1607 - 1747 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
76 1687 M artin B 
- Lacks 4 plates and the 2 tables; title-p. sl. yellowed and (water)stained.
= The plates include a map of the moon, a worldmap and plates depicting animals and various physical apparatus. On Benjamin Martin (1704-1782) see DSB IV, p.141 and 142.
AND vol. 2 only of J. LE FRANCQ VAN BERKHEY, Natuurlyke Historie van Holland (Amst., 1771, fold. engr. plates, contemp. hcalf).
76 1688 Martinet J F 
76 1688 Martinet J F 
- Without the portrait of the author; partly (water)stained and fingersoiled. Bindings w. minor imperfections.
= B. Paasman, J.F. Martinet, p.45-65 and p.100; cf. Bierens de Haan 3061. "Uit dit werk, dat zich tot de grote groep geïnteresseerde leken richtte, kan men de 18e-eeuwse opvattingen leren kennen, niet alleen op het gebied van de biologie, maar ook op dat van de astrologie, geologie, fysica, meteorologie en ook filosofie, theologie en psychologie. Men vindt er vele gegevens over de zeden en gewoonten van de 18e-eeuwer, alsmede over het leven van de auteur zelf. Het bevat tientallen verwijzingen naar bekende tijdgenoten en naar plaatsen en landstreken uit de Republiek, vooral naar Zutphen en omgeving, en naar andere gebieden waar Martinet gewoond heeft, zoals Edam en wijde omgeving en de Meijereij van Den Bosch." (Paasman p.47).
Vries, J. de. Natuurkundige en ophelderende aanmerkingen over het derde en vierde deel van J.F. Martinet's Katechismus der Natuur. Amst., J. van Selm, 1779, 2 (of 4) parts in 1 vol., bound (almost) unif. with the preceding.
- Part 3 and 4 only.
76 1689 Mathematics Bartjens W 
- Trifle yellowed. Boards wrinkled and sl. worn.
= BNK 428. Other eds.: Muller 1042-1045; De Vries 486-488; Waller 202-203; The Children's World of Learning 2178-2185.
76 1690 Mathematics Dedekind R 
- Both vols. w. owner's entry in pen and ink on htitle. First vol. wr. sl. frayed; 2nd vol. wr. dam. (detached) and strengthened w. tape along outer margins.
= Second editions of Dedekind's important works on set theory. His epochal 1872 publication, Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen, gave the first rigorous definition of the system of real numbers, laying the foundation for much of modern day real analysis and point-set topology. Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen, his follow-up work, elaborates on his attempts "to derive a purely logical foundation for arithmetic, and devised a number of axioms that formally and exactly represented the logical concept of whole numbers" (DSB). Extremely rare. Poggendorf I, p.534; DSB IV, p.1-5.
76 1691 Mathematics Gelder J de 
76 1691 Mathematics Gelder J de 
- Yellowed; occas. foxed/ dampstained; plate 6 w. few inkstains. Covers sl. worn; joints reinforced w. paper.
= Bierens de Haan 1558; cf. Poggendorff I, p.870, listing other works by De Gelder.
Guyot, E.G. Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques, contenant ce qui a été imaginé de plus précieux dans ce genre et qui se découvre journellement. Paris, La librairie, 1799-1800, new ed., 2 (of 3) vols., 80 plates, contemp. unif. boards.
- Not collated. Vol.1 p.167-170 loose; vol.2 a few lvs. sl. waterst. in upper inner margin.
= Cf. Caillet 4900; Wheeler Gift 426; Honeyman Sale 1584; Bierens de Haan 1032; Van der Linde 1032.
76 1692 Mathematics Morgenster J 
- Occas. sl. waterst. Needs rebinding.
= Bierens de Haan 2516 and 3364. With a large chapter "van 't kaarte maken".
76 1693 Mattioli P A 
76 1693 Mattioli P A 
76 1693 Mattioli P A 
- Partly yellowed/ (water)stained and foxed (first and final lvs. incl. title-p. worse); title-p. restored in margin.
= Cf. Nissen, BBI 1304; Pritzel 5987 (both listing the ed. Venice, Valgrisi, 1555); Arber p.92ff: "One of the chief commentators and herbalists of the later renaissance (...)". Attractively illustrated work, containing mostly botanical illustrations, as well as illustrations of fish, mammals, shells, insects etc. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
76 1694 Maury M F 
76 1694 Maury M F 
- Sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed.
= Horblit/ Grolier 71: First edition of "the first major textbook of modern oceanography"; Sabin 46969; Honeyman 2184 (all listing the first ed. 1855, New York).
