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77 1791 Civil engineering Suez Canal  Lesseps F 77 1791 Civil engineering Suez Canal Lesseps F
77/1791 [Civil engineering. Suez Canal]. Lesseps, F. Percement de l'Isthme de Suez, exposé et documents officiels. Troisième-Sixième Série. Paris, H. Plon, 1856-1866, 1st eds., 4 vols., 5 col. lithogr. fold. plates, orig. unif. wr.

- All vols. w. the same library stamp on title All but one vol. spine strengthened.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle "Sixième Serie". PMM 339; Norman, 1336. "In 1832, while quarantined on his voyage to Alexandria to take up the post of vice-consul, de Lesseps passed the time by reading a copy of Lepère's report to Napoleon on the practicability of a canal connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea. Having befriended Mohammed Said, the viceroy's son and later himself viceroy, during his time in Egypt, on his resignation from the consular service in 1854 de Lesseps obtained the concession for the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Suez. Undeterred by the practical and political objections he set about seeking capital to finance the project; "In this treatise of nearly three hundred pages, with maps... he set out the whole case for the canal and his proposed method of building it. He secured the support of Napoleon III and raised a capital of two hundred million francs. Construction was begun in 1859 and completed ten years later" (PMM).

WITH: a small archive concerning the construction of the Suez Canal, dated between 1864 and 1867, consisting of i.a. lithographed copies of manuscript documents, two manuscript letters signed by F.P. VOISIN and a manuscript profile drawing of the canal from the "Côte Afrique" to the "Côte Asie", kept together in contemp. red hmor. album, folio.

- All but four documents mounted along left margin in album with some remnants of glue occas. visible.

= Comprising i.a. two manuscript letters SIGNED by F.P. VOISIN, the chief engineer for the Suez Canal Company, one regarding meetings in June and August 1864 and one addressed to Mr. Laroche, chief engineer in Port Said, ordering him to do all to prepare the Suez Canal as indicated by the scientific research done ((2)p., dated "7 Octobre 1864"); one large drawing in red and black pen and ink showing the canal's profile with height calculations ("Profil", 60x47 cm.); 18 lithogr. "Ordre de Service", numb. "1" to "18" by the Direction générale des Travaux from the Compagnie universelle de Canal maritime de Suez (signed in lithography by F. LESSEPS and F.P. VOISIN), each approx. 2-3 lvs., dated between 1863-1866 and 10 lithogr. "Instructions" in similar style.

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77 1792 Conchology  Lesser F C 77 1792 Conchology Lesser F C
77 1792 Conchology  Lesser F C 77 1792 Conchology Lesser F C
77/1792 [Conchology]. Lesser, F.C. Testaceo-theologia, Oder: Gründlicher Beweis des Daseyns und der vollkommnesten Eigenschaften eines göttlichen Wesen, Aus natürlicher und geistlicher Betrachtung der Schnecken und Muschelen, zur gebührenden Verherrlichung der grossen Gottes und Beförderung des ihm schuldigen Dienstes ausgefertiget. Leipsic, M. Blocherberger, 1744, (6),984,(80)p., engr. frontisp. portrait, 22 plates of sea shells, contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine.

- Modern armorial bookplate of F. Mulders-Peer on first free endpaper; hinges broken but holding on cords; occas. sl. foxed. Upper joint broken; three tiny wormholes on frontcover.

= Nissen, ZBI 2459.

€ (300-500) 300
77 1793 Curie M 77 1793 Curie M
77/1793 Curie, M. Etalon radia i izmerenia v oblasti radioaktivnosti. Russian transl. N. Tamamsheva. Ed. N.A. Bulgakov. St. Petersburg, Fizika, 1913, 63,(3)p., ills., orig. wr.

- Wrappers waterst.; backstrip worn.

= First Russian translation of Les mesures en radioactivité et l'étalon de radium (Journal de Physique, October 1912).

