80 2435 Lemery N 
- A few lvs. sl. (dust)soiled, endpapers worse. Extremities of binding rubbed.
= Cf. (on the French editions): Ferchl p.307; Vandewiele p.112; Ferguson II, p.21 and Bibl. Walleriana 5698. Wellcome p.488; DSB VIII, p.172-175.
80 2436 Lemnius L 
80 2436 Lemnius L 
- Two contemp. owner's entries on title (1x crossed out); evenly trifle browned; a few blank prelim. lvs. annotated in contemp. hand. Lacks ties; covers partly wormholed.
= Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.308; Durling 2776; Wellcome 3704; Adams L420; Rosenthal 2959; BMN I, p.517; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f. This edition not in Ferguson and Caillet.
80 2437 Lemnius L 
80 2437 Lemnius L 
- Upper margin cut short, occas. touching the running title; occas. waterstained; title-p. sl. soiled, libr. stamp and a few old owner's entries in pen; hinges broken. Vellum sl. soiled/ wrinkled and small imperfections. On the whole very acceptable.
= The extremely rare first edition. Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.305-306; Durling 2770; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f; this edition not found in the other usual reference works. The most important publication by Lievens Lemmens from Zierikzee (1505-1568), pupil of Vesalius, friend of Dodenaeus and Gesner.
80 2438 Lepidoptera Berge F 
- Good/ fine copy. = Nissen, ZBI 322; Horn/ Schenkling p.66.
AND 2 others, i.a. E. HOFFER, Illustriertes Schmetterlingsbuch (Vienna and Leipsic, n.d., 24 handcol. woodengr. plates, contemp. richly gilt morocco).
80 2439 Lepidoptera Duncan J 
80 2439 Lepidoptera Duncan J 
80 2439 Lepidoptera Duncan J 
- Some plates w. sm. stain in margins. Boardedges and parts of spine sl. rubbed.
AND 2 others, including an incomplete copy of J. DUNCAN, British Moths, Sphinxes &c. (lacks 7 plates and some pages, a few plates dam., binding also dam.).
= Both vols. from W. Jardine (ed.), The Naturalist's Library, Nissen ZBI 1202.
80 2440 Lepidoptera Humphreys H N and Westwood J O 
80 2440 Lepidoptera Humphreys H N and Westwood J O 
- Contents occas. a smidge foxed, but generally in fine condition; bookplate on upper pastedown; small slip of paper taped to final free endpaper. Upper joint starting.
= Cf. Nissen, ZBI 2049 (ed. 1841, London). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
80 2441 Lepidoptera Humphreys H N and Westwood J O 
- Both vols. hinges strengthened; bookplate on upper pastedown vol. 1.; htitle and title reattached vol. 2. Both vols. backstrips reattached. Contents and plates fine.
= An influential work on moths, with nicely handcol. plates, which Humphreys describes in the preface: "The British Moths are not perhaps so gaily coloured as their more gaudy rivals, the butterflies; but when we consider the splendid sphinges, or twilight fliers, by which they are linked to the day-flying butterflies, they can scarcely be deemed less beautiful. Indeed, in the larva stage, many moths surpass in their wonderful raiment of velvet and satin, of ermine and sable, jewelled over with gold and silver studs of various metallic tints, anything which the butterfly division can boast; and the careful portraiture of these truly magnificent caterpillars will form a principal feature in the present work." (p.1). Nissen, ZBI 2050; Horn-Schenkling 23799.
80 2442 Lepidoptera Kirby W F 
80 2442 Lepidoptera Kirby W F 
- Title sl. foxed; otherwise an exceptionally clean copy. A few sm. scratches on backstrip.
= Nissen, ZBI 2193.
80 2443 Lepidoptera Morris F O 
80 2443 Lepidoptera Morris F O 
- Bookplate of Hugh Walpole and slip of paper w. annots. on upper pastedown, but otherwise the contents are fine. Top and foot of spine chipped; covers sl. rubbed; corners (sl.) worn.
= Cf. Nissen, ZBI 2892.
80 2444 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 
- Modern endpapers. Corners and frontcover sl. rubbed. = Nissen, ZBI 4377.
80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 
80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 
80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 
- Bookblock broken; a few lvs. sm. tear in margin. Edges worn; frontcover sl. creased.
= Nissen, ZBI 4377.
Duncan, J. The Natural History of British Moths, Sphinxes, &c. Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1844, 268p., engr. portrait of Madame Merian and 30 handcol. plates, contemp. green hmor. w. gilt spine.
- Hinges weak; bookplate on upper pastedown. Edges rubbed.
