1607 - 1747     NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

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76 1607 Agriculture  Perthuis de Laillevault  L de 76 1607 Agriculture Perthuis de Laillevault L de
76 1607 Agriculture  Perthuis de Laillevault  L de 76 1607 Agriculture Perthuis de Laillevault L de
76/1607 [Agriculture]. Perthuis (de Laillevault), L. de. Mémoire sur l'art de perfectionner les construction rurales. Paris, Madame Huzard, 1805, 111p., 14 double-p./ fold. engr. plates, contemp. blue wr., sm. 4to.

- A few plates w. large waterstain; contents sl. frayed and dustsoiled along edges.

= First published in volume VII of Memoires de la Societe d'Agriculture the same year and subsequently expanded and published in 1810 as "Traite d'architecture rurale." The plates illustrate plans and designs for farms with different acreages, farm buildings, barns, stables, farm houses, granaries, cellars, labourers' cottages, farm gates, etc.

€ (120-150)
76 1608 Anatomy  Blandin P F 76 1608 Anatomy Blandin P F
76 1608 Anatomy  Blandin P F 76 1608 Anatomy Blandin P F
76 1608 Anatomy  Blandin P F 76 1608 Anatomy Blandin P F
76 1608 Anatomy  Blandin P F 76 1608 Anatomy Blandin P F
76/1608 [Anatomy]. Blandin, P.-F. Traité d'anatomie topographique, ou anatomie des régions du corps humain, considérée spécialement dans ses rapports avec la chirurgie et la médicine opératoire. Atlas. Brussels, Société Encyclographique des Sciences Médicales, 1844, 2nd enl. ed., letterpress htitle and title-p., 20 finely handcol. lithogr. plates w. accomp. letterpress textleaves, 20th cent. hleather w. giltlettered spine, folio.

- Sl. foxed/ yellowed/ fingersoiled throughout; htitle lacks portion of lower blank margin; title-p. sm. tear closed w. sellotape.

= Edition published with the text and atlas in 1 volume. Cf. Waller 1107 (ed. Paris, 1834); Wellcome II, 176 (other editions); Hirsch-H. I, p.563. Rare, especially in this edition and with these delicately handcoloured plates.

€ (100-150) 100
76 1609 Anatomy  Richter Th 76 1609 Anatomy Richter Th
76 1609 Anatomy  Richter Th 76 1609 Anatomy Richter Th
76/1609 [Anatomy]. Richter, Th. Magazyn van Ontleedkunde, of Volledige Verzameling van Ontleedkundige Afbeeldingen van het Menschelijk Ligchaam, Naar teekening der voornaamste geleerden in dat vak, als Rosenmuller, Loder, Karel Bell, Gordon, Boek enz. Met eene uitvoerige verklaring van Dr. Th. Richter. Vertaald en hier en daar vermeerderd door S.J. Galama. Amst., C.G. Sulpke, 1839, (1st ed.), 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),2,8,CCCCXXXVIIIp., lithogr. title-p. and 145 (4x fold.) plates, contemp. gilt hmor., folio.

- Title-p. foxed and sl. browned; final leaf w. closed tear and restored margins; a few plates w. pencil annots.; new endpapers; occas. sl. foxed. Rebacked w. use of contemp. backstrip; covers scratched and rubbed; corners showing.

= BMN I, p.86; not in Choulant, Frank, Waller. On the translator, cf. Hirsch II, p.476. Rare.

€ (200-300) 200
76 1610 Apiculture  Clutius T  = D Cluyt 76 1610 Apiculture Clutius T = D Cluyt
76/1610 [Apiculture]. Clutius, T. (= D. Cluyt). Van de biën, Haeren wonderlyken oorspronk natuer, eygenschap, krachtige ongehoorde ende selsaeme Werken (...). Antw., P.J. Rymers, n.d. (±1770), (8),205,(11)p., without binding.

- Browned; lacks portion of title-p., partly restored w. japanese; sm. annot. on title-p.

= Rare work, in any edition, on bee-keeping. On Cluyt see Van der Aa III, p.156/157.

