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Paris: George Steinheil, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to. 4to. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, red morocco labels on spines. Three volumes bound in two. This is a limited edition of 150 copies, this being No. 11. Volume 1: xxvjii, 284 p.p.; Volume 2: 458 p.p., Volume 3: x, 477 p.p. Illustrations throughout text of alchemtical symbols. Light rubbing to spine labels and extremities to boards. Slightly bumped edges. Light foxing throughout. Top edge gilt. A nice set in fine condition. Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) was a French scientist and professor at College de France in Paris. Berthelot believed that all chemical reactions depend on the physical forces that can be measured. He proved that organic compounds can be formed by ordinary methods of chemical manipulation and obey the same principles as inorganic substances. He was the recipient of the Davey Medal (1883) and the Copley Medal (1900) for his scientific achievements. Berthelot was interested in and… Leer más

Antwerp: Christoffel Plantijn [printer], 1600. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. With Typus Mundi in Quo Eius Calamitates et Pe ricula nec non Diuini Humanique Amoris Antipathia (R.R.C.S.I.A.). Antwerp, Johannes Cnobbaert, 1652.Third Edition. 32mo. Full calf binding. Morocco label on spine. In custom slip case. Book I: 319 p.p., text illustrated with beautiful b/w engravings of emblems throughout. Collation: A-D8, F-F8, E-I8, K-K8, L-T8, V-V8. Book II: 240 p.p., 2 p.p. publishing information, in-text illustrations throughout. Collation: A-F12. Bookplate 'Kirchen' on front pastedown endpaper, from the library of the Dukes of Arenberg, Germany. Second newer bookplate on front free endpaper, 'Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch.' Minor rubbing to spine and extremities. Bumped edges. Some errors in pagination and stained pages, light foxing. In second book, some trimmed pages affecting text in a minor way. Tight boards. A scarce and near fine copy. Claudius Paradin and Gabriel Simeoni's book of heroic symbols and… Leer más

Venice: Officina Erasmiana, Apud Vincentium Valgrisium, 1558. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Bound with: Apologia Adversus Amathum Lusitanum cum Censura in Eiusdem Enarrationes. Venice: Ex Officina Erasmiana, Vindentii Valgrisii, 1558. Contemporary pigskin binding, with title lettered on spine. With custom slipcase. Book I (Commentario Secundo Aucti): [cxx], 776 p.p. Handsomely illustrated with 703 woodcut illustrations of plants and animal figures. Includes 133 extra woodcuts than were previously issued in the first Venice edition in 1554.; Book II (Apologia): [8] 9-50 p.p. Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli [1501-1577] was an Italian physician and botanist, who was doctor to Archduke Ferdinand I and Emperor Maximilian II. He helped advanced understanding of medical botany and contributed to knowledge of the medicinal properties of plants. In his Commentaries, Mattioli expanded on and identified plants not mentioned in Dioscorides Materia Medica. This second edition was the first to include… Leer más

London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. 4to. 4to. Contemporary calf binding with rebacked spine and raised bands. xxxix [1] tipped in errata slip, 252 p.p., cxliv. 15 colour plates [4 folding], 9 engravings [2 folding], 4 tables [2 folding] and 3 folding charts including frontispiece. Light scratches to front and rear board with rubbing to extremities, but otherwise in fine condition. Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a member of the Royal Navy, British naval officer and explorer who was selected to lead an arctic expedition through David Strait and Baffin Bay in search of a Northwest passage. He commanded the ship Isabella, while William Edward Parry was in command of their second ship, Alexander. Captain Edward Sabine was chosen by the Royal Society to make scientific observations. Also onboard was Ross' nephew, James Clark Ross. During the expedition he met with several Inuit tribes which he records. Unfortunately, Ross made several critical errors, among them his false claim of… Leer más

Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co, 1891. First Ediition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio (large). 4 Volumes. Bound in buckram in blue and green boards (not uniform). University markings stamped in gilt. Vol. I: [11] 12-88 p.p. with [7] plates; Vol. II: [9] 90-1112 p.p., [13] plates; Vol. III: [11] 113-150 p.p., [9] plates; Vol. IV: [9] 152-220 p.p. with [10] plates. A total of 39 plates photographic reproductions of physiological malformations, plus 111 woodcut illustrations in-text. The bookplates of the John Crerar and University of Chicago Libraries, with deaccession stamps. Embossed stamp of Crerar Library on title pages and some leaves. Crerar stamps to verso of some plates. Rubbing to edges and scuffs to boards. Bruising to spine ends with slight bumping at corners. Sporadic smudges to pages and chipping at edges, with old closed tear repairs. Front fly-leaf and title page in Vol. III detached. Otherwise in very good condition of this complete set. A treatise on teratology, the work was… Leer más