€ (70-90)
77 1794 Cuvier G  ed  77 1794 Cuvier G ed
77 1794 Cuvier G  ed  77 1794 Cuvier G ed
77/1794 Cuvier, G. (ed.). Rapport historique sur le progrès des sciences naturelles depuis 1789, et sur leur état actuel (...). Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1827, new ed., VI,364p., contemp. blindst. gilt calf, "LYCÉE IMPÉRIAL DE BORDEAUX" on frontcover.

- Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown; occas. (sl.) foxed. Backstrip dam.

(Marcet, J.). Entretiens sur la chimie, d'après les méthodes de MM. Thénard et Davy. Ibid., Boulland et Cie., 1826, 1st ed., (4),610p., engr. portrait, 8 (of 15) plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. black mor. letterpiece, 12mo.

- Lacks plates 1-4, 13-15; duplicate set of plates 7-12 bound with; owners' entry and annots. on endpapers. Paper on backcover dam.

AND 1 other similar: (J.L. KESTELOOT) (ed.), Discours sur le progrès des sciences, lettres et arts (...) (Paris/ "Hollande", 1809, later boards. AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on verso htitle; occas. sl. foxed/ stained).

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77 1795 Darwin C 77 1795 Darwin C
77/1795 Darwin, C. Het uitdrukken der gemoedsaandoeningen bij den mensch en de dieren. The Hague, J. Ykema, 1873, 1st Dutch ed., IX,(1),435p., issued in 5 separate vols., 7 lithogr. plates, 7 loose helio-engr. plates, fold. lithogr. plate, woodengr. ills., orig. unif. wr.

- Owner's entry on frontwrappers; two vols. bookblock broken. Wrappers frayed. On the frontwrapper it states: "NB De proefplaten in deze aflevering, worden vervangen door Photographiën. Alle platen worden bij de laatste aflevering verzonden".

= Rare edition issued in separate vols. for publication. Freeman 1182.

€ (50-70) 200
77 1796 Darwin C 77 1796 Darwin C
77/1796 Darwin. C. De l'origine des espèces par sélection naturelle ou des lois de transformation des êtres organisés. French transl. C.A. Royer. Paris, V. Masson et Fils/ Guillaumin et Cie., 1866, 2nd ed., (4),LIX,(1),614,(1)p., lithogr. plate, contemp. gilt calf.

- Hinges weak; owner's entry on upper pastedown/ htitle; occas. sl. foxed. = Freeman 656.

Idem. The Foundations of the Origin of Species. Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844. Ed. F. Darwin. Cambridge, at the University Press, 1909, XXVII,(1),263p., photogr. facs. portrait, contemp. cloth w. gilt coat of arms of EYE GRAMMAR SCHOOL on frontcover.

- Top of spine chipped. Contents fine.

= With "Miller Prize for French (Upper School)", dated 1926-1927 and awarded to Elsie Alderton, after whom the character of obsessive would-be writer Laura Wissilcraft in Henry W. Williamson's novel The Gale of the World (1969) was modelled. Freeman 1556.

AND 1 other on the same: R.B. FREEMAN, The Works of Charles Darwin (London, 1965, orig. cl. w. (dam.) dustwr.).

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77 1797 Desarces H 77 1797 Desarces H
77/1797 Desarces, H. Grande encyclopédie pratique de mécanique et d'électricité. Paris, A. Quillet, n.d. (±1930), 4 textvols. and 1 atlas vol., num. (fold.) plates/ ills., 20 col. lithogr. volvelle plates (in atlas), orig. unif. giltlettered pict. cl., 4to.

- Binding sl. rubbed.

= Contains nice col. lithogr. volvelle models of i.a. a motorcar, a locomotive, an aeroplane, a zeppelin.

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77 1798 Dezallier d'Argenville A J  77 1798 Dezallier d'Argenville A J
77 1798 Dezallier d'Argenville A J  77 1798 Dezallier d'Argenville A J
77/1798 (Dezallier d'Argenville, A.J.). l'Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont l'une traite de pierres et l'autre des coquillages. Paris, De Bure l'Aîné, 1742, 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, (8),491,(1)p., engr. frontisp., 32 plates, contemp. calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Partly (sl.) yellowed and foxed; stamp on title-p. and first free endpaper. Binding sl. worn; joints partly restored w. leather; corners showing.

