- The atlas only, without the text part. First plate torn in halves; a few plates sl. foxed and frayed. Spine portfolio split; frontcover waterst.
- Text lvs. foxed. Lacks backstrip; covers loose and rubbed/ worn along edges. = Roller-G. II, 59.
= Manufacturers include i.a. Ariel, Sparta, DKW, Moto Guzzi, Kawasaki, Triumph, Fabrique Nationale, Matchless, Hulsmann, BMW, Ardie, A.J.S. and Zündapp.
- Sl. browned/ foxed, mostly in margins.
= Bierens de Haan 3472 (1st ed., 1738); Bibliotheca Mechanica p.232 (French transl. 1739): "One of the best 18th-cent. introductions to Newtonian physics, this book is filled with interesting experiments and problems. The first part is devoted to general mechanics, hydrostatics, electricity, and magnetism, while the second part treats of optics, acoustics, comets, and winds (...)." The final 8 pages contain "Lyst der natuurkundige, wiskundige, anatomische, en chirurgische instrumenten, welke by Jan van Musschenbroek, te vinden zyn te Leiden." (Bierens de Haan 3474 (French transl.)).
- Trifle foxed. Corners showing. Otherwise a fine copy. = Nissen, BBI 404.
- Without text vol. Chemise sl. worn. = Nissen, BBI 541.
- Vol. 1 waterst. and mouldy (pink) almost throughout; lower hinge broken; other vols. contents (very) fine. Spine and spine-ends sl. worn/ dam.
= Second ed. (first publ. 1754) of this collection of 18th-cent. learning, preceding the first ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-1771). Alston III, 555; Goldsmiths' 9827; Kress 6126.
- Text partly vaguely/ sl. waterst. in blank margins; 1 plate cut sl. short in top margin (w. loss of plate number); library stamp on first free endpaper. Vellum sl. (dust)soiled.
= Cf. Van der Linde, Spinoza 106; Bibl. Med. Neerl. 522; Caillet 8009 (French ed.); Bierens de Haan 3561. Main work of this follower of Descartes and opponent of Spinoza.
- Sl. foxed and duststained. Top of spine dam.
Pasteur, I.D. Beknopte natuurlijke historie der zoogende dieren. Ibid., Honkoop and Du Mortier, 1783, IV,363p., engr. title and 9 handcol. engr. plates, orig. printed boards (w. a different publisher's address).
- Boards rubbed.
AND 2 others, i.a. L. HÖLDER, Aanmoediging tot het leeren der natuurlijke historie in aangename verhalen voor kinderen (Gron., 1829, handcol. engr. plates, without binding. Scarce).
= DSB VI, p.246-247.
WITH: Koenigsberger, L. Hermann von Helmholtz. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1902-1903, XI,(1),375; XVI,(2),383; IX,(1),142p., 9 portraits, 1 fold. facs. plate, orig. unif. gilt cl. (backstrips sl. browned).
- Plates and first few textlvs. (sl.) foxed.
Fitch Daglish, E. Birds of the British Isles. Ibid., J.M. Dent and Son, n.d., 222p., 48 (handcol.) woodengr. plates by E. FITCH DAGLISH, printed in 1500 copies, orig. cl.
- Dustwrappers w. sm. tears along extremities.
= I. A History of the Birds of the Canary Islands and of the Salvages; II. Madeira, the Desertas and the Porto Santo Island; III. The Azores; IV. The Atlantic Islands.
- Letterpieces dam. = Nissen, IVB 498.
- Both vols. rubbed/ worn along extremities. Contents fine.
= Cf. Nissen, IVB 168 (diff. publisher).
- Plates (trifle/ sl.) foxed, mainly in margins and otherwise not very obtrusively; text vol. trifle/ sl. foxed and partly sl. stained in upper outer corner; both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown. Bindings rubbed along extremities; spine-ends chipped and top of spine plate vol. restored (rebacked w. use of most of orig. backstrip).
= Nissen, IVB 221; Anker 113; Zimmer p.159.
= The text volume contains the French descriptive text of the edition of 1835.
- Three vols. paper over spine dam.
- Contents occas. sl. foxed; final 5 plates vaguely waterstained. BInding worn.