79 1836 Botany Robinson W ed 
79 1836 Botany Robinson W ed 
79 1836 Botany Robinson W ed 
- Lacks 11 plates. Apart from some occas. foxing a fine set.
= Nissen, BBI 2251.
79 1837 Botany Sherard W ed 
79 1837 Botany Sherard W ed 
- Lacks p.131-134. Annot. on title-p. partly errased w. loss of editor's name; first and final lvs. sl. wormholed; hinges broken; a few lvs. loose(ning); partly browned; occas. sl. foxed/ stained. Vellum over covers renewed; sl. stained.
= In this very rare publication, the English botanist William Sherard (1659-1728) catalogues the plants in the Jardin du Roi (the royal gardens of Louis XIV) and the Leyden University botanical garden, studied by resp. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort and Paul Hermann, whose observations ultimately resulted in their principal works: Eléments de botanique (Paris, 1694) and Paradisus batavus (Leyden, 1698). Year of publication noted on title page as "MDCXIC", which STCN interprets as 1691. ODNB; Davy de Virville, Histoire de la Botanique en France (Paris, 1954), p.43.
79 1838 Botany Sowerby J E and Smith J E 
79 1838 Botany Sowerby J E and Smith J E 
79 1838 Botany Sowerby J E and Smith J E 
79 1838 Botany Sowerby J E and Smith J E 
- Text not collated, but apparently complete. All vols. occas. sl. foxed; 2 bookplates on upper pastedown; scattered library stamps; 1 vol. bookblock broken; 1 vol. two lvs. loose. Poor bindings: backstrips loosening (5 vols. lack backstrip); 5 vols. covers loose.
= Nissen, BBI 2225. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
ADDED: Idem. Supplement to English Botany. Vol. XIII. Ed. N.E. Brown. London, G. Belle & Sons, 1913, 3rd ed., VIII,(2),VIII,213,(1)p., 13 (handcol.) lithogr. plates, orig. gilt green cl., t.e.g.
- Fore-edge sl. foxed. = Cf. Nissen, BBI 2227.
79 1839 Botany Sowerby J E 
79 1839 Botany Sowerby J E 
79 1839 Botany Sowerby J E 
79 1839 Botany Sowerby J E 
79 1839 Botany Sowerby J E 
79 1839 Botany Sowerby J E 
- Occas. sl. foxed; spines sunned, and rubbed, mostly on joints; some joints starting to split.
= Nissen, BBI 2227. Good set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
79 1840 Botany Step E 
79 1840 Botany Step E 
79 1840 Botany Step E 
- A (very) fine set, in the orig. bindings.
= Nissen, BBI 1887. Nice plates of i.a. roses, orchids and tulips. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
79 1841 Botany Thomé O W 
79 1841 Botany Thomé O W 
79 1841 Botany Thomé O W 
- Fine set. = Nissen, BBI 1947.
79 1842 Botany Vilmorin P P A Lévèque de 
- Frontcovers w. stain in upper left corner; joints rubbed; spine-ends worn/ sl. dam.
79 1843 Botany Voorhelm G 
79 1843 Botany Voorhelm G 
79 1843 Botany Voorhelm G 
- Lacks, as usual/ always(?) in the second edition, leaf *3 (this was the dedication to Marco comte d'Odescalqui in the first edition and has been omitted in this edition). Three bookplates; tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown. A fine copy.
= Pritzel 9852; Nissen, BBI 2079N; Krelage p.586, 605, 608 and passim. On the author at length T.T. Mantel, ''Waardevol oud papier uit Haarlem''. In: Waardevol oud papier. Haarlem, 1996, p.215-228. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
79 1844 Botany Voorhelm G 
- Lacks, as usual/ always(?) in the second edition, leaf *3 (this was the dedication to Marco comte d'Odescalqui in the first edition and has been omitted in this edition). Fine copy.
= Pritzel 9852; Nissen, BBI 2079N; Krelage p.586, 605, 608 and passim. On the author at length T.T. Mantel, ''Waardevol oud papier uit Haarlem''. In: Waardevol oud papier. Haarlem, 1996, p.215-228. Ex libris Med. Dr. C. Rasch. With contemp. owner's entry on the title-p.: "Bibliotheca monasterii Sancti Martini Tornaci dedicavit R.D. Baclow supprior 1776". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
79 1845 Botany Vries H de 
79 1845 Botany Vries H de 
- Top of spine sl. worn/ dam.; spine sunned.
Idem. Zaaien en planten. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Wilink & Zoon, 1899, VI,(2),303p., orig. giltlettered publisher's cl. - AND 7 others by the same (incl. 2 duplicates), i.a. Soorten en varieteiten. Dutch transl. by P.G. Buekers (ibid., 1906, orig. (dam./ sunned) wr.) and Oorsprong en bevruchting der bloemen (ibid., 1904, blindstamped cl. Owner's entry on title).
