- Hinges weak. Otherwise fine.
= With the bookplate of J.G. van Marle on first free endpaper.
AND 1 other by the same: Eerste aflevering der systematische beschrijving der voor ons meest belangrijke voortbrengselen uit de drie rijken der natuur (ibid., 1822, (1 vol. (of 6), letterpress fold. table, later cl. Partly darkened; owner's stamp on title).
- Some sl. occas. thumbing/ soiling.
= Van Ortroy (Apian) 83; Alden, European Americana 533/2; Harisse 150; Church 60b. Often reprinted abridged edition of Apianus' Cosmographicus liber (1524), one of the most important and popular 16th cent. works on cosmography. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Manuscript index on final blanks; a few scattered owner's entries; lower hinge strengthened w. sellotape. Joints split but holding on cords.
= Horn & Schenkling 24185; British Bee Books 119: "[Wildman's] treatise shows culture and an unusual knowledge of continental beekeeping". With the engr. armorial bookplate of Henry William Aytoun(?) on upper pastedown (reading "virtute orta occidunt rarius" and "Aytoun of Inchdarnie").
- Contemp. owner's entry in pen and ink on title-p. of plate vols.; contents w. minor defects. Bindings (sl.) rubbed; a few corners showing. All in all, a very good to fine series.
- Contemp. owner's entry verso title: "Je suis a Adrien Joseph Bonnvie [partially crossed out] Arpenteur Gen:al des biens et Domaines de S:A: Mgr le Duc d'Aremberg la demeurant a Enghien (..) 1730". Binding heavily worn along extremities.
= Classic treatise on perspective drawing for architecture and military plans and for mapmaking. Contains information on materials, colours, pigments, crayons and instruments. Fowler 71.
- Sl. mouldy throughout; several plates margins restored.
= Cf. Fowler 101 and Millard 60 (1st ed. of the same year with 126 plates). "The book would become the standard work on stereotomy throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It achieved two new editions in 1743 and 1755, and was listed in the inventories of many eighteenth-century French collections of architectural books." (Millard).
- Contents loose. Lacks backstrip.
- Waterstained; fingersoiled and sl. yellowed; title-p. and 1st lvs. lower corner chipped. Vellum darkened/ soiled.
= Rare extra illustrated copy, containing more plates than most copies we could trace. Not in Fowler. Comprises i.a. "Beschrijvinge van de vijf colommen, uyt Palladio" and "beschrijvingen van de vijf colommen, uyt Vinjola".
- Mediocre copy: lacks one plate; title-p. heavily stained/ soiled; many plates w. closed tears, restorations etc.; waterst. and dustsoiled. Sold w.a.f.
= Collation conform several copies traced by us (i.a. sold in our rooms), page 4 ending with "Hier na volgd het Tweede Deel" and a custode not matching the first word of the following page. K. Ottenheym, Philips Vingboons (1607-1678) p.153 passim and p.180.
- Without the second vol. (publ. 1781). A few lvs. at the end misbound; some lvs. sl. (dust)soiled; a good, untrimmed copy.
= BNK 509; Bierens de Haan 5606f (1st ed.). Based upon the works of J.L. Rost.
- Sl. foxed and yellowed/ browned; sm. stamp on htitle. Paper over board partly worn off.
= Houzeau/ Lancaster 8940; PMM 252; Bibliotheca Mechanica p.196f; Poggendorff I, p.1375f; DSB XV, p.273ff. "The two-volume work consists of five books. Book I begins with what any attentive observer may see if he will open his eyes to the spectacle of the heavens on a clear night with a view of the whole horizon. Book II (...) sets out the 'real' motions of planets, satellites, and comets and gives the dimensions of the solar system. Book III is a verbal précis of the laws of motion as understood in eighteenth-century rational mechanics, with special reference to astronomy and hydrostatics. In Book IV, Laplace in effect summarized his own work in gravitational mechanics. (...) Only Book V contains material that Laplace had not written up in technical form or presupposed. It gives an overview of the history of astronomy and concludes with the speculation since called the nebular hypothesis and another on the nature of the universe in outer space". (DSB XV, p.343).
= With 2 typescript leaves SIGNED by J.J. Pot serving as manual and w. suggestions for improvements and inviting interested people to come up with improvements. The model was intended as "leermiddel, als aanschouwelijke voorstelling waar de planeten zich op een bepaald ogenblik bevinden en hoe snel of langzaam zij bewegen" (as an educational tool intended to provide a graphically comprehensible model showing where the planets of solar system are located at a certain point in time (future or past) and showing the relative pace at which they move). Apparently never published. The little that we know about J.J. Pot, shows that he was was born in 1908 and was a critical member of the Georgist international union (the movement that followed the ideas of Henry George: the belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value of land (including natural resources) should belong equally to all members of society). The "Planetoscoop" has obviously nothing to do with Georgism, but is the product of a man who was an independent thinker (see the interview with Pot on occasion of his 90th birthday on https://www.sdnl.nl/gv3k98-4.htm).
- Slightly faded and yellowed.
= Commemorating the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, accomplished by Charles Lindbergh in his small aeroplane on the 20th and 21st of May, 1927, winning him the Orteig prize of $25.000.
AND 2 others on Lindbergh: a copy of The Raleigh Times (13-06-1927) headlining "New York welcomes Lindy. City's millions pay tribute to boy hero" and a photogr. postcard (signed by Lindbergh in the print).
- Contents loose; plates fine. Covers sl. stained and browned; corners and spine-ends sl. worn.
= Nice and early volvelle plates of a Zeppelin and a Farman aeroplane.
- Ex library copy w. num. stamps crossed out. = DSB I, p.505-506.
Bragg, W. An Introduction to Crystal Analysis. London, G. Bell and Sons, 1928, VII,168p., ills., orig. cl. - AND 2 others.
- Fine set.
= Isaac Beeckman (1588-1637), Dutch philosopher and scientist, student of Simon Stevin and friend of Rene Descartes.
- One plate w. sm. restored tear; one leaf portion torn off; one leaf w. large tear; a few textlvs. sl. frayed.
= Not in Nissen, ZBI. Based on the periodical Der Naturforscher (1774-1804), edited by J.E.I. Walch and J.C.D. Schreber. Cf. Nissen, ZBI 4709.
- Vol.2 a few lvs. browned; vol.3 first ±35 lvs. (sl.) wormholed in outer (blank) margin. Bindings w. some eroded spots; vol.1 and 3 leather worn off at upper corner front-/ backcover.
- Partly wormholed in inner blank margin. Lacks backwr. and backstrip. = Cf. Nissen, BBI 544.