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Page 713 of 1858 Results 14241 - 14260 of 37146
78 2152 Cuvier G ed 78 2152 Cuvier G ed
78/2152 Cuvier, G. (ed.). Rapport historique sur le progrès des sciences naturelles depuis 1789, et sur leur état actuel (...). Paris, L'Imprimerie Impériale, 1810, 1st ed., XVI,392,(1)p., later hcl.

- Lower corner waterstained throughout (occas. touching text); sl. foxed. Binding worn.

= First edition of the work describing the development of natural science under the Directorat, especially under Napoleon.

€ (70-90)
78 2153 Darwin C 78 2153 Darwin C
78 2153 Darwin C 78 2153 Darwin C
78/2153 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.).

€ (100-150) 110
78 2154 Desarces H 78 2154 Desarces H
78 2154 Desarces H 78 2154 Desarces H
78 2154 Desarces H 78 2154 Desarces H
78 2154 Desarces H 78 2154 Desarces H
78/2154 Desarces, H. Encyclopédie pratique de mécanique et d'électricité. Paris, A. Quillet, 1933, 3 vols., (8),624,(1); (4),683,(1); (4),586,(1)p., num. (col.) (lithogr.) (multi-layered) plates, ills., orig. unif. blindst. hmor., 4to.

- Fine copies. = Contains several spectacular multi-layered plates of cars, trains, engines etc.

€ (80-100)
78 2155 Deutsche Tierrassen 78 2155 Deutsche Tierrassen
78 2155 Deutsche Tierrassen 78 2155 Deutsche Tierrassen
78/2155 Deutsche Tierrassen. Berlin, Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, 1912, (6),93,(2)p., 106 mounted photographs on 53 lvs., orig. gilt and blindst. cl., sm. folio.

= Showing i.a. horses, cows, sheep and pigs.

Floericke, K. Vogelbuch. Gemeinverständliche Naturgeschichte der mitteleuropäischen Vogelwelt. Stuttg./Wiesbaden, Franckh, 1922, 2nd ed., 496p., portr., 54 col. lithogr. plates, ills., orig. clothbacked dec. boards, 4to. - AND 5 others in 7 vols., i.a. C. HENNICKE, Die Raubvögel Mitteleuropas (Halle, n.d., 61 (col.) lithogr. plates loose in rear pocket, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

€ (70-90) 170
78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2156 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78/2156 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.

€ (600-800) 650
78 2157 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2157 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78/2157 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Histoire naturelle. Suite du regne animal. Regne végétal. Section from the folio edition of the Encyclopédie, ±1770, 18,3p., 54 (2x fold.) engr. plates numb. "LI"-"CIV", modern antique style full gilt leather, folio.

- A few plates w. restorations (1x w. sl. loss of image).

= Plates showing i.a. fish, butterflies, shells, spiders, plants and minerals. Incl. 2 large fold. plates of a louse in close-up.

€ (100-150) 100
78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J 78 2158 Diderot D and d'Alembert J
78/2158 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 loosely 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".

€ (400-600)
78/2159 Dogs Le Chien Description des races croisements élevage dressage maladies et leur traitement D'après les ouvrages les plus récents de Stonehenge Youatt Mayhew Bouley Hamilton Smit78/2159 Dogs Le Chien Description des races croisements élevage dressage maladies et leur traitement D'après les ouvrages les plus récents de Stonehenge Youatt Mayhew Bouley Hamilton Smit
78/2159 [Dogs]. Le Chien. Description des races, croisements, élevage, dressage, maladies et leur traitement. D'après les ouvrages les plus récents de Stonehenge, Youatt, Mayhew, Bouley, Hamilton Smith etc. Paris, J. Rothschild, n.d., 2nd ed., 365,(19 publ. cat.)p., 126 (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. gilt and dec. cl., sm. 8vo.

- Trifle foxed. Spine-ends worn/ sl. dam.; corners showing. = Thiébaud p.201; Souhart p.626.

AND 3 others, incl. 2 duplicates and P. MÉGNIN, Le Chien. Histoire, hygiène, médecine (ibid., 1883, 2nd ed., 73 woodengr. ills., contemp. treecalf w. gilt spine, large 8vo).