76 1695 Mavor W 
76 1695 Mavor W 
76 1695 Mavor W 
- First free endpaper loosening. Spine sl. rubbed. Good copy.
= With 6 additional plates (binder's index mentions 46).
AND 9 odd vols. on botany, zoology and ornithology, all in French language, (fold.) engr. plates, i.a. by BUFFON and N.A. PLUCHE.
76 1696 Medicine De la Marche M du Tertre
- Crossed out owner's entry on title-p.; occas. sl. foxed/ fingersoiled; some marks and annots. in margins. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Fasbender, Geschichte der Geburtshülfe, p.177f and passim; Garrison/ Morton 6145; Bibl. Walleriana 5521.
76 1697 Medicine Diderot D and d'Alembert J 
= Instalment from the first edition of the Encyclopédie.
WITH 8 suppl. surgical plates and 3 suppl. plates concerning hermaphrodites (1x dam.).
76 1698 Medicine Dodonaeus R 
- Occas. sl. waterstained (incl. title-p.); library stamp and crossed-out owner's entry on title-p.; trimmed short w. sl. loss of page numbers and occas. running title. Covers worn; corners and spine-ends dam.
= Krivatsy 3299; Bibl. Walleriana 2501.
76 1699 Medicine Gardin L du 
- Sm. annot. on first free endpaper and title-p.; sl. browned/ (water)stained; final few lvs. and lower pastedown sl. mouldy/ dam., without loss of text. Vellum severely soiled; lacks ties.
= Very rare.
76 1700 Medicine Guybert P 
76 1700 Medicine Guybert P 
- Contemp. annot. on upper pastedown; sl. frayed and occas. sl. (finger)soiled; paper over lower pastedown; partly vaguely waterstained in upper blank margin/ lower outer blank corner, final work sl. worse. Remnants of paper letterpiece on frontcover; binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Cf. Wellcome Library III, p.177 (French ed.). Rare.
76 1701 Medicine Kolff W J 
- Sl. foxed. Frontwrapper loose(ning).
= First trade edition of the rare and highly important thesis by the inventor of the artificial kidney.
AND 1 other by the same: Kunstmatige organen vandaag en morgen (Haarlem, 1976, ills., orig. wr. Haarlemse voordrachten XXXVI).
76/1702 Medicine Onfeilbaare hulpmiddelen tegen de jicht en heilzaame voorschriften ter voorkominge van dezelve alles binnen het bereik van den burger door verscheidene voorname Nederlandsche ge
- Sm. hole in first 3 lvs.; upper hinge broken; first 14 lvs. waterstained in (blank) margins; bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints starting.
= Rare. Two editions in NCC.
76 1703 Medicine Stephenson D 
76 1703 Medicine Stephenson D 
76 1703 Medicine Stephenson D 
- Binding worn w. some dam. spots along edges; joints starting.
= First edition of this very rare work in which Stephenson considers that the law of "Attraction of Matter" governs human or animal systems, just as it explains the physical world. Stephenson writes that good health comes from nature's basics of "Aliment, Water, Air, Elementary Fire, Motion and the Passions" and he designed a number of machines to duplicate the efficacious effects of these natural elements on the human body. With two initial leaves containing advertisements for other apparatuses designed by Stephenson and an imprimatur.
76 1704 Meteorology Buisman J 
- All fine.
76 1705 Meteorology Claridge J and Mills J 
- Fold. plate sl. foxed. Binding sl. worn along extremities; upper joint splitting.
= Ad 1: Bierens de Haan 856. Ad 2: Bierens de Haan 1640.
76 1706 Microscopy Baker H 
76 1706 Microscopy Baker H 
- A few scattered libr. stamps on first free endpaper and title. Paper over covers partly worn off; top of spine chipped.
= Poggendorff I, p.91; Bierens de Haan 2162; Nissen ZBI, 202; DSB I, p.410ff: "(...) he is especially noted for his popularization of the use of the microscope and for his contribution to the study of chrystals. (...) The first edition of The microscope made easy appeared in 1742; it ran to five editions in Baker's lifetime and was translated into several foreign languages. (...) Henry Baker was in many respects a typical natural philosopher of the eighteenth century. His interest ranged widely, and his skills were equally various: he was by no means dedicated to one branch of study, nor did he do research in modern sense. Yet he deserved the title "a philosopher in little things"; and he had the rare gift of communicating his knowledge of, and above all his enthusiasm for, the microscope to others. (...) He regarded the microscope with reverence, as a means to the deeper appreciation of the wonders of God's world."