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80 2443 Lepidoptera Morris F O 80 2443 Lepidoptera Morris F O
80 2443 Lepidoptera Morris F O 80 2443 Lepidoptera Morris F O
80/2443 [Lepidoptera]. Morris, F.O. A History of British Butterflies. London, John C. Nimmo, 1890, 6th ed., VIII,184p., 72 handcol. lithogr. plates and 1 double-page uncol. plate, contemp. blindst. gilt cl. w. gilt spine, 4to.

- Bookplate of Hugh Walpole and slip of paper w. annots. on upper pastedown, but otherwise the contents are fine. Top and foot of spine chipped; covers sl. rubbed; corners (sl.) worn.

= Cf. Nissen, ZBI 2892.

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80 2444 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 80 2444 Lepidoptera Westwood J O
80/2444 [Lepidoptera]. Westwood, J.O. The Butterflies of Great Britain. London, Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1855, XL,140p., 20 finely handcol. lithogr. plates (incl. frontispiece) and 2 uncol. lithogr. plates, orig. blindst. cl. rebacked w. use of orig. gilt backstrip, w. gilt vignette on frontcover, a.e.g.

- Modern endpapers. Corners and frontcover sl. rubbed. = Nissen, ZBI 4377.

€ (80-100) 120
80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O
80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O
80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O 80 2445 Lepidoptera Westwood J O
80/2445 [Lepidoptera]. Westwood, J.O. The Butterflies of Great Britain. London, George Routledge and Sons, 1887, XL,140p., 20 handcol. lithogr. plates (incl. frontispiece) and 2 uncol. lithogr. plates, orig. cl.

- Bookblock broken; a few lvs. sm. tear in margin. Edges worn; frontcover sl. creased.

= Nissen, ZBI 4377.

Duncan, J. The Natural History of British Moths, Sphinxes, &c. Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1844, 268p., engr. portrait of Madame Merian and 30 handcol. plates, contemp. green hmor. w. gilt spine.

- Hinges weak; bookplate on upper pastedown. Edges rubbed.

= From W. Jardine (ed.), The Naturalist's Library, Nissen ZBI 1202.

AND 1 other vol. from the same series: J. DUNCAN. Foreign Butterflies (Edinburgh, 1837, engr. portrait of Lamarck, handcol. frontispiece, 30 handcol. plates, orig. boards).

€ (120-150) 130
80 2446 Marius J and Francus J 80 2446 Marius J and Francus J
80/2446 Marius, J. and Francus, J. Traité du castor, dans lequel on explique la nature, les propriétés & l'usage Médico-Chymique du Castoreum dans la Médecine. French transl. M. Eidous. Paris, Durand, 1746, (2),LX,280,(4),IVp., 3 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. hcalf w. mor. and vellum letterpiece. - BOUND AFTER: Buffon, G.L.L. de. Discours sur la nature des animaux. Geneva, H.-A. Gosse & Comp., 1754, 188p. - AND AFTER: (Panckoucke, C.-J.). De l'homme, et de la réproduction des différens individus. Paris, n.publ., 1761, VIII,214p.

- Occas. sl. foxed/ spotted. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends dam.; joints splitting.

= Ad 1: Wellcome IV, p.56. First French transl. of the orig. Latin ed. (Augsb., 1685). Rare publication on the beaver's exudate 'castoreum', which was used since antiquity as a remedy i.a. for cramps, insomnia and anxiety.

€ (70-90) 70
80 2447 Martin B 80 2447 Martin B
80 2447 Martin B 80 2447 Martin B
80 2447 Martin B 80 2447 Martin B
80 2447 Martin B 80 2447 Martin B
80/2447 Martin, B. Filozoofische Onderwyzer; of Algemeene Schets der Hedendaagsche Ondervindelyke Natuurkunde. Amst., P. Meijer, 1765, 3rd corr. ed., (24),443,(21)p., engr. title-vignette, 26 fold. plates, 2 fold. tables, contemp. mottled calf, both covers w. large central gilt medallion of the "Maatschappy Tot Nut Van 'T Algemeen" w. ornamental border reading "Amsterdams Tweede Departement Schoolbestuur" and gilt tooled border, richly gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece, gilt boardedges.

