Nurnberg [Nuremburg]: Johann Leonhard Schrag, 1830. Revised Edition. Octavo (23 cm); xxviii; 466pp+4 fold-out copper plates, collated complete. Boards half bound in leather and brown marbled paper with gilt decoration and titling to spine with red leather label. All edges stained red with black flecking. Boards worn, bumped, and rubbed..... More

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[3],207pp.; frontispiece, seven leaves of plates (collated complete). Moderate wear to jacket margins, corners bumped, slight lean to spine, brief glue residue to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and..... More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More

Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. First French Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo; 19th-century calf over papier-peint boards, gilt-tooled spine; [4],316; [4],283,[1]pp. (collated complete with half titles). Small abrasions to boards somewhat clumsily repaired, else a Very Good or better, internally clean and exceptionally fresh copy. First appearance in..... More

London: Cassell and Company, 1895. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; vi,[7],224,[14]pp.; portrait frontispiece and two additional leaves of plates. Moderate shelf wear mostly at spine ends and corners, boards slightly bowed, later (1922) ownership inscription to front free endpaper and 20th century ex libris of the..... More

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition, wrapper issue. Octavo. 463 pp. Charts and graphs. Illustrated wraps. Light curling to corners; touch of sunning and rippling along spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine. More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1944. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth, dark topstain, in light grey price-clipped dust jacket; viii,[2],321pp.; two leaves of plates. Moderate shelf wear, dust jacket rather dust-soiled, spine panel toned and foxed, else Very Good and sound retaining the uncommon jacket. More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Later Printing. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, in cream pictorial dust jacket repeating the same illustration as the binding in black and coral pink (probably once red), brown glazed endpapers; viii,244pp. A few small chips and closed..... More

New York: Published for the Walters Art Museum by Cambridge University Press, 2011. First Edition; volume II only. Quarto; illustrated dust jacket; brown cloth boards stamped in gilt; brown endpapers; 344pp. Color and b&w photographs and illustrations. Unread and fine. The Archimedes Palimpsest project was a multi-year project..... More

[Cham, Switzerland]: Springer, [2014]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards; xi,[1],207pp.; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Just About Fine. Issued as Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 26. More

D.F. [Cuidad de Mexico]: Compania de Ediciones Populares, S.A., 1944. First Edition. Signed by Armando de Maria y Campos and dated year of publication at front free endpaper. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket over printed wraps; 192; [5]pp. Four b&w plates. Rubbing and light chipping to dust jacket; mild edgewear and..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. First U.K. Edition. Two volumes; small octavos (20cm); publisher's maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, dark teal coated endpapers; [4],368; [4],[369]-838pp.; photographic portrait frontispieces. Light wear at corners and spine ends, else a Very Good to Near Fine set. Ownership ex libris of the..... More

New-York: George P. Putnam, 1853. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's blue-grey blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,418; viii,468pp.; engraved frontispieces, three additional leaves of plates in Vol. I, presumed complete. Light shelf wear, spine cloth a bit sunned and gilt dulled, boards very slightly bowed, textblocks foxed. Overall Very Good..... More