= From W. Jardine (ed.), The Naturalist's Library, Nissen ZBI 1202.
AND 1 other vol. from the same series: J. DUNCAN. Foreign Butterflies (Edinburgh, 1837, engr. portrait of Lamarck, handcol. frontispiece, 30 handcol. plates, orig. boards).
80 2446 Marius J and Francus J 
- Occas. sl. foxed/ spotted. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends dam.; joints splitting.
= Ad 1: Wellcome IV, p.56. First French transl. of the orig. Latin ed. (Augsb., 1685). Rare publication on the beaver's exudate 'castoreum', which was used since antiquity as a remedy i.a. for cramps, insomnia and anxiety.
80 2447 Martin B 
80 2447 Martin B 
80 2447 Martin B 
80 2447 Martin B 
- Occas. sl. foxed (sl. affecting a few plates). Spine sl. rubbed. A good copy.
= The plates include a map of the moon, a worldmap and plates depicting animals and various physical apparatus. On Benjamin Martin (1704-1782) see DSB IV, p.141f. On the binding: cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45.
80 2448 Martinet J F 
- First vol. backcover detached.
= B. Paasman, J.F. Martinet, p.45-65 and p.100; cf. Bierens de Haan 3061. "Uit dit werk, dat zich tot de grote groep geïnteresseerde leken richtte, kan men de 18e-eeuwse opvattingen leren kennen, niet alleen op het gebied van de biologie, maar ook op dat van de astrologie, geologie, fysica, meteorologie en ook filosofie, theologie en psychologie. Men vindt er vele gegevens over de zeden en gewoonten van de 18e-eeuwer, alsmede over het leven van de auteur zelf. Het bevat tientallen verwijzingen naar bekende tijdgenoten en naar plaatsen en landstreken uit de Republiek, vooral naar Zutphen en omgeving, en naar andere gebieden waar Martinet gewoond heeft, zoals Edam en wijde omgeving en de Meijereij van Den Bosch." (Paasman p.47).
Idem. Kleine katechismus der natuur voor kinderen. Ibid., idem, 1779, (8),138,(10 publisher's advert.)p., engr. frontisp. by N. VAN DE MEER after J. BUYS, contemp. hcalf.
- Binding dam.
Vries, J. de. Natuurkundige en ophelderende aanmerkingen over het derde en vierde deel van J.F. Martinet's Katechismus der Natuur. Amst., J. van Selm, 1779, 4 parts in 2 vols., contemp. unif. hcalf. - AND 1 other.
80 2449 Mathematics Barrème N 
- Title-p. sl. dampstained and w. library stamp on verso. Otherwise fine.
80 2450 Mathematics Bartjens W 
80 2450 Mathematics Bartjens W 
- Sl. dogeared; occas. sl. stained; 1 leaf w. tear. Lacks backcover; bookblock almost loose.
= Rare ed., not in STCN and usual reference works. Cf. Hoogendoorn BartjW12, 2.2 (ed. 1785); Buijnsters BNK 454 (ed. 1791); Muller 1045 (ed. 1764); De Vries 486 (ed. 1755); The Children's World of Learning 2182ff (other eds.).
80 2451 Mathematics Callet J F 
- Lacks first free endpaper; owner's entries on title-p.; a few quires loosening; occas. sl. stained. Binding worn; backstrip dam.
= Poggendorff I, p.363. French ed. of W. Gardiner's Tables of Logarithms (1742) by the mathematician and professor of hydrography J.-F. Callet.
80 2452 Mathematics Coutereels J 
- First/ final lvs. sl. dogeared/ soiled (in corners). Good copy.
= Rare edition. Hoogendoorn p.260, 22; cf. Bierens de Haan 977.
80 2453 Mathematics Euclides 
80 2453 Mathematics Euclides 
- Vaguely waterst. in upper (blank) margin at the beginning. Binding w. minor imperfections; letterpiece chipped. A good/ fine copy.
= PMM 25; DSB IV, p.415: "Euclid's fame rests preeminently upon the Elements, which he wrote in thirteen books and which has exercised an influence upon the human mind greater than that of any other work except the Bible". Although stated differently on the title, only six books were published.
80 2454 Mathematics Euclides 
80 2454 Mathematics Euclides 
80 2454 Mathematics Euclides 
- First/ final blank lvs. with 18th-/ 19th-cent. owner's entries/ annots.; first few textlvs. sl. waterst. in inner blank margin.
= Hoogendoorn p.302, 8.1; Bierens de Haan 1220 (diff. eds.); Waller 529; Muller 1032 (ed. 1681); Geerebaert XXXVI, 1g. Rare ed., only 2 copies in STCN.