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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 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
79/1855 [Civil engineering]. Annales des Ponts et Chaussées. 1ére Série. 2e Série. (Paris, (Carilian-Goeury)/ Librairie des Corps Impériaux des Ponts et Chaussées et des Mines, 1831-1841), 2 series in 3 vols., 296 (fold.) engr. plates by ADAM, contemp. unif. giltlettered hcalf, obl. folio.

- 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.

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79 1856 Civil engineering  Bélidor B F de 79 1856 Civil engineering Bélidor B F de
79/1856 [Civil engineering]. Bélidor, B.F. de. Architecture hydraulique, ou l'art de conduire, d'élever et de ménager les eaux pour les différens besoins de la vie. Vol. 1, part 1 and vol. 2, part 1. Paris, C.-A. Jombert etc., 1737-1750, 2 (of 4) vols., (8),XII,312 [=412]; (4),XIV,(2),412,XXXIIp., engr. frontisp., 44/ 60 fold. maps/ plans/ plates, contemp. not unif. (cat's paw) calf, 4to.

- Lacks vol. 1, part 2 and vol. 2 part 2; (sl.) browned. First vol. frontcover almost detached; bindings worn along extremities.

= Poggendorff I, p.138; Kat. Orn. Berlin 3555; DSB I, p.582; Roberts & Trent p.29-30: "Bélidor's work is one of the earliest scientific books in the field of engineering. Concentrating on civil construction, he considers transportation, shipbuilding, waterways and watersupply, ornamental fountains, windmills and pumps, epitomizing their state on the eve of the Industrial Revolution." Bélidor was the first to use differential and integral equations for the solution of hydrotechnical problems. The work remained the standard authority on practical water engineering long after most of the techniques it describes became obsolete.

€ (150-250) 150
79 1857 Civil engineering  Descamps A 79 1857 Civil engineering Descamps A
79 1857 Civil engineering  Descamps A 79 1857 Civil engineering Descamps A
79/1857 [Civil engineering]. Descamps, A. Recueil de types d'ouvrages d'art. Profils en long et en travers (...). Courbevoie, the author, n.d. (±1880), (6),9,5p., 20 (col.) lithogr. plates w. accomp. text lvs., orig. cl., folio.

- Trifle foxed. Cl. soiled; spine-ends and corners worn.

= On the measuring and consequentual calculations and technical drawing of bridge constructions. Rare.

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79 1858 Civil engineering  Ritter von Gerstner F A 79 1858 Civil engineering Ritter von Gerstner F A
79 1858 Civil engineering  Ritter von Gerstner F A 79 1858 Civil engineering Ritter von Gerstner F A
79/1858 [Civil engineering]. Ritter von Gerstner, F.A. Kupfertafel zum Handbuch der Mechanik. Vol. 2. Prague, n.publ., 1832, 28 engr. plates, contemp. giltlettered hmor., obl. large folio.

- Waterstain in upper inner corner; sl. foxed. Spine rubbed; spine-ends worn.

= On hydro-engineering. Second edition expanded with plates on British sluices for canal boats, i.a. a large aquatint view of the Ellesmere canal bridge, the so-called the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales.

€ (50-70) 50
79/1859 Civil engineering Rivers  Aftekening van den Stroom meter tot het neemen der Proeven wegens de Snelheid van den Stroom 79/1859 Civil engineering Rivers Aftekening van den Stroom meter tot het neemen der Proeven wegens de Snelheid van den Stroom
79/1859 [Civil engineering. Rivers]. "Aftekening van den Stroom-meter tot het neemen der Proeven wegens de Snelheid van den Stroom." Large etching by D. VEELWAARD after F.W. CONRAD, 1798, 57x54 cm.

- Folded as issued. = Device for measuring the flowrate of rivers and other inland waterways.

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79 1860 Criminology  Lombroso C 79 1860 Criminology Lombroso C
79 1860 Criminology  Lombroso C 79 1860 Criminology Lombroso C
79/1860 [Criminology]. Lombroso, C. L'Homme criminel. Paris, G. Baillière et Cie./ F. Alcan, 1887, 1st ed., (4),XXIV,682,(2)p., contemp. calf w. gilt spine.

- Without the atlas vol. Upper hinge breaking; first and final textp. sl. browned/ foxed.