= Nissen, ZBI 144. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.

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77/1799 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières. Arts et Métiers M/ecaniques./ Recueil de planches de l'encyclopédie, par ordre de matières. Vol. 1-4. Paris/ Liege, Panckoucke/ Plomteux, 1782-1791, 8 text vols., and 4 plate vols.: 227/ 242/ 267/ 256 (of 257) (double-p.) engr. plates, sl. later unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, large 4to.

- Fourth plate vol. lacks 1 plate. Contents in very fine, untrimmed condition.

= Plate vols.: vol. 1: "Cartier" (how to make playing cards), alphabets, "Canons", "Cartonnier", "Cidre" and "Cuisinier, Patissier, Traiteur, Rotiseur"; vol. 2: "Diamantair, Lapidaire, Metteur-en-oeuvre", "Écrivain, Art d'écrire", "Fayencerie", "Filets de Pêche et de Chasse", "Glaciere, Glace artificielle", "Globes", "Gravure en Lettres, Topographie, Géographie & Musique" and "Horlogerie"; vol. 3: "Horlogerie", "Imprimerie", "Instruments de Musique", "Luthier", "Marbrerie", "Marbreur de Papier", "Menuisier en Meubles", "Menuisier en Voitures" and "Meunier"; vol. 4: such as the fabrication of mozaics, gold- and silversmiths, paper, porcelain, gunpowder and tobacco and pipes.

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77 1800 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1800 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1800 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1800 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77/1800 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connoissances humaines. Forges ou Art du Fer. Ed. F.B. de Felice. (Yverdon, Société Typographique de Berne, 1777), 100p., 58 (double-p.) engr. plates, contemp. wr., 4to.

- Double-p. plates are counted as 2 plates. Plates sl. waterst. in lower inner (blank) margin; final 3 plates loose. Lacks backwr.

= From the 4to edition, vol.5. Cf. PMM 200 and Norman Libr. 637.

AND 6 others from the same work: Fourreur (5 plates, later wr.); Gnomonique (3 plates, later wr.); Gravure (3 plates, later wr.); Hongroyeur (3 plates, later wr.); Forge des enclumes (1 plate, without wr.); Forge des ancres (11 plates, without wr.).

€ (150-250) 150
77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1801 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77/1801 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Vol. 1. Paris, Briasson a.o., 1762, 265 (of 269) engr. plates w. accomp. textp., contemp. calf, gilt spine w. brown mor. letter- and volume-piece, folio.

- Double-p. plates are counted as 2 plates. Lacks 4 plates (incl. 1 double-p.) and a few textp. (p.17ff of the anatomy section; 5 plates added from another copy, incl. 2 dupl.). Joints splitting; spine-ends dam.; corners showing.

= PMM 200; Graesse II, p.389. The plates to the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, first published 1751-1765, covering all aspects of science, industries and arts. Contains plates of i.a. the following series: "Fabrique de tabac", "Sucrerie & affinage", "Anatomie", "Antiquités", "Architecture", "Arquebusier", "Art Militaire" and "Artificier".

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77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 77 1802 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
77/1802 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Vol. 6. Paris, Briasson, David and Le Breton, 1768, 256 (of 294) (fold.) engr. plates w. accomp. textp., contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine w. contrasting mor. letter- and volume-piece, folio.

- Lacks 38 plates, i.a. sections "Calamine & Cuivre" (6 plates), "Fer-blanc" (3 plates) and 1 plate from "Fabrication des Poudres"; one plate lower outer corner torn off; one plate w. tear of 5 cm. in lower margin; occas. sl. browned. Binding stained; spine sl. dam.

= PMM 200; Graesse II, p.389. The plates to the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, first published 1751-1765, covering all aspects of science, industries and arts. Contains plates of i.a. the following series: "Quadrupèdes", "Oiseaux", "Coquilles fossiles", "Volcans", "Le Cuivre et l'Argent", "Fromage d'Auvergne" and "Fromage de Gruieres & de Gerardmer".