- Occas. sl. foxed (sl. affecting a few plates). Spine sl. rubbed. A good copy.

= The plates include a map of the moon, a worldmap and plates depicting animals and various physical apparatus. On Benjamin Martin (1704-1782) see DSB IV, p.141f. On the binding: cf. De prijs is het bewijs 45.

€ (100-150) 210
80 2448 Martinet J F 80 2448 Martinet J F
80/2448 Martinet, J.F. Katechismus der natuur. Amst., J. Allart, 1779-1785, 2nd ed. (vol. 3 and 4)/ 5th ed. (vol. 1 and 2), 4 vols., 4 diff. engr. frontisp., 29 (fold.) plates (4x handcol.), incl. a portrait of the author, contemp. unif. boards.

- First vol. backcover detached.

= B. Paasman, J.F. Martinet, p.45-65 and p.100; cf. Bierens de Haan 3061. "Uit dit werk, dat zich tot de grote groep geïnteresseerde leken richtte, kan men de 18e-eeuwse opvattingen leren kennen, niet alleen op het gebied van de biologie, maar ook op dat van de astrologie, geologie, fysica, meteorologie en ook filosofie, theologie en psychologie. Men vindt er vele gegevens over de zeden en gewoonten van de 18e-eeuwer, alsmede over het leven van de auteur zelf. Het bevat tientallen verwijzingen naar bekende tijdgenoten en naar plaatsen en landstreken uit de Republiek, vooral naar Zutphen en omgeving, en naar andere gebieden waar Martinet gewoond heeft, zoals Edam en wijde omgeving en de Meijereij van Den Bosch." (Paasman p.47).

Idem. Kleine katechismus der natuur voor kinderen. Ibid., idem, 1779, (8),138,(10 publisher's advert.)p., engr. frontisp. by N. VAN DE MEER after J. BUYS, contemp. hcalf.

- Binding dam.

Vries, J. de. Natuurkundige en ophelderende aanmerkingen over het derde en vierde deel van J.F. Martinet's Katechismus der Natuur. Amst., J. van Selm, 1779, 4 parts in 2 vols., contemp. unif. hcalf. - AND 1 other.

€ (80-100) 100
80 2449 Mathematics Barrème N 80 2449 Mathematics Barrème N
80/2449 [Mathematics]. Barrème, N. l'Arithmétique, ou le livre facile pour apprendre l'Arithmétique de soi-même, & sans Maître. Paris, Savoye, 1764, new ed., (6),491,(81)p., contemp. gilt calf w. red mor. letterpiece.

- Title-p. sl. dampstained and w. library stamp on verso. Otherwise fine.

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80 2450 Mathematics Bartjens W 80 2450 Mathematics Bartjens W
80 2450 Mathematics Bartjens W 80 2450 Mathematics Bartjens W
80/2450 [Mathematics]. Bartjens, W. De vernieuwde cyfferinge (...). Waar uyt men meest alle de Grond-regulen van de Reeken-konst leeren kan. Ed. J. van Dam and S. Geerts. Amst., Erve H. vander Putte/ B. Boekhout, 1781, 184p., woodcut frontisp. portrait, title-vignette, contemp. limp vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Sl. dogeared; occas. sl. stained; 1 leaf w. tear. Lacks backcover; bookblock almost loose.

= Rare ed., not in STCN and usual reference works. Cf. Hoogendoorn BartjW12, 2.2 (ed. 1785); Buijnsters BNK 454 (ed. 1791); Muller 1045 (ed. 1764); De Vries 486 (ed. 1755); The Children's World of Learning 2182ff (other eds.).

