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[Greek:] Elementa geometriae
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[Greek:] Elementa geometriae

by EUCLID

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Basle: Johann Herwagen, 1533. EDITIO PRINCEPS. With woodcut device on title and colophon, decorated woodcut border to first page of text and numerous woodcut diagrams. Contemporary English calf, neatly rebacked, remains of ties, later endpapers. A very good copy.
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Eine Neue Art von Strahlen; Eine neue Art von Strahlen. II. Mittheilung (Fortsetzung und Schluss)
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Eine Neue Art von Strahlen; Eine neue Art von Strahlen. II. Mittheilung (Fortsetzung und Schluss)

by RONTGEN, Wilhelm Konrad

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Wurzburg: K. Hof, 1895. FIRST EDITIONS. Original printed wrappers, with the ownership signature of Dr. H. Michaelis (?) on front wrapper. Preserved in a folding clamshell box. PMM, 380.
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De ovi mammalium et hominis genesi. . .

De ovi mammalium et hominis genesi. . .

by BAER, Karl Ernst von

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Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1827. FIRST EDITION. With half-title, corrigenda, and 1 full-page hand-coloured engraved plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards; a fine copy on bright white paper from the library of Tho. Wainwright, with his armorial book plate.
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Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

by WHITMAN, Walt

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New York, 1855. FIRST EDITION, First issue. Half morocco on marbled boards with original front cover bound inside (at the back).
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Vitellionis ... Peri optikes, id est de natura, ratione, & proiectione radiorum uisus, luminum,...

Vitellionis ... Peri optikes, id est de natura, ratione, & proiectione radiorum uisus, luminum, colorum atq[ue] formarum, quam uulgo perspectiuam vocant, libri X. . .

by WITELO

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Norimbergæ: Apud Io. Petreium, 1535. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black with large woodcut, full-page woodcut arms on recto of second leaf, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout text. First 4 numbered leaves (following preliminaries) are in facsimile on old paper. Full blindstamped calf in an antique style. Overall a fine copy. First edition of the earliest treatise on optics written by a European. An extremely rare work, the text of which is derived from the optics of Abu al-Hasan (Alhazen). It contains not only a summary of all that was known on optics to the ancients and to Alhazen, but also some original investigations. Divided into nine books, Witelo first sets forth a number of geometrical theorems providing the mathematical principles required for the optical demonstrations of the remaining books. He details the essential features of optical systems, including the theory of theory of the nature of light and the propagation of light or visible forms. In addition to the nature of… Read More
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The method of fluxions
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The method of fluxions

by NEWTON, Sir Isaac

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London: Henry Woodfall, 1736. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece, interpolated leaf [143-144], and leaf containing errata on the recto, publisher's advertisements on the verso. Paneled sprinkled calf in a contemporary style; a large paper copy with very wide margins, a few contemporary annotations.
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THE GENESIS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION - A VERY COOL ASSOCIATION COPY
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THE GENESIS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION - A VERY COOL ASSOCIATION COPY: Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe

by DARWIN, Charles, KING, Phillip Parker and FITZROY, Robert

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Four volumes (3 and an appendix). 8vo. Collation complete (Freeman, 10, pp. 38-39). With 44 lithographic plates, 4 charts and maps inserted, 8 charts and maps loose in cover pockets, text woodcuts. Original cloth, skillfully rebacked with original spines laid down; a superb set with an occasional waterstain. Preserved in a cloth box. From the library of Henry William Poor (1844-1915), railroad magnet and financial adviser (Standard's partner). This copy was purchased from Poor by Henry Huntington.
First edition, first issue, recording the historic voyage of the Beagle, including Darwin's Journal which forms the third volume of the Narrative. This set is of great rarity; it contains Darwin's first published book, the beginning of a whole new conception of the origin and evolution of the various species of life on earth.
Captain Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865) commanded the five-year expedition, during which time the Beagle visited Brazil, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Chili, Peru, the Galapagos Islands,… Read More
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THE RESTORATION OF STRAWBERRY HILL—ACCOUNT BOOK (1857-1862)

THE RESTORATION OF STRAWBERRY HILL—ACCOUNT BOOK (1857-1862): Manuscript account book of the restoration of Strawberry Hill (with) Manuscript listing material for new edition of Walpole's letters

by WALDEGRAVE, Countess

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Original account book of 150 pages, 22 lines each, on blue lined paper. Walpole lived at Strawberry Hill for about fifty years until his death in March 1797. The property was ultimately passed to his grand-niece Laura Elizabeth Waldegrave, and thereafter to her eldest son John Waldegrave and his wife Frances. In 1855 the Countess Waldegrave decided to restore Strawberry Hill and turn it into a palace for great political receptions. She invested about £20,000 a year; the account book details the monthly expenses paid out, such as workers' wages, their names and the amounts paid for the month. (Offered with) Manuscript book cataloguing approximately 7500 prints, books and drawings for a massive extraillustrated edition of Walpole's letters.
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De plantis libri XVI

De plantis libri XVI

by CESALPINO, Andreae

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Florence: Georgium Marescottum, 1583. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut printer's device on title and on the colophon, woodcut initials. Full calf, gilt decorations in an antique style, morocco spine label, spine label; minor waterstain to index leaves. Faint contemporary ownership signature at foot of title page. An excellent copy.
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Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America; Geological...
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Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America; Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle

by DARWIN, Charles

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London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1846.
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Four anatomical scrolls, or ecorche
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Four anatomical scrolls, or ecorche

by ANATOMICAL SCROLLS. BECKERS, J.A. (engraver)