€ (600-800) 600
77 1803 Duhamel du Monceau H L 77 1803 Duhamel du Monceau H L
77 1803 Duhamel du Monceau H L 77 1803 Duhamel du Monceau H L
77 1803 Duhamel du Monceau H L 77 1803 Duhamel du Monceau H L
77/1803 Duhamel du Monceau, H.L. Art du charbonnier, ou manière de faire le charbon de bois. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1761, (4),IV,30p., 1 engr. plate, contemp. marbled wr., large folio.

- Backstrip dam. Contents fine.

= From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers. Poggendorff I, p.618.

Fourcroy de Ramecourt, (C.R.). Art du chaufournier. N.pl. (Paris), n.publ., 1766, (2),74p., 15 engr. plates, contemp. marbled wr., large folio.

- Occas. sl. yellowed. Backstrip dam.

= From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers. Poggendorff I, p.783.

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77 1804 Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity 77 1804 Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity
77 1804 Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity 77 1804 Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity
77/1804 Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity. New York/ Jerusalem, G. Braziller/ Jacob E. Safra Philantropic Foundation, 1996, 1st ed., 192p., 43 facs. plates, photogr. ills., orig. gilt cl., slipcase, folio. Einstein, A. and Infeld, L. Physik als Abenteuer der Erkenntnis. Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, 1938, 1st German ed., VIII,222p., plates/ ills., orig. cl.

- Endpapers foxed/ browned. Spine sunned.

Lorentz, H.A., Einstein, A. and Minkowski, H. Das Relativitätsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen. Leipsic/ Berlin, B.G. Teubner, 1922, 4th enl. ed., (4),159,(1)p., frontisp., orig. wr.

- Owner's stamp on title-p.; yellowed. Tickets on frontcover/ foot of spine.

= Fortschritte der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Monographien 2.

AND 3 others (incl. 1 duplicate) on the subject, i.a. 2 offprints from Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft: M. LAUE, Die Wellenstrahlung einer bewegten Punktladung nach dem Relativitätsprinzip (Braunschweig, 1908, orig. wr. Vertical fold) and IDEM, Ein Beispiel zur Dynamik der Relativitätstheorie (ibid., 1911, orig. wr.).

€ (50-70) 50
77 1805 Einstein A 77 1805 Einstein A
77 1805 Einstein A 77 1805 Einstein A
77 1805 Einstein A 77 1805 Einstein A
77 1805 Einstein A 77 1805 Einstein A
77/1805 Einstein, A. Beiträge zur Quantentheorie. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg & Sohn, 1914, 1st ed., 820-828p., contemp. hcl. w. paper ticket. Idem and Haas, W.J. de. Experimenteller Nachweis der Ampèreschen Molekularströme. Ibid., idem, 1915, 1st ed., 152-170p., bound unif. w. the above. Einstein, A. Strahlungs-Emission und - Absorption nach der Quantentheorie. Ibid., idem, 1916, 1st ed., 318-323p., bound unif. w. the above.

= Provenance: all from the "Physisch Kabinet" Leyden. All publised in Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, year 16, 17 and 18. Also contains all other issues of the same year. Weil 67; 73 and 85. Year 14 also including the paper "Über Zusammenstöfse zwischen Elektronen und den Molekülen des Quecksilberdampfes und die Ionisierungsspannung desselben" by J. FRANCK and G. HERTZ and the first appearance of the famous Franck-Hertz Experiment.

AND 29 years in 15 vols. of the same periodical between 1912 and 1942.

- All vols. w. library stamps on prelim. lvs. Some vols. cloth over spine worn/ sl. dam.; a few vols. paper tickets partly worn off.

€ (800-1.000)
77 1806 Einstein A 77 1806 Einstein A
77/1806 Einstein, A. The Collected Papers. Ed. J. Stachel a.o. Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1987-2004, 10 vols., plates/ ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

= Fine set: 1. The early years, 1879-1902; 2. The Swiss years: writings, 1900-1909; 3. The Swiss years: writings, 1909-1911; 4. The Swiss years: writings, 1912-1914; 5. The Swiss years: correspondence, 1902-1914; 6. The Berlin years: writings, 1914-1917; 7. The Berlin years: writings, 1918-1921; 8A. The Berlin years: correspondence, 1914-1917; 8B. The Berlin years: correspondence, 1918; 9. The Berlin years: correspondence, January 1919-april 1920.