Paris: Teriade Editeur, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio. Limited Edition. In original lithographed glassine wrappers.Three green fleur de lis illustrated on front cover, with poets name, and a larger fleur de lis on rear cover. This is copy number 1172 of 1200 signed by Matisse in pencil on colophon.100 colourful crayon and pencil lithographs on loose pages, printed on thick Velin d'Arches paper at the Mourlot workshop in Paris. Illustrated frontis of medieval poet Charles, Duke of Orleans [1394-1465], who, taken prisoner after the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Many of his poems were written during his long captivity over a 25 year period. He wrote courtly and romantic poems set in ballad and rondeau forms. The poems are lithographed in Matisse own hand, with decorative borders with multiple colours. Wrappers yellowed, and stained along spine and joints of front cover. Rubbing to spine edges. Stain to inner hinge of rear pastedown endpaper and sporadic stains throughout interior, but… Leer más

Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1948. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4.5" x 7" 4th volume in the Bibliotheque Aldine des Arts Series. In glassine wrapper. Signed by Henri Matisse on the title page to 'a Monsieur Lionel Aucoin.' [12] p.p., plus 20 colour illustrations. Text in French. The book is enclosed in a stamped and typewritten envelope from Matisse at his apartment at 132 Montparnasse Paris, 52, France to collector Mr. Lionel Aucoin at 49 Chestnut Street in Spencer, Massachusetts with French stamps. Light rubbing to spine, covers. Small tears to edges of glassine wrapper Covers slightly yellowed but Interior clean. Envelope slightly browned, bruised at edges, but otherwise near fine.

Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1557. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Vellum. Title in gilt on green calf label on spine. [32] 740 p.p. Slightly bumped spine and edges. Some soiling to boards and extremities. Light foxing, some yellow staining to pages. Ex Libris Neathman Mill Library stamp on rear fly leaf. Tight boards, pages otherwise clean and crisp with decorated black and white initials. A near fine copy. A Dominican friar and writer, Remigio Nannini produced religious as well as secular works, and poetry. Nannini published "two collections of orations drawn by historians (the first, Military Orations collected by all the ancient and modern historians, Venice, 1557)" [Cantimori, Delio. Italian Encyclopedia, 1934]. Nannini also went on to publish the works of St. Thomas Aquinas (1570) at the request of Pope Pius the V.

Utrecht: G.T. van Paddenburg and J. Visch, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio. [Etc]... en Andere Voornaame Gebouwen van dit Hertogdom. Four volumes in one [Vols. 2-4 dated 1770]. Second Edition. Four volumes in one. Separate title pages and pagination. Full vellum binding with decorative blind tooling on front and rear boards. Raised bands and red leather spine label. In tan custom slipcase. Vol. 1: [3] 39 p.p., [1], [9] leaves of engravings, showing castles and countrysides [1 folding]; Vol. 2: 43 p.p., with [40] leaves of engravings, [3 folding]. Vol. 3: 30 p.p., [1], [35] engravings, [3 folding]. Vol. 4: 24 p.p. [errors to pagination] 13 engravings, [2 folding]. A historical and genealogical description of the villages, cities, and prominent buildings in the province of Brabant, Netherlands. Illustrations of castles, architectural buildings, countrysides, and coats of arms. Upper front joint cracked and rear joint starting. Some scuffs and black smudges to boards and spine. Light… Leer más

London: Printed for G.G. And J. Robinson and J. Edwards, 1798. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In which the coast of North-West America has been carefully Examined and accurately Surveyed. Undertaken By His Majesty's Command, Principally with a view to Ascertain the Existence of any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and performed in the years 1790.. [-] 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and the armed tender Chatham. First edition. Three volumes. Lacking atlas volume, else apparently complete. Full speckled calf. Gilt lettering and decoration, gilt panels to boards. Extra-illustrated with unrelated period map at end of vol. III of Central Asia (from Forster, Journey from Bengal to England, London, 1798). [18] engraved plates total. Volume I: [10], xxix, [2 pp. ad], 432 pp. [7 plates]. Pencil correction to List of Plates (l. A3r). Damp staining to head at gutter.… Leer más

