Search Results: Antiquarian Science from Lyppard Books

London: George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, 1878. Full leather. Good. Coleman, W.S.. Octavo; viii, 182pp, with coloured frontispiece and eight (of ten) concluding coloured plates (lacking plates 2 and 4). In full leather prize binding by Bickers and Son, gilt heraldic arms to front board, gilt double fillets to board margins, five raised spine bands between gilt double fillets, gilt lettered spine label to second compartment, remaining compartments gilt, binding worn but sound, matbled endpapers, presentation label to front pastedown, occasional unobtrusive soiling and spotting to text and plates, last few leaves (booksellers catalogue) excised. A good copy.

London: London: printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1746. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xvi,232pp, with full complement of 34 engravings, 33 of which are folding. In contemporary unlettered full calf (a little worn with minor loss to board corners, sometime skilfully rebacked in matching leather), five raised spine bands, internally clean with only the lightest of occasional dust staining. Muller was deputy head of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was instrumental to its transformation into a disciplined cadet academy. An attractive first edition example of his first work. Laurence Sterne possessed the text in second edition, with possible influence on Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim's obsessions with fortification in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. ESTC T176381.

Cambridge: London: Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St Paul's Church-yard; and sold by Edmund Jeffery, Bookseller in Cambridge., 1709. Full leather. Very Good. Second edition, 8vo; [8], 310pp. In contemporary early eighteenth century panelled calf with five raised spine bands (front board detached, rear hinge split with board attached by two of three cords, wear to extremities with minor loss to spine ends and board corners), front free endpaper detached, closed tear and marginal chipping to tile page without loss of text, sporadic light soiling and staining, occasional early marginal ink inscriptions, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper ("Penny Hancock's Book"), early eighteenth century ink manuscript list of farm produce and prices to rear pastedown. Despite wear, a very good example in it's original panelled binding. ESTC T88785

London: Printed for H.D.Symonds, No.20, Paternoster Row, 1792. Half leather. Very Good. First edition thus, undated but circa 1792; 12mo; [viii], 280pp. In late eighteenth century half leather over marbled board (somewhat worn with minor loss to extremities), spine divided into six compartment by gilt single fillets, gilt lettered red leather spine label to second compartment; two old ownership labels to front pastedown, engraved vignette to title page, with frontispiece and three further plates (of four, lacking plate IV), spotting and offsetting to plates (as often), otherwise a very good clean copy.

London: London: printed by M. Flesher, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. First edition, quarto; [12], 288, [52], 305-472, [12]pp., complete with imprimatur leaf preceding title-page and separate dated title-page to "An historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks" on leaf 2P1 recto. In period style 20th century full leather by J.May of London (with only the lightest of wear), blind double fillets to board margins, five raised spine bands with gilt lettered spine label to second compartment, all page edges gilt, small single marginal wormhole to a few rear leaves not affecting text, first and last leaves marginally stained by leather turn-ins, occasional very feint spots and unobtrusive light paper browning, overall a clean copy of these important early accounts of the Royal College of Physicians undertaken, probably at the request of the College, by Charle Goodall, later to become its President. A… Read More

Venice: Venice: presso Francesco Storti in Merceria, 1745. Full vellum. Very Good. Second edition, quarto; [8], xvi, 232pp, with 11 folding engraved plates. In original full vellum binding with early manuscript ink title to spine, woodcut device to title page (with lower blank margin neatly excised), lacks free endpapers, publisher's catalogue to rear leaf, an attractive example in its original binding of this very early Italian translation of Pemberton's digest of Newton's works.

London: London: printed for S. Crowder, Pater-Noster-Row, 1794. Hardcover. Very Good. New edition; 12mo; xxiv,240pp. In modern brown cloth with gilt title to spine. New endpapers, first blank with archival tissue repair and early ink ownership inscription, occasional faint spots and light paper browning but overall a clean copy of this early edition. ESTC N21820 citing just 2xUK and 4xUS institutional locations.

York and London: York: Thomas Wilson, High Ousegate. (and:) London: A.Millar et al, 1791. Full leather. Good. Two early examples of Walkingame's Tutor's Assistant; the 26th edition printed by A.Millar, London 1791; and Crosby's 'New Edition' printed in York, 1815. The London edition in original eighteenth century full leather, well worn and soiled, with an abundance of early ink inscriptions, lacking free endpapers and the folding frontispiece table, otherwise complete. The York edition complete with folding table, boards stained and somewhat warped, paper rather browned, early inscriptions to endpapers and early booksellers label to front pastedown ('Deighton, Bookseller and Stationer, 53 High Street, Worcester'). Two early working copies of this popular manual of arithmetic.

London: London: printed for Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Tho. Sawbridge, Charles Mearn, and Charles Brome., 1686. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition; folio; [16], 316, [26], 102, [8], 52, [6], 68, 99-103, [5] pp. In full nineteenth century period-style panelled calf with five raised spine bands, gilt-lettered title label to second compartment, other compartments gilt, gilt tooling to outer margins of boards (binding worn and rubbed at extremities, loss of top inch of leather at head of spine, hinges worn, weak and internally reinforced). Complete with portrait frontispiece and plates of urns and quincunx. Internally a very clean, bright and fresh example, with three early heraldic ownership labels to opening endpapers. Despite binding wear, an attractive copy. R19807