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75 2161 Botany Rousseau H and Masclef A 75 2161 Botany Rousseau H and Masclef A
75/2161 [Botany]. Rousseau, H. and Masclef, A. Atlas des plantes médicinales et vénéneuses de France. Paris, P. Klincksieck, n.d. (±1895), (4),128p., 137 chromolithogr. plates, orig. giltlettered cl.

- Spine sl. stained.

= The plates extracted from A. MASCLEF, Atlas des plantes de France (Paris, 1891) and renumbered. Not in Nissen.

€ (100-150) 200
75 2162 Botany Sinclair G 75 2162 Botany Sinclair G
75 2162 Botany Sinclair G 75 2162 Botany Sinclair G
75 2162 Botany Sinclair G 75 2162 Botany Sinclair G
75/2162 [Botany]. Sinclair, G. Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, an account of the results of experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses and other Plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals. London, J. Ridgway, 1824, XX,438,(1),(7 advert.)p., 60 handcol. lithogr. plates, sl. later gilt halfmor., t.e.g.

- WITH a MANUSCRIPT SIGNED LETTER (1 fold. leaf, pen and ink, recto only) by Andrew Ure (1778-1857) bound in. One plate loose; some plates sl. foxed/ trifle waterst. strictly in blank margin; bookplate on upper pastedown. Corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed; trace of ticket at foot of spine.

= Nissen, BBI 1850; Pritzel 8692.

€ (200-300)
75 2163 Botany Sowerby J and Smith J E 75 2163 Botany Sowerby J and Smith J E
75 2163 Botany Sowerby J and Smith J E 75 2163 Botany Sowerby J and Smith J E
75/2163 [Botany]. Sowerby, J. and Smith, J.E. English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth. (...) The Figures by James Sowerby. Vol. V. London, J. Davis, 1796, 1st ed., 100 handcol. engr. plates w. accomp. text leaves, contemp. hcalf.

- Occas. sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown; hinges repaired (w. tape and glue); one plate w. repaired tear; one textleaf w. large tear. Frontcover and first few lvs. detached. Covers worn.

= Nissen, BBI 2225.

€ (80-100) 80
75 2164 Botany Sowerby J 75 2164 Botany Sowerby J
75 2164 Botany Sowerby J 75 2164 Botany Sowerby J
75 2164 Botany Sowerby J 75 2164 Botany Sowerby J
75/2164 [Botany]. Sowerby, J. English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants. Vol. I-VII. London, R. Taylor for C.E. Sowerby, (1832-1840), 2nd ed., 7 vols. (of 12), 1407 contemp. handcol. lithogr. plates and 68 supplementary handcol. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hmor.

- All vols. occas. (sl.) foxed/ soiled. Spines worn/ sl. sunned; first vol. frontcover loose; 2nd vol. backstrip loosening; 3rd vol. top of spine sl. dam.

= Nissen, BBI 2225.

€ (400-600) 400
75 2165 Botany Sowerby J 75 2165 Botany Sowerby J
75/2165 [Botany]. Sowerby, J. English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants. Vol. I-XI. London, G. Bell & Sons, 1873, 3rd enl. and re-arranged ed., 11 vols., 1824 contemp. handcol. lithogr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hmor., t.e.g., sm. 4to.

= Nissen, BBI 2227.

€ (500-700) 550
75 2166 Botany Step E 75 2166 Botany Step E
75 2166 Botany Step E 75 2166 Botany Step E
75/2166 [Botany]. Step, E. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse. London/ New York, F. Warne & Co., 1896-1897, 4 vols., 4 chromolithogr. frontisp., 312 chromolithogr. plates, contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g.

- Bindings sl. rubbed and chafed at corners and spine-ends. Otherwise a very fine set.

= Nissen, BBI 1887. Nice plates of i.a. roses, orchids and tulips. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.

