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Geneva: de Tournes, 1768. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 6 volumes. 4to (245 x 201 mm). Each volume with general title and index bound at the end; each part with separate title-page and pagination. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, author's portrait by Pierre Savart, 2 folding letterpress tables, woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, and a total 41 copper-engraved plates (several folding). Bound c. 1830 for Esquirol in uniform half-calf over marbled boards, spines with gilt lettering and decoration, marbled edges, marbled endpapers (light rubbing of extremities and leather over spines). Light uneven browning and very minor occasional spotting of text and plates, vol. IV with light waterstaining to a few pages. Provenance: Esquirol library, Maison de Charenton (ink stamps to flyleaves, title of vol. I and a few text pages). A fine, virtually unread set; exceptionally crisp, clean and wide-margined. Vol. I: [2], iv, [2], ccxliv, 790 pp. including half-title, frontispiece… Leer más

Leipzig: Friedrich Heckel, 1734. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio (323 x 200 mm). [16], 1-452 (i.e. 448); [12], 1-164, [2], 165-386; [14], 1-534 pp., bound without the leaf "Dem Buchbinder" as usual. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Bernigrot fil after I.W. Stör in vol. I, half-title in vol. I only as called for, engraved vignettes on title-pages and dedication leaves, engraved headpieces, woodcut initials and tailpieces, 2 large folding engraved maps and 123 engraved sheets of plates (25 folding). Uniform contemporary calf, spines with 6 raised bands richly gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered labels, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers (extremities worn, boards scratched and rubbed, corners scuffed and bumped, joints partly cracked but holding firm, chipping to spine heads and foots). Text little browned (a few gatherings stronger); occasional minor spotting; several plates heavily browned as usual due to paper used, large folding plate "Tab.… Leer más

Oxford/London: Bliss, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Messrs, 1809. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 Volumes. Oxford: Printed by N. Bliss, for J. Parker & R. Bliss; Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme & Messrs. Rivingtons, London, 1809. 2 vols. 8vo (220x142 mm). xvii, [3], xxxix, [1], 255, [1] pp.; viii, 227 [1], 39 [1], [14: index], [2: errata],16 pp. Appendix, index, errata leaf (for both volumes) and 16 pages of publishers catalog at the end of vol. 2, recent papercard boards, pages untrimmed, very minor browning and occasional weak spotting, staining to pages 163 to 167, old inscriptions to titles verso. A fine, broad margined copy of a rare mineralogical treatise. ---- Partington, History of Chemistry, 1961-70: 4, 76. Porter, Making of Geology, 1980: 144, 183, 234 & 210. The Quarterly Review: 2 (1809), no. 3, 61-74. Smith, Early Mineralogy in Great Britain, 1978: 59. Woodward, History of Geology, 1911: 45 & 66. Mineralogical Record Library (Curtis… Leer más

Wigan: printed by D. Lyon, sold by White, 1793. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (1793)-1809. 4to (256 x 200 mm). ix [3], ii, ii, [102], 28 pp., including half-title, 54 hand-colored engraved plates (many heightened with gum arabic) and explanatory text. Bound in 20th century half calf, spine with 5 raised bands, black lettering piece and gilt decoration. Pages and plates uncut. Occasional minor spotting, few plates with light color offsetting to text, a few pencil notes. Provenance: paper slip with pencil notes tipped in between first endpaper. A very good, crisp and clean copy. ---- FIRST EDITION of the first English paleontological work using coloured illustrations, describing the Carboniferous limestone and other fossils of Derbyshire. Originally issued in 4 parts in 1793, then completed and issued in book form in 1809. "Martin's claim to fame lies chiefly in his Petrificata Derbiensia, subtitled 'Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions… Leer más

Grenoble / Paris: Cuchet / Nyon, Nee & Masquelier, 1778. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. Large folio (432 x 290 mm). [8], xviii, [2], 460 pp., including 2 engraved vignettes, woodcut initials, approbation leaf, general index, and 20 engraved plates (one double-page). Near contemporary calf, plain spine richly tooled in gilt and with gilt-lettered label, margins and edges of boards tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, red-sprinkled edges (boards and extremities rubbed and scratched, lower board edges and corners worn). Text and plates generally crisp and clean, just some minor finger soiling, insignificant dampstain at lower margin of a few leaves leaves, very light uneven browning, plate 13 slightly brown-stained from formerly inlaid paper slip. Provenance: collectors stamp of unknown origin on title-page. A fine, wide-margined copy with the plates in strong impressions. ---- En Français dans le Texte 169; DSB IV, p.548; Brunet II, 1192; Hoover Coll. 294;… Leer más

London: Longman, Rees, Orma, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (230 x 145 mm). [8], 93 [1] pp., hand-coloured lithographed map and 16 lithographed plates (5 folding, one bound as frontispiece facing title), 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Pages untrimmed, except for the adverts. Contemporary cloth, cloth and backing paper over spine heavily chipped, sewing partially broken. Text little age-toned, minor dust-soiling at margins, fraying to fore-edge of folding map, torn lower corner of one plate repaired without loss. ---- RARE SECOND EDITION, first published the year before in Naples, of John Auldjo's monograph on Mt. Vesuvius. He visited the volcano for the first time in 1831. The present work is an account of that journey with a chronological history of its eruptions. The work is fabulously illustrated from sketches by the author. - Visit our website to see more images!