€ (100-150) 350
80 2451 Mathematics Callet J F 80 2451 Mathematics Callet J F
80/2451 [Mathematics]. Callet, J.-F. Tables portatives de logarithmes, publiées à Londres par Gardiner, augmentées, et perfectionnées dans leur disposition. Paris, F-A. Didot, 1783, 64p. and num. logarithmic tables, contemp. calf. w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks first free endpaper; owner's entries on title-p.; a few quires loosening; occas. sl. stained. Binding worn; backstrip dam.

= Poggendorff I, p.363. French ed. of W. Gardiner's Tables of Logarithms (1742) by the mathematician and professor of hydrography J.-F. Callet.

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80 2452 Mathematics Coutereels J 80 2452 Mathematics Coutereels J
80/2452 [Mathematics]. Coutereels, J. Het konstig cyffer-boek. Waar in eenige Regulen zyn na-gelaten en by-gevoegd het kort Begrijp van 't Italiaens boek-houden. Dutch transl. H. Cole. Middelb., G. Clement, 1738-1739, 2 parts in 1 vol., 144; 32p., geometrical ill. on title-p., contemp. wr., sm. 8vo.

- First/ final lvs. sl. dogeared/ soiled (in corners). Good copy.

= Rare edition. Hoogendoorn p.260, 22; cf. Bierens de Haan 977.

€ (80-100) 400
80 2453 Mathematics Euclides 80 2453 Mathematics Euclides
80 2453 Mathematics Euclides 80 2453 Mathematics Euclides
80/2453 [Mathematics]. Euclides. Elementorum libri tridecim. London, W. Jones, 1620, (2),250p., woodcut diagrams, parallel Greek and Latin text in columns, contemp. calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Vaguely waterst. in upper (blank) margin at the beginning. Binding w. minor imperfections; letterpiece chipped. A good/ fine copy.

= PMM 25; DSB IV, p.415: "Euclid's fame rests preeminently upon the Elements, which he wrote in thirteen books and which has exercised an influence upon the human mind greater than that of any other work except the Bible". Although stated differently on the title, only six books were published.

€ (800-1.000) 850
80 2454 Mathematics Euclides 80 2454 Mathematics Euclides
80 2454 Mathematics Euclides 80 2454 Mathematics Euclides
80 2454 Mathematics Euclides 80 2454 Mathematics Euclides
80/2454 [Mathematics]. Euclides. De zes eerste Boecken Euclidis, Van de beginselen ende fondamenten der Geometrie. (...) Desen laetsten Druk, van nieuws oversien en verbetert: Mitsgaders de by-gevoegde nuttigheden, met de specien in Geometrische figuren breeder verklaert ende vermeerdert. Dutch ed. J.P. Dou. Amst., H. Boterenbroot, 1700, (16),220,(3)p., num. woodcut ills., contemp. chintz wr., sm. 8vo.

- First/ final blank lvs. with 18th-/ 19th-cent. owner's entries/ annots.; first few textlvs. sl. waterst. in inner blank margin.

= Hoogendoorn p.302, 8.1; Bierens de Haan 1220 (diff. eds.); Waller 529; Muller 1032 (ed. 1681); Geerebaert XXXVI, 1g. Rare ed., only 2 copies in STCN.

€ (150-250) 150
80 2455 Mathematics Euclides 80 2455 Mathematics Euclides
80 2455 Mathematics Euclides 80 2455 Mathematics Euclides
80 2455 Mathematics Euclides 80 2455 Mathematics Euclides
80/2455 [Mathematics]. Euclides. De zes eerste, elfde en twaalfde boeken Euclidis, Vertonende de voornaamste Gronden en Eygenschappen der wydberoemde en voortreffelyke Meetkonst, Waar by gevoegd een Toegift, om Vierkanten in Driehoeken; en een Agthoek in een Vierkant te beschryven (...). Dutch ed. P. Warius. Amst., Wed. J. Loots and I. Swigters, 1735, 3rd ed., (12),292p., 27 fold. engr. plates, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Fore-edge sl. inkstained w. some bleeding into right margin. Good/ fine copy.

