1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
79 1875 Darwin C 
79 1875 Darwin C 
79 1875 Darwin C 
- Ad 1: first 2 quires loosening; sl. foxed. Frontcover loose. Ad 2: lacks the plate. Lower hinge weak; quires loosening. Backstrip sl. worn/ discoloured.
= Freeman 309 and 310. Rare, first French ed. of the first and second part of Darwin's Geology of the Voyage of The Beagle. The 3rd part was not contemp. translated into French.
79 1876 Darwin C 
79 1876 Darwin C 
79 1876 Darwin C 
- Hinges weak; some quires loosening; occas. sl. foxed.
= Freeman 1182. "[The Expression of the Emotions] is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment." (Freeman p.142).
79 1877 Darwin C 
79 1877 Darwin C 
79 1877 Darwin C 
79 1877 Darwin C 
- Paper ticket "Haarlem - J.J. van Brederode" pasted over impressum; occas. sl. soiled; 2 lvs. w. sm. stain. Joints splitting; sl. worn/ dam. at spine-ends and corners.
= Freeman 1182. "[The Expression of the Emotions] is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment." (Freeman p.142).
79 1878 Darwin C 
79 1878 Darwin C 
- Both vols. occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends sl. rubbed; 1st vol. joints splitting; 2nd vol. frontcover sl. stained.
= Freeman 181 (2nd French transl.) and 1342.
79 1879 Darwin C 
79 1879 Darwin C 
- Occas. sl. foxed; 1 vol. upper hinge broken; first lvs. loosening. Backstrips sl. worn/ dam. (1x lacking). A good set.
= Comprises: 1. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl (1871-1872, 2nd ed., 2 vols., 51 woodengr. ills. Freeman 1065); 2. Über die Entstehung der Arten durch natürliche Zuchtwahl (1872, 5th ed., steelengr. portr. Freeman 676); 3. Das Variiren der Thiere und Pflanzen im Zustande der Domestication (1873, 2nd ed., 2 vols., 43 woodengr. ills. Freeman 915); 4. Insectenfressende Pflanzen (1876, 1st ed., 30 woodengr. ills. Freeman 1238); 5. Die Bewegungen und Lebensweise der kletternden Pflanzen/ Die verschiedenen Einrichtungen durch welche Orchideen von Insecten befruchtet werden/ Die verschiedenen Blüthenformen an Pflanzen der nämlichen Art (1876-1877, 1st ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., 66 woodengr. ills., 2 copies. Freeman 860, 821 and 1297); 6. Die Wirkungen der Kreuz- und Selbst-Befruchtung im Pflanzenreich (1877, 1st ed., 2 copies. Freeman 1266); 7. Über den Bau und die Verbreitung der Corallen-Riffe/ Geologische Beobachtungen über die Vulcanischen Inseln (1876-1877, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 4 fold. (col.) lithogr. maps, 20 woodengr. ills. Freeman 311 and 312). Works 4-7 w. general title "Ch. Darwin's gesammelte Werke" and vol. no. 8-11.
79 1880 Darwin C Chambers R 
79 1880 Darwin C Chambers R 
- First part lacks htitle; title-p. strengthened w. paper on verso. Wrs. sl. dustsoiled. Good, unopended copy.
= Rare. First 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).
Darwin, C. De afstamming van den mensch, en de seksueele teeltkeus. Dutch transl. H. Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen. Delft, J. IJkema/ Van Gijn, 1871-1872, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., XII,536; VIII,540,(3)p., 128 woodengr. ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., large 8vo.
- Sl. foxed; vol. 2 upper hinge strengthened w. cl. tape. Backstrips, joints and corners rubbed/ worn.
= Freeman 1053. Subscriber's copy with the cancelled version of p.27-28 and explanatory note by Heijns bound before the new version of p.27-28.
79 1881 Darwin C Wallace A R 
79 1881 Darwin C Wallace A R 
79 1881 Darwin C Wallace A R 
- Backcover sl. stained; spine-ends sl. rubbed. Contents fine.
