- First and final 4 lvs. foxed. Rebacked.
= With prize awarded to James Youngson, 1895 on upper pastedown.
AND 4 others in 5 vols., i.a. J. QUINBY and A. STEVENSON (ed.), Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (Mansfield Center, n.d. (±1990), 2 vols., plates, printed in 150 copies, orig. unif. giltlettered cl. Facs. reprint of the edition Pittsburgh, 1958-1961).
= Facs. ed. with accomp. vol. incl. a transcription, translation and critical apparatus of the manuscript.
Ortus Sanitatis. Würzburg, G. Popp, 1978, 2 vols., (420); (324)p., printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. unif. boards, 4to, in orig. slipcase.
= Facs. ed. of the copy of this natural history encyclopaedia in the Civica Biblioteca di Bergamo (orig. ed. Venice, 1511).
AND 2 others in 3 vols., i.a. M.C. DE BOODT-MASELIS, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt (Brugge 1550-1632). Een Vlaams humanist met Europese faam. Gevolgd door een reproductie van het kruidboek (1640) met Nederlandse vertaling door E.H. De Schrijver (Handzame, 1981, num. (fold.) facs. plates, orig.(?) artif. leather, 4to).
- Occas. sl. foxed; scattered libr. stamps. Extremities sl. worn; plate vol. rebacked w. use of former backstrip.
= Nissen, BBI 1475.
- Upper hinge strengthened w. cl. tape; bookplate of prof. J. Lanjouw on upper pastedown. Binding faded.
= Rare. "De Verhandeling van den heer Reynoso is ontegenzeggelijk het eerste werk over het suikerriet, waarin stelselmatig, geregeld en volgens een vast plan eene algemeene harmonie wordt gebragt tusschen de cultuur van die plant en de wetten van den landbouw, en zulks na alvorens de plant zelve te hebben geraadpleegd, volgens het beroemde voorschrift van Boussingault. Uit dat oogpunt is het werk van de schrijver geenszins eene uitsluitend aan Cuba alleen bewezene dienst; integendeel, voor allen, die zich met de cultuur van suikerriet bezighouden of belang daarin stellen (...) is deze Verhandeling een wetboek en een onfeilbare gids (...)" (introduction).
Hall, H.C. van. Handboek der Kruidkunde (tweede, verbeterde uitgave der Elementa botanices). Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1846, VIII,308,(4)p., contemp. hcl. w. use of orig. wr.
- First and final 3 textlvs. sl. browned; tear in title-p. Wr. sl. stained/ frayed.
AND 3 others, i.a. J. SCHLEIDEN, Populaire voorlezingen over de plant en haar leven (Amst., 1854, 5 (chromo)lithogr. plates, textills., contemp. hcalf).
= Rare.
Zaccone, P. (introd.). Nouveau langage des fleurs avec la nomenclature des sentiments dont chaque fleur est le symbole et leur emploi pour l'expression des pensées. Paris, V. Lecou, 1853, (4),209,(3)p., chromolithogr. title and 17 plates, contemp. hmor.
- Lower hinge broken; sl. foxed; interleaved w. contemp. annots. Spine rubbed.
- Both vols. w. owner's entry on title-p./ first blank; vol. 1 partly sl. waterst. in upper blank margin; vol. 2 occas. sl. foxed. Both vols. spines sunned; extremities sl. worn.
= Horblit 73b; PMM 356; DSB XIV, p.95-105; Garrison/ Morton 240: "Mendel's fundamental work was overlooked until 1900, when De Vries and others brought it into prominence and confirmed it in every respect."
AND 2 others by the same.
- Plates (sl.) foxed. Attractively rebound w. original use of the original frontcover.
= Cf. Nissen ZBI 588; Espenhorst (Engl.) p.805-808 ("richly illustrated", "huge international success"). Nice plates showing a large variety of animals, flowers and minerals, and two plates of the heads/ skulls of different human races and the human skeleton and internal body parts.
- Mostly fine. = Contains i.a racing news, technical information and information on car meetings.
- One vol. bookblock loose.
AND 1 other: AUTOMOBILES DE DION-NOUTON. Tarif des Pièces de Rechange & Accessoires (Paris, 1902, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).
- Wrapper sl. soiled/ creased.
= "De Chevrolet 1927 - de "mooiste Chevrolet van alle" - is een van de grootste triomfen, die de automobiel-techniek ooit heeft behaald" (title-p.), presenting the 7 models Roadster, Touring, Coupe, Coach, Sedan, Landau Sedan and Sport Cabriolet.
= Manufacturers include i.a. Chevrolet, Peugeot, Opel, Fiat, Renault, Fiat, Volkswagen, Borgward, Ford and Goliath.
- First and final lvs. (incl. wrappers) dam. in/ near lower corner; a few scattered stamps. Wrappers sl. dustsoiled.
Idem. (Catalogue 1902). Ibid., idem, 1902, 24p., ills., orig. tinted lithogr. wr., narrow sm. 8vo.
- Frontwr. vaguely waterst. in upper corner.
AND 2 other catalogues by the same (1896 and 1903).
- A few stamps. Frontwr. dustsoiled. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
AND 2 small catalogues by the same (1903 and 1904).
- Stamp on frontwr.
Idem. Cycles Hurtu. Ibid., idem, (1896), 31,(1)p., ills., orig. col. lithogr. wr., 4to.
- Wrappers sl. duststained/ soiled and w. a few stamps.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Some ruststains from staples. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
AND 2 other catalogues by ROCHET (1898 and 1900).
- Various (sm.) defects. = Nice collection. Also incl. early motorbikes.
= Second Dutch ed. of (the anonymously publ.) Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844) by Robert Chambers, a collection of evolutionary ideas on the transmutation of species. The work, both controversial and popular, preceded the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859). "The Vestiges played a significant role in mid-nineteenth-century biology. By presenting an evolutionary view of nature, it received the first wave of reaction and thus eased the way for Darwin's Origin of Species fifteen years later." (DSB III, p.192).
Broek, J.H. van den (ed.). Atlas van de belangrijkste plant- en diervormen/ voornaamste levende dieren, voorkomende in de sporen van de natuurlijke geschiedenis der schepping. Ibid., idem, 1850-1851, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),4; (4)p., fold. steenengr. plate, 23 (1x col.)/ 51 lithogr. plates, bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Plates partly waterst., mostly in lower inner corner; steelengr. plate w. closed tears in fold; occas. sl. foxed.
Monck Mason, T. Schepping door de regtstreeksche tusschenkomst van God, in tegenstelling van eene schepping door natuurwetten. Eene wederlegging van de Sporen van de natuurlijke geschiedenis der schepping. Dutch transl. J.H. van den Broek. Ibid., idem, 1851, 2nd ed., VIII,190p., bound unif. w. the preceding.
- All vols. joints and spine-ends sl. worn/ rubbed.
- Bibliographical annot. in old pen and ink on verso first free endpaper. Fine copy.
= Provenance: Delprat-Veth (bookplate on first free endpaper). Ferguson p.110, note. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LI.
- Trifle foxed; bookblock sl. frayed.
= Partington, A History of Chemistry IV, p.656ff. Rare first edition of this groundbreaking work on physical chemistry. "Van 't Hoff's book on chemical dynamics deals with reaction velocity and thermodynamics, and the theory of affinity as based on free energy. In a review of the book in 1885, Arrhenius said that the author: 'succeeds with relatively scanty experimental material in developing an imposing and harmonious scheme for the whole subject of chemical influences and actions... an enormous perspective has been opened out for future investigation'." (Partington).