€ (100-150) 130
76 1611 Astronomy  Bekker B 76 1611 Astronomy Bekker B
76/1611 [Astronomy]. Bekker, B. Ondersoek Van de Betekeninge der Kometen, By gelegenheid van de gene die in de Jaren 1680, 1681 en 1682 geschevenen hebben. Amst., J. ten Hoorn, 1692, 2nd ed., (8),102,18p., woodcut title ill. of the Halley comet, modern calf.

- Partly waterstained; yellowed/ browned.

= From the library of Bob Luza w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Bierens de Haan 249 (ed. 1690?) en 250; Hoogendoorn BekBo2.2.

€ (120-150) 150
76 1612 Astronomy  Caille M l'Abbé de la 76 1612 Astronomy Caille M l'Abbé de la
76/1612 [Astronomy]. Caille, M. l'Abbé de la. Leçons élémentaires d'astronomie geométrique et physique. Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1761, new rev. ed., VI,(2),415p., 9 fold. engr. plates, tables, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Owner's stamp on title-p. Binding worn; spine-ends chipped; corners bumped.

€ (50-70)
76 1613 Astronomy  Valk G 76 1613 Astronomy Valk G
76 1613 Astronomy  Valk G 76 1613 Astronomy Valk G
76/1613 [Astronomy]. Valk, G. 't Werkstellige der Sterre-konst, Zoo na de Eerste, als de Tweede beweeging, Mitsgaders van de toestand des aard-kloots, In 't gebruyk van der zelver hemel en aard-globen; Beneffens de bysondere nieuwen planeten-wyzer (...). Amst., G. Valk, n.d. (±1701), (6),140p., engr. frontisp., 4 fold. plates, contemp. wr., sm. 4to.

- A few marginal annots.; occas. sl. (water)stained. Backstrip partly lacking; covers sl. rubbed.

= Houzeau/ Lancaster 9732 (dating 1695); Hoogendoorn Valk01, 1.1 (p.883); cf. Bierens de Haan, 4942 (other ed. by Leonard Valk). Rare comple edition.

€ (300-500)
76 1614 Berghuis S 76 1614 Berghuis S
76 1614 Berghuis S 76 1614 Berghuis S
76 1614 Berghuis S 76 1614 Berghuis S
76/1614 Berghuis, S. De Nederlandsche Boomgaard, beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der Vereeniging tot Regeling en Verbetering van de Vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, met afbeeldingen naar de natuur. Pref. H.C. van Hall. Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1868 (general title dated 1864), 2 parts in 1 vol., 2 diff. chromolithogr. frontisp. after O. EERELMAN and 108 (of 124) chromolithogr. plates w. accomp. textleaf after S. BERGHUIS, all printed by G. SEVEREYNS, contemp. hcl., 4to.

- Lacks at least 16 plates and a few plates and accomp. textleaves bound with in duplicate. Occas. (sl.) foxed;

= Nissen, BBI 2221; Landwehr, Dutch books w. col. plates 14. First part entirely devoted to apples, the second part devoted to pears and stone-fruit.

€ (200-300) 210
76 1615 Bernard P  Couailhac L a o 76 1615 Bernard P Couailhac L a o
76 1615 Bernard P  Couailhac L a o 76 1615 Bernard P Couailhac L a o
76 1615 Bernard P  Couailhac L a o 76 1615 Bernard P Couailhac L a o
76/1615 Bernard, P., Couailhac, L. a.o. Le jardin des plantes. Description complète, historique et pittoresque du muséum d'histoire naturelle, de la ménagerie, des serres, des galeries, de minéralogie et d'anatomie, et de la vallée Suisse. Paris, L. Curmer, 1842/ 1843, 2 vols., (6),XXIV,416; (2),664p., 183 (fold.) steelengr./ woodengr./ lithogr. portraits, plates and plans (32 handcol.), num. textills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor., 4to.

- Partly foxed; several lvs. and plates (incl. some col. plates) restored in margins; 2 col. plates cut short and reattached.

= Nissen, ZBI 334.