€ (400-600) 400
75 2167 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de 75 2167 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
75 2167 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de 75 2167 Botany Tournefort J Pitton de
75/2167 [Botany]. Tournefort, J. Pitton de. Institutiones rei herbariae. Paris, "E typographia regia", 1719, 3rd ed., 3 vols., text vol.: (14),XXXII,(16),695,58p., engr. title-vignette, 2 other vignettes, 2 initials; plate vols.: 2 engr. titles, 489 plates by C. AUBRIET, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Trifle yellowed. A (very) fine set.

= Nissen, BBI 1977; Hunt p.450: "(...) The significance of Tournefort to eighteenth-century botany, and to that of today, lies in him having classified all plants into genera. (...) it was Tournefort who first set the genera and their component species apart, treating the genus as the smallest practical unit of classification, and considering the species as variants of the genus. To this day he is known among botanists as the father of the generic concept. Hundreds of the generic names coined or accepted by him were later adopted by Linneaus and are in use today. (...)".

€ (150-250) 400
75 2168 Botany Ville J B de 75 2168 Botany Ville J B de
75 2168 Botany Ville J B de 75 2168 Botany Ville J B de
75/2168 [Botany]. (Ville, J.B. de). Histoire des plantes de l'Europe, et des plus usitées, qui viennent d'Asie, d'Afrique & d'Amérique; (...) rangée suivant l'ordre du Pinax de Gaspard Bauhin. Lyon, N. Deville, 1719, 2 vols., (46),442; (2),445-866,(80)p., num. woodcut ills., contemp. unif. calf, gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, 8vo.

- Sm. annot. on both title-pages; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed; both vols. final few lvs. w. waterstains; first vol. a few lvs. w. sm tear in lower margin. First vol. spine w. repaired tear; 2nd vol. foot of spine sl. dam.; corners showing.

= Cf. Pritzel 10768. This anonymously written and important herbal, first published 1683, went through several editions. Jean Baptiste de Ville was its first publisher.

€ (150-250) 230
75 2169 Botany Vries H de 75 2169 Botany Vries H de
75/2169 [Botany]. Vries, H. de. Die Mutationstheorie. Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Entstehung von Arten im Pflanzenreich. Leipsic, Veit & Co., 1901/ 1903, 1st ed., 6 vols., 12 chromolithogr. plates, num. ills., orig. unif. wr., large 8vo.

- First vol. bookblock broken and wrs. loose. All vols. spines worn/ dam.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on p.1 of the first installment. 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."

€ (100-150)
75 2170 Botany Witte H 75 2170 Botany Witte H
75/2170 [Botany]. Witte, H. Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen. Gron., J.B. Wolters, (1868), X,VII,(3),316p., chromolithogr. frontisp. and 78 (of 79) plates by G. SEVERYNS after A.J. WENDEL, orig. gilt and blindst. (green) cl., sm. folio.

- Lacks 1 plate (no.55); usual (sl.) foxing; partly loose(ning). Backstrip and corners worn.

= Nissen, BBI 2174; Pritzel 10366; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 213. Fine chromolithographs.

€ (150-250) 230
75/2171 Botany Zalig Nieuw Jaer bouquet geploken en aen een gebonden uyt hey planten door Simon van Daele loffelyken knaep van de société botanique opgerecht binnen de stad Gend en opgedra75/2171 Botany Zalig Nieuw Jaer bouquet geploken en aen een gebonden uyt hey planten door Simon van Daele loffelyken knaep van de société botanique opgerecht binnen de stad Gend en opgedra
75/2171 [Botany]. Zalig Nieuw-Jaer bouquet, geploken en aen een gebonden uyt hey-planten door Simon van Daele, loffelyken knaep van de société botanique, opgerecht binnen de stad Gend (...) en opgedraegen (...) den 1. January 1812. Broadside, 42,5x36,5 cm. (sheet), Ghent, printed by P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1812.