= The first French edition of Lombroso's influential study on criminology, first published in Italian in 1876. "(...) 'Criminal Man' was a revolutionary work which not only caused a considerable stir when it first came out but had a practical effect which was wholly beneficial. The division which it indicated between the congenital criminal and those who were tempted to crime by circumstances has had a lasting effect on penal theory." (PMM 364). Lombroso's theory states that the criminal type is an atavistic and amoral individual committing crimes by biological necessity, his/ her typical criminal anatomical features being an indication thereof. From the library of lawyer, judge and eventual vice-president of the Raad van State O.Q. van Swinderen (1840-1925), w. his owner's entry on htitle.

Lasserre, E. Les délinquants passionels et le criminaliste Impallomeni. Ibid., F. Alcan and Guillaumin, 1908, 180,(3)p., orig. wr.

- Two textlvs. w. some sm. tears in upper blank margin.

€ (50-70) 60
79 1861 Darwin C 79 1861 Darwin C
79 1861 Darwin C 79 1861 Darwin C
79/1861 Darwin, C. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtiche Zuchtwahl. German transl. J.V. Carus. Stuttg., E. Schweizerbart (E. Koch), 1871, 1st German ed., 2 vols., VIII,377,(1); VII,(1),418p., 76 woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor./ modern boards w. contemp. gilt backstrip laid down.

- Ex-libr. copy: bookplate on upper pastedown, scattered stamps, shelfticket on spine. (Sl.) foxed. Vol. 1 joints splitting; backstrip loosening; sl. worn along extremities.

= First German translation of The Descent of Man, and selection in relation to sex (London, 1870-1871). Borst 3113; Freeman 1065; cf. Morton 170 (Engl. ed. "This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man, while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection").

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79 1862 Darwin C 79 1862 Darwin C
79 1862 Darwin C 79 1862 Darwin C
79 1862 Darwin C 79 1862 Darwin C
79 1862 Darwin C 79 1862 Darwin C
79/1862 Darwin, C. De afstamming van den mensch, en de seksueele teeltkeus. Dutch transl. H. Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen. Delft, J. IJkema/ Van Gijn, 1871-1872, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., XII,536; VIII,540,(3)p., 128 woodengr. ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., large 8vo.

- Sl. foxed; owner's entries on first blanks. Spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed. A good/ fine set.

= Freeman 1053. First Dutch edition of The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), and probably the first translation into any language. "[Heys] started with the Descent. Darwin sent him the pages of the book one by one as they came from the printer, and he wrote commentaries on these pages, which he then sent back to Darwin. Heys's comments are printed as footnotes in the Dutch translation. According to a letter from Darwin, Darwin appreciated these additions and used them in the next edition." (Glick, The Comparative Reception of Darwinism, p.296).

€ (80-100) 110
79 1863 Darwin C 79 1863 Darwin C
79 1863 Darwin C 79 1863 Darwin C
79/1863 Darwin, C. De afstamming van den mensch, en de seksueele teeltkeus. Dutch transl. H. Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen. Delft, J. IJkema/ Van Gijn, 1871-1872, 1st Dutch ed., 2 vols., XII,536; VIII,540,(3)p., 128 woodengr. ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor., large 8vo.

- Occas. sl. foxed; vol. 2 final ±25 lvs. w. receding waterst. in margin and (sm.) repaired tears. Bindings sl. rubbed/ worn.

= Freeman 1053. First Dutch edition of The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), and probably the first translation into any language. "[Heys] started with the Descent. Darwin sent him the pages of the book one by one as they came from the printer, and he wrote commentaries on these pages, which he then sent back to Darwin. Heys's comments are printed as footnotes in the Dutch translation. According to a letter from Darwin, Darwin appreciated these additions and used them in the next edition." (Glick, The Comparative Reception of Darwinism, p.296).

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79 1864 Darwin C 79 1864 Darwin C
79 1864 Darwin C 79 1864 Darwin C
79/1864 Darwin, C. De afstamming van den mensch, en de seksueele teeltkeus. Dutch transl. H. Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen. Delft, J. IJkema/ Van Gijn, 1871-1872, 1st Dutch ed., 9 vols., 160,241-536; 540,(3)p., num. woodengr. ills., orig. (unif.) publisher's wr., large 8vo.

- Lacks p.161-240 of first vol. All vols. bookblock broken; quires loose(ning); sl. foxed. Wrs. sl. frayed/ loose (1 backwr. lacking).

= Freeman 1053 (only listing ed. in 2 vols.). Very rare first Dutch edition of The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), orig. published in 21 issues between 1871 and 1872. With the 2 prelim. quires and 2 publisher's wrs. (intended to bound the issues together in 2 vols.) loose and uncut, and with the orig. subscription forms loosely inserted.

