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75 2121 Bacon F 75 2121 Bacon F
75/2121 Bacon, F. The Works. London, Printed for J. Rivington etc., 1778, 5 vols., 5 identical engr. title ills., 4 engr. frontisp. plates/ potraits, 2 fold. tables, 19th cent. unif. calf w. richly gilt-tooled spine w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- A few sm. scattered stamps on prelim. lvs. All vols. corners showing and binding (sl.) worn/ bumped along extremities.

= Brunet I, 602.

€ (120-150) 275
75 2122 Barometers Bolle B 75 2122 Barometers Bolle B
75/2122 [Barometers]. Bolle, B. Barometers in beeld. Lochem, De Tijdstroom, 1983, 256p., 542 (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - ADDED: 2 others, i.a. J. ZEEMAN, De Nederlandse stoelklok (Assen/ Amst., 1978, num. ills., orig. wr. First 20p. and frontwr. creased in upper outer corner).
€ (30-50) 30
75 2123 Bernardin de Saint Pierre J H 75 2123 Bernardin de Saint Pierre J H
75/2123 Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, J.H. Études de la nature. Paris, Didot le jeune/ Mequignon l'aîné, 1791-1793, 8 vols., engr. frontisp., 1 fold. plate (of 4), 2 fold. contemp. drawings (pen and ink and grey wash), contemp. unif. hcalf w. mor. letter- and vol. piece, 12mo.

- Lacks 3 plates, 2 of which are replaced by contemp. handdrawn copies; sl. yellowed, foxed and fingersoiled. Bindings rubbed and sl. worn.

= Incl. the often lacking supplemental vols. 7 and 8 titled Voeux d'un Solitaire, pour servir de suite aux Études de la Nature.

€ (50-70) 50
75 2124 Bohr N 75 2124 Bohr N
75/2124 Bohr, N. Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature. Cambridge, C.U.P., 1934, 1st ed. in bookform,(8),119p., orig. giltlettered red cl.

- Spine sunned and w. sm. dam. spot at foot of spine. Otherwise fine.

= First published in 1934, this collection contains four articles and an introductory survey. Originally written for various journals during the 1920s, the articles concern themselves with the epistemological significance of discoveries in quantum physics. Although aimed at physicists, they are generally non-technical, with only one using some elementary mathematics.

€ (70-90) 90
75 2125 Bohr N 75 2125 Bohr N
75/2125 Bohr, N. Atomteori og naturbeskrivelse. 3 artikler med en indlidende oversigt. Copenhagen, Bianco Lunos, 1929, 1st ed., 76p., orig. wr.

= With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION "fra Forfatteren" [from the author] to linguist Louis Hjelmslev on title-p.

AND 2 others by the same: Om atomernes bygning (ibid., 1923, 1st ed., ills., orig. wr.) and The penetration of atomic particles through matter (ibid., 1948, 1st ed., ills., orig. wr.).

€ (200-300) 200
75 2126 Boltzmann L 75 2126 Boltzmann L
75/2126 Boltzmann, L. Vorlesungen über Gastheorie. Leipsic, J.A. Barth, 1910-1912, 2nd ed., 2 vols., VI,204; X,265,(1)p., orig. unif. cl.

- Both vols. owner's entry on first free endpaper. Vol. 2 portion of backstrip loosening.

€ (50-70) 50
75 2127 Books of Secrets Albertus Magnus 75 2127 Books of Secrets Albertus Magnus
75/2127 [Books of Secrets]. Albertus Magnus. De Secretis Mulierum item De Virtutibus Herbarum Lapidum et Animalium. Amst., J. Janssonius, 1662, 358,(12)p., engr. title, contemp. hcalf, 12mo.

- Bookplate (of Bob Luza) on upper pastedown. Spine sl. rubbed; top of spine chipped.

= Cf. Ferguson I, p.15; cf. Caillet 129.

€ (150-250) 150
75 2128 Botany Aengelen P van 75 2128 Botany Aengelen P van
75/2128 [Botany]. Aengelen, P. van. De verstandige hovenier, over de twaelf maenden van't jaer. Amst., M.W. Doornick, 1663, 5th ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),116,(4); 29,(3)p., engr. and woodcut title-vignette, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.

- (Contemp.) annots on endpapers; partly marginally waterst. Binding partly loosening; vellum soiled.

= Rare. Not in BMN and Nissen.

€ (200-300) 220
75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H 75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H 75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H 75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H 75 2129 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
75/2129 [Botany]. Bauhin, J. and Cherler, J.H. Historiae plantarum universalis. Ed. D. Chabraeus. Vol. 2 and 3. Yverdon, n.publ., 1650, 3 parts in 2 (of 3) vols., (10),1074,(12); (2),212; 866,(12)p., 2 engr. title-p., approx. 2800 woodcut ills., contemp. unif. calf, folio.