= Hoogendoorn p.973f, 3.1; Bierens de Haan 5255; Waller 529/ 530 (other eds.); Geerebaert XXXVI, 10b.

€ (70-90) 70
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S
80/2456 [Mathematics]. Leclerc, S. Pratica di geometria in carta e in campo. Per istruzione della Nobile Gioventù. Rome, Komarek, 1761, 2nd ed., (14),102p., etched frontisp., 82 etched and engr. plates by Claude GALLIMARD after Sebastien LECLERC on 45 lvs., contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, sl. narrow 8vo.

- Last few lvs. a few wormholes; one plate cut out and laid down (by the printer?); endpapers unevenly browned; otherwise contents w. minor imperfections, mostly fine. Spine and back cover wormholed.

= Italian edition of the treatise for students by Sebastien Leclerc. The geometrical figures in the plates are combined with small views and figures. Leclerc (1637-1714) was an engraver who studied physics and geometry in relation to perspective theory and was appointed to ""l'Academie de Peinture"" as professor in perspective in 1672.

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80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J 80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J
80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J 80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J
80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J 80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J
80/2457 [Mathematics]. Morgenster, J. Werkdadige meetkonst, tonende klaar en beknopt, hoe dat al 't gene een Ingenieur en Landmeter te meten voorvallen kan, wiskonstig met en zonder Hoekmeting, door de minste moeite gemeten word. Hier by is gevoegt een Verhandeling van Roeden en Landmaten, in de voornaamste Plaatzen van de Seven Vereenigde Provincien, en eenige andere daar omtrent leggende Plaatzen, gebruikelyk. Leeuwarden, A. Ferwerda, 1744, 2nd rev. and enl. ed. by J.H. Knoop, (26),740,(2)p., 30 fold. engr. plates, contemp. vellum.

- Occas. (sl.) browned/ soiled/ dogeared/ (ink)stained (sl. affecting a few plates). Vellum sl. soiled; loosening/ dam. at lower turn-in.

= Bierens de Haan 2516. With an extensive chapter "Van Kaarte-maken."

€ (100-150) 100
80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R 80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R
80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R 80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R
80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R 80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R
80/2458 [Mathematics]. Schmidt, I.R. Beginselen der hoogere meetkunst, bevattende de toepassing van de stelkunst op bepaalde meetkundige vraagstukken (...). Ten gebruike van de kadetten der Koninklijke Artillerie- en Genieschool te Delft. The Hague/ Amst., Gebr. van Cleef, 1822, (4),XXII,262p., 8 fold. engr. plates, contemp. hcalf.

- Occas. sl. yellowed; partly waterst. Joints rubbed; lower joint splitting. = Sloos, Van Cleef 822-06.

Lacroix, S.F. Beginselen der stelkunst, ten gebruike van de kadetten der Koninklijke Artillerie- en Genieschool te Delft. Dutch transl. and ed. I.R. Schmidt. Ibid., idem, 1821, (4),XIV,(2),390p., bound unif. w. the preceding.

- Yellowed/ sl. browned throughout. Joints rubbed; backstrip dam. at foot. = Sloos, Van Cleef 821-04.

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80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van 80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van
80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van 80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van
80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van 80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van
80/2459 [Mathematics]. Westen, W. van. Het eerste (tweede/ derde) Deel van de Mathematische vermaecklyckheden. Te samen ghevoeght van verscheyden ghenuchelijcke ende boertighe Werck-stucken, soo uyt Arithmetica, Geometria, Astronomia, Geographia, Cosmographia, Musica, Physica, Optica, Catoptrica, Architectonica, Sciotetica, als uyt andere onghehoorde mysterien meer. Getranslateert uyt het Fransch (...). Arnhem, J. van Biesen, 1662-1663, 4th ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., (16),242,(14); 55,(5); 34,(2)p., num. woodcut ills., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.