€ (50-70) 180
78 2160 Duhem P 78 2160 Duhem P
78/2160 Duhem, P. Les origines de la statique. Paris, A. Hermann, 1905/ 1906, 1st ed., 2 vols., (4),358,(2); VIII,364p., contemp. unif. cl. w. mor. letterpiece, large 8vo.

- Spines sl. sunned.

= Pierre Duhem is regarded as having created the field of the history of medieval science. During his research into the origins of statics he encountered medieval scientists, such as Nicole Oresme, whom he consequently regarded as the founders of modern science in opposition to the tendency of the time to regard the Medieval times as dark and unfruitful. DSB IV, p. 225-233: "Duhem was that rare, not to say unique, scientist whose contributions to the philosophy of science, the historiography of science, and science itself (in thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, elasticity, and physical chemistry) were of profound importance on a fully professional level in all three disciplines."

€ (50-70) 50
78 2161 Einstein A 78 2161 Einstein A
78 2161 Einstein A 78 2161 Einstein A
78 2161 Einstein A 78 2161 Einstein A
78 2161 Einstein A 78 2161 Einstein A
78/2161 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.

€ (500-700)
78 2162 Einstein A 78 2162 Einstein A
78 2162 Einstein A 78 2162 Einstein A
78 2162 Einstein A 78 2162 Einstein A
78/2162 Einstein, A. The Collected Papers. Vol. 1-9. Ed. J. Stachel a.o. Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1987-2004, 9 parts in 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.

€ (250-350)
78 2163 Einstein A 78 2163 Einstein A
78 2163 Einstein A 78 2163 Einstein A
78 2163 Einstein A 78 2163 Einstein A
78 2163 Einstein A 78 2163 Einstein A
78/2163 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 Strahlung 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.

€ (400-600) 400
78 2164 Einstein A 78 2164 Einstein A
78/2164 Einstein, A. Vier Vorlesungen über Relativitätstheorie gehalten im Mai an der Universität Princeton. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg & Sohn, 1922, 1st ed., (4),70,(2 advert.)p., 4 ills., orig. wr.

- Owner's stamp of A.W.H. van Herk on title-p. and frontcover; owner's entry of "H. Dulfer" in pen and ink on title-p.; covers sl. browned and w. sm. tear; backstrip restored.

= First edition. Weil 124; Norman 697.

€ (70-90) 90
78 2165 Electricity Maxwell J C 78 2165 Electricity Maxwell J C
78 2165 Electricity Maxwell J C 78 2165 Electricity Maxwell J C
78/2165 [Electricity]. Maxwell, J.C. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1881, 2 vols., 2nd ed., XXXI,(1),464; XXIII,(1),456p., 21 lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., diagrams etc., contemp. unif. calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces.

- Ex library copy w. (cancellation) stamps throughout; lacking the advert. pages. Both vols. upper cover almost loose (both holding on 1 cord); both vols. w. sm. paper ticket at foot of spine; 1 vol. top of spine loose; both vols. calf sl. chafed.

= Cf. Norman Library 1466; Poggendorff III, p.889; DSB IX, p.198ff.

€ (150-250) 150
78/2166 Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften met Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen Mechanik IV I IV 4 Ed F Klein and C Müller 78/2166 Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften met Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen Mechanik IV I IV 4 Ed F Klein and C Müller
78/2166 Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften met Einschluss ihrer Anwendungen. Mechanik IV.I-IV.4. Ed. F. Klein and C. Müller. Leipsic, B.G. Teubner, 1904-1935, 4 vols., woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf.

- Backstrips sunned; extremities sl. worn.

€ (50-70) 50
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U 78 2167 Entomology Aldrovandi U
78/2167 [Entomology]. Aldrovandi, U. De animalibus insectis libri septem cum singulorum iconibus ad vivum expressis. Bologna, C. Ferronius, 1638, 2nd ed., (8),767,(44)p., engr. frontisp. by A. SALMINCIUS, woodcut printer's mark, 8 (7x ident.) headpieces, initials, num. ills., contemp. calf, gilt spine w. brown mor. letterpiece, folio.