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 3 Vols. Volume 3 dated 1752. Full brown calf, original boards rebacked with new matching spines and elegant leather labels, lxi, [5], 16, [12] 459pp; 444pp, [unpaginated index]; [8]690pp, [2]. Handsomely engraved with 18 engravings, incl. frontis of Milton in each volume. Bookplate of George Granville Leveson II, Earl Gower [1786-1861], and member of the Order of the Garter, Britain's 3rd highest royal / military honour. Light foxing, gilt device of Order of Garter on upper font boards. Boards a bit scuffed however a near fine binding. The first and second volume cover Milton's Paradise Lost with criticism and annotations from various authors. Volume three contains Paradise Regain'd, with Milton's other minor poems. ESTC T133434. book 1-6 Vol. 1, 7 engravings w/ frontis of milton book 7-12 7 engravings w/ frontis Paradise regained dated 1752, 5 engravings frontis,

London: Printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder, J. Coote, R. Withy, J. Wilkie, J. Wilson and J. Fell, W. Nicoll, B. Collins, and R. Raikes. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bowen, Emanuel (maps). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1764-1767. No edition listed, no known editions earlier than 1764. Date of index volume is obviously false as the last volume of did not appear until 1767. Original calf boards with outer edges dentelle, new calf spines with new spine labels and gilt detailing. Red speckled edges. Numerous engraved folding maps in colour and B&W plates. xvi, 551 pp., [9] plates (4 fold-outs), [3] folding maps; 563 pp., [3] plates (1 fold-out), [2] folding maps; 531 pp., [2] plates (1 fold-out); [1] folding map; 567 pp., [1] folding map; 496 pp.; 512 pp.; 525 pp.; 493 pp.; 462 pp., [2] folding maps; 476 pp. [1] folding map; 501 pp.; 633 pp.; [~244 pp. unpaged index volume]. General wear to boards and edges. Some staining to edges of text blocks. General damp staining and foxing… Leer más

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1717. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Orig. calf boards, new calf spine w/ black leather spine label. Gilt palm borders, panels, title and decoration to spine, blind medallions to center of boards. Inner edges blind dentelle, with gilt rule and floral corners. A.E.G. Brown ribbon marker. [6], xx, [4], 548 pp. Engraved frontispiece, woodcut intials. Full-page engraved dedicatory portrait of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales [Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, wife of King George II], by George Vertue after Godfrey Kneller. [18] total full-page richly adorned engraved illustrations depicting subjects from several different legends. Each illustration is dedicated to a noblewoman or other woman of society, with her coat of arms in the lower margin, respectively: Dutchess of Kingston; Dutchess of Roxburghe; Dutchess of Newcastle; Countess of Hartford; Countess of Warwick; Princess Anne; Lady Cowper; Dutchess of… Leer más

London: Thomas Roycroft, 1668. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second edition. Paneled brown calf. A.E.G. [10], 136, 177-528 pp. Text apparently continuous per catchwords, but signatures skip from S4 to Aa in Aeneis Book I (commensurate with other copies of this edition). Embellished with 100 engravings, including double-page map, plus engraved frontis., woodcut initials, headpieces and endpiece. Some engravings signed by in plate by Pierre Lombart and Wenceslaus Hollar. Recently professionally rebacked, new leather spine w/ spine label and gilt stamped compartments. Calf boards rubbed and scuffed. Light foxing. Paper repair to p. 197 to tear at bottom edge, text only marginally affected but still readable. ESTC R34731.

Roxbury: Privately Printed for W. Elliot Woodward, 1864. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Two Volumes. Black leather over marbled boards. T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. 279; 287 pp., plus list of subscribers. Light rubbing to extremities. Some chipping to fore edges. Bookplates of C.B. Farwell to front pastedown. One of the earliest monographs to be printed covering the court transcriptions of the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692-93, of whom 200 were accused and 19 executed by hanging. This work includes witness testimony, indictments, examinations and executions of those who were convicted. Samuel Gardener Drake (1798-1875) was an American antiquarian, historian and founder of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Howe, 666.