Paris: Courcier, 1809. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (202x125 mm) [4], lvi, [2:errata], 312 pp., including half-title, 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, spine and boards gilt, marbled endpapers (marginal staining by binders glue), minor browning (title stronger) and very little spotting. Good copy, collated complete. ----- Honeyman sale 4:1628; Ward & Carozzi 1025; Wellcome 3:224 . - FIRST EDITION OF HAUY'S SURVEY OF THE RESULTS OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AS THEY RELATE TO CLASSIFYING MINERALS. Chemical composition traditionally determines four classes in mineralogy (acidiferous, earthy, nonmetallic combustible, and metallic) and the order and genera. The form of the constituent molecule determines the species. In this work, Hauy "emphasized the invariability of the form and the composition of the constituent molecule of a species but was forced to admit that the definite proportions were often blurred by… Leer más

Edinburgh / London: printed for Cadell and Davies, London, and William Creech / Geological Society, 1795. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Edinburgh: printed for Cadell and Davies, London, and William Creech, 1795 (Vol. I and II); London: Geological Society, 1899 (Vol. III). Bound in three volumes, including the posthumous third part edited by Sir Archibald Geikie for the Geological Society. 4to (211 x 129 mm). viii, 620; viii, [103] 4-567 [1], xvi, 278, xiii [1] pp., including half-title in each volume and 6 folding engraved plates. Uniformily bound in fine 20th-century half calf, by Bayntun of Bath, spines ruled in gilt and with gilt-lettered morocco labels, original printed green wrappers of vol. III laid down and bound in at end (very slight fading to spines and light rubbing of extremities), brown sprinkled edges. Text and plates of first two volumes somewhat browned and foxed as usual (plate 2 in vol. II stronger), large folding plate of Mont Blanc with small defect… Leer más

Paris: chez Briasson, 1742. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two parts in one volume, 4to (249 x 193 mm). xvi, [1] 2-163 [1]; [3] 4-91 [1] pp., title-page with large vignette, 60 folding engraved plates bound at end. Contemporary French calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartment and with red morocco label titled in gilt (head and foot of spine damaged, hinges split at ends, some worming, corners bumped, extremities worn), marbled endpapers, red-sprinkled edges. Internally somewhat browned (few pages stronger), occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Prof. Carlo Sasali(?), ink stamp to title-page partially erased, further two illegible old stamps to title-page. Still good, unmarked copy with ample margins. ---- Hoover 160; Honeyman 450; Barbier IV, 785 (mention Pierre Cartier as co-author); Nissen ZBI 498 (Den Haag edition); Cobres 723. - THE RARE FIRST EDITION, published anonymously. Louis Bourguet was a student of Scheuchzer and… Leer más

Zürich: Orell Füssli und Compagnie, 1808. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two parts in two volumes. 8vo (200 x 115 mm). xxx, 408; [2], [16], [1], iv-x, 428 pp., including 8 leaves of errata bound after title and 6 hand-colored engraved folding maps bound at end of vol. II. Uniformly bound in Swiss green half kidskin over blue marbled boards, yellow-dyed edges, spines ruled and lettered in gilt (spine and extremities slightly rubbed). Text with scattered pale foxing (titles and first preliminary pages stronger), but generally quite crisp and clean internally. Provenance: Claude-Ignace de Barante (bookplate to front-pastedown of each volume). A very good set. ---- FIRST EDITION and exceptionally rare, if complete as here, with all the 6 maps present that are almost always missing. This classic of alpine geology (of the structure of the earth within the Alps) is the main work of the German geologist and statistician Johann Gottfried Ebel (1764-1830). He studied medicine… Leer más

Leipzig: Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ersten Bandes erster Theil [all published]. 8vo (198x117 mm), [72], 254, [8] pp. Errata leaf at end. Contemporary speckled paper card board, paper labels to spine. Some ink correction in old hand to text. Hoover 241; Ward & Carozzi 552. - Third German translation of Cronstedt's ground-breaking 1758 work. Although Werner translated only the parts dealing with earths and stone, his additions to the work were such that, "his translation became a textbook of mineralogy in its own right and was widely used as a teaching aid and reference work" (DSB).