- First ±80 (incl. frontisp.) and last 20 lvs. sl. waterst./ partly sl. wormholed in (blank) margin(s); 4 lvs. stained; owner's entry on 2nd blank. Spine-ends/ corners professionally restored. Good copy.

= Nissen, ZBI 66; Hagen p.7; cf. Horn & Schenkling 126. The woodcuts show various types of insects, beehives and ants' nests, starfish and a seahorse. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1700
78 2168 Entomology Barbut J 78 2168 Entomology Barbut J
78 2168 Entomology Barbut J 78 2168 Entomology Barbut J
78 2168 Entomology Barbut J 78 2168 Entomology Barbut J
78 2168 Entomology Barbut J 78 2168 Entomology Barbut J
78 2168 Entomology Barbut J 78 2168 Entomology Barbut J
78/2168 [Entomology]. Barbut, J. Les genres des insectes de Linné; constatés par divers échantillons d'insectes d'Angleterre, copiés d'après nature. London, J. Dixwell, 1781, (4),XVII,(3),371,(21) textp. in 2 columns w. parallel English and French text, engr. frontisp. and 22 (fold.) plates by J. NEWTON after J. BARBUT, 20 of which in very fine contemp. handcolouring, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- 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. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.

€ (500-700)
78 2169 Entomology Blankaart S 78 2169 Entomology Blankaart S
78 2169 Entomology Blankaart S 78 2169 Entomology Blankaart S
78 2169 Entomology Blankaart S 78 2169 Entomology Blankaart S
78/2169 [Entomology]. Blankaart, S. Schou-burg der rupsen, wormen, ma'den, en vliegende dierkens daar uit voortkomende. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1688, 1st ed., (6),232[= 230],(2)p., engr. frontisp., 22 plates (2x fold.), modern vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Sl. waterstained in upper (blank) margin throughout. Rebound w. new endpapers.

= Nissen, ZBI 407; Hagen p.56; Horn & Schenkling 1610.

€ (200-300) 325
78 2170 Entomology Bonnet C 78 2170 Entomology Bonnet C
78 2170 Entomology Bonnet C 78 2170 Entomology Bonnet C
78/2170 [Entomology]. Bonnet, C. Traité d'insectologie; ou observations sur les pucerons/ quelques especes de vers d'eau douce, Qui coupés par morceaux, deviennent autant d'Animaux complets. Paris, Durand, 1745, 1st ed., 2 vols., (4),XXXII,(6),228; (12),232p., 8 fold. engr. plates by HAUSSARD, 2 fold. tables, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- 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.

€ (200-300)
78 2171 Entomology Calwer C G 78 2171 Entomology Calwer C G
78 2171 Entomology Calwer C G 78 2171 Entomology Calwer C G
78 2171 Entomology Calwer C G 78 2171 Entomology Calwer C G
78/2171 [Entomology]. Calwer, C.G. Käferbuch. Einführung in die Kenntnis der Käfer Europas. Ed. C. Schaufuss. Stuttg., E. Schweizerbart, 1916, 6th ed., 2 vols., (6),709; (7),710-1390,(2 advert.)p., 48 col. lithogr. plates, 3 monochr. lithogr. plates, 1 fold. table, 254 textills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor., 4to.

- Both vols. occas. sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Sl. worn at edges; vol. 2 upper joint starting.

= Nissen, ZBI 790.

Everts, E. Coleoptera Neerlandica. De schildvleugelige insecten van Nederland en het aangrenzend gebied. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1898-1903, 2 (of 3) vols., (2),VIII,676,(1); IV,796,(2)p., 8 woodengr. plates w. accomp. descriptions, 124 textills., contemp. not unif. gilt cl., 4to. - BOUND BEFORE: Idem. De schildvleugelige insecten (Coleoptera). Lichaamsbouw, ontwikkeling en verblijf. Ibid., idem, 1903, (6),138,(1)p., 6 woodengr. plates w. accomp. descriptions.

- Lacks vol. 3. Both vols. hinges weak/ broken; occas. sl. foxed. Vol. 2 sl. discoloured.

€ (50-70) 50
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