= With a letterpress poem mentioning various species and members of the botanical society of Ghent.

€ (50-70) 50
75 2172 Botany Zorn J 75 2172 Botany Zorn J
75 2172 Botany Zorn J 75 2172 Botany Zorn J
75 2172 Botany Zorn J 75 2172 Botany Zorn J
75/2172 [Botany]. (Zorn, J.). Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen. Vol. 6. Amst., J.C. Sepp en Zoon, 1800, 1 (of 6) vols., IV,101,(1),36p., engr. title-p., 100 contemp. handcol. engr. plates of (medicinal) flowers, herbs and plants, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Pastedowns and endpapers sl. mouldy, otherwise contents fine. Binding worn/ dam.

= Nissen, BBI 2203; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 2. Plates delicately handcoloured.

€ (150-250) 150
75 2173 Boyle R 75 2173 Boyle R
75 2173 Boyle R 75 2173 Boyle R
75 2173 Boyle R 75 2173 Boyle R
75 2173 Boyle R 75 2173 Boyle R
75 2173 Boyle R 75 2173 Boyle R
75/2173 Boyle, R. New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Air. London, Printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Davis, 1682, 3rd ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., (16),203; (12),117,(3); (8),102,(2)p., 3 div. titles, 3 engr. plates, contemp. calf.

- Lacks main title-p. and 2 plates (all supplied in photo-copy on laid paper); partly waterstained. Joints splitting; leather worn and occas. w. dam. spots.

= Fulton 15; Wing B4000; Wellcome Library II, p.220; PMM 143.

€ (300-500) 300
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N 75 2174 Boyle R and Steno N
75/2174 Boyle, R. and Steno, N. Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Determinate Nature, Great Efficacy of Effluviums. To which are annext New Experiments to make Fire and Flame Ponderable. Together with A Discovery of the Perviousness of Glass. Also An Essay, about the Origine and Virtue of Gems. To which is added the Prodromus to a Dissertation concerning Solids naturally contained within Solids Giving an Account of the Earth, and its Productions. By Nicholas Steno. London, Printed by W.G. for M. Pitt, 1673, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 3 parts in 1 vol., 2 general title-p., 7 div. title-p., modern hcl.

- Large brown/ waterstain in blank upper inner margin causing severe deterioration of paper throughout and some lvs. loose(ning); new endpapers; sl. later owner's entry in pen and ink on verso of Steno title; ticket and owner's entry in pen and ink from the library of "Buitenzorgsche loge" and w. Japanese stamp(?) on first free endpaper.

= This edition of Boyle's important work on effluviums comprises 3 parts, of which the 1st part is subsequently divided in 5 parts, each having a separate title: 1. Strange subtitly of effluviums 2. Determinate nature of effluviums 3. Great efficacy of effluviums 4. New experiments to make fire and flame ponderable 5. A discovery of the perviousness of glass. The 2nd part is an essay on the origins and virtue of gems by Boyle and the 3rd part is an English translation of Steensen's work on solids (1st ed. De Solido intra solidum naturaliter contento, Florence, 1669) (these parts erroneously paginated but complete). This edition contains the title-page to part 1 as the 2nd preliminary leaf described under Fulton 106 as well as the title-p. described under 107. Fulton 107; PMM 141; Wing 3952. "Effluviums is one of the most important but perhaps less widely known works of Boyle and a most significant one. Had Boyle been bolder in his conclusions which he drew from his experiments on oxidisation, he would have forestalled phlogiston theory which was problematic to chemistry in the eighteenth century." (Fulton). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.

€ (1.000-1.500)
75 2175 Boyle R Birch T 75 2175 Boyle R Birch T
75/2175 [Boyle, R.]. Birch, T. The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle. London, A. Millar, 1744, (6),458,(16)p., contemp. gilt speckled calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Bookplate and traces of clipping on first endpaper. Joints splitting.

= The standard biography on Robert Boyle. Waller 16531.

