Norman from Milestones of Science Books

Basel: Henricus Petri, 1557. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (161 x 113 mm). [30], 1194, [64] pp. Woodcut portrait of the author on title verso, two folding plates, folding table, woodcut initials, and several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text (2 full page). 19th century half calf over… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Exécutive du Louvre, 1794. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. An II [1793/94]. 8vo (213 x 140 mm). [2] iii-xiv, [1] 2-147 [1], [28] pp., including 3 engraved plates and weight conversion tables at end. Pages untrimmed and partially unopened. Original paste-paper wrappers, spine… Read more about this item

Königsberg: Friedrich Nicolovius, 1796. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (247 x 210 mm). [8] 86 [2] pp. Signatures: π4 A-K4 L2 χ2, 48 leaves. Errata on final leaf χ2r. 3 engraved plates, the first signed 'Koeck delineavit, Soemmering direxit, Lud. Schmidt scups' (the other two with the engraver's signature only), numbered Tab I, Tab… Read more about this item

Paris: chez David l'aine, 1747. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two parts in one volume. 4to (214x162 mm), [8] xxviii 194, 138 pp., including engraved vignette on title, engraved headpiece on dedication, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces and two engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments (boards… Read more about this item

1912. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. I. Inhibition interne en tant que fonction des deux hemispheres. Offprint from: Livre jubilaire du Professeur Cli. Richet (1912). [Paris: L. Maretheux (1912)]. 8vo (273 x 188 mm). 6 leaves, [1] 2-10, [2] pp., last leaf blank. Original plain wrappers.… Read more about this item

Paris: Brosson, Gabon, et Cie, 1802. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. xl, 432 pp., 3 folding tables. Contemporary half calf wit gilt decorated spine (rubbed, corners somewhat bumped. Flyleaf with annotation, edge and approx. 40 pp. slightly dampstained, tables occasionally minor foxed, one large folding table loosely… Read more about this item

London: J. Johnson, 1812. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, [2], 505 [3], [506]-507, [508]-509, [510]-511, [2] pp. including errata leaf, leaf at end with notice of other works by Davy, and 12 engraved plates. 20th century cloth, spine with gilt lettering pieces. Internally only little age-toned,… Read more about this item

Paris: D'Hautel, 1812. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (203x127 mm). [6], [i] ii-xxiv, [1] 2-364, [2] pp., including half title, one large folding engraved plate and errata leave bound at end. Minor occasional spotting and browning to text. Full sheepskin with plain spine tooled in gilt and… Read more about this item

Breslau: J.U. Kern, 1872. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Untersuchungen ueber Bacterien. In: Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen, Part I, 1872, 2. Heft, pp. [127]-224, 1 tinted lithograph plate, and part II, 1875, 3. Heft, pp. [141]-207, 2 plates (one tinted and one colored lithograph). Breslau: J.U. Kern,… Read more about this item

Paris: J.-B. Ballière, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (215 x 138 mm). x (of xii), 926 pp, 108 wood-engraved text illustrations, bound without half-title. 20th century quarter red morocco with black morocco lettering piece, marbled edges. Text little browned at margins, light foxing mainly to to… Read more about this item

Paris: Crochard, 1820. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. "8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾"" tall" "In: Annales de chimie et de physique, par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago. 8vo (210x135 mm). Whole volume 14 bound with vol. 13, 448 pp. and 3 plates. Contemporary half leather with gilt spine and two labels, somewhat rubbed. Small Jesuit… Read more about this item

Braunschweig: Verlag Friedrich Vieweg u. Sohn, 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (207x132 mm). xvi, [2], 342, [2] pp. including half title. Contemporary cardboard with handwritten paper label; interior foxed throughout, half title with chipping to fore-edge. ---- Garrison-Morton 677; PMM 310b; Waller 5796; Wellcome… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (220x150 mm). viii (i.e.vi), 264 pp., 32 colored lithogr. plates, wood-engr. text ills., later gilt lettered half cloth, Usual occasional foxing of text and plates. A few small imperfections in binding. ---- … Read more about this item

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Über sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen; Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen; Über einen Einfluss des ultravioletten Lichtes auf die electrische Entladung. In: Annalen der Physik 31, neue Folge, 1887, pp. 421-448, 543-544, 983-1000. Leipzig: Johann… Read more about this item

Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (216x139 mm). xi, 600 pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, inner hinges cracked but firm; interior slightly foxed, dedication inscription in ink to first flyleaf. ---- Garrison-Morton 1562; Horblit 49a;… Read more about this item

Koblenz: Hölscher, 1826. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (201x129 mm). x, 117 [1] pp. Wrapper at spine only, title page somewhat finger soiled at margins, internally mildly browned and occasionally spotted. ---- Horblit 76; Garrison-Morton 1456; Hirsch-H. IV, 288;… Read more about this item

Paris: Cuchet, 1787. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (202x199 mm). [4], 314 pp. including half title, 6 folding plates; folding table. Contemporary half citron morocco over sprinkled boards, lettering piece chipped, extremities rubbed; contents little browned, occasional marginal dampstaining and spotting. With the bookplate of the Paris… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (220x140 mm). 152 pp. Original blue cloth, spine gilt. Ex libris label by Stillman Drake on inner cover. ---- DSB; Norman 77; PMM 412. - FIRST EDITION. Aston began researching… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In: Nature 133, June 16, 1933, pp. 898-899. 4to. ---- D.S.B. Fermi 99, Norman 784 - Shortly after Joliot and Joliot-Curie's discovery of artificial radioactivity produced by alpha-particle bombardment of stable nuclei, Fermi and his assistants began… Read more about this item

Paris: Didot, 1803. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (203x123 mm). 2 volumes, viii, 543 pp.; 555 [1] pp., including half titles. Old library stamps to half titles. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards, spine gilt (hinges repaired), some browning and spotting to pages, marbled endpapers. ----… Read more about this item