1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Title and last textleaf (sl.) foxed. = Horn & Schenkling 14398; Hagen p.513.
- Annot. in pen and ink on htitle. = Not in Nissen.
Rothschild, J. (ed.). Les insectes. Organisation, moeurs, chasse, collection, classification. Histoire naturelle des orthoptères, névroptères, hymenoptères, hémiptères, diptères, aptères, etc. Paris, the editor, 1878, VIII,425p., 24 woodengr. (partly col. w. gommé) plates, 455 ills., contemp. gilt hmor., 4to.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Extremities sl. worn.
= Vol. 3 of Musée Entomologique Illustré. Histoire naturelle iconographique des insectes. Nissen, ZBI 4698.
Oudemans, J.Th. De Nederlandsche insecten. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1900, XV,(1),836p., 38 lithogr. plates (each w. index leaf), 427 textills., contemp. gilt hmor., large 8vo.
- Title-p. cut sl. short. Spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed/ dam. = Nissen, ZBI 3029.
- Lacks the last text leaf before the index; title and first textleaf (sl.) browned/ foxed; 10 lvs. w. sm. stain in lower blank margin; a few contemp. owners' entries; new endpapers.
= Section from J. Rowland's English translation of Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum (London, 1634), which was added to Edward Topsells History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658). Nissen, ZBI 2852; cf. Norman 1528; Nissen, ZBI 4147; Hagen, p.553. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
- Partly vaguely waterst. in margin; otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. worn/ chafed; letterpiece almost entirely lacking; ticket on spine.
= Rare, Neapolitan edition of this entomological work by the Italian physician Francesco Redi (1626-1697); first ed. Florence, 1668. "Redis masterpiece (...) in which he disproved the doctrine of spontaneous generation in insects, inherited from Aristotle and still considered dogma. The microscope revealed in insects an organization as marvellous as it was unsuspected. Redi prepared and observed the egg-producing apparatus in insects, and he also used the microscope to good advantage in observing the morphological elements characteristic of the eggs of each species." (DSB XI, p.341). Nissen, ZBI 3319.
- All vols. textlvs. yellowed as usual; vol.3 w. owner's entry on title. Fine set.
= With the supplement vol. by S. Schenkling, Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter's Fauna Germanica (80p.). Schriften des Deutschen Lehrervereins für Naturkunde, vol. 22, 24, 26, 27, 33 and 34. Nissen, ZBI 3359.
= Supplement to Rösel von Rosenhof's Natuurlijke Historie der Insecten (1764-1782), cf. Horn/ Schenkling p.1004-1006.
- Bookplate/ ticket on upper pastedown. Foot of spine sl. worn/ rubbed.
= Nissen, ZBI 3589. Not in Hagen and Horn & Schenkling.
- Lacks possibly 2 preliminary lvs. (title present). Frontcover sl. scratched. Otherwise fine.
= Contains many interesting chapters: "Geschiedenis van de Brandspuit", "Chemische brandblussching", "Uitrusting der Brandweer", "Bluschwerktuigen", "Reddingstoestellen", "Rookmaskers", "Verlichting", "Ruim- en Breekwerktuigen", "Hulpmiddelen bij Ongelukken", "Alarm-Inrichting", "Inrichting van Brandweerstations", "Waterleiding". Rare.
Brand-reglement voor de stad Rotterdam. Rott., P. van Waesberge, 1839, no pagination, fold. lithogr. plate, contemp. plain wr., sm. 4to.
- The plate waterst.
AND a sm. offprint "Enkele mededeelingen betreffende de Zwolsche brandweer in vroegere dagen" (n.pl., n.d. (±1900), contemp. plain wr.). - WITH 2 picture postcards (German).
- Foxed; stamp and annots. on title-p. Sm. ticket on spine.
Art de prévenir et d'arrêter les incendies. Ibid., Audot, 1828, 84,12(advert.)p., fold. engr. plate, contemp. boards, 12mo.
- Occas. sl. foxed. = Rare.
- Sl. foxed/ yellowed.
AND 4 similar ordinances and 2 fold. broadsides, 18th (1x 19th) cent.
- Fine copy.
= Attractive plates, the first 10 plates of fungi and mushrooms, the others of botanical nature. Nissen, BBI 673 (Nachträge).
- Poor copy, lacks title-p and 1 plate (plates are numbered up to 88, but no.39, 48 and 77 were never present in this edition); soiled; some lvs. and plates w. large waterstain; some margins and sm. holes professionally repaired/ strengthened. Rebacked w. modern leather. Sold w.a.f.