€ (100-150) 130
76 1616 Books of Secrets  Albertus Magnus 76 1616 Books of Secrets Albertus Magnus
76/1616 [Books of Secrets]. Albertus Magnus. De Secretis Mulierum item De Virtutibus Herbarum Lapidum et Animalium. Amst., H. and T. Boom, 1669, 329,(6)p., engr. title, contemp. calf, 12mo.

- Old annot. on title-p. Binding w. minor imperfections. A good copy.

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

€ (150-250) 210
76 1617 Books of secrets  Alessio Piemontese = G Ruscelli 76 1617 Books of secrets Alessio Piemontese = G Ruscelli
76/1617 [Books of secrets]. Alessio Piemontese (= G. Ruscelli). (De secreti). N.pl., n.publ., late 16th cent., 3 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, 277,(3) lvs., contemp. limp vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Lacks title-p.; occas. sl. yellowed. Binding worn/ dam. and restored.

= Unidentified edition, not in Ferguson. "(...) his knowledge of the subjects which are treated of in his "Secreti" is not at all better than that of many old women in our country villages. His secrets are of the most various kinds: medicines, colours, dyes, varnishes, cosmetics, soaps, perfumes etc., are all described with the minustest detail, and he declares that he had published none but those whose admirable virtues had been repeatedly tested and proved." (The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, vol. I/2, p. 827f.). First published in Venice, 1555.

€ (100-150) 190
76 1618 Books of secrets  Alessio Piemontese = G Ruscelli 76 1618 Books of secrets Alessio Piemontese = G Ruscelli
76/1618 [Books of secrets]. Alessio Piemontese (= G. Ruscelli). Les Secrets. Rouen, T. Mallard, 1588, 911,(80)p., woodcut printer's mark, 6 text ills., contemp. vellum, 12mo.

- Rather worn copy; fngersoiled and partly waterst./ yellowed; a few scattered owner's stamps and old annots.; lacks lower pastedown; bookblock sl. warped. Vellum stained and soiled.

= Rare edition. Not in Ferguson. "(...) his knowledge of the subjects which are treated of in his "Secreti" is not at all better than that of many old women in our country villages. His secrets are of the most various kinds: medicines, colours, dyes, varnishes, cosmetics, soaps, perfumes etc., are all described with the minustest detail, and he declares that he had published none but those whose admirable virtues had been repeatedly tested and proved." (The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, vol. I/2, p. 827f.). First published in Venice, 1555.

€ (100-150) 210
76 1619 Botany  Bauhin J and Cherler J H 76 1619 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
76 1619 Botany  Bauhin J and Cherler J H 76 1619 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
76 1619 Botany  Bauhin J and Cherler J H 76 1619 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
76 1619 Botany  Bauhin J and Cherler J H 76 1619 Botany Bauhin J and Cherler J H
76/1619 [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.

€ (400-600) 400
76 1620 Botany  Blume C L  76 1620 Botany Blume C L
76/1620 [Botany]. (Blume, C.L.). Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium. Vol. 1, fasciculus 36-39. Brussels, H. Remy for J. Frank, 1829, 24 handcol. lithogr. botanical plates (1x double-p.), orig. wr., folio.

- Without the accomp. text; plates sl. duststained along outer margins. Wrapper sl. frayed.

= Only the section of vol. 1 on the Polypodium. Nissen BBI, 174; Pritzel 845; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 30. Odd vol. of the very rare and majestically illustrated standard work on the flora of Java.

€ (250-350) 325
76 1621 Botany  Clusius C 76 1621 Botany Clusius C
76/1621 [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. and a few quires yellowed/ sl. browned; part of the "Synopsis Iconum et Descriptionum novarum" leaf lacking and replaced with 19th cent. manuscript section; occas. sl. foxed/ waterst.; new endpapers. Later vellum backstrip.

= Nissen, BBI 368. Rare.

€ (500-700) 500
76 1622 Botany  Dodonaeus R 76 1622 Botany Dodonaeus R
76 1622 Botany  Dodonaeus R 76 1622 Botany Dodonaeus R
76 1622 Botany  Dodonaeus R 76 1622 Botany Dodonaeus R
76/1622 [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 earlier. "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).