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77 1807 Einstein A 77 1807 Einstein A
77/1807 Einstein, A. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Berlin, J.P. Barth, 1916 [= 1919], 64p., orig. wr.

- Wrappers frayed; sm. ticket on frontwr.; frontwr. lacks portion outer edge and partly doubled. Otherwise fine.

= Early reprint edition of the first separate edition, published before in Annalen der Physik, Vierte Folge, vol. 49, p.769-822. This reprint only differs from the first separate edition in the imprint on verso title-page: "Druck von Omnitypie-Ges., Nachfl. L. Zechnall, Stuttgart" [first: "Druck von Metger & Wittig in Leipzig"], imprint on backwrapper is "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig. 285" and some of the books advertised on backwrapper have the date "1919". Boni 78.1; Weil 80a; PMM 408; Norman Library 696 and cf. 695: "The theory's impact upon twentieth-century science and thought can hardly be overstated."

AND the 5th ed. of the same work.

€ (200-300) 200
77 1808 Einstein A 77 1808 Einstein A
77/1808 Einstein, A. Physik und Realität/ Physik und Realität (II). Paris, "Science et Literature", 1938, 2 vols., 5-19/ 1-14p., orig. unif. wr.

= In Zeitschrift für freie Deutsche Forschung, year 1, issues 1-2 (first issue w. owner's stamp on first textp.; backwr. sl. (water)stained; backstrip dam.).

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77 1809 Einstein A 77 1809 Einstein A
77 1809 Einstein A 77 1809 Einstein A
77 1809 Einstein A 77 1809 Einstein A
77 1809 Einstein A 77 1809 Einstein A
77/1809 Einstein, A. Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik. Leipsic, J.A. Barth, 1903, p.170-187, contemp. giltlettered hcalf.

= Published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Band 11, Vierte Folge. Also contains all other issues of the same year. Weil 4.

Idem. Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen. Ibid., idem, 1905, p.289-306, contemp. giltlettered hcalf. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Zur Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung. Ibid., idem, 1905, p.371-381.

= Published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Band 19, Vierte Folge. Also contains all other issues of the same year. Weil 7 and 11.

Idem. Die Plancksche Theorie der Straghlung und die Theorie der specifischen Wärme. Ibid., idem, 1907, p.180-190, contemp. giltletterd hcalf. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Über die Gültigkeitsgrenze des Satzes vom thermodynamischen Gleichgewicht und über die Möglichkeit einer neuen Bestimmung der Elementarquanta. Ibid., idem, 1907, p.569-572.

= Published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Band 22, Vierte Folge. Also contains all other issues of the same year. Weil 15 and 16.

Idem. Bemerkung zu dem Gesetz von Eötvös. Ibid., idem, 1911, p.165-169, contemp. clothbacked boards. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Eine Beziehung zwischen dem elastischen Verhalten und der spezifischen Wärme bei festen Körpern mit einatomigen Molekül. Ibid., idem, 1911, p.170-174.

= Published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Band 34, Vierte Folge. Also contains all other issues of the same year. Weil 38 and 39. Possibly a publisher's collection (?) with the Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig stamp below index.

AND 3 other vols. of Annalen der Physik und Chemie, years 1887, 1888 and 1895, containing articles by i.a. M. PLANCK and G. HERTZ.

€ (600-800)
77 1810 Einstein A and Mayer W 77 1810 Einstein A and Mayer W
77/1810 Einstein, A. and Mayer, W. Systematische Untersuchung über Kompatible Feldgleichungen, welche in einem Riemannschen Raume mit Fernparallelismus gesetzt werden können. Berlin, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1931, 11p., orig. wr.

- Frontwrapper partly sunned.

= First edition of the rare offprint with separate title and separate pagination. See Weil 180, where this is not mentioned.

€ (50-70) 50