Astronomy from Milestones of Science Books

Amsterdam: Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to (245 x 181 mm). [28], 484, [8] pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette; engraved folding plate of the cometary orbit facing p. 465; woodcut text diagrams throughout. Bound in full contemporary speckled calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands richly gilt-tooled… Read more about this item

Paris: Henry Le Gras, 1658. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to (197 x 148 mm). 78; [2], 294, [26] pp., woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, half-titles for "La dioptrique" and "Les météores" (the former outside pagination), woodcut text illustrations and diagrams throughout (some full page). Signatures: a4 b-k4 A-Z4 Aa-Rr4. Bound in contemporary untouched… Read more about this item

Paris: chez Firmin Didot, 1805. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1805 (an XIII). 4to (264 x 212 mm). viii, 80 pp., engraved plate bound at end. Simple pink paper wrappers, all pages uncut and partly unopened (somewhat frayed and dust-soiled and spotted, endpapers browned). Light even browning and spotting, exposed outer margins of… Read more about this item

Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. In: Populäre Wissenschaftliche Vorträge, drittes Heft. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1876. 8vo (213 x 136 mm), vii, [3], 139 [1]; [1], vi-xxv, [2], 582-598 pp. Simple card boards, cloth backed spine, hand-lettered paper label (spine worn, label chipped). Text somewhat browned and with… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Friedrich Heckel, 1734. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio (323 x 200 mm). [16], 1-452 (i.e. 448); [12], 1-164, [2], 165-386; [14], 1-534 pp., bound without the leaf "Dem Buchbinder" as usual. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Bernigrot fil after I.W. Stör in vol. I, half-title in vol. I only as called… Read more about this item

Königsberg and Leipzig: Johannn Friederich Petersen, 1755. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (172 x 104 mm). [56], vi, [2], 200 pp., including section title A4 to first part (misbound before the general title a1), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Signatures: a-c8 d4, A4 2A8 B-M8 N4. Contemporary half-calf over sprinkled boards, spine with 5… Read more about this item

Paris: chez David fils, 1743. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (188 x 113 mm). xl, 305, [5] pp., engraved title vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut text diagrams. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt-tooled in compartments, gilt lettering piece, red sprinkled edges (wear to extremities, worming at spine… Read more about this item

London: Richard Taylor, 1833. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (278 x 220 mm). Without separate title-page, 25 (of 91) figures (no. 25 to 49) only of the 8 engraved plates of the nebulae and clusters, cut out and pasted on 4 separate leaves at the end. Bound… Read more about this item

London: Taylor, Walton, and Marberly, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (285 x 225 mm). xxi, 251 [1] pp., lithograped frontispiece, text illustrations, pages uncut and mostly unopened. Original publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine, original yellow endpapers (spine sunned, boards little soiled, corners… Read more about this item

Berlin: Selbstverlag / chez l'auteur, 1801. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. Large Folio (428 x 260 mm). viii, 32, 96 pp. Text in two columns in German and French, list of subscribers fo the Uranographie on pp. vii-viii. Bound in contemporary full tree calf, double gilt fillet borders, spine richly gilt-decorated and with… Read more about this item

Paris: Bachelier, 1846. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Recherches sur le mouvements d'Uranus. In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Vol. XXII, no. 22, June 1846, pp. 907-918. Paris: Bachelier, 1846. Two volumes. 4to (283 x 226 mm). Entire volumes 22 (Jan. -… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg: Imprimerie de l'Académie Impériale des Scienes, 1752. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (239 x 205 mm). [5] 6-92 pp., folding engraved plate bound at the end. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers (paper over spine with ca. 5 cm split and slightly chipped). Text with… Read more about this item

Concord [N.H.]: Jacob B. Moore, 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (219 x 134 mm). xvi, [17]-252 pp. Bound in contemporary half-sheepskin and marbled boards (rubbing, wear to extremities). Bound without the 11 numbered plates. Text somewhat browned and with some scattered foxing throughout, p. 85/86 with… Read more about this item

Augsburg: Eberhard Klett, 1761. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (180 x 110 mm). [8], 128, [4] pp., woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; 2 unnumbered leaves with letterpress tables and 2 engraved folding plates bound at end. Signatures: )(4, A-H8, [chi]2. Contemporary half calf… Read more about this item

Vienna: Leopold Joann Kaliwoda, 1745. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Six parts in one volume. Folio (349 x 253 mm). [25], 2-170, [2], 171-172, [2], 173-174, [2], 175-176, [2], 177-210, [2] pp., engraved frontispiece by A.D. Bertoli and J.J. Sedelmayr, letterpress title printed in red and black and… 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

Frankfurt am Main: Gottfried Tampach, 1610. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to (231 x 171 mm). [8], 112, 01-20, 022-028 [1], 112 (i.e. 113)-822, [12] pp. Title-page printed in red and black, numerous woodcut text illustrations and diagrams, woodcut initials and tailpieces, general index at end. Signatures: )(4… Read more about this item

[Lyon]: Imprimé à Paris; et se vend a Lyon, chez T. Amaulry, 1686. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo (155 x 84 mm). [28], 359 (i.e. 361) [1] pp. Woodcut device on title, folding engraved plate by J. D'Olivar, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, pagination errors. Contemporary French… Read more about this item

Augsburg: S. Grimm & M. Wirsung, 1519. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 15 June 1519. Folio (315 x 214 mm). 125, [1] leaves (Roman numbers). Signatures: a-x6. Title-page with large arms of the dedicatee (Georg von Limburg, Bishop of Bamburg), attributed to H. Weiditz or H. Burgkmair. Last… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 1¾" tall. 8vo (184 x 115 mm). 107 [3] pp., including half-title, 7 plates (1 folding), of which 4 with original photographs tipped to mounts (one bound as frontispiece), each with printed tissue guard, 3 text illustrations, final leaf blank. 20th century… Read more about this item