- Lacks first vol.; pagination erratic but complete; waterstained in margins throughout (also affecting text); libr. stamps on htitle, engr. titles and printed title; occas. wormholed in blank margin. Spines dam. (esp. at ends); corners worn. Sold w.a.f.

= Nissen, BBI 103; Pritzel 504; Hunt 251; Plesch II, 41.

€ (600-800)
75 2130 Botany Baxter W 75 2130 Botany Baxter W
75 2130 Botany Baxter W 75 2130 Botany Baxter W
75 2130 Botany Baxter W 75 2130 Botany Baxter W
75/2130 [Botany]. Baxter, W. British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Oxf., the author, 1834-1843, 6 vols., 509 handcol. engr. plates, sl. later (almost) unif. gilt hmor.

- Occas. foxed; all vols. bookplate on upper pastedown (and first free endpaper). Joints vol. 1 and 2 sl. rubbed; vols. 3-6 prob. bound sl. later than vols. 1 and 2, but in an almost identical binding.

= Nissen, BBI 107; Pritzel 524. Main work of William Baxter, curator of the Botanical Garden of Oxford. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.

€ (500-700) 850
75 2131 Botany Bois D 75 2131 Botany Bois D
75 2131 Botany Bois D 75 2131 Botany Bois D
75/2131 [Botany]. Bois, D. Atlas des plantes des jardins et d'appartements exotiques et Européennes. Paris, P. Klincksieck, 1896, 2 vols., text vol.: VI,(2),432p.; plate vol.: 8; 8 textp., 320 chromolithogr. plates, orig. unif. gilt hcalf, sm. 4to.

- A few plates trifle foxed. = Nissen, BBI 187. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.

€ (250-350) 600
75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature 75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature
75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature 75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature
75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature 75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature
75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature 75/2132 Botany Botanical Sketches of the Twenty Four Classes in the Linnaean System with Fifty Specimens of English Plants taken from Nature
75/2132 [Botany]. Botanical Sketches of the Twenty-Four Classes in the Linnaean System, with Fifty Specimens of English Plants, taken from Nature. London, J. Hathard and Son, 1825, XII,126,(2 advert)p., 50 contemp. handcol. engr. plates, modern hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- New endpapers.

€ (60-80) 110
75 2133 Botany Chaumeton F P Poiret J L and Chamberet J 75 2133 Botany Chaumeton F P Poiret J L and Chamberet J
75 2133 Botany Chaumeton F P Poiret J L and Chamberet J 75 2133 Botany Chaumeton F P Poiret J L and Chamberet J
75/2133 [Botany]. Chaumeton, F.P., Poiret, J.L. and Chamberet, J. Flore Médicale. Paris, Pancoucke, 1841-1845, 7 vols., 421 handcol. engr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf, 4to.

- Some foxing. Bindings w. some rubbed spots. Otherwise fine.

= Vol. 7 also separately published as Iconographie Végétale (...). Nissen, BBI 349. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.

€ (1.000-1.500)
75 2134 Botany Clusius C 75 2134 Botany Clusius C
75/2134 [Botany]. Clusius, C. Curae posteriores, seu Plurimarum non antè cognitarum, aut descriptarum stirpium, peregrinorumque aliquot animalium novae descriptiones: Quibus & omnia ipsius Opera, aliáque ab eo versa augentur, aut illustrantur. Accessit seorsim Everardi Vorstii, (...) de eiusdem Caroli Clusii Vita & Obitu Oratio, Aliorumque Epicedia. N.pl. (Leyden), In Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1611, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),134,(2); 39,(1)p., 2 sl. different woodcut printer's vignettes, 35 ills., contemp. vellum, 4to.

- Title-p. sl. browned; a few quires yellowed/ sl. browned; part of the "Synopsis Iconum et Descriptionum novarum" leaf lacking and replaced with 19th cent. manuscript section; first part outer blank margin of A1 waterstained and of A4 waterstained and restored; occas. sl. foxed; new endpapers. Later vellum backstrip.

= Nissen, BBI 368. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.

€ (800-1.000)
75 2135 Botany Curtis S and Hooker W J 75 2135 Botany Curtis S and Hooker W J
75 2135 Botany Curtis S and Hooker W J 75 2135 Botany Curtis S and Hooker W J
75 2135 Botany Curtis S and Hooker W J 75 2135 Botany Curtis S and Hooker W J
75/2135 [Botany]. Curtis, S. and Hooker, W.J. Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or Flower Garden Displayed (...). Vol. V and VI. London, S. Curtis, 1831/ 1832, 2 parts in 1 vol., no pagination, 167 (fold.) handcol. engr. plates w. accomp. explanation, contemp. calf w. gilt backstrip, large 8vo.

- Occas. trifle foxed, but generally fine; endpapers sl. browned. Rebound w. use of the orig. gilt mor. backstrip; covers sl. rubbed.

