1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
79 2015 Ornithology Morris F O 
79 2015 Ornithology Morris F O 
79 2015 Ornithology Morris F O 
- Very fine sets. Ad 1: three vols. w. bookplate (J. Francis Gaskell) on upper pastedown and contemp. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Ad 2: all vols. owner's entry on first blank; vol. 1 one quire (p.63-70) loosening.
= Ad 1: Nissen, IVB 645; cf. Anker 346. Ad 2: Nissen, IVB 646; Zimmer p.444. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE.
79 2016 Ornithology Perlo B van 
79 2016 Ornithology Perlo B van 
= According to the title-page this guide was intended to be published in 1991 by Collins, London. This title not found, but in 1995 Collins published Birds of Eastern Africa. Collins Checklist illustrated by the artist. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
79 2017 Ornithology Susemihl J C and E 
79 2017 Ornithology Susemihl J C and E 
79 2017 Ornithology Susemihl J C and E 
- Partly foxed/ sl. yellowed and w. duststained margins.
= WITH textp.1-116 of the work. Nissen, IVB 906.
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
79 2018 Ornithology Wright M W and F von 
- Inner margin of several lvs. strengthened w. tape. Bindings sl. rubbed at edges; backstrip trifle stained. Good/ fine set.
= Nissen, IVB 1026; Bradley Martin 240; Anker 544: "(...) the work contains figures of the majority of the birds found in Sweden, such forms as rarely appear, or have only appeared a few times in that country, not being represented." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
79 2019 Ornithology Zinanni G 
79 2019 Ornithology Zinanni G 
79 2019 Ornithology Zinanni G 
- Upper pastedown/ frontisp./ title w. owner's entry/ annots.; final 2 plates and endpapers trifle wormholed (not affecting image). Binding stained and sl. wormholed.
= Nissen, IVB 1031; Anker 161. From the library of antique dealer Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958), with his bookplate on upper pastedown. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
79 2020 Paets van Trooswyk A and Krayenhoff C R T 
79 2020 Paets van Trooswyk A and Krayenhoff C R T 
79 2020 Paets van Trooswyk A and Krayenhoff C R T 
- Stamp on title. Binding sl. worn; top of spine sm. dam. Very good copy w. ample margins.
= Bierens de Haan 3690; BMN I, p.192; Poggendorff II, p.1139; Bakken p.94/95 ("Deals both with atmospheric electricity and with medical electricity"); Wheeler Gift 551: "This work, written in 1786, is an inquiry into the nature of lightning, St. Elmo's fire, rain and fogs. The influence of electricity on vegitation is considered; also theory and application of electricity as used for medical purposes. Van Troostwijk was, according to Ostwald, the first to decompose with certainty a chemical compound electrically, in 1789." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
79 2021 Palaeontology and geology Wegener A 
- Old newspaper clipping tipped to upper pastedown.
79 2022 Pharmacy Cartheuser J F 
- Owner's entry/ annots. on first free endpaper and title-p.; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. worn at backstrip and edges.
= Rare edition, no copy traced on the market. In this work, the German physician J.F. Cartheuser (1704-1777) discusses the preparation (e.g. distillation of spirits and oils), nature, modus operandi and medical use of pharmacy medicines.
79/2023 The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from Their Commencement in 1665 to the Year 1800 Abridged ed C Hutton a o 
79/2023 The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from Their Commencement in 1665 to the Year 1800 Abridged ed C Hutton a o 
79/2023 The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from Their Commencement in 1665 to the Year 1800 Abridged ed C Hutton a o 
79/2023 The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from Their Commencement in 1665 to the Year 1800 Abridged ed C Hutton a o 
79/2023 The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from Their Commencement in 1665 to the Year 1800 Abridged ed C Hutton a o 
- Without vol. 18 (14 plates). Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed; owner's entry on title-pages; unopened lvs. Good, untrimmed set.
= Scarce, almost complete copy of this celebrated scientific journal with important contributions i.a. by A. van Leeuwenhoek, C. Huygens, I. Newton, R. Boyle, J. Flamsteed and G. Fahrenheit.
79 2024 Redi F 
79 2024 Redi F 
- First part of first work lacks 1 plate and 2nd work lacks 1 plate; first part 3 plates soiled/ dam., partly repaired; all parts waterstained throughout; upper pastedown loose; upper hinge split. Binding soiled; 3.5 cm cut on vellum frontcover.
