Botany And Zoology from Milestones of Science Books

Copenhagen: N. Möller and others, 1761. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1761-1883. 18 volumes, folio (368 x 239 mm) including Liebmann & Lange's supplement (1874), plus 1 volume (Lange's Index) 4to (260 x 205 mm). Each folio volume in 3 fascicles (together 54) and each fascicle with 60 plates. Altogether 3240 hand-colored engraved and etched… Read more about this item

Paris: chez Gabriel Buon, au clos Bruneau, à l'enseigne S. Claude, 1582. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (214 x 159 mm). [16], 74 (of 76) leaves, title with printer's woodcut device, 12 woodcut illustrations in text of which 6 full-page; woodcut initials and headpieces. Lacking the separate plate with portrait of the author and… Read more about this item

Berlin: Verlag der Sander'schen Buchhandlung (G. E. Reimer), 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. Berlin: Verlag der Sander'schen Buchhandlung (G. E. Reimer), 1839. 8vo (200 x 122 mm). xviii, 270 pp., 4 folding engraved plates by C. E. Weber after… Read more about this item

Ferrara: Victorius Valdinus, 1600. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1600-1601. Two parts in one volume. Large folio (406 x 268 mm). [56] (of [60]), 191 [1]; 126, [2] pp. Engraved title, engraved portrait of the author, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 34 full-page anatomical engravings (22 of the vocal organs, 12 of the auditory organs);… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: L. Elzevier, 1641. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (152 x 97 mm). [16], 279 [1] pp., title with woodcut device, 14 full-page engraved illustrations numbered I-XIIII and a small unnumbered text engraving; woodcut initials and tailpieces. Signatures: *8 A-R8 S4, including blank leaf *8. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges, spine with faint hand-lettering,… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius, 1758. 10th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 10th Edition. Hardcover. 1758-1759. Two parts in two volumes, 8vo (200 x 125 mm). [4], [1-5] 6-823 [1]; [4], 825-1384 pp. Vol. I with dedication leaf to count Tessin, woodcut tailpiece and errata on final unnumbered page. Bound in uniform contemporary half calf and sprinkled paper-covered boards, spines with… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Sawbridge, 1686. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. Folio (364 x 227 mm). Main titles of both volumes printed in red and black, vol. I with engraved allegorical frontispiece; in total 116 full-size engraved plates plus 7 smaller engraved plates; appendix De Ovo Incubato, De Bombyce, Pulli in Ovo… Read more about this item

London: E. Flesher, H. Brome and N. Hooke, 1672. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (204 x 148 mm). [52], 534, [2] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, title-page printed in red and black, type-set initials, 2 engraved folding plates, small woodcut text diagrams on pp. 384… Read more about this item

Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1677. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (355 x 220 mm). Three parts in one volume. [20], 119 [1], 106, [2], 78, [20] pp. Title with engraved vignette, woodcut initials, engraved illustrations in text, 2 engraved plates, separate half-titles to second and third part, bound… Read more about this item

Venice: hires of Octavianus Scotus, 1513. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (315 x 215 mm). [6], 105 (i.e. 205) [1] leaves. Woodcut initials, colophon and printer's device on final leaf verso. Signatures: aa6, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Bbb8, Ccc6. Bound without final blank leaf 3C6. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with old, hand-lettered… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, N.Maze, and Gide Fils, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. 1815-1825. 7 volumes (all published). Elephant Folio (530 x 345 mm). Half-title and general title to each volume, section titles to volumes I and VII, dedication to Nicolaus Jacquin, 714 engraved plates by Turpin, all but two (3 and 96)… Read more about this item

Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1475. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 30 October 1475. Folio (285 x 210 mm). 263 (of 294) unnumbered leaves, including two final blanks, but lacking 31 text leaves (f.1-15, 24-26, 34-35, 129-136, 153, 287-288 including entire gatherings b and p). With 9 (of 12) full-page… Read more about this item

Frankfurt am Main: H. Gülfferich, 1551. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (293 x 185 mm). [22], 199, [1] leaves. Title printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border, large woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations in text (several full page); final leaf verso with printer's full-page armorial vignette. Signatures: A-B4 C6 D-E4,… Read more about this item

Mainz: Jacob Mydenbach, 1491. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 23 June 1491. Chancery Folio (285 x 197 mm). 441 (of 454) unnumbered leaves, lacking the first printed leaf A1 and the final two gatherings 2D-2E of the index including colophon (11 unillustrated text leaves and final blank). Text… Read more about this item

München: Ignaz Joseph Lentner, 1812. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (207 x 122 mm). xxiii [1], 446, [2] pp., 4 folding engraved plates and errata leaf at the end. Bound in contemporary half-calf, boards covered with brown marbled paper, spine with gilt decoration and gilt-lettered morocco label,… Read more about this item

Nürnberg & Paris: Keller & Chez la veuve de Chretien de Launoy, 1770. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. 3 parts in one volume. Large folio (414 x 258 mm). [8], 76, 48, [8], 24 pp. With a preface by Casmir Christoph Schmidel, 51 hand-colored engraved plates by J.C. Keller (including 10 in the… Read more about this item

Bologna: Haeredes de Duccijs, 1666. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio (313 x 208 mm). [14], 576, [72] pp., including two blanks, allegorical engraved frontispiece by Lauren Tineus showing a large garden, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, woodcut headpiece and 36 mostly full-page woodcut illustrations of plants… Read more about this item

London: Henry Faithorne and John Kersey, 1681. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (214 x 163 mm). [8], 44, [8] pp. Signatures: A-G4 H2. 8 engraved plates on 5 sheets (2 folding). Bound in 20th century calf antique, spine with morocco gilt lettering piece, gilt dentelles, new endpapers.… Read more about this item

Tübingen: Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4to (268 x 215 mm). viii, 442 pp., 13 lithographed plates (of which 5 hand-colored). Contemporary half roan and marbled boards (rubbed and scuffed, minor edge chipping, head of spine torn). Little browning internally and some, mostly marginal, spotting… Read more about this item

Paris: chez l'auteur, Maillard, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 1¾" tall. No date [1802]. 8vo (200 x 127 mm), viii, 216 pp., including half title and one folding table. Bound in 20th century half black morocco and green cloth over boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers, green sprinkled edges. Internally… Read more about this item