= Nissen, BBI p.228.

€ (500-700) 600
75 2136 Botany Curtis W 75 2136 Botany Curtis W
75 2136 Botany Curtis W 75 2136 Botany Curtis W
75 2136 Botany Curtis W 75 2136 Botany Curtis W
75/2136 [Botany]. Curtis, W. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed: in Which The most Ornamental Foreign Plants (...) are accurately represented in their natural colours. Vol. 1-12. London, S. Couchman for W. Curtis, 1787-1798, 12 parts in 6 vols., 432 handcol. (1 uncol.) engr. plates (1 fold.) w. accomp. text leaf, contemp. unif. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece (vol. 1-5)/ contemp. gilt polished treecalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces (vol. 6).

- Occas. trifle foxed. Vol. 1-5 cover sl. chafed; vol. 6 frontcover loose.

= Nissen BBI, 2350; Hunt 689; Pritzel 2007; Henrey 472. "The first and most important botanical magazine made up of 'figures' of plants and short descriptions" (Hunt). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.

€ (2.000-3.000) 2400
75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R 75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R
75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R 75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R
75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R 75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R
75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R 75 2137 Botany Dodonaeus R
75/2137 [Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Cruydt-boeck, volgens sijne laetste verbeteringe: Met Biivoegsels achter elck Capittel, uyt verscheyden Cruydtbeschrijvers: Item in 't laetste een Beschrijvinge vande Indiaensche Gewassen, meest getrocken wt de schriften van Carolus Clusius. Leyden, Inde Plantijnsche Druckerije van Françoys van Ravelingen, 1618, (32),1495,(57)p., engr. title by W. SWANENBURGH, over 1400 (contemp. (?) handcol.) woodcut textills., modern panelled artif. leather w. brass clasps, catches and cornerpieces, spine w. 5 raised bands folio.

- Professionally restored copy, i.a. title-p. doubled, htitle remargined; browned; partly waterstained, occas. touching text; new endpapers. A few (water?) stains on spine; brass needs polishing.

= Second Dutch ed. of this major herbal. Nissen, BBI 518; Pritzel 2345; Hunger sale 209; Bibl. Belg. D120; Simoni, Low Countries 1601-1621, D69.

€ (800-1.000) 1100
75 2138 Botany Dodonaeus R 75 2138 Botany Dodonaeus R
75/2138 [Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Florum, et coronarium odoratumque nonnullarum herbarum historia. Altera editio. Antw., C. Plantin, 1569, 2nd ed., 309,(7)[of 9]p., 109 full-p. woodcuts by A. NICOLAI and G. JANSSEN VAN KAMPEN after P. VAN DER BORCHT, woodcut printer's mark on title, modern antique style calf, sm. 8vo.

- Lacks final index leaf; some lvs. repaired w. paper; crossed-out owner's entry on title-p.; occas. sl. (water)stained.

= Nissen, BBI 514; Hunt I, 104; Bibl. Belg. D 114; Voet 1098. The second edition, the first published one year ealier. "The larger part of the illustrations of the 1568-edition have been used again, in all 103 woodcuts. Have not been retaken: the 4 illustrations figuring in the 1568-edition on pp.301, 302, 304, 306. The illustration on p.167 has been replaced by a new one. Have been added: the illustrations on pp.54, 112, 173, 185, 258. The illustration on p.165 has been re-arranged." (Voet). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.

€ (1.500-2.500)
75 2139 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L 75 2139 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
75/2139 [Botany]. Duhamel du Monceau, (H.L.). De l'Exploitation des Bois, ou Moyens de tirer un Parti avantageux des Taillis, Demi-Futaies et Hautes-Futaies, et d'en faire und juste Estimation: avec la Description des Arts qui se pratiquent dans les Forêts: faisant partie du Traité complet des Bois & des Forests. Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1764, 2 parts in 1 vol., XVI,XLVII,(1),430; XIV,431-708p., engr. vignette by B.L. PREVOST, 36 fold. plates, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Binding sl. rubbed and worn. Internally fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXV.

€ (500-700) 650
75 2140 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L 75 2140 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
75/2140 [Botany]. Duhamel du Monceau, (H.L.). Des Semis et Plantations des Arbres, et de leur Culture; ou Méthodes pour multiplier et élever les Arbres, les planter en Massifs & en Avenues; former les Forêts & les Bois; les entretenir, & rétablir ceux qui sont dégradés: Faisant partie du Traité complet des Bois & des Forêts. Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1780, 2nd ed., LXXXII,420,(2)p., engr. vignette, 16 fold. plates, contemp. plain boards w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Binding w. some rubbed spots; letterpiece sl. chipped. A fine copy.

= Cf. Nissen, BBI 544 (1st ed. 1760).

€ (400-600) 550
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