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1700. 1. Frontal skeleton, signed, 71 x 26 inches2. Frontal skeleton, unsigned, 73 x 28 inches3. Rear view skeleton, signed, 69 x 26 inches4. Rear view skeleton, unsigned, 71 x 28 inches. It is assumed that these scrolls were used to teach anatomy. It was not uncommon to use ecorche (from the Italian meaning "flayed") in the form of drawings or three-dimensional sculptures as teaching tools; they had been created by Leonardo and earlier artists. We have been unable to locate any other copper-engraved scrolls similar to these from this early date. The Countway Library of the History of Medicine at Harvard has two life-sized copper engravings made by Antonius Cattani, circa 1780, after sculptures by Ercole Lelli. These four scrolls are dated from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century.Beckers (or Becker) was a little known copper plate engraver that flourished during the first decade of the eighteenth century.
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CONTEMPORARY ANNOTATIONS THROUGHOUT
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CONTEMPORARY ANNOTATIONS THROUGHOUT: Tabularum geographicarum contractum libri quinque

by BERTIUS, Pierre

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Five parts in one volume. Oblong 8vo (108 x 184 mm). [xvi], 679, [9] pp. Allegorical engraved title and 174 engraved maps. Contemporary vellum, ties present; old light dampstain extending from upper margin affecting a number of leaves. Significant early annotations to numerous leaves and rear endpapers. Bertius' Tabularum geographicarum was the finest and most important edition of the Caert thresoor, Barent Langenes' miniature atlas first published in 1598. Langenes (fl. 1598-1610) was a publisher in Middelburg and most likely the author of the text of the well-known and popular work that set the standard for the miniature atlas. Bertius' revised Latin text and Ptolemaic arrangement first appeared in 1600 and remained influential throughout the following century. All of the maps are up to date, and of particular interest is the fact that the text is geared toward the specific maps as opposed to reciting general information. The fifth part of the present edition features 15 maps devoted to America,… Read More
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EXQUISITE COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ISLAND BIRDS
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EXQUISITE COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ISLAND BIRDS: The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands: with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possessions

by ROTHSCHILD, Walter

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Three parts in one. Folio. [ii], xx, xiv, 226; 227-320, 21 pp. With 83 plates, including 55 hand-colored lithograph plates by and after J.G. Keulemans and F.W. Frowhawk, 20 collotype plates from photographs (including one duplicate plate "Group of Four White Albatrosses"), and 8 monochrome plates, all tissue guards present. Red half-morocco and cloth boards, minor staining to a small portion of the front cover; other than some minor foxing to the paste-down and endleaves, an outstanding copy with the original pink printed wrappers bound in. First edition of this landmark study of the birds of the Hawaiian Islands, limited to 250 copies. Issued in three parts, Rothschild provides a bibliography and brief survey of the origin and distribution of the Hawaiian avifauna. A summary of the diary of Henry Palmer, an ornithologist employed by Rothschild, who collected specimens on the islands between 1890 and 1893 forms the basis of this work. Palmer gathered a total of 1832 birds. The fine handcolored plates… Read More
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ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH
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ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK EVER PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH: The holy Bible, conteyning the old testament, and the new: newly translated out of the originall tongues

by [BIBLE, KING JAMES VERSION]

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(A3 bound backwards). Title page, the 2 leaves of the engraved map, and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types, text double column with 59 lines per column and printed within woodcut rule-border, calendar and almanac printed in red and black. General title-page within engraved border by Christian Boel and section title for the New Testament dated 1611 within woodcut border. Full-sheet engraved map of the Holy Land by John Speed after Dr John More, 17 leaves of genealogical tables incorporating woodcut illustrations of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel and other Biblical subjects, numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces, historiated and ornamental initials. Contemporary calf boards, rebacked, spine labels; some staining, a few leaves with small holes or edges torn away, but generally a very good copy. With a notation on the paste-down that the book was "received of William Biggs for the sum of… Read More
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THE POWER OF MIRÓ’S CONSTELLATIONS
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THE POWER OF MIRÓ’S CONSTELLATIONS: Constellations

by MIRO, Jean

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Folio. (19 x 15 ½ "). Complete with 22 pochoir reproductions after gouaches by the artist on Arches wove paper, with the title page, text in French by André Breton, table of contents, and justification signed by the artist in blue ink and the author in red ink. Complete with 2 original lithographs (sheet size 17 ½ x 14", image: 12 x 9 3/4"), hand-numbered and signed by Miró in pencil at lower margin, each framed. The pochoirs are laid into their original paper folders, all in the original illustrated portfolio housed in its beige linen box, illustrated in black by Miró on front cover and spine; box has been repaired.
First edition of this luxurious publication. No. 109 of 150 copies which include the 2 signed and numbered lithographs (the total edition was 384). Miró began the series of gouaches reproduced in Constellations on September 21, 1940 in Varengeuville, Normandy, where he was exiled from Francoist Spain. He created 10 of the gouaches before the invasion of France by German… Read More
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