79 1846 Botany Witte H 
79 1846 Botany Witte H 
- Textp. sl. foxed as usual (occas. affecting plates). Backstrip provisionally reattached; corners sl. worn.
= Nissen, BBI 2174; Pritzel 10366; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 213.
79 1847 Botany Raspail F V 
79 1847 Botany Raspail F V 
79 1847 Botany Raspail F V 
- Occas. sl. foxed. Upper joint starting at foot of spine; sl. worn at extremities. Good copy.
= Rare. Pritzel 8362; not in Nissen.
79 1848 Brehm A E 
79 1848 Brehm A E 
79 1848 Brehm A E 
79 1848 Brehm A E 
- Vol. 2 title-p. w. sm. (restored) tear; vol. 3 sl. foxed. All vols. backstrip sl. faded; sl. worn along extremities.
= Bound for ÁRPÁD PLESCH ("Dr. P." on backstrips; his leather bookplate on upper pastedown of vol. 1; stamp on verso first free endpaper of all vols.).
79 1849 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 1849 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
- A few vols. sl. browned or waterst. in upper or lower margin; first vol. dedication in ink on upper pastedown; all vols. library stamp on titlepage. All spines sl. scuffed; paper on most boards chafed or sl. chafed.
= Nissen, ZBI 678. Vol. 1 (Theorie sur la terre); vols. 2-15 (Animaux); vols. 16-23 (Oiseaux, 8 vols. of 9); and vols. 32-37 (Supplément 1-6, 6 of 7).
79 1850 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 1850 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 1850 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 1850 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 1850 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
- First work lacks 5 plates. Occas. sl. foxed; 2 vols. (partly) waterst.; 1 plate loosening. Bindings sl. worn along extremities. A good/ fine set.
= Nissen, ZBI 678; Piveteau 150. Good copy of the first 15 vols. with 2 suppl. vols. (a complete set consists of 38 vols.). Originally published Paris 1749-1804, this Dutch edition with French text was enlarged by J.N.S. Allamand, and only 200 copies were published. The plates are engraved by J. DE SÈVE. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
79 1851 Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
- Vol. 1 lacks first quire; occas. sl. foxed; for the greater part unopened; a few plates loosely inserted; a few small wormholes in lower margin at end of vol. 8.
= Histoire naturelle vols. 1, 2 (Natural history), 4-6, 8, 11-15 (Mammals) and Supplement vols. 1-4.
AND 4 others by the same: Histoire naturelle des minéraux (4 out of 5 vols.) publ. Dordr., A. Blussé et fils, 1798, WITHOUT the 8 fold. maps, bound unif. w. the above.
79/1852 Cars Citroën Catalogue des pièces détachées 2 CV et Camionnette 250k traction AV modèles 1949 à 1954 No 446 
79/1852 Cars Citroën Catalogue des pièces détachées 2 CV et Camionnette 250k traction AV modèles 1949 à 1954 No 446 
- Paper over boards sl. yellowed.
AND 1 other on the Wolseley 14/60 (series III).
79 1853 Chemistry Girardin J 
79 1853 Chemistry Girardin J 
- Two tables w. (sm.) tear in inner margin (1x repaired w. sellotape); sl. foxed throughout. Spine and boardedges rubbed/ worn.
79 1854 Chemistry 't Hoff J H van 
- Trifle foxed; bookblock sl. frayed.
= Partington, A History of Chemistry IV, p.656ff. Rare first edition of this groundbreaking work on physical chemistry. "Van 't Hoff's book on chemical dynamics deals with reaction velocity and thermodynamics, and the theory of affinity as based on free energy. In a review of the book in 1885, Arrhenius said that the author: 'succeeds with relatively scanty experimental material in developing an imposing and harmonious scheme for the whole subject of chemical influences and actions... an enormous perspective has been opened out for future investigation'." (Partington).
79 1855 Civil engineering Annales des Ponts et Chaussées 1ére Série 2e Série 
79 1855 Civil engineering Annales des Ponts et Chaussées 1ére Série 2e Série 
79 1855 Civil engineering Annales des Ponts et Chaussées 1ére Série 2e Série 
- Some sl. foxing; all plates w. folds.
= Plates to accompany Annales des Ponts et Chaussées. Mémoires et documents relatiefs à l'art des constructions et au service de l'ingénieur, lois, décrets, arrètés et autres actes concernant l'administration des ponts et chaussées, a periodical first issued in 1831. They mostly show bridges, canals, dikes, dams, locks and other water management/ hydraulic constructions, public roads, towpaths, sewers, wells and pits, water towers, lighthouses, ports, railways, diagrams on wave movements and other physical phenomena, and (hydraulic) machinery.