€ (700-900)
76 1623 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 76 1623 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
76 1623 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 76 1623 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
76 1623 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 76 1623 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
76 1623 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 76 1623 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
76 1623 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 76 1623 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
76 1623 Botany  Duhamel du Monceau H L 76 1623 Botany Duhamel du Monceau H L
76/1623 [Botany]. Duhamel du Monceau, H.L. Traité des arbres et arbustes (...). Vol. 2. Paris, H.L. Guerin and L.F. Delatour, 1755, 1 (of 2) vols., (4),387p., 3 fold. engr. plates, 111 woodcut plates, 81 ills., contemp. calf w. richly gilt spine, 4to.

- Vol. 2 only. A complete set contains 250 woodcut plates.

= Nissen, BBI 547. Many of the plates were printed from the blocks used for the large plates in Mattioli's herbal, New Kreuterbuch (1563).

€ (400-600) 400
76 1624 Botany  E H N  = Norton E H  76 1624 Botany E H N = Norton E H
76 1624 Botany  E H N  = Norton E H  76 1624 Botany E H N = Norton E H
76 1624 Botany  E H N  = Norton E H  76 1624 Botany E H N = Norton E H
76/1624 [Botany]. E.H.N. (= Norton, E.H.). Brazilian Flowers drawn from Nature in the years 1880-1882 in the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, viz. Larangeiras, Tijuca, Paquetá, Petropolis, many of the specimens gathered in primeval forests. N.pl., Coombe Croft, 1893, lithogr. title-leaf, contents leaf, 45 (of 50) lithogr. plates by E. HOLLAND NORTON, each 75,5x55 cm., loose as issued.

- Lacks 5 plates (nos. 7, 36, 37, 39 and 40); plate 41 tear (10 cm.) in top margin; plate 8 and 35 w. number added in pencil; plate 35 duststained; title and index leaf foxed.

= Nissen BBI, 1453.

WITH: 15 duplicates and triplicates, mostly duststained/ (sl.) foxed and occas. dam.

€ (250-350)
76 1625 Botany  Garsault A de 76 1625 Botany Garsault A de
76 1625 Botany  Garsault A de 76 1625 Botany Garsault A de
76 1625 Botany  Garsault A de 76 1625 Botany Garsault A de
76 1625 Botany  Garsault A de 76 1625 Botany Garsault A de
76 1625 Botany  Garsault A de 76 1625 Botany Garsault A de
76 1625 Botany  Garsault A de 76 1625 Botany Garsault A de
76/1625 [Botany]. Garsault, A. de. Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la matiere Medicale de Mr. Geoffrey Medecin. Paris, the author, n.d. (1764), 5 vols., 729 engr. plates by A. DE GARSAULT, contemp. unif. calf w. richly gilt spine, large 8vo.

- All but one w. bookplate on first free endpaper; occas. sl. yellowed/ waterstained. Binding worn along extremities; spines sl. wormholed.

= An index of the plates is bound at the end of the 2nd vol. Very rare set of mainly botanical plates. Nissen, BBI 686.

€ (300-500) 300
76 1626 Botany  Gilibert J E  76 1626 Botany Gilibert J E
76 1626 Botany  Gilibert J E  76 1626 Botany Gilibert J E
76/1626 [Botany]. (Gilibert, J.E.). Démonstrations Élémentaires de Botanique. Partie des Figures. Lyon, Bruyset Ainé & Cie., 1796, 4th ed., 2 vols., (4),XVI,15,(1),104; (4),31,(1),48,15p., 342 engr. plates, contemp. unif. calf, gilt spines w. raised bands, gilt flowers in compartments and 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Without the 4 text vols. containing another 13 plates; plate numbering skips plate 277 (not published). Covers sl. chafed; corners worn/ showing. Nevertheless a fine set.

= Nissen, BBI 703; Pritzel 5084. Fine plates.

€ (200-300) 200
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