Dub, J. Beknopte uiteenzetting van de theorie van Darwin, over het ontstaan der plant- en diervormen. Dutch transl. R.E. de Haan. Nijm., A. Blomhert, 1870, (8),298,(9)p., woodengr. ills., orig. publisher's boards, large 8vo.

- Bookblock broken; lvs. loose(ning). Covers loose; sl. worn.

= Popular abridged ed. of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) intended to introduce the theory of evolution to a broader audience.

€ (80-100) 130
79 1865 Darwin C 79 1865 Darwin C
79 1865 Darwin C 79 1865 Darwin C
79 1865 Darwin C 79 1865 Darwin C
79 1865 Darwin C 79 1865 Darwin C
79/1865 Darwin, C. Biologische meesterwerken. Ed. H. Hartogh Heys van Zouteveen and T.C. Winkler. Arnh./ Nijm., E. & M. Cohen, n.d. (±1890), 7 vols., frontisp. portrait, plates, ills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hmor./ hcl. (1x).

- Six vols. w. first free endpaper cut out; bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on (verso) title-p.; occas. sl. foxed; vol. 1 and 6 lack general title-p. Extremities sl. worn.

= Comprises: 1. Het onstaan der soorten door de natuurlijke teeltkeus, of het bewaard blijven van bevoorrechte rassen in den strijd voor het bestaan (4th enl. and corr. ed.); 2. Het varieëren der huisdieren en cultuurplanten (2 vols.); 3. De afstamming van den mensch en de seksueele teeltkeus (2 vols.); 4. Het uitdrukken der gemoedsaandoeningen bij den mensch en de dieren (2nd enl. ed., hcl.); 5. De reis van de "Beagle". Dagboek van de onderzoekingen betreffende de natuurlijke geschiedenis en de geologie van de streken bezocht gedurende de reis van Hr. Ms. "Beagle".

€ (50-70) 100
79 1866 Darwin C 79 1866 Darwin C
79 1866 Darwin C 79 1866 Darwin C
79/1866 Darwin, C. De la variation des animaux et des plantes à l'état domestique. French transl. E. Barbier. Introd. C. Vogt. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1879-1880, 2 vols., XIII,(3),494; (4),523,(1),20(publ. cat.)p., woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt green cl. by A. LENÈGRE.

- (Sl.) foxed. = Freeman 913. Second French ed.

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79 1867 Darwin C 79 1867 Darwin C
79 1867 Darwin C 79 1867 Darwin C
79/1867 Darwin, C. De la variation des animaux et des plantes sous l'action de la domestication. French transl. J.J. Moulinié. Introd. C. Vogt. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1868, 1st French ed., 2 vols., XVI,444,(2),(17 advert); (4),532,(2),(6 advert)p., woodengr. ills., orig. unif. blindstamped gilt cl.

- Both vols. (sl.) foxed.

= Freeman 912. Published in the same year as the first English edition. Bound by A. Lenègre, Paris.

Idem. L'expression des émotions chez l'homme et les animaux. French transl. S. Pozzi and R. Benoit. Ibid., idem, 1877, 2nd rev. ed., (4),VI,(2),404,(2),20(advert)p., 7 helio-engr. plates, woodengr. ills., orig. blindstamped gilt cl.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Binding trifle rubbed.

AND a duplicate copy of the last work.

€ (150-250)
79 1868 Darwin C 79 1868 Darwin C
79 1868 Darwin C 79 1868 Darwin C
79 1868 Darwin C 79 1868 Darwin C
79/1868 Darwin, C. La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle. French transl. J.J. Moulinié. Introd. C. Vogt. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1872, 1st French ed., 2 vols., (4),XV,(1),452,24(publ. cat.); (4),III,(1),494,(1)p., 76 woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt green cl. by LENÈGRE. Idem. l'Origine des Espèces au moyen de la Sélection Naturelle ou la lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. French transl. E. Barbier. Ibid., idem, 1880, (2),XXI,(1),604,20 (publ. cat.)p., fold. table, bound unif. w. the preceding.

- All vols. occas. sl. foxed. Sl. worn/ rubbed at spine-ends and extremities.

= Freeman 1058 and 662 (2nd transl. by E. Barbier).

€ (150-250)
79 1869 Darwin C 79 1869 Darwin C
79 1869 Darwin C 79 1869 Darwin C
79/1869 Darwin, C. La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle. French transl. J.J. Moulinié. Introd. C. Vogt. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1872, 1st French ed., 2 vols., (4),XV,(1),452,24(publ. cat.); (4),III,(1),494,(1)p., 76 woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt green cl. by LENÈGRE.

