survey of the Heavens
Berlin: Auriga-Verlag, 1928. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 56pp. Original paper-covered boards with photo-illustrated paste-down. Profusely illustrated with 41 reproductions of b/w photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch (including paste-down on front cover), this work is the photographer's first published book. Renger-Patzsch will later become famous for "Die Welt ist Schön." This volume..... More about Die Welt der Pflanze: Band II, Crassula
Seattle: American Spelean History Association, 1968-1978. First edition. Hardcover. Large quartos. 121, 91, 85, 79, 101, 113, 62, 33, 21, 35, 59, 65, [2]pp. Black library cloth with gold and silver lettering on spines. Original wrappers bound in. Rare and fascinating work being a compilation of the first 10 years... More about Journal of Spelean History. Vols. 1-12 (1968-1978). 3 vols. (complete
Brussels: C. W. Froment, 1851. Hardcover. 8vo. XI, 409 pp. + XII, 456. 3 quarter leather over marbled boards with gold decorated spine. Raised bands. A tentative physical description of the world. The author, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt, (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was one... More about Cosmos. Essai d'une description physique du monde. Traduit par H. Faye, un des astronomes de...
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New York: The Kny-Scheerer Co., 1910. Ex-library, Tenth edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 1-319pp., 621-707pp. Burgundy cloth boards with some paper labels and stickers. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Endpapers and edges of the book block marbled. Original grey wrappers bound into a library binding. This is the eleventh catalog..... More about Modern Hospital Supplies, Catalog Number 11 [U.S. Patent Office Copy
Lisboa: Tipografia Do Commercio, 1919. Softcover. Original paper wrappers. 949 pp. Twenty fold-out maps, most in color. Quarto. The front wrapper and first 1/3 of text in vol. 2 is nearly disbound, connected only by middle stitching, wrappers are brittle, edges are browning, but overall in good condition, with the... More about O Terremoto Do 1 De Novembro De 1755 em Portugal e Um Estudo Demografico; 3 volumes