= Apart from the lacking plate (plate no. 85), plates as called for in binder's instruction at the end (plate-numbering skips 3 plates), but with plate no. 82 and 83 (not listed in binder's instruction). First edition; Honeyman 1560; Kat. Orn. Berl. 1784; Poggendorff I, 957.
- Endpapers sl. mouldstained; occas. sl. foxed. Edges and spine-ends (sl.) worn. = Poggendorff III, p.563.
Flammarion, C. l'Atmosphère. Description des grands phénomènes de la nature. Ibid., idem, 1873, 2nd ed., (4),VII,(1),819,(1)p., 15 chromolithogr. plates, 228 woodengr. ills., contemp. red hmor., gilt spine, a.e.g., large 8vo.
- Endpapers sl. mouldstained; (sl.) foxed. Lower joint starting; corners showing. = Poggendorff III, p.449.
Thomson, C.W. Les abîmes de la mer. Récits des expéditions de draguage des vaisseaux de S.M. le Porcupine & le Lightning pendant les étés de 1868, 1869 & 1870. French transl. L. Lortet. Ibid., idem, 1875, 1st French ed., XXVII,(1),454p., 8 double-p. (chromo)lithogr. maps, 84 woodengr. ills., contemp. red hmor., gilt spine, a.e.g., large 8vo.
- Sl. foxed. Spine-ends sl. worn; corners showing. = Poggendorff III, p.1344 (English eds.).
AND 3 others, incl. A. GUILLEMIN, Les applications de la physique (ibid., 1874, contemp. gilt red hmor., large 8vo).
- Partly (sl.) waterst.; upper hinge broken. Spine repaired/ strengthened w. paper/ tape; wrs. sl. soiled.
= Rare. "Vierde, herziene druk van G.J. van de Well - De dynamo".
Sijthoff's Beweegbare Modellen van Hedendaagsche Techniek. Draaistroommotor met kooianker. Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, n.d. (±1900), col. lithogr. layered model w. accomp. descriptive text loose in orig. wr., folio.
- (Sl.) waterst. Wrs. sl. frayed.
- One plate lacks part of 1 layer. Covers sl. worn/ rubbed; 1 vol. backstrip almost loose.
= Nice multi-layered plates of i.a. "Adler-Motorwagen", "Heissdampf-Lokomotive", "Etrich-Rumpler-Flugzeug", "Fiat-Automobil", "70 pferdiger Diesel-Motor", "80 PS-Flugzeug-Sternmotor" and "Hochdruck-Ölmaschine".
AND a duplicate of 1 vol.
- Waterstain in outer margin. Spine splitting, paper over spine worn away.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ browned; offsetting on endpapers from turn-ins. Lower joint splitting near foot of spine; calf on backcover partly worn.
= I.a. articles on mathematics and geometry, on an illness that affects the autumn crocus, on the movement of Saturnus (by Cassini), on ankylose, on mushrooms, on wool and fur eating insects and on the testes and musk of the civet.
- Without the engr. title-p. and the 3 portraits listed in Mennessier de la Lance, but incl. 6 full-p. plates of bits (instead of 6 in reduced size on 3 plates that Mennessier de la Lance lists for his edition); skips (lacks?) plate 50; letterpress title-p. doubled; one plate sm. printing flaw in lower right corner; textpages partly browned (incl. first 22 pages); 14 plates foxed/ (sl.) browned.
= Numbering of the plates: 1-15, 1 unnumb. ("Dernière figure de la première partie"), 16-49, 51-56. Contains 2 repeated plates (plate 27 = 30 and plate 10 = 32, both explicitly mentioning in the engr. that the plates serve two different parts of the work) and 1 plate (no.23) that functions both as plate 23 and 29; Mennessier de La Lance II, p.330. Very attractive plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
- Three full-p. plates loosely inserted (blank margins sl. trimmed due to former framing); 3 full-p. plates foxed in image (3x only slightly), the other plates foxed in blank margins only. Corners and upper joint worn (lower joint rubbed). A good copy with less foxing than usual.
= Thiébaud 21; Souhart p.13; Schwerdt I, 31: "A magnificent book which illustrates every form of sport as practised by the Hungarian nobility in this unrivalled corner of Europe." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
- Endpapers and first/ final 2 lvs. sl. dam.; occas. trifle stained. Binding sl. worn along edges; spine rubbed; joints splitting at top of spine.
= Thiébaud p.134 (note); Souhart p.78; Schwerdt I, p.86.