- Vaguely/ sl. waterst. in margins. Otherwise a good copy.

= Hoogendoorn p.979f, 4.2; Bierens de Haan 5302 (publ. widow Loots-Mans, sl. diff. collation); Muller 771 (ed. 1641); De Vries 499 and Versnel 989 (both ed. 1644); Philip, A bibliography of firework books W070.6 (publ. widow Theunis Jacobsz., sl. diff. collation). Adaptation of J. Leurechon, Récréations mathématiques (1624); the last part deals i.a. with fireworks.

€ (150-250) 240
80 2460 Medicine Mauriceau F 80 2460 Medicine Mauriceau F
80 2460 Medicine Mauriceau F 80 2460 Medicine Mauriceau F
80/2460 [Medicine]. Mauriceau, F. Tractaet van de siektens der swangere vrouwen en Der gene die eerst gebaert hebben. Aenwysende de rechte en ware manier om de Vrouwen in hare natuurlyke baringen wel te helpen, de geboortens tegens de natuur te recht te brengen, en de siektens der jong-geborene Kinderen te genesen. Amst., A. Magnus, (1683), (16),408,(23)p., engr. frontisp. and 31 (full-p.) ills., 19th cent. hcalf, 4to.

- Frontisp. browned/ foxed and trifle frayed in blank margins; a few hinges strengthened w. tape; some sl. foxing/ thumbing; last part sl. waterst. Spine lacks letterpiece; upper joint sm. dam. spot at top of spine.

= BMN I, p.342; Garrison/ Morton 6147 (French ed.): "The outstanding textbook of the time. Mauriceau, leading obstetrician of his day, introduced the practice of delivering his patients in bed instead of in the obstetrical chair (...). This book established obstetrics as a science."; Hagelin, The womans booke p.65-67; Norman Library 1461 (French ed.); Bibliotheca Walleriana 6362; Krivatsky 7595. The first Dutch edition.

€ (150-250) 250
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F
80/2461 [Medicine]. L'Admiral, J. and Ruysch, F. Icon membranae vasculosae ad infima acetabuli ossium innominatorum positae, ex puero desumtae (...). Amst./ Leyden, J. Graal & H. de Leth/ T. Haak, 1738, (3)p. w. legend in Latin, French and Dutch, engr. title-vignette and tipped-in col. mezzotint by J. L'ADMIRAL (13x17,2 cm., w. "I. L'Admiral fecit" in the print, gilt borderline), brocade paper over modern boards, 4to.

- Mezzotint very fine; contemp. entry on title-p. Brocade paper sl. soiled/ faded.

= Very rare. Contains an early col. mezzotint with an extensive legend showing "het vaatagtig vliesje, leggende in 't onderste gedeelte van de pan van de ongenaamde beenderen, 't welk, onderleggende, alhier belemmert wordt door een vleezige klomp, van de zeer wel opgevulde, en daarom zeer root zich vertonende, spieren overgebleven." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.

€ (1.000-1.500) 2300
80 2462 Medicine Alpinus P 80 2462 Medicine Alpinus P
80/2462 [Medicine]. Alpinus, P. De praesagienda vita & morte aegrotantium libri septem. In quibus ars tota Hippocratica praedicendi in aegrotis varios morborum eventus (...) nova methodo elucescit. Introd. H. Boerhaave. Leyden, I. Severinus, 1710, 1st ed., (16),541,(23)p., title-vignette, later boards, 4to.

- Occas. waterstained; annotated copy (contemp. hand); bookblock shaken (first quire loosening).

= Cf. Bibl. Walleriana 370 (ed. 1719); Wellcome Library II, p.36; cf. Garrison/ Morton 2194 ("A classical work of prognosis"); cf. Osler 1801.

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