= Ad 1: Written by the Italian scientist Francesco Redi (1626-1697), here in Latin translation. The first part describing various exotic animals and plants, illustrated with interesting plates, showing i.a. the "Coccus Maldivensis", an iguana and an armadillo. The last two parts deal with the extensive research Redi did into snake venom. "The first methodical work on snake-poison. Redi demonstrated for the first time that, for the poison to produce its effect, it must be injected under the skin." (Garrison/ Morton on the Italian edition of 1664). Nissen, ZBI 3322; DSB XI, p.341f; Wellcome IV, p.488; BMN II, p.217; Rahir 3269; cf. Garrison/ Morton 2102. Ad 2: The second work is an early monograph on the Albatros. Wellcome III, p.426; not in Nissen, IVB.
79 2025 Schlegel H 
- Occas. trifle foxed; owner's stamp on htitle. = Nissen, IVB 830; Anker 445; Zimmer p.556 (note).
Idem. Natuurlijke historie van Nederland. Visschen. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1862, XII,XII,211p., 21 lithogr. plates, sl. later giltlettered hcalf.
= Nissen, ZBI 3686 and IVB 828.
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79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
- (Sl.) affected by water, esp. title-p., first/ final plate and portfolio; stamp ("Directie der Marine te Willemsoord") on each plate and portfolio; margins of most plates sl. frayed (some repaired w. tape).
= Rare. Atlas w. scale models accomp. an (absent) course textbook on marine steam engines. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
79 2027 Ships and shipbuilding Watts I a o 
79 2027 Ships and shipbuilding Watts I a o 
79 2027 Ships and shipbuilding Watts I a o 
- Plates occas. sl. foxed. Wrs. of some vols. sl. frayed; joints splitting; 4x wrs. (almost) loose and w. tear (1x w. loss of large portion of backwr.). Otherwise a good set.
= Published in 30 instalments; title-p. of part 30 dated 1866. On the (hydro)mechanics of shipbuilding w. plates showing models/ profiles of ships and ship engines.
79 2028 Spillmann W ed 
79 2028 Spillmann W ed 
79 2028 Spillmann W ed 
79 2029 Trade catalogues Ernst Heinkel 
79 2029 Trade catalogues Ernst Heinkel 
- Backcover a few sm. stains. Otherwise a good/ fine copy. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
79 2030 Trade catalogues Société des Lunetiers 
- Sl. foxed, otherwise contents fine. Lacks cloth frontcover; frontwr. sl. fingersoiled.
= Richly illustrated trade-catalogue covering an impressive array of products somehow related to the core business of the firm Société des Lunetiers, incl. instruments that opticians would have needed for repairs of spectacles, miscroscopes, lenses, binoculars, cameras, stereoscopes, pantoscopes, barometers and other meteorological measuring instruments, metronomes, "dendrometres" (for measuring the height of trees and buildings), theodolytes etc. etc. Société des Lunetiers was founded in 1849 by a number of instrumentmakers who wanted to bundle their skills in order to improve their products. The society still exists but was renamed Essilor.
79 2031 Trade catalogues Victor Bernier 
- Titile-p. sl. frayed, textleaf and first 2 plates sm. tear in outer margin. A few sm. tears in backwr. and backstrip.
= Rare trade-catalogue for fireplace fronts.
79 2032 Tyndall J 
- Partly sl. foxed. Upper joint of frontwr. splitting at lower half.
= The rare first French edition of John Tyndall's Sound (first publ. London, 1867). Cf. DSB XII, p.521 /4
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
- Eight lvs. (incl. 5 plates) yellowed/ browned; 3 lvs. (incl. 2 plates) waterst.; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. wormholed (including the upper pastedown); backcover w. dam. spot.
= Nissen, ZBI 77. Work on the biology, etymology and cultural history of many Old and New World animals. Contains many large woodcuts, the first part depicting wild (i.a. a leopard, monkeys, the hippopotamus), semi-wild (rodents, the fox) and domesticated viviparous animals (dogs, cats), the second part depicting oviparous animals according to the property of their "surface" ("skin-like" amphibians and "bark-like" reptiles). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
79 2034 Zoology Baker H 
79 2034 Zoology Baker H 
- Title-p. and 2 plates trifle stained; contents otherwise fine. Binding sl. worn/ dam.; joints split.
= "In 1742 there was considerable interest among fellows of the Royal Society in the freshwater polyp (Hydra viridis) as a result of the recent discovery and description of this animal by Abraham Trembley [this work also in our auction], and with Martin Folkes Baker carried out experiments on this animalcule which he published in 1743 under the title An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype." (DSB I, p.411). Nissen, ZBI 200.