= Collection of 10 essays on the theory of evolution through natural selection, which Wallace conceived simultaneously with, but independently of, Darwin.
Seward, A.C. (ed.). Darwin and Modern Science. Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin and of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of The Origin of Species. Cambridge, C.U.P., 1909, XVII,(1),595p., frontisp. portrait of Darwin and 4 (col.) photogr. plates, orig. giltlettered cl., large 8vo, t.e.g.
- Ex-libr. copy: scattered stamps, bookplates and shelftickets. Cloth sl. worn/ discoloured.
79 1882 Darwin C Wallace A R 
79 1882 Darwin C Wallace A R 
79 1882 Darwin C Wallace A R 
- Bookblock loose; occas. sl. foxed. Top of spine and edges sl. rubbed.
= Very rare. First French transl. of The World of Life by A.R. Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection. "Wallace summed up his work on biology in 1910 with his The World of Life, in which he accepted the chromosome theory of inheritance and Galtons numerical law of inheritance. Numerical phytogeography and zoogeography also are stressed, and the continuing influence of Spiritualism is evident. This was his last extensive work on scientific matters" (DSB).
Romanes, G.-J. l'Évolution mentale chez les animaux. Suivi d'un essai posthume sur l'instinct par Charles Darwin. French transl. H.C. de Varigny. Paris, C. Reinwald, 1884, XVIII,412,20(publ. cat.)p., fold. table, woodengr. ills., orig. gilt cl.
- Occas. sl. foxed; unopened lvs. Binding sl. discoloured; backstrip dam./ loosening.
= First French ed. of Darwin's essay on instinct; Freeman 1441.
AND 7 other French eds. on/ related to (social) Darwinism, incl. P. JACOBY, Études sur la sélection dans ses rapports avec l'hérédité chez l'homme (Paris, 1881, fold. table, contemp. gilt hmor. Sl. foxed).
79 1883 Desaguliers J T 
79 1883 Desaguliers J T 
79 1883 Desaguliers J T 
- Occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned, mostly the plates and surrounding lvs.; partly erased library stamps on title-p. Bindings rubbed/ worn along extremities.
= Volume 1 and 2 are reissues from editions 1736 and 1746. John Théophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), from Huguenot parents who settled in England. Bierens de Haan 1178-1180. "Desaguliers continued to furnish the society with experiments until his death. (...) between 1716 and 1742 he contributed no fewer than fifty-two papers to the Philosophical Transactions, the earlier ones chiefly on optics and mechanics, the later ones on electricity." (DSB).
79 1884 Desaguliers J T 
79 1884 Desaguliers J T 
- Upper pastedown loose and dam. Vellum on backcover partly sl. defective.
= John Théophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), from Huguenot parents who settled in England. "Desaguliers continued to furnish the society with experiments until his death. (...) between 1716 and 1742 he contributed no fewer than fifty-two papers to the Philosophical Transactions, the earlier ones chiefly on optics and mechanics, the later ones on electricity." (DSB).
79 1885 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 
79 1885 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 
79 1885 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 
- First plate w. sm. cancel stamp in lower blank margin. Contents fine. Binding worn.
= Plates illustrating the following subjects: Eperonnier (14 (of 16) plates; lacks the textpages); Epinglier (3 plates; one sl. stained); Éventailliste (4 plates); Fayancerie (12 plates); Ferblantier (2 plates); Fil et Laine (5 plates); Fleuriste et Artificiel (8 plates); Forges ou art du fer (51 plates); Formier (4 plates); Fourbisseur (10 plates); Fourreur (6 plates); Gainier (6 plates); Gantier (5 plates); Manufacture de Glaces (46 (of 47) plates); Horlogerie (64 plates). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
79 1886 Einstein A 
= 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.
79 1887 Einstein A 
= 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.