€ (100-150) 100
75 2176 Broglie L de 75 2176 Broglie L de
75 2176 Broglie L de 75 2176 Broglie L de
75/2176 Broglie, L. de. Conséquences de la relativité dans le développement de la mécanique ondulatoire. Paris, Hermann et Cie., 1932, 14p., orig. wr.

- Bookseller's ticket on verso frontwr.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title. Extremely rare, de Broglie usually refused to sign his work. DSB II, p.487. Actualités scientifiques et industrielles XLII.

Idem. L'Électron magnétique (théorie de Dirac). Ibid., idem, 1934, 1st ed., VIII,(2),315p., ills., orig. wr.

= First edition in which Louis de Broglie exposes his theory of so-called "neutrinal" light, based on the idea that the photon results from the fusion of two neutral particles, the hypothetical Dirac neutrinos.

Idem. La mécanique ondulatoire du photon. Une nouvelle théorie de la lumière. Ibid., idem, 1940/ 1942, 1st ed., 2 vols., 281; 148p., orig. unif. wr.

€ (150-250)
75 2177 Cars Barzini L and Borghese Prince 75 2177 Cars Barzini L and Borghese Prince
75/2177 [Cars]. Barzini, L. and Borghese, Prince. Van Peking naar Parijs. Utr., A. Oosthoek and H. Honig, 1907, XXIII,(1),571,(1)p., 127 plates/ ills., orig. cl. w. mounted plate on frontcover.

- Bookplate on upper pastedonwn.

€ (40-60) 50
75 2178 Cars Bugatti E 75 2178 Cars Bugatti E
75/2178 [Cars]. Bugatti, E. Bugatti. Fabrique d'automobiles. 1924/25. Molsheim, 1925 (printed by G. Jost, Mutzig), (8)p., 3 ills., textpages and both wrappers within red borderline, orig. wr.

- Wrappers a few tiny defects. Very fine copy.

= Interesting trade-catalogue, the tenth catalogue published by Bugatti. The first 3 pages show the "Palmarès" of Bugatti with an impressive number of victories achieved from 1920 to 1924 (the victories of 1911-1914 simply indicated: "57 courses... 57 victoires"). The rest of the catalogue lists 3 models (6 variants) with illustration and technical details: "4 Cylindres - 16 Soupapes. Type Brescia modifié. Type 22/ 23"; "8 Cylindres - 2 litres. Type 22/ 23/ 30"; "8 Cylindres - 2 litres. Type course."

AND 1 other on the Type 35 Grand Prix Bugatti (1966).

€ (150-250) 230
75/2179 Cars Sociéte anonyme des automobiles Unic 75/2179 Cars Sociéte anonyme des automobiles Unic
75/2179 Cars Sociéte anonyme des automobiles Unic 75/2179 Cars Sociéte anonyme des automobiles Unic
75/2179 Cars Sociéte anonyme des automobiles Unic 75/2179 Cars Sociéte anonyme des automobiles Unic
75/2179 [Cars]. Sociéte anonyme des automobiles "Unic". Puteaux/ Parus, n.publ. (Unic), n.d. (±1911), 47,(1)p., photogr. ills., orig. wr.
€ (40-60) 50
75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars 75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars
75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars 75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars
75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars 75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars
75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars 75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars
75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars 75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars
75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars 75/2180 Cars Volvo Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs voor Volvo cars
75/2180 [Cars. Volvo]. Lot of ±220 brochures and advertising lvs. voor Volvo cars, ±1955-1975, various languages and sizes.

- All (very) fine.

= Including some duplicates (in variant languages); approximately 80 pieces predating 1970. A rich collection, including brochures for many of the iconic Volvo cars, i.a. PV444, Amazon, P544, P1800, P.1800s, Volvo 144, Volvo 145, Volvo 164, Volvo 245 and Volvo 265.

€ (200-300) 210
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