1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Occas. sl./ trifle stained (only affecting 1 ill.). Bindings sl. worn along edges; vol. 1 sl. warped. Otherwise a fine and complete set, containing the 4th ed. of vol. 1 and the 2nd ed. of vol. 2.
= Rare work on hunting with num. nice woodcuts depicting birds and how to catch hem. Souhart p.302; Thiébaud p.594; Mouchon p.1180; Schwerdt I, p.315.
= 1. Die Jagd der Vorzeit; 2. Die Jagd im frühen Mittelalter.
AND 4 others, i.a. A. GILLE, Anleitung zum Fangen des Raubzeuges (Liegnitz, Haynauer Raubtierfallen-Fabrik, 1893, 4th enl. ed., ills., contemp. hcl.).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Backwr. sl. creased in lower outer corner. Otherwise fine.
= Schwerdt II, p.249.
- Plates occas. (sl.) foxed.
= Rare. Doc. Blad 18e eeuw no.40 (1978) p.8; Waller 360 (1769, 2nd ed.).
- Lid damaged. = Type 96-18800.
- Covers sl. chafed and w. acid biting; corners showing. Internally fine.
= BMN I, p.63; Hirsch III, p.436-437; Bibl. Walleriana 13832; Wellcome III, p.375. "Ausser der genannten Rede ist vor Allem zu nennen: "Perspiratio dicta Hippocrates" (Leyden 1738), worin er von der unmerklichen Wasserverdunstung durch die Haut berichtet (...)." (Hirsch). Rare.
- A few vols. dustwr. w. sm. imperfections (sl. frayed, sl. stained/ fingersoiled or sl. yellowed). Otherwise fine.
= A complete set consists of 22 parts in 26 vols.
- Sl. foxed/ yellowed; first lvs. loose. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn at extremities.
= Work orig. published in 25 instalments (1880-1882); frontwr. of 10th instalment pres. With etched plates of i.a. a Cape lion, Bornean orangutan, Russian brown bear, Indian elephant and Romanian buffalo. Not in Nissen.
- Some sl. foxing (also on bindings). = The first 3 vols. of the series cover the period 1673-1683.
- Contemp. owner's entry on original first free endpaper and title; title covered in tiny inkstains; new first endpaper loose; occas. sl. browned; bookplate of A.M. Hellman on upper pastedown. Joints worn. Despite defects in a good condition.
= The rare first edition of the popular work on the "complexions" of the human body, a compendium on the preservation of health of the body as well as the mind. Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.310; Bibl. Walleriana 5699; Durling 2765; Adams L413; BMN I, p.112; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f.
- Restored copy. Original first free endpaper doubled; title repaired (lacks lower part); annotated throughout in contemp. hand.
= The rare first edition of the popular work on the "complexions" of the human body, a compendium on the preservation of health of the body as well as the mind. Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.310; Bibl. Walleriana 5699; Durling 2765; Adams L 413; BMN I, p.112; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f.
- Sl. browned; outer lower blank margin waterstained throughout; some wormholes in hinges. Lacks ties; vellum sl. soiled and w. some wormholes.
= Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.308 ("Herdruk van 2C"); Durling 2773; Wellcome 3701; Adams L419; Voet 1515; BMN I, p.517; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f. "It is a most heterogeneous collection, heterogeneously piled together, of notions on physiological, physical, medical, religious, and moral topics, with attempts to explain phenomena in nature which subsequent enquiry has shown do not exist at all. The collection is a very curious one, notwithstanding, and furnishes good instances of popular ideas about natural things current three hundred years ago." (Ferguson I, p.10). This edition not in Caillet and Rosenthal.
- Two contemp. owner's entries on title (1x crossed out); evenly trifle browned; a few blank prelim. lvs. annotated in contemp. hand. Lacks ties; covers partly wormholed.
= Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.308; Durling 2776; Wellcome 3704; Adams L420; Rosenthal 2959; BMN I, p.517; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f. This edition not in Ferguson and Caillet.
- Tiny wormhole in title; sl. foxed/ yellowed; final 3 lvs. waterstained and w. some sm. wormholes. Binding wormholed.
= The first Italian translation of De habitu et constitutione corporis (ed. Antw., 1561). Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.310; Durling 2769; BMN I, p.112; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
- Upper margin cut short, occas. touching the running title; occas. waterstained; title-p. sl. soiled, libr. stamp and a few old owner's entries in pen; hinges broken. Vellum sl. soiled/ wrinkled and small imperfections. On the whole very acceptable.
= The extremely rare first edition. Van Hoorn, Lemnius p.305-306; Durling 2770; Lindeboom, DMB p.1169f; this edition not found in the other usual reference works. The most important publication by Lievens Lemmens from Zierikzee (1505-1568), pupil of Vesalius, friend of Dodenaeus and Gesner.
- Sl. foxed; crossed out owner's entry on title. Central ornament on frontcover worn off (likely Justitia or Prudentia); backstrip worn.
= Extremely rare early edition. Van Hoorn, Lemnius, p.305; cf. Caillet 6480; cf. Dorbon-Ainé 2612; cf. Rosenthal, BMP 2952.
= Attractive case.
- A few leaves loose; occas. trifle foxed, otherwise fine; plates erratically numbered. = Nissen, ZBI 2193.
- Contemp. owner's entry on first blank. Boardedges sl. rubbed/ chafed; spine sunned. Good/ fine copy.
= Nissen, ZBI 2892.