- Occas. sl. foxed; vol. 1 partly w. lower corner sl. creased. Spine-ends sl. rubbed; vol. 2 joints splitting.

= Freeman 1058.

€ (100-150)
79 1870 Darwin C 79 1870 Darwin C
79 1870 Darwin C 79 1870 Darwin C
79 1870 Darwin C 79 1870 Darwin C
79/1870 Darwin, C. Des effets de la fécondation croisée et de la fécondation directe dans le règne végétal. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1877, XV,(1),496p., modern plain wr. Idem. Des différentes formes de fleurs dans les plantes de la même espèce. Ibid., idem, 1878, XXXVI,361,(2)p., woodengr. ills., modern plain wr. Idem. La faculté motrice dans les plantes. Ibid., idem, 1882, XXVI,599p., woodengr. ills., modern plain wr. - AND a duplicate of the first work.

- Good untrimmed copies w. unopened lvs. and some occas. foxing.

= First French editions, translated by Édouard Heckel. Freeman 1265, 1296 and 1342.

€ (60-80)
79 1871 Darwin C 79 1871 Darwin C
79 1871 Darwin C 79 1871 Darwin C
79 1871 Darwin C 79 1871 Darwin C
79/1871 Darwin, C. Observations géologiques sur les iles volcaniques explorées par l'expédition du "Beagle" et notes sur la géologie de l'Australie et du Cap de Bonne-Espérance. French transl. A.-F. Renard. Paris. C. Reinwald, 1902, (4),XXII,218p., 1 fold. lithogr. plate, 14 woodengr. ills., orig. gilt green cl. Idem. Rôle des vers de terre dans la formation de la terre végétale. French transl. M. Levêque. Ibid., idem, 1882, 1st French ed., XXVIII,264,20(publ. cat.)p., 15 woodengr. ills., orig. gilt green cl. by LENÈGRE(?).

- Second work (sl.) foxed. Good/ fine copies. = Freeman 310 and 1403.

€ (100-150)
79 1872 Darwin C 79 1872 Darwin C
79 1872 Darwin C 79 1872 Darwin C
79 1872 Darwin C 79 1872 Darwin C
79/1872 Darwin, C. Het ontstaan der soorten door middel van de natuurkeus, of het bewaard blijven van bevoorrechte rassen in den strijd voor het bestaan. Dutch transl. T.C. Winkler. Utr., J.G. Broese, 1883, 2nd enl. and corr. ed., X,428p., fold. lithogr. table, contemp. giltlettered hcl.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Ex-libr. copy: stamp on first free endpaper and textleaf; covers plasticised; shelftickets on spine.

= Rare. Copy of the 2nd enl. and corr. Dutch ed. (1869; 1st ed. 1864) of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859). Cf. Freeman 595 (= 649).

Idem. De reis van de "Beagle". Dagboek van de onderzoekingen betreffende de natuurlijke geschiedenis en de geologie van de streken bezocht gedurende de reis van Hr. Ms. "Beagle". Ed. H. Hartogh Heys van Zouteveen and T.C. Winkler. Arnh./ Nijm., E. & M. Cohen, n.d. (1891), 1st Dutch ed., (3),VII,(1),568p., woodengr. plates/ ills., contemp. giltlettered hcl.

- First and final few lvs. sl. foxed. Backstrip sunned. A good/ fine copy.

= Freeman 176. Vol. 7 of "Darwin's Biologische Meesterwerken".

€ (70-90) 140
79 1873 Darwin C 79 1873 Darwin C
79/1873 Darwin, C. l'Origine des Espèces au moyen de la Sélection Naturelle ou la lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Traduit sur la sixième édition Anglaise par Ed. Barbier. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1876, (2),XIX,(1),604,24 (publ. cat.)p., fold. table, orig. gilt green cl. by LENÈGRE.

- Lower hinge broken; sl. foxed. Joints splitting; sl. worn at extremities.

= Freeman 661. The 7th French language edition and the 1st in translation by E. Barbier. "There were also difficulties with the first French [translation]. (...) He [Darwin] was not really happy until the third translation by Édouard Barbier appeared in 1876" (Freeman p.84).

€ (70-90)
79 1874 Darwin C 79 1874 Darwin C
79 1874 Darwin C 79 1874 Darwin C
79/1874 Darwin, C. Les plantes insectivores. French transl. E. Barbier. Introd. C. Martins. Paris, C. Reinwald, 1877, 1st French ed., XXIII,(1),540p., 30 woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt floral dec. red cl. by BERGER, a.e.g.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Cloth trifle stained. A good/ fine copy. = Rare. Freeman 1237.

€ (100-150)