79 1888 Engineering Baud F and Delprat J P 
- Without the text vols. Title-lvs. w. owner's stamp; sl. frayed/ creased. Portfolio soiled/ dam. Plates fine.
= Detailed schematic drawings for the construction of roads, bridges, canals, sluices and dykes.
79 1889 Engineering Sganzin J M 
79 1889 Engineering Sganzin J M 
- Without the text vols. Some occas. (sl.) foxing.
= Comprises: 1. "Matériaux des constructions (et fondations en général)" (plate 1-15); 2. "Routes et chemins de feu" (16-26); 3. "Viaducs et Ponts fixes (...)" (27-65 incl. an appendix plate); 4. "Navigation intérieure" (66-100); 5. "Navigation maritime" (101-180); 6. Supplément (181-198). Joseph-Mathieu Sganzin (1750-1837) was an importrant engineer and 'inspecteur général des ponts et chaussées et des travaux maritimes' at the Ministère de la Marine.
79 1890 Entomology Barbut J 
79 1890 Entomology Barbut J 
79 1890 Entomology Barbut J 
79 1890 Entomology Barbut J 
79 1890 Entomology Barbut J 
- Occas. sl. foxed; 2 plates repaired w. cl. tape on verso; plates (as usual) w. sl. offsetting on opposite leaf; contents otherwise fine. Covers sl. rubbed; joints splitting/ starting at top of spine; backstrip sl. faded/ dam.
= Although there is no substantial biographical material on the English naturalist James Barbut (†1791), he "is best known for [this] companion publication on the Linnaean genera of insects that was gorgeously illustrated" (Damkaer I, 97). With the engraved English title as frontispiece. Nissen, ZBI 220; Horn-Schenkling 757.
79 1891 Entomology Bonnet C 
79 1891 Entomology Bonnet C 
- Both vols. w. library stamp on title-p.; vol. 2 quire "I" misbound; plates sl. waterstained in margin. Bindings sl. rubbed/ worn; spine-ends chipped; ticket on spine; joints starting/ splitting; vol. 2 lacks letterpiece.
= A collection of observations regarding insects, esp. aphids and freshwater worms, by the Genevan naturalist Charles Bonnet (1720-1793). One table shows Bonnet's (hierarchical) chain of being, starting with humans, quadrupeds, birds and fish, and ending with metals, sulfurs, the four elements and "matières plus subtiles". Nissen, ZBI 462; Horn-Schenkling 1966.
79 1892 Entomology Douglas J W and Scott J 
- First few lvs. and 5 plates sl. foxed; new endpapers. Rebound w. use of orig. cl.
= All published. Not in Nissen, ZBI, Hagen, Horn & Schenkling.
79 1893 Entomology Frisch J L 
79 1893 Entomology Frisch J L 
79 1893 Entomology Frisch J L 
- Bookplates, stamp, owner's entry/ annot. on first endpaper and stamp on first title-p.; occas. sl. yellowed/ browned; contents otherwise fine. Shelfticket on spine; sl. worn; corners showing.
= Parts 3 and 7-13 in 1st ed.; parts 2 and 4-6 in 2nd ed.; part 1 in 3rd ed. In this "first important German treatise on insects" (Miall, p.240), the linguist, entomo- and ornithologist Johann Leonard Frisch (1666-1743) describes in detail ±300 different insects accomp. by his own drawings (partly engraved by his son Philip Jacob). Nissen, ZBI 1436; Hagen I, 254; Horn-Schenkling 7135.
79 1894 Entomology Geoffroy E L 
79 1894 Entomology Geoffroy E L 
- Vol. 1 plates sl. waterstained in upper margin; both vols. a few plates sl. creased; first and final lvs. sl. soiled; two lvs. sm. portion of lower blank margin torn off. Bindings sl. worn; backstrip and letterpiece sl. dam.; volumepiece almost entirely lacking.
= Nissen, ZBI